For the next few hours I just laid there in bed. Memories of the times I spent with them flowed through my head.
And the way that man said papa's name just repeated in my mind
"O'Neil.. O'Neil.. O'Neil"
Over and over again. His voice became engraved in my head.
I want to cry again, but I've cried so much to the point it hurts to even weep
my eyes feel so puffy
then I remember that wall. That wall that covers my door
"..just what was that wall."
My voice is so horse
I manage to slowly get of the bed, my legs feel limp
As I make my way to my room I get a glance of downstairs
'BLAUCCH'
'Huff..Huff..'
"Damnit.."
I look back at Papa's office, I stare at the wall where the bookshelf was, wondering if that wall was also fake
I turn to Papa's office and go there instead.
I stop in front of the wall and reach my hand out
It goes right through
Shutting my eyes, I take a step forward. I slowly open them
'It's bright..'
***
Every time I asked Mama and papa about the weird room, they'd always tell me it must have been a dream, and that I hurt myself playing recklessly
And when I told them I didn't remember that, they'd say-
"oh Nilly you must've hit your head too"
I believed them, mama and papa wouldn't tell me a lie.
Well, at least I thought so.
***
I walk around the bright room, it's just like I remembered, there are so many weird things in here.
There's a metal drawer that stands out, it's locked. It has a square on it with lines like a fingerprint.
I place my thumb on top of it, the square glows a blue color.
Taken aback, I quickly removed my finger.
The thing stops glowing.
I feel sceptical but I put my finger back on
Then it starts to glow again
"this won't blow my finger off righ-"
"Ouch!"
I pull my finger away fast
"What the heck?"
Something stabbed my thumb
I bleed a little but then I realize the drawer cracked open, I slowly open it to find a book and a small black box.
I picked up the book and the cover of it looks so familiar..
Ah the book papa gifted me.
I turn back to leave the room
I thought it was weird of papa to gift me a book, mama was usually the one to give me stuff like that on my birthdays
Normal gifts from papa were teaching me things, like what hooks to use when we went fishing or how to fix up a boat when the engine stopped working.
It was kinda out of line for him but maybe he wanted to do something different for my 18th birthday.
I made it to my room
I searched my bed and found the box. I frantically open the box and bring out the book
I put the two books side by side to examine them better
Then suddenly a shining title appears, the words glow a bright blue color
The title of the book isn't in English but for some reason I can still read it
"luctorici"
My sight goes white, I hear a drop of water. And then another and another after that.
It's pouring..
Now silence.
My eyesight is back to normal and I find myself sweating profusely. I'm suddenly so exhausted
The books aren't glowing anymore
I set them down to catch a breath
'Thud!'
I hear a noise coming from outside, I look out through my window to see nothing is there
Still that spooked me
I grabbed the small black box that I found in the drawer. I open it to see the boat key.
Papa would never let me use the boat by myself so he hid it, I looked everywhere in the house but I could never find it.
"Who would've known it'd be there.."
I picked up the book papa gave me, I flipped through the first page of it and found a map
Why would papa put this here? It's not like I'm allowed to go off the island. I turn to the next page but it's empty
Confused I flip to the next page but that's also empty. All the pages in this book are empty. Is this supposed to be some journal?
I set the book down and pick up the other one
I turned to the first page to see if this one also had a map or was empty.
No map but there was something written on the first page.
"Find Them."
Does it mean find my parents?
'CRASH'
I turn my head to the sound of glass breaking downstairs
My heart sinks, what if it's the man from last night? What if he's here to come back for me? What if he wants to hurt m-
'Slap!'
"Focus."
'huff huff huff'
right I need to get out of here
I grab a satchel and put the books, map and the black box inside
Quickly I get a coat from my dresser and put on my boots
I tie up my hair, ready to jump out of the window
"Wow that's too high"
I glance over to the pipe next to the window and latch on to it, slowly making my way down
I rush to the boat dock
After unchaining the boat I get on and try to start it
It's not turning on
Suddenly I hear shouting from behind. Around seven men are running in my direction.
"Why are you breaking down now of all times..!"
Finally I manage to start it and drive off.
I look back at the island where I lived my whole life, now it just seems dim and cold
I glance at the side to see a huge ship, a boat even bigger than my home. It was a ship I'd only see in fairy tales.
Looking closely at the ship I saw a man, he was so far away yet I could see his dark eyes. Those eyes were like a massive raging storm.
He glared at me which sent a shiver down my spine
I sped up the boat
I want to get out of here as quickly as possible.
I turn my head back to look at him again but he's gone, not just him but even the island was gone. I wasn't even out that far but I couldn't see anything
'ZAP!'
The whole boat shook. I almost fell off.
I looked in front of me again, it was dark and the only thing lighting up the place was the constant bolts of lightning.
"..Am I going to die here..?"
'ZAP!'
'SPLASH'
Ah.. it's so cold but it feels so nice. I think I like this feeling..I think I should stay here..
"No."