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Fallen.. A story I have thought of a long time and now i have finally decided to make it out.
now i m writing on the first part of the story. Fallen---The Beginning of The End
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=Merry X'mas=

Yesterday i went to like 4 shopping complex to look for their X'mas decoration. I went to 4 different complex: 1u, Ikano, The Curve and Midvalley. Here are some pics:

1 Utama

White Snowy Christmas Tree


Poker cards on ground

Ikano
Say hi to Frosty The Snowman

I'm in Santa's house! i guess

The Curve
Cute Fairy

The Gardens, Midvalley

Midvalley

The Circus
A tall Santa
This reminds me of Dead Silence.. Creepy

X'mas Tree fill with handbags... ladies fav
(mayb the handbags are too small to be seen)

=Proudly Present=

After walking through 5 bookstores 4 shopping mall and 1 whole day... At last i have successfully found my last masterpiece and my collection of the Pendragon book series is complete. Yesterday i finally got the last book -- Book 9th, Raven Rise after reserving from the Borders in The Curve and picked it up in Borders in The Garden, Midvalley... And now i share all my masterpiece... Nothing, just wanna share it out^^

My Full Series Of Pendragon Series

Pendragon#1: The Merchant of Death



Pendragon#2: The Lost City of Faar

Pendragon#3: The Never War

Pendragon#4: The Reality Bug

Pendragon#5: Blackwater

Pendragon#6: The Rivers of Zadaa

Pendragon#7: Quillan Games

Pendragon#8: The Pilgrims of Rayne

Pendragon#9: Raven Rise

30 Years Orphan--Recording #2

I hope you are hearing this Sarah. I'm scared. I saw many things and I wanted to get out of here soon. But still, through everything i met, i knew that i needed answers. Answers of what actually happened and who or what is behind all this. You know what Sarah, I realized sometimes fear can make you brave, fear can give you courage. And I needed courage, to find my answers and a way to get out. I can't tell how long had i been here and how much i missed you. Okay, i will continue from where i stopped in the last recording.

After Gunny's gone, leaving me alone in the dining room. I looked around it, but found nothing only the candle that i told you that was 'fat' caught my attention very well. I picked it up and thought of maybe someday when i needed light it might be in handy. So i pluged it out of the candle holder and stuff it into my pocket. Then i realized there's nothing else here for me to look at, so I decided to take a leave.

I walked towards the door I came in and started to hesitate. Is it really safe outside? Or should I stay here a bit longer? Maybe Gunny might come back to save me? All this question just keep coming, making me having no idea whether to open or not open the door. But still i knew that it's worthless for me to stay in this room. So, i took a deep breath and turned the door knob.

I slowly opened the door until my head can fit. I pop my head out to look around the corridor to make sure whatever that was chasing me wasn't there. Then I open the door wide and put my step outside. Once i was in the corridor, I have no idea what to do that time. I remembered that Gunny told me the only way out is to find truth. Though i don't rally know what does truth stand for. But Gunny is the only one that i felt normal and trustable, as for the other me, he's freaking me out. So i guess i have to find what Gunny said about the key. But I have nothing in my head about where to start until i remembered that I had a map from the other Ben. I took a look at it and decided to start looking from the 1st floor.

I thought that keys are always in someplace more secure, at least I did that back at home, you should know Sarah. Then a look at the map and decided to start my 1st luck in the office. I followed what was drawn on the map and came to the door of the office. Behind the door is where I wanted to go but I m kinda scared. To be honest, I'm actually shaking. What if that thing that was on me just now was waiting for me behind the door? But I have no more to think of and open the door hard to make myself felt more better.

What I see was just a office. Nothing was expecting me. Lucky. The room was big, it's just square with a working table at the end of the room. And what was behind the table was a manager chair. There's a portrait hanging on the wall behind the table. On the right side of the room there stood a wardrobe. In the middle of the room was a carpet with red color and a weird shape which you never seen before, cause it's really weird and i have no idea how to describe it. Everything in the room looked old.

