The Illusionists

Chapter 2

"We have come." I look up at the light. It's a lady in a... spaceship? "We have come to get you, Stella. You can return to us now."

The lady jumps down from the spaceship. A couple of other people in black robes jump down after her. I keep staring at the spaceship above and don't bother looking at the people standing in front of me. I hear someone clear their throat. This immediately gets me out of my trance. I look back down at the people in front of me. Evelyn. Evelyn is standing right in front of me. I had expected to see Evelyn tied up or something. I most definitely did not expect her to be the lady of my dreams.

"Eve.. Evelyn? Wha...?" I stutter. She steps forward and holds out her hand for me to shake. Evelyn usually hugs. She never shakes hands. I stare at her hand for a couple of seconds before looking back at her face. She sighs and brings her rejected hand back down to her side. "Hi. My name is Viola. Demon to some, angel to others. I have come to take you back to the Land of Illusionists." Huh? "No. Your name is Evelyn." I say. She sighs, Again. "I have come to take you back. Everything will be explained to you once we reach." She says.

"What are you? Mayor of Wacko Town?" I ask. Repeating the familiar phrase from earlier this morning. "I know that you are very surprised, Stella" I snort at the understatement. "You will understand this whole confusion later. For now, please get into the ship." She says. Gesturing towards the U.F.O. thing.

"O.K Evelyn. That's enough now. I get it. You are trying to cheer me up and all. But seriously... I'm starting to kind of freak out. So... let's just cut it out. K?" I say all in one breath. Evelyn takes a deep breath, As if trying to control herself from ripping me to shreds. All of a sudden, she explodes. "JUST GET INTO THE GODDAMN SHIP BEFORE I RIP YOU INTO SHREDS!!" Wow, She's psychic. "DO IT. JUST DO IT." And I, being the idiot that I am... Enter the ship. Evelyn follows up behind. The rest of the people climb in after her.

The ship is bright. I mean, really bright. Thousands of tube lights bright. Evelyn gestures towards a seat. She sits on the seat and puts on her seat belt. I do the same. "You might want to tighten your seat belt. The trip will be slightly rocky." She said. I obey her. I don't know why I am even doing this. I don't know why I am blindly letting my best friend...or an imposter kidnap me. I guess I am just stupid. There's no turning back now. Even if I tried turning back, I would fall and die. It doesn't take me quite a lot of time to consider which option to choose.

"10 Seconds." says Evelyn. She gestures at me to hold on tighter. I hold on to my seat belt as tight as I can. All of a sudden, I feel everything I ate go down to my toes and all my insides become mush. I feel the most intense pain for one second and I feel nothing the next. After about 5 minutes of experiencing this agony... It stops.

"We're home." Evelyn exclaims. "And where exactly is home?" I ask her. "Ok. Listen. Stella. I am going to tell you this only one time. One time. We are at the Land Of Illusionists." She says. What? "Evelyn, Do you even understand the words that are coming out of your mouth.?" I ask. "My name is Viola. Evelyn is an illusion. Non-existent. Capiche?" She snaps back. "Bu..." "Na'ah. Nope stop talking. Follow." She says heading towards the mouth of the ship.

This is hopeless. Completely hopeless. Evelyn is a complete nutcase. But then... so am I, for coming in the first place. Gahhh... This is frustrating.

I follow Evelyn out of the ship. I gasp at the sight. "It's St... Stu... Stunning!" This is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. So colourful. So bright. So... Happy!

There are colourful shops, buildings tall and short, churches with architecture ever so intricate, people!! So many people. But then, everything is floating. On thin air!! There is a huge square like building that is floating the highest. Everything is just perfect. So perfect that I am about to cry. I just stand staring with sheer pleasure at the feast that has been laid out for my eyes.

. But apparently, different people have different thoughts of how I look at things.

"Stop gawking will you? It's not all that unbelievable." Evelyn exclaims. Only to be greeted with silence. I don't let her obnoxious self interrupt me when I am soaking up the beauty that lays in front of me.

  I just stand staring with sheer pleasure at the feast that has been laid out for my eyes.