《The Belgueji》 Prologue: Two Worlds in one planet Long ago Humanity lived together in Harmony and everything changed when ideologies became something. The world had three major wars but they were not enough the end this Chaos. The coalition in the north is preparing to invade the South Union. The South, more Scientific developed but less militarised than the north, is having a bad time defending himself. So God decided to send someone called The belgueji (The Chosen [ in the local language of the south]) to end this war and save humanity. The South Union, sometimes called " The Free World" by its'' citizens, is a union of 15 countries, which have the same Policies and the same political ideology. Which is based on two principles everyone have the right to immigrate to wherever he wants, everything is accepted as long it benefits the Humanity. Opposed by the North, which is ruled by 20 countries, every one of them has her own policies and her ideology. The immigration in the north is limited and nothing is accepted if it doesn''t benefit the country. The north is mostly ruled by a dominant Race who is making other almost like slaves with fewer rights. The south is ruled by all kind of races and everyone have the same rights. The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Historically, there had been too many wars between the two worlds, three major ones , the first one was won by the north, which made their ideologies to rule the Planet for decades, which made it more separated than ever and increased poverty and the difference between poor and rich people and made too many crises which were the reason behind the revolution of the South. This revolution changed the region and led to the second world war ( major war), this one was won by the South but the north didn''t accept the terms of peace and after some years another major war happened but the north nations were defeated again. But this defeat wasn''t enough to end the Chaos, it made major changes in the World: more people are convinced that north''s ideologies are not good, therefore the population in the south is increasing, present-day it''s 20 times bigger than the population of the north. And it started an arms race which is dominated by the north. Chapter 1: The birth A pregnant midlife Woman, alone in the desert. She was on her 9th month, her baby would come in any of the following days. But she was far from anyone, it would take days to get to a city, it''s obvious that she will give birth in the desert, alone. It was night, it was cold, desert in the night is cold because sand can''t hold heat. The woman was walking following the north star, she knows that the Civilization is in the north and that the only way to survive with her child is to arrive in a Civilized place. Approved by the facts, the active women give birth earlier than unactive women, who stay all day on the sofa or in the bed. so the more she walks, the earlier her child would come to earth. That''s why it''s pointless to try getting to civilization before giving birth. It''s 2 hours past midnight , she was resting when her water broke. Her baby is coming, in the desert , giving birth is painful , but at least she won''t be alone. It''s a boy! the woman was happy that she made it, giving birth is hard with medical care so imagine it alone in the desert. But her Boy isn''t crying and he''s hot, very hot that man can make an omelet on his head. Suddenly 4 lights from 4 different location came up: North, East, South, and West. The temperature of the boy''s body is normal now. The woman was happy that her Boy survived for now. The danger is waiting for him along his life. He''s a special one, he was chosen by the god. It''s time to rest now , tomorrow is another day , more walking. and of course harder for the woman because she needs to carry her baby with her. The following Day, she found herself in a tent surrounded by 15 women, they are all asleep. She''s scared , not because she may be trapped in a human Trafficker tent but because she lost her son. She first hesitated, then she wakes up one of the women [+: the mother,-: a women , (): Osis , =:One of Osis''s men ] +: Where are we? - : in a tent, in the desert! ( with a sarcastic voice) +: I mean this tent belong to who? -:a human Trafficker , Haha , Just kidding , you must be the new one , I''m Fayena by the way"( while trying to shake her hand) +: My name is Rido -:Nice to meet you Rido ( while shaking hands) - :So answering your question , the leader of this caravan is Sir Osis, he is a gentleman, we are traveling south , towards Mahata, we are supposed to sell some goods there. +: Do you know ,where''s my child ? -:You had