Destiny

I'm in the middle of no where. "HELLO!" I yelled hoping someone is out in the thick fog. I walk trying to find a way out of this place.

I reach the top of a large hill trying to get a better view of the place. The fog is so thick and dense, but, I managed to see a beach. I mapped out a route to get there in my mind before doing anything. As I ran a breeze started picking up. The closer I got to the beach the stronger and louder the wind got. I got to the beach...

I woke up at my desk in my room. I looked around to find my clock. It read 3:00am. I had gotten up and went to the bathroom. I came back changed into my pajamas, turned off the light and snuggled up next to my boyfriend. "What time is it?" He asked, wrapping his arms around me. "It's 3:30." I answered, hugging him and getting comfortable. "Sorry to wake you." I said. "It's okay." He replied giving me a kiss. "Not tonight." I told him. "Okay. Goodnight." He said giving me one last kiss.

"...Have you ever seen a..." I turned off the alarm clock. "Babe." I said trying to wake him up. "It's time to get up." I said when he wouldn't get up. "I'm getting on the shower. If you wanna join hurry up." I said getting my rob and towel. I got in the bathroom and turned on the shower. I got in and heard the door open and close. The shower curtain opened amd I felt a hand wrap around my waist. I turned around and kissed him. "What time is it?" I asked. "We have an hour before you have to leave." He replied. He turned me around and kissed my neck.

"Okay. So tonight we need to go shopping and by we I mean me. So put a listed together. What time are you going to see your mom?" I said getting my stuff ready to leave for my class. "I told her 7-8ish." He replied. "Okay. Well see you later." I said kissing him then heading out.

"Lydia. Hey chica." I heard my name and turned around to see my friend Mackenzie. "Hey Mack." I said getting my stuff. I gave her a big hug. "Picture time." Peter said as he walked up to us. We both posed and he took the photo. "Beautiful" we all started walked towards the building. "So spill the beans. We need to know the details. Where did you go? What did you do? Did you two do it?" Mack started asking all the questions. "Well, we had take out, and stayed home. And yes we did it." I answered her. "Wow! Luke has game." Peter said. "Shut up. I was the one who made the first move." I said. "You go girl." Mack said.

"Okay. Your assignment for this week is to take as many photos as you can. I doesn't have to be one topic. Have a great week." The professor said.

I arrived home to find a grocery list on the fridge. I got ready to leave when I heard a big thud. I walked down stairs with a bat I heard footsteps and swung the bat when they got closer. "Ow!!" Luke yelled. "What the hell?!" He yelled. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry." I said dropping the bat grabbed his arm and helping him out the door to the car. We drove to the hospital.

"Just a fracture in the arm. Nothing big, should be healed in a week. If you still are having problems with it just call or come back and we will go with further test." The doctor said. "I'll give you a prescription for pain killers." He continued. "Okay. Thank you sir." I said. "You be careful with a bat little lady." He said as we are walking out.

"Okay, do you want to go home or to the store with me?" I asked. "I'll go with you. Just to save gas and to spend more time with you." He said.

As we care waiting in line to pay I saw my brother. "Little Lydia. I see you're still worth this monkey." He said walking in the line behind us. Of all the places. I have to see Matt here. "Hi Matt I see you're still shopping for that slut of yours. Did you get her pregnant yet?" I replied. "Bitch." He said. "Dick." I mumbled back. Matt and I never got along. He had to always one up me. When I got accepted in college I left and stopped speaking to him. "So, how's mom and dad?" I asked at the least trying to make conversation. "Why do you care? You ditched their ass the moment you graduated. You were so happy to move in with this monkey? " He said. "And you didn't do the same? I recall you being ready to leave the beginning of your senior year. At least I was getting all my closet and stuff that I need paled and moving a month before I graduated." I responded. "At least I go back every weekend and see them. White are you?" He said. "In my home or at school or with my friends and my boyfriend or studying. Like a normal college study." I replied. "Oh, please you were never normal! You finish your first 2 years of college, your last 2 years of high school. You were above your average and you never went to parties until graduation, you spent all your summers in photography camp." He said. "Well, at least I get a better salary then you. And I'm doing something I love and in the process I'm making a new company. So fuck you and don't talk to me again." I said getting all my stuff from the bagging area.

As we drove home it was completely quiet. When we got home we put the groceries away and I went upstairs and locked myself in the office. "Lydia? Are you okay?" Luke asked, knocking on the door. "Can I come in?" He continued. "Go ahead." I said. "Where are you?" He said looking in the closet and under the desk. "Right here." I said popping my head out from under my big fluffy blanket on the couch. He walked over and laid on top of me. "I can't breath." I said in a muffled voice because my head was buried in between his body and the blanket. "Well, I can't use my left arm." He said. I wiggled my way out to fresh air. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I heard your footsteps and didn't know who it was. You never know how safe you are. For all I knew it was an intruder." I said. "Good point. I should have yelled or called you." He said. "Okay. I'm going to go make dinner." He continued and got up. I grabbed his shirt to make him kiss me.

