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CHAPTER 2

The best thing about this masquerade party that my school is going to hold is the shopping part.

Kayla is a talented shopaholic. You can spend almost all day long with her at the mall, just walk around it and buy things that actually aren't really needed. Well, that's what I love from Kayla. She doesn't care about the world. As long as she is still breathing, she steps forward. I learned a lot from her.

I stood in front of my locker in the school hallway after school, taking out my France book because I have a big test next week so I don't want to get the lowest grade in class just because I don't want to work on what God has given me: brain.

"Hey buddy." Kayla came up to me.

"Hai." I greeted back as I shoved my france book into my purse.

"I was wondering if you want to go shopping with me for tomorrow night?"

"Now?" I asked raising eyebrow.

"Why? You seem surprised."

"No.. No no, not at all! I mean, yes, of course! Where's Joanna?"

"Oh, she's outside. I told them to wait for us in the car."

"Ok. Sure. Come on."

I wasn't going to say no to Kayla, it's just really fun to know that the party is coming and I'm beyond excited about it. But I was over-thinking about the date. Should I come alone? I mean, it's a masquerade party, how much not bringing a date is gonna cost you?

But I'm afraid of denial. It sucks to receive such thing in front of your face. I'm a coward, I know. But right now, I'm trying to throw away of this sickness and actually try to be braver. Who knows that when I'm not afraid of denial anymore, I can be a girl in shining armor the next day? Oh, I would love that.

"Is it too luxurious to wear?" Kayla asked at the shop that we went in like an hour ago and we couldn't even decide which dress to buy. The seller even seems to grow out her old hair a lot more ever since we stepped in.

"it's good." I commented motionless.

"Cool then, maybe this one is perfect after all." Kayla has reached the top of her dress searching.

I heard weakly that it seems the seller was saying 'thank God' afterwards.

"What are you gonna choose Ar?" Joanna asked with her dress nicely put in the shop bag.

"I don't know, I can't choose."

"Really? My little Ariana doesn't know which dress to buy?" Kayla mocked me.

"Ok. Choose for me you both." I smiled to them.

"Ok, well what about this red dress? It's cute. Not too luxurious, but not that simple." Kayla picked a dress for me and handed to me. I looked at the mirror with me holding the dress and just imagined me in this dress, but it didn't look perfect.

"No, it's not my style." I said to Kayla with an apologetic face.

"This black dress is cute, try it." Joanna handed me…..

The most beautiful dress I've ever seen.

"You are a bit tomboy-ish. The chains, the glitters, really suit you."

The dress hung up until my knees and there were gold glitters on the shoulders part. It's not really luxurious but not that simple either.

"I think it's cute." My smile grew wider.

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I went to the cashier to buy the dress. Kayla and Joanna went to the store upstairs to shop more things that I don't know that it will be needed for the party or not. They'll wait me up there while I was dealing with my dress.

I was quite happy that I found the perfect dress. Can't wait to wear it.

"Can this store use credit cards?" I asked the seller.

"Of course."

I handed her my credit card but shockingly she said it didn't work.

"Can you try it again?"

And when she tried it again, it's still not working.

"How can this happen…" I said to myself. Probably my mom did this to me so that I can't use my credit card.

"Okay, my grades aren't that bad mom!" I cursed in front of the cashier.

"Wait for a minute, I'll call for some help." said the seller and she went to the back of the shop, probably calling her partner for some help. I was already pissed off by the fact that my mom did this to me, why? Because of my grades? Because I'm not really good at France? Okay fine, I'll get the scores she wants, if the test is coming next week!

I was too pissed off so I walked around the shop.

Beautiful dresses.

Beautiful jewels.

Beautiful shoes, I see. Probably I'll end up wearing one of my mom's anyway.

Beautiful…..

Wardrobe?

What in the world a wardrobe doing in this shop? It looks old. Really old, I could guess. It was beautiful wooden wardrobe though. My grandmother had one like that, I remembered when I was a kid I told her I loved the smell inside it. It was full of my grandmother's coats. She said she was a collector, that's why she had that wardrobe.

