Individual Fiction

Dreamy world

Does Cinderella go to school? Does sleeping beauty done her homework? Nah that is fantasy! Magic only happen in fantasy. I’m still in reality which is full of ignorance and haters for me. I’m blessed with a mother who scolds, father who hates teacher who punishes and friends who teases. That is my life!

“Natasha, Natasha!” Oh, my mom calling! I’m getting late to school, I realised. “Stop dreaming you lazy girl, faster get ready”. That’s the first sentence from dad that strikes my ears. Besides him, my school mates are another pest that starts my day with teases. Sometimes I wish for Harry’s wand that would channel them into ugly, croaking frog in a blink. I’m having enough with all of them for past 16 years. This world is really sucks!

 I always wonder why fantasy does not really exist now. I wish to be a part of them. I don’t need to give a damn on anyone and what they are saying. I will just fulfil my life with my own desire without anyone around me.

As usual I’m late for school. Standing alone at the school gate; looking around for the guard to open the gate. Where is he? “I’m earlier than him I guess”. While waiting, I saw some old ladies were cleaning my school compound. This school is just a nice place to study except for some people who made of devil characters. As I entered, I saw a group of boys preparing for our school annual sports day. Behind a block, some boys are about to broke into fight. Boys are always boys. Ah, here comes my favourite spot, the school field! This is the only place that I can rely on to shoot down myself.

By reaching my class corridor, I look at my watch. It’s 8.10! I’m stunned with a rough voice. “Again, better late than never! Faster get in”. I’m astonished. Is that my teacher? What a nice command that I had never hear from her mouth? As time passes, my stomach starts to growl. Oh god! Please send a cupid to forward the clock to 10.25am. Through window I can see appealing foods in the canteen that soon going to fill my tummy.

Once the bell rang, yeah! That indicates my recess time has begun. My stomach is grumbling over here yet my teacher didn’t make any reaction. One of my classmate informs her that recess time that had started. She smiles while nodding. That’s a cute reaction I ever seen.

Everyone starts to set back their stationeries into bag and exit the class room. I walked quickly to get my food. The school canteen is only a few blocks after my class room. Finally, I reached the place with full of joy. Looking over there, it is really a frustrating moment. That place is very noisy with variety of modes of my school students. I hate them as they always do to me. I'm not going to eat anything today and just head over to another place. My stomach stop making sounds as if it understands me.

My legs took me to the field. I’m always amazed by the greenery environment over here. That is the only memorable place of my school days. I always sit here to overcome my sadness and the greenish view really calms me down.

     While getting mesmerized on that, suddenly I heard irritating voices of a group of girls. I turn around as I could feel they are approaching me. It’s not other than my school form 6 students who better known as the bullies. They claim themselves as the older among us but for me their just older in their age yet not matured. I always watch movies on bullies in colleges. But, my experience in school is becoming as hard as those students in the movie.

Mahisha is the bully gang leader in my school. My dark complexion, short curly hair and big body size suits to be their bully victim. In simple word, I’m their time pass in school especially for Mahisha. Now, another worst episode of my life is going to happen here. “Hey, you dark fatty girl” Mahisha mocked. The others giggled. I can see the happiness on their face as they bullied me.

At that moment, I wanted to pull her ear and yell “You are not much differing from me, you dumb.” But, I just stand still facing the ground and grinning. All of them surround me. They pull my hair and my uniform to test my anger’s limit. They looked at me as though I’m a dirty creature. “Hey Natasha, you uniform is looked so shabby. It must be used and thrown by anyone else rite? You collect it from which dustbin?” I broke in tears as they continuously tease me.

I tried to ignore them each time they attacked me. But, I’m unable to control my tear that’s so cheap. Each word that they utter hurts me a lot. Being pretty, smart and rich are the main factor for a person to not be criticised. I’m not having anything of these, so I’m being the victim. Their words had aroused my anger and sadness. I’m devastated as I did not wish to be like that. I’m not given a chance to choose this life.

 I got it and why you all bulling me for something that I’m not responsible? After they move from there, I just sat nearby there and did not go back to my classes. My tears flow as I think about my destiny. Why do others treat me like this? I’m angry, frustrated and exhausted for being poor, ugly and dumb. I hate myself and all around me which makes me into this situation.

     School bell ring again shows school had ended. I’m still at the field with so much of frustration. Everyone is passingon left and right regardless of me who were crying at there. I make a move from there with a feel of reaching home for betterment. On the way back, there was another creature that adds my anger. It’s a black dog which keeps on stares at me and start to bark toward me. Why are you barking? Do I look like a thief or kidnapper? It’s pissed me off. I took a large stone and hurled it toward the dog to chase it from there.

Stepping forward angrily to my house. I walked in thinking about the bullies and the dog. Why all this happen to me? I’m losing my temper. Everything happens to me yet I could not complain to anyone. Once I reached my house, with full anger I throw my bag inside before remove the shoes. Tupppps!!!!! Oh my god! My mum’s favourite vase broke into pieces after my bag hit it. What a bad day! This day won’t be as worst as it was.

     My mum rushed out of kitchen in shock hearing the sound. “What have you done Natasha?” my mother asks. I was silent for a while and then utters, “I’m sorry mom; I did not means to break the vase. Its fall down after had been hit by my bag.” Her face looks pale. I know the reason. This pot is the only expensive gift that given by my father for their anniversary. “Each and every day, you are proving how irresponsible you are. Do you know how much I value this gift from your father?” Her tears fall down slowly while saying that. I could understand her feeling but why she did not care about me? I’m sad too, mom. Everyone hates me and now you in the higher place. Why is this so hard for people to understand my situation?