I walked down stairs. I walked into the kitchen to find Luke stirring tomato sauce and hamburger meat. "That looks good." I said. "Thanks. I'm making my special garlic bread." He said. "Come here." I said and grabbed him and pulled him closer. He wraps his arms around my waist. We kiss. "When am I going to learn how to make your garlic bread?" I asked. He kissed me again. "How about never. I would have to kill you if you found out." He said with an evil grin on his face and then kissed me. His warm lips against mine felt so amazing.

We grabbed a plate of food, went to the living room, put a movie on and ate dinner.

"So, how are you? I've been worried about you since last night." Luke asked. "Just a little stressed about midterms and shit." I replied, not telling him about my nightmare, which did not make sense, but, it had been worrying what it meant.

I looked up at him and started playing with his hair and face. "What are you doumg?" He said with a sexy giggle. "Playing with your hair and face." I replied. "Do you want to play with something else?" He asked leaning down to kiss me. "Oh God! Really! Did you have to say that?" I yelled getting up to go do the dishes. He laughed as I left.

"Hey. I'm going to bed. Join when you want." He said. "Okay. Kiss?" I said. He gave me a kiss and went to bed.

I went to the office and started to pack my camera equipment to go take pictures. I walked in the kitchen grabbed a sticky note pad and wrote Luke a note.

Luke,

I went out. Don't know when I'll be back. If you can't find me try the office. If I'm not there I'm at Mack's.

Love,

Lydia

Ring, Ring. I walked into this old fancy painting shop and looked around. As I was looking I reached a painting of a beach that looked like the beach from my dream.

"May I help you?" said a woman from behind me making me jump and almost knocking over a lamp and vase. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." said the woman again. "It is okay. I should have been paying more attention to my surroundings." I replied with a tiny chuckle. "You seem to be paralyzed by that painting." the woman said. "Um, yeah, I guess you can say that. I feel like I have seen it before. Do you know where the painting was painted exactly?" I rambled on. "That actually does not have a painting on it. It's a blank canvas. But, the thing special about this canvas is that it doesn't come from this universe. Those that can see the beach are from a different universe. Usually we don't have humans be able to see the beach." The woman said walking away with a frighten tone in her voice. "What do you mean different universe and humans?" I followed the woman to a room in the back of the store. "How is that possible? Is she? No, she can't be, the girl died when the king and queen did? Or did they get her out in time?" the woman was talking to herself. Who was she talking about? I already know it's a girl. "Let me look at you." the woman stopped and turned around reaching out at my face. She looked at me for a good fifteen seconds before her face lite up. "You are." she said. Then continued to walk around. She went to bookcases and grabbed a few books out of them. She walked up to a desk and grabbed a remote. A bookshelf opened right behind me. "Go, go, go." She said shooing me towards the passageway. "May I ask what is your name?" I asked as I follow her through the dark moist tunnel. "My name is Eleanor. What is your name?" she replied as she stopped and reached for a torch looking thing on the wall. "My name is Lydia. Where are, you taking me?" as I replied she pulled the lever down and it opened up a door that blended in with the wall. "Why do you ask so many questions?" she asked. "Well, I walked into an old paint gallery, found a magical canvas, and was basically told I wasn't human by a random woman that I have never even met, and was pushed down the last part of this little thing. That's why I ask so many questions." I answered. "Oh, well, I am not from this universe. I come from a different world. I come from Winton." She said. "What is Winton?" I asked. She reached out and grabbed a book with the title The History of Winton. "Winton, is a place filled with unexplainable things. We have supernatural creatures and abilities. It is an in-between place from heaven and hell. Not purgatory and not earth. We are not fully human, Angel, or Demon." Eleanor explained the best she could. She pointed at a picture in the book that looked like a beach with a castle and village in the background, with trees. "So, Winton is basically a kingdom. So, is there more areas in this other universe, other than Winton?" I asked. She went back to the bookshelf and found more books. All the books had strange patterns on them. "There is one other place, but, there are grave consequences in going to this place. It is like a maze, and those who come out alive do not have the right mindset for them to even talk about it because it is too frightening to even speak of it." She said. "Where do I fit in?" I asked. She walked to a curtain. Eleanor grabbed the curtain and pulled it down. Behind the curtain revealed a picture with a king and queen and a baby girl. "I believe that is you." She said pointing at the baby. "There was a war. During the war the king and queen risked their lives to save everyone and in doing this someone must have taken you, the princess, to somewhere safe, to protect you." She said. "I have to go. This is getting to much for me." I said walking back the way we came. I ran out the store and down the street a few blocks.

