The Soul Gun PT-1

It was a day like any other for Carmen, our protagonist of this story, who wakes up, brushes his teeth, eats his breakfast( a sardine sandwich with fries) and grabs his bag and water bottle, waves his mum goodbye and rides off with his bike. His first class was History, one of his least favourite subjects. While the teacher goes off about the battle of the Cuban war, Carmen sees something out of the school window and saw something black and thin peering right at him, he tried to get a closer look when his teacher goes to his desk and says "Carmen! where is your attention in this class! If you think you are so smart, tell me- When did the battle of the Cuban war end?" "I..uh..umm" his whole class jeered at him "Next time I want you to have full attention in my class, Carmen! You may take your seat!" Man, thought Carmen, being a high schooler is pure pain. A truckload of homework and projects and deadlines add up the pressure. While going out of class, Jeremy, one of his school bullies, came up to him and said "Wow, you're no less than a wimpy dweeb! get a load of this, scum!" his mates, Ross and John jeered at him and pushed him away "You should be outta my sight, you wimp!" and went away Chortling. His friend Derek came to him and said "Geez, man that guy is a heck of a thing! Anyway, you OK bud?" he asked. Derek was Carmen's only friend and helped him a lot when he was in tough times. "Thanks, man, I'm OK, don't need to worry about me"

They headed for the cafeteria "Let's see what they're serving today, I heard they're serving something a le-ttle special today" They got their plates and today was Buttered potato, Taco and Fudge. "Wow! this is so yummy! Man, I wish they could have something special every day!" as you've probably guessed, yes this is not something they would serve regularly, they normally dump some mix of mushy potatoes and porridge (ugh!) The kids would turn pale and secretly dump this disgusting slop in the trash. After school, Carmen went back home but saw a road path he had never in his life had seen. He decided to take that route and it was a long and lengthy path with lots of turns, in the end, he made it to the end and saw a gun lying on the ground, it wasn't any extraordinary gun, it was just a normal-looking gun, he sighs and picked up the gun and the began to glow but he didn't notice anything strange about the gun at all. He reached home, tired and exhausted from the path he took. "Welcome back sweetie!" said Carmen's mom she was very cheerful today "How was school today? did you make a new girlfriend?" Carmen blushed red and said, "Mom! why do you have to ask such questions to me!" "aw, come on sweetie, don't you like having some love in your life?" He was as red as a cherry "I mean... Not now, mom!"

He went to his room and inspected the gun. The gun was like any other barrel gun, but had a date printed on the side, "1260" he said "This guy must be quite ancient!" but something caught his attention. There was a symbol on the gun, like a tribal drawn sun. He felt that he had seen this symbol before but couldn't put his finger on it. He thought about it and fell asleep on his bed. He was in mental depression, ever since his father passed away when he was just 3, then on he lived with his mother and she had a very low salary and couldn't afford much but was still able to keep her son happy. Then he remembered that one day when he entered his dad's room and saw him chanting some words and he had words circling around him and quickly shutting the door and running off and hiding under his bedsheets. He was still wondering to this day what was he doing and when was he doing and why was he doing it. Nevertheless, he decided to keep it out of his mind. His mom woke him up and she said"Look, honey! While dusting I found a book of our old pictures! Maybe you can revisit the time you were with your dad." He took the book and opened the book "Ooh look! it's you wearing that blue woollen cap with a baby duck! How cute you looked!" The next one was his dad holding baby Carmen "It's so...." tears came to his eyes" Thanks mom" she smiled and went back to dusting.

While Carmen flipped through the pages he saw something on his dad's chest, a tattoo! it's the same as the one on the gun! He looked closer, there was no doubt about it, They looked exactly the same! things were beginning to get more and more clear. He couldn't stop thinking about the relationship between his dad and the gun. Could it be? that he did something and got this? He remembered the time he was small and heard his dad chanting some words. Something was up! and he was going to figure it out. The next day was Saturday and he quickly combed the house for clues while doing so, he bumped into his mom and knocked her over. "My goodness, what are you doing?" "Oops, sorry mom I was just....umm..just..cleaning the house! Do you know? being responsible?" "Welp, alright Mr. responsible go on with your work" and went. He searched everywhere but there was no trace of the symbols or the thing..his dad was doing. He then found something, aha! "It's a drawing!" he inspected the drawing, It looked a bit like a map. Yes! now he was doing some progress. "Hey, mom?" "yes, honey?" "can I go out for some time? I won't be long, I promise" "Alright you little rascal go on with your wild adventure" she chuckled and Carmen went off at top speed. He followed the map and led him to the route he had taken and where he had found the gun. He went there but it was the same, a dead-end at the finish of this maze. He felt he had to say something but he didn't know anything about what his dad said when he is alone in his room. He was desperate to figure out the magic words when on the ground it was carved neatly

The password is neither short nor long

but it must be said like a song

a song I used to sing and play

A song I used to sing in May

but be careful you, three tries

Don't yell it out there are spies

lurking in the dark hidden from view

but just keep your courage and hope with you

only people with magic in their blood can see this 

Now say it with and don't miss

any letters or words

or you'll make this thing absurd

It's a time to give hope and share

Let's all play good and fair.

Carmen was a little spooked when it said 'only people with magic in their blood can see this' but said in a singing tone- 

"It's time to give hope and share, Let's all play good and fair. There was silence and he was sucked into a black portal. He fell down into a dark abyss and while falling a man came up to him and said "Hey there kiddo! Welcome! quickly ask me questions before you get thrown into the real world!" "Tell me about the gun!" said Carmen "I see you cultivated magic to get it right? eh?" Carmen was completely baffled "Umm..what cultivati-"Come on kiddo! Don't pull this man's leg! You can't fool me! come on you cultivated right?" "No...I don't understand...What cultivation and cultivation for WHAT?" the old man said in a shocked manner "You mean.....you never cultivated? I don't know what this even means and I- First tell me about the gun." "My dear child, that gun is not just any gun, It's a 'SOUL GUN' a gun which can steal a person's soul and return to the shooter so that he grows stronger. My dear, that gun can only be obtained when someone cultivates enough magic to get it. First of all, a normal person( like a non-magic person) cannot see the gun, even if he could he can't use it since that gun has an extreme temperature of 56,000 degrees and only a person with magic on their fingertips can't even feel the heat." Carmen was bewildered by this, it meant he has magic but why didn't he know it? How did even see the gun in the first place when he didn't have any magic talent in him? All very strange "Well kid you gotta go back we have nearly reached the end, goodbye kiddo!" and he was thrown out of the abyss and back into his world.

He had a million questions circling around his head. How does he have magic and not know it? How did he get this magic? and what does this even mean? and how are his dad and the gun connected? What does that symbol mean? It was all a huge mystery. He bolted back in and went to his room and checked for the gun. It was in his drawer and it was glowing. He knew that this weapon was powerful, VERY powerful and if it fell in the wrong hands, it meant that the whole world would be doomed. He knew now he had to go deeper into this supernatural adventure and figure out the How, Why, When, What and Where. It all pointed at this gun and his dad. This meant he had to learn this supernatural power his dad might've had. It was his only shot to find the pieces and complete this jigsaw puzzle.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?, WHAT DANGERS WILL CARMEN FACE ON HIS JOURNEY? AND WHAT DOES THIS TRIBAL SUN SYMBOL MEAN? READ THE SOUL GUN PT-2 TO FIGURE OUT!