LOVE BETWEEN WORLDS

Chapter: 3

Serena could feel cold water on her face. She heard the sound of waves and someone crying. She opened slowly and with some difficulty her eyes. She had seen a strange dream. She was in the space with Amy. Around her were doors. One of them opened and they were sucked down by a dyne.

She looked around and before her was a worried Amy with tears in her eyes. "Amy what's wrong? Why are you crying?" "Ah, Serena I was too afraid! When we fell here, at that beach, you were unconscious. I thought I lost you. Oh, Serena I'm glad you're o.k." She cried hugging simutenusly her friend. "Amy I'm fine ,really, but... what do you mean by saying "fell"?"Serena asked confused. "What I mean? You don't remember? That light in the park, the hole, the dyne. Don't you remember Rena?" "But.. that was a dream, it can't be reall!" "I'm afraid it can." Serena looked around, observing the surroundings, trying to find any clues on where they could be. The only thing she could see was a huge beach and a calm sea. " Amy, where do you thing we are?" " Well, the time you were unconscious I made a theory. I know that what I'm going to say seems to be crazy but it's the only answer I can come up with right now." Serena looked Amy carefully like her whole life was based on her friend's words. "I believe that this hole led us to another world, another dimension." Amy said taking no breath. " I know, I know it sounds ridiculous" Amy added quickly avoiding Serena's interuption "But there's no other explanetion on what happened. A proof is the clothes we are wearing. Look at yourself! Where's your school uniform?" Serena looked at her clothes. She wasn't wearing her school uniform any more, she wore a long sleevless dress. " Oh my God Amy you're right. What are we going to do?" " My opinion is firstly, to try to find someone to ask where we are exactly and then to find a way back home." "You're right, but we can't stay here waiting for someone to pass. How about taking that path over there?" " Let's get going then."

They were walking over an hour and they hadn't found anybody. They were exhausted and hungry but they knew they should go on. They couldn't give up. They were determined. " Amy look! There are people coming over there, look!" Serena said enthousiasticaly and pointed at the direction she had seen the people. When the people approached enough the girls, they could see horror on their faces. Amy made a step forward and she asked o woman, in her late 20's, who was running caring a baby in her arms." Sorry miss but what happened? Why are you running?" " The pirates, the pirates, attacked the village over there where smoke derives. They killed almost everybody; they killed my husband, my son.everyone! Run to save your lives. They don't show pity. Run, run."the woman said crying. "Serena we should go back at the beach. We're not safe here. Come!" "Are you crazy Ames? When will we have the opportunity to see reall pirates again? You stay here I'll go to the village!" "You're mad, there's no other reasonable explanation. If you go there you'll get killed!" Amy tried to bring Serena to her senses but it was no use, no one could change her mind. "Don't be silly Amy, I'll be back. You wait here." Serena said heading towards the village. "Serenaaaaaa Noooooo! Come back you silly girl! They'll kill you!" Amy was shouting at her best friend vainly. It could be the last time seeing her. Amy couldn't believe that! She knew that Serena many times acted recklessly but she could never imagine that her friend would do such a stupid thing. She was led straight away to death by her own curiosity!

When Serena arrived at the village the image that was awaited her made her tremble. Suddenly she felt stupid believing that what she would see would be similar to the movies about pirates, she used to watch back home. She couldn't do anything but stand there, watching the atrocities the pirates committed. She watched the pirates murdering innocent people before her eyes, showing no mercy. She saw corpses full of blood all over the slated roads. She watched as the tongues of flames consuming everything in their pass. She could hear screams, cries for mercy, the sound of swords lacerating human flesh... Serena was standing there stunned, afraid to make any movement, afraid that she couldn't control herself. She felt sick ready to throw up. She could never imagine that humans were able to do such horrible things, were able to create so much pain. She remembered then Amy's words: "If you go there you'll get killed" How right her friend was! She'll die there, this village will become her grave!!

However in such circumstances, people are being dominated by the feeling of survival, so Serena despite the fact of being petrified, she managed to hid behinde some barrels which were piled up in a corner near by. She crouched down as close to the wall as possible praying not to be found. She continued hearing the screams and she could also smell blood. She was sure that in the end no one would survive from that slaughter. She closed her eyes trying to imagine that she was somewhere else away, that all of these were fake, a nightmare. But it was no use. A loud sound of something falling made her open her eyes. A dead man had fallen on the barrels. A knife was stuck into his heart. Blood was running from his mouth. Serena looked at the man infront of her and a scream escaped from her lips. His head was hanging over Serena's laps, so her dress had been stained red by blood. She started crying; she could here nothing but her cries, when through the mist that had covered her mind she heard a familiar voice, someone calling her.

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