A Leap of Faith

I am Agile Creed, a sixteen year old inventor, hailing from the city of Tireblock, United States. My future was quite bleak when, at the time of my birth on 3rd November, 2104, I was diagnosed with this rare disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome. According to the doctors, it was a neurological disorder in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks part of its peripheral nervous system—the network of nerves located outside of the brain and spinal cord. It was a disease from which recovery was possible, but not to my mother. What could she have done anyways? It's not her fault that God made mothers the most caring creatures! 

It took a two year treatment to get it cured but its chronic effects delayed my schooling by a year. Unlike most other kids, I aced in Chemical and Political Science and History but almost failed in Robotics, Mechanics and Future Studies. School is as hectic as it had always been, we had around 15 subjects; but, I like to be with my friends and teachers. For a long time I kept wondering why we never had online classes and had to come to school every day. That mystery was easy to solve.

My history textbook states that in 2089, human beings had tried experimenting with online classes taken by robots. A ten year study concluded that the entire idea failed as children lost the kind of interaction they had in a classroom in school; today we call the 10 year period, the Zombie era. My great great grandmother, Macie Desmond- who will turn 155 years next December, told me that during her educational period, back in 2020, the Covid-19 Pandemic had caused havoc and she had to sit for online classes. 

She has always been optimistic, but now her smile seems to glow even brighter after she dared to consume the 'Long-life Syrup'. The most difficult thing to do in this era, is to invent as everything was already there.Along with the expansion of Moosely's Periodic Table to 465 elements, technology has grown so much that we have a lot of new inventions, the oldest being, 'Social Media' of 1997,', 'Robots' of 1954 and 'The Flying Car' of 2052 .2105 also saw the invention of 'The Time Machine' by Prior Wheeler, a woman from Canada. According to grandpa, Dermis Shire, there have been several changes over the past century, the most significant being equal political rights for all. Listening to his views on the present world, I couldn't believe that there was a time when women were considered inferior to men. 

Grandmother, Terri Shire, used to say, "When people keep thinking of conquering the world with ideas, they go so far beyond that they often forget to develop over simple things." Seeing this growing advancement in our present world, I realized how much my life that was almost perfect, craved for something new. While watching my brother, Ross play 'Virtual Jurassic Age' with his friends, I, for a pass of time, began noting how many of them were wearing spectacles. This activity ended with me concluding that, out of the 20 boys every single one of them suffered from an eye disorder. I never needed glasses due to my parents' obsession over the disease I once suffered. At this point, I was glad they controlled my exposure to screen light, due to fear of extensive eye damage.

From what I knew, the element, Xenophyllium, the 344th element had healing powers. The next question was if it was safe on humans. A two-year research adventure into the internet and the few chemistry books that existed in our school library, I found out that Xenophyllium, in its pure form can harm the human skin, but a fused compound of the element may be safe. To me, our garage was the perfect workplace. No one would ever figure out what I would do there. With a little help from my aunt, I could get a little sample of the element, which I fused with Chlorine. I vowed not to say a word to my parents. 

I knew they would be too protective, but my grandparents were aware of my cluttered brain. My best friend, Jasmine was that pillar who supported me. She would explain to me the correct procedure to do it and within a year our special formula was ready. I smeared it onto my grandfather's old glasses. How do I check if it's safe? It was a leap of faith, the only way to ensure its safety was to try it on. I could risk losing my vision forever; be a victim to radioactive burns, but for a moment I thought of all the people who could get cured and then I pushed it up my nose.

There was a sudden strange tingling sensation. I closed my eyes in desperation. The next thing I knew my eyes were feeling relaxed. That must have been a good sign as the sixteen year old immature me ran into the living room imitating Archimedes, "I have solved it!" That was the last thing I said before I rose straight to the top. Of course my parents were furious at how I experimented with a radioactive element, but they soon supported me with pride. I conducted an actual human experimentation on my brother, whose power got back to normal within 3 weeks. With my dad's advice I was able to patent my invention and my mom helped me sell it. The next few months I formed the headlines of all E-papers. The 'Creedulous Glass' took the world by a landslide! That was how a girl like me, became the brain behind an invention that was extraordinarily simple. Extensive research and support from family helped me reach where I am..... I'm now the girl with a Future. And a Leap of Faith was all it took.

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Typed by: Agile Creed 

Published by: ARchiac 

Credit taken by: ARchiac 

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