The Door

To my sudden knowledge, I finally remember I'm not alone. I turn around to see a nervous Mikey; Mikey usually never gets nervous so to see him in this state surprises me and forces me to take my hand off of the knob and turn back to my protective best friend.

"Mikey, c'mon. Please? The worst thing that could happen is that the door is bricked up behind it. Please mikey?" I pout.

"Rowen...."

"Please, please, please, ple-"

"Okay."

"Really?! Okay, come here we will open it together."

I grab Mikey's hesitant hand and pull him towards me and the glowing door knob. Guiding our hands, his muscular hand underneath my, compared to him, small delicate ones, onto the glowing knob.

"Okay, on the count of 3?" I breathe out.

"Okay."

"One-" I say out as I look up at him.

"Two-" He says while looking down at me.

"THREE!" We exclaim as we twist our hands around the knob, forcing it to turn in a clockwise direction. Just then the door bursts open and showers us in a bright and calming light. After shielding my eyes against the light, I take Mikeys hand into mine and pass the threshold of the door. When Mikey and I are able to recover from the bright light, we are standing in the middle of a throne room, 3 sets of eyes looking at us.

"Um... Who may you be?" A elegant looking woman says as she sits in, what appears to be, a throne.

I take this time to really look at my surroundings. In front of Mikey and I are sitting three bewildered looking royals, a woman, a man, and maybe their son, a teenager. The woman has blonde curly hair that reaches her elbows and has brilliant blue eyes; she is dressed in light teal formal dress that has a tight bodice that reaches the bottom of her stomach. The dress then billows out lightly at the bottom of the bodice or rather her hips. The man on the other hand, had light brown hair and green eyes like Mikey but lighter and mixed with specks of blue. He was wearing what you would think a king would wear but more modern. A suit with a sash and medals hanging from it. Finally the boy, he had the same color hair as his mother, her eyes too. He was wearing something similar to the man but less extravagant. Oh, and how could I miss the crowns sitting upon each of their heads.

"Um we, we, um." I stutter.

"Spit it out child." Commands the man. Mikey takes this time to step up and talk instead and I have to make a mental note to thank him later for that act of bravery.

" I'm Mikey Winchester and this is Rowen Smith." When he says my name all I can do is get nervous and hide behind my bestfriend. This is when I realize that me and Mikey are still holding hands, this makes me a little pink in the face; however, it also gives me a little sense of comfort and confidence. With this new surge of confidence in my blood stream, I decide to stand beside Mikey instead of behind and I give his hand a reassuring squeeze to remind that he isn't alone. After my action, he squeezes my hand right back. Holding my hand as if he were to let go and I would dissapear.

"Where are you two from, Mikey?" The man says, but he says Mikey's name is if it was boat and testing it out for the first time.

"Um we are from Oregon Sir. Would you mind telling me where we may be? " When Mikey says this the man looks at the woman with a surprised look on his face.

"Well my boy, you are in the Kingdom of Dreams."

"Where is the Kingdom of Dreams, Sir?"

"Oh stop with the "Sir", that's what they called my father", chuckled the man," the Kingdom of Dreams is located in the great land of Terabithia. This is my beautiful wife, Queen of this kingdom, Anastasia. I am King Grey and this is my son Luca." When the King says Luca's name, he turns a slight pink color in his cheeks and looks down. I wondered why he was so shy but before I could ask anything Mikey's voice is filling the room.

"Nice to meet you all, but do you guys know how we are suppose to get home? We came in through a door and next thing we knew it we were here."

"Well boy-oh, I don't know what you are going on about but it's late why don't you and your girlfriend stay here in the castle tonight. The outdoors are pretty wild at this time of night and not very safe for newcomers." When he called me Mikey's girlfriend I froze. Everything seemed to stop and all i could feel was my clammy hands, heart in my throat, and my heated face.