Chapter 2 -- "Cloud World"

Sam was too shocked to even close his mouth. "Where am I?" thought Sam.

"This looks like another world. Am I standing on clouds?!" Sam looked under his feet and exclaimed. He was indeed standing on clouds. The clouds were solid though.

"Why are there so many dwarfs here? What is this place? Am I dreaming?" thought Sam. Sam pinched his arm to see if he was dreaming. "Ouch! So I'm not dreaming?"

"You aren't dreaming. And stop calling us 'dwarfs', Sam. We are the angels. Can't you see that we have wings? For your information, this is the 'Cloud World'." The dwarf next to Sam suddenly spoke, Sam nearly had a heart attack.

Sam still could not make himself to either close his mouth and talk or nod. The angel didn't seem to expect him answering though because she continued talking. "Besides your world, there are many other worlds in this universe. The so-called aliens you humans claimed to see were just another type of living things in other worlds. The 'Cloud World' is a world on top of the clouds. Many of the things here are made of clouds."

"Whoa.... Wait for a second. How did you know that I'm Sam? Plus, can you read mind?! How did you know I called you 'dwarf' in my mind? This is creeping me out." Sam finally got his voice back.

"We angels have super powers. We can read minds. When we see someone, their name will just pop in our mind." The angel smiled and explained to him.

"Okay... So you're an angel. And you have super powers. I'm in 'Cloud World'. Do you expect me to believe in you? This must be a dream. I want to wake up! This dream is creeping me out! I want to leave!" Sam was feeling the chill creeping in him. "This is a dream. This is a dream. This is a dream!" Sam kept repeating that in his mind.

"Take it easy, Sam. This may be hard for you to accept for now. But let me show you around. That will make you believe what I just told you. You are not dreaming, okay?" The angel said.

"I'm dreaming. Stop it, will you?! This is really creeping me out. I must be dreaming. Yes, this is a dream. Yeah, just a dream." Sam was acting like a crazy boy losing his marbles.

"For God's sake! You're not dreaming Sam! Just follow me." The angel was getting angry.

Too scared to deny, Sam nodded. "First, please let me shrink you." Before Sam could answer, the angel took out a shiny stick, which Sam recognized as a wand like Harry Potter's, and waved it at Sam. At the speed of light, Sam began shrinking. When he was as small as the angel, he stopped shrinking.

The angel told him to follow her. Without waiting for his reply, she walked down the road, which was the clouds, and pointed at the buildings on both sides.

Sam quickly quicken his pace and was behind her when she said "This is the Bank of Angels.". She was pointing at a building on her left hand side. It was very tall and was white in colour, just as she said just now. Everything was white.

She continued explaining what those buildings were while Sam was looking at them in awe. Sam hadn't seen anything that white. Even the doors of the buildings were white. There weren't any windows on them.

"So I'm not dreaming. I'm in 'Cloud World'. And this place is amazing!" thought Sam. He was enjoying this trip now.

Chapter 1 -- The Shiny Little Thing

"Hey, mom! I'm going out to the waterfall. Bye." While tying his shoelace, Sam told his mom.

"Well, okay. But remember not to follow any strangers." His mom reminded him for at least the thousandth time.

"Okay mom. Why do you need to repeat that every time?! I won't, okay? I'm going." Sam was feeling a bit frustrated.

"Just do as I said. And, you must come back before dinner time." Mom told him.

Sam didn't bother to answer that. Mom always said the same thing every time he's going out. He could literally repeat it. "This is what you get for being the only child in a family." thought Sam.

Sam reached the forest in five minutes. The forest wasn't very big. The trees there were tall and the type was the same. You would get lost if you didn't know this place well enough. But Sam wasn't afraid of the forest; he had come here almost everyday since he was five years old. His dad used to bring him to the waterfall in the forest. Sam could easily close his eyes and walked to the waterfall without getting lost. The forest was like his second home.

It was a lovely day, the birds were singing and Sam's mood was lifting with every steps. After a two minutes walk, Sam had reached the waterfall.

The waterfall was very beautiful. Many tourists love to come here and take some pictures. Sometimes there were photographers from other countries.

The waterfall was like a place in heaven. During summer, the water had sparkling above it. During autumn, the leaves were floating on the water. During winter, the water was frozen. During spring, the flowers beside the waterfall were blooming. No matter what season it was, the waterfall was always a paradise.

It had been raining during the midnight. The earth was damp. Sam circled the waterfall and finally found a spot that was dry. He sat down and took off his shoes and socks. While kicking the water, he looked around the waterfall.

The sky was clear. There were a flock of birds flying freely. To set off this lovely day, there was a rainbow in the sky. The rainbow was very bright. Sam quickly got his phone out of his pocket and was going to take a picture of it when he saw a shiny little thing on the screen of his phone.

He looked away from his phone and squinted on the rainbow, hoping to see what it was. The shiny thing was sliding down the rainbow. "It must be the reflection of the Sun. My eyes were playing tricks." thought Sam.

The shiny little thing came to halt at the bottom of the rainbow. As Sam was rubbing his eyes, trying to block away that thing, it was coming towards him. In a matter of seconds, it had stopped directly in front of him.

Sam looked down realized that the thing was just until his knee. He squatted down to have a closer look of it. The "thing" was a girl. Sam thought she was a dwarf due to her height. She had a pair of wings at her back. The wings were translucent and shiny. She had long and curly blonde hair. Her face was beautiful. Her eyes were big and brown. She had long eyelashes. Her mouth was small and shiny. "She must have applied some lip gloss on it." thought Sam.

The dwarf motioned for Sam to follow her. Too shocked to either speak or move, Sam just stood there like being casted a spell. The dwarf had to pull his hand to bring him back from trance. She motioned for him to follow her again, but he still stayed there, unable to move his muscles.

After a minute so, Sam finally managed to walk. The dwarf was walking towards the bottom of the rainbow. Sam quickly followed her. At the bottom of the rainbow, Sam realized that the rainbow had steps on it. The dwarf was climbing the steps. Sam also started climbing the steps.

Luckily, Sam wasn't afraid of heights. If it was his mother climbing the steps, surely she would pass out. The view was amazing from the rainbow. Sam could see the whole forest from there. He could even see his house.

After climbing for a while, Sam realized his surrounding was all white. He was very scared. He could not even see the steps. Suddenly, there was a voice besides his ear saying "Just continue to climb. Don't think too much. Just keep climbing." The voice gave Sam the courage to climb.

Finally, Sam saw a light ahead. After a few steps, he broke free from the "white world". Sam looked around and was shell-shocked. "Whoa... Where is this place?" thought Sam.

Review

On a summer afternoon, when the blazing Sun was shining down towards the earth, Sam, a twelve-year-old was playing by the waterfall in a forest near his house. To set off this lovely afternoon, the sky was clear and there was a rainbow. Suddenly, Sam saw a shiny little thing sliding down the rainbow. Sam thought it was just a reflection from the Sun. The shiny thing slided down and was coming towards Sam. In a matter of seconds, the shiny thing was directly in front of Sam. It motioned for Sam to followed it.

What was that shiny little thing? Where was it leading Sam to? What would happen if Sam followed it? Would Sam get into danger?

Please be patient and wait for chapter 1...

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