I believe it was mid-afternoon when mother and I decided to have a picnic lunch near the forest. The sun smiled at us with its golden radiance, and the scarlet poppies greeted us as me and mother set our picnic on the flower bed.
“Simply lovely today, isn’t it Charles?” mother asked as the two of us rolled out the checkered picnic blanket and finally gave our feet some rest.
“Yeah.” I replied in a tranquil yet blue voice.
“Oh! Here!” mother exclaimed, as she handed me a whopper of a chicken salad sandwich and poured me some sparkling, zesty pink lemonade.
“Thanks.” I replied back, with sorrow …show more content…
“Anyone who enters this place becomes a spirit. This place is basically a gateway between the world of the living and the world of the dead.. Here, all spirits of creatures like you and me are trapped in a purgatory of sorts. You could say it’s a graveyard for those who have yet to move on to the next life. Also, as for the shadow… he is the creature who watches over this forest. He collects the souls of those in this forest, whether they be dead or alive, and delivers them to the world of the dead. Thus, we call this place the forest of souls.”
I stared at him dumbfounded, almost unable to believe what was coming out of his mouth.
“Forest of souls? Does this mean I’m dead!?” I replied, still confused by what the boy was trying to explain to me.
“...Well, it’s a rather long explanation, but...huh?! Oh no!” the boy suddenly cried out in despair. “He’s here! Hide!”
The shadow from earlier slowly approached the cave; it treaded closer and closer with every movement. Although the two of us had hidden ourselves well, the shadow seemed to have had a sixth sense and detected us hiding behind a stalagmite.There seemed to be no use in hiding after