"I beg you please to grant this request, please.. please be strong, as we finally will meet again oneday"
"Be strong"
"Be strong"
"Be strong"
His eyes are slowly open. The smoothing sound in his dream dissapeared as he gained his conciousness. He began to look at the surrounding with his half-closed eyes. But the only thing he can see is a room that he never saw before.
The room is considered small as the size of the bed almost take the space out of the room. An old lamp, broken chandelier, and bed are the only things the room contained.
*Where am I?*
His body lies in an old bed. He moved his legs off from the bed to the wooden floor. Left to right,he turned his head checking for a way out from that room. He began to stand on his wounded feet. There's a white door in front of him not so far.
He starts to walk straight toward that door while grabbing his head. A headache constantly banging his head from the inside. Regardless of his current pain, he's still walking to knowing where exactly he's at right now.
"What happened to me? What is this feeling?"
His mind is racing and fueled up by numerous question that keep spawning in his head. Knobs were opened. Floors were cracking. Dust on the floor turned into footsteps. He explore the hall while checking every doors he encounter.
The hall were swallowed by darkness. There's not enough light sources for him to prevent him to keep hitting the wall.
But then…
"Is that…?"
"A light…?"
Finally, a glimpse of light was spotted between a crack of an old rusty door. Knew it was the light of a sun, he moves his legs into that door impatiently. His eyes open widely as the distance between him and the door are getting smaller. He turned the knob and open the door.
Suprisingly an old scrappy house can hide a standart green yard with a nice stone path along the way. He look down while following the stone path when suddenly the wholesome feeling stop as the path stopped.
He raised his gaze forward slightly to see why the rock path were stopped in mid-walk. Little by little he raised his gaze as the dirt grass turned into a blue and white view. It turns out the blue and white colors he sees now are the colors of the sky and clouds. Summary, He's now standing on the edge of the yard.
By what he just experience he learnt a two simple facts.
At this moment, there are two things that were floating in the sky. First one is the clouds below him and second is the house where he set his foot at.
He slowly turned his body and walked back into the door, step by step. It appears that a smile was coming out from his face but how weirdly as lot of sweats coming out aswell. His facial expression is in between of a joyful and a frightful.
*BLAM!*!
He slam the door off in just matter of second after he finally gets in.
"HAAA-!!?!....!!"
Right now, he's currently 67.194 ft up in the air.
The breeze of the cold air collided with his trembling skin. He can't believe what just happened. Although, at the same time, he senses that this isn't a hallucination or a dream. He tries to peek between the crack of the windows to ensure the reality of the situation
(peeking.. )
But now he fully believes.
Cold sweats running through his face from his forehead down to his chin. "Fear" is a perfect word to describe his face at this moment.
*How can I be here!!!? How high is place? WAIT.. WAIT.. HOW IT'S FLOATING!! HOW THIS PLACE COULD FLOAT?!*
"THIS CAN'T BE A REAL SITUATION !!
He pinched himself many times in order to knowing is he dreaming or hallucinating.
"This isn't a dream...?"
"This isn't a dream..this isn't really a dream!! this feeling is too real.."
*gulp..
*Okay.. okay.. relax… relax...pull yourself together and just think about it! ... i wake up in a dark room where i laying in a bed, then after checking the room, i head outside...*
*i carefully checked off this place.*
*Then i moved out to downstairs right before I find this door, when I open it.... It was the moment I realized this place were floating*
Despite his effort to stay rational minded his current situation still manage to put a great pressure on him.
"Where where was i before all of this... think! think! think!!"
He tries to remember anything before he wakes up in that house but his attempt are useless.
"This cannot be!! i can't remember anything... Is this how losing memories feels like?!"
"Okay.. uhhh lets see.. im quiet sure i don't live in such place like this ..." said him while he observing the house area.
"So how i ended up being here....?"
"I see..!"
"I dont know how but someone must have brought me here..."
he gets up quickly from the floor.
"a wizard?"
He shakes his head in a total disagree againts his words.
