Have you ever thought about what happens before characters are created? Before They have any personality? Before there is even a protagonist? Well, We go here. Right now we live in a dark void. There is no creativity ,joy ,sadness or pain. Just darkness and other characters. We have no personality. We don’t even know our Gender, names or age. All we know is that one day we will be created. Many of us dream of that day. You walk up to the tower as your card floats down. On that card is everything. Every detail about you. You can finally be free. Many characters have loved what they get to do. others hate it. No one has ever argued though. No one except Changer. We call them that because they never received a proper name. The card said that they just show up for five pages in the story . It also said their character was an airhead. A stupid person with the knowledge of a three year old. I remember watching them go up and receive the card. Their face went from confusion to anger in a few seconds. We all thought they would be like everyone else and just get over it. They didn’t though. Changer threw their card onto the ground with rage and stormed off. A few characters who had been assigned a curious nature went to pick it up. One of those curious characters was also very social and loved to gossip. She went around to everyone and told them what happened. They just gave blank stares. Deep inside they wanted to know what changer would do though. After a while, Police characters said that Changer must be caught. They confiscated the card from the girl and tore it up. Many heroic and adventurous characters decided to look around. Changer was never found. A few days later, it was time for the characters to be put into their books. Over 100 characters went to the castle to be chosen. Except of course, Changer. I was not yet assigned a personalty, but i still watched. The police characters were still on the lookout. They eventually decided to arrest the girl who told everyone. Even though she was supposed to be a bully in her story, I still couldn’t help but feel bad for her. It was down to the last few characters. They went up to be chosen and placed into books like everyone else. Thats when i noticed a third person. They had a large jacket on them, making it impossible to make out their face. The two characters in front of them were teleported away as the last person came up. They help out their obviously fake card to be scanned. The machine didn’t really like the look of the card. It refused to read what was on it. The castle then shot out a card. The card drifted down into my hands. The card read “You are Alex. A smart young man who will help the main character along their way”. I felt different at that moment. It felt like I knew so much more than others. It felt like my heart grew five sizes bigger. It felt good. Changer just stared a me. I was about to leave when they came up to me. “You’re so lucky.” they said in a monotone voice. “you don’t understand how much I wanted a card like that.” ” I worked so hard to be smarter than others.” “Yet, you are the one chosen for this.” I looked up at them. Then It made sense. Why is a machine telling us who we must be? why cant we choose? “Changer, you wanted my card correct?” I asked. “”yes. I wanted it more than any other one” They replied. “can you take out your old card please?” I asked him. He pulled out his card. I quickly grabbed his card, Shoving my card at him. “Wait you don’t have to-” but I already did it. The machine had scanned my card. I was surrounded by light. I woke up inside a tiny house. It was super small. I went outside to look around more. I saw to young teenagers walking down the street. “See Alex? I was right about which way to go this time!” Said an energetic female voice. “Well you did it this time, but I’m usually the one that is right!” Thats when I remembered. Alex, the person back in the void, my old name. I ran over to see him. I fell down right on my face. “Are you okay” asked the female voice. “Oh I’m fine! I replied. It was really hard to think about what I was saying. I didn’t care though. “Well anyway, Im May and this is Alex!” She said. “Oh its so nice to meet you! I’m so exited right now! I’m also Evan!” I replied. It was a little weird hearing something so dumb yet happy coming out of my mouth. “Nice to meet you, but we really need to keep going. The crystal Isn’t going to find Itself!” Said the girl. I watched as she walked away. The boy stayed behind though. He turned around and looked at me. “thank you” He quietly said before hurrying after the girl.
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