Beyond Our World

Chapter 4: Meeting with the past

I felt his look into mine. He was disappointed about me, I knew that. His face was so familiar, still I couldn't place him in my mind to a picture, a voice or a habit. 

"Finally, you're here," he said and took my hand. He lifted me up, not caring at all that I stood there naked. "Oh, my name is Kalli. Let's find you some clothes, Kathzia. You must be freezing."

I looked up at him, confused. Was my name Kathzia? I didn't even remember if I had a name. "Where am I? Why am I here?" Kalli looked down on me, smiling wise. "Because, the time have come. We need you, Kathzia. Come with me," Kalli said and squeezed my hand, dragged me with him, fast.  

"Do  I know you?" I asked him curiously.

"No, how should we know each other, when we just met?"  he said without facing me. "But I know your name. You're very known in this land, Kathzia. Our hero, our leader; everyone know you. But we have to be fast. Trolls are out at night, and you need clothes."

As we ran deeper into the forest, I notices how beautiful the forest actually was. Sometimes I tried to stop, only so I could remember this sight, but he dragged me even faster when I did. And I followed. Trolls didn't seem too friendly. I didn't knew what a "Troll" was, but Kalli didn't seem to like them; therefor, why should I? But what if Kalli was worse than the Trolls? I didn't got any choices, and followed him faster, almost grounding the fields, I ran, and suddenly we arrived a huge mountain. 

"Uhm, what are we doing here? Where am I?" I asked and looked around. 

"You've just arrived Mountain Trevesío. The biggest moutain in Úruka," Kalli said proud. He kncoked on the mountain wall, like someone was supposed to open, which someone did. A small, fat, wrinkled lady opened  the door. When she saw Kalli, she smiled, and when she was me, she jumped a little. "Holy Úsika, it's you! It's you, our hero, our leader! Oh, Kalli, you made it! You found her, oh look at you, all freezing and cold. C'mon in, c'mon in!" she said and waved us in. 

"It's great to see you, Hela. Where are the others?" As he said that, a bunch of kids flew out from no where, and in to the small hall. All they stood, around me, and I felt uncomfortable; I was naked. "Let her trough, she needs clothes! Ah, finally you have arrived Úruka." she said happy and handed me into a bedroom. 

"Uhm. Hela? I don't know who I am, where I am, or who you guys are. I don't know anything... all I know is that I woke up in a rose field. You've seen that? It's so beautiful, warm and, ahh... I want to go back."

Hela looked confused, and suddenly she closed the door behind me. "Don't you ever mention that field. It's cursed. Úruka is cursed. That's why we need you. You have to save us, Kathzia. You came here for a reason. Why? No one of us know. All we know is that it was just in time that you came to Úruka. A world with leaders that kills you when you spike, is no world for anyone. You, our hero, our leader, that's what you are!" Hela clapped me at my shoulder and went over to a chest. She opened it, and came back with some clothes.

I looked around in the room while she was in the bathroom, tapping hot water into a bucket. When she came back, she sat down on the floor, with a small tub under her arm. She placed it on the floor. Short, she said: Sit."

As I sat down in the tub, she took the bucket with water into the tub. It was awfully great to feel the hot water around my legs; after running in the mud, through the forests, I was happy to feel water that was not rain, which was cold and sharp. I moaned and sunk deeper into the tub. 

"Thank you," I whispered before I took my whole head under the water, and up. "Oh, I am just happy to help. It's not everyday I get such a known guest at my home. Ah, you see, the children take so much effort, that  I can no longer leave this mountain without taking them with me."