*Hm?*
*Wait, what is a wizard?*
*That word randomly popping out in my mind but i don't know what it is exactly*
*But i feel like i knew it...*
(scratching head)
"AGHH KNOCK IT OFF!! IM IN A MIDDLE OF NOWHERE FLOATING IN THE SKIES WHILE BEING ON AN UKNOWN STRANGE HOUSE!!"
"I must find the person who put me here right now!!"
Later, he began to wandering off the place. The whole area is like an abandoned house. The floor, the wall, and the furniture are all in poor condition. All the lamps didn't work too.
*I wonder who lives in this such place?*
There's a few paintings hanging on the wall. When he walked in the dark hall, there was a painting of a moon. The painting near the previous door was a painting of a sun. There were also a painting of clouds in the ceiling.
"This place is really empty and big, is there anyone else beside me in this huge place?"
After a minutes of searching, he decided to take a break as he fail to find anyone around the place. He goes back upstairs heading into his room. In the the middle of walk, he saw a regular candle standing on a tiny wooden table. The top of the candle has turned black, meaning it was being used. But the weird thing about the candle is... the position was upside down!!
"This is a candle... but why is the candle being upside down?"
*Who put the candle in this unusual position?* As he observe it and look his confused.
After ignored it he entered the first room and sit on the bed while setting his mind back to every event that has happened. He crossed his arms in the center of his chest.
"Hmmm.. okay, for now the best thing is to remain calm, if i really can't find anyone then the best option is waiting"
"Eventually the person who responsible for put me up here will we back.."
"He just down there in the middle of something, and I suppose after enough time has passed he'll be back.
He sunk his body in the bed after finally being able to calm himself down. The fatigue caught him off-guard after he done drag his sick body everywhere around the house.
Not a minute after, he fell asleep.
"am i falling asleep?"
He quickly leave the room and heading downstairs. He grab a chair in one of the room then bring it into the front door. He slowly sit on it and enjoy the sky view while waiting for the man's arrival.
"It's still daytime, looks like I just be able to sleep for a few hours due to my stress"
"Huh.. Good, now I'm just gonna wait right here…"
Time passed by as his patience goes thin. His stare slowly turns null. He know well that there's nothing he can do except just wait.
*Who put me up here? What is the reason I'm being here? And most importantly, why i can't remember anything ?*
He raised his head facing the sky and close both of his eyes. Slowly the thoughts of dying here invading his sanity. He bents his body in the chair as a sign of desperation. But not a minute after, he pulled himself together and set his heart to stay soothe
"One more time…"
He get off the chair and get in the house. With his determination he continued to searching for a doubtful presence of a man he's been looking for in that place. His legs moves much slower and weaker this time. It seems he didn't have much strength left. His stares becomes aimless.
Days and days later....
"Ha.. He must been dead down there for sure.. im not gonna suprised if i knew the fact he been leave for long years ago"
"Aghhh!!!.. im an total idiot... If I really slept for years, I would have been dead of starvation!"
"Or maybe he just decided to left?"
"But when? Judging by the condition of this place, I'm assuming he has left long ago"
"But the question is how he left this place ?"
*!*
"All wizards have a broom, he must have one! Then... he left this place and proceed to do some important task.... Yeah, that's the scenario."
*If an important tasks is what he's been doing until now then it surely will take a long time to be accomplish right...?*
"Its probably about saving the world or creating a new type of magic, or a new kind of flying broom.
"HAHAHHAHAHAHA HE'S PROBABLY WORKIN ALL OF THAT....!!"
*Crrkkk
*Are my life depends on someone's presence right now...*
"AaaAAAAAAAAAAAAGH...!!!*#$,"
"Wait a second... I just could jump and go down the land all by myself!!!....
NO WIZARD NO BROOM NO MAGIC!!!
He ran furiously into the front door.
*BLAM !!
He set his foot on the end of the yard. He alter his glance to down below where he could see the skies and the clouds, he waiting his final decision.
"...."
"Come on… do it. One step is all it takes."
"One... two… three."
"one two three"
"One, two, three!""
