It was 9:00 PM. Siddharth stood on the balcony of his
roof, muttering to himself, “Same routine every day,
waking up, getting ready for school, listening to people,
meeting them, and then coming back home, exhausted.
And time passes so quickly, it’s already night. I’m tired
of this average life. There’s nothing in this world that I
imagine.”
Friends, Siddharth believed that there were no events in
this world that aligned with his thoughts, and perhaps our
thoughts as well. Everyone in the world was just living an
average life, but no one wanted to do anything
extraordinary. This is what Siddharth thought. He
dreamed of making the world a better place.
“Siddharth, you have a call from Akash,” said Siddharth’s
brother Vikramaditya. Vikramaditya was perhaps the
person Siddharth loved the most. The two brothers shared
a lot of love but also fought often.
“Yes, brother, I’m going. I’ll talk to Akash.” Siddharth
replied to Vikramaditya.
“Wait, I’ll come with you,” Siddharth said, hanging up the
phone.
“What’s the matter, Siddharth?” Vikramaditya asked.
“Nothing, brother. It’s Akash’s birthday, and he invited
me, but I forgot. So, I’m leaving now,” Siddharth said to
Vikramaditya, and quickly set off towards Akash’s house.Siddharth had now arrived at Akash’s place.
“I called you so many times. Can’t you be on time for
once?” Akash said to Siddharth.
The birthday party had started, but on the other hand,
everyone at the party was mocking Siddharth. These
people were his classmates. They used to make fun of him
for his talks about mysteries and quantum physics.
“So, Siddharth, have you discovered all your mysteries?”
Aseesh mocked Siddharth at the party.
But Siddharth remained calm. He didn’t take anyone’s
words to heart but kept them in his mind. He remained
quiet throughout the party.
“Siddharth, haven’t you eaten anything?” Akash asked.
“Brother, what are you asking? I’ve eaten the mockery of
your friends and their words. That’s enough to fill me up.”
Siddharth replied angrily.
Akash laughed. The party was over. Everyone decided to
play a fun game before eating.
“Which game should we play?” Akash asked everyone.
Then Aseesh suggested, “Why don’t we play the
‘Dancing Chair’ game?”
Everyone agreed, and Siddharth reluctantly joined in.While Siddharth was trying to sit on a chair, Aseesh
pulled the chair away, causing Siddharth to fall.
Everyone burst into laughter.
“What did you do, Aseesh?” Akash asked.
“I thought I’d clear the chair for Siddharth,” Aseesh
replied.
Everyone laughed again.
“It’s alright, Akash. This isn’t your party, it’s my
humiliation celebration.” Siddharth said to Akash with a
smile.
Thus, throughout the party, Siddharth was mocked. Every
few minutes, someone would mock him and then walk
away. After a while, Siddharth, enduring all the
humiliation, decided to leave Akash’s house.
He was deeply disappointed, and perhaps even crying.
“How long will this world keep mocking me? To them,
I’m not a joke to make, I’ve become the joke itself,”
Siddharth thought to himself.
As he walked home, he saw an unusual light coming from
a distant forest. Siddharth followed the light, moving
towards the woods.
When he reached there, he found a deep pit. “I’ve neverbeen here, but a pit?” Siddharth said. He couldn’t see
anything in the pit, it was covered in fog.
“Strange, the light came from here,” Siddharth thought to
himself.
He started looking for a way down into the pit. While
searching, his foot slipped, and he fell into the pit. The
time was 10:22 PM, or 22:22.
Over an hour later, Siddharth’s eyes opened, and he found
himself in the universe.
“Impossible! How can this be? I fell into that pit, how am
I still alive?” Siddharth said to himself.
“You haven’t died. You’re still alive,” a voice echoed.
“Who are you? Come out! Stop scaring me,” Siddharth
shouted at the unknown voice.
“I am right here, boy. I am ‘the Universe’. You’ve entered
the most mysterious place of the universe through a
portal,” the Universe explained.
“What? I don’t understand,” Siddharth replied.
“This isn’t a pit, it’s a portal that opened at 22:22 today.
This portal only opens once every 222 years, when the
entire universe is in sync. When it was 22:22 on your
Earth, it was also 22:22 here, but this portal only remains
open for one minute.If an ordinary person fell into this pit, they would die
instantly. But you didn’t. There’s something special about
you,” the Universe explained.
“Even if you’re right, how do I believe you?” Siddharth
asked.
Then the Universe showed Siddharth the entire
universe—his home, his brother, his friends, everything.
“I saw that you were troubled and in pain. When you fell
into this pit, I saw your entire life. How people mocked
you, and you stayed calm. Nothing affects you. You’re
different. But how?” the Universe asked.
“I don’t attach myself to anyone. I love myself because I
know that people come and go. In the end, we’re left
alone. That’s why I decided that I will become so
powerful that I will only need myself. And I will rule this
entire universe. I will take revenge on everyone who
laughed at me,” Siddharth said with great courage.
The Universe was astonished at Siddharth’s words. Then
it said, “You don’t even know how vast this universe is.
How will you rule it?”
“No matter how vast it is. Whoever stands before me,
strong or weak, I will defeat them. Because I have the
confidence to win,” Siddharth replied confidently.
“I’m glad to hear that. How would you like to become the
King of Time?” the Universe said.“It’s a rule that anyone who crosses this portal will be
made the King of Time because this portal is 100 times
faster than the speed of light. Only someone who has no
fear of losing and no joy in winning, and whose
imagination is the greatest, can cross it. Your journey to
becoming the King of Time starts now. Do you accept the
offer?” the Universe asked.
