Endless

cHaPtEr TwEnTy TwO

"Dorothy!"

"Dorothy?!"

"Are you there?!"

I kept calling for her but she seemed like she was nowhere to be found. Maybe she wasn't inside the mansion...

I ran towards the front door and I opened it frantically, and the white stone path built on healthy looking green grass that led to the mansion came into view. At the end of it was the entrance gate that seemed like it hasn't been opened. Surely she was still somewhere in this area.

I didn't just have to worry about finding Dorothy, there was also the issue of my mother and my sister discovering my location. Either way, I'd have to face them at some point and I'd probably lose my bedroom privileges. Dammit.

I ran towards the left side of the mansion and started exploring the garden. It was rather beautiful, honestly. I didn't really like sunlight so I didn't go out much, but I loved the look of the garden.

It had fountains, pillars covered in vines, flower gardens, a symbol engraved onto the ground in the middle which added to the feel of elegance this place had...my mother must have paid so much for this. It was kind of a waste, in all honesty. It was all so beautiful yet they served no purpose other than to simply look appealing to people who probably don't even glance at it.

It would have been best if that money went to something useful, but I don't think anything like that would happen anytime soon.

"Dorothy!!" I kept shouting. There was no reply. Maybe she was around here and she just didn't want me to know where she was.

I couldn't help but feel bad at the fact that she was seemingly trying to get away from me. I was just trying to help all this time...

There was still the bush maze that I haven't looked through yet. I didn't get why she would be there though. I didn't even know why we would have one in the first place.

I entered, hoping for the best. I was trying to run through the maze but I eventually got tired and I couldn't keep on. Not only that, but I had no idea where I was.

This maze wasn't even that big, why would I be having so much trouble navigating through it?

I kept making some more turns until I reached yet another dead end. I guess I had to keep looking.

Although when I turned around, I saw that there was another dead end, which meant that there was no way for me to get out.

I started to panic as I realised my situation...what was there left to do? I couldn't just stay here until I die and my corpse starts rotting. I desperately tried to decrease my heavy breathing levels and think of a way to get around this.

I couldn't go over it because I wasn't tall enough and I wasn't good at climbing, or any sport really.

Suddenly, as I thought everything was hopeless, there seemed to be a salvation...or a doorway to something even worse. Somehow a part of the bush opened itself like a door, which gave me a way to get out.

I was obviously skeptical because I was sure this was some kind of trap, but what other option did I have? I'd rather see what happens rather than just wait here and die.

As I slowly walked out of the bush door, I ended up in an open field full of flowers and trees that didn't look like our garden at all.

It was almost like something from another world, the way the light breeze made the petals dance across the field just didn't seem like something that could happen outside of fiction.

There were so many different colours of flowers too, and some of them really did look like they were from another world. I don't think I ever saw anything like them before.