And Ryan accidentally ripped one of her coats but I was the one who got grounded. What an evil child he was.

But I had to admit this one is bigger though. This one is magnificent. And this one has this strange sense that made me shuddered for no reason. It was creepy.

Thud.

What was that? I wondered.

Thud.

That voice was heard twice. I wanted to go back to the cashier and just get out of here as quickly as I could, but when I turned around, that voice was heard once more.

Thud.

I turned around again, facing the wardrobe. Curiosity really got on my nerves and I couldn't help but opened the wardrobe. The first time I felt was warmth.

You got a warmth feeling after opening an antique wardrobe, that's funny.

When I was a kid and back in my grandparents' house, I would step into the wardrobe with Ryan and just hide there until dinner is ready. Just hide there until grandpa found us and dragged us downstairs and forced us to take a shower.

We were gross.

Right now without Ryan, with my curiosity charges me, without my friends around, nobody was around, I brace myself to get in.

It was a nice wardrobe, but different smell compare to my grandma's. Full of old coats. I was actually thought that the owner of the shop never really wanted to sell these coats, or just get it out if it's not for sale because these coats are valuable if it were on sale. But if it's out of the word dirty.

I could still feel the warmth.

It felt really strange to feel that kind of warmth in an old wardrobe. I saw a light in the back of the wardrobe, and I followed it. Where was that come from?

"Miss?"

I heard the seller called me. Should I ignore or should I just go back? I mean, the wardrobe was like an old playground I used to play at: really interesting.

I decided to continue to follow the light. As I got inside the wardrobe really deep, the thought of this wardrobe didn't really have an end popped out. They were dried leaves around my feet and the warmth feeling was getting stronger. I could smell the feeling of summer coming stronger.

And what a shock.

I ended up staring at a beautiful forest in front of me.

" is beautiful." I said to myself as my eyes explored around the forest.

There was a lamppost there nearby. The light was flickering bravely in the summer breeze. I walked there to see clearly with my smile wide open and turned my head to make sure that I wouldn't forget where was the entrance so that I could go back.

For several years I haven't got the chance to see something like this. It was all seemed real, like I've never intended to imagine it. I know how it feels like to imagine things as I used to be a little girl who had a wonderland inside my big head, so I know the difference.

But still, this all seems impossible.

"I'm not sure you're just going to spend the day looking around in awe for what you see." a heavy voice came out of nowhere made me jump in place. When I turned around, I saw a wolf walking slowly towards me.

"I'm not sure that you are the one who just talked."

"Believe or not human, I can talk."

Well, pretty impossible to believe. Pinch me!

"No way? I must be dreaming." I said more to myself rather than to the wolf.

"People got thrown into Narnia these days my lady. Don't bother to wonder, because I myself won't. Stupid work to do to watch the whole forest and see if there is a human gets thrown here or not." said the wolf sarcastically.

"Narnia?" I asked raising my eyebrow. "This is what's inside the wardrobe I just stepped in? It has a name."

"You are stupid."

"And you are a wolf." I said sarcastically. That wolf just insulted me. Am I that stupid?

"Where did you come in? A wardrobe you said?"

"Yes, a wardrobe. R-r-right there." I pointed to, I was sure the wardrobe, where I stepped into this whole world, and it was right there, but it was gone now. "Wait, where is it?"

"Whatever it is, it's gone now." said the wolf easily.

"Why are you talking like you know everything," I said to him angrily. "and besides, I must be dreaming. I'll wake up the next second and I'll be with Kayla and Joanna again!"

I pinched myself a few times and there was blood running out afterwards. I tried so hard. I was thinking maybe I was dreaming but I've pinched myself until my blood came out, where is reality?

Suddenly, I saw the wolf walked away from me, shaking his head in disbelief of my behavior I guess.

"Where are you going?" I said to him.

"Leaving."

"Well, is it a place or-"

"I'm leaving! It's not a place, just a word. You wanna come or you wanna stay here and wait for, I don't know, who-knows eat you?"

"Ok I'm coming. Maybe there is another way out."

God, I'm so doomed. Am I in heaven? Am I dead?

Because it's all seem real.

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