Another Dimension

Chapter 23- Sword and Emerald

I felt like I was crossing the oblivion now. My body feels so tired and weak after that one flash. I don't know what's going on, but I want to know what happened to Lucas. He was with me the whole time. I don't know what happened to him. I know I should wake up and search for him, but I just can't.

That's when the sword and the emerald crossed my mind. I wonder what happened to it. It was with me the whole time. Without the sword now, I feel so weak. I guess that was one specialty about the sword. Guess it gave me some strength to fight that monster. Especially that one.

"You are right. It indeed did." A voice that was very familiar. Cold and strong like iron. The keeper.

I want to respond, scream, and shout at that monster. But I can't do anything. My body was too tired. I can only listen but cannot respond at all. "You see-" I can't but hear. "- the sword was made by one of the campers. If I want I could have bought that person to the other dimension. But I didn't because I want it to be you." But why though? I am not special you could have taken any other campers. Other than me of course. And those poor people who have been trapped for years could've left early. "I know. But do you know how and why those people came into this another dimension?" Oh, so I must communicate with my mind. "Why?", I thought.

"Did you really not recognize those people you met in the camp? Especially after recognizing Lucas?" "I didn't." "Should I return a glimpse of your past memory then? I know it is painful, but you have to go through." I want to scream no. But I can't either mentally or not.

Then the memory started to flood in. The first time I was bullied was by my best friends when I was in the pool in the first year of primary school. Then those faces changed into the people I saw at camp. I can't believe I didn't recognize that.

Then the time when I joined junior scout, those girls broke some of the supplies that I bought for the camping trip. And later I got lost in the woods and I was wandering all alone. Only when a man came to rescue me. That face changed too. It was Derek.

Another memory of Caroline hugging me after she found out that some of my classmates were teasing me for looking so big and next to her was little Lucas who was sobbing with scratches all over his face. Because he was the one who saved me back then when those people were hurting me. The face of my previous classmates changed into the people I came across at camp.

Then there was the other time when I was admitted to the hospital because of the beating I got from my parents. I was severely injured, and I was crying so badly. That's when a boy who was roaming around the hospital came into my room by accident. He came in and we had a chat and also made me laugh so hard. The face changed it was Gabriel.

Then before I left the hospital, I went outside and was sitting, waiting at the reception. Waiting for my parents. That's when a big guy came and sat next to me. He looked very tired and sleepy. Then when he looked at me he smiled at me. The face changed it was Elijah.

I saw all the campers. Some were bullies while some gave me the strength to face them.

I didn't remember most of my bullies ' faces but I was able to remember all the torture and pain that I went through because that made me stronger than I was before. I am no longer that little girl who always wept but a very strong woman who no longer weeps.

After all the memories were swept away from me. I was able to see the blank space again. It was dark. Very dark. Nothing was visible.

But weird noises like the sound of the heart rate monitor.

To be continued...

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