Haunted (Under Construction)

Another World

When I entered the door, on the other side It was another world entirely. It was something only I could experience. I felt at peace, I felt as if all my worries had melted away.

I found a picturesque meadow before me scattered with wildflowers, violet trees, and lush green grass as far as the eye could see. the sky above me was composed out of vibrant hues and of blues and pink and stayed in a perpetual state of twilight. It was to most beautiful sunset I had ever seen, and If I wanted to I could stare at it for all eternity. It drew you in-captivated you. called you to walk down the path towards your next stage in existence. It evocated tears in your eyes and it felt as if the universe it's self-was saying "welcome to your new life of peace. it's okay." Its purpose was to soothe you and to make you realize that all of the pain, all of the hardships- it was worth it. It was to lead you home.

I fought the urge to lay downing the lush grass and lose my self in its beauty. Then I saw what I was looking for. I saw a small sliver of light gleaming from the bark of a plum tree. The funny thing about the vail was that it was ever changing. always shifting and changing. I knew that inside the vail, a spirit had free reign. For a short while, they could distort reality and make it their own. they could use the vail to amplified their emotions, to help them push through into the world of the living. For this was the world in-between all, and there was anything was possible. They could use the veil to their benefit, or they could let it consume them.

I didn't know what was on the other side and that rattled me to my core. If Ashlin was in emotional turmoil and let her pain manifest its self-then I might as well have been walking into hell.

As I reached my hand out, I could feel the endless supernatural power seeping through, begging me to take it. The instant I touched it, I was enveloped by a bright light and I felt my self-being pulled in.

I felt like I was I was an insect in a tub of water, and someone pulled the plug- forcibly sucked down the drain. I let out a scream as I felt as if I was forced through the eye of a needle as blinding light enveloped me.

But barely a second later I found my self in the veil. the first thing I noticed was how quiet it was. It was a type of silence that burned your ears and felt like a weight on your chest because you knew that it shouldn't be that silent. Sometimes silence was worse than screaming. Something was wrong-something wasn't right.

the second thing I noticed was I seemed to be in a white endless void. The vail was supposed to seem like a narrow hallway between the worlds. The living on one side with the "beyond" on the other side. But here- there was nothing.

I opened my mouth and called out her name with all the force I could muster. But my voice was lost- there was nothing to be heard. I tried again, but I still couldn't hear my own voice.

As I looked out into the endless void I rattled my brain for possible causes.

Maybe I was in an air bubble of some sort.

Maybe I never entered the veil, to begin with.

Maybe Ashlin had moved on already.

Maybe this was Ashlin's doing.

I took a deep breath and took my first step. I promised I would find her and that was what I was going to do. I walked further and further into the void- if I was infarct in a pocket then all I had to do was keep walking. But after what seemed like hours of walking I was still a prisoner in the vast nothingness. exhausted I fell to my knees gasping for air. But even my gasps were silent.

As the panic filled me I laid on my back and tried to sort my thoughts. I found my self-looking up into the endless white void, trying to remember everything I had learned about the veil.