There were dust everywhere, I tried to observe the portrait hanging on the that I mentioned. It was too dusty that i took some time to look on it. Then I realized that i can just wipe the dust off using my, yes its dirty but hey I'm already dirty. Once I wiped the dust away, I something behind the frame which made me stunned. It was a table, on the table was a head. Yes I'm serious, a head. That's not the only thing that froze me, what made me shocked was that the head is mine! I can't believe i m looking at my own head! I stood there for a few minutes still not believing what's in my sight, until i heard a hard bang came from the wardrobe. Slowly i turned my head towards the wardrobe. Bang! Another one came. Bang! A third strike, this time it's harder. I was freaked out but I was curious. So i decided to opened the wardrobe. I slowly approach to the wardrobe, but before I reached it. One side of the wardrobe's opened it self.

A Friend Out day

As the demon exam over, freedom came in.
Me and a bunch of friends went of for a nice trip.
Me, Derick, Min yue, Zi yang,Zi chong, Yi lin, Yun chen and Xiao kuan was in it.
We went to 1u and sang k.

Me and yang made a bad mistake of misunderstood de time of booking k room is 2-5 which is supposed to be 11-2.... =.="
but still luckily everything settled down.
At first XK and YC went off 1st with ZC, den left off we 4 boys n YL.
We continue our booking at 3 till 7. YL went off at around 5 and de 4 crazy fellas continue.
After de day of having nearly 7 hours of singing.... i dunno about de girls but i m sure tat all of us boys thoart went malfinction.

Too bad JY din go.. or else fun will not be tat only... still its a nice day

May God Be With Him

SOH JOH KIEN

Though i do not noe him much....
but still, i felt bad for him...
May God but be with him.

Amen

We are half way there....

5 days of the fucking exam is gone....
now another 5 to cool down.....
den another 5 to war!!!

We are already half way there
Take a deep rest in dis 5...
and prepare for another big 5....

~Tagged~

Tagged By: Derick Lo

Mood: Black and White

Instructions:Remove 1 question from below and add in a personal question, make it a total of 19 questions. Then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.

1. What is it that bothers you the most?
My future

2. What is your most favorite thing to do?
Doing things out of my mind

3. What is the motto of your life??
Find my true self

4. What will you do when you're feeling angry/disappointed with someone?
Keep it myself for the 1st time, 2nd time then... astalavista

5. What is the most important thing to you?
My life

6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
No

7. Are you afraid of pain ?
Not the huge one

8. What do you feel like doing right now?
Having fun on the net

9. If there’s someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
Yes I do and we got separated

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Always think out of his mind, kind, a great friend..

11.What is the question that you can't find an answer?
Who am i?

12. Do you think friendship important than loveship?
Of course... What says u

13. If you had to eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Beautiful mom cooking

14. If a choice of honor and fortune has been given, what's your choice
Honor

15. If you have a chance, which part of your character you would like to change?
The way i keep things inside myself

16. How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Having beer with friends in the pub for the celebration of my success

17. What is the one thing you love about yourself?
Don't even ask me about it

18. If you can bring only one thing along with you to another world, what would it be?
Feelings

19. do u love someone now??
Yes, i do

Avrogadrata... Let the curse end

30 Years Orphan----Outside#4

‘Sarah?’ Gently David pushed the woman beside him. Slowly Sarah’s eyes opened. ‘Oww… my head, its hurt. David what happened? You looked scared, what’s wrong?’ Sweats are still flowing down from David’s head. Sarah’s right, he’s still scared.

‘Yo…you are Sarah?’ David’s shaking.

‘Of course I am! But what happened David?’

‘You really don’t a thing?’

‘I just remembered I felt tired, then everything gone black?’

‘Phew. Just please don’t let that happened again’ David whisper to himself

‘Let what happened?’

‘Why don’t I explain to you on the way home. We are now still beside the road as you can see.’

‘Right’

David started driving. On the way, he told Sarah everything, from the part she got possessed, white pupil and the dream.

‘You telling me that I called you by a different name with white pupil!?’ Sarah can’t believe what David told her.

‘Ya it’s true. Then I fainted and like what I told you, the dream.’

‘But I don’t have a single memory about this.’

‘I don’t know Sarah. After I had that dream and what happened just now, I starting to feel that everything isn’t going the way it supposed to be. Everything doesn’t seems to make sense, and I think this has something to do with Ben’s disappearance.’