"One... two... three!!".
"...."
"AGhh....!!!"
*BAM !
He fell down on his knees. His face miserably fell on the dirt while both his hands grasp the grass. Tears coming out from his eyes.
"Anyone... please come and save me..."
4 days later.
*Ican't tell how many days have passed*
*I've done locked myself up in this dark room.*
...
"And now it's just a peaceful solitude with my thought and my existence filling up the empty present of this room" Said him while buried his face between his knees.
"Sigh... How many times I wish this was just a dream in a morning?"
"..."
"But if all this really were just a dream, what kind of place i will wake up to?"
"I can't even remember where I'm from or where I was before."
"When I open my eyes, i just suddently being here."
"In the end, he never came... he never will. It's just my ridiculous expectations that keep me sane to this point."
(flashback...)
*What happen right after I open that door..*
*Cracks me up...*
"..."
(silence..)
"WHERE ARE YOU BASTARDDDDD..!!"
"YOU PUT ME UP HERE NOW PUT ME DOWN!!"
"YOU HEAR ME, MORON?!!"
He suddently gets up from the bed with rage.
"enough with th-"
*Thud
His shoulders accidently hit a tiny lamp and it fell off right on his feet.
"Ouch.. ouchh.."
"A lamp?"
He tries to put the lamp back at the table,but something whimsical occur..
The chain switch are floating upwards!
He drops the lamp instantly by the time he saw it. This is the second time he got hit with something like this. Something he hasn't familiar with. Something of course defying his logical sense.
"What the hell is this?"
"Is there a ghost?!"
He tried to kick the floating switchtail while still maintain his distance.It seems the presence of ghost is just his delucional thought. However, the switchtail still floating after he kicked it multiple times. It still floating, line up directly with his face. He pick the lamp and tries to observe it by rotating his wrist but not a single part of that lamp can explain of how the magic works. He tried to lay his finger on it but he quickly pulled back his finger.
At this point he doesn't want to dealing with this kind of thing anymore. He then moved the lamp in one of the room downstairs and goes back upstairs in his room in act of securing himself. Right now, the center of the bed in that room is the most comforting place for him.
"I will survive, i will survive, i will."He said while holding both of his knees
"Everything in this place is eerie"
"Im gonna get out of this place no matter what, im gonna survive"
"Maybe i have someone, someone who waited for me down there"
"Thats quiet relaxing to think about".
After he gets calm he starts to notice something in his room. Turns out there's a window but of course this whole time he didn't see it because its covered up in the darkness.
"A window?"
*step
"A nice view of sky will clear up my thoughts" as tries to open it.
He then drag a chair into the window so he can enjoy the view while sitting calmly.
"The person who lives here can see this everyday".
"On a second's thought, maybe living here isn't really that bad".
"Im just too panic by experiencing all of this".
"....."
"He will come, im sure he will come". He said while slowly closing his eyes, drowned in sleepiness
He fell asleep in the window. This time, its a relieve to catch a smile on his sleep.
"Ahh... *Yawn...."
(rubbing eyes)
"A peaceful sleep, did i deserve it? yes i think i d-
He blinked twice while caught the sky still shine's bright. He quickly get up.
*Did i just sleep for only about 20 minutes?*
"....."
"2 hours in this room starts from when i enter after being on downstairs.
"About 3 hours i spent lockdown in this room. All those make it 5 hours".
"5 hours before i was just sit still doing my regular checking outside the front door... "
"...."
"the sky still bright 5 hours before..."
"the sk-
"..."
*painting.. sky.. moon, sun.. moon ... painting..*
* candle...*
* lamp..*
"..."
"why i can't feel hungry...?"
He rushed down heading downstairs. He stands infront of the painting of a sun near the front door. His eyes open widely as he was looking straight into that painting.
He ran throught the hall and there he found the painting of the moon. He ran to the center of the house. He look up into the ceiling.
*The painting of the clouds*
He then ran into the upstairs. There he found the upside down candle that caught his attention long days ago. The burn part is still on below kissing the plate while the rest are melting from above.
