The Glassy Sky

TOBY: The Lost Boy

I woke up in a forest filled with giant trees and animals running and flying all over the place, the sunlight is so bright and the wind breeze feels like spring. I don't know how I ended up in this place. All I can remember is I had an accident with my mom. I do remember that night when mom and dad are having a fight, and mom have to pack up all of my stuff and we left home because mom doesn't want to see dad anymore. Then a truck hits us, and I ended up waking up on this place. "Where am I? I asked myself. I don't know how I ended up in this place, this is not the place where we had our accident. "Where's mom?" I asked again. I really need her now more than ever. I just wish that there's people that I could talk to. "Hello!" I shouted. "Is someone there?" I tried calling out but no one there for me.

What is this place? I asked myself. I'm starting to get worried about what's going to happen to me, without my mommy I don't know what to do. I'm sure she's looking for me too. So, I have to keep moving. Then, moments later, I saw a door in the middle of the forest. It's a blue wooden door that has my name on it. It looks just like the door in my room, and blue is my favorite color. I entered the door, only to find out that there are many doors in this place. "Hello!" I shouted, "Is someone there?" My voice echoed, but no one answers back. I tried to open a door but I ended up on a zoo where the animals are there to entertain us. Then I saw that the lions got out of their cages. They started chasing me. I immediately went back to the door, as fast as I could, crying, I think I also peed my pants a little. I shut the door as quick as I could so the lions won't escape.

It's life threatening. The lions are too big and scary that I don't want to open this door. Ever again. I don't like the feeling of being chased by one either. What is this place? Really? I asked myself again. I began to wonder if I'm already dead, because we had an accident and this is my punishment for not listening to my parents. They always argue about many things, even little things like my grades in school or why I don't participate in school and class activities and many more. My mom would always defend me while my dad would always argue things that I don't want to do. But I don't want to do it, I know that I'm different from other children from my school. My dad even scolded me because I touched one of my classmate's private body parts. He hates me for not touching a girl's part, instead I touched a boy's part.

He told me that I was a shame in the family for not being boy enough. Because I don't play sports or participate in school activities but rather I choose to write stories and poetry. My mom was always there to defend me, and she told me that she still loves me no matter what I choose to become in my life. I know that I love poetry and writing stories, for it drives me to a different world whenever I write, and I know that I'm not just a boy. I'm more than that. Yes, I touched his private part, because I love boys more than girls. It's not intentionally that I wanted to touch his privates, but it just happened. I don't identify myself as a girl. I know that I'm a boy who likes boys. I maybe young, but I know who I am deep inside.

I tried to open another door, and it lead me to the beach that looks like a beach from Miami Florida. I scouted the area and I keep the door open so I can run back whenever I encounter trouble. I tried to look for people in the beach and in the city, but no one's here. Then alligators suddenly appeared in front of me, and they are chasing me now. I ran as quick as I can to escape this horror. Then closed the door and make sure to never come back to this door, ever again. What is going on? I asked myself. This place is getting weirder the longer I stay here. I need to find my mom, and I have a strong feeling that she's also here in this world. I just need to find that door that would lead me to her.

A couple of hours later, I saw from afar that there's these two boys who bolted the door and are running. I don't know why they're running, but I shouted, "Wait!" This is the first time I saw people in this world, and why are they running? What are they running from? I tried to follow them, and suddenly the door that they bolted exploded. Right there, I saw the horror that made me stop from moving a single muscle. I saw the devil, so big it flew from the sky with its devilish wings. I can't speak. My mouth went dry, and I'm stunt from what I just saw. I need to find those two boys that I saw. The one looks older, and the other looks like were the same age or older in a few years.