‘Me too. I think Ben has something to do with this. But what can we do?’

‘I tell you what Sarah, we continue to let the cops to do their work. While us, we both will have to find out more by ourselves.’

‘Ya, good idea.’

‘And by the way, you know anyone called Charlie? Or did Ben mentioned to you this name before?’

‘Charlie? Hmmm…. Ben told me this name before. He said that 30 years ago when the orphanage burnt down, there were only 3 survivors. He, a girl called Karen and a boy called Charlie. But after the burning, they never met each other anymore. Why?’

‘Nothing… just asking’

David thought that it’s better not to tell Sarah about how he got that name, he thought that it wasn’t the time yet.

It was outside Sarah’s house, David dropped Sarah.

‘Make sure you tell me if you got any news’

And so David drove away.

Sarah went to her letter box to check for mail. But what she saw inside the letter box was a shoe box. She took it out and opened it, what she saw inside made her nervous, a recording tape. She took her phone out and started dialing.

‘David, it’s me Sarah. I got something, something about Ben.’

Resident Evil: Degeneration

Isn't it lovely?
Leon and Claire..... again

Who Says The Ring is Scary

Now do you think its a horror film?
Nah....

The Grudge

What says you?
I say.... its stupid

Bus

I happened to find this on the net

Here's the story
This picture was taken many years ago by my mom. She shown me what they have captures during her school day.---By Handai

Believe?
Believe it...

Ucoming movies

I went through the net and i found out some nice upcoming movies
Here are some of them which i think is good or shall i say expect to see:

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2. Terminator Salvation
3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
4. Max Payne
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6. Midnight Meat Train
7. Quarantine
8. Toy Story 3
9. The Avengers
10.The First Avenger: Captain America

30 Years Orphan-- Outside

It was a long corridor. Windows that were as tall as half of a man were hanging on the left side while portrait of different peoples and landscape were on the right wall. Curtains were hanging along with the windows. The strong winds brought the curtains flying along. It was dark, only the light that the thunder brought in through the windows.

At one end of the corridor there stand a young boy aged around 5. Emotion of fear was drawn in his face. He was cold. In front of him were just a straight road and a door at the end. The boy walked towards the door slowly. While walking, he slowly observed the portraits on his right.

He was horrified. Those portraits of people were all faceless and the portraits of landscape were all blur that were hard to identify what’s truly in the frame. Until there’s one portrait that was special. It was the biggest among all the portraits, what made it outstanding was that it was the only portrait that clearly showed the picture in it. It was in the color of black and white. It was a picture of two houses on top of a mountain and between them stood a lighthouse.

The boy stood there looking at the portrait for quite a few second until something that woke him up. There was a ball coming from nowhere and knocked his leg. The boy saw it and picked it up. It was a colorful ball with rainbow colors. While the boy was investigating the strange ball, the door that was opposite him opened by itself suddenly. Inside the door was dark but inside seems to be someone standing there.

He starting to go curious and slowly walk towards the door with the ball in his hands.He approaches the door step by step, be ready for anything that might happen. In the same time his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, nervous and scared was all around him. When he was in front of the door, he hesitated. Then he took a deep breath and enter the door.

Inside was pure dark, it was very hard to see around and the only light that shines in was from the back of the boy, the corridor. The door closed suddenly with a huge ‘slam’ and made the boy jumped. Now around him was only black, nothing more he could see.

Suddenly at the front of him, he saw a small glimp of light. The light was getting bigger and bigger, which means its getting closer and closer.When the light was only a few steps in front of the boy, he needed to cover his eyes due to the brightness of the light. He barely can see what’s behind it, but he tried. A voice came from the light “Where have you been, Charlie. Do you know how worried are we?” it was at this time, the light was getting less brighter and the boy saw it.

It was a nun with a horrible face. Her face was bloody and her mouth was being sew up. The worst thing is that her eyes was only two holes with blood flowing out form them, fresh blood. Charlie starting to breath hard. He tried to run, but where to? He started to feel dizzy and slowly, he cant feel a thing and….

