Hello there readers!! The writer's block hit me hard last week and I could not think of anything to write! I chose to not write a blog rather than forcing myself to write one which would not turn out good at all. But, I am back with a Fantasy stories for you reader's right now, Read it and enjoy!!
The Mirror
It was Halloween, all of the kids in my neighborhood were out trick or treating.
Me and my family just moved to Los Angeles from Hyderabad. “Poor Avanindra does not have any friends” you might think. It is not the fault of my neighbors and classmates that they cannot pronounce my name, it takes time to make friends around here. But I kind of like to be unique, I like my name and the fact that I am different, that might get me a lot of friends. “This night shall be passed playing Minecraft” I thought to myself. I finally went to sleep at around 12:30. That way past my bedtime but as it was a holiday, my parents allowed me to stay up late. Around 2:00 at night, I woke up with a dry throat. I got up to get some water and something cold touched my toe, it felt like metal. I bent down to look underneath my bed. “It's a mirror, never seen that here before, Who put this mirror here?”. After investigating it, I saw a note written behind it.
Use this mirror wisely,
As it is not ordinary.
An unknown world you shall enter,
Which will not be imaginary.
A word will do,
Speak it thrice and its great
The world you shall see,
Where nothing will seem straight.
Well, that is weird. “What kind of dumb joke is this, does some expect me to think this is a magic portal?” I tried to put it on my table but it slipped from my hand. I did not want to make any noise to wake up my parents late at night and I dived for the mirror. I was too late, I closed my eyes so the broken glass could not hurt my eyes. I did not hear the sound of any glass breaking or the mirror hitting the ground. I opened my eyes and my jaw dropped. The mirror was floating in mid air. I stepped away. I kept looking at it for a while. I thought, what if the ‘other world’ thing is real? I have nothing to lose, let me try something.
I thought about the last four lines of the poem, “Where nothing is straight” “A word will do” “Speak it thrice and it's great”. What could that world be?
The last line of the note hit me, “Nothing will seem straight”. “What if the word is ‘upside down’ Here goes nothing, I thought. I spoke the word upside down thrice. Nothing happened, “I should go to sleep, this seems like a waste of time.
When I woke up the next morning, I saw a spoon-like thing staring at me, it had eyes. “Just a dream” I mumbled. “WAKE UP!” yelled the spoon and hit me with its head. It was not a dream! “Who are you?” I asked in a scared and shaky voice. “Don’t be scared, my name is Shelly. Shelly Sporks. As you can see, I am a spork. “Like, the spoon plus fork thing? You look like it. I said”. “Yes, welcome to the mirror world. Here, the living things are non living and the non living are living! We are in the city of Pencilvania right now. “Take me back to Los Angeles, I live there. Please! Don’t worry, you can go back soon, this is a safe place. You can go back through the same mirror you came through. “How did I end up in Pennsylvania? That is far away from Los Angeles. The spork laughed, “This is Pencilvania, with a C and a single N. We are in the land of the pencils. I live all the way back in Silverware valley. “All this is very weird, I would like to go back home soon, '' I said. “Let me give you a little tour, you can go back then, we do not get many visitors you know.” “I can't stay too long, my parents will be worried in the morning”. “Time works differently here, you can spend as much time as you want here, when you reach your realm, no time would have passed!” “Interesting, let me take a look at your world then shelly, I am Avanindra by the way.” “Cool name!” Said shelly.
On the way, I saw that there were statues of humans and animals on the roads. That made sense, as Shelly said that living things are non living here. We stopped at a restaurant. We ordered grass soup, that is what everyone consumed in the mirror world, that seemed boring to me. When the pencils heard me talking about how we ‘sharpen’ pencils on earth, they freaked out! That was funny.
We finally reached Silverware valley. We rode a bed to get there, that is the luxurious transport I have seen. Shelly’s parents were very sweet and they offered me more grass soup. It sounds boring but it tasted good here.
Shelly’s parents told me all about how the silverware community was against the marriage of a spoon and a fork as here, every silverware married their kind only.
They had to fight through it, but the community finally stopped pressuring them and they had Shelly.
“I should get going now, thanks Shelly” “Come back whenever you feel like! Bye!
I said the word ‘Upside down' twice while looking in the mirror and a few minutes later, I entered my room. I kept the mirror in my drawer. There I was, thinking that making friends was hard, all you need is to stumble upon a magic mirror.
By Dhairya Vyas.
I hope you liked the story, here is a music recommendation!
Try out the song, 'Memories' by maroon 5, it is really soothing and nice to sing along.
Thank you.
WOW Dhairya ! I loved your blog...
It was so engrossing that I couldn't take off my eyes on it.
Must say your imagination power is quite good and looking at the current generation it truly is.
Keep making such stories!😀