I’m just a little girl and you are expecting me to be responsible? Instead the older one is being bias in treating me well? No more words to explain my situation. Everything is just a monologue inside me. I’m not going to tell or share my sadness to anyone. It will be me and my pain only. I step ahead into my room and locked it. Sit on the top of my bed and thinking about the whole day. I cried badly when think about my life, how it getting worst each day. It’s a hell when being with people who hates and ignores you. Even my parents hate me. My father’s turn will be after he back from work.

I’m talking to myself and persuading to get rid of sadness. Clock shows 7 o’clock, I felt so tired and lie down on my bed. Suddenly, I heard my windows being opened. But, the window stills the same when I look at it. I feel something fishy. I can feel the fear in me. I try to ignore doing further investigation on that and continue with my loneliness.

After a moment, I felt someone is walking towards me. I’m sure it not my mother as I already locked the room. The image looks more like a small wizard. Did something hunt me? It’s coming more nearer. My room light were switched off, so I could see in vague. It’s a short bald man wearing colourful cloths. He looks scary with his slow move towards me. He makes my fear more badly and I tend to scream. Just in second he come beside me and closes my mouth with his hand. I get hypnotised, I realise. “I won’t harm you Natasha; I’m here just to help you overcome all you pain.” He said. He knows my name. He adds. “I saw you crying alone here and decided to help you out. People call me as wish maker.” He introduces himself.

I try to act brave and laughed. “How could you help to solve my problems?” but, my belief in magic and fantasy gets stronger. Some feeling tells me, he will solve my problem with his magic power. I realise it when he hypnotised me. When I laugh to him, he had a scary smile back to me. So, I started to explain what ever had happen to me. With a smile he said, “let me make you happy!” he gave a red colour ball to me and asks to make a wish. Before that he reminds me, “bear in mind, only 3 wishes is allowed but you can ask whatever you want.”

Even this sounds silly in our real life but at last my belief come true. I’m going to have a better and perfect life even better then Mahisha is having. I give a try for the first time. While hold the ball tightly, I make a wish. “Dear red ball, I’m making a wish. Make me the prettiest girl among my school mates. I feel a sudden change in me. My skin had turn to fair with a long hair and perfect body shape. I’m admiring myself while looks at the mirror. Even, I could not recognise myself at the first. With a gorgeous personality, this magic red ball had changed my appearance totally.

 At the moment, I thought of thanking the little man but finds he had disappear from my room. He is not important to me anymore and I get ready to show my new look to my parents. I went out and called my mom, “mom, look at me!” my mother looks very confused, “who are you? Why you call me mom? I never had seen you before this. Get out from my house now.” I get cleared with the situation as my mother could not identify me with this new look. I did go out to enjoy my new life out there. Moreover, I don’t need any of them in life. My life is in my hand. “Good my mom.” I monologue to myself.

I rushed to the nearby park to get another wish. I’m a happy as free bird. I can do whatever I want. Again I wished, “dear magic ball, make me the richest girl from anyone else.” Now I’m going to lead a wealthy life. Full of money and no one can stop me from my freedom. “Madam!” A voice appears from behind. I turn back and saw a man wearing white uniform standing beside a car. “I’m your car driver, madam. Can we move now?” that really awesome as I’m having my own car and the driver too. But from where he appear? I’m confused. But, the moment I knew my second wish had been fulfilled by the magic ball.

I ask him to bring me to various places. To the hills, beach, parks and more. The day pass with full of joy. I try to feel the luxurious life that my parents unable to give to me. Sun has arise and I so much eager to go to school.  I planned to teach a lesson to mahisha. A lesson that she would not forget in her life. I make my third wish. “Dear red ball, make me the most famous among all the students.” and I reached my school with my new uniform.

As soon I get out from the car, everyone walks towards me. But, no one recognise me as poor Natasha. All wanted to talk to me as my wish was being the most famous among all. They started to admire me. One by one had approached me. I never left alone even for a single second but that makes me get irritate. I miss being alone and spend time at the school field. I feel annoyed and irritated being surrounded by others. Nonstop people were talking and being with me. Oh dear, I’m tired of this. I realise I had made a bad wish. No more school chapter in my life. So, I decided to go any other place to be happy.

 Shopping! I want to go shopping and buy all my favourite dresses. Then, time for movie. And then happy and happy forever. On the way to mall, I had a great plan for the whole day. That driver went inside a jungle and continues driving through it. But, this is not the road to the nearby mall. Ohm...I realised he bringing me to somewhere else. “Where you going?” I asked. He turns back and laughed at me. “I’m going to keep you with me. Marrying you for a happily ever after life darling.” All had messed up. He is kidnapping me. Faster make a wish.

“Dear red ball, save me from him.” Nothing happen as I realised I had finish all the wishes. He brought me inside the wooden house and locked me there. I cried and regret for my behaviour before. I never tell anyone about all this and now no one can find me all over here. I destroyed my life to the maximum worst. I cried, cried and cried badly while I heard the footsteps of a person. Its might be the driver, I get scared.

Ohm! That’s the little man who gave me the red ball. He laughed at me. I begged him to save me from here. “Are you happy and satisfied with our new life? with your beauty, money and fame, Are you happy?” he asks. I felt sorry for being greedy and unhappy with my life. “Please bring me back from here” I answered with tears flow in my face. The next moment, I was at home and the clock showing 7.15 pm. What had happen? I dreamed as usual? In a sudden turn, I saw a red ball on top of my bed and understand the whole story.

I keep the ball in my cupboard as a symbol of regret in my life. Instead, I had started to love myself as I am with hope all will be fine one day. –END-