This story was written by Tuangrat Trannitad (Pupe) Year 8 as part of English Subject.
I glanced out the
window at the shining luminous moon, dreaming about spreading my wings and flying
away into a magical world. I was always dreaming about something supernatural
or magical since I was a little boy. The thoughts of fighting a dragon, owning
a kingdom or being a wizard had always interested me, but sadly those things
only happened in stories, myths and fables.
I was forcing myself to
sleep when it was almost midnight. I didn’t want to fall asleep because I knew tomorrow
will be the same monotonous day again. I
fantasized about a different life in a magical world. ‘Tap, tap, tap’, some
tapping noises on the window awoke me abruptly from my fantasy. At the corner
of my eye, at the window pane there appeared a doppelganger of me. He was a
pale teenager with silky blonde hair and glistening apple green eyes. I froze, afraid
to move or speak, as he climbed in my window and sat at the foot of my bed.
I summoned up the
courage to ask in a shakily broken voice “Who are you?” he replied smiling and as
if answering in a riddle. “I am you, and
you are me”. I stared dumbfounded at him thinking “How is this even possible?” He
slowly stood up and announced, “I think it’s finally our time to escape from
this ordinary world”. He offered me his hands “Will you come with me to the
world of magical wonders?” I stared at him blankly but before I could say
anything he took my hand and whisked me out of my room.
Outside the door, was a
forest of pink and purple trees lined perfectly like the pattern of ocean waves
on the sides of a narrow and shallow river? When I looked back my bedroom door had
disappeared completely and the boy who claimed that he was me turned into fragments
of sparkling gold dust that was twirling slowly just above my head, then it formed
into a golden message that read “We’ll meet again”.
What’s going on? Is
this just a dream? Suddenly, out of nowhere, sweet voices singing sweet
melodies flowed from deep in the forest. I followed the voices into the woods,
the deeper I went, the louder the singing. Entranced, like in a dream, I arrived at an
old stone castle with walls of crimson red wild flowers and dark green lime
vines. At the front of the castle, were three identical dwarf women dressed in
pearl white dresses; with long raven black flowing hair and marble sized dark
eyes. They were playing violins made out of crystals. They were dancing and singing merrily to the
two seven foot tall giants. The giants were made out of colorful gems and
stones. All of a sudden, one of the giants spotted me; he roared in a rage and charged
towards me. I tried to run away but then everything blacked out. “Buzz!” The alarm in my room sounded loudly as I woke
up back in my bedroom.
“So it was all just a
dream….” I consoled myself while sitting in History class. I couldn’t concentrate
on school work as my mind was somewhere else; it was still at that magical
castle last night. Even though I was there for a short period of time, I could
feel the euphoria of happiness because that is where I longed to be, the
magical place, a supernatural world like Alice in Wonderland’s world. I couldn’t
believe that it was dream, everything felt so real….
“Mr. Adams!” My middle-aged History teacher shouted. “Are
you listening?” I nodded half asleep while trying not to make any eye contact.
“Are you awake?” “Please go wash your face in the toilet, Adams”
I stood up and walked
out of the room. When I closed the class’s door, all external sounds faded away
into oblivion, it seemed strange but I didn’t bother to look back. But as I
started walking further, it started getting weirder. No matter how loud any
class was, when I walked passed it everything went quiet and it felt uncomfortably
awkward behind me like someone or something was moving towards me. I slowly
turned my head. I gasped. There were large vines crawling along the walls, the
brick walls of the school suddenly turned into old stones, the lockers turned
into portraits and the metal doors morphed into big wooden doors. My clothes
were replaced with red ropes. I ran as fast as I could to the school’s front
door but it disappeared.
“Oh you’re awake!” A girl’s
voice whispered from behind me. I looked back and found a young girl that
resembled a Barbie doll. Her hair was wavy platinum blonde, her skin was light
and her eyes were ocean blue. She strolled up to me in her long pink dress,
grabbed my hand and led me along the stone hall. As I was walking, I looked
around and recognised the place immediately. “I’m back at the castle! The magic
castle!” “Or is this just another dream. Maybe I’m still in class right now and
just sleeping. But who cares anyway, as long as I’m happy I don’t need to know
if this is real”.
“We’re here!” The Barbie girl announced, while
opening the wooden door to reveal a short man wearing long white robes with a long
white beard and a pure white wizard hat. He was staring intently at a stone
carving on the wall. Even from a distance, I could see that there was something
shining brightly underneath it. The wizard spun around and pointed at me “YOU!”
He shouted.
Whazzam! The wizard cast
a spell at me; trying to attack me. The Barbie girl screamed and covered her
eyes. I pulled my hands up and covered my face. Instead of killing me, the
magic spell absorbed into my hands.
The wizard and the
Barbie girl stood in disbelief. My hands started shining brightly, I pointed my
hands towards the wizard and the magic bounced back at him! He ducked and the
spell hit the carving causing a sharp crack in it. The wizard turned around and
smiled at me. He walked over to me and congratulated me “You’re the chosen one”.
I was confused at first
but then I remembered all the fantasy books I’ve read about heroes and the
chosen people. They all had to go on an amazing adventure and a mission to succeed.
The wizard led me out and walked along side me.
“Julian, I believe that
you’re the chosen one that will do brave things”. “You have reflected my spell;
no one has ever done that before. I can see your bright future in slaying a
dragon, saving a princess or maybe leading a war”. His kind words flattered me...
He led me to a room and said I could rest in here and tomorrow he’ll give me my
first mission.
I fell on the bed, nervous with excitement and
anticipated about what will happen tomorrow. I forced myself to fall sleep, I
couldn’t wait to wake up tomorrow. As I closed my eyes, I felt something heavy
on my legs. I pulled down my covers and looked over, and there was the same boy,
my doppelganger that I talked to the other night, that boy who claimed that he
was me. “Are you happy now?” He softly asked me “I’m more than happy” I
answered smiling. He smiled back at me
but the smile faded away immediately “Well brother it’s time to go” He said
while standing up with a glint of sadness and failure in his eyes. “I’m sorry
that you cannot stay with me and I must return you to the real world”.
Heartbroken I shouted “no,
you can’t do that to me, I have to fight for my dreams.” He didn’t listen, he touched
the walls and the beautiful red wallpapers slowly faded into the dull brown
brick walls of my school. My eyes started to tear; I fell to his feet and hugged
his legs. “Please don’t do this to me” I cried “This is my dream and the life I
always wondered and longed for, I could own a kingdom, I could fight a dragon,
I could be the shining armor and I could be a hero if I stay here, please!”
The boy glanced down at
me, “Julian” he said in a soft voice “I am your soul, but \ nothing and no one
sticks around forever,” He cried “I’m sorry that I have to take your Wonderland
away from you” That was his last words before turning into miniscule fragments
of glimmering bright gold dust. The magical bedroom returned into the dull
school hall. I was back to my present day life.
To this day, I will
never forget the magical world I’ve been to and I will forever wonder how to
get back to that world again…
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