David opened his eyes wide, he was sweating heart. Slowly he realized that he was still in his car with Sarah still unconscious beside him. It was just a dream, or is it? Everything felt so real, everything he saw. He can feel how the boy felt. He calmed himself down and remembered what happened before he was in the dream. He looked at Sarah who was still unconscious, he wanted to wake her up

but he was afraid of white might happen again. The white pupil?

30 Years Orphan--Outside

“Give me a break. Ben was lost for like a week, and now you telling me that he went back to where he stayed 30 years ago and that place was suppose to be gone during that time?” David’s eyes was widely open looking at Sarah.

“Cool down man, I was having the same reaction as you are now when I first heard this. But this is the only thing that we are able to know what’s happening to him, we don’t have news about him for a week! This recording is our last hope David”“Sarah, I….I don’t know about this. Don’t you feel weird? Everything he said doesn’t make any sense.”
“David, you telling me now that you don’t believe in this!? You telling me that all he said was just crap, just bullshit!? David, Ben’s your best friend, how could you not believe him!?”
“No.. no.. Sarah listen…”
“Now Ben’s out there in somewhere! He needs help! And you are not believing him! How could you…..”
Tears’ bursting out from Sarah’s eyes, she was totally out of control. She was like a mad man being locked and struggling to get out.

David put his hands on Sarah’s shoulder and hold them tightly, trying to calm her down.
“Sarah! Sarah! Stay cool!”
Sarah wasn’t listening, she’s still struggling, struggling to get rid of David. David hold her shoulder more tightly this time.
“Sarah! Look at me! Cool down….Sarah!”
“No! You don’t believe Ben, you don’t believe in every of this!? You don’t know what’s going on!”
“I do!”
Slowly Sarah started to stop struggling, she turned her look to David looking at him weirdly. Can’t believe what David said.
“You… you do?”
“Yes Sarah, I do. But Sarah we can’t do anything to this. I think we better send this to the cops and they will know what to do. Maybe this will help them to find out where’s Ben faster.”
“No… no… you still don’t know. The cops won’t believe this!”
Her voice was starting to shake. She was scared.
“But what can we do huh!? Sarah listen, the cops can help us.”
“No! No! You are still not believing me! I’m getting out of here!”
“Okay! Okay! Sarah, I believe you. I’m not giving this to the cops okay? We gonna find Ben ourselves, okay?”

Sarah gave David a weak smile. And suddenly her eyes closed and she fell back. She was unconscious. She fainted.
“Sarah… Sarah?”
David gave Sarah a light slap, try to wake her up. Suddenly, Sarah’s eyes opened widely.
“I found you…”
Sarah sat up straight slowly and gave David a scary look. This made David froze. ‘What is she talking about?’ was only line words appear in his mind during that time.
“What am I talking about? I m saying that I found you….. Charlie”
David was totally in a statue mode. ‘Charlie? That name… so familiar. Have I know this guy?’
“Oh you should. You forgot? 30 years ago… David”
His thoughts had been read again. His mouth was widely open, what he is facing was…. So not Sarah.
“S…Sa…Sarah...yo…you…okay?”
“You really forgot, David. How disappointing. Let me tell you.”
Slowly, Sarah moved closely to David. She put her face closely to David’s. It was so close that David can feel her breath. It was in that time, he realized something, Sarah’s pupil was white.

30 Years Orphan--Recording#1 (continue)

I swear I saw a shadow passing in front of me, but it just disappeared into the dark corridor. You know what Sarah, I’m starting to think that all these that happened, is not a coincident. All of these starting to creep me out. ‘What brings you here young man?’ it came from an old man who came from my back which made me jump. He was tall, dark and look kinda muscular. From how he look, he seems to be strong and healthy although he’s old. He looks like he’s in his mid 60.

