Seizon No Watashi No Kī ( My Key Of Survival )

A Parellel Universe?

I backed away slowly, shaking my head. This cannot be happening... My eyes began to water and I knew I was going to break down soon. William said something to me but it was pointless. The other me laughed at something my mother had said before she stopped abruptly, obviously noticing our presence. "Mom..." She mumbled. Anger and confusion rushed through me, but vanished quickly when my mothers eyes landed on mine. My heart began beating faster and a tear silently rolled down my cheek. I didn't even bother wiping it away. I took a step closer... Please don't let me be dreaming... "...chel!" A voice called out. I took a step closer, ignoring the voice. Happiness quickly took over as I ran over to my mom. I wrapped my arms around her and began to cry. She felt so real... A shriek escaped her lips and I looked up, expecting to see a smile or any sign of happiness. But no... She looked utterly confused. "What... Is this?" She mumbled, looking back from me to the other me, her confusion obviously growing as I clenched onto her desperately. "Reicheru!" A voice called for me, but this time I recognized the voice. I turned around to see Will, his face ghostly pale with a hint of anger. Doesn't he know who she is? Why is he acting like this? I turned around, ignoring him. I focused my attention on my mom. How exactly am I seeing her? Is this a dream again? No... It feels too real. "Rachel! Stop ignoring me! This is serious!" William yelled desperately. "Rachel?" My 'mother' mumbled, confused. Before I could reply, two hands gripped my arms, prying me away from her. "Stop!" I yelled desperately. "Please... Stop..." I was sobbing now. The last thing I see before we walk through the open door is my other me running up to my mom, clinging to her. We walked through the door, well... William walked... I mostly was dragged, and he slammed it shut. His breathing heavy and his eyes wide. His eyebrows were creased as if he was concentrating really hard on something. His shoulder-length, brown hair, trying to hide his face. Anger rushed through me as I recap everything that had just happend. "What the hell was that?!" I yelled at William. He looked over at me, a hint of anger flashing through his eyes, but was quickly replaced by sympathy. Of course. "Rachel... Look that wasn't really your mother." He said calmly. "What the hell do you mean? It looked just like her! It felt like her! It was her! Why would you try to separate us?" I wasn't yelling anymore, I was crying. Sadness replaced my anger and I desperately wanted her touch again. Why? Why would he do this? He knelt down next to me and gently put his arm around me, pulling me into a hug. "Think about it... She's dead. If she had died, how could that be her." I didn't want to admit it, but he's right. I guess just me seeing her had caused me to forget. She had died. Right in front of me in fact. The thought caused me to cry even harder. I clung onto William and rested my head in the crook of his neck. His shirt was wet from where I was crying. He hugged me tighter, "Shh... It's okay. I know your confused. I am too. We'll figure this out." I nodded slowly. We stood there for about five minutes, him holding me and me crying, until I had finally calmed down. He pulled away and looked at me, his face showing full concern. "Are you alright?" His voice was quiet. I nodded, "I'm as good as I'll get right now." "I think I know what we just stepped into." He said exitedly. "Well whatever it is, it must be pretty exciting." I replied, my voice still a bit shaky from crying. He rolled his eyes and smiled, "I think we had just stepped into a parallel universe." My heart sank at his theory. Seriously? A parallel universe? You have got to be kidding me. "Reicheru let me explain first!" He yelled, obviously annoyed. I cringed at the fact he was reading my mind again. Talk about no privacy. "Hear me out." He continued, "We went inside and saw your mother with you right? Well guess who wasn't there. Jonathin. You may not have you mom with you here in this world, but you do have your brother. Think about it. Wherever we were at just right now, we saw your mother and yourself, but where was Jonathin?" He Finished up and looked at me with that 'I'm a genius' look. Everything he said made a lot of sense actually. Sure, there hasn't been a single person capable of entering a parallel universe in over 100 years, but I guess any things possible. But there is something he IS missing. "Well what about my dad? My dad wasn't there either. I saw him die too. If he had died in this world, where was he in the supposedly other one?" A flash of shock filled his eyes but disappeared quickly. "You've stumped me there." He said defeatedly, "And what do you mean by "too"? You... Saw your mom die?" I could see the sympathy in his face and in all honesty, it made me sick. "It doesn't matter. The past is the past." I shot back. " I'm sorry for being sympathetic." He replied sarcastically. I rolled my eyes. I am in no mood for this. We need to think of a way out of here. And now. "I'm right there with ya" William said, taking a seat on the bed. I groaned, "Pleaaaaase! You have no idea how much that bothers me!" He chuckled, "Oh I think I have a pretty good idea." I rolled my eyes and sat down on the opposite side of the bed. What if that really was a parallel universe? But if it so happened to be, where in the world was my dad? Suddenly another thought occurred to me. There was absolutely no other door in this room besides the one we had just walked through. "William..." He looked up at me knowingly. "How exactly are we getting out of here?"

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Sorry for this chapter being so short! I tried to make it as long as possible but this just seemed like the best place to stop. Plus I know I haven't updated in a while so I figured I really should put something up. I'll keep on working on more stuff today but it probably won't be updated again for a while. I am a busy person. Oh who am I kidding? I just don't always have much creative sprees, you know? I do love this story so I'm not gonna abandon it... It's just hard for me to write sometimes. Well anyway, thank you guys so much for reading my story! I know it's not perfect and that I'm really late to publish and all that, but I really put a lot of effort in this so it really means a lot to me that you read it. I'll do my best to keep this story at a good pace and to not make it to crappy! I love you guys! :)