"... Remember this moment, the moment when you lost everything."
...
"Please be strong.".
"Be strong.".
"Be strong.".
...
"Be strong."
...
His eyes are slowly open. He began to look at the surroundings with his half-closed eyes. But the only thing he can see is a room that he never saw before.
The room is considered small as the size of the bed almost takes the space out of the room. An old lamp, broken chandelier, and bed are the only things the room can contain. Dust flying everywhere, one single breath, and his lungs will probably fill up with thousand-year-old dust.
*Where am I?*
His body lies in an old bed.
He moved his legs off from the bed to the wooden floor.
He turns his head left to right, checking for a way out from that room.
He began to stand on his wounded feet. There's a white door in front of him not so far.
He starts to walk straight towards that door while grabbing his head.
A headache constantly banging his head from the inside. Regardless of his current pain, he's still walking to knowing where exactly he's at right now.
"What happened to me? What is this feeling?"
His mind is racing fueled up by numerous question that keep spawning in his mind.
Knobs were opened. Floors were cracking. Dust on the floor turned into footsteps.
The hall was swallowed by darkness. There's not enough light sources for him to prevent him keep hitting the wall.
But then…
"Is that…?"
..
"A light…?"
Finally, a glimpse of light was spotted between the crack of an old rusty door. He automatically knew it was the light of a sun. He's moving his legs faster than before into that door impatiently.
His eyes open widely as the distance between him and the door are getting smaller.
He turns the knob and opens the door.
"..."
*BLAM!*!
What happened after the door was opened was him slamming the door off after just seeing a scenery he had never seen.
...
"HAAA-*!??!!!!....."
Right now, he's currently 67.194 ft up in the air.
...
The breeze of the cold morning air collided with his trembling skin.
He can't believe what just happened. Although, at the same time, he senses that this isn't a hallucination or a dream.
He tries to peek between the crack of the windows to ensure the reality of the situation.
... (peeking)
"..."
But now he fully believes.
Cold sweats running through his face from his forehead down to his chin.
"Fear" is a perfect word to describe his face at this moment.
...
*How can I be here!!!? How high is this place?*
( gulp..)
*Relax… relax... just think about it! ... i just wake up in a dark room, in a bed, then... I go out of the room*
*after that... i carefully check off this place.*
*Then...*
*i moved to downstairs right before I find that door, when I open it.... It was the moment I realized I'm up in the sky*.
He pinch himself many times.
"This isn't a dream.."
"...."
"This isn't a dream this isn't really a dream!! this feeling is too real !!"
"I dont really remember anything but im quiet sure i dont living in such place like this !.."
...
"Someone!!... someone must have brought me here..."
he gets up.
"Is it a wizard?"
...
"W-wizard or whatever it is, i think he's the only person who can explain all this."
"I must find him"
Later, he began to wandering off the place.
The whole area is like an abandoned house. The floor, the wall, and the furniture are all in poor condition.
*I wonder who lives in such place like this?*
There's a few paintings hanging on the wall.
When he walked in the dark hall, there was a painting of a moon.
The painting near the previous door was a painting of a sun.
There was also a painting of clouds in the ceiling.
...
"This place is really empty, is there anyone besides me in this huge place?"
After a minutes of searching, he decided to stops and go back upstairs into his first room.
When he walks into the door, he saw a candle on a tiny wooden table.
The top of the candle has turned black, meaning it was being used. But the weird thing about the candle is... the position was upside down !
"This is a candle... but why the candle is being upside down?"
*Who put the candle in this unusual position?*
*Sigh
"Too many things to think about."
After ignored it he entered the room and sat on the bed while setting his mind back to every event that has happened. He crossed his arms and closed his eyes. He tilts his head slightly to the right and starts to think.
"Okay... For now the best thing is to remain calm. Eventually, he will be back."
"The person who responsible for put me up here did not abandon me! He's somewhere down there."
"... in the middle of something, and I suppose after enough time passed by he'll be back."
…
He sunk his body in the bed after finally being able to calm himself down. The fatigue caught him off-guard after he scattered everywhere around the house in his minimum condition.
Not a minute after, he fell asleep.
...
"am i falling asleep?"
He quickly leave the room and heading downstairs. He grabs a chair in one of the room then drag it into the front door. He then took his time watching the sky while waiting for arrival.
...
"It's still daytime"
"Looks like I just slept for a few hours."
...
"Good, now I'm just going to wait for him right here…"
Time passed by as his patience goes thin. His stare slowly turns null. He knows well that there's nothing he can do except just wait.
*Who put me up here? What is the reason I'm being here? And most importantly, why can't I remember anything ?*
...
