The pill

II

Believe it or not, me and Minaz actually went through with our whole sleeping plan. It was actually the best sleep I've ever had. I think at least. I felt so incredibly refreshed when I woke up, like when you splash your face with cold water early in the morning. And then I saw them. My retrievers. Come to take me to the preparation station where my body would be, well, prepared, for my pill. To do that of course they have to put me in a  little nap with a little needle.It was a long sleep. Even though it didn't feel like it. I remember the shot pinching my arm slightly, and then suddenly everything went dark. And then in what felt like about 5 seconds, I woke up.

"Come along Adaliah, This way to the room." Shortly after I woke up, an official looking woman came to get me. She had short blonde chin length hair and two huge brown antlers sticking out from her head. Guess there's no need to say what pill she took. Speaking of which, she's leading me to get my pill. I can stop repeating that sentence in my head. She's leading me to get my pill. I've been waiting for this moment for 16 years and its finally happening.

We walked down along hall with paintings covering the walls. I knew what they were, everyone did. On the right wall, There were paintings of the founders, along with plaques and achievements. On the left were painting of our Meezters and Meezes of the past.  I wandered along behind the woman. She hadn't introduced herself at all, and usually I would find that quite rude, but today mind mind was only on that one little thing. Suddenly the hall turned to the right and I saw an elevator at the end. In this part on the hall, there were no paintings, only big brown doors on each side. I assumed they were offices or something of the sort. When we entered the elevator, the official woman took out a small silver key. She stuck the key into a lock at the top of the buttons and turned it. There was a beep and we started upwards. Excitement was shooting through my veins as the elevator moved upwards. This is it. This is it! 

The elevator beeped again and we stepped out. The elevator went directly into the room. The choosing room. The walls were a deep navy blue, and the carpet was the same. The lights were orange and built into the white ceiling, casting a dim glow around the room. A smile played across my mouth. At the end of the room, the sole piece of furniture caught my attention. It was a table, small, square and up to my chest. On it was a gold metal box. Two guards were on either side of it. There were probably micro cameras everywhere, watching my every move. The lady started walking towards it and I followed. We reached the box. I was shaking in excitement.

"Adaliah, you are now sixteen, and it is time for the moment you've been waiting for all your life. The time when you get your pill." She smiled at me. "Now, put your hand on the front of the choosing box."

I hesitated a moment, but then placed my hand on the cold golden box. Suddenly a scanner popped up on the front and scanned my hand. Above it, the name Adaliah appeared. Next to the box, a glass of water appeared from a square in the table. The top of the box slid open carefully.

"Good." Said the lady  "Now you shall, put your hand in and chose your pill."

I lifted my hand and slid it inside the box. There were hundreds of the tiny pills in the box, all in a small black velvety pouch. I shuffled my hand around feeling each pouch. Rumors had been spread around the community, that when you found your pill, you would feel, like a  magnetic tug. I do not know if that is true or not, but I searched anyways. I suddenly grabbed one of the bags in my hand.  There was no magnetic tug, but something strange had just happened. It took me a couple seconds to realise I had grabbed it. It was like my hand closed around it against my own will.

Finally I pulled it out. I carefully pulled the draw string on the little bag  and opened it. Without looking inside, I turned it upside down and let the pill fall in my hand.  I took the bag away and looked at it. In my hand was a small blue pill. Blue. I had gotten blue. I was going to fly.