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

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