a child ? we found you alone +: Yes I gave him birth yesterday -: Sorry there was no child when we found you Rido runs outside of the tent yelling : Where''s my child !!!!! Of course , she got the leader''s attention , who approach her saying: () Mame , Calm down.Follow this man , he will give you Food. Take your Breakfast and then we will talk. =: follow me Mme she follows him to a tent, this tent was a portable kitchen it contains a refrigerator, an oven, a big-ass Microwave and a toaster, they are all modern and are run by electricity generated by solar panels fixed on the roof of the tent. The man gave the woman bread, Butter , some olive oil , honey , a glass of milk and one toast. She drank the milk and said to the man. +: My breakfast is over, take me to the leader =: Yes Mme. they enter Osis''s Tent. () :I hope , you liked the breakfast. +: thanks it was good. ():what''s your name Mme , mine is Osis. +: I''m Rido. (): since you are calmed , let''s talk about earlier , you said that you had a child right ? + : Yes, I had a child , I gave him birth yesterday. () :we found you alone under a lonely palm Tree. +:Someone kidnapped my child then. ( she starts crying) () :we saw no tracks near you too. + : that means you were Late!!!!. ():Well , I''m sorry for that , guess what , we will arrive to Mahata today evening, maybe your son is there, Now go help unpacking , we will leave soon. +: Excuse me, but I don''t work for you ():We won''t give you food , water and a safe place for free , you are a member of my Crew now.\\ +: Yes Sir -30 minutes before Finding Rido in the desert- It was a clear sky , man can easily see the stars, the center of the Galaxy and of course the black. While the mother was asleep , her baby''s temperature went up again, the baby start flying slowly and then in a blick of a second , he flew away very fast like a rocket. Osis was still up at that time , he saw the flash, he thought it was an SOS message , so he send two of his men to figure out. 20 minutes later, they found Rido under a lonely Palm Tree. They carried her to the camp. Meanwhile the baby''s velocity is reducing, he''s preparing to land , he already reached a city in the north, he landed on an open Trash Can. Th city had a name , of course every city have a name ... it was named Youranus. The Baby spent the rest of the night in the Trash Can, in the morning, City services came and made him out of the Trash. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Well let''s be honest, it''s better for the mother and the child, they both survived the Desert thank the baby''s ability but of course, it had cost them a price, they are separated now. The baby is in an adoption center now, and his mother is hundreds or thousands of kilometers away in a jeep headed to Mahata. It was Sunny, 40¡ãC (104¡ãF) in the desert, thank god there are air conditioners in the Jeeps. Rido was in the main Jeep, alongside with Osis, the leader of the caravan. She first hesitated but then asked: "Why are you travelling with jeeps to sell goods, when you can easily do that with planes, it''s way much faster, you know." "Well, Good question, next Question, the reason why we are doing this is to make travel more enjoyable." "Ok nice, hmmm and for how long did you work as a trader?" " For like 20 years , I started as a child ,9 years old , my parents were traders too , we used to travel across the desert. but they stopped doing that now." " Why?" " They decided to settle down, they are living in The city now." " Mahata ?" " Yes!" " I''m sure they will be happy to see you." " I missed them so much, them, my wife and my kids." "For how long are you willing to stay in Mahata then ?" " Some days, I think 5, it should be enough to sell some goods and help you find your baby." "I hope so." "Don''t worry the Mayor is a friend to my family, he will help us." " But still maybe my son isn''t the city." "it''s the closest city to your found location, Reaching a city in the north would take him like 7 days traveling by foot, and I''m sure we saw no vehicle going North." They stopped talking as they approached the City''s gate, there were guards there. they asked the travels to stop, One of the guards approached Osis''s window and said: "Hello Sir, please don''t move until we finish checking the cars." The jeeps were checked and nothing dangerous was found, so they are ok to enter the city. The City of Mahata : Capital of Tazarka Republic , a republic part of the South Union. this city is wonderful which made her the 2nd prettiest city in the World. The gate is open , they are entering the city. the politics here are a little weird. There''s a machine in every street