Chapter 12

It was dark.

So dark and vast.

The ground could not be seen, neither anything up ahead.

It took me a moment to realize that, maybe it was a dream.

But it seemed so real.

I touched my face and felt it was cold.

Then I saw the light.

Just a speck.

I decided to follow it.

I kept on walking but did not seem to get any closer.

I had to reach the light.

My feet started to move faster and soon I was running towards this small source of light in this endless darkness.

Finally, I got closer.

I never felt this much happiness.

As soon as I was about to touch it, the light was gone.

I turned around frantically to find it, but it was nowhere.

Then, I felt someone touch my shoulders.

A feathery but firm hold.

White hair, like vines, floated around me and soon I was engulfed by them.

They covered my eyes and snared my neck, slowly, making me breathless.

A soft voice kept whispering something in my ear, but I could not understand it.

And then I heard it giggling,

“You poor boy. What have you done?”