Chapter 2 – A whole new world
"Cece !", I woke up, sweating and panting. I was so confused that I had to blink a few times to focus my sight.
Thank god…it was a dream!
I was so relieved that I almost cried. I got up from my bed to switch on the lights. I fondled for the switch on the wall. My head spun once, and I had to take support for standing. A few seconds, and then I was fine. I looked for the switch again, when a strange uneasiness gripped my stomach.
Is this even my room? This..this can't be , please!
Instead of the switch, which was always on its usual place on the wall, was a small, square thing. I looked around once more, and by the little light coming from the window, I could tell its position, and that it was not my room, or even my house.
I grabbed the curtains and moved them aside to let more light in. It illuminated the room a bit, giving me a hint of the tiny room, or should I say, a house?
There was a sofa, a small table, a bed and a tiny kitchen, all in a small, round room. I looked outside. Forest, everywhere, but I had some hope that there could be a town around.
I ran for the door and pulled hard on it.
Locked.
I looked around for another exit. The burnt wood in the tiny fireplace was still cracking, and this meant that there was someone in the house some time before, who brought me into the house, thinking I was lost in the woods.
I waited for some times and there were endless thoughts in my mind, about my sister, about what she could do to me, and about the person who owned this house. I was sitting at the foot of the bed, sobbing at my helplessness, when I heard crunching of leaves, footsteps, coming toward the house.
The owner. I thought.
The footsteps got closer, I could hear them climbing the tiny stairs and I heard the 'clinking' of keys. I had a quick glance at his silhouette from the window.
That's…that's huge! What is that!
I had to do something! I picked up a rod from the fireplace and quickly hid myself near the door. I had my fists clenched tight around the solid iron rod, ready for action. I heard the key turn and the door swing open. The giant thing stepped in and closed the door behind itself. I swung the rod like a baseball and tried to hit a homerun on its back. After I did, I felt like an utter idiot.
It was so big that the rod could have hardly hurt. Moreover it had a thick leather coat which added to the armor. The big hairy head on the tall statured started turning towards me. It was like déjà vu. I screamed till my lungs could no longer take, and I involuntarily dropped my defense.
"Hahaha, oh dear. Poor thing!", a hoarse voice came from within the confusion of hair.
"Stay..stay back ! Don't come any c..closer", I was terrified.
"Oh, n no dear. I am here to help 'yer", he cleared. He was coming closer and I was certainly not liking it.
"No! stay away!", I said out aloud once again. I opened the door before he could get any closer and ran out of the house, to where ever it lead. But it was in vain, because even before I could realize, it had me bound in its arms hand the grip was so strong that it almost smothered me.
I struggled and jerked, but couldn't break free. I screamed and screamed.
"oh my, oh my! Calm down little one!", he sealed my mouth with one big hand. He took the struggling me effortlessly in his arms up a crooked path. It was a really uncomfortable journey.
As we climbed up, a beautiful castle started coming into my view. And for a moment, I was so dumbstruck that I stopped screaming and struggling, and was trying to imbibe the beautiful sight as much as I could. But I was soon shaken back to reality by my inner conscience.
I could tell by the giant's trajectory that we were going to that castle. I started struggling again, just to hint him towards my so comfortable position.
He banged on the huge door, with his huge hand, making a huge amount of noise.
GOD! Everything was so huge here. Well, at least till now.
