Dreams

"Yuki?" - "Sato? Is that you?" Weird to know that my friend looks younger and taller now! He is more enthusiastic than before. Am I seeing another version of Sato?

"Hey! It's been a while. I haven't seen you in years! How are you?" Wait, years? How is this possible? We were together yesterday.

"Years? We're taking the same course in the same school! You were joking, right?" - "No! I'm not joking around. Where have you been? I was even surprised that you called." I am really confused.

"You look so bothered Yuki. What happened to you for the last 5 years? I haven't got any news from you even from your mom!" This explains something with my mother. It's like I am talking to a stranger. They have a memory of me but, differently.

So I asked, "You saw the strange shower of lights last night?" - "Yes I saw it. It was amazing! Had a nice view from my window pane." So he saw what I saw last night. I mean, of course, we were there together when the lights hit the horizon last night. Does the strange event possibly do something about the current situation? I don't know. I have to figure this one out. It's really strange to be living in this world where I thought I knew everything. I feel somewhat empty to them, as they have a different memory about me.

"Come with me. Let's go to my house. Have you seen Aiya?" - "Yeah, we were together yesterday. I will call her that you're officially back!" Yeah, I'm back, I guess.

We finally got into our house and to my surprise, my parents were there. They greeted me with hugs and kisses. Did they seem so worried huh? I noticed that my mom doesn't have the scar again. That's weird and it gets weirder when Sato asked a question to my dad.

"Welcome back sir! It's been a while to see you with Yuki and her mom." The house is filled with awkward silence. We looked at each other and no one spoke a word about it until my dad replies, "Oh Sato! Nice to see you here. Yes, of course. I haven't go out much recently. My legs were hurting and I can't move around town a lot. Glad you decided to visit us here" - "Oh, wait for so.." I pulled Sato so that he can stop asking questions and tell him to talk with me in the backyard.

"What was that Yuki? I was trying to ask your dad on how was your trip out of the country." Out of the country? Wait, we did go outside of the country a few years back but why is he asking about it?

"It doesn't matter Sato. Clear your mind about it and I have to tell you this. I am not the Yuki you knew before. I am the alternate version of it" I explained everything of who I am and what happened. He is stunned with it. It's kinda hard to sink in. Kira showed up trying to play with Sato.

"Oh look. Mira is here as well. Back in the day, You're trying to call her Kira, but when I always call her Mira, she doesn't respond to people when she is being called Kira" What? Does even my cat have a different name and memory? "She used to have yellow eyes thought. Strange that she got blue ones. Is this Mira? or a new cat?" Yes, so it is clear that Kira has an alternate self too. Later that day, someone was knocking on the door. I open it and to my surprise, it was Aiya!

"Hey, Aiya! How are you? Glad you can make it here." - "Well of course Yuki! We missed you!" So my friends were already here, I had to tell them what's happening.

"Sato, Aiya, I called you here because there's something strange happening right now. I think, you guys were a different person and you remember me as a different person too. May I ask you, why I was gone for the last 5 years? What happened to me?"

- "You were on a trip 5 years ago with your dad abroad. After that, we haven't heard from you ever since. We asked your mom about it but, she also has no idea what happened. We even thought that you two didn't make it, but we asked the airline company that your plane trip landed successfully" Sato explained.

So that is why my mom got that reaction as soon as she sees me. I see it now. I want to ask my mom about it but I decided not to. Sooner, my friends left off because it's already getting late. I am now preparing to sleep in my room.

(Dreaming)

"Where am I? What is this place?"

"Welcome, Yuki. You are finally here." a strange voice. I remember this voice. It's the voice yesterday that told me it always follows me. - "Hello? Who are you?"

"I am here to guide you. You were the only human to ever handle the great convergence. This is an unusual event to happen. This only happens when your universe and the alternate universe were aligned. It is so unusual that it's the first time that happened. We all know that two realities are parallel to each other but reaching its limits, it has a chance to collide and that's what happened. Don't worry child, everything you know about the world, the people, the places, the animals are all the same. It's just their minds are constantly bending because of the event and their memories will slip in and out depending on which reality."

- "Woah! That is a lot of information to sink in. And may I ask, who are you? Are you god?"

"Sink it in or else you will suffer greatly. I am not a god. My name is Yoh. I was always there for you and follow you Yuki. They often call me consciousness. I am a key ingredient in this universe or multi-verse as humans called it. I am not a creator but I am here just to observe and guide to everyone's decision." - "So, where am I?"

"You are currently asleep. This is your dream as what you called it but it's just you observing the universe randomly and this time I interact with you to tell you all of this."

"Oh. Can I ask you why my friends called my cat Mira instead of Kira? That's the first case I noticed that is not synchronized well."

"Ah, yes. About that, I know the answer to that but it's for you to find out. Chop chop. Time's up!"

"Wait. I am not done yet! What about.."

Wow! Unbelievable. I am the only one who ever handled the great convergence huh? Sink that in Yuki. This would be a strange life I suppose. And what's with that it's for you to find out things? Geez, I need to get going.