that gives to people the ability to report things, things that they like and they don''t. it''s their way to make their city better. "You see that machine ?" says Osis "Yes," says Rido "that''s a reporting machine, anyone can report easily and fast, there are many options like reporting to the police, government, you can even make a suggestion on how to make things better." "That''s awesome, we didn''t have that in my city" "well, you didn''t tell me where you came from" "I came from Mokata, Yes I''m from the North, I was headed to the south for a new life here, I know that I will be a lonely mother because the father of my child run away as I told him about my pregnancy. So I asked someone to help me cross the desert, he referred to a man who crosses the desert every month just to get people to the south. but it was a scam, he throw me in the desert and let me there to die with my Child but thank you, I survived, but not sure about my baby." "we will find him, don''t worry" "I had a miserable life in Kebkod, people are selfish, poor women like me can''t live there. there''s no chance to survive for someone like me. you need to eat others'' gain to survive there. but I''m not like that. I was raised to be honest. That''s why I had no choice than immigrating to the south." Mokata was a poor city in Kebkod republic, one of the poorest countries in the north and the world. it was ranked first in corruption and crime. "I believe the south will welcome you and you will be happy here. but please tell me more about Kebkod I only visited the Capital for my world." "Well the capital is like everything there, everything goes there, that''s the system of kebkod, we work hard in our cities so that the Coast and the capital get all the resources, we live a poor life to make the rich''s life better." "Tell me about the coast, I never went there, I heard the beaches are nice" "Yes they are nice, but the people are bad, they are hated by everyone, they are too selfish, they are regionalist, they always insult the other regions of the country while we are working hard for their prosperity." "That''s bad, but guess what, that''s the past, you are here now, everybody helps each other here, I''m certain you will get a better life in the south." "Thanks, but I only care about my baby now. we need to find him." "we will." Unfortunately, her baby flew to Kebkod but not to Mokata. he landed on the Coast of the country, on a trash can in the city named Potokita. it''s a touristic city with beautiful beaches and bitches. He didn''t stay too much in the adoption center as a wealthy family adopted him. Now he have a brother and a sister. The sister is the older sibling, she wanted to name the baby after the star Antar¨¦s which was accepted by the family. So now the baby''s name is Antar¨¦s. Chapter 2: The search in Mahata "Hope you got some rest," says Osis. "Yes, I did, thanks for hosting me." Says rido. "No problem. Now eat lunch and let''s go to the mayor , we need to start the search of your son."says Osis. "Ok" They together went to the town hall to meet the mayor. "Hello sir, how can I help you." Says the receptionist. "Tell the mayor that is is here and want to talk to you." The receptionist takes the interne phone and calls the secretary of the mayor. "Tell the mayor that Mr. Osis is here and want to meet you." After some minutes, the secretary comes. "Come with me, sir. Osis and Rido follow the secretary to the mayor''s office. "The mayor will meet you in a while" The mayor opens his office door and goes to Osis to hug him. "Hello my friend, how are you and how was the travel." Says the mayor. "I''m fine, and it was nice," says osis. "Who is this woman with you?" "She''s a new friend, I found her in the desert alone under a lonely palm tree, she claims that someone kidnapped her baby, that''s why I came here, to ask for your help to search for it." Says Osis. "I''m not the police but still you came to the right person, I''m gonna make some calls." Says the mayor. "Thanks, bro" "So did you bring any goods with you from the north?" "What a question, of course, I did, my crew is selling them in the market right now." ... "Hello, the mayor is with you, a woman came to me, she claims that her baby was kidnapped in the desert, can you check all entries please, If someone entered a baby entered this week the city you question him." says the mayor to the police chief. "Ok sir, we gonna do that right away." 6 hours since the search is started and still no trace of the baby. The mother is losing hope. "If they entered the city and that''s reasonable because it was the closest city to your found location, we will find your baby don''t worry