1 CAPE TOWN

I woke up with a start , gasping for air. It seems like I've been forbided from breathing way too long . Ah! I clutched my throbbing head . It feels like my skull would come apart right now if I leave it !! I don't remember how much time passed sitting like this but eventually the rapid throbbing came to a slower pace and I reluctantly relieved my head . Now that I'm sure my skull would not fall to pieces , I tried to make sense of where the hell I am ?? The last thing I remember is running for my life from the flames , the dark man and falling into the darkness...

But my surroundings doesn't make sense of what I remember !! The pale blue walls , a square little window (not far from me) with shattered glass frame , a single almirah and another door that must lead to bathroom.But again this all seems vaguely familiar .... OH!! yeah!! this is my new one room apartment in The Cape Town . Now memories of yesterday came to me in full force . I came to Cape Town , the city of magic and people with similar powers as mine . I remember taking shelter in this abandoned , dilapidated and outdated one room apartment at the outskirts of the city. After settling in this wonderful apartment, I insatantly fell asleep and why not? After all , I had travelled a long way to come here. My throbbing head is reminding me of the day ahead . Today I have to enter the city and find a place to live and for that firstly I have to get out this cot and go to bathroom before my bladder implodes from pressure . Even the little task of getting up going to bathroom seems like ton of work . Right now the bathroom door seems a light year away from me. Determined to get with it , I slowly rise from the cot , every being of my body screeming with pain but I try my best to ignore it and fail miserably falling on my rear just an inch away from the cot. "Aww!! " Why does my legs feels like they have gone through intense exercise?? Surely I was running for my life in my dream but that was just a dream.. right?? " Leave it , leave it scarlet !! You have a very busy day ahead . You can't be this weak otherwise there wouldn't be any food tonight " encouraging myself once again I stood on wobbly legs as a wave of dizziness hit me straight into my head . "You can't hide from me" a chill ran down my spine at that voice . How on earth did my dream monster can say that when I'm wide awke ?? This is nuts ... I must be going crazy. I should stop seeing horror movies , they will make me mad one day. Shaking my head from the nauseous feeling I focused on the task ahead . Now counting slowly I stood and started my journey to bathroom !! Although every muscle in my body was aching I didn't lost my balance this time and eventually reached the door . Releife washed over me in mega waves . After doing the deed , I brushed my teeth and cleaned myself as good as I can with the scarce water I've got , but cleaning myself is not the hard part , the part of my routine that I dread is to untangle the thick red mass on my head that I call hair . Looking at my pale reflection in the dirty mirror on the bathroom wall I start combing my waist length hairs . At 5 foot 4 inches with a round face , big eyes , straight nose , pouty red lips , I can considered somewhat pretty and I don't attract much attention but that's totally fine with me as I need to keep a low profile . Now that my hairs are combed and braided, I'm ready to invade 'CAPE TOWN ' .

Standing in front of the sign board of the Cape Town , I can see the tall buildings and tower of the city . Its no surprise that you can hear the sound of city standing this from it . Cape Town is known to be the only place with magical elements and beings . It is a highly respected and seccured place where unregistered people are not allowed . So breaking in this city would be both difficult and exiting . " THE PEOPLE WHO ENTER WITHOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THE PASS CARD WILL BE SEVERLY PUNISHED . ANYONE WHO TRIES TO BREAK IN WILL BE INSATANTLY ARRESTED " Hmm... interesting that means I will be arrested if caught . I snorted at the thought , the possibility of me getting caught is null . " Tell me Cape Town exactly how will you catch me if you cant see me ?? " I shouted at the top of my lungs . Its a good thing the road is empty now or someone might have get a heart attack . I came this far from Z678 city to Cape Town bcause only Cape Town can give me the answers I want . At the age of 20 I still don't have any idea of where do I come from or who my parents or family is ? As a child in orphanage I have often thought where my parents were , are they dead like other's parents or they alive and left me alone for some reason . Although the elderly couple at the orphanage were not bad people they could never take the place of my family or fill the large void build in my heart . I always thought that one day my parents would come and take with them to live happily but that never happened . Eventually I left the notion and focused on how I could help the elderly couple to manage the orphanage . Even though I was a good child no one ever adopted me . My childhood was not a pleasant experience instead it was horrible . I never had any family or you can say I had no idea what loving someone means . I promised myself a long time ago I would never love anybody...

Coming out of my thoughts I focused on the task ahead or for that matter on the road ahead. I started walking , its not a long journey and if I walk at this pace I can reach the city in an hour. The scenery around me is pleasant and moderate , neither too hot nor too cold . The tress and plants grown along the road were making the temperature pleasant . The sound of birds and insects were only adding to good mood . Cape Town is surrounded by these tress and birds from all the four sides. Soon the sounds of birds and insects were changed to the sounds of car horns and life of the city . In my front two gignatic pillars were standing , supporting a board . " WELCOME TO CAPE TOWN "