The Man Out Of Time [A ShadAmy and Silver Story]

Chapter 2

-Silver-

The feeling of transportation hit me like a truck. I knew that from this point on, I wasn't in my world anymore. The air blew differently in this place, and the space around me felt free. I quickly regained my focus and knew I had to prepare myself to discover where I am. Plus, the pain I felt in my eyes from squeezing them shut eventually got to my head, but that still didn't change the feeling of fear I had from failure.

'Mental M.S. Log Entry 4709: Trail #14 in progress, I have yet to open my eyes because I don't want to see a purple dinosaur again like in Trail #2. The air is, finally, breathable, and it smells like fresh cherries and peaches. I swear if I am in a tree again like in Trail #1, I will cry. Last time I fell out of a seventy-foot tall tree, and I fell and killed an animal, and I am not trying to re-live that.'

I breathed in and felt at ease when my lungs with the fresh, fruity air around me. 

'This might not be so bad after all.'

I prepared myself to finally see where I landed. I quickly shot my eyes open and gasped in excitement. Thankfully, I wasn't in a tree or in the middle of another wasteland, but rather, I was in the middle of a road that was aligned beautifully with fruit trees. The petals glistened in the sunlight and the fruit hung from their branches practically begging to be picked. I looked down at the green grass and the cement road. All I noticed was perfection. There wasn't a dead plant or cracked pavement anywhere. But what lured me in the most was the sky. There were no clouds in sight, only a pool of cool, afternoon blue. It pained me to say, but I never knew a sky could get so blue.

'I need to stop looking around. It's starting to get depressing.'

The atmosphere screamed of peace and happiness. It made me grateful that the heroes of this world were able to achieve this level of peace in their lives, yet, I envied how I would never be able to truly enjoy something like a world like this.

'At least they're living well.'

I shook my head to regain my focus. The scenery may be breathtaking, but I still have no idea where or when I am. I quickly pulled out the touch-pad on my wrist and attempted to pull up anything I could on this time period that would display the year of when I landed.

'Please let this have worked...'

As I looked through the files, I came across the local newspaper that was 'issued today.'

MAY 21, 20XX

The year pondered in my head for about a minute. The feeling was unreal, like some sweet sick dream. All the pain, all the tears, all the mourning I have accumulated for the past seventeen years of my life, suddenly hit me all at once. Tears and whimpers of both anger and happiness escaped my eyes and mouth as I fell onto the bright, green grass.  For the first time in my life, I got to know what hope feels like. It was nothing like the false hope the people around me would try and convenience me of, it felt true, blissful even. It was a sensation of confidence and adrenaline, and I couldn't be happier to get started in repairing everything that has been lost.

"I can't believe it worked," I shouted as I stood up from the grass in joy. "Holy smokes, it actually worked!"

"What worked?"

I jumped in surprise as I heard the squeaky voice of a little boy. He couldn't have been older than eight, and he was riding on a trike. His innocent, orange eyes stared up at me, waiting for me to answer. I tried to smile at the kid's innocent and adorable nature,  but I knew if I were to be nice to him, I would never get him off my back.

"Adult stuff, you wouldn't understand kiddo," I waved him off with my hand and got back to checking my touchpad, mostly to distract myself from the wetness of my face from the tears. "Now shoo."