Escape to Reality ✔

CHAPTER 11

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Alia's POV:

My head was throbbing, and I couldn't even lift them. How am I even alive yet? Or is this the 'AfterLife'?

I could barely open my eyes and check for my surroundings. The only thing that I can smell is the dry dustiness mixed with a hint of herbal scent. It's strangely raw and mildly comforting in my current state. I lay there for another few minutes when everything crashes down on me. It's the sand. I'm bathed in sand; and then I remember what happened.

We fell.

It happened at the same time; we were all talking about something and suddenly Sharuk slides off and falls into a mud pit, or whatever the pit was. Shanaya and I move forward to grab a hold of him, but unfortunately we went down along with him. I don't remember what happened after that. I guess it must've been a pretty big fall since I don't remember shit.

OMG

My Friends.

And that's when I open my eyes and use all my leftover energy to sit up, to look for my friends. That was a big mistake. My head started spinning, and I wanted to lie back down again, in the comfort of the soft sand. Why is the sand so soft and fertile?

It's then I hear someone calling my name.

"Alia!"

"I'm in here!"

I shouted as loud as I can and ended up coughing the dirt and sand out of the nostrils and mouth. I need to clean up the moment I return to the site. And then they found me. Shanaya and Sharuk. My saviours.

"Alia....are you alright there?"

"Yes, I am. But please get me out guys, it's suffocating in here and I don't do good with closed spaces."

"Yea, here."

Sharuk and Shanaya extended their hands out and I tried to pull myself up with the little help they provided me. And I succeeded.

I dusted the remaining sand from my dress, head and even my bag, which I'm thankful for.

"What ha....ha....hap-happened....?"

I trailed off as soon as I took in the site that was in front of me. These people were enormous and..... ancient like?

What happened?

I didn't see anyone around when we came here yesterday, but now-we are surrounded by people. And when I say people, I mean an entire village. They were forming groups around us and saying something that I didn't understand. What is this place? Some kind of Neverland?

I turned to see Shanaya and Sharuk;  and found them with equally confused looks on their faces.

"Guys, can you guess what happened?"

"I think- I think they kidnapped us?" Shanaya suggested.

"Wait, let me ask them."

He has lost it. I don't know about everything in the world, but I know for sure that these people don't speak the same language as us. But to my surprise, he was able to make conversation with one or two from a group. Have I lost my mind? Or is he actually speaking English and that guy who looks like a mini-'giant sized' cave man with a stick and few goats, is replying in some other language and Sharuk is able to understand them?

Hell no.

I looked around us, Its like we were at the circus. Then there was this small boy who came towards us. He saw us like we were aliens from some other planet. Maybe we are. Did we reach some other planet? He went near Shanaya and said something, and then her face morphed into utter shock. His entire figure was filled with excitement, like he just found his new toy for the week. She said something back, and he responded with a nod.