Mansion Of Secrets

Birth of a Server

White, it's all I see.Just white, pure white all around.Am I stuck in a cloud? What are clouds anyway?

Wandering around, I stumble into a strange place with a giant open grassland.The only difference from this grass and real grass is that this one is white like snow, coated in dust and thick like a blanket.

"Hey!...Are you lost?"

Startling me, a little voice speaks from behind.I know it's a girl, I just know it is, I cannot be wrong.I cannot see her but I can hear her very clearly, where is she?

"Don't worry! I'm lost too! I..don't exactly know where I am but I feel like I'm not too far away." she says with a small smile, I can hear the smile in her voice.

I feel a hand my head as I look up and see her, she's very tall, much taller then me! I wonder why she is here too, where is 'here'?

"Im lost...Can you help me get un-lost......um...what's your name?"

She giggles softly.

"You can call me aya, your name is...?"

I reply quickly with happiness.

"Aadi, my daddy named me Aadi!"

"Well, Aadi, what an interesting name, how old are you?"

To meet my eye level, she sits on the floor and looks up at me, she really is tall....wow.Wait Aya? I feel like I have heard that name before, I can't remember meeting anyone before now though.

"Two Year's old!"

"Wow, Two year's old, that's crazy I thought you were older then that! Have you ever heard anyone telling you that you are smart for your age?"

I shake my head, my parents never said anything about me being smart or different.Is that not normal?

We start walking a gentle pace as she talks about herself and this place, she explains that we are in our birthplace and that I am dreaming currently.Holding my hand so I don't fall over, she looks over to check im okay and then continues her rambles about how this place is just in my dream.

"Really?? I'm asleep! But this grass feels so real, like identical to reality...and the soft breeze too"

"You really should stop thinking so much, oh look here we are!"

She let's go of my hand and I fall back into the grass with a flump.Its a good thing my body is so squishy or I could have hurt myself.

Looking up, I notice we are in a different spot then we started. Even though it looks the same as where we were, this time we are on top of a hill.The hill leads down a steep drop to a river and the wind blows stronger.I face a giant light ,
bigger then both of us, It glows with a slight orange tint across the landscape and night sky.

"This is our saviour, our moon. You shall see it every night as it graces us with power and life so that we can live on longer and stronger each night.We pray towards it as we worship its talents and love that it gives us in return for praise, don't you want to pray as well? To feel loved and happy?"

Strangely, I don't feel scared by her or confused, this feels,instead, normal.Natural.Something that I should have been doing before ever since I was born.Why haven't I? I feel like I have betrayed the moon now....

"I'm sorry, I think I have already betrayed the great moon, I don't think I can be forgiven."

"That's not true, the moon forgives all of it's dear children, you are no exception.Just remember to pray and respect our Savior from now on, it's your duty as a child"

I nod my head to say yes just as I open my eyes to my bedroom ceiling.So it really was a dream? But then how come I felt all of that? And who was that girl?

I snuggle into my toy-filled bed and think about what had just happened, all I know is that I was safe and secure in my bedroom.In this big house, I often felt lonely as my dad would be two-floors up,So far away from where I am.My mum would be in her own room on the second floor, again, away from me.Too far to hear my cries if I cried out to get her attention.

I didn't like this big house, everyone is too separated and I can't see my mum more then twice everyday, for breakfast and dinner.The rest of the time,it would be their butler with me, a friendly but stern man who would keep me entertained until she arrived at my room.I can't even hear her in her room, not in my dads room either.Where is everyone? Am I alone again?

I decide to ignore the loneliness I was feeling as i look outside my window.The moon,that's what that ball in the sky is called,right? I know that now,i know how important it is now.She taught me.

I put my hands together and pray goodnight to the beam that shines through my windows, goodnight moon, I love you.I love you, love you.