He raised his head facing the sky and close his both of his eyes.
Slowly the thoughts of getting left behind slowly invading his sanity. Not a minute after, he bents his body in the chair in a sign of desperation.
…
He turn back his head to normal position and open his eyes.
"One more time…"
He stood up and start searching for one more time.
His legs moves much slower and weaker this time. It seems he didn't have much strength left. His stares like he lost half of his determination.
...
Days and days later....
" I started to think that the person who took me here has already been dead as he keep waiting for me over the years.... heeheh"
*SLAP
"Agh.. im an total idiot... If I really slept for years, I would have been dead of starvation!"
...
"Or maybe he just decided to left?"
"But when? Judging by the condition of this place, I'm assuming he has left long ago". Said him while touched the wall.
"But how did he left this place at this height?"
*!*
"All wizards have a broom, he must have one! Then... he left this place and proceed to do some important task.... Yeah, that's the scenario."
...
"But... what if he forget about me…? I'm still alive right here.."
...
*Crrkkk
"Are my life depends on someone's right now?!"
"AaaAAAAAAAAAAAAGH...!!!*#$,"
....
"Wait a second... I just could jump and go down the land all by myself!!!....
NO WIZARD
NO BROOM
NO MAGIC, JUST ME!!"
He ran furiously into the front door.
*BLAM !!
He's standing on the edge of the staircase while staring down below it, waiting for the final decision.
"...."
"Come on… do it. One step is all it takes."
"One... two… three."
"one two three"
...
"One, two, three!""
"One... two... three!!".
...
"agh....!!!"
*Bam
He fell down on his knees. His face miserably nails on the floor while both his hands slam down on the floor.
...
"Anyone... please come and save me..."
4 days later.
*I can't tell how many days have passed*
*I've done locked myself up in this dark room.*
...
"And now it's just a peaceful solitude with my thought and my existence filling up the empty present of this room" Said him while buried his face between his knees
...
"Sigh... How many times I wish this was just a dream in a morning?"
"..."
"But if all this really were just a dream, what kind of place i will wake up to?"
"I can't even remember where I'm from or where I was before."
"When I open my eyes, i just suddently being here."
"In the end, he never came... he never will. It's just my ridiculous expectations that keep me sane to this point."
(flashback...)
...
*What happen right after I open that door..*
*Cracks me up...*
"..."
(silence..)
"WHERE ARE YOU BASTARDDDDD..!!"
"YOU PUT ME UP HERE NOW PUT ME DOWN!!"
"YOU HEAR ME, MORON?!!"
He suddently gets up from the bed with rage.
"enough with th-"
*Thud
His shoulders accidently hit a tiny lamp and it fell off right on his feet.
"Ouch.. ouchh.."
"A lamp?"
He tries to put the lamp back at the table,but something whimsical occur..
The chain switch are floating upwards!
*!!!!
He drops the lamp instantly by the time he saw it.
This is the second time he got hit with something like this. Something he hasn't familiar with. Something of course defying his logical sense.
He try to observe the lamp by looking at it on above. He gulped and furrowed his eyesbrow. The switchtail still floating up line up directly with his face. He try to pick the lamp up.
He try to rotates the lamp by rotating his wrist but no a single part of that lamp can explain of how the switchtail are able to floating. He doesn't have guts to touch it, not even with his tip of his finger.
"If i touch it, im sure there will some abnormal voodoo things gonna happen towards me"
He then put the lamp in somewhere else, beside where's he at right now.
He doesn't want to dealing with that kind of thing anymore.
After he moved the lamp in one of the room he goes upstairs and secure himself inside his room.
"After what i just saw days before, i shouldn't be suprised". He says while holding his knees
"Everything in this place are creepy, dark, and weird".
"Im gonna get out of this place no matter what, im gonna survive"
"I cant end up like this".
"Maybe i have someone, someone who waited for me down there"
....
"Thats quiet relaxing to think about".
After he gets calm he starts to notice something in his room.
Turns out there's a window but of course this whole time he didn't see it because its covered up in the darkness.
"A window?"
*step
"A nice view of sky will clear up my thoughts" as tries to open it.
He then drag a chair into the window so he can enjoy the view while sitting calmly.
"The person who lives here can see this everyday".
"..."
"On a second's thought, maybe living here isn't really that bad".
"Im just too panic by experiencing all of this".
...
"He will come, im sure he will come". He said while slowly closing his eyes, drowned in sleepiness
He fell asleep in the window. This time, its a relieve to catch a smile on his sleep.
"Ahh... *Yawn...."
(rubbing eyes)
"A peaceful sleep, did i deserve it? yes i think i d-
He blinked twice while caught the sky still shine's bright.
