The way my life changed.
I had a wonderful life. Lots of friends, a girlfriend, lots of money, a good education, parents that cared for me, but that was soon taken away from me.
My name is Kernel, Kernel Fleck. Well, my real name is Cornelius, but I hate that name! It sounds like the name of a cereal!
I was on my way to school one morning when a trampy looking, old, bearded man passed by, staring at me freakishly, as if he'd seen a ghost. My Mum and Dad were constantly telling me not to talk to strangers, but I was curious and a little worried why this strange man looked at me so weirdly. So, I decided to ask him if he was alright. There was surely no harm in that. Or was there? I was soon to find out!
"Excuse me? Are you OK? You look a little worried. Can I help you?"
"Stay away from me! STAY AWAY FROM ME! You don't know how powerful you are!" Shouted the man menacingly.
"Powerful? Me? Ummm… no. You've got the wrong person. I think you've made a mistake," I said bewilderedly.
"No. No. No, no, no. I've made no mistake. You must come with me. Follow me at once. You are part of a master plan." The trampy man said, showing no emotion at all.
"OK. I don't know who you are, what you're doing here, or what you want with me, but I'll never follow you. Who are you?" I asked threateningly, although I wasn't really that confident. I was really scared.
"My name is Beranabus. Beranabus Benaranabuns."
Before I could do anything else, the man mumbled some strange words under his breath of a language I couldn't understand, and a strange port-hole type thing appeared in front of me. I was so shocked and awe-stricken that I couldn't even move. I was glued to the floor. Beranabus Benaranabuns grabbed me by the shoulder, and shoved me through the port-hole. My life from there was never the same again…