15 Waking Up
I don't how long I've been with the kids. All this time I've spent time with them is mostly on giving them lessons. Asking what items are within my dreams. Of course, some of them says they want to replicate these objects 'outside'.
I don't know how many times the setting of my dream has been change during it. We change places frequently because some of the younger ones say they get bore. So, from the Hawaii beach to the Eiffel tower. We transfer from place to place within my memories. Of course, not all of them are there sometimes. They have to leave to do something else it seems. But, there's always a few dozen kids to accompany me.
However, today something special is happening. Back on the beach of Hawaii, I find a person with my face relaxing under a coconut tree. Also, for some reason, all the kids are no longer around me.
"Hey, man. It's been awhile isn't it?," the person with my face turns around with a smile.
"Hey. So, can I finally ask?"
"Sure. What is it?"
"Who are you?" He reply with a giggle.
"I'm you."
"I only know you have my face but, I know I'm not you."
"I'm simply a different you."
"Different? Different how?"
"Different as in another timeline."
"Different timeline? All this time I thought you were from the future."
"Well, you could say that. I'm just 'you' who made a few mistakes here and there," he looks towards the setting sun with the thousand mile stare. "This is the last time I'll be appearing by the way and good luck."
"Last time? Wha-" with that he pulls out a coconut from out of nowhere and throws it at my face. Fuck that guy!
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Waking up with only my head popping out of the ground, it seems my body have grown big again. Trying to move one of my arms out seems to make some earthquake around me. Then, suddenly, I feel something crawling up my neck. It has many legs and slowly crawling on my face. Is it a centipede!?
!!?
Everything around me begins to tremble as I try quickly move my hand out. Just before my arms get free, a small face appears in front of my right eye. Focusing on it, it looks like Jambes, one of my sons.
"All Father, you have finally awaken!" he looks down at me with a smile. Observing him properly, it seems like he transform the bottom half of his body to that of a centipede. It's giving me the creeps.
"Umm, hiyya Jambes. Why are your legs looks like that?" Before this, he had a humanoid cricket form. Just like Jiminy cricket.
"It looks cool and make climbing down here easier!" he proclaims proudly. "What do you think, All Father?"
"It looks amazing, Jambes. Now, where are your other siblings?"
"I think they're on their way," he says so while looking up the dark gorge. I could hear wings flapping, legs walking, something crawling, all over the deep gorge and it seems there's countless of it.
"ALL FATHER!" countless voices call out my title as those voices gets closer and closer. After a few more moments, all manner of beings surrounds me. However, all of them are small compare to me. My powers are back again ,baby!
It seems not all of them are here. My seven eldest are not present. So, I ask the younger siblings where they are. It seems they've gone to check on the huge tree in the sky. I wonder how they gonna react to Alta and the others there?
Anyway, for now I plan to look around the world and how it has grown. With that I will my power to float me out of this gorge. Of course, bringing all my children with me. Upon reaching the top, I found that the ground above is all green. Trees are growing everywhere. Strangely, the trees on one side of the gorge looks like a tropical jungle. On the other side, it's a forest with pine trees. Also, I can hear the growling, screeching and howling of creatures from those forest and jungles. It seems life has grown more on this world.
"All Father! Look at this!" One of my kids, Canin exclaims. He looks like a werewolf with white fur. He howls into the forest and after a few moment, a reply comes back with a howl as well. Suddenly, between the trees of the forest, a pack of wolves appear! Wow, those are really huge. Their body is as tall as those pine trees.
"I've thought them how to howl, All Father," he looks at me proudly. He howls again at them and they reply back in unison. With that, many more of my kids show me their success in teaching the beings here from being mindless creatures.
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Under a huge tree, between the gigantic roots of it, a lady wakes up. Surrounding her are twelve humanoid figure made out of dark dirt. Sitting from her bed made out of leaves, she notices two asleep winged lizard the size of puppies curling up to her feet. Looking around her, she finds twelve small humanoid beings kneeling in her direction. They all seem to be asleep in their current pose.
Suddenly, tears begins to pour out her eyes. She feels strange. No sadness comes over her but, she still shed tears.
