Water, water everywhere. I'm sinking, I don't know where am I. A pool? A lake? The beach? I suddenly don't remember. And what? I don't feel the need for air. My lungs and my diaphragm are not moving. I feel so vacuous, so weak. What is that light? It that a wraith? It's becoming bigger. It's filling everything in my limited sight. Waaah! It's eating me up! AAAAH!
Everything was just a dream. I sat up from where I was lying down. There's a cool, ocean-like breeze. I hear waves and splashing water. Really, where was I? A thick fog enveloped the place so I couldn't see anything. I couldn't ask anyone where I was, since there was no one. But then, I heard a child, vociferating in the distance. I followed the cries until I saw a little girl curled up in a corner. She was stroking her babushka like a doll. I approached her slowly but she cried louder. Maybe she thought I was a knave. I talked to her and after some time, we developed a rapport. She also agreed to walk with me around the place. She became so garrulous, it was funny and cute. The emptiness I was feeling was filled with happiness because of this little girl. I think I would have gotten mad if I hadn't found her.
I was too lost in thought when I suddenly hear the girl say, "Boat..". Yes, we were in a boat, a moving boat! Why didn't I notice it a while ago? It was so conspicuous. Well, a really big boat, more of a ship. I became confused, how did I get in this ship? I don't remember getting on this ship.. I don't even remember anything from the past.. Weird.. The ship stopped. I heard something on a loud speaker, but I wasn't very audible. It said something about a stop at some place and that we should be back after 20 minutes or the ship would leave. Sparkles came out of nowhere and materialized into a bracelet-like wristwatch on my wrist which scared me and it pulled towards an exit.
Another bright light met me. As I opened my eyes, I saw that I was inside of what I think is our school campus. I felt a smile on my face. "Finally! A place where I know someone! Maybe I can ask them what's happening..", I said. The little girl came with me, her hands tightly holding on to mine. I walked to our room. It had a very gloomy atmosphere. "Yo everyone! Does anyone know what's happenin' around here??", I shouted cheerfully. There was no response. Everyone was taciturn and had a coy look on their faces. Even the buffoon in our class was miraculously silent. The obnoxious girly girls who always had coiffures on their hair were crying. I asked them why they were crying but still, no response. I saw my best friends huddled in an assemblage surrounded by my other classmates. They were faineant and did not move. I was about to join in the assemblage when my wristwatch rang so loud that it was like the Big Ben on your wrist. I think the 20 minutes was over. It pulled me again towards the ship.
Too many impossible things just happened. It was like my friends didn't see me at all. Tears suddenly formed in my eyes and before I knew it, I was crying. I didn't know the real reason, but I was really just upset. The little girl hugged me and it startled me, I forgot she was still there. A few moments later, the ship stopped again. I saw a dark figure of an ephebe in the distance. He looked familiar, but I didn't recognize him. I followed him until he stopped in a brightly-lit room. The room then transformed into a huge ballroom with chandeliers decorating the high ceiling. Affluent people in exquisite garments filled the ballroom. The man I saw was still a dark figure, he didn't transform and upon close inspection, he was holding a small box in his hand. He ran, as if he was looking for someone and I ran after him. He stopped. He sat on a chair in table with a lady across him. Wait, she looks like me. Woah, it is me, only older. The guy shape-shifted. He was now a handsome young man who was very familiar but I still didn't know him. They talked for a few minutes and the man knelt in front of the older me. He's proposing. I saw the older me turn pink, I nodded. Darkness suddenly swallowed the whole room. My wristwatch rang again and pulled me towards the ship.
In the ship, I analyzed everything that just happened. Did I just saw my future? Very weird indeed. A suddenly voice echoed so loudly which cause me and the little girl to cover our ears. "LAST STOOOP..", it said. I wonder where this ship will take us next and what could happen after that? Well, I started walking down to the ground. It was moist and very grassy. I heard thunder, and rain started pouring. I wasn't getting wet. It didn't surprise me anymore since this place was very out of this world. People started appearing. They were all in black. The man I saw from the ballroom was walking, I followed him. He stopped in front of a tombstone. I read the inscriptions in it, "Here lies Lia Takumi...", the other words on the epitaph were not readable.
Memories flashed before me. Everything became clear. I suddenly remembered everything. That was my name, that was me lying there. I was already dead. I just was a mere spirit wandering through my own recollections. And the man standing before me, he was my husband. The little girl following me around, was an imaginary figure of my little sister. Me waking up in water, was the last memory of me alive. I fell from the ship I was in and died drowning in ocean. The ground I was stepping on, turned into water. I couldn't swim up, I couldn't feel anything. I tried to scream for help, but the only word I was able to whisper was my final goodbye while I feel into the depths of the infinite ocean.
