The human mind is a scary place, with access to only 10 percent just imagine what could be done using the other 90. I ,however, will never know. I was born in a place called Mystic Falls, a place designed to control the human mind. It was established in 2034, right after World War III. This war, however, was not fought between countries or over power and resources. No it was fought over control. Like any war there was two sides. On one side were the Restrictors, they believed that the world could only be saved if everyone believed that people only had one purpose. All my life we were taught that they were the good guys. I now know I was wrong. The real god guys were the dreamers, they believed that people were put on this earth to make a difference and they couldn't do that of people had a simple,boring life. We were taught that they experimented on people to learn what the brain was really capable of. While they did want to access more of the Brain they never used primitive methods to do so. Eventually the two sides went to war. The restrictors won. But at the cost of over half of the entire population. To ensure this wouldn't happen again they established pods in every major city in the world, they divided the remaining population into these pods and isolated them from everyone else. But it wasn't that simple. They introduced a genetic mutation so that when people turn 18 a word appears on their arm describing their purpose. It can be a number of things, a job like doctor or teacher, or it can say leader. If you get leader you are next in line to be a pod leader. They get to learn every secret, every horrible thing the leaders have ever done to us, and then they are never seen again.
A new time has come. An uprising has started and it all started when I turned 18.
Oh excuse me where are my manners? My name is Elena Gilbert, I'm 18 and it's been two months since I discovered I have no purpose.