Urd's short summer
Written by anon
DAY ONE
"Where does one go when one ceases to breathe, what happens to the soul; if it exists of course. Questions such as these hinders the minds of man. You too, can explore those questions by signing up at our website for a low fee of $3.99/month!" said Urd. "There's always a catch with these ads. They target the people who have uneventful lives, thinking there is something hidden from the eyes of the public. What I am the most interested in this ad is that picture of a flaming skull on the flag that the person is holding. Who in their right mind would advertise something with a skull that didn't have a Mohawk or some swords behind it. Then again, I might be biased because I think the biker gang in our town have a much better skull as their logo on their jackets. Ah shoot, the library is going to close in 30 minutes. I haven't even picked a book to do a report on. I'll just check the cart and pick out the first thing that looks the most interesting. I will use my haste ability to give myself a boost!" Urd throws books left and right without much care of the mistreatment of the books. "I think I found the perfect book, it has a picture of a bat with three eyes. The title of it is... I can't really make it out, it looks like it was rubbed off. Well, I have run out of time and must check this book out immediately before they close the front desk." Urd cut through the people in her way, checks out the book, and hurry's out the door with the small book in her pocket.
"Phew, what a day! I haven't had to move around this much since last week in gym class. It hasn't even been a day since summer vacation started. I wasn't really planning on leaving my room until it was time for school to begin, which is about 3 months away from now. I really am lucky that I didn't do terrible this year, my folks would've killed me. I'm just glad they won't find out my grades until they come back from their own vacation. It is funny that they just left without any concern about leaving their 13 year old daughter alone at home, but at least I can enjoy staying up all night and sleeping all day. I can literally do whatever I want until their return, which come to think of it, I don't recall when they said they will be coming back..." Urd continued to walk home until she spotted the convenience store. "I will need some supplies if I'm ever going to survive." Urd entered the store and looks around the aisle for some instant food. "Frozen food hasn't let me down just yet. They are even having a special on the stores brand. I don't really know if it'll be as good as the name brand, but it's cheap and it is three for five dollars." Urd grabs three different kinds of TV dinners and heads for the register. After short exchange with the employee she leaves the store and heads home.
"The weather hasn't been too bad in Nople, it doesn't feel very cold compared to yesterday. Although I do love it when it snows, the feeling of stepping on a fresh pile of snow is simply wonderful. However, it's only second to the sharp pain of snow hitting the face when the wind blows." Urd soon arrives at her house and goes inside. "It is way to quiet in this house. My dad would be in the garage fixing up his car and mom would be in the living room watching her soap operas. Wait a second... who am I even talking to anyway?" Urd walks to the kitchen, puts the bags on the table, and grabs one of the TV dinners out of the bag. "I know I should eat this later, but I just have to try it out, maybe it won't be so bad." Urd takes out the TV dinner tray, pokes holes in the plastic, and puts it in the microwave for four-and-a-half minutes. "I always like to stare at the plate moving in a circular motion. It's something a kid would do, like staring into the ovens window to check the roast or watching the washing machine as it spins. Urd stares for the full duration of the cooking process and takes out the TV dinner using an oven glove. "It doesn't look that bad, but it certainly doesn't look like anything like the food on the cover. Why does the meat look like a brownie cake?" Suddenly the food starts to starts to rumble and steam. Urd watches in horror that her meal is moving violently. "Wha- why is this happening? Did I cook it for too long? or was I not suppose to poke holes in the plastic?? I don't know!" The TV dinner blows up the house killing Urd as she stood by it.
"Ugh.. what just happened?" Urd wakes up in some sort of dimension that doesn't seem to have anything. She looks around trying to find anything but fails to find it. She covers her face with her hands and starts to scream. "WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS?!!? WHY DID I END UP IN THIS PLACE" Urd yelled this and it produced an echo. "Have I truly gone mad? Is this where the dead end up? Just to wander alone in a void by yourself? I just don't understand!" Urd goes into a fettle position and starts to sob quietly. "Isn't this what you wanted?" said a voice in the distant. "... Huh? who said that?" Urd sits up and wipes her tears. "Who was that? Please don't leave me, I don't want to be alone. It's only been a couple of minutes, but it already feels like an eternity in this place. I don't want to be alone... show me something, anything! I just want to leave this place!" Urd hears something behind her and finds a giant door. "This is... a door? It wasn't here before... who cares, it's my way out of this purgatory. Urd uses all her strength but still could not open the door. "WHY! Why God! Why am I so weak that I can't even budge the door an inch!" Urd struggles to open the door and falls back in the process. "It's no use, I don't have the power to open this door." A key Suddenly falls out the sky and hits Urd's head. "A key? Maybe this will work" Urd was about to put the key into the keyhole and stops. "Why does the air feel so heavy?" Urd turns around and finds a person in a shroud. "Are you certain that you want to go through that door?" The person said. "Is there something wrong with trying to get out of this horrible place? What reason do I have to stay in a place like this!?" said Urd. "I ask, because if you go through that door, you'll never come back to this place again" said the shrouded person. "Yes, and what is your point?" Urd retorted. The shrouded person stood silent. "I don't want to hear anymore silly questions, I'm heading out of this place once and for all!" Urd shouted while unlocking the door and heads inside with the door closing behind her. "..." the shrouded person is still silent. "I couldn't convince her to stay here". The shrouded person walks in the opposite direction on the door and disappears into the void leaving behind a book with a bat with three eyes on the cover.
"...ugh" Urd says while rubbing her eyes. "Where am I now?" Urd looks in front of her to find many palm trees. "This is different, but at least it's not that void. I wonder if the door is still there." Urd turns around and finds more palm trees. "It should still be there, but it's not? I feel something in my pocket" Urd checks her back pocket and finds a key-ring. "Where did this come from? This is all too confusing" Urd finds the nearest palm tree and sits besides it. She slowly closes her eyes and drifts away to sleep.