Mame." says the mayor " Maybe they went to the north, that means I will never see my baby again." Says rido. ... "Maybe she don''t have a baby, and was just hallucinating. " says the mayor to Osis. "No she''s not, minutes before we find her in the desert, we saw an SOS flash coming from her location, and she hasn''t any SOS gun, someone must have been there." "Ok, we will still look." Days passed and nothing is found, Rido is more convinced that her baby is in the north so she decided to cross the desert and search for it but Osis stopped her. "Just let it go , don''t go to the north , you may never comeback." Says Osis. "But my baby is there," says Rido while crying. "He''s far away and the probability that you find him is very small, don''t risk your life, and I wont let you go anyway." Says osis. Rido stays for now, but there''s no guarantee for that. Osis was right, the probability that she finds her son is very very small, that means it''s impossible. First, she doesn''t know which city her son is now, second if she comeback to Kebkod, she may get killed if they figure out that she was in the south without a permission and last a wealthy family adopted her son and they won''t give it back. So Rido have really no choice, she must stay. Meanwhile, her son is being raised in a good environment, well he''s in the north but still his new family isn''t strict, actually if they weren''t wealthy , they would immigrate to the south like most of the members of the extended family (cousins, uncles ..) but they can''t do that without loosing their money. He''s going to learn in a school , gonna have 3 meals a day , and he gonna get all child gadgets he wants , what else he wanna get.He''s too young to figure out that he''s not raised by his biological family. He may never know his biological parents. Well his father is missing and his mother is miles away. =========2 years passed.========= Antar¨¦s is attending kindergarten.it''s time for him to interact with others children his age. He''s living in the north,you can see the bad behaviour in children since kindergarten, maybe because of the staff or maybe their environment in the family. But Antar¨¦s''s family is different, so his environment is different , his behaviour is different.That''s why he''s not liking the kindergarten. He cry everytime his mother take him there so he stopped doing that and made him stay at home with a babysitter.This babysitter was a good one chosen by the mother.Well good people know good people. Antar¨¦s is in good hands now but not for too long , the babysitter is still young , she''s actually a student. 6 months after, she moved out from the city to attend an university abroad. People say she immigrated to the south. Stolen novel; please report.Antar¨¦s is alone this time, he can''t go to the kindergarten and find another babysitter gonna be hard. He''s gonna have to stay 8 hours a day alone because his parents are working all day and his siblings are in school. He is spending the time watching TV, always this channel which broadcast cartoons. Good thing, the babysitter already teach him the basic of the language. he can speak now. And the cartoons are helping too. But he''s alone. After sometimes, he developed a habit of walking around the room while watching the TV and imagining that he''s in the cartoon or something, it''s a little weird, his sister thought he''s insane so she told the mother, who brings him to a hospital. The doctors said that''s normal, he''s just very active but they also diagnosed something else, he has a heart disease, arrhythmia, Tachycardia to be precise, his heart is beating fast. But it''s fine , it''s not critical.The mother told his siblings to not make him angry, she thought that his heart is beating fast , it would be bad if he goes faster. On the other hand, the mother couldn''t let him stay alone at home anymore, so he''s attending kindergarten again. He''s sad but at least not literally alone. He''s with other children in the same room but alone in the corner.He was forced to write things, letters and some words. it was boring. So he end up drawing things and pretend to write when someone is checking him out. One day, his mother came as always to bring him home from the kindergarten. They had the usual discussion. "How was your day?" says the mother. "Same as yesterday." says antar¨¦s. "You didn''t make friends?" "No, no one wants to be friends with me, they think, I''m a freak." "No one is thinking that you are a freak, you are just shy." "Then why, they come to me and make some grimaces and laugh?" "Who is doing that ?" "They" "Who is they?" "Everybody" That was weird for the mother, every day she goes