‘Who ar….’ Before I could finish my words, this man just caught my right hand with a strong grip and ran. ‘There is no time to talk. They already knew you are here. Run!’. I was running hard behind, but I don’t know why and who are ‘they’? suddenly I heard a footsteps coming from my back. It was soft at the beginning, but slowly it sounds like it was getting closer and closer. I wanted to stop to see what is it but that black man who was running in front shouted ‘Don’t stop! Don’t wonder! Keep going!’ we were running in a corridor and there is no way we can turn. The footsteps getting closer and faster, until we found a door on the left wall. The black took out a bunch of keys and to try to find the right one that fit the door. ‘C’mon, c’mon’, his hand was shaking sweats were rushing out from his forehead. I can hear the footsteps is getting real close. ‘Aha!’ he found the right key and the door swing open. ‘Now get in!’. I jumped in and realized that the footsteps were just a few feet away from me. I landed flat on the floor, with my face kissing the concrete floor. Ouch.

The back man who had just saved my life, closed the door hard. Then a big ‘Bang!’ to door, the door was standing still there.
‘Phew!’
‘(gasping) What was that!?’
‘(gasping) Fun?’
‘You out of your mind!? You call that fun!’.
The old man gave me a quick smile and walked away. I was still with my bud on the floor, I quickly stood up. It was a dinning room, we entered a dinning room. Everything here was in a proper arrangement, a big square table in the middle which can fit like at least 10 people. Four at each side and one for the front and back of the table. There was a candle holder at the center of the table which only have a candle on it. The candle looks weird, it’s doesn’t look like a normal one we saw. It was….. fat. On the left side of the room was a cabinet, I can’t see what’s in the cabinet, it was filled with dust. In the other side, there were two pictures of two nurses. I recognized one of them, she was the head nurse of the orphanage. On the ceiling, was a chandelier hanging there. It was dark here but I still can see clearly from the moonlight that came through the window at the end of the room.

‘How did you get here?’ The man started the conversation.
‘I don’t know too, I just bumped into this place.’
‘No one can ever came here. Unless….’
‘Unless?’
‘Unless those who should be gone 30 years ago but didn’t’
‘Wha.. what do you mean?’
‘What is your name young man?’
‘Why do you think I should tell you if I don’t even know who are you?’
‘(laughed) Right, I’m Rachard, they call me Gunny. Now will you tell me?’
‘I’m Ben Cooper…’
‘Ben Cooper!?’ The man quickly turned back and shot me a ITS-HIM-! Look.
‘What’s with that look?’
‘Ben Cooper… They are expecting you’
‘Who are they?’
‘Shhh…. They must not be speaked.’
‘Okay what’s the deal with me then?’
‘You are one of the three that was spared 30 years ago when that murder happened. Which mean you are the one that should be gone 30 years ago but didn’t’
‘So? That doesn’t mean I have to come here. And how this place…. I thought it was burned 30 years ago after the murdering.’
The old man walked closer to me and said with a soft tone
‘What you see and where you stand now is not like what they really are. They want you, want you to be dead.’
‘Huh? The they want me… dead?’
‘Of course you can try to escape, but only if you know how.’
‘Then tell me!’
‘Find truth’
‘Truth?’
‘But beware as the truth is very cruel. It is never the like of everything here. But the exit, only can be found there.’
‘How do I find it then?’
‘Find the key and unlock the padlock in the bathroom upstairs. This is all I can tell you.’
Gunny took out a recorder and a knife and handed them towards me.
‘Someone will have to know this. Use this recorder, tell your story and it will automatically send whatever you said to the one you wanna tell.’
I looked at the recorder in my left hand and opened it. It was empty. How can a recorder work without a tape? And how can it send to someone? ‘But….’ He’s gone.

Sarah, I don’t know whether it really works? But if you are listening to this, it means it works. I’m now trying to find the key Gunny said. Prey for me, if anything happens to me, this tape will be my last chance. So, keep it well. Miss you, Ben.

*End Of Recording#1*

I Cried

It was raining night,
We met.....
We were... just stranger.

It was in a coincident....
We talked.....
We became.... just friends.

As time flows....
We became better and better....
We were known as... best friends.

A year has passed...
We fall in love....
My love... you....
But your's... was him.

Three years gone...
Today....

Both of us....
Standing in different positions...
You... as a bride.....
Me.... is just as a visitor.

