“As I walked down that path it started getting foggy and that fog started getting thick by every step I was taking. After walking about 3 hours in despair and loneliness I finally started seeing a shadow in the fog in the world where only I was alive or so I thought”
“What do you think you are doing??” asked my elder sister angrily.
Yup that was me a total shut-in but sadly on a chilly December night I was asked to go buy groceries by my sister and I am here to talk about that little event that took place and how that event changed my life forever but first let me tell about myself a little more. My name is Michael haste I have become a total shut-in after my middle school was over and have been earning ever since then by writing stories and have become a professional writer but just like any normal boy I have my own desires, my own goals but I believe this world is totally unworthy of my presence so that’s why I decided to lock myself up in my own little world where I can be myself.
I was forced to go out and buy groceries I walked down towards the groceries store and kept walking but then I realized I was lost after walking about 2 hours I felt really hungry, I looked around and found a noodle shop was open so I went in and saw a strikingly beautiful girl at the counter. I was the only customer around so I ordered a bowl of ramen without giving a damn second thought. That ramen felt heavenly, I had never eaten a ramen as good as that so I ordered one for my sister because I thought it’s late anyway and she wouldn’t have eaten anything. I took the packed ramen and paid for the ramen and left just as I left the shop the whole place was foggy and the line of sight was as far as my elbow so I turned back towards the ramen shop and I couldn’t see it after closing my eyes for few seconds everything cleared up everything returned to normal so I thought I was just imagining things so I turned back again towards the noodles shop hoping to have a look at that girl again but to my surprise there was no noodles shop there was a grocery store, I froze there for few seconds and then after convincing myself that I was hallucinating I started to walk towards the house. I rang the bell and my sister opened the door and I went then she asked about the groceries. I told her that I wasn’t able to find the grocery store so I bought noodles for her and I lifted the bag but there were no noodles in it, there were the groceries my sister asked me to buy so I thought that I shouldn’t confuse my sister with more of my hallucination so I handed over the bag and started laughing stupidly and I felt hungry like I did before so I told the sis and she started making the dinner after having dinner I locked myself again in my room but instead of writing my story I started thinking about the events that just happened, the more I thought about it more I got confused so I stopped thinking about and started working again.
After a nights rest I felt fresh than ever before, my sister had already left for school and left breakfast ready for me to eat, I took breakfast and locked myself up in my room after few minutes the doorbell rang which was quite rare to happen so I went to check the door, just as I opened the door that girl which was at the noodle shop was standing there in the school uniform same as my sister’s school. I hesitantly asked what is it, she didn’t respond but kept staring at the ground like a mummy and then lifted her and stared right at my eyes which made me nervous at first but all of a sudden she said “Can I come in?? I want to talk to you.” To confirm what she said I said “sorry” and made it look like as I didn’t hear her clearly, she kept glaring at me so I had no choice but to let her in. I made her sit on the sofa and I sat across her. After few seconds of silence I broke the ice by saying “Umm…….You wanted to talk about something??” she raised her head again and glared at me and said “Why didn’t you give me a happy ending??” I was kind of lost and I asked “What do you mean??” she didn’t show any emotion and said “You know what I am talking about” I said “I don’t understand what you are saying please if you are here to play a prank on me then leave, I have work to do” she stood up suddenly and I thought she was leaving but instead of going towards the door she turned towards the kitchen and I asked “Where are you going??” she didn’t reply and went into the kitchen and picked up the knife which scared the shit out of me, I asked “What are you doing??” She didn’t reply again but started running towards me with knife in hand and I started running to I went around the sofas and said “stop it, if you don’t tell me anything I can’t do anything, listen to me we can sit down and sort things out. Right??” she replied coldly “Oh! You think I would believe that?? I can’t believe you in your world” I totally lost it “Like I said if you don’t tell me anything at all I can’t do anything, at-least tell me what you are talking about?? I don’t even know what you are talking about and your words are making no sense at all”
“I see” she replied “Let me show you then”
Suddenly the room got filled with fog, the girl kept glaring at me and then said “follow me” and I did as she said we walked for about two minutes and arrived at a graveyard and there was only one grave in a humongous graveyard which surprised me, I wanted to ask the girl what this is all about but I thought that it’ll be no of use so I didn’t bother asking. She stopped in front of the graveyard and I stopped next to her and I read out the name written on the graveyard out loud which was Julie haste. Which is the name of my sister, I got really scared and nervous and turned back and asked her “What is the meaning of this??” she replied “This is the graveyard of your sister” I went crazy and couldn’t think clearly and I asked her “What are you trying to do?? Making fun of me?? My sister is alive” she replied “Like the name on the grave says she is dead, she is freaking dead. Why don’t you realize that already?? How long are you planning on staying in this world?? Haven’t you given me enough pain already??” I replied “Tell who are you?? No, tell me what are you??” she replied “Okay I will tell you everything” in a blink of an eye we were back at our house
“I am a girl created by your imagination and the story that you have written, everything you write in those story, I experience them, and this world is also created by you. You can say I am a test subject of yours, you bring me pain and loneliness then teach me the joy of love and friends, but I have had enough of this I don’t want to experience anymore pain and sadness that’s why I am here to wake you up from your slumber”
“What slumber??” I asked desperately
“It’s about time you woke up and realized that your dear sister is dead”
“She is alive and well, she will be back soon” I said
“She will not return that I can tell you, because I had to deal with her before I could with you”
“What are you talking about?? I don’t get it at all, stop this bullshit already and leave”
“I am not leaving until I am done with you” she said, she raised the knife and pointed it towards me
“What are you going to do?? Please don’t don……..”
“It’s too late for that. You have slept enough” She jumped towards me and kept trying to strike me with the knife and after so many attempts she finally got me and pushed the knife deep in my guts and pulled it back out. Blood started gushing out of that wound and I fell to the ground and started feeling hazy all of a sudden and I closed my eyes when I opened them back up it started getting clear again I heard the beeps of some electronic device and there was no pain from the wound which I got from that girl and then I blinked again and then the pain came back it was sharper than ever and I was back in the room. The girl was standing there with knife in her hand. She started crying and said with broken voice “I don’t want to feel……… more pain…..I don’t want you to…..feel more pain” and then she hugged me and pointed the knife right on my chest.
I could hardly talk but then I mustered up my strength and said “Please don’t do this. I promise I won’t give you more pain so let me stay here. This is where I belong now. I want to be here”
She replied “I’m sorry”
And then I said “I see……I…..”
She thrusted that knife in me without giving me another second and when I came to, I thought I was dead but no I was in a hospital room. I felt very week, I slowly turned my head towards right and I saw my mother sitting there knitting something and I said with a faint voice “Mother” she dropped the needles and looked kind of shocked to hear my voice and I started hearing her cry all of a sudden and then she looked up towards me and came towards me and hugged me tightly and started crying and I asked “What’s wrong??”
Later that day I was told that I have been in an accident and my sister protected me from getting hit by a car and died on the spot and I got hit on the head when I fell and I have been in comma since then. It’s been a year and a month since the accident and I am slowly recovering from the weakness. All I can understand from all that had happened was in my dreams however I was saved by that girl. Since she was in my dream and I have woken up from my long dream she must have died there and because of that sacrifice and how my sister protected. I am not going to waste my life so I had decided to live my life to the fullest so that those who dwell in my dreams can enjoy their lives to the fullest as well.
