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Chapter 3 - THE GIFT

"John, are you okay?" asked Rosie.

John opened his eyes and found his aunt gazing straight at him. "Hm...when did you come, aunt?" he asked. Rosie gave a short smile as she said, "Just now, John. Work stuff, you know. You looked freaked out, what's it?"she asked.

John hesitated to tell her about his dream, which continues from where it ended. I have to deal it myself, he thought.

"Nothing..."he said as he glanced at his wall clock.It was 2:00 am. "Good. Get back to sleep, John." Rosie said as she covered him up with blankets.

"You there?" asked Daisy as John came back to his dream. "Yeah...I woke up there." he replied.

"We guessed it." replied Donald. They stood there, staring at the three other people opposite to them. "Who are they?" mumbled Daisy.

ALRIGHT

came the same voice. Instantly, the three-masked-people and the transparent wall got vanished. John sighed.

COMPLETE THE LEVELS. TAKE WHAT COMES. FIND ME.

then, the voice disappeared.

"Is this kinda game?" asked Donald.

"No..."said John, "There are three people opposite to us...and we have got to compete with them. We are in our dreams and about to start a war. We have to find who is behind is Dream War."

John opened his eyes. He looked a way more better than last morning. "I have a war in my dream, who's gonna believe it?" he said to himself.

"I'm in an urgent need of a gift, Abdul."said John as he sat opposite to his friend, Abdul in The Cafe Castle. Abdul just brought coffee. "So, with that gift, are you gonna propose?" he asked.

John had a sip. "Yes."

"That's cool, mate" said Abdul, "Let's figure out this."

They tried all kinda shops to get a gift. Finally, John found it. It was a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant. "I'm gonna stuff a paper of my words into it and present it to her." John said.

Abdul insisted John to bring Lily to the cafe. Moreover, the cafe would be decorated in accordance to The Christmas. It was 6:00 pm when Lily showed up.

John was flattered on seeing her. Lily's outifit made her look more or less hourglass shaped. She sat opposite to him with a smile.

"Merry Christmas, Lily." John said. "Merry Christmas." she replied.

Silence.

"Um...have your coffee." John said. "Ha, sure." replied Lily. John hesitated. He placed his gift in his pant pocket. His hand reached it when Lily interrupted, "I shall come tonight to your home, okay?"

John thought for a second. He made his decision. "Yeah, I will be waiting." he said.

Lily smiled as she stood. "Fine then. I'll meet you tonight." she left the cafe.

Abdul came towards John. "Dude, did you remember that you had the necklace to gift?"

John chuckled as he said, "Imagine! she would be sitting next to me in my room and I would be presenting the gift to her. This would be the best Christmas Eve of my life."