Everything has became impossible....
My tears fall...
I cried

30 Years Orphan--Outside

(Door knocking) ‘Sarah! I’m David! Are you there!?’. This has made Sarah jumped. She quickly pressed the stop button. ‘Coming!’. She quickly ejected the tape and hid it in her pocket.
‘C’mon Sarah, this is important’. The door opened, Sarah’s face appeared in front of the door. ‘What is it?’
‘It’s about Ben, the cops just called. They said they tried to call you, but we weren’t answering the call. So they called me. But when I saw that your car is still in the garage, I think that you probably still at home. Then I give it a try.’
‘Phone call? Maybe I didn’t hear it.’
‘What happened to you? Looks like you were just back from a marathon race. Is there anything?’
‘No…nothing, erm… what did the cops said?’
‘They found Ben’s car’
‘Where!?’
‘Wow…calm down. They said they found it in a wood 2 miles away from his office’. Sarah starting to felt weird.
‘(mumbling) I thought it’s at the orphanage’
‘Excuse me? You said anything?’
‘Huh? Nothing… what about Ben? They found him?’
‘No, it seems like he abandoned the car. But where would he go walking? No matter, the cops hope that we can get to the place now. We’ll talk in the car, c’mon.’
‘Oh…okay.’
The two of them then took on David’s car and ride on to where Ben’s car was found.

* * *

Sarah was having a mixture of many feelings during the journey. Nervous, worried, fear and many more. She can’t figure out how Ben’s car appear in the woods when it was supposed to be at the orphanage. She starting to feel strange for everything. First was Ben’s disappearance, then the tape and the letter and now this. She feared that she will not stand on anymore if more of these come, and she know that there will be. She needed someone to help her to share this burden. She was thinking of telling David about it. David’s a very best friend for the Cooper couple and she believe that he can be trusted. But what if he don’t believe it and think all this was just a bunch of nonsense? Sarah has no idea what will happened if things doesn’t go the way she thinks.
‘Erm… David?’
‘Yes? Anything?’
‘There is something I need to tell you, I hope you can help me.’
‘Okay, speak out and lets see what can I do?’
‘It’s like this. This morning….’
‘Okay we are here, I guess you gonna tell me later, right?’ ‘Right’.

* * *

Ben’s silver SLR McLaren was on the side of the road, and it is being examined by a few officers. The weather was cold that day, cold wind was blowing hard.
‘Excuse me, I’m David Flincher. It was Detective Susanne who called us here. I’m a friend of Ben Cooper and this is his wife, Sarah Watson.’
‘Oh, it’s you two. The detective is expecting you. Here please follow me.’
The officer replied and he lead the two to a tall, black and long-haired lady.
‘Detective, this is David Flincher and Sarah Watson’
‘Thank you Mario, now leave them to me. You can go back to your work.’
The officer nodded and walked away.
‘Sarah Watson, one of our officers found this when the team was searching the car. It has your name written on it, so I think we should hand it to you.’
Detective Susanne handed over a white envelope to Sarah.
‘Thank you.’ Sarah took it and put it into her pocket. She decided not to read it on the spot.
‘We had a police report that someone found this car today morning at 6.46a.m. We checked on the number plate and found out it was Mr. Cooper’s car. And so we called you guys.’
‘Was the car damaged when it was found?’ asked David calmly.
‘No, nothing was spoiled. The door of the driver seat was opened when we found it.’

While David and Detective Susanne was talking about the car, Sarah didn’t pay any concentration towards it. She looked around, and realized that the road that Ben’s SLR McLaren was found was a straight road with only woods around on the left and right side of the road, just like what Ben described in the tape. But the road was wide and its enough for even two trucks to go side by side, it was not like what she has been told. She tried to look more further but the sight was being covered with mist.
‘Where does this road lead to?’
Sarah interrupted the talk of the detective and her friend.
‘This road was used to be a highway lead to the city, but it was closed down ever since the new one was built.’
‘Then are there any buildings or towns along the way?’
‘From what I remembered… nope. Is there anything you suspect?’
The looked detective gave Sarah made her didn’t dare to look into her eyes, she was trying to find something in her. Sarah turned her sight back towards the road, she had a feeling that Ben maybe there in the far side of the road. Suddenly a touched on her shoulder by David made Sarah jumped.
‘There’s nothing much we can do here, lets go.’
‘O…okay.’
‘Thanks detective, if there’s anymore further information please tell us.’
‘I surely will.’
The two hopped into David’s car and head their way home.

