A wide open blue sky surrounded nothing but white void, at the center of it is a floating island with a stream of water continuously falling to the unknown void.
Standing on island felt nothing like fear or some sort of negative feelings but felt relief and calming.
At the center of the island found a massive tree on a small island surrounded by a river with an endless supply of clean water that kept flowing down towards the void.
A girl is found at that small island playing with the flowers surrounding her, she notice a presence and face towards it.
“You’ve arrived safely, I’m glad.”
Before I knew it, I’m already at the island standing in front of her.
“Don’t be afraid, I won’t do you any harm.”
Her voice was gentle enough to erase my wariness at that moment, it felt safe and secure all of a sudden.
Who are you?
She starts to giggle then sat at the root of the tree, she gestured me to come and sit.
“My name, hmm… you may call me Cyelena.”
Is that what you are called?
“Not just that, I have sorts of name that had called me. But this is what I’m preferred to call myself.”
Is that so? I’m—
“——— ——, right?”
After hearing that name my body began to stiffen.
“The fact that you’re making that face says that you really despise it, to extend of changing your identity.”
What she had said were true, I despise ‘THAT’ name which shackled me from my life.
The name which was once owned by a prodigy that had died from a childish accident, just to cover up his death took away my identity and killed it just shackle to his shadow, shadow of my twin brother, like a prison.
Twisted and sorrowful story, perfect to give name as ‘The Scripted Shadow’.
Everything I touch, spoke, seen, and did were like scripted by my family own greed for personal gain, which I had no power to resist their every command and began living as a puppet tool for them.
...
Wow, as expected... He won another noble price....
You out done yourself....
Clearly this is entirely different world, compared to us....
...
I could still hear their praise and admiration for me, but those words weren’t meant for me.
“You really did a good job. It's enough...”
Cyelena hugged me and began to caress my head as she said those words.
The weight on my arm were lifted it felt like my body became so light that I could finally soar to the sky with no obstacle in front of me.
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I really did a goodjob...
“Yes you did.”
I finally heard the words that I wanted to hear all this time.
The praise that was directed to me,
not to my brother,
but to me alone.
“Seem like you finally calmed down…”
Yes, thank you…
“I have something to tell you, I will give you a new life where it would be different from your world. This world that I’m talking about would be very dangerous compared to your world, filled with all kind of challenges and difficulties. But from every challenge were filled with adventures that you could never imagine and meet all sorts of different people, some would be filled with laughter, and other would fill with sadness. At the end you could come to love this world, or hate it. It’s up to you, how you would carve your own path.”
Could I ask a question?
“Of course, I will answer anything you ask, though it would be limited for some questions.”
Then, how would be my life gonna be?
“Sorry, that the one I couldn’t answer.”
Tsk… Would I be happy in this world?
“Sorry, next question.”
Hey now… Now you’re just being too unfair, why accept question if I couldn’t have a single answer.
“I did said that it would be limited, and I mention to you that it would be filled with laughter and sadness, and because I also did said that “It’s up to you, how you would carve your own path”, correct?”
You had a point there.
“You see.”
Alright, last question… would we meet again?
“On the near future, possibly yes...”
Then, I’m satisfied with my answer.
“Great, till we meet again.”
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