Not What You See

What Happened Did Not Happen

Alaska Averill opened her eyes. The world around her starts to focus. Trees were surrounding her and the sky was full of shrieking crows. The ground had no grass, only dirt. Her nails caked with mud and sand. She shield her eyes from the burning hot sun and looked up. The crows started to fly down at her. They swept down towards her with very strong force. The bird in front pecked at her and then all of a sudden, beaks were trying to peck her skin off. Alaska felt warm blood running down her face as she tried to swat the birds away. She scurried up and ran in towards a group of trees about a metre ahead. The black birds swooped up back into the sky, and came shooting down black rain. Alaska grabbed a sturdy twig from the ground. Her right hand holding the piece of wood was projectiled towards the sky, her other hand shielding her face. The birds slammed into her. Red liquid poured down her wrist as the twig pierced through the skin of a crow.

Since her 'sword' had no use now, she rejected the twig with the black bird onto the ground and sprinted through the woods. She climbed up a large oak tree and stood on the highest thickest branch. She peered down through the dark leaves. The crows did not follow her anymore, but they're mourning over the loss of their friend. The crows stood hovering around the dead bird. It bled until the twig slid out of it's stomach, revealing a large round hole. Alaska sat down on the large tree branch and closed her eyes thinking, how am I here? Where am I?. She thought about her mother, father, her brother, and Newt. Her head throbbed as she leaned on the large trunk and slept.

Wind blew onto her face as she opened her eyes. She was falling down through the troposphere layer. A sea of water sat below her, ready to gobble her up at any moment. She felt like a moment ago she was napping on a giant oaktree tree and suddenly she was in the air. Only god knew how that happened. She hugged her knees as the wind whistle around her. She hit the water and swam upwards. Only when she went up a few feet, a plant or a seaweed coiled itself around Alaska's ankles. She kicked and tried to pull the plant from herself. She was screaming like crazy which she then realise was a very bad decision due to being underwater.

She bent down and tore away the seaweed with her teeth. The seaweed loosen her from the grip. She swam upwards to the surface of the murky water towards the light. She broke through the surface and gasped for air. She did her best to float on the surface of the water like a starfish. She looked to the left and saw a small wooden boat floated towards her. She felt relieved when she reached the boat and clambered inside. She rested the back at the side of the boat while her clothes were dripping down with sea water. The salt in the water stung her once dry-cracked lips. She massaged her red ankles and rested her chin on her knees.

"Hello stranger" Alaska jumped up which caused the boat to rock very hardly. She eyed the old man in front of her. He had brown hair and large blue eyes. "What's your name?" He asked. Alaska cleared her throat and answered in a raspy voice. "Alaska Averill". "Well hi Alaska, my name is Jack Beanstalk. Nice to meet you". He extended his right hand towards her which she shook politely. They sat back down on the hard wooden floor before Jack leaned over the side of the boat, his eyes filled with terror. "Alaska, my boat can't take this much weight. We have to jettison some things." So they ejected overboard some food that Jack brought that Alaska thought was extremely larger than normal. Jack said he got them from a secret castle up in the sky where a mean troll and his wife lived.

"So where do you live?" Alaska asked Jack as she stared out towards the vast ocean of water. Jack stood next to her, he seemed dejected by the question. For a moment, Alaska thought he didn't hear her but then he replied. "After I stole the food from the giant, the sky never stopped raining until a few months later. That's how there's no land anymore. I live in the dead giant's castle with my mother." They continued to sail until sundown until finally they reached a large stem of a plant, dangling down from the sky. Jack tied the end of the plant with a hook at the end of the boat and started climbing up the stem of the plant. They climbed until their arms and legs were sore and their hands were red. Soon, the a large castle appeared on the clouds. The castle seem to be made out of stone and bean stalk. The roofs are made out of the leaves of the plant. They walked on the cloud towards the opening of the castle and stepped inside to be greeted by a mean looking women.

She looks just like Jack. Jack introduced her as Jess. All of them went into a large room. A very very large room in fact. They filled their empty stomachs with roasted ham and butter and bread finishing of with some chocolate cake. Jess and Jack talked about the giants and beanstalks; Alaska never paid attention to any of that. Jess then led them to a section of leaves in a corner. "This is where you spend the night. I expect that you'd be awake at six to come help me fix breakfast." She then turned at stalked away. Alaska laid down onto the bundle of leaves and slept.

She was standing a field of grass. The moon is hung up in the sky and the air is rushing with cool air. A dark figure loomed in front of her. It thrusted out a long blade at alaska. Blood trickled down her nose. The figure pushed her to the ground and put the shining blade on her neck as she tried to push the figure away. She balled her hands into a fist and slammed them on the figures face. He or she gave a grunt and then her vision swam into darkness once the familiar feeling overtook her.

She opened her eyes and looked around the room. The two white suit men in the room was peering at her screenbot with curiosity. She felt tired and very dizzy at the same time. Her head hurt as she put her head in her hands. The blood on her nose was gone, leaving no trace that it have been there. The two people led her out of the room and handed her screenbot to the women who had brought her here earlier. A hand grabbed her and injected a needle into her arm. The green liquid went inside her. "This will help you feel better" One of the white suited person said. She was a girl. She now understood. It was all a stimulation.