* * *

‘David, there is something I have to tell you. I found this tape this morning at my bedroom door. It’s from Ben. I think you should hear this too.’
Sarah took out the tape from her pocket and insert it into the cassette radio.

*Dreamer*

30 Years Orphan--Recording#1 (continue)

I stood still in front of the mansion, looking at it, still can’t believe my eyes. ‘It’s must be a dream, this can’t be real, it’s burned down 30 years ago’, I kept on telling myself until there’s something that caught my sight. There’s a boy, a little boy. He’s hiding behind a branch, looking at me. Weird. That boy just kept looking at me until I realized him. I tried to approach towards him, but I just started my first step, he ran away.

‘Hey! Wait up!’ the boy ran straight towards the backyard of the mansion. He’s my only chance, so I raced up without any hesitation. When I reached to the backyard, it was a kids playground, just like 30 years ago. Everything here didn’t change, I can still remember clearly, the blue and pink see-saw which I hated it last time and the other kids paintings that were drawn all around the fence. Everything just…. Same.

The boy was standing there, back-facing me, looking at a paper that he was holding. According to his height ,I guessed he was a 5 or 6 years ago boy. ‘Hey, little boy. How did you get here?’. The boy turned back slowly. Under the ray of the moon, his face was shown clearly. He looked familiar but I can’t remember who he is. He has blonde hair just like mine, but he looked sad.

‘What’s wrong? You look sad. Is there anything?’, slowly he took up his head. I can see tears in his eyes. I slowly squad down, so that we can see each other better.

‘(sniffing) There’s something bad, very bad’

‘What is it?’, ‘I…I….’

‘It’s okay if you don’t wanna tell me. How did you get here?’

The boy gave me a weird looking face when he heard my question.

‘I live here, but I’m scared.’

‘Why?’

The boy hand over the paper that he was holding, it was a map.

‘You’ll need it, they are playing hide and seek, you can find them through this. But I only have the 1st floor. I got to get back in’.

I took the map and the boy ran away heading back into the mansion through the back door. ‘Hey! Who are they? What are you talking about? And what is your name!?’.

The boy stopped and answered me with his back facing me,

‘My name is Ben, Ben Cooper’. Then he ran straight into the mansion.

The boy is….. me. But how? And who are the ‘they’ he was talking about? I needed answers, so I followed the way the ‘other’ me went. I slowly turned the door knob and entered the door. The ‘Ben’ wasn’t there anymore. I’m in a kitchen. It was silent, I looked at the map the boy gave me. Suddenly, I saw a shadow passing by in front, fast, very fast. I ran to where it went but saw nothing.

*Dreamer*

30 Years Orphan--Recording#1

Sarah, it’s me, Ben. Your beloving Ben Cooper. Please forgive for my disappearance, I believed you were worried about my disappearance, most possibly you are angry too, right? But please listen this, I’m now back at Stepperd’s Orphan House. Yes, the orphanage that I stayed 30 years ago. You must be wondering how. The orphanage was burned down 30 years ago after the case that everyone there was murdered and now I’m telling you that I’m back there. I know you will be thinking that “Ben are you out of your minds? It’s gone” But hey, it’s true. I’m at Stepperd’s Orphan House now. Even me myself is confused about how this can be true. Okay, listen I’m now gonna tell you what happened that day. If I’m not mistaken, it’s about seven days ago, right?

That day everything was normal in the morning, until when I was on my way home from the office. I was driving home at 5.04p.m. after work. When I reaches the T junction 2 miles away from the office, I had an urge to turn right, which I never go through that path before and had no idea where will it lead to. But there’s something weird, there was like something guiding me from no where. I’m able to drive through the road all the way long, it’s like I knew where am I going. But the problem is, I don’t.

