"Shhhh..... A voice of a woman hushed.."
I slowly opened my eyes and caught a glimpse of the ceiling. The place seems different so I tried to blink twice to see things clearer. As I become wide awake, panic came to me.
"Where am I?And who are you!What happened to me? Where am I?"the words came out from my throat a little bit heavy.
"Relax my dear, your badly hurt. You need more time to get well."
"What time is it?My friends maybe worried now. I have to go home" struggling to rise up on bed. As I uncover the blanket wrapped around me, I got surprised for my clothes were different and old fashioned.
"Oh, sorry for your clothes but we need to change you. You're totally wet when Andro brought you here unconscious. Were you been raped by those bastards"asked by the lady with great concern.
"What raped?No!Is there someone who tried to rape me?"
"You are wearing only a skimpy shorts and a sleeveless shirt when Andro found you lying on the bushes at the nearby waterfalls"
"Yes, but that's really my clothes for we were swimming with my friends just this morning"
An expression of horror came to the woman's face as she heard the response of Ersha for her clothes were not appropriate and said immediately, "My dear, if you will be wearing that kind of clothing surely you will be disrespected. You should be wearing like mine"
Ersha got more shocked as she realized that the lady's dress belongs to the 1800's so she asks her immediately, what year is today?
The woman tried to hide her smile on the question and just answered, its 1896.
What! Are you joking me?
No, why should I. Just look around and see.
As I look around the surroundings, the room has a strong resemblance with Marsha's home. The big bold foundations, the Capiz shelled windows and the architecture is of Spanish time.
Pinch me please for I'm only dreaming. I pleaded.
No darling, I would not dare to cause you pain. Maybe you're just not alright at this time. Have more rest so you can recover fast.
So, I decided to go back to sleep to forget the circumstance that I'm in. I prayed tearfully that by tomorrow everything will be back to normal or else it would be a nightmare. After a few minutes, I'm already in deep slumber.
Morning has arrived and the usual sounds of a country home were heard. Ersha is already awake but she still covered herself totally with the blanket.
"I hope this time when I open this blanket it would be home already, Ersha told herself and slowly made a peek under the sheets. Unfortunately, last night is still the same. She's trap in the old era where no one knew her and no one she also knew except those historical figures that she read in her history subjects before.
There must be a reason why I'm brought back in time. If this is the case so be it. I will find a way out.
YOU ARE READING
Touch of Time
FantasyErsha is just an ordinary woman working in the records section of a hospital. Her life was always too familiar and less exciting after she was dumped by her good to be fiancee. So, to forget the heartaches, she embarks a journey with her friends wh...
