In Society

  There are two things that matter

  Money and Power

  A person without any of this is called a commoner

  And they are at the bottom of the food chain

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  Inside a nice little manor

  There was a family

  This family was influential

  After all it was a family of nobles

  Those with money

  Even if they lacked the power

  Inside of a lavish room in the manor

  A young child was sitting with a book in his hands

  Something a commoner would be lucky to have

  The child's name was Simon

  He belonged to the Lockers

  A group of nobles with a reputation

  By his side was a woman commoner

  Her job was to watch Simon

  An heir to the Lockers shouldn't wander too far

  Simon hated being watched every day

  So he decided to play a little prank

  He closed the book and moved to grab another from the library

  The woman followed Simon out of the room

  As the two turned the corner

  Simon made a quick sidestep and hid behind the curtains

  When the woman passed the corner and didn't see Simon she screamed

  Simon was surprised by the woman's action

  It was just a little prank

  Wasn't it?

  Hearing the woman's shriek his father rushed into the room

  A man who looked so fat he could've been a pig

  Running probably made him sweat

  Having his matters disturbed he was in a terrible mood

  When he saw the woman without Simon he turned on her

  "Where is my son?" bellowed the man

  With a fierce slap to the face the woman flew

  The woman sobbed as she landed on the floor

  Not with any dignity did she clench Mr. Locker's pants

  "I don't know" she screamed

  This sight was too much for 7 year old Simon

  All this because of a little prank was too much

  "Unhand me" Mr. Lockers bellowed once more with a kick

  Even with blood dripping out of her mouth

  The woman's only goal was groveling on the ground

  Mr. Locker had enough of this woman and prepared to kick her again

  Seeing this stance Simon rushed out of the curtains

  Upon seeing Simon a smile blossomed on Mr. Locker's face

  Unbecoming with the woman on the ground

  "She didn't do anything Father" the youth saying to her defense

  "She lost you" Mr. Lockers matter of fact said

  With a turn he summoned the guards

  "A hundred whips" he commanded

  "No" the woman screamed as she was dragged

  "Father" the youth yelled as he grabbed his father's pants

  "Don't you worry Simon" his father consoled him

  "She will get what she deserves"

  This made Simon sick

  His father was still being nice while punishing the woman

  The youth had to watch her get dragged away

  That night he listened to all 100 wails of pain

  She didn't show up the next day

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  Since the incident Simon was cautious

  No more out of place behavior

  But from time to time some screams were heard

  Simon couldn't take it anymore

  He went to his father's study

  With 3 knocks he was let in

  His father welcomed him with a warm smile

  Simon spared no pleasantries

  "Why have you been whipping the servants" he asked

  "Is it disturbing you?" his father asks

  "I can have them do it elsewhere"

  "Don't do it at all" Simon yells

  This causes a jump of Mr. Lockers

  "Now Simon" Mr. Lockers starts

  "They are just mistakes" Simon continues

  "Not deserving of whippings"

  "That's because they are commoners" Mr. Lockers says matter of factly

  "What's the difference between a commoner and us" Simon questions

  "We are nobles and they aren't" his father says

  "That isn't right" Simon says

  "You'll understand when you're older" Mr. Lockers chides

  "Then I don't wish to understand" Simon yells

  "Then I have no choice" Mr. Lockers sternly says

  With a call he summons some guards

  "Simon is not to leave his room until he has some understanding" Mr. Lockers orders

  Despite being his son the guards still dragged him kicking and screaming

  For the next half month no one could enter or exit the room

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  This treatment lasted for 10 years

  Simon was considered as 'sick' whenever someone asked

  He received a manservant named Mitch

  As if to emphasize the natural order Mitch was practically brain dead

  All he could do was follow orders

  Simon wore a sad look whenever he saw Mitch by his side

  Over the years received many tutors

  They would act nice until Simon brought up commoners and nobles

  Each time Simon would go without food

  This made him become thin

  Reading many books available to him by request

  Simon learned of many things about the outside world

  And he hated it

  All of this prejudice against commoners without power

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  And nothing he could do about it

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  The 6th year after the isolation