the kindergarten, the staff reassures her that everything is fine, they didn''t tell anything about the bullying he''s getting. They reached home, there, he found his siblings watching cartoons, so he joined them. Meanwhile, his parents are in the kitchen. "Your son is getting bullied every day," says the mother. "the young one or the old one ?" says the father. "in the kindergarten, Antar¨¦s" "They bully kids in the kindergarten too? this is insane, what the staff is saying ?" "they are saying everything is fine. But it''s not, I think they don''t care about Antar¨¦s." "Let''s move him to another kindergarten then." "it''s not worth it, soon he will go to school" "Ok fine, how was your day?" "Work was fine, I''m a little tired , I''m gonna get some sleep and then cook the lunch" "Nah let it go , I will cook today" The mother go upstairs to sleep. They got lunch and now it''s time to go sleep for the kids. Antar¨¦s and his brother share the same room. They didn''t think that this night was special. "Hello, Antar¨¦s," says a skeleton wearing a cape. "Heeellloo, whooo are yooou ?" says Antar¨¦s "I''m a friend, don''t be scared." "I don''t have friends" "Well you have now" "Leave me alone" "I''m sorry ,I can''t , I must fulfill my purpose." "What is your purpose?" "I''m a messenger, and I have something for you" the skeleton shows him a green thing. "What is that" "That''s a , hmmm let''s call it a gouji, not the vegetable through. It''s yours , it helps you use your powers." "I have powers?" "Yes, you have, you are chosen, you are the Belgueji" "What does the Belgueji means?" "Well, it means the Chosen," the skeleton says that while laughing. the skeleton gives the green thing to the kid. "I forgot to say, it''s just a half, you will get the other half soon." "soon?" "Well, I mean when you grow up." "I''m already grown up" (every kid say that) "Of course, you are not." "Don''t make me angry , I have powers " "Oy oy , I''m scared, your powers don''t work here , they only work in real life." = = = "Ow I almost forgot again , you won''t be able to use your powers until you get the other half." .. .. .. "Antar¨¦s !! Antar¨¦s, WAKE UP" says his brother "What, what?" says Antar¨¦s. "You were speaking a foreign language." "No I wasn''t, wait did you hear me say something?" "Yes, you were like discussing with someone." "So you saw him too ?" "Who?" "The skeleton" "No, you are scaring me Antar¨¦s" "It''s ok, don''t worry it''s just a dream, go back to your bed and sleep." .... ... "And don''t tell mom and dad about this" "Ok" .... .... Chapter 3: First friend. The first years in school were hard for Antar¨¦s, he had no friends, he was silent all day. The teachers didn''t like that so they are forcing him to speak in class but that didn''t help him make some friends. Every other kid thinks he''s a freak, no one wants to approach him. He''s becoming asocial. One day, it was raining during the break time, so no one was allowed to play in the school ground. Antar¨¦s was sitting in the corner alone. A kid approaches him and says "D..do y..y..ou p..p...pl..l...lay...y...y....y vidd...d...d..e..eo...o...o g..ga..ame...es" This kid had talking problems because of his lack of confidence, he was bullied by other kids from a very early age. "Yes I play video games, actually I play them every day." "nn ..ii..c..e w..e c..a..n b..e friends!!" "I would be happy but what''s your name" "sorry aaabouut thaaat, leeet''ss staaa..." "My name is Antar¨¦s" "Hoooojiiiii" "Nice to meet you Hoji" "toooo" "But why are you speaking like this?" "iit''sss psssychooologiic, my theeeraaapy tooold meee that I haave laaaack of coonnfiddence" "Ow Sorry about that, which kind of video games do you play?" "FPPPSS, MMMOOOORRPGGGGG and Moooobaaaaa!!" "Nice, I play Moba too, which game do you play often?" "Liiiggaa oooofff Herrroes" "Ow! I play that too, we should do duos sometimes, give me your nickname" "Suuure, Thee ggreeenn reeapper" "Write it please" The kid wrote " The_green_reaper" on a small piece of paper and gave it to Antar¨¦s. "We are friends now, don''t be shy when we speak" "Oookkk" "I think the rain gonna stop soon, but unfortunately, the break is going to end soon." "Bby thee wwayy ,whiiich Classs aree youuu innn" "This one over there" "oook" "Let''s meet after school" "yeee goooooddd iddeaaaa" "see you in front of the school at 1800 then" "ooooookkkk" Class was boring to Antar¨¦s, first they are too easy, nothing is special and there''s no fun, the teachers are trying to make kids memorize things that''s all. He had no friends in his class. So he''s staying alone in the last row "Hey freak!" says a kid Antar¨¦s stares at him "Hey, I saw you