The Savior. The Open Novella Contest

CHAPTER 1

                     

COME HERE! COME! YOU MUST SEE THIS! COME JANE! SEE!

    This is the sixth time I am hearing this voice. An anonymous voice which has started to haunt me. Not only has the voice given me chills but the source of it is really creepy. You guys might think that it is coming from my mirror but no it's not. It is coming from my doormat. At the beginning I thought it all as a prank played by my siblings as the holidays are approaching. Alas! It is not. Upon searching every corner of the mat and the floor underneath I have come to the conclusion that the voice is indeed coming from the mat. Who knew a simple doormat could give u fear of no bounds.

  Oh guys! Sorry for my tardiness, I totally forgot to introduce myself. I am Jane Powell and I am eighteen years old. I have just graduated from school and at the moment have taken break from studies for a while to think about what I am going to take up in college. Enough of my monologue, let's come back to the current situation 'The Mystery Doormat’.

   “What is this voice?” This question has been swirling in my head for the past many hours. Now I am determined more than ever to discover it. I slowly started to walk towards the mat. The voice started to grow by many decibels. “COME MY CHILD IT'S TIME”.

    It's 3am in the morning and I am trying to discover some haunted mat’s secret. This is something sick going on here. I am totally terrified and thrilled at the same time. I have been interested in mystery and conspiracy stuffs from a very young age and right now something mysterious happening with me is really a happy and frightful moment for me. I crouched in front of the mat to find out what the voice is and suddenly I heard many high pitched voices calling for help “Help! Come help us!” Not only I am hearing lots of dread filled voice but I am also starting to feel some kind of magnetic force trying to pull me inside the mat. I am trying to get away but the force is so strong that I am pulled directly into it. I am pulled like a dirt pulled by a vacuum cleaner. My whole body feels very light.I am feeling lifeless. I seriously understand nothing. “How can just a doormat suck you into it?”

   Several questions are swirling in my head. And now I can see nothing. My body has been totally sucked into it and everything I see is darkness. I can't move my legs or my hands nor can I feel them. The next thing I see is that I am teleported into a cave. The teleportation just happened in some seconds. It's pitch black in here with vines and bugs everywhere. All I can see is a path leading to the mouth of the cave . I am left with no choice but to follow the path.  I am slowly walking ahead with sweat dripping from my forehead. Anticipation and fear is what I feel right now. Let's see where this trail leads me. I hope I am still in our planet itself.

   Only the sound of dry leaves crunching under my feet and my deep breaths is heard. “Wait! How can this be possible?” I hadn't worn any shoes at my room except a pair of socks. Now I am sporting a pair of combat boots and not only has my feet miraculously has boots tucked into it but my whole body is covered in an armour. Never in my life had I thought that I will be wearing an armour. At this point everything feels like a dream.

   Finally after a long walk I can see the mouth of the cave. Those voice that is the sole reason I am here is starting to be heard again right now. “Finally you have come”. Why am I being called? I have no answers but to see what lies at the other side of the cave. As I get more closer to the entrance I feel a gust of cold wind blowing my way. Everything around me is swirling and all the leaves and twigs on the ground is starting to float in the air. My whole body is also getting lifted up. This can't be happening again. This whole day is filled with either me pulled into a doormat or being pulled up to float in air like a ghost.

        “Welcome” some voice called to me. I turned my head so fast towards the left side wall of the cave that if it was possible for my neck to break then my neck would probably be on the ground right now. My eyes involuntarily widens by seeing the owner of the voice as there was no one when I came here. He is a tall sturdy old man wearing clothes similar to mine.

      “Come child, we need to move soon. Ain't have time to fret over my appearance.” The old man said.

     I had so many questions to ask right now and the main one was already voiced without my thinking “Who are you?”

“I'm your Guardian” came his reply.     “My Guardian?” my question echoed through the cave. We were now walking towards the left of the cave where there was a small path which I didn't know existed.

“Yes my dear I am your Guardian.”

“Oh okay, why have I come here, why are you my Guardian and why didn't I know about this till now?” I fired away all my questions at him like it was a rapid fire round in some quiz.

“Slow down my child. I will answer to all your questions which are to be answered right now. But before answering to you let me tell you a story of the land that is doomed forever. It's story time as we have a long way to walk.”