TRAVEL BACK IN A YEAR

GREAT GRANDFATHER

Marion

I woke up and the time is already 6 pm, my shoes wasn't in my feet anymore, maybe mom take it off or dad. I rub my eyes and stand up and go to the bathroom. I splash some water in my face and look in the mirror, my hair looks like i have been in a fight, damm.

I comb it and go back into the bed and i open my phone and see if Kathy texted me, but instead i saw a text that i was expecting ever since last month.

It's from Jay

I quickly open it up.

[How are you Ri? Alam ko na matagal na kitang hindi na update and I'm sorry about that, i was just busy in my study, you know naman na i am graduating this year dbh, i hope you understand. I heard that your now in Spain, what's the matter?]Jay

I just stare at it and try to be calm

I off my phone and let my body fall into the warm and cozy bed.

He's such a great pretender, a very good Liar.

To take my mind off him i walk out of the room and walk into somewhere to just forget him.

My feet take me into some kind of Huge library, i was amazed because they owned thier own Library. I wandered around to look for a good book to read. And i was attracted to the book that was placed on the shelf in the last. It's to high so i have to find a way to get it, my first option is to find a ladder but unlucky this shelf doesn't have a ladder, so i decided to climb it. It doesn't bother me because i was wearing a panjama pair with brown t-shirt, when i almost reach it there is suddenly sound of something is like opening, and the shelf i am in, is starting to move.

'sh*t, sh*t'i curse on my mind, so as my instincts i jump and unlucky landed on my butt. It damm hurt!

I massage my butt,

"Ow" i said silently

Then when i look up, i saw the shelf has been open like a secret door.

There is a dark room inside it, and it look creepy. I feel some urge to walk inside it, i look into my left and right before i stand up and walk inside of it, it's dark so i have to touch the wall as my guide. Then i touch something like a button or a lever i guess.

I pull it and then theres the sound of the door shelf closing. Then the lights open up. In front of me there's another door waiting to be open. I slowly open the door expecting something will jump in front of me and eat me alive, just kidding.

When i bit open it, there's a sunlight seeking into it, so i swung it open. It was like a secret room office. And old one style. There is a huge dusty white fabric covering something, it was placed in the middle, and when you look down at it there are a lot of wires and cable on the floor maybe attached to it. And when i roam around the room, i saw something in the office table. A lamp, old pen and ink, and a papers. I walk closely to it and stare into it. There is a letter.

I pick it and read it, absolutely i cannot read it as it is a French language. I put it down and i was stop to see a little box next to the lamp. I open it up and saw a bracelet that look exactly like what i am wearing today. It's still look like it but old.

Weird?

I put it down and look around again, this is a huge secret room i might say. Then i saw a portrait up in the fireplace. It's huge and full of dust, so in my curiosity on what is in it, i decided to climb it and clean it. It is very dusty.

I started to clean it using my jacket (sorry not to mention about the jacket) i stop to see a face of a young man, he look like in the age of 7 and wearing a formal suit. Well this is a family portrait. There is something about this portrait when i stare at this young man. I feel hurt why?

I touch it all of the sudden and feel some liquid on my cheeks. Am i crying? What the-!

I wipe the tears and decided to continue. As i clean the left side of the portrait, there's the man. A handsome man. He is a very good looking, he look like a Korean or Japanese. Then i remember of the story that a moment ago my aunty told me. It was about thier great grandfather and her mysterious wife. I didn't expected that thier great grandfather wasn't a Spanish. He was a Asian man! And this little one is my mom grandfather!.

I try to remember what my aunty says, all i remember was their great grandfather wife was gone missing when thier grandfather was only 7, they never found her, and they never able to see or to know her name. Damm i should have listened more. That means, if this is the portrait of thier family which means this where i should be able to see who is my mom great grandmother was!

As i started to wipe the right side, my heart start to pound fast and loudly, i am very nervous right now. And when i am close to it i heard that something just fall on the ground creating a huge sound. I look at it and saw that the candle holder that was in my left side was fallen and bounce into the white fabric thingy.

So as a good kid i go down and grab it, i decided to just put it  the office table but accidentally pulled the white fabric created the dust to fly all over the room, i cover my mouth and try to wave the dust near me. When it all go away i was stunned to see a big telephone cell in here, the difference is it have a clock and a lot of button inside of it. So this is where all the wires and cable are attached to

I look at it and started to walk inside of it. When i enter i see a lever and pull it up, maybe this is a expiremtation. Don't mind to try it.

when it lighten up, i push some buttons and the engine start to run.

What's next?

I push other button and i wasn't realized that the whole surroundings are starting to spin, from slow like the carousel into intensely fast.
.i felt dizzy and i may even puke rn. It created a panic in me, so i try to open the door but it wasn't budgging,I fall down and landed on my butt, all i can do now is to look at it, as the whole surroundings turn into white, it's like where spinning in a speed of light!

I didn't know that i already pass out.