Dimensions (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 2: Why me? (Naranja)

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Katze and Lark were fighting. Again. It had only been a week since she met the guy and they were still bickering at every moment. This moment was no exception. We were in Social Studies class, the three of us working together on a class assignment when they started arguing about the answer to a question.

I just waited with a goofy smile on my face for them to stop. They did stop, but not just their pointless little fight about the answer, the whole class did, everything was in silence and completely still. I looked around and only saw Katze looking at me, with cat-like features such as a tail and ears. His claws menacingly pointed at me.

"So you don't remember anything?" He asked, and then chuckled, "I guess that'll makes it easier to catch you again. Don't think you're safe from me. King Cethin will find you and you will have that little 'chat' with him." He kept looking at me.

"W-what do you mean I can't remember anything?" I asked in fear, "Is this a dream?"

Katze looked at me, amused by my response.

"This isn't a dream Your Highness, merely just me messing around with your head."

Why had he called me your highness? I wasn't royalty!

I tried to move backwards but I was paralyzed. Katze started approaching and he tried to grab my wrists, I heard myself screaming but everything faded to black.

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I woke up, sweat dripping down my face as my hands clutched bedsheets (I think). What was that dream or warning I should say? Why was Katze so evil and trying to make me do something? And what was it that I forgot? Who am I? Why did he call me your highness? Those questions swirled in my head aimlessly.

To clear my head of those unanswerable questions I looked around and I noticed that my surroundings were different. I wasn't in my bedroom where I usually woke up, instead I was in a sitting position with a fabric covering me (probably as makeshift bedsheets) and my head was leaning against a tree.

I looked around the vicinity and saw no human being, although it certainly seemed liked humans had came, as shown by a small fire still barely burning. Suspicious of knowing how Samei had pranked me this time, I stood up.

Wait, that didn't sound right... Samei? I don't know anyone with that name, except maybe...

Then everything hit me like a truck. Lark who was actually named Samei (why on Earth did she change her name), Katze who's actually a cat (that seems to kill things and go on errands for his 'King' or whatever) and the fact that I'm not from Earth (or rather I lived on Earth for like ten years but I was apparently born in another 'world' as Katze explained).

I felt my knees buckle and I fell back down onto the grass, or dirt, or floor, whatever you wanna call it. Everything truly felt like it came right out of some random movie, the whole science project that turned into a freak show, and the surprising fact that I could summon swirly vortexes that could teleport you to other places.

That last fact held my attention so, out of curiosity, I held my hand out in front of a tree and concentrated. A few blank seconds later and nothing happened. I tried a couple more times with no success. I sighed and leaned back against one of the trees.

Everything was starting to annoy me (I mean if you were suddenly transported to an unknown world, almost killed by a person you called your friend, and lost your best friend, wouldn't you be mad?), and my eyes started to create prickly tears of anger that forced themselves to roll down my cheeks. Why was this happening to me? Why did it have to be me of all people? What have I done to deserve this? Where are you Samei? I miss you already!