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The wind was blowing harshly in one direction, and Taka did nothing to resist it. If by fate he was to be swept away, he would let it be so. As he grabbed onto his broom with one hand and satchel with the other, Taka felt his heart pounding faster and faster. Despite the unfavourable weather conditions, Taka started to feel a small smile forming on his face. That smile grew into a wide grin.
He was free at last!
He threw a punch in the air- almost throwing Taka off balance - signifying his freedom, and most importantly, his route to manhood. Taka would be led by an element of Mother Nature, and he was very sure that the wind would lead him along the right path.
As Taka was basking in his momentary freedom, he felt the wind stop blowing. The air around him became very still. Taka froze. What was going on? Now, he was hovering around in the sky, unsure of the direction he was headed to.
Taka hadn't planned for this to happen. When the wind stopped, so did his journey.
In another world entirely, a sudden blackness enveloped the sky, and a spiraling hole of the darkest red burst open. It blasted a strong storm of wind, destroying everything it could reach into mere rubbles. Nothing was spared, buildings, trees, and houses were obliterated. Only a lucky few humans and animals survived, but they were sucked into the ominous swirl, forced to live life not of their own. Debris and corpses started littering the ground, as the hole began to close, and the wind gradually died down.
A sole broom carrying a lone boy sat in the sky, still and lifeless.
Suddenly, a flash from lightning cut across the sky. The whole ground began to vibrate ferociously below, uprooting trees and causing them to crash back onto the soiled earth. A hole cracked open above the boy, and a flash of bright light encompassed the sky, causing him to hold up his hands to shield his eyes from the blinding light.
A small black object came hurling out from the black hole, before it closed abruptly. The black ball crashed into the boy with a force that caused him to be thrust downward. Down he went, the force of gravity pulling and tugging on him, presumably meeting his death.
Taka snapped out of his confusion to hastily reposition himself onto the broom, fighting against the force of gravity, just before he came crashing onto the ground. He skidded across the pebbled earth, and rolled forward before finally coming into a halt.
He groaned as he pried his eyes open and attempted to lift himself up. His body and face were covered with scratches and bruises, and his whole body ached terribly. Taka scanned his surroundings to see where he had landed, and there lying in front of him a few feet away was the black ball that hit him. The ball seemed to be furry, but it was motionless and seemed to be lifeless. Taka stood up gingerly, wincing as he did so, and approached the black object cautiously. Upon closer inspection, the black ball turned out to be a crow. Taka reached out to touch it, but the bird remained unresponsive, save for the soft rising and falling of its chest, the only indication that it was still alive. The bird's right wing was twisted unnaturally at its side.
"It's injured," Taka realized, as he picked it up. He glanced around again, trying to think of what he could do. There, right in front of him, stood a house – no, it looked more like a castle - tall as the sky itself. He wondered why he hadn't seen it from where he was previously. He picked up his broom, and then began to walk towards the door of the castle. He wrapped his hand around the rusty, heavy door knocker and banged it against the wooden door a couple of times. No response. Taka tried again. He was about to walk away when the door creaked open.
A resounding thud came from the inside. Taka took a step back, startled by that sudden noise. The crow which had laid silently in his palms began to twitch.
A voice reverberated from inside the castle walls, "who goes there: friend or foe?"
A/N:
You're wondering why the story's starting off so slowly. I assure you, it just gets better from here. I'm sure you already know who the 'castle' belongs to. Glue your eyes to the computer screen to see what happens! (No I'm just joking, please don't do it.)
