Behind the Portal Door

Herardo was sitting inside the hollow tree where he was hiding.

He wanted to get out of there, but when he did it, it would be a messed, he will be chased by the female mannequins. He will run again and he will have nowhere place to go. Herardo could not understand how he feels, although he is happy to have a unique charm that no one else had, he had a hard time because everywhere he goes, his fellow mannequins are chasing him, mannequins seem to go crazy every time they sees him.

There is only one way to calm the mannequins for chasing him, and that is if he gets married. But there is only one mannequin he love the most, no other than the former queen of Bolanaire land.

Herardo's past…Flashback

In the world of the mannequins, the mannequins are also like humans when it comes about senses. They also feel pure love, and they also have children.

But it rarely happens for them to fall in love, it only happens with few mannequins. And those who experience true love said they are blessed. So only few mannequins have experienced love. So only a few of them have a child in their land. Many mannequins dreamt to experience love, but most of them, they do not feel it even if they get to know their fellow mannequin. But there is one male mannequin with a unique traits, he is living in Albany land, he has a unique charm, that whoever sees him, will instantly fall for him, and it is none other than Herardo.

Every time the mannequins sees Herardo, they feel love for him.

When Herardo was a young kid, his unique charm was noticeable. He was loved by everyone. And when he is growing up, the mannequins start to amaze with him.

If mannequins have beautiful faces and curvy bodies, Herardo is more than anything, he is perfectly sculpted and his charm is worthless. He has a sturdy and muscular body, and his face is more attractive than the others. His skin is glowing, so everyone who sees him are attracted. All the female mannequins that sees him were instantly fall in love with him. Mannequins are immortals, and when they reach the age of 21 their aging stops, however when they are melted, then there they were losing their lives. And if they have cracked or been ruined, they can be restored to normal if they are placed inside the Albanian hollow tree, it was only one tree standing in that land.

One day_

Herardo is in the garden with his mother named Gwyn, he is picking some fruits at the top of a tree.

His mother is watching him.

This was the first outbreak of Herardo's puberty.

"I knew it, you will really grew up so handsome with that charm, you are so adorable my son, your skin is shining," Gwyn said happily as she looking up at him.

Herrado went down with the picked fruits and placed them on a table under the tree.

They shared eating it. He noticed that her mother is looking at him so deeply, and it something in her eyes.

"I noticed that you looking at me that deep mother, is there something wrong?" he said smiling while biting the fruit.

"Didn't you notice anything in yourself when you woke up early in the morning?" His mother asked him with a smile.

"Hmm, nah, I feel normal, why did you ask mother?" Herardo asked as he scoffed. "I'm telling you, how did you feel when you woke up?" Gwyn asked.

"When I woke up, I felt so light and my skin was glowing, but I felt good inside me, I almost fall in love to myself," Herardo said. "That's also what I noticed when I saw you first thing in the morning, and look at your body, it's very well built! Your face is attractive like no one else," said his mother.

Herardo just smiled at what his mother said about him.

"And your eyes seem to attract me, you're so handsome my son, you look different from everyone else, I can't explain," Gwyn said incredulously.

"I wasn't like this before?" Herardo was surprised.

"Hmm, today is your eighteenth birthday, and at that age the true form of mannequins like us comes out, and what I see in you now is will be your permanent form," Gwyn said.

"Is this happen to other mannequin when they reached 18 years old?" Herardo asked. "No, you are different from them, nothing changes in their appearance when they turned 18, did you see someone like you? You are glowing!" Gwyn said as she leaned her arm in the table.

"You are right mother, I didn't see anyone shining like me, Is my father is just like me?" He asked.

"Hmm, no, your father is not shining like you, he is just ordinary mannequin like others, but eversince you are a kid, you are adorable, but I didn't expect why you grew up like that. I'm sure when you come out of this house, all the mannequins that see you will be distracted by you," Gwyn said.

Herardo smiled at what her mother said.

After they ate some fruits in the garden, they entered their house.

And Herardo went to his room and looked in the mirror.

He took off his upper garment.

And he saw his attractive body and radiant skin. He was amazed by himsel, even himself was falling in love on his own appearance.

Gwyn is in behind the door and she is peeking him, she is wondering why his son was so attractive like that. "I can't believe that he is growing up like this!" Gwyn said to herself, she thought that if Herardo will come out from their house, he will surely admire by the female mannequins.

Gwyn is feeling so proud to her son's appearance, but she is afraid that Herardo will fall in love and end up leaving her alone.