He switch his gaze from the candle into the whole area, his eyes running everywhere. His body spins unremotely as he tryna figure out something. Something crusial but yet.. unnoticeable this whole time.
A flashback struck him..
The painting, the candle, sun and moon, the lamps, the sky!
*Why the position of the candle being leave upside down?!!*
*The burnt part.., its under the white part*
*The burnt color is black, what resemble a black...??*
*.... a night sky..! now what resemble a white?? a bright sky..!!*
*Wait, that lamp tail color are also black, and its floating upward until now.. meanwhile the lamp itself are white color*
*Am i reaching?*
*Are this place finally driving me crazy? No, right now there's no use in thinking logical..*
"Come on, think..!! what this place trying to hide from me?!?"
He bite his thumb, his sweats coming out from his head. He closed his eyes so tight. His head is fuming. The answer slowly coming out of the surface.
He found it.
He open the door gently to a room where he have been there before, a place where he put the lamp. He gathered his steps progressively as the sound of ticking clock into the wooden wadrobe where inside, the lamp are located. The sound of the clock stopped when he's standing infront of the wadrobe. His hand reached the two white handle of the wadrobe before he open it. Its very dark inside, but he can still see the lamp hiding behind the darkness.
"Every weird things i see in this place go againts the law of nature"
"Anything could happen in this place.."
"But if i can do this one simple act which turns out to true"
"then im sure ..."
"he will come"
He holds the floating lamp switchtail with his two fingers and pull the switch on.
*clack
*SWOSH..
He felt the drastic gravitional changes in the area and somehow he feel a little bit dizzy.
And thirsty.
*Growl..
And hungry...
He quickly moved into the upstairs room. Knob were turned and the door were opened. His rushy step turned so sudden into a slow gentle step in just matter of second which can be simply explained by just seeing what's hidden outside the window.
An astonishing view of night sky filled with the brightness of thousand stars! The sky view feels so ethreal, the way to describe it is like a large dark canva turned into a painting with an infinite amount of colors by a legendary painter.
*Someone who painted this sky must put his soul on it* he said in his mind
Step by step he reduces his distance between him and the window, closer and closer. For one moment he forgot he was floating in the sky in a middle of nowhere alone.
"!!"
But suddently the atmosphere collapse as his eyes caught a silhouette of a broom flying at high speed. The silhoutte dissapeared blocked by the house outer wall.
He immediately crouch and hiding behind the wall below the window.
*IS IT HIM? ITS DEFINITELY..*
*HE'S REALLY RIDING A BROOM!!!!!*
"...!"
*IS HE COMING HERE???*
He tries to peek a lil bit while still in a great panic.
*WHAT SHOULD I DO!!?*
*Knock knock..
"EEEEK-"
He sneaks into the front door hall with his tip of his toe. His fingers glued on into the edge of a wall. All he can do is peeking the door from a secure distance.
*Its him, ITS REALLY HIM!!*
*knock knock knock
*knock knock knock
*What's wrong with me, ive been waiting for him all this time, this is the moment i've been looking for!!*
He gets up and walked down into that door.
A thin shadow appear blurry on the glass window. A shadow of a tall figure with a classy hat and broad shoulders slowly formed as he keep moving closer to that door.
This is the moment he's been waiting for. His sweat drops into the floor as he starts holding the door knob. He takes a deep breath and release it. A couple of second passed by before he can finally turn the door kno-
*Swishhh
Out of nowhere an angelic soft hand slide passed him on his right side. She places her hand above his hand, holding the door knob together. He feels a soft touch instantly but in his mind he was being touched by the softest lightest feather in the world.
He quickly open his eyes. A beautiful long white hair, along with a gorgeous white dress blocking his sight. Her dress tape slowly fell down uncovered her face, and her eyes.
She gradually turn her head slightly towards him. Her serene glances meet with his shocked stares. The time feel whimsicaly slowing down as his glance praised her presence. A smile appeared on her face right before she turns the door knob for him.
The door was open with her hand placed above the boy's hand.
*squekkkk...