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Chapter 2
All I wanted to do then was to be left alone. I needed to think by myself - which is something that I needed to get used to. I started dragging myself to the beach. As I was leaving the one village where I grew up, I looked back again. After all, I might not be able to see it again. I tried to stop myself from thinking unenthusiastically. Of course I would come back! I had so many things inside of me that want to just burst out - too many things and so little time.

I stared for a while at our little hut. I felt at peace just silently staring longingly at it. Just then, the window slowly flopped open and someone peeped outside. My mother still had tears sliding down her cheeks. I waved at her and she waved back. I smiled a bit and so did she. She gave a nod and mouthed: Be careful.

I felt more reassured when I left. I strode along a shortcut that my childhood friend, Leena, and only I knew about. I figured out about this place when I was still very small. I went out exploring, got lost, and luckily found myself here. Then, I kept on going straight and I arrived at Opassa Beach. From there, I knew my way home. Straight away, I told Leena about the path and whenever we would go to the beach, we would secretly pass here and be sure that no one else would ever find out about it.

I finally found myself in the familiar setting. I knew that I had arrived at the beach. I took off my shoes and felt the sand going 'Squish! Squish!' between my toes as I strolled along the coast. So many memories were masked or hidden beneath this sand. These were memories that either made you laugh, or just feel like breaking down and crying.

I sat down a little further away from where the waves crashed, rocking back and forth on that blue, serene cradle that flowed eternally with water appearing almost black because of the night. I felt something wriggle beneath me. The ground started to shake and I jumped up, astonished at what I saw. I remember. I remember this portal. It looked a bit different. It didn't glow green like it used to. This time, it glowed red.

I pondered for a while, thinking that it would possibly be able to send me to another world like it had used to before.

"You'll never know unless you try," I said out loud. I braced myself and jumped into the wormhole. A blinding light overwhelmed me as I was engulfed into it. I kept on falling, and as I fell, different people flashed before me. I seem to still remember their names: Karsh, Nikki, Lynx, Mikki, and everyone else. The last one looked strangely proverbial. She had long, braided blond hair and cerulean blue eyes. She was that girl - the girl I kept on dreaming of. She was the one who had said that we would meet someday soon.

"OW!" I fell onto a hard surface. I seemed to have reached the bottom of this . . . pit. And, boy, was I glad to know that. I was starting to fall asleep while I was falling . . .

I found myself standing in a cave - more like a tunnel with a floor that looked like the clouds during sunrise. I kept on walking until I reached a fork. Which way should I go? Left or right?

"Great . . . Another opportunity to make a decision myself," I said, sarcastically.

I chose the road to the left and walked close to the walls feeling the air, pressing against my hand. I've never felt as light-headed as this before. I felt like I could just stay here forever. Unexpectedly, I reached a dead end. I anticipated that there would be some kind of hidden door. I felt around but was unsuccessful. I decided to take the other road instead. Maybe that one would lead me to the exit. I returned to the fork and took the road to the right. The same thing happened - another dead end. Where else was there that I haven't discovered or been to yet? I sat there staring at the opposite end. What was there that I could do? After a while of diminutive panic, I spotted something glittering under the rays of the sun.

I managed to let out a "What the . . .?", because right then and there, that something was glowing. I decided to walk nearer the watch-a-ma-call- it and touched it. It glowed even brighter then. All of a sudden, a black hole appeared underneath me. I was being sucked in - AGAIN. "This is getting pretty tiring," I thought.

The end of chapter 2!! Uh, I don't know what to write anymore. Please give me some ideas on the next chapter!! Don't flame me!!!