Finding my way

... "It's been a long time, hasn't it?... Look the sun's rising, as a new beginning., she said as she was fading into the light.

I looked through the window, it was the most beautiful sun rise I've ever seen."

This is the famous ending of a film in which a the heroine is led to a new life with the help of her inner self.

It was like any other day in my life. The lazy morning struggling to get up, I reluctantly left my comfy blanket. Staring at the sky through the window I started a new day.

After completing my studies I took a break from it as to learn new skills other than academics. Exploring the world is fascinating. As even in the tiniest bit of things there are a lot of mysteries. I've always been curious about everything around me. I seem like an introvert to the people around me. It is true 'cause they only seee eating sleeping and scrolling through my phone. But there is a side of me that only I know.....

I don't really know the world around me, but there is a world of my own. My imagination always runs wild, but that's just me.

I know that all are wondering why I am sharing such boring things in my life. There is nothing exciting in this life. Well that was what I was thinking until I met someone.

As the saying goes life is full of surprises. Like that a surprise was waiting for me.

After a hectic schedule of chores my siblings went to school. I as to have nothing much to do is now helping out my mom at her shop. My parents left me at our shop and left to attend some business. I clearly hate staying back since I'm inexperienced and doesn't like to interact with customers much.

And there you go, I'm just enjoying scrolling through my phone as no one is coming by. For me it was safe. I would look out occasionally to see if my parents came.

But deep down I always felt like my life was too boring and that staying awake felt like torture..... When everyone leaves there was like a void around me, even my phone couldn't erase.

I like fantasy a lot. I always thought that I could live in such a world. But reality didn't let me. So till now my life was like a boat going with the flow.

But today was a little different from other days. Funny to say this but I made a new friend today...yes and this is about that friend.

Even though I was in my phone but I still had an eye on the entrance of the shop to see if someone was coming. And yes someone did come. And my impression of him.... No it wasn't great at all, as he was just disturbing me. So I thought he was annoying and his timing was considered as the worst.

He was a young man who came to inquire about a business. I'm not going into the specifics as I'm not really a good listener either, so I might have missed some of it parts, heh.

Seeing him I was like, Oh, why now of all times? Can't you give me some peace... I was a little irritated. But knowing that he just came for something related to his business I was relieved. But to my surprise he started as me about our shop.... Yeah somthing only an annoying person can do. I was reluctant yet I explained to him in detail. But he didn't stop there, he started asking more and more about me as well. After a little chat we hit it off. We got to know each other well and had so much in common that we couldn't stop.

It was first time in a while that I talked so much to someone. And that was the beginning of a new chapter....

We exchanged our contacts and kept in touch with each other. He is someone aiming to be a famous director in film industry. But for the time being he has a business of his own and manages it. We help out eachother and had a good friendship.

As I grew to know him more I was also wanting to do something more than just sitting around. He invited me to be a part of his work. And yes, after some consideration I accepted his proposal. Hence we started working together. In the beginning my work was not much, in this new day and age, where social media is everything, I became a social media consultant for his business. I promoted his works and as a job it was pretty decent. But I always hoped for more, I thought that there is something that is more exciting out there some where.

One day he came to me saying that for a new project we are to travel to a distant land. Including me, him and his two other friends and my one friend we were a total of five people. We boarded a plane to a continent. The continent is situated in the tropical zone so the climate was warm.

Everything was great until our plane was passing near the 'mist of no return '. Mist of no return is a small area in the sea which is forbidden to travel, as countless ships and planes have gone missing through there.

Some scientist argues that the vehicles didn't disappear but have sund down because of the strange way of wind flowing through three directions causing a whirlpool that never dies. So the sea current pulls the ship in to the very depths of water where no one can find it. While some say that it's a portal connecting to another time or space. Some believe that its the entrance to the netherworld, and some as a cursed land. There were so many theories about it but none knew the truth.

It was the scariest thing in my life but also what changed our future.

It was sudden but the clear sky grew darker signalling a storm. The piolets and airhostess assured us that this was just a minor storm. But little did we know that it grew bigger and our plane lost its balance. Our plane lost its control and was sucked away by the wind. Before passing out I heard one of the passenger crying out loud that our plane was headed to the most of no return. That was my last memory of that day.

I woke up after a week only to find myself all alone on the sea shore of some random island. My companions were no where to be found not was there any sign of the plane. I was devastated to find myself all alone. But I tried for a few days to find a way out. I tried everything that I knew from the survival guides. But nothing worked. Then a week passed by, then a month. I started loosing hope.

For me time was flowing slowly, days felt like years. It was like any infinite loop. In that desperate moment I tried to kill myself. But as it was a curse I was never able to die. I didn't know why. I felt like I became a monster, since no matter what I do I didn't die, I don't even need to eat to live in that world. I was isolated and my heart sank deep in despair.

..... For me almost a year have passed by, in that isolated island. But now I'm not alone. Star, it's her name. When I gave up into despair she came to pull me out. She was just like me, she too didn't know how she got there or where we really were.

I realised that having a company can change your life a lot. With her arrival I started to feel like living. I regained my confidence. We both began to look for ways to escape. We explored the island. It's flora and fauna were quite unique for our world. It was like a fantasy world. Once we started exploring we saw the Griffins and dragons from the myth. There were many verity of birds, and animals. It's as though I have travelled to another dimension.

I got used to living there, with Star by my side we played the entire day exploring the island. But at night when I sleep I could hear voices. Those were the voices of my family and friends that continuously echoed in my ears. I could no longer remember their faces but I was deep inside wanting to meet them....

..... A couple more years passed by, but I couldn't count them. One day as usual we went to sleep after playing. That night Star couldn't sleep... Or maybe she was being called upon. She was looking in the direction of a huge mountain in the middle of the island. We weren't able to climb to it's top for some reason. But today she pulled me and we both ran towards the mountain.

It was as if a disaster had come, the island began to crumble, sea waves were restless and began to engulf the land. I was scared but I followed Star. In the chaos she alone was enough to give me courage somehow...

And this time, we were able to reach its summit. But there was nothing there but pitch black darkness. I was afraid... I began to weep when Star pulled me out of it again like before. A light slowly began to shine that soon coverd every corner that was blinding.

As I opened my eyes again I was in an unfamiliar place again. I could smell medicines and some people were talking. I was really exhausted so I slept again.

...

It's been two years since I was discharged from the hospital. I'm now a script writer. And today is the official release of my story 'Ending of a Long Dream'.

He was the one who directed it and my friend is the one who acted as the heroine. My encounter with him was nothing special, and our friendship was a mare coincidence. But you never know what life has in store for you . With this we became really famous..... My story touched the heart of many .

After our plane was caught up in the storm it crashed onto a nearby country.  It could be called a miracle that no one died. But we were all gravely injured and hospitalised. It took me a who year to regain consciousness. And during that time because of the head injury I sustained my body and consciousness were in a state of seperation. This caused my brain to create a prison that blocked my consciousness. In layman's term it's called to be in a state of coma.

And after I woke up I realised up until now what I saw was a dream and star was a part of my sub consciousness. She was a part of me that wanted me to see the world with an open mind. Up until now I have always closed my heart, but she made me open up.....

And that sun rise I saw from the window of the hospital was mesmerizing...