Hi! Welcome to another story! Well here's a new type of story than I usually do! Well hope you enjoy, and there HUMANIZED!
It was a normal day, or at least it was supposed to be. I was meeting him today, Flippy. I walked on the familiar hill, where we always had our meetings. I saw him and he stood up, the air pushing my hair in my face. I brushed it aside and Flippy chuckled. He seemed to have longing in his eyes, as if he was sad. I gave him a questioning look and he smiled. I ran and hugged him and he spun me in the air, a sliver locket dangling from my neck. Everything was perfect, as it should be until he took out a letter, a telegram. I took it and looked at him, knowing what it was. He was drafted, and was going to go back to war. I felt the tears in my eyes as he looked at me, smiled weakly. I hugged him again, crying into his chest. He kissed my forehead as I did, and spoke one sentence.
"Don't worry, and be happy"
I smiled and I hugged him tighter, but suddenly I was pushed away and landed hard on the pavement. I laid there, shocked at what happened, but I processed it quickly. I was driving, when a car hit me because I was daydreaming. I had heavy breathing and my chest hurt. My throat felt as if it was swollen, and my tongue felt blood inside my mouth. There was immense pain and it was hard to move. I knew I had broken some bones, but I tried not to focus on that. I looked and saw my car, bashed in and broken, and the other car, flipped over and scrapped the pavement. The pain began to fade and I closed my eyes and people gathered around the scene of the accident.
The first thing I saw was people gathered around me, whispering excitedly. I gasped when the light reached my eyes, surprised from the day before. I looked around, even though my vision was blurry and soon everything came into focus. I saw many people, all children.
"She's older. The older one's are no fun"
"Shut up! She'll hear you!"
My heart was beating fast and it started to slow down. Slower and slower and slower, until it returned to normal. The room I was in was white, like a hospital room, but it looked like a normal bedroom. It had a bed, and a dresser, along with a bookshelf and some chairs. It had a big mirror, and a bathroom near the side. Beside me was an alarm clock with the time, but no matter how long I stared at it, it always said 6:28 PM. It was weird and turned my focus to the children in front of me. I sat up, and they backed up, like they were scared. One smiled and stepped forward, a perfect red bow on her head. She had pink hair, with a lighter one down the middle, and a pink, and white dress on. It was mostly pink but swirled up to reveal white and a painted red heart on it with little splotched of red paint near it, but I was sure that was the design. She wore red flats, and her hair was short, in a bob.
"Hello" She said and stuck out her hand.
"Hi" I said and shook it, confused.
"Your probably wondering where you are or what you're doing here so I'll explain. I'm Giggles and this is Cuddles. Were 11, and you're in the lost lands" She said.
"The lost lands?" I asked and she nodded.
"Yeah, the lost lands. Where all the lost souls are, like you and me" She said and I nodded as if I understood.
"Dr. Sniffles can explain it better" She said and took my hand. She dragged me out of the hospital where I heard crying, laughing, talking and everything else at the same time. I was eventually brought to a blue haired man, in a lab coat. He was about 17, and had very sharp eyes. He wore a lab coat along with a white shirt underneath, jeans and a fine pair of black glasses.
"Dr. Snffles! She's awake!" Giggles said making the man turn around, holding some paper. He smiled and set the paper down on his desk.
"Hello miss, I'm Dr. Sniffles. I take care of all these kids you see around me. And you" He said and I was nervous as he stared me down.
"May I ask how old you are, or do you not remember?" He asked.
"19" I said quietly.
"I see. Well let me explain everything. Come come" He said and waved his hand. He walked me to a huge room full of kids playing, and having fun. It was a big marble room, like you would see in a church or some place special. Kids ran around the big hall and Sniffes pushed me as some kids came running past us. He kept walking and so I did too.
"Well you see, you're dead, but at the same time very much alive. You are stuck in between life and death, what we call the land of the lost. We are lost souls, every one of us. You, me, Giggles, everyone!" He said and spun around with his hands in the hair.
