With nice weather surrounding him, Ricardo goes to the bus stop. The day presents itself with a nicely windy and cool atmosphere, with the immense light blue mantle of the sky on top of the world. As the day goes by, the king of the stars makes his way through the giant clouds. Today is “the day”; all his five senses are pointing to the same objective. The situation is manageable as long as he remains focused. He knows that the match ahead of him will demand a hard training. Still, he says to himself: “I can do it.” And so he went on a quest to prepare himself for the great battle.
The first preparations: Saturday 1 – Ricardo 0
The way is filled with obstacles since the very morning. The first tough one is the bus stop. Lamentably, he misses the bus. “It’s okay, this is only the beginning. This does not mean anything.” He got on the next bus, half an hour later. There were so many people in the bus that even though it was big it looked like a space so small that almost impossible to breath, he had to make his way to the back of it. It only took few squares to retire of that battlefield; he got off to wait for the next one. His skin could feel the hot of the sun in his face in a matter of few minutes only. “I must go on; God let me know you are there. Love me or hate me but just let me know you are there.” As the next bus approaches, he fills himself with hope. “Let it come, I feel I can take everything today.” Eventually it was way worse than the other one but it did not matter. It took more than an hour to get there but that did not matter either. At last he had made it to FIU. The happiness was such an emotion that made him believe possible to overcome that 0-1 against him.
Fighting with the problems: Saturday 3 – Ricardo 1
The first battle against destiny was over. Still the last ones are the hardest ones; more is yet to come. This is only the preparation to the final battle with the chemistry exam. The astonishing Green Library with its immense size makes him believe he has found refuge in a castle of knowledge. Hope is coming back again. The fight of a man against his destiny is hard; moreover, denying it is worse. He tries once, and then, and then again. Still, he can not tie the score. These chemistry questions are so damn hard. However, helps come to the one who needs it. And so it came; a friend of his helped him to morally come back to the match. “The hard thing when studying is to keep focused; ironically, that is also the key.” She said.
Yet again, he found himself low again. His surroundings were striking again, and striking hard. He felt like failing, but he went on. At this point the match had gone from 1-0 to 1-1 and was now in 2-1. He put all his heart and used all the energy he had left. Still, the problems did not yield to all the effort of the brain. He found himself alone, a solitude he have not felt a long time ago. He felt something that did not allow him to concentrate: the fear of failure. He said to himself trying to be positive: “The final goal is to understand the connection between the problems, to find the catch of the exercises.” But before he realized that phrase, he was already falling asleep. His body and brain were out of energy. Everything seemed to be going down.
The overcome of the preparatory match: Saturday 3 – Ricardo 5
“Ask the Almighty, and he will come and help you because his mercy is abundant.” Ricardo had fallen asleep for at least three times now. He woke up and started studying; suddenly, the surroundings disappeared. The energy appeared from nowhere. It was a miracle. He believed again. God did what he always does and what he is best at: help his sons when they need it. Ricardo felt himself full of the force again. He launched his counterattack with all his might and strength. And the chemistry book began to yield territory. The problems that seemed to be unbreakable began to crumble. Failure started to retire its troops. However, they did not fall back without fighting until the last piece of paper that they could take.
Winning the battle did not matter at all. Ricardo had come to a point that it was not important how far away from the victory he was. He already not only knew that the victory was achievable, but he also knew it was only matter of time now. As the time passed by the victory was making its way through. The night had already fallen, but he would not stop. At this point “the catch” between the chemistry exercises started to reveal itself. For a moment he thought that he had done enough. But it was too late for that: he was not only crushing the problems, he was enjoying doing so. Hence, he stayed two days in that fortress of books. And in the end he overcame the score.
The last preparations
Such an epic battle was a total moral win for Ricardo. He had made what seemed impossible so many times in the past; the problems were defeated without any doubt. The preparatory match before was only a way to train the soldiers of the brain to the final battle. Now the troops were completely prepared for the battle that seemed to be going to turn the direction of the war once and for all. Nevertheless, the enemies had caused struggle to Ricardo allies. Many of them fell at its hand. For a moment he doubted the outlook of the battle.
“Once you have started, do not hesitate. You will not have time to hesitate.” These were the words of Ricardo’s friends that have been already been victims of the exam. Even though the failure of some of his friends he was feeling quite comfortable with the situation. He knew he was prepared, if he had broken the chemistry problems once he could do it again. Even with all that self-confidence, his clouded destiny did not let him see how this situation was going to end. But it had to end, one way or another.
The battle for the middle earth
And so the Tuesday 13th arrived. Ricardo and his enemy had prepared themselves the best they could. Ricardo considered his troops the Spartans of the XXI century, a tough group of soldiers under the command of his brain. In all corners there was a rumor of the last one of the Honors to face the troops of the chemistry exam. Early before, the last ones of his allies to face the exam came to see him. Some made it, and some fell under its sword. And even after listening to them Ricardo still felt confident of his succeed. The moment of truth was coming closer and closer.
The match of the overturn was only minutes away. Ricardo could already smell the field of the stadium where he would face his destiny. There was too much at risk, and he knew it. That is why he prepared himself, mentally and morally. He went with the professor to the field and wait for the decisive moment. “Good luck.” Ricardo went to see a sorcerer to hear those words only, after that he knew he was 100% ready.
In the battlefield
The referee made the last arrangements, and everything was ready. At last the moment had come. “Any problem, call my office” said the referee. And the initial whistle was heard and felt like a thunder in the field. Both, Ricardo and the exam send everything they had. Ricardo broke the first lines almost with no effort. He then moved his soldiers with the will to devastate everything in his way. But the exam responded with the same brutality it had been attacked.
Before the time planned Ricardo had to change the front of the battle. He started attacking the back of his enemy. And with the feeling of revenge for his fallen friends, he charged one and again the enemy lines. Sometimes he found resistance but only few. Still, the battle will not be over until those few surrender. They launched a counterattack, but fortunately they did not succeed. The time, at the beginning in his side, was now neutral. And it was only matter of minutes for it to become an enemy. This was the only way in which the exam could have a possibility to win the battle.
Only two strongholds of the twenty at the beginning were left now. The time treacherous as ever, was now returning to my side. Victory was heard almost everywhere in the field. Still one of the two platoons was standing its ground. Making Ricardo appealed to his last weapon: his own luck. And basing on it, he could at last cry out the end of the battle. Finally, it had come to an end.
Another long wait
“Perfect! 100%” This was the shout of every single Ricardo’s soldier. The only thing left now was to go see the referee and hear the final verdict. Happiness was everywhere. The soldiers finally could go to their families and remain there until another call for battle comes. Still, the final encounter with destiny was yet to come.
Ricardo was in front of his professor. They both knew what the visit was about. Two cowboys in front of each other ready to use their guns. Ricardo saw the arm of the professor moving and before he could reach his gun he was already wound by a bullet. The test final score was 88%. He fell to the floor and faint shortly after that.
After he recovered, he went back to the professor. Three of the twenty enemy platoons managed to make their way out of the battlefield. They were reason enough to make the test the rightful winner of the battle. But, this will not be forgiven. An air of revenge, anger and fury is smelled in the four corners of the land of Ricardo. Another chance will come, although there will have to be a long wait for it to come again. But it will come anyway, and Ricardo will be ready and waiting for it.
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