Whoever you are, reading this, some normal, average person out there in the world, be thankful for the life you have. Even though you may find it tedious at times, all the homework and nothing to do on a weekend, mark my words, my life is something much worse. I used to be normal, just like you, I had friends at school and I moaned about homework and watched TV. But soon my normal life was shattered by an organization called MI6. When my Uncle died my life died too and I was thrown in to a storm of bullets and killers. Of spying and secrecy. You may have dreamed of being a spy or when you watch a James Bond film you may find yourself thinking 'wow, I'd like to do that.' But once you're out there risking your life, a knife to your throat or a gun to your head, your opinion changes instantly. When you have so many lives riding on your conscience, when you know it's do or die, when things get so bad you want to break down and cry, you have to keep going.
Once you've been out there in the world, acting as a puppet for a master bigger than you, playing some scene you wish you could cut out, your strings being pulled so tight that you have no choice but to obey, your mind will never forget it and your soul will be forever scarred. I've seen things, done things, that you will only ever find in nightmares. I tried to leave this life behind me, but no matter how hard I tried it kept turning up like a bad penny. It'll haunt me forever and one day my life will kill me. One day I'll die because of this life.
A life of a spy is not glamorous, it's full or tears, pressure and frustration. Torture and malice. There are some bad people out there. Some merciless people. So many people who do bad things. I had a nice life once, ignorant to all these bad things. All these bad people. But now I'll never be ignorant again for my eyes will always remember. They will always see. Ignorance is beautiful, cherish it while you can. My name is Alex Rider. MI6 recruited me as a teenage spy one day and that day changed my view on things forever. It warped and twisted my life. I couldn't say no or my life would change in another way. I'd have no one to look after me, I'd have been sent to an orphanage. I wouldn't be able to see my friends at school. Either way, my life was set for this ever since I was born. I don't want this, but life has this habit of giving us things we don't want.
Welcome to my world, of destruction and torture. Of weapons and hiding. Of death and despair. Fortunately for you, you'll only ever experience it through words. You'll never actually have to live my life. Just read. Just know my story. I don't mind how much of it you believe, because the less you believe, the better for your mental health. But, if you want it, I'll tell you my story, if you don't already know it. My name is Alex Rider and something I've learnt is "You're never too young to die."