What the f**k?
Where am I? How did I get here?
Does a place like this actually exist? What is this place?
I do not understand what is happening. What is wrong with me?
I was going to my grandmother's house after school, so I changed out of my school uniform and wore my regular clothes. From there, I'll go straight home.
Ayan was wearing a green jacket, a black T-shirt underneath, black pants, and black shoes.
Am I dreaming? How else could this intoxication be creeping over me without a drop of liquor?
Damn it, there is not a single person here I can ask what the hell is going on. For the first time in my life, I am truly f**king terrified, my gut twisting in a way it never has before.
Ayan pulled out his phone and checked it. No signal.
The view around him was unreal. He stood before a vast, flat-topped hill stretching endlessly into the distance. From its edge, a waterfall thundered down, giving birth to a river that carved its way through the land, dividing two dense forests on either side. Ayan was standing right there, on the far bank of that river, staring at a world that did not feel real at all.
A short while later, he crossed over and sank down on a stone by the riverbank, sadness and fear weighing heavily on him. He had no idea how he was going to get out of this place. Again and again, he checked his phone, hoping the network might magically return, but the screen stubbornly showed the same thing. No signal.
With a quiet sigh, he slipped the phone back into his pocket and closed his eyes.
He began to pray.
If something this impossible could happen, then maybe God could exist too. And if God existed, then surely prayer could bring help. He knew he was not exactly a good boy, but so what? He was not a bad one either, at least not completely. That had to count for something, right?
Another thought crossed his mind, half desperate, half hopeful. If he could just get out of this mess once, he would treat everyone better. He would live properly. He would even worship God with full devotion.
Just get me out of here, he silently begged.
And then, after a short while, something strange happened.
His eyes turned completely black, as if all light had drained from them.