The power of the human mind

Prologue

The human mind....How do I even begin to explain it. Well, I consider it the scariest thing in the world. I'm terrified of it.

Ever since I was born, numbers dictate my relationships with people. I have no idea how and why, but every time I look into an individual's eyes, I can see 2 numbers appear next to them: how dangerous that person is in terms of ability and how dangerous their mind is.

Sometimes , I wish I wasn't born with this ability. I would like to talk with everyone, without knowing if they are good or bad. If they truly are bad, I would like to figure it out myself. But sometimes, I do like my ability. It kind of makes me feel... safe. I think it's because I know that I shouldn't talk with people with high numbers. On the other hand, it makes me feel like a coward. That I don't embrace life properly and that I let my ability do everything, that I hide behind it. The reason I feel like that is because I always avoid people with numbers over 2. I'm not really scared if they have a high number in terms of ability, the mind is what scares me the most. The truth is that I'm so very scared of people.

Every day I see many numbers. Most of them are from 0 to 2. That is very good and it makes me feel relaxed. But of course, there are exceptions. Another good thing is that ,throughout my life, the highest numbers I have ever seen are 5 in terms of ability an 6 in terms of mind. I guess it's good because I have never seen people with numbers higher than that. A thing that I feel guilty about is that..... I would like to meet a person with a ten. I guess it's because I want to see how they look like, how they act.. To be honest it kind of fascinates me...

Since I'm afraid of people with high numbers and I want to avoid them, I decided to make quite an extreme deal with myself. I want to change, I want to embrace life the way normal people do. So this is the deal I made: When I will meet a person that has a number ten, I will not avoid them and I will talk to them. I will do this because, as I said, I want to change and also because I am very curious about something. I want to see if the numbers can change. I have this ability ever since I was born, but I still don't know. I want to find an answer to that and if that is possible, I want to try and change someone's numbers.

I must go to school now. Because it's a cold day, I need to wear warm clothes. For some reason, I am an extremely cold person. When I finish getting dressed, I grab my backpack and leave. I'm running because I'll probably be late, since I overslept, and also to warm myself up because I'm almost freezing.

I enter the class and sit at my usual desk. I feel safe in my school because there aren't any people with numbers higher than 2. That is a relief. I sigh as I prepare for the first class. I fell kind of sick since I pulled an all-nighter. I had to study. I must do my best at school. But I feel kind of feverish after all..... "It's ok" I say to myself as the bell rings.

The teacher comes in. "Attention class! Starting from today, you have a new classmate. I'd like you all to welcome him." the teacher says. For some reason, my heart started to beat faster. I feel my blood pulsing in my veins. Is it because I don't know his numbers? I don't know why but I have a bad feeling about this. "It's fine, relax" I say to myself. "There's no need to worry"

"Please come in" says the teacher.

A tall boy enters the class. He has short black hair and wears elegant clothes.

As he turns towards the class, I quickly look into his eyes to see his numbers...... My heart stops and I feel like I can't breathe.

"This is your new classmate, Hak Ackerman."

Hak Ackerman. He has both of his numbers 10.