"Now we are here because there is someone, and something holing us back, back from dying. That one person is a soul seeker, the only people who can see you in the living world. Now you remember the something I was talking about. Well that someone gave you something, a gift, and that gift is what brought you here. It's called a life lock" He said and I remembered, a green haired boy, Flippy. My hand touched my the locket on my neck, it must have been my life lock, a life locket. I turned my attention to Sniffles again as he talked. We left the room, and out into a hall. Down that hall was the outside, a big courtyard with a fence around it. The sky was bright blue, and sunny, but if you looked farther away there was dark rain clouds.
"Now we call them life locks because if they break, you vanish. If you lose it you will get sick and eventually disappear. So basically your life lock is your life" He said and tugged on his jacket.
"So were like ghosts?" I asked and he laughed as we entered another building.
"Not quite, only other lost souls can see you, with the exception of your life seeker. If you want to see your like seeker, well you can't. Not unless you both agree on it. And if you do, the shadow stealer will come and make you a deal" Sniffles said.
"The shadow stealer?" I asked.
"Yeah, he collects all the lost souls who have gone to find their bodies in the living world. Right now you body is in a coma, sitting somewhere in a hospital and if you can reach it you'll come back to life, but lost shadows will try and take your life, by stealing your shadow. Obvious isn't it. Well he will make you a deal where if you can find you body, and your soul seeker helps you, you will come back. If you don't he keeps your soul, but he doesn't play fair. He sends his lost shadows after you, so be careful" He said and I nodded.
"So, what now?" I asked.
"Well you can do whatever you want really" Sniffles said.
Oh, okay" I said and stopped. I looked around. We were in another hallway, and I noticed it.
"Where are the beds?" I asked.
"Oh, you don't need sleep, you never get tired, sick, hungry, or anything else. Just watch yourself okay?" He asked.
"Okay" I said and turned around. I went back to the courtyard full of children where Giggles spotted me.
"Flaky! Where are you going?" She asked.
"Hm, no where in particular really" I said and she walked with me.
"You want to play a game?" She asked and I shrugged. She smiled and took my hand, dragging me toward some kids.
Every welcoming and beaming smile made me feel somewhat relaxed as their happiness, and energy combined with my own new feelings gave of hope. I returned a smile, accepting their friendly invitation. After a long pause of silently greeting each other, I took the honor in introducing myself. Amongst the excited talkative clique of children, I notice a gloomy and unhappy child in the back of the crowd. Suddenly, I became deaf to the gratified group and only heard moaning of suffering. I became blind to the brightness, and only saw darkness and the child I spotted. She turned swiftly, revealing missing eyes replaced by blackness and her wide empty mouth unhinged. She let off a screech and bellowed: 'We are all Lost.' The darkness sucked away, leaving a trail of cold air behind. I inhaled deeply, making a gasping sound startling the children, their faces were shocked and frightened. I gave a smile letting them know it was nothing, getting a smile back. We ended up playing hide and seek giving me time to think about the child I saw. She looked awful, sickly almost. Was she one of the lost shadows? I jumped when I heard the shuffling of footsteps on the marble floor. I was hiding under a table I found near the back, a quite and unused space. I saw the familiar pink slippers slide past me, making me sigh in relief. I heard someone yell 'BOO!' and I screamed, running from under the table. I turned around and saw Cuddles, giggling with delight at his accomplishment. His yellow bunny sweater hood up, the ears bouncing up and down as his golden hair moved too. I sighed in relief and stifled a laugh as I forgot my worries. It was fun playing with these children, but now it was time to leave and start my journey.
Hope you guys enjoyed! Um should I do OC's? Or no? Let's try it! See how many I get, so I'll be accepting only a few, like four or five maybe. Depends on how many I get because I don't want to many. Just PM me or review and see what happens. Also h=thanks to Bijouberriesgood1234 for the ending, she's my co-author for this story! Oh I'm excited. So here's what I need:
Name:
(No older than 20)Age:
Dead or Alive:
If dead, soul seeker(The one person they wish to see again):
Personality:
Appearance(Human):
Life Lock(object):
Relationships:
Other: