Forgotten Shores

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His last words seem to pierce my heart from every angle.For one second it felt like a joke.And I didn't pay attention to him.Instead I ran around and checked the neighbors' home.Empty.Perspiration was stronger than ever.I checked every house in the locality.Nothing was there.No one.'' You won't get anyone "He said.I couldn't understand anything.Neither did I care to look at him.My breaths became shorter."You've got to keep yourself put''He said again.
I finally dared.Dared to look at him. After six long years.He stood there.His blue eyes were shining.His jaw-line still the perfect one a girl would fall for.He was still the same attractive guy.But I had gotten over him."If this is your prank! It isn't funny!" I shouted at him. My anger had different reasons and the prank was the last reason."There are only some of us." he said."what?""some of us who are actually Alive!" he said."You're kidding me? " I questioned with a fear that caught my throat."you can't consider my parents dead!" I beamed at him. "Listen Ariel! I don't know! I'm in the same condition as you are! But it's no time to pick faults and whine." He shouted at me.The anger in his voice was melody. But I had gotten over him.I didn't reply.He started walking and I knew I was to follow.Again.Silence was my only family.We walked toll we reached a warehouse.I had never seen it before. I never actually went out. So I didn't know.I was much more of an introvert who preferred her coffee and books more than the world. Plus I wasn't good at making friends."You'll see some people inside. Friends. Enemies. Strangers. But you'll need to consider them your family. Remember." he said with authority.As if he meant something to me.But NO. I had gotten over it.And so we enter.First there was darkness and I couldn't see but now I see light circled at one place.There was a bulb that gave the brightest light it could. Brightest wasn't bright. But only a comparison to the darkest night.Under that bulb, I saw seven people sitting.
Peter Hornsby.Hated him from the first day. A wanna be.
Razz Chuggington.The beauty queen of New Jersey High school. The one I went to.
Corey Smith.I never actually spoke to him. But he was... Oddly nice.
Melissa Spew.My senior and the know-it-all twins. I didn't know them.
But then a smile finally appeared on my face.Alice Rose.My only friend at school.
"I'm Mardon'' one of the twins said. Knowing i had no idea who they were."Im Marson" the other said.I'm not going to care about them. I don't think it is of any use and sat beside Alice.I had questions.More than millions. But I didn't want to ask. Because she seemed to be puzzled too.Mardon then stood on the round table around which we sat."Ariel. We know it's hard but you need to get this right. We have no idea what happened. And we all have the same questions as you do but you will have to get used to this"I nod.Marson then comes upto me and gives me a blank, yellowish paper"write every possible thing. Memory to be exact. Any feeling. Anything you remember. From your birth till now. Every day's routine. Everything you can ever think of." he then said.I think it's ridiculous. How could I fit so much in just such a small paper.But then I started. And am still thinking.I've never been so tensed in life.I don't remember anything. I know I have parents but their names.... No.And final I write down everything I could remember.--------------1. Crush on James Alison.2. Ugly duck3. Parents.4. New Jersey High school.4. Alice. Melissa. Corey. Razz. Peter.5. My name. Ariel Green.Mardon comes up and snatches paper. As if wasn't willing to give.As if I wasn't willing to give*He called me to a corner and said, "Unbelievable. You are the second person to know so much. ''I was surprised but at the same time wanted to know who knew as many as I did.'' none of these people here even know their names. They just wrote they are humans." Mardon said.Tears had appeared in my eyes. My only friend couldn't remember me. I wasn't a strong memory?I felt like crying. I didn't know my parents well enough.But then I wanted to know. '' who is the other one'''' James Alison " he said." the first thing he remembered was you" he said."James knows me?"

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