Chasing
what happened?
i woke up...
why was i chasing , where was i
so many questions....
somehow i'm chasing for something again
i was chasing for the bus
i was late for school....
i'm late , i ran up the stairs and up to my
class
i'm in the class....there's no one
where did everyone go?
i walked back home after that
questions , questions , questions
i had a ton of them in my mind now
i looked at my watch and sighed to myself , today was saturday
i tried to run back home , but somehow i managed to get lost
i look around , there's no one
i run into shops
still , nobody
i just slowly walked home with my headphones in my ears
and stared at my watch again
time was frozen
and that's when i realised , this is not reality.
i tried to pinch myself to wake up
it's not working
i started panicking
i ran around and hit myself numerous times
but still , i'm in the same place
i look around and suddenly something appeared
a white bright bubble
i tried to touch it but
it moved away
i tried again
and it moved
again.
i started to get impatient and use both hands to grab it
the bubble stared running
i don't know why , but i ran after it
then i realised , everything was connecting
i'm always chasing something
but what is that " thing "
nevertheless , i ran after the bubble until a road
the name was
the road for your imagination
i tried walking on it
but it bounced me away
i tried again
it bounced me off again
the bubble was suddenly sucked in by the road
i stare in shock as i try to process what just happened
then i had an idea of what was going on
this dream was about me creating my imagination
but the problem was
i don't know how to
believe it or not , i've never really imagined anything
i try to imagine the road allowing me to walk on it
but seems like it's not working , as
my mind was blank
i walked away giving up
i search for food , good thing there's still some in the convenience store
i looked around , suddenly something flew past me
it was a paper airplane
suddenly somebody walked by
he was wearing jeans and a jumper
his hair was black and messy
he went past me and grabbed the paper airplane
after that he just walked back
i was surprised why didn't he see me?
or was he acting?
i decided to follow him
i don't know why , my gut was telling me to do that
i followed him for awhile
we went past block by block
house by house
empty as always
but suddenly
he turned over and we made eye contact
he then proceeded to ask me , " what's ur name "
i just stood there and wondered : i don't know my name....
i just created a fake name and said , " my name is Veronica. "
he replied " cool my name's Chance , why are we here? "
i paused for a moment and realised he dosent have an imagination too !
a sudden blue bubble dashed between us
i look at it swirl past the signboards
it leaves behind a shiny path of metallic
suddenly , bubbles ran across
this time the colours were : black and yellow
they didn't run away from us
they ran towards us
they both whispered
" we are happiness and death , blue is water and white is life , there's one more the colour is gold , keep a look out for it , it's imagination if it dashes across u , u just have to shout " NOW " and we should come "
i asked why should we tell them
they simply gave us a smile and said
" just tell us , or you'll regret "
the night was coming
me and Chance walked to a empty hotel
settled in and slept
i couldn't sleep for some reason
i kept thinking about what the bubbles said
" you'll regret "
what could i regret?
then , a bright gold bubble dashed across me
i didn't know if to shout " NOW " or stay quiet
i'm scared it would hurt me
after thinking that
the gold bubble turned over and floated towards me
i got scared stiff
and the bubble and i just stared at each other.
we just stared at each other
i started to get anxious
and shouted
" NOW "
surprisingly nothing came .
i was scared stiff
" imagination " flew towards me
it tried to touch me
but then
suddenly
there was a swish
black and yellow bubbles swirled past
me
and grabbed " imagination "
i realised they were happiness and death
they looked at me angrily
Happiness said , " meet at at that hotel called Uni , we'll be waiting "
after that
they flew away
I was speechless to be exact , the things happened in the past few seconds were such a blur to me .
Then i heard a voice , i slowly turned around and realised it was Chance.
Chance : " What happened ? "
Me : " Have u seen flying bubbles
anywhere? "
Chance : " Now that you've mentioned it , i have "
Me ; " Were they black and yellow ? "
Chance : " Yeah! That's exactly what i saw ! "
Me : " Well we've gotta rush to Hotel Uni , i'll explain to you when we get there , let's go! "
Without hesitation , i grabbed his hand and ran to Hotel Uni.
When we reached , i could see teo floating bubbles waiting ,
Death : " Oh you've found another unimaginative human being i see "
Happiness : " Oh Death stop being such a bummer , anyways , hello guys do you know why we called you here? "
Chance and I : " Uh...not exactly "
Death : " We are here to train you to imagine , see you're here because you have been called up from the gods of imagining , and we are mentors for the time being. "
Happiness : " We told u to look out for " imagination " because he takes away all of your imagination and you have to go and learn how to imagine all over again. "
I..I..I didn't know what to think , am i really in this world or am i dreamin-
I suddenly wake up , it had all been a dream , I heaved a sigh of relief. That day was full of interesting stories.
Hope you enjoyed this short but meaningful story , the ending was kind of weak but i hope you liked this story !! xx