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Odyssey into 2012

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She stands up and holds on to the gate as she stands. She grips the cold metal and looks ahead. She looks at the calendar that was in her pocket. She puts it back in her pocket and looks at the other one. Suddenly she notices the necklace around her neck, which has a metal ring that holds a tiny scroll. She takes it, and unfurls the scroll. "Elizabeth" it says. A million questions pop into her mind, adding to the many ones already in her head. It's obviously her name. If her name was written there, it was either adding to the design, or could it be that she had planned for her to lose her memory? She looks ahead of herself again, putting the scroll back on her necklace. Then suddenly a door appears. She approaches it, examining it.

It's a simple door painted blue, with a golden handle. When she grabs the handle, she feels it vibrating. Words suddenly appear near the top of the door. "Think of a destination and go" it says. Not knowing where else to go, Elizabeth thinks of Tokyo. She opens the door, and then a bright white light blasts into the small place. White seems to be very popular here, with the white floor and sky.

Elizabeth looks behind herself, and goes into an unknown place, maybe Tokyo. When she steps into the door, she is immediately whisked into the air, as if the door was more of an elevator. The door closes behind her, and she finds herself in the most peculiar place ever. Tall buildings of every color loom over her, with grass that seems to be made of glitter. The people walking look normal enough, but they seem to be nervous, as if the cheery grass and the plants that look like they're made of paper will come alive and attack them.

"Excuse me," Elizabeth says to one person, tapping lightly on her arm. The woman turns around. She has short brown hair tied into a bun, with blue eyes, but nervousness and fear etched onto her face. The woman shakes her head quickly and leaves. Elizabeth tries to talk to other people, but all of them are too scared to reply. Finally, after what felt like asking a hundred people, a little girl's voice says behind her,

"Do you need help?" the little girl asks. Elizabeth turns around and smiles in relief.
"Yes, I need to know where I am, and quite a few other things." Elizabeth says. The little girl grins and grabs her arm.
"C'mon, I can bring you to someone who knows." She says as she pulls Elizabeth along.
"I'm Lora, by the way." The little girl says. Lora pulls her through many busy streets, and the buildings become shorter, the people less sad, and the plants more numerous.

Finally, she stops in front of a small cottage. It looks like one of those houses Elizabeth drew as a kid, grey brick walls, a red triangular roof, and smoke coming out a little chimney.

Lora knockson the door four times. Elizabeth knew what coming, a little sweet old woman there, who will tell her everything. But instead, a boy about her age opens the door. He smiles warmly, apparently Lora had brought a friend home before.

"Come in," he says.
My entry for Odyssey Into 2012 chapter 1
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