The life of Zacarias Poncho

[Zapp]

Twenty-seven years ago....

Zacarias was something of a loner. He had learned to deal with his allergy to cardamine, but he still needed cardamine just like any other Outcast. Now in the fourth term of school, Zacarias had no friends. He would write down the homework, do it in five minutes during class before the lesson was even given, ace the test, and day-dream the rest of the time. He dreamed of flying a Sabre like his mom, or not being sick, or finally meeting his father (who was always some kind of hero to the Outcasts!). One day-dream took the cake, though. He dreamt of building something that would change the course of human history forever. He didn't know what, but he knew he would.

They called him a child prodigy, and rightly so. An IQ off the charts, yet he couldn't commit to anything. The only things he didn't get good grades on were projects, which he left to the last minute. Yet he got straight 'A's in all of his classes, and was looking at a scholarship to the University of Malta at the age of nine. His mom wanted him to be with kids of his own age, though, so that maybe he would make some friends.

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