The Doors

The Doors Part 2

I took a break after that stressful encounter with that mushroom man in the last door, and when I was calm, I headed towards the next door. The path leading towards the sixth door was damp and humid, and the walls were wet with condensation, the floor was littered with puddles and small pebbles. After making it to the door I studied it, it was light blue with water steadily dripping out of the bottom and it had a coral design in the middle. The handle was light blue and in the shape of a fish. Grabbing onto the handle and turning it, I opened the door and water gushed out, it didn't last very long. It stopped almost as quickly as it started. Walking through the door distracted by the high rock walls. I tripped on a rock and fell into what appeared to be a rock pool. The walls of the rock pool were rough and covered in sea life and vegetation. I swam back to where I fell and pulled myself out. Soaking wet, I started looking around for a path so I could explore this world a bit further. Eventually I saw a path forward. It led me to a small crevice, barely noticeable from a distance. The crevice was just big enough to fit my body through. After getting out of the crevice, I looked at my surroundings. I was in the middle of the ocean. With no sign of escape, I started looking around the small island that I was stranded on. The trees on this island were covered in fruits. Vegetables littered the ground. Picking some oranges, I sat on the beach and watched the sunset. After the sun had completely set the coral in the ocean started to light up with colours. But I had to find a world that humanity could live on, waking back to the door was hard, because I didn't want to leave this place after all the stressful encounters I had, but I knew I had too eventually. Entering the door, I slowly shut it behind me.

Feeling the intense heat radiating from the next path I started heading towards it. The path leading towards it was full of sand and small dead bushes that looked completely dry. The door to the seventh room was a light yellow with sand piled up all around it. After slowly turning the warm metal handle and opening the door, a sandy wind blasted into my face, almost blinding me. The sandstorm that I had stepped into felt hellish with the sand slowly tearing at the top layer of my skin. Yet, just as I was about to turn to leave, it stopped. The pain and the sand that was being blasted onto my face, just stopped. Looking around at the barren desert there was no sign that a sandstorm just hit it. I was confused but that was when I saw it, A DRAGON! The scales of the Dragon were gleaming with a golden light, reflect the burning sun from penetrating its scaly armor. Its eyes were swirling with colour; red, orange and a slither of gold were mixed together. Around the long neck of the beast were sharp spikes that looked as if they could skewer anything. The wingspan of the dragon was massive, it was over 50 meters long! The dragon's wings were a translucent membrane attached to long-thin bones stretching through the wing as if supporting it. The body of the dragon was massive. Its stomach was clad in thick black-iron armor, engraved with patterns. A three-meter-long empty saddle on the dragon's back was linked to the armor with chunky iron chains. Looking at the long tail of the dragon that was thrashing against the sand dunes I soon surmised that this was the cause of the intense sandstorm raging only moments ago. Looking towards the face of the dragon I froze with fear. The jaws of the dragon opened slowly, revealing hundreds of razor-sharp teeth that filled its extensive elongated mouth. My eyes were drawn to the rippling gas-like heat in the back of the dragon's throat, and with one deafening click, the dragon ground its teeth producing a spark that lit the gas. A fireball the size of a car circled around in the dragon's mouth. Slowly getting hotter the fireball soon turned a brilliant white with slithers of blue. Not wanting to be a human marshmallow, I flung off to the side, spraying sand in the other direction. A split-second later a concentrated stream of dazzling white fire shot in the direction of my previous spot. Soon after the explosion of fire, massive red glass spikes with fire still lighting them shot up in the spot I was just in. Seeing how close I was to death I wanted nothing more than to leave this hellish world. I started scrambling back to the scorched black door after seeing the dragon conjure another fireball. Running through the door I took one last look at the dragon's enraged face and slammed the door shut. Sliding down the back of the closed door a wave of relief washed over me. Thinking back to the near-death experience moments ago I took a deep breath and stood up. With my hands shaking I started walking towards the next door.

Moving through the path leading towards the eighth door arcs or purple lightning shot between the smooth rune-covered metallic walls. The ground was also the same metallic rune-covered material. The roof was nowhere to be seen as an ominous storm cloud took its place. Getting zapped only once or twice by the purple lightning, I had made it to the metal door that surprisingly had no handle. With no obvious way of entry, I started scanning the door up and down looking for a way to open the door. After looking at the door from an angle, an indentation was visible that looked like a handprint, so shallow it was almost unrecognizable to the naked eye. Placing my hand on the handprint I felt electricity shooting through my body. Electricity started crackling between my fingers. Then it happened, the door that once stood seemingly un-openable was now opening, inch by inch. The world behind the door was one of darkness, an indescribable void was all that laid before my eyes. Blinding purple lightning seemed to crack the sky in half lighting the inside of the door. The ground surrounding the door was burnt black from the lightning that hit it often. The purple light revealed the tall metal spikes that stood over 30 meters into the air and looked as if they had been twisted and deformed by giants themselves. The second bolt of lightning ruptured my ear drums as it landed only 10 meters away. Ears ringing, I fell to the ground holding my head in agony before passing out. I soon came to my senses only to see a dull house devoid of colour surrounding me. Looking around, my eyes landed on a creature that could only be described as something that could only be described in a fantasy novel. Her dark brown skin, eyes full of wisdom, and long droopy ears that hung out from the side of her head covered in jewelry, same with her neck and hands, the crystals embedded in her forehead were changing colour and morphing shape without rhyme or reason. Her vibrant red robe, that had patterns scattered across it, swayed, and shook as she moved throughout the house. Wondering where I was, I tried to speak but before doing so I was cut off by the lady, she spoke in a language unknown to me. Seeing confusion evident on my face she stopped speaking abruptly and held her hands just below her chin, a glow of white light started dancing and vibrating around her hands. She lowered her hands towards me and the same light appeared around my neck. A muffled voice filled my head as she was speaking. The distortion and muffle that was layering the voice soon subsided and became clearer within my head. Soon realizing it was the woman's voice that was in my head I calmed and listened to her. She spoke of the doors and their history, how they appeared and disappeared whenever a planet was in great disarray or peril to help them recover, and how nobody knew where they came from. Her story was interesting as it described her experience with the doors and the dangers behind them, and how the doors destroyed her world and made it into an endless land of danger and destruction. After a certain amount of time the doors would expand and transform the world to suit the inhabitants of that door. In addition to this devastating information came advice, tips, and what to expect from the doors. Feeling grateful for the information I thanked her and set out towards the door to return. Once I had returned I had a newfound sense of confidence about earth's situation.