I tried to find a junction or a way that I’m able to make u turn back. But the road was starting to get narrow, only one car was able to go through the way. And it’s just exactly for one car all the way, can u believe that? When I was driving, I was wondering where am I and where am I supposed to reach. I was being squeeze between two forests with big, tall trees. I kept on felt that there was something or someone watching me from nowhere, goose bumps starting to rise all over my hands. Creepy. But after 20 minutes of no-idea-where-am-I-going journey, I thought I saw hope. I reached at a split road, both roads look alike and I have no idea which to take. Suddenly, I heard a voice came from my back telling, “take east”. I was shocked and turned around to see who or what told me that. You must be thinking that I maybe just too tired and got some illustration. But I swear, that’s not an illustration, I heard it loudly and clearly.

I was scared and had no idea whether follow or not to follow what “it” told me to. And that’s when I was confused, I saw a weak glimp of light at the far side of the east road. I starting to feel that maybe that “thing” was trying to help me, there may be a house or a town at far side of the road. And so, I pushed down my handbrake and turned my car steering wheel to the left, accelerate. My heart was in a 50-50 condition that time, 50% scared 50% graceful. But that’s until I saw something that made me stopped and made a conclusion that I had reach the end of the road.

It was a mansion lying in front of my eyes, the surrounding was the same, all trees. I hopped down of the car and tried to see if there’s any life in that big house. What I saw was nothing, pitch dark in all the windows, not even a single shadow can be seen. But there’s one thing that made up my mind of where am I. standing beside me was sign board written “Welcome To The Home of Love, Stepperd’s Orphan House”. I can’t believe my eyes, I tried to rephrase back and realized that the mansion is the same as the big house I stayed in 30 years ago. This is impossible, but still it’s there in front of my eyes. I’m back to Stepperd’s Orphan House.

*Dreamer*

30 Years Orphan-Prologue

“My name is Ben, I have a secret. I don’t belong here, save me.”

* * *

“Ben, its me, Sarah. It has been week you are gone, where are you? Everyone is worried about you. Please at least give us a call. Love you, Sarah.”
Sarah put down the phone, “He’s never been like this before. Wonder what’s wrong with him?” “Maybe he just went for a trip or something. C’mon he’s old enough to take care of himself” answered David. Sarah spoke her words out with anger. “A trip!? Where would he go at this moment that made him so secret not to tell me !? I don’t know David, I’m scared. I have a bad feeling about this.” “Sarah, I think you are tired. Listen to me, go home, take a shower, and go to bed. Maybe, you’ll see him again tomorrow morning. What says you?” “But what if….” “Shh… I guess you are really tired. It’s late now, listen to me, ok?” “ (sigh) Maybe you are right. I think I’m going home then.”

* * *

The night wasn’t a good night for Sarah to sleep well. Ever since Ben’s disappearance, she was never able to sleep tight. Questions were all over her head. Where will her beloved Ben be? He never tried leaving house without telling Sarah, his beloved wife, why?
Was he in danger? Or did someone kidnapped him? These question kept floating in Sarah’s head. A week, this had made Sarah suffered, until the next morning…….

As usual, Sarah woke at 7a.m. The first thing she hoped to hear every morning for the pass seven days was that Ben’s “Morning, honey”. But this has never happened, even today. Sarah starting to felt disappointing and hopeless….. until she found something.

It was 7.05a.m., time for Sarah to ready up for her work. She changed into her usual working uniform and wanted to go to the dining room to have a breakfast. But when the door of her room was opened, there’s a recording tape lying on the floor in front of her. There’s an envelope beside the tape which was wriiten in blood, “To my beloved Sarah” on it. These words had made Sarah unable to move. After a few second of shocked, she quickly looked around to see who put these on that spot, who would be able to enter the house unless its…. Sarah’s thought stopped here, she quickly picked up the two items and opened the envelope. What she found was a piece of rotten paper that was written “listen to the tape”. These words were written in blood, fresh blood. Sarah felt weird for the writing but she didn’t care much. She quickly bring the recording tape that came along with the letter to the radio in the living room. Her heart was beating fast, what will she hear in the tape. Is it Ben telling her that all the way long it was just a joke to make her laugh? She quickly inserted the tape into the tape and pressed the button of an arrow pointing to the right. What she heard was this.

“Sarah, it’s me, Ben. Your beloving Ben Cooper……”

*Dreamer*