The Captive Life of Samantha Roberts

Chapter 3: The Astral Plane

The sun was extremely bright that morning as we walked outside to start our work. I followed Sebastian to the edge of the Island. William was a few steps behind us.

"You two walk way too fast." He said catching his breath.

Sebastian's smile lit up his small face.

"Are you ready Samantha?" He asked me.

"You can call me Sam." I said.

"Okay Sam." He said.

He put his hands on the edge of the island. I sat down next to him and put my hands next to his. William did the same.

"Okay, this might be a little confusing, so if you get lost, just tell me." He said.

"Okay." I replied.

"So, I basically built the island on the barrier of the astral plane. The astral plane is basically a realm in which only psychics can enter.  It's like a realm hidden in the existence of our realm. I used my powers to enter the astral plane. When I entered, I made the island rise from below the water. I then created strong beams to hold the island above water. I brought the island into real existence, but to do anything to it, we have to enter the realm. We could bring parts of the building that the construction team builds into the astral plane, but it takes some time. We enter the astral plane daily to check on the island." Sebastian said.

"So the astral plane is basically a dimension within this realm." I said.

"Exactly!" He said.

"So how do we enter?" I asked still on the ground.

"You get in a position in which it is okay for your body to be without your mind and then think about standing up. When you stand, you should see a glowing zipper type thing. This is the entrance into he astral plane. Rip it open, and close it immediately. You do not want to let out a creature from the astral plane into our world." He said.

"Okay, I think I'm ready." I said.

"Let's do this!" He said excitedly.

I closed my eyes shut and thought of standing up. It was like my mind jumped out of my body.

I could see myself with my eyes closed on the ground. Everything was foggy and translucent. My body looked like a ghost. I was standing, and I saw a bright glowing line. I knew it had to be the entrance that Sebastian was talking about.

I put my hands on it, and it was extremely cold. I ripped it open quickly and walked inside. I closed it and looked around. I was on the sea floor where Sebastian must have built the island. There were beams across the sand in front of me.

There were shapes and pictures flowing through the water. As I looked closer, I saw what looked like people's thoughts floating around.

I saw Peter in someone's thoughts. His light brown hair was in place and his light green eyes were not as puffy as I saw in my vision. I missed him.

A voice, actually more like a screech, interrupted my thoughts.

"Look what you did!"

I didn't know where the horrific noise was coming from.

"You did this Samantha! You trapped us here!" I heard a different voice say.

Cassandra walked before me with Daniel.

"You... You're dead." I said.

"No Samantha, you trapped us here." She said calmly.