with the other freak in the break." Antar¨¦s keep starring at him. "I''m talking to you freak!! reply!" "Hey what''s happening over there?" says the teacher "Antar¨¦s is trying to talk to me, he wants me to be his friend, I told him that I want to focus in class" "Antar¨¦s you are suspended from class, go out" "But I did nothing wrong" "Go out!!!" Antar¨¦s goes out. After 5 minutes, the same kid who lied asked to go to the bathroom. They found each other in the hall, the kid approach Antar¨¦s and hit him in the stomach. Antar¨¦s didn''t react to that and kept going away, but the kid hit him again and again until Antar¨¦s is on the ground. That didn''t stop the kid from hitting him again. Antar¨¦s''s temperature is getting up, his energy is charging. In a blick of a second, he knocked the kid down and threw him away 10 meters. The principal was patrolling the hall at that moment, he saw the kid lying on the ground. "Sir, Antar¨¦s knocked me down because the teacher suspended him from class" "ANTARES, IN MY OFFICE NOW!!!!" says the principal Antar¨¦s is till, in shock, he never saw himself using his powers, it was unintentional, self-defense. He follows the principal to his office and tries to convince him that he''s innocent and what he did was just self-defense from violence and bullying, but the principal didn''t buy it. So Antar¨¦s have detention now, he needs to go to school in the weekend. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.It''s 1800, the school is other today, Antar¨¦s meet Hoji in front of the school. "whhhaaaaat haaappppeenneed too yoouuu, youuu seeeem uppseet." "Some kid hit me and I got detention" "whhaaat abooooouuut the kid?" "he went away with nothing" "That''s very unnnnffffaaaaiirr" "Well it''s in the past now, don''t forget to log in later" "Yeah ofcouuurse" "This is my bus Bye" "Bbye" Antar¨¦s enter bus while noticing that his friend condition is getting better, he''s speaking more fluently now. Bad luck for him, he found the kid who did make a fight with in the bus. "The freak got detention hahahaha," says the kid Everybody is laughing. Antar¨¦s stays calm and sits in the back of the bus He''s home now. He goes to his room, turn on his computer and log in, send a friend request to Hoji Insa accepts Hoji was waiting for him to log in. They are starting a game, Antar¨¦s is playing top while Hoji bot. The game was easily dominated by the enemy team. but Antar¨¦s and his new friend did some backdoor and made his team win the game. "Wow, it was nice, I thought we gonna lose there" "It was close, you played good, good game." "I see that your condition went away." "Yes it did , I''m feeling better than, I think it''s easier to talk through a machine , we don''t do human contacts" "Dinner is ready!" says the mother "I need to go eat , be right back" says Antares "ok" ----in the kitchen---- he sits on the table , his mother is bringing to him a slice of lasagna, his favourite food. "So how was school kids?" "It was fine," says the brother "too here," Says the sister "What about you Antar¨¦s" "it was good" "You don''t seem ok, tell me what really happened" He stays calm. "Ok , don''t talk, at the end , you are losing here, you need to get all negativity out" "A kid hit me in school, and I got detention" "Who dares to hit my little brother, tell me his name and I will give him a lesson tomorrow" "No don''t do that son , we don''t respond violence with violence, I will go see the principal tomorrow" Antar¨¦s finishes his meal fast and goes back to his room. "I''m back" "Welcome back Antar¨¦s" "Let''s play another game" "Yeah sure" they played the game (Liga of heroes) all night. They will probably sleep in class. Which happened to only Hoji, Antar¨¦s skipped school that day, his mother saw him sleeping, she didn''t bother him, because it''s better sleeping than getting bullied in school, and went to the principal to figure out what happened yesterday. "Hello Mr. Principal, my son Antar¨¦s got detention yesterday, he told me that a kid hit him, I want to see the story from your perspective." "Of course Mme. So I was patrolling the hall yesterday, and I found a kid on the floor, your son knocked him down, that''s the reason he got detention" "What about the other kid, did he get detention too?" "No, he''s innocent, your son hit him." "Innocent? I see evidence of my son''s body that he got hit by someone." "Sorry I didn''t notice that" Actually, he did notice that, but the kid who hit Antar¨¦s was a little special, he was the son of a political leader. That''s how the corruption work, someone gets benefits from other people because they think he''s special or because they are gaining from that.