The Other Side of The Mirror

 

 

Kim was nervous when the door opened, breaking the silence of the isolated street. His heartbeat quickened and he gulped his throat in fear. He knows that building too well. There are rumours spreading around that it is haunted. He find it ridiculous to believe in such rumours, so he decided to just leave. Just as he was about to walk away, the vague sound of slicing caught his interest. He peek inside the slightly ajar door and saw nothing but plain darkness. He just chuckled even though it's nowhere near funny but creepy. He saw something white flying above him went through the door. He just went and followed it without thinking about consequences he might face.

 

Without him knowing, the door behind him closed shut. There's only a dim light inside the room coming from the small rusty window. Kim looked around, feeling somehow curious about the building. He felt something cold touching his legs. His heartbeat quickened again and he felt numb all of a sudden. He jerked backwards as if there's something, or more specifically, someone, pulling him. His legs gave in and he fell face first, making his nose bleed. He tried grabbing anything solid that can help him but he failed. Just when he felt like he's going to get swallowed by that unknown person, something grasped his hands and pulling him. It's like helping him. He suddenly felt nauseous as if something is whirling inside his head.

 

The cold that engulfed his legs is gone and he felt somehow a little happy. Kim looked at the thing that helped him just now only to find a wooden mirror in his hand. He looked into the mirror and saw his face, as expected. His face looks just fine so it's not really a surprise. He turned around, thinking that he should get out of the room somehow, only to find out a deserted field. The grass that welcomes him only made him frown. He felt a poke on his shoulder so he turned around again only to face a dwarf. The dwarf have this uninterested face. Kim finds it weird to meet a dwarf of the same height. When Kim raised his eye level and looked around, only then he realised that he was standing on a giant's palm. 

 

The giant introduced himself as Chan whilst the dwarf is called Kyu. Kim is slightly shocked when those two knew his name but he decided to not ask much. Kim hesitated whether he needs to follow those two or just stay rooted to the grass field. When Kyu turned around and shot a look, Kim can't help but to follow that dwarf. Kim had to hold his laugh all the way because he saw weird creatures like elephants having lion's hair, a flying frog and even a crawling kangaroo. The duo stopped and Kim copied their actions. Kim gave a slight glance to the front to see what's wrong only to meet eyes with a flying white rabbit. It seems like the white rabbit is their leader so Kim decided to just let them talk.

 

Kim heard them talking about how it's dangerous for him to be at their world and how he doesn't belong there. Kim can't help but to agree emotionally about that. He learned that the flying rabbit is known as Jiey. Jiey felt guilty for flying above Kim when she wanted to get back to her own world. Kim barged in to interfere the talk by voicing out his thoughts. He asked how to get back to his world. To his dismay, Jiey didn't tell him and just flew away using her rabbit ears.

 

Kim forced himself to sleep beside the slimy tree even though he knows he's being watched by weird creatures he didn't even want to think about anymore. He wished that all of this was just a nightmare. In a blink of an eye, his tired state ate up his mind. He felt something sharp pinching his calf. He open his eyes tiredly only to squint his eyes at the light that came in contact with his eyes. He made out Kyu kicking his calf with his pointy shoes. Kyu walk away when he notice that Kim is already awake. Kim stood up almost immediately in reflex and stretched lightly before following Kyu. Kyu beckoned him to enter a small tent and Kim found it ridiculous to do so. He followed Kyu's order anyways. Miraculously, he fit in. There, he saw those weird creatures he met from the first tour with Kyu and Chan. Jiey stood at the center of the room. Chan Kim towards Jiey for some small talk. Jiey change form into a human girl and she just smiled. She apologised for the incovenience she had done and even getting Kim towards the other side of the mirror. Speaking about the mirror, Kim immediately let out the mirror that he find yesterday in his hands.

 

Jiey instructed Kim to read out the words at the back of the mirror. He just laughed at Jiey, thinking that it is funny how Jiey is like his teacher. Seeing how Jiey look at him sternly, he finally obeys. He reads it out earnestly, as if saying those words can turn all of this into nightmare. Right after reading those words, nothing happened and Kim look at Jiey for an explanation. The said girl just walk away leaving Kim dumbfounded. Kim felt betrayed when he got fooled by a flying rabbit girl. Kim got angry at Kyu for making him embarassed. Kyu just went away, not even going to apologise to him. Kim complain in his thoughts as he walk away. He thought that he should just sleep. Right after he closed his eyes, he opened his eyes almost immediately only to meet his mom's face right infront of his. He looked at his bedside table only to find out it's time for work. So it's only just a dream after all.

 

 

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