Wandering Alone

Chapter 3: Portal One

How long has it been?

Sanya slowly opens its eyes, finding itself near an ocean. The ocean was as dark as the sky above, with not a single star shimmering down. Sanya slowly rises and start making its journey. It seems there is no bird, the bird has vanished.

Sanya has later come across two tombstones, non of them have names written on them, just a hole that's in the shape of a diamond on the very top of the tombs. What do these mean?.. the thought crossed its mind.

After miles and miles of wandering around, Sanya began to lose hope of finding whatever it was searching for. There is no guide or escort to show the way. What does Sanya do now? Does it just stand around hoping the bird from earlier would just randomly appear before it and start leading Sanya to where it needs to be? Well... what else is it supposed to do? That's all Sanya can do.

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Wait...

What is that in the far distance? It looks bright and it really stood out among its surroundings. Sanya didn't hesitate to follow the light, it was almost as if the light was calling for it. As it got closer and closer to the light, the more clearer the light was. At the end, it was just a single candle but there were several other candles around it, although non of them was just as bright as the one Sanya followed.

After a few moments of questions, Sanya came with an agreement and started to light the other candles with the single bright candle. The first one, then moved to the next one, then the next, until every candle were the same brightness. As It came to the final candle, a sudden gust of wind came by and blew all the lights out, at least Sanya was able to protect the single bright candle with its body.

After many other attempts of lighting the candles but no avail until the last candle, Sanya began to give up. Suddenly, it heard a sound...tweet...tweet. Sanya searched for the sound knowing who it's coming from. Tweet, tweet. It became louder. Sanya looked up, and there it is, the blue bird from that sandy place. The bird slowly began to land to the ground, and Sanya definitely knew it was the same bird.

Where were you?

I thought I lost you?

Not expecting a response from the bird but a single tweet. That in Itself is enough to make Sanya feel relieved, although it don't show it.

The bird started to take off again, but this time Sanya followed along. The bird flew in such a rapid pace that Sanya started to lose track of it. But eager to not lose the bird again, Sanya ran, ran like it never did before. They passed more and more deserted areas, not a life insight. But as the bird started to get more sluggish, so did Sanya. It looked ahead and, like magic, there sits a life in the distance, the life was so far but Sanya could notice it well because of how gleaming that life was.

It got closer and closer as Sanya got more close to it. And there it was, a life that was so bright, it started to make Sanya squint. It seemed the life is a child, a lonely one that looked dreadfully afraid. The bird motions Sanya to get closer, and so sanya did.

Are you okay?

You look so melancholy...

But there were no sound from the child, could it not hear the thoughts of Sanya just like that silhouette? It also never made a single budge from its original position. A position where you can't even see its face. With both knees up, in such a sorrowful way. It seemed the child has given up on life, but why? What has happened? Sanya wished for away to help the child.

The bird then made a sudden tweet, making Sanya jolt. The bird did not want Sanya to get closer as it was already close enough, the bird wanted Sanya to touch the child. But why? What would change If I do? Sanya obliges either way.

After just one touch on the child's arm, everything began to become very bright making Sanya trying to block the brightness and closes its eyes. But when the flashing lights started to calm down, Sanya noticed that the child has gone. Where did it go? What happened? Confusion strucked Sanya like some strange phenomenon has just occurred.

"You just saved that boy..." said a voice.

What? I saved him?

Where was that voice coming from? Sanya wondered as it looked around desperately.

"Down here adventurer...its me your bird friend"

The blue bird? You can speak? Since when .. did you..

"I suppose you've never seen a speaking bird before?"

No I have not

You can hear my thoughts too?

"Alot of the new friends you meet here would understand you, Sanya."

But that boy did not..

"No, The Lost Children do not speak, that is why the boy stayed silent."

The Lost children? Can you explain what is going on? What do you mean The Lost Children?

"You do not know? Oh.. I thought you would have been told at the beginning of your adventure."

The silhouette never mentioned it to me.

"Okay, I see. Let me explain then.."

The bird goes off about The Lost Chuldren. Apparently they are the children of the light, and some decades ago there were a problem that caused all of them to scatter for safety, but ever since then, they all could not find their way back to the Catsle of The Light, therfore the nickname, The Lost Children.

"Do you understand now adventurer? You are the one to save them all, there is no longer anyone worthy left but you."

Me.. so I'm the only one able to save them?

"That is correct"

But I also would need to find all the spirits at the same time..

"I know it is a hard position to take but do you not want to save them scared Children? And find out more on your history?"

My history?

"Yes, your history. Do you wish to know more?"

My history.. is there away to know more?

"Certainly.. follow me then if you do wish to know more" Said the bird as it started to take flight.

Sanya started to question things, but follows the bird either way. Where were they going?

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Hello everyone, sorry I haven't been publishing for a while. My device that I write the stories on broke, and It took a while to get it fixed. So I decided to make Chapter 3 a little longer to mask those days I have missed.

Thanks for Reading :)