The Philosopher's Stone: An Escape from Reality

CHAPTER 6: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Athena's POV

The whole place is so scary, including the owl thatflew away. Trees around me look like they could walk and eat me alive. Thisplace terrifies me. What should I do in this kind of situation?

I started walking. This is the only thing that I can doright now. If I can't move on, I can't go to my next destination. Noone is here except me and that is why I need to be independent.

Iwalked slowly until I reached the darkest side of the forest. "DoesShakespeare want me to be killed?" Iasked to myself. I'm used to being alone especially when I want tosketch some pictures for my manga. But right now, this is the firsttime that I felt loneliness of being alone.

After a few minutes of walking, I remembered whatShakespeare told me before he pushed me towards this scary place. Andthat is, I should find the answer to myself.

And then, I saw two roads. Which path should I takethen? I can't move on if I won't choose anyone of those two. Thosepaths have the complete opposite of characteristics.

The first one was so dark. The leaves were alreadywithered. Its road is bulky and that made me think that this couldn'tbe the right path to get out of this scary forest.

The other one was grassy. Compared to the first one, itlooks safer and that I could make my escape from this forest.

"Makesure to choose the path wherein you won't regret to. This will changeeverything you have," amysterious voice said.

A road that wouldn't make me regret into the future?How can that be? Can I travel in time so that I can see theconsequences of my decision?

If I look at the first path, I guess there were alreadya lot of people who took that one based on its bulky road and thosewithered grasses. Maybe those grasses were stepped by those travelerswho passed by in this forest. And for the other one, I think no onehad been there. Even if it looks so safe to past through, I'm sure ifthat can lead me to the path that I want to be.

As I was thinking to where should I go and then, Iremembered what my grandfather told me. I should embrace change. Ishould change myself. And that will only happen if I will make myselfdifferent from other persons and most specially, from me. I shouldfollow what my heart desires.

I took the path that was less traveled or we can call arisking path. You don't know where will it take you and that made myjourney more thrilling.

As I walked to that path, I discovered something. Andthat was, I was still a loner in this place. No one was around. Ihad a doubt in taking this path but in my heart and in my mind,being alone in this path will lead me to a happy life with thepersons that are waiting for me outside this dark forest that hasfull of mysteries. And with that, I realized that being different orunique can also make my manga script be beautiful.