||Short stories||

||Nobody||

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"What's it like outside?"

I looked out of the clear glass window, hoping for something new, but all I could see was sky. Just the endless blue. I gave a deep sigh. It has always been this way. Since the day I woke up here.

I seem to have everything. Ever since I could remember, I have lived in a terribly luxurious palace. Each and every room is large and open-spaced and shines with wealth. There's enough food to last me my entire life. I seem to have everything I could ever want. Nice clothes, jewellery, wealth... literally anything. However, there is something I don't have at all.

Company.

I have no company. No one to talk to, no one to care, no one to share anything with...

I am completely, and utterly, alone.

I am trapped here in this palace. This palace is simply floating in mid air amongst the clouds. There is no way to contact anyone.

In fact, I don't even know who I am. No memories, no family or friends. I have lived like this since the day I woke up here. 

There's a hallway in the palace, a rather long one. It's walls are smoothly painted with a dull blue and there is not a single crack found. It is covered from wall to wall with paintings which appear to be years old and are hung by a golden frame. Each and every painting has a person's face—the closest I'll ever be to seeing another person in my life. One of the paintings have always struck a chord to me. It is the largest one there, at the very end of the hallway. A painting of a family. They aren't smiling at all, but I can see the sparkles in their eyes. It consists of a woman with shining, dark brown hair and pretty blue eyes, wearing a plain white dress with silk sleeves; a man wearing a white suit and blue tie with hazel brown hair and emerald green eyes; and a small tiny girl, who appears to be around the age of five, wearing a blue dress and a small flower crown on her head. The toddler had rich black hair and blue eyes just like (who I am assuming is) her mother, but also like me. It really makes me think,

 "What if that's me?"

Ever since then, I have gained at least some sort of hope—a dream. One day, for sure, I will find out who I am and why I'm here. I'll finally find someone. A friend.

There's a room full of canvases and generous amounts of paint. So I have taken up painting as my hobby. There are many walls that I can use to hang my paintings up too, which is what I have been doing for the past few days. I like to paint dreams and memories I wish to come true. I always fill the page with vivid colours and life. 

Today, I tied up my hair into a messy bun and put on a maroon apron splattered with dried paint. I had a big idea and I wasn't going to let it go without being painted. I grabbed my paintbrush and let it flow across the canvas, effortlessly pouring out my heart and soul to the painting. 

In my dream, there was an ocean lapping at the shore of a sandy beach. The sand was golden and dug between my toes. I was there, standing and watching the waves crashing in, with a helpful serving of vanilla ice cream in a waffle cone, with some dripping off my chin. Next to me were some imaginary close friends of mine, laughing together and making jokes as I giggled with them. We splashed water at each other and played fun games to pass the time. 'Til it was sunset we didn't care what anybody thought about us, because we were together and that's all that mattered.

For a split moment I lifted my paintbrush off of the canvas to gaze at my creation. I faintly smiled but at the same time felt so empty. The painting brought me so much joy, a long with all my other made-up memories, but none of them were really real. I gave another sigh and once again peered through the glass window.

No matter how much I had, I was still unhappy. No matter how much I dreamt, I would always stay lonely. I wonder how long it will be until I find somebody, but for now, all I have is nobody.

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A/N: Decided to leave this one at a bit of a cliffhanger. :) Not really exciting, but oh well. If you enjoy my work, please do consider following! You can always unfollow if you ever change your mind. :> Thank you and take care! ^w^