Can't Find My Way [Completed - Short Story]

Chapter 6: Pilgrimage (Arthur)

I'm in the middle of a forest in my astral form looking for my love; Micah. Delphin told me that her soul is somewhere in this town; wandering but where could she be???

I still can't forget what I saw earlier; that black horse. It was stunning and creepy in its own way; I can still remember how it looked at me with those empty scarlet eyes before it spread its wings and flew away.

On the other hand, looking for my one and only true love feels like forever, I've climbed mountains, hills, and crossed a river, a lake but still no sign of her; where could she be???

I continued my journey out of the forest, I guess no soul would like to go into that place and got lost. And then I saw it again that black horse, it flew right in front of me like I was not there, it almost knocked me down, luckily my instincts acted well enough to dodge but I must say that horse looks frightening and majestic at the same time and then it hit me; well not physically though, I can remember now! I saw that creature before, way back when I was having amnesia and walking alone in the park, I was clearly sure that those were visions of the past but this seems wrong if I'm not mistaken that was the first time I saw a black horse with black wings and with empty scarlet eyes.

Is that what they mean when they told me that I could see? Does seeing the future part of it? Nah! I'm probably just thinking too much.

I went on and noticed that the streets are pretty empty, it's like I'm in a ghost town or something; this is like a perfect setting for filming zombie films that are starting to get popular nowadays.

As I looked up in the sky, I realized that there's no sun, there are no clouds, and it feels like I'm just looking at a vast baby blue high-rise ceiling.

I felt anxious as I realized that, I feel so alone, depression was starting to consume me again but I need to snap out of this, I need to be brave for Micah, she needs me now more than ever so I continued my journey.

I tried to think of the moments I have shared with Micah to keep me on going further but it only made me even worst, I realized that we only had few memories together and most of them only make me sadder; I miss her so much, I want to spend more time with her, I want to fill our heads with lots of good memories.

I remember the time that I was so devastated because she went abroad to study due to her mother's wishes. I tried hard enough to be strong but I just can't, especially that when she came back, her mother made an announcement that Micah's already engaged.

My throat went dry, I wanted to scream, my heart felt like it was about to explode, I just can't contain my feelings at that time, she told me that she's going to tell me something and I know for sure that that was it, but now I believe that she's going to tell me something else probably something she hasn't got a chance to tell me. If only I remember my past as I remember it now, I should've asked her that back in our house when we run away from our town.

Tears started to form in my eyes, my vision started to get blurry and then I noticed something from afar. I wiped my eyes immediately and stared at the figure far enough, I can only see the silhouette. I walked a little closer to it and realized that there was a crowd of people walking. It felt like dreaming because this whole town was empty a while ago and now there were people. I get really excited and walked towards them.

And then I noticed that creature again.

I saw a black horse with black wings; its eyes were red and empty. It looked through my eyes into my soul; I felt shivers above my neck as I look back to it. The black horse with black wings looked away uninterested and continued to walk away from me. I noticed a bunch of people walking further back following it like it was a walking dog.