I got back to my car and started driving. I was driving back to my house when everything went blank.

I was back at the beach. But, now it has the castle. I started running towards the castle. When I reached the castle the doors were opened and all I saw was a king, queen, and a baby. "Hello." I said. The baby looked over at me and started smiling and giggling. The king and queen looked in the direction and said. "Who's there?" they looked right at me in shock. "Hello. Am I dead?" I asked. "We have no idea. You look real. You feel real." the queen said poking me. She looked at me and then the baby. "You have the same eyes as my daughter." She said. "What is her name I said taking a step closer to her. "Her name is Lydia." The king said. "That's a cute name." I said. "What is your name?" the king asked. "My name is Margaret." I lied. "What is your name, your majesties?" I asked. "My name is Tyler, and this is my wife Gina" King Tyler said. "Where and when are you from?" Queen Gina said. "I am from Earth and I turned twenty-three is two days." I answered. They both looked at each other. "What year were you born?" Tyler asked. "I was born in the year 1994. I was adopted though. So, I don't know where I came from exactly or who my parents are." I explained. They looked at me with the look of sympathy. "What?" I asked. "We are so sorry. We didn't know that you didn't know your parents." Gina said. "It's okay. My parents died when I was a baby. But, I have a wonderful family." I said. "your majesties dinner is ready." A servant walked said walking in. I looked at the servant and he looked like my father. "Thank you. Join us for dinner Margret. We would love it if you stayed." Tyler said leading the way to the dining room. There was a big table and a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The king pulled out a chair for the queen and then pulled out a chair for me. The maid brought out plates and then the food. The maid looked like my mother. While I was sitting there I started putting everything together in my head. My mother and father gave me to the maid and servant to protect me from the evil thing that Eleanor was talking about.

We finished eating. "You should stay with us for a few nights. If you want." Gina suggested. "I would love to. Thank you very much." I said.Gina walked me to the room that the maid for me. "Just ring if you need anything." Gina said. "Okay, thank you." I said.

I got out of the shower, and walked out into the room and there was someone there. "Who are you?" I said grabbed the closest object to me. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." The guy said with an evil tone in his voice. "So, Lydia, how has your life been?" the guy said. I walked over to the panic button. He didn't turn around. I reached the button and pushed it. "Who are you?" I said. "I am no one you need to know, other than I'm going to find you and kill you." He said. Then he vanished. The guards ran in. "What happened?" one of the guards said. "Are you okay?" another said. "Someone was just here and then he vanished. I don't know who he was or where he went." I said with a panic in my voice. One of the guards must have notice me freaking out and about to fall, because he rushed over a caught me before I fell to the ground. As he held me in his arm I started crying. He carried me to the bed a sat me down and held me until I stopped crying. "Are you okay?" he asked. "Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for holding me and let me cry in your arms." I said. When I looked at him long enough he looked like River's father. "I will be in the on the first floor in the hall to the right. Just listen for the sound of a loud young boy yelling." He said. "Thank you." I said with a giggle. "I never go your name, what is it?" I asked. "My name is John."

I sat in my room looking around at would I could have had if a battle never happened and they hadn't send me away to save me. It made me question if River's dad is the same person or is this all just a dream and I am making it all up. After about an hour of sitting and thinking I got up and wandered the castle and went to find John. I got to a hall to where I could hear a little boy screaming. A door opened and a naked little toddler ran out. "River get back here." John came running out yelling. I leaned down and grabbed baby River. "I got you." I said. "Thank you." John said after finally caught up to him and when I handed River back to him. "I couldn't sleep. If you are going to be busy I can just go." I said. "No, come on in." a woman said sticky her head out of the doorway. John moved and waved for me to start walking. I walked over to the door and walked in. "Hello, my name is Julia. What is your name?" she asked. "Margaret." I replied. We shook hands. "Do you want anything to eat or drink?" she asked. "No, I'm full. If I consume anymore I might explode." I said. We sat down and started talking. "So, Margaret where are you you from?" Julia asked. "I'm from New York." I answered knowing they didn't know what i was talking about but it was perfect because they would not know if I am lying or not. "Oh, I never heard of it." John replied. "It's a very unpopular and has a very small population." I said. "Why did you leave?" John asked. "Just felt cramped up with everyone knowing everyone." I replied.

About two hours went by. "I should go to bed." I said yawning. "Would you like me to take you?" John asked. "No thank you, I'll find my way back. And besides you guys should get the little to bed." I said. I walked back up to my room. I went and laid down. When I closed my eyes, everything went white.