He quickly get up.
*Did i just sleep for only about 20 minutes?*
"..."
"..."
"..."
"2 hours in this room starts from when i enter after being on downstairs.
"About 3 hours i spent lockdown in this room. All those make it 5 hours".
"5 hours before i was just sit still doing my regular checking outside the front door... "
"...."
"the sky still bright 5 hours before..."
"the sk-
...
*painting.. sky.. moon, sun.. moon ... painting..*
* candle...*
* lamp..*
"..."
"why i can't feel hungry...?"
"..."
He rushed down heading downstairs.
He stands infront of the painting of a sun near the front door. His eyes open widely as he was looking straight into that painting.
He ran throught the hall and there he found the painting of the moon.
He ran to the center of the house. He look up into the ceiling.
*The painting of the clouds*
He then ran into the upstairs.
There he found the upside down candle that caught his attention long days ago.
The burn part is still on below kissing the plate while the rest are melting from above.
He switch his gaze from the candle into the whole area, his eyes running everywhere. His body spins unremotely as he tryna figure out something.
Something crusial but yet.. unnoticeable this whole time.
A flashback struck him..
The painting, the candle, sun and moon, the lamps, the sky!
*Why the candle position being leave upside down?!!*
*Why the lamp's tail are floating?!*
"What this place try to hide from me???"
He bite his thumb, his sweats coming out from his head. He close his eyes so tight, he turn down his head slightly.
The answer slowly coming out of the surface.
He founds it.
...
He opens the door gently to a room where he have been there before, a place where he put the lamp.
He gathered his steps progressively as the sound of ticking clock into the wooden wadrobe where inside, the lamp are located.
The sounds of the clock stops when he's standing infront of the wadrobe.
His hand reached the wadrobe handle before he open it up.
"..."
"Every weird things i see in this place go againts the law of nature"
"Anything could happen in this place.."
"But if the thing im gonna do now will somehow appear to be true"
"then..."
"im sure he will come"
He holds the floating lamp switchtail with his two fingers and pull the switch on.
*Clack
*SWOSH..
He felt the drastic gravitional changes in the area and somehow he feels a little bit dizzy.
And thirsty.
*Growwll
And hungry.
He quickly moved into his room upstairs.
He then tries to open the door.
"..."
His rushy step turned so sudden into a slow gentle step in just matter of second which can be simply explained by just seeing what's hidden outside the window.
An astonishing view of night sky filled with the brightness thousand of stars! The sky view feels so ethreal, the way to describe it, its like a large dark canva just turned into a painting with an infinite amount of colors by a legendary painter.
*Someone who design this night sky must put his soul on it* he said in his mind
Step by step he reduces his distances between him and the window, close and closer.
For one moment he forgot he was floating in the sky in a middle of nowhere alone.
"..!"
But suddently the atmosphere collapse as his eyes caught a silhouette of a broom flying at high speed. The silhoutte dissapeared blocked by the house outer wall.
He immediately crouch and hiding behind the wall below the window.
*IS IT HIM? ITS DEFINITELY..*
*HE'S REALLY RIDING A BROOM!!!!!*
"...!"
*IS HE COMING HERE???*
He tries to peek a lil bit while still in a great panic.
*WHAT SHOULD I DO!!?*
*Knock knock..
"EEEEK-"
He sneaks into the front door hall with his tip of his toe. His fingers glued on into the edge of a wall. All he can do is peeking the door from a secure distance.
*Its him, ITS REALLY HIM!!*
*knock knock knock
*knock knock knock
*What's wrong with me, ive been waiting for him all this time, this is the moment i've been looking for!!*
He gets up and walked down into that door.
A thin shadow appear blurry on the glass window. Shadow of a tall figure with a classy hat and broad shoulders slowly resemble as he keep moving closer to that door.
This is the moment he's been waiting for. His sweat drops into the floor as he starts holding the door knob. He takes a deep breath and release it. A couple of second passed by before he can finally turn the door kno-
*Swishhh
...
out of nowhere an angelic soft hand slide passed him on his right side. She places her hand above his hand, holding the door knob together.
He feels a soft touch instantly but in his mind.. he was being touched by the softest lightest feather in the world.
He quickly opens his eyes...
A beautiful long dark purple hair along with a gorgeous white dress blocking his sight. Her dress tape slowly fell down uncovered her face, and her eyes.
She slowly turn her head slightly at him. Her serene glances meet with his shocked stares.
The time feel whimsicaly slowing down as his eyes praised her presences. A smile appears on her face right before she turns the door knob for him.
She then opens the door using his hands below her.
*Squekkkk...
- continued