  Simon and Mitch were outside the house in the backyard

  This was one of Simon's escapes

  Can't live your whole life in a room

  Simon was busy examining all of the different things in the backyard

  Mitch was just watching

  Simon sighed as he looked at Mitch

  No matter what he did

  Mitch would never react

  That tall bone skinny tanned lad would never react

  Simon was only able to bring Mitch by requesting him to follow

  Not by asking Mitch but by requesting

  What difference was there to an order then

  But Simon could not change who Mitch was

  At least before today

  Because by Simon there was a particular stone that caught his attention

  It wasn't as dull as others but was actually brightly red and jagged like a shard

  Simon ran to Mitch with the stone gripped in his hand

  "Look what I found" he exclaimed excitedly thrusting at Mitch

  Slow to the point Mitch just directed his eyes downward

  Simon exasperatedly grabbed Mitch's hand and placed the stone in it

  Mitch showed no reaction as he stared dumbly at the stone

  "It's pretty amazing isn't it?"

  Without hesitation Simon reached for the stone again

  And scratched Mitch's hand drawing some blood

  As well as digging it in his own drawing his own

  Boom

  The two fell to the ground as if seizing

  From within Simon's consciousness

  Thunder and fury sounded as cracking sounds rang

  Simon screamed from his mind as it started to tear in two

  From Mitch a similar thing occurred but with less screams

  Then their minds became two

  And one half of each mind flowed through to the other

  In a matter of seconds two different minds occupied the same body

  Then in a matter of minutes the body assimilated the minds

  And the stronger mind took the reigns

  Simon opened his eyes to look around him

  He was lying on the ground with a sense of something being different

  Then he noticed

  In front of him was his body

  The frantic Simon tried to see if he could make the body move to snap him out of it

  Then with a bizarrely twin feeling

  The other Simon moved his arms and shifted his legs

  Following the same feeling he 'opened his eyes'

  He saw both Mitch on the ground and Simon sitting as though they were in front of him

  He knew that whatever happened he was no longer just Simon now

  Now he was both Simon and Mitch

  And it left him feeling ecstatic

  Until a maid came out of the backdoor and saw them both on the ground

  Her scream was heard around the house

  Rushing out of the house were the family and their servants

  The guards each took hold of Simon and Mitch and brought them each to a different place

  While Simon was brought to a local doctor

  Mitch was taken to a dark solitary room and chained up

  Simon could sense everything from inside of that cell

  It both scared him and made him furious

  This was likely where the commoners were whipped

  While the doctor was calm and nice to Simon

  His father was rather angry and rude to Mitch

  As Mitch he could not act out for fear of causing problems to him

  Who knew how long the transition lasted

  Apparently long enough for the lashing

  Simon had to bite his lips to resist the urge the other end of him felt to scream

  As a privileged child of a noble he never knew pain so this was intense for him

  He however knew that he would need to tolerate it for the future

  Because this would be the beginning of his end game

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  Later that afternoon

  Mitch had regained consciousness and meekly walked outside

  It had all started with the stone so he grabbed the stone and hid it

  Mitch dashed inside and proceeded to fulfill his duties for Simon

  No one had any idea Simon still occupied Mitch

  This continued for another few months

  Within those few months Simon tried to figure out how much he could influence Mitch

  By the end of those few months he had managed to enter Mitch's mind

  Simon started to look over Mitch's memories

  From there Simon learned more of the commoners and nobles

  Another few months and Mitch returned to his family

  Upon his return he told the family he remembered them

  This made Mitch's mother and brothers happy

  Better than Simon who had a grumpy old man as the manservant at the time

  This time though had Simon behaving which made his parents happy

  The difference between the two families made Mitch feel regret

  After a month with the family Mitch returned

  He was not allowed to return for another three years

  After three years of excellent service

  Mitch was allowed to leave with a weighty pocket

  Simon was also respected again

  Enough so that he got Mitch in the Bu-Wing Magic School

  Mitch then left with a bizarre look in his eyes

  No one knew what to make of this except Simon

  Ten years went by and now it was his time

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  Much better than the last update on one of these. I do however have a flaw that makes it harder to write as I go down the page so sorry but that's it for now. Hope you enjoyed it