Chapter 1: Prologue

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"I have an insane calling to be where I'm not."

At some point in life we must grow up, when this happens is not for us to decide. It's an event forced upon us. However, I denied my youthful self that experience.

The quiet and peaceful room had become a haven for my restless soul. Time ticked by slowly, or rather it stopped ticking a long time ago. This small universe that existed out of events, where the concept of time had ceased to be, was what I called my home.

I had seen the people I held dear moving to a new house, meeting, existing, parting and reaching adulthood in their own ways. Some rebelled against it, most put up a fight and a few embraced it with open arms knowing that it was their only way to survive.

By the time they reached what I had been so afraid of, rather than repelled by them I was proud. No matter if they crossed the finish line broken or beyond repair, they could wear their scars with pride.

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