Sixty-Three:
Ninth Kingdom
Almos intently stare at me and it took him a while before he answered. "I know what you feel, Jeanne. As the truth slowly unfolding right in front of our eyes, we will suffer but mostly in your part. As a normal person in this heavenly world, it will be your greatest burden before reaching the whole truth." He seriously stated and I agree with him in silence.
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Afterwards…
I feel light even though there's an unknown pain embracing me yet I know it will subside as soon as we face the God that they were talking.
"I want to see this God you were telling me." I just suddenly speak what I truly feel.
"But you still need time to rest."
"Nothing to worry, I'll be fine for a while." I answered. "I'll just wash up first and…" I look down.
"I'll clean this up." He said when he noticed that I'm looking at the floor where I vomit.
"Thank you." I just answered and smile.
After a while, as soon as Almos help me to get inside the washroom, from there alone, I silently stare at my reflection. It took me longer enough to finally, sigh a relief.
I feel relief because I look fine in my reflection, although I feel tired yet it didn't show through my face. I look like there's nothing to be worry at all.
"But I feel really tired." I speak to my reflection as I formed a half smile. "I wish this is just a dream." I added before closing my eyes.
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"Still daydreaming?"
Suddenly I heard my sister's voice and I quickly open my eyes only to find myself sitting on my bed.
'Am I, back to my home?' I asked to myself, unexpected at the outcome I'm thinking of.
"Hey!" Paloma waves her hand in front of me and it surprised me since she was just standing right at the door, I didn't even notice she already went at my front. "You're still dreaming." She said and was about to leave when I quickly grab her hand and hold it tight. "Hey! What are you doing?!" she surprisingly asked.
"God! You're just fine!"
"Of course, I am! What's wrong with you?"
I don't know what to say but, "am I dreaming?"
"What!" she laughed. "Come on! Get out of the bed and have a breakfast. Because I think that is all you need to, wake up." She said as she forcibly took her hand out of my hold.
I slap myself as soon as Paloma left and it hurts like hell.
"What happened?!" I surprisingly asked as my eyes wide open. I quickly look around to see if this place is real or not but to my surprised… "Huh! I'm home." I said before laughter surrounds my room. I don't know what else can I say or think, because I do remember going in Heaven to meet some God also I already met an Angel without wings.
I laugh again after thinking of everything.
"What exactly happened to me?" I asked it out loud.
"Still in bed?" suddenly I heard my mother's voice and I quickly tilted my head towards the door and saw her standing there with the same smile, which she always giving me and it warms my heart. "Are you fully awake or still in daze?"
"I'm— awake!" I answered as soon as I finish my deliberation inside my head and smiled back to my mother. "I'll just fix myself and follow down stair." I quickly added.
"Okay… but—" She paused then shrugged off. "Never mind." She said instead. "Just come down if you're done, breakfast is ready. Your father and I are waiting."
"Yes, I will. Thanks mom."
She just smile and nodded before leaving me behind. When I am left alone, I couldn't stop myself not to think about Almos, Asim, Illmatar and Dione also with the other Angels and Fallen Angels I just met. What happened to them? The events happened on Earth and in Heaven… was that just a dream or is it for real? But then, as I look around, the Earth is still looking the same.
'No! It was just a dream.' I concluded to myself and shake it off as I move to fix myself.
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'Jeanne!'
I suddenly turned my head back to where I came from to look for the person who suddenly called but when I turned around, I see no one. I don't understand but I seem to know the person who called me though I just can't remember who it is. As if, there is a huge lump in my memories the reason why I couldn't remember anything or maybe it just my imagination?
"Anne!" a call and a tap from my shoulder made me to stop thinking further. "What are you looking at?"
"Chadd?" I was really surprised seeing him not as Asim but as him.
He intently stares at me. "Jeanne, what did you do last night?"
"Huh?"
"You look like a zombie."
"What?"
"The bottom of your eyes darkens and you suddenly fall in dazed, so it only means that you stayed up late last night. Am I right?" he seriously stated.
"No! I'm not!" I quickly answered but the truth, I kind of lost. I feel like something is wrong with what is happening around me. As if everything I was seeing wasn't real and it was just a dream unlike when I was with Almos in— 'where exactly was that?' I silently asked myself.
"Hey! Jeanne," Chadd's weak shake on my shoulder forgets the question in my head that I wanted to find an answer. "I think you need to rest. I'll bring you to our school clinic so that you can rest comfortably."
"No! I'm fine. There's nothing to worry about, okay."
"But—"
"Let's go!" I said as I cut him. "The class will soon start!" I said as I pull him on the run ignoring the voices I hear from a distance.
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