“But how?” Siddharth asked.
“Leave that to me. You’re not just the King of Time now,
but you also have all the powers of a wormhole within
you. Now, you can travel forward, backward, or anywhere
in time. But remember, if you use this power too much, it
will gradually fade away, and if that happens, you could
get lost in time. You may never come back. Also, beware
of others in the universe who have powers and might
come after you for yours. Now, you’re the King of the
Multiverse.”
The Universe explained all the rules and principles to
Siddharth.
“But I don’t understand. How do I travel in time and
increase my power?” Siddharth asked.
“Whenever you want to use your power, calm your mind
and close your eyes, imagining that you are the King of
Time. Command time to take you where you want or to
any time. Once you master your mind and this power, you
can do anything. As you master meditation and increase
your concentration, your power will naturally grow,” theUniverse replied.
“Thank you, Universe. Please take me back to my home
now.”
The Universe transported Siddharth back to the place
where the pit was.
“Oh, come on! If you just took me home or near home,
what harm would it do?” Siddharth thought to himself.
Siddharth reached home. Morning had arrived. Suddenly,
he remembered the events of the previous night.
“Was that a dream or reality?” Siddharth wondered.
“If it was real, then I’ll use my time powers to see.”
Siddharth began to concentrate again and said to himself,
“Time, I, Siddharth, the King of Time, command you to
take me back to last night.” But nothing happened.
Then he remembered the rules the Universe had told him.
“His voice said, ‘You have to calm your mind and think
through your imagination.’“
Siddharth tried many times, but nothing happened. He
tried once more, but still, nothing happened.
“Hey Siddharth, haven’t you slept yet? And why are you
dressed like this?”Vikramaditya entered his room and said to Siddharth.
“What did you say? Wasn’t today Akash’s birthday?”
Siddharth asked Vikramaditya in surprise.
“What are you talking about? You just came back from
Akash’s birthday party.”
Vikramaditya replied.
Hearing this, Siddharth hugged Vikramaditya.
“But what were you doing near that pit?”
Vikramaditya asked Siddharth.
“How do you know?” Siddharth asked back.
“Because I brought you from there. You were
unconscious. Now, rest. I’m going to my room,”
Vikramaditya said and went to his room.
“What? But nothing happened. Never mind, maybe
Vikramaditya is confused,” Siddharth said to himself.
Then he sat down to meditate. He traveled to different
times and engaged in both good and bad activities. He
fulfilled some of his desires, like taking a selfie with MS
Dhoni, witnessing World War, and stopping several
murders.“Now I will create a better universe. From today, I am the
king of this universe,” Siddharth said to himself.
“If I am the king of the multiverse, it means I can remove
anyone from this timeline and erase their existence,”
Siddharth thought.
Now, he traveled far back in time and tried to erase all the
wars and events. But he couldn’t do it, as Vikramaditya
appeared before him.
“What are you doing here, and how did you come to this
time?” Siddharth asked Vikramaditya.
“So, my suspicion was correct. That night, you gained
powers too,” Vikramaditya said and started fighting
Siddharth.
“This is the law of nature, and you cannot change time
this way. Do you realize how much you’ve changed?”
Vikramaditya told Siddharth.
But Siddharth wasn’t fighting back because he loved
Vikramaditya. Instead, he was only defending himself.
“Where did you get these powers from?” Siddharth asked
Vikramaditya.
“Go ask your universe about that,” Vikramaditya replied
and trapped Siddharth in an illusion, sending him to
another place.“Where am I?” Siddharth asked himself.
“Ah, so you’ve finally faced me,” said an unknown voice.
“Who?” Siddharth asked back.
“Well, I am the very same universe that gave you these
powers.”
The voice was from the same universe that had made
Siddharth the king of time.
“Let me tell you the truth. You weren’t the king of time.
You were the Lord of Darkness, or you could say the
Multiverse Destroyer, or ‘The Destroyer of Reality.’“
“What?” Siddharth asked, shocked.
“Yes, I lied to you. When you fell into that pit, you entered
the opposite universe. And your brother, Vikramaditya,
saw you fall into the pit and deliberately jumped in after
you. Your brother reached the opposite universe of this
one. And in that universe, he became the king of the
multiverse, and you became the destroyer of the
multiverse. Your powers are opposite to your brother’s,
and he is far more powerful than you. That’s why he
didn’t kill you, but sent you to me. No one has ever been
the Lord of Darkness or the Destroyer of Reality before.
When you became one, because you were capable,
everything in the universe started to flip, and everything
changed as your brother said. But I didn’t want this to
happen.”“Did you lie to me?” Siddharth said angrily to the
universe.
“But now you might have to do it. If you don’t, your
universe will be destroyed, and so will your brother, your
family, everything. So think carefully, everything is at
stake. If you don’t do as I say, no one will survive—not
your brother, whom you love so much, nor your family,
your friends, or your world. Because you opened our
doors and awakened the powers of the Lord of Darkness.
Because in centuries, or perhaps for the first time,
someone capable of these powers has emerged, and that
person is you,” the universe said, laughing wickedly.
“I am ready, but you will not do anything to harm my
brother or my family,” Siddharth responded after much
thought and tears.
“Now, the first time in creation: Brother vs. Brother. King
of the Multiverse vs. Destroyer of the Multiverse. The
King of Time vs. The Lord of Darkness. Vikramaditya vs.
Siddharth.”
“Friends, I hope you liked this story! And finally, the
dialogue that will make you think...
Can you guess who will win now? Siddharth, who is
bound by his duty, or Vikramaditya, who wants to save
everyone?
