"Mark come here." called Julie.

"Can you not wait for a few more minutes Jue? I have got some important work going on down here." shouted back Mark

"It is the night of their 10th death anniversary! Can't you come and pay their respects for them properly at the right time?" shouted Julie with a little tinge of frustration and sadness in her voice.

Four of my friends, James, Polluck, Gray and Sally died when I was six. The cause was unknown. Nobody knew they died until their bodies came back in pieces. The trauma still haunts me. It was the 12th of November of the 81st year of Clazian calendar. I was in the grasslands with Julie searching frantically for any clues that could lead me to my friends. They had disappeared 6 weeks back and we still hadn't got a clue as to where they could have been.

Behind the grasslands was a huge forest. It was not once ventured by the Human realm as it was prohibited by the Council Of Protection. The Council Of Protection is a 8 member council which protects the Human realm from the other four realms. It also takes care of the internal needs and demands of people. One of the most respected council of the World. 

I decided to search the forest for any clues. I was desperate enough that it once did not occur in my mind that the forest was prohibited. The forest was so dark, that I couldn't see even a few meters ahead of me and it was in that forest I had the worst nightmare of my life, the trauma which haunts me to till date, five different boxes at the end of a path covered fully with blood and words written on the sides pronouncing the names of my four friends. Two eyeballs, the face, two legs and ten fingers were the contents of the box. Four of those boxes contained four of my friends body parts. I came running back, shouting and wheezing from the shock. I ran straight into Julie and fainted right there. Nobody knows that incident till date except me. I told the townspeople that they were dead. They didn't believe me at first but as time passed they began to understand and now it has been ten whole years and I still haven't forgotten that incident. 

"GET DOWN HERE NOW, MARK!" the voice of Julie thundered.

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"Coming down now Jue."

Julie had made the grave of those four beautiful as she always does. Jue still did not ask me what I saw ten years ago in the forest. She knew I was frightened, angry and sad at the same time. Every time the date of anniversary comes, she always makes the grave beautiful so that I did not feel sad in front of them but rather speak to them about my life which I lived for that year. That is how Jue asked me convey my feelings and longing for them. 

My dear friends. It has been ten years since you left me alone in this world. Only Julie has been my sole company. Not once have I not missed you guys. Each and every day one or the other incident makes me remember you guys. The moment we enjoyed as a child knowing nothing about anything happening outside. Only pure thoughts, having fun with others, going around the town and enjoying the beauty of it, the beautiful night sky filled with stars, the two moons which we always loved to talk about, I have been missing those times till date. My longing to see you guys again, to be with you, to have fun with you, to speak to you, to hug you, to feel you, to see you, it is still there. I have been crying every night remembering the times of our joy, of my joy. James, the way you laugh, I miss it. The way Polluck pats me in the back whenever he wins a game between us, how gray rubs my hair when I feel down, how Sally used to hug me and you guys just cause. I miss all those times. Can I please see you just once? The pain in my heart keeps on increasing as the days keep on moving. If there is a God above, I pray to you, please let me see my friends at least once, let me touch them, let me talk to them, let me play with them, let me sleep with them. Once, just once God, please, I beg of you. Can you grant me this one single request of mine?

The moment I finished talking my thoughts, I found myself falling down. I landed on my side with a loud thud. Pain shot up my ankle but it subsided in a few seconds. When I opened my eyes, I found myself in front of the fifth box. I still remember it. The fifth box which was placed alongside the other four. That day, I had run away from this place without opening the fifth box afraid of what might be inside. Now, I was here again ten years after staring at it. I still didn't understand why and how I came here. I was instantly teleported here the moment I finished praying at the grave. The box had wordings on the side just like the other four but this time it wasn't a name, the wordings were made into a single sentence.

Go to the other four realms. The night of your memories are false. Seek your place so that the order is not disturbed.

The moment I finished reading that, the world became dark.