'I only want to live normally. I don't want to become like this. I didn't ask for this!. Why Do i have this kind of power? Is this a gift from heaven? Or a curse?.'
Michael opened his eyes, he just woke up from a dream. For the past few years he kept having this dream over and over. He found himself in a new place, a new continent or world. As long as he remembers it's not earth. The place is dark and the sky is full of dark clouds. The place only lights up when there is lightning in the dark clouds. Everytime he was there, he was riding on a wooden boat and a glowing lantern at the end of the boat. The boat only moved forward and the water is currently still, There is no ripple nor waves. Only a calm dead water. The boat keeps moving forward and doesn't stop. It keeps moving forward.
Michael sits on the edge of his bed and keeps thinking why he keeps having this dream for the past few years. He stood up and opened the curtains in his bedroom, allowing the light to come in. He walked to his table and opened the drawer and took a notebook. He sat on the chair In Front of the table and he opened the book. He kept reading and reading until he reached the last page. He saw a blank page and he took a ballpen in his drawer again and started writing. every time he dreams of that place, he writes in his notebook. But the only words it was written in his hundred pages notebook is.
'I'm in a dark place. There is no other source of light except for the lightning in the sky and the glowing glowing lantern at the end of the boat.'
Those words are the only thing he writes in the notebook everytime he keeps having that dream. Michael frowned and took a long sigh. "I don't want to think about this anymore. I need to stop writing this". He stands up and fix the bed. Then there were three knocks on his door, it came from the other side of the door. He slowly walks In Front of the door and asked.
"Who's there?"
But no one answered. He asked again.
"Jake is that you?..... Are you trying to scare me again?"
But still no one answered. Few minutes later there were three knocks again. Michael took a deep breath and took the baseball bat next to the door. "I'm gonna bash this dead ghost skull and kill him. Even though he's already dead, it doesn't matter".
He slowly opened the door and took a peek outside his bedroom. There is no sign of any life forms outside. He slowly opened the door wide and took three steps outside. As soon as he's outside of his room, a person suddenly jumps from his right side, scaring him so badly that he swings his baseball bat at his right side, and it's not only a normal swing. A swing that is so hard that it can explode a person's head. But luckily he missed. The person duck immediately to avoid the killing swing.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!"
Jake is on the floor and his heart is beating faster than usual. He slowly stood up.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Michael asked. He put the bat on his shoulders.
"I was going to wake you up, you stupid monkey!"
"Wake me up?! By doing that?. You know that i have problem on that!, you stupid big brother!"
They kept arguing until they heard a loud voice from downstairs. "GET DOWN THERE YOU STUPID KIDS!, NOW".
Both of them look at each other and ask the same question at the same time. "Why is she mad?".
They both went downstairs and walked to the kitchen and saw their parents. Their mother is mad at both of them. She's looking at them really, really badly.
"It's 8am in the morning…. And you two are so loud?! I heard a scream and swishh?! What was that?. Are you trying to kill someone?!"
Their father is sitting at the chair and reading his newspaper while his coffee is on the table. They both sit down next to each other. Their father took a glance at them and smiled.
"Boys, boys, you know that making your mother mad in the morning is not a good idea right?" He took his coffee and take a sip.
"I'm telling you ben! Discipline your sons! If you don't, I will bash your skull!." as she puts some plates in front of her sons and husband.
Their morning is the same as the other mornings they have for the past few years. A normal, happy one. After settling, Michael left the house and walked to his school. This is his final year of highschool and he hopes that nothing bad happens to him, because there is a saying in his neighborhood that "many misfortunes will approach you when you are about to graduate". While he was walking he senses someone is watching him from behind. He quickly looked back and saw no one, only people walking to school. He didn't bother thinking about it and he kept walking. After a few minutes of walking he reaches his school. North Fairline highschool, the school where he is currently enrolled in. He walked to the large blue gate, and he saw his friends. Tristan and Mayla. His best friends. But they didn't see him, they walked to the building quickly and Michael quickly followed them.
He caught up to them on the way. They greeted each other and three of them walked to the stairs, headed to their classroom. Their school is not that big, there are only three buildings and each building has three floors. Their classroom is located on the third floor at the end of the right side of the building. They keep walking upstairs until they reach their floor.
"So how's your day, Mayla?" Tristan asked her nervously.
"As usual, nothing new. How about you trissy?". Mayla answered.
Michael knows that Tristan likes Mayla so he's helping him. Michael smiles and keeps walking until the three of them reach their classroom. There are two doors in their classroom, the other one is at the end. They opened the door and walked inside. Their classroom looks like a normal classroom, there are chairs, tables, and students. They sat down In Front and next to each other.