IT'S MAGIC

PART I CHAPTER 8

Where am I? What is this place? Who took me here? Why is everything so dark and… black? Well, how would I know? As soon as I set my body in motion, I realize that I’m strapped in a chair, body held down with some restraints I can’t get off by myself.

            “Hey, somebody help me!” I shout, hoping for some neighbors to come and free me. “Help! Help!”

            Well, just what happened before I was led here? All I can remember is I was walking by the village entrance late afternoon, right after Kevin ran, towards home, when I feel someone following me. I walk faster and the footsteps seemed to have increased by sound, and when I turned to check if who’s there, something has been injected in my arm. I haven’t even had the chance to see who did that because I just woke up here with blindfolds. For sure, someone took me here. Just who was it? And what is his/her purpose of abducting me?

            “Hey!” I cry out. “Help me here! Hey!”

            “You’re so noisy, you brat.” Like a doomed voice coming from around me nearby, it gets to my ears and sends shivers to my spine. I think, my mouth is kind of opened in shock.

            “Who are you?” I demand. “What did you do to me?”

            “Simple. But first keep quiet or I’ll have to knock you out with a sleeping syringe again.”

            The voice is unclear and completely strange to my ears, maybe technically altered by a speech device but my instincts tell me that it’s a girl speaking. A girl… is she the one who abducted me?

            I fall silent for a while. I’m scared, tensed, and horrified of whatever horror awaits me. And then I feel her taking the blindfolds off my head. I blink for a while and my eyes try to adjust with the environment. Everything’s dark, yes, but not completely black now. And belts are used to restrain me. My eyes look around for anyone, and see that there are two of them. Both are covered in black robes and cloak, their bodies concealed by something I couldn’t see much, and their faces are wrapped all over by a bonnet leaving their eyes uncovered which is more like a robber’s mask. One is at a distance, and one is in front of me.

            “W-who are you?” I ask with a trembling voice. “Why did you bring me here? What do you want with me?”

            Then the girl in front of me clicks something behind her cloak, “Simple, you brat. All we need for you is to listen, and follow everything I say…”

            I look at her directly in the eyes, and see to it that it is natural black in color. Or is it? The way it looks, if you look closely for long… instinctively, you can tell that those are contact lenses. And the choice of color is pretty good, pretty hideous.

            “So tell me now. I want to go home!” I exclaim. “I badly need to go home!”

            “Well, we’re just getting started yet.” She says calmly, voice still seems to be technically altered, or mechanically enhanced. “And there are rules you have to follow.”

            “Then tell me those damn rules!” I yell, feeling the flow of a tear from my eye, because I’m angry and scared, and yet I seem to be stuck in an inescapable situation.

            “Yeah, keep raising your voice, brat. Do you still want to see the daylight or what?” her tone speaks of sarcasm. “Just keep your voice low, and you will get out of this building alive.”

            “How can I just relax when I’m here abducted by strangers?” I still exclaim, not minding what she said. “Why did you take me here? What do you want with me? Tell me, and I’ll give you everything I can give, you bitch!”