Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Fall. A story written by 11-year-old Orestis

   (digital art by Natiq Aghayer)


It was a sunny day. I woke up and got dressed. I thought that it would be a simple day. I took my breakfast and I got out. It was Sunday so I thought I should relax and have a bit of fun.
After double-locking my door I started to walk. For ten minutes everything was going all right; a lot of people were walking on the pavement and in a little open-air market people were selling their products.
Suddenly, everyone disappeared and the buildings started to fall.
 I ran as fast as I could because I was afraid that if I stopped somewhere even for a minute, a big stone would crush me.

After hours of running the buildings finally stopped falling. I sat down breathless. I looked around me and I couldn't believe that London had just turned to ruins. It was just wrong and I was lost in the middle of it!

I started walking again with nowhere else to go to and with no one to help me. I was thinking about what I should do. I was scared. I kept walking until I finally reached the end of the road. With a big disappointment I saw that there was a big cliff full of blood, bones and rotting bodies. It was so disgusting! But I was ready to jump....and I did.
I knew that the feeling would be terrible and that I would die but I didn't care. I thought that my life had been destroyed!
 However, I found myself in another dimension.
There was fire everywhere and a lonely, empty, feeble path. I didn't know what I was going to face but there was something that was attracting me. I followed the path. It was very long and dark. After hours I sat down to get some rest and that was when I got scared the most.
I heard a strange noise and then something hit me on my head. While I was falling down senseless I heard someone scream.
When I woke up I realised that I was in a cell. The cell had a powerful lock with a fingerprint combination. Suddenly the cell opened. There was a door which they probably used to bring me here but it was locked.
I walked towards it. Suddenly I heard footsteps. I was terrified. I saw a trapdoor on the floor. When I got inside I saw an old man sitting on a chair.
I asked him how I could escape from there but he gave me no answer.
"Perfect" I said "You don't know my language and I don't know yours."
"Who told you that I don't know your language Mr. Someone?" asked the old man. "Do you know who I am?"
"No" I answered
"Neither do I" said the old man.
"Anyway, how can I escape from all this nonsense?" I asked
"You can't, my boy. Now you are trapped in the smallest part of your mind."

I realised then that I was dreaming very deeply inside my mind.

"Now, you can't escape from here" said the old man "In the real world you're something like dead. You can only return to your world if you kill yourself again. But it's very dangerous because you might never wake up again" said the old man who suddenly disappeared...

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