"Reach an Ending? What does that mean?" I talked to myself. What does the note mean by reaching an ending? And how am I supposed to reach it? If I'm not wrong… An ending is…
Wait…
What is ending by the way? The part of my brain refused to comprehend the word 'Ending'. But I can swear, I've heard of that word before. Unfortunately, no matter how much I thought about it, the consequences only led to extreme headaches, which is a feeling I don't like and never would get used to.
Some part of me thought this black book was useless and ought to throw it away. This book holds no information, only blank pages. But again, I've decided to double-check if it's truly only filled with blank pages. From the very front pages to the back, I checked each page carefully in case I was missing any information.
I was wrong, there weren't any words inside the book. But part of my mind thought, how would my eyes have been missing this book if it lies in the middle of the street from the beginning? And again, I sighed since the book is worthless to begin with. Thus I fell hopeless and despair again.
How would I fight against my fate of having a painful and horrible death? I glanced over the many eyes that were gazing at me through the window. The yellow sclera and a sharp pupil, each pair of eyes lower my morale to even think of fighting against them. But since I've yet to be attacked in this middle of the day, right in the middle of the street, I could've figured that those 'things' might not attacking me.
But again, I don't want to make a closure towards that fact since I only encountered one of them. My heart still beating fast as my mind thought those things could ambush me any second. If I had to, I could've learned their characteristic, their bone structure, and their weakness if push comes to the stove. I then looked at the end of the road, on my left and my right.
"The left path from where I woke up, that path leads to the mountain of corpses, and that Granny… There's another path except the mountain of corpses, but again, nowhere in the city is safe. Even in this place where I'm standing right now would soon covered by the danger, especially from that shadow that recently killed me.
I slapped myself, doubting if I was still in a nightmare. But it couldn't be, the sensation felt too real and painful. I then realized that I've yet to come out from this nightmare. And then, again… Filled with feelings of despair, I went to sit and lean back on the fire hydrant.
(As far as I know, the place where I'm standing is the only safe place. That's until night shows itself. Until then, I have the luxury to think of what to do…)
As I was thinking, I then realized that I was still holding this mysteriously useless black book. Thinking of throwing it away, I felt it was a waste.
(*Sighed* At least it's better than nothing… I could've at least made a note on it, Hm?)
I opened the book once again, and soon saw the new words that appeared below the word 'Reach an Ending'.
Name:
Age: 10 Years old
Gender: Male
Death: 5
Those words mysteriously appeared on the back of the cover. It appeared to be the brief introduction, until my eyes were locked on the word 'Death'. It was no doubt, the word Death might be referring to me. But, 5 Deaths? Did I die that many already? I felt like something wasn't met up, so I started thinking…
The Granny, that 'thing' inside the house, whatever is decapitating my head, and the shadow who eats me alive. That's only 4 Deaths. Then, how and where did I get the last Death again?
As I was trying to remember, the sound of scribble suddenly caught my attention. My eyes have not lied to me once as far as I remember the moment I stepped my foot into this cursed land. And my very eyes have caught the words that have appeared by itself, scribbling the word on the black paper.
What did it scribble? And how is it possible to do it without a pen or pencil? It's as if, the book is alive and tried to show me something. After a good few seconds, the scribble stopped, showing the elegant word that I myself never see.
Count a numbers
That's what the words show… 'Count the numbers, huh…' And then, following the book, I started counting from 1.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-" I stopped the moment I was about to say the number 10. And then something comes to my mind… I suddenly felt a deep connection with the number 10. Why? Does that number mean any special to me? 10… 10… 10…
"Ten…"
The moment I said the word, I suddenly noticed the pen stuck on the book's cover. Feeling like it was meant to be there when it's convenient. Through the unknown force that my mind has yet to realize, I picked up the pen and wrote the word 'Ten'.
Name: Ten
Age: 10 Years old
Gender: Male
Death: 5
Seeing it made me stand up, and then again, the scribbling sound started to reveal yet another beautiful word.
To escape from this world, you need to reach an Ending. Check the covers in the back for more information.
(W-What?! There's a way to escape from this damned place?!)
And then, without a second thought, I went to check the back covers of the book. It's there… Another word and sentence that I haven't seen the first time I checked it. And then my eyes were caught in by the word 'Rules'.
Rules:
'First, to get an Ending, you must have to start with the Prologue; the Prologue is the key for you to start your 'Route'.'
'The moment you've entered the Route, you must pass all the challenges that could lead you toward the hardest wall in the end.'
'The moment you've gone through everything, is the moment you had a right to reach an Ending.'
'You must get 100 Endings to escape from this world. Do not worry if you've happened to fail upon your death. But you're one lucky boy who could loop the time anytime you wanted to. And I'd expect I don't have to tell you the condition for it, right?'
'I've wished you luck, and may you have the most fulfilling journey ever.'
The words stopped there. I on the other hand, just paused as if I had a stroke…
"NOOOOOO!!!!" I fell on my knees as I shouted as hard as I could.
"COME BACK TO ME!!! I KNOW YOU'RE THERE!!! YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT DON'T LEAVE ME TO DIE OVER AND OVER IN THIS FUCKED UP WORLD!!!"
I cried as I was shouting, I still need an answer. The answer as to why am I the only one who happened to be stepping inside this Land of Hell?!
I once again glance at the 'thing' that keeps gazing towards me from the window. Even my body shivered, I bit my lip alongside the raging feeling burned inside my body. I have yet to realize my goal of reaching an Ending. Like, how do I do it? Prologue? What even is that? With the raging feelings inside my body, I stare at the multiple pairs of eyes…
"I swear… I'll get out from this damn HELL!!!"
…
It has been a while, I've learned a lot by now. I was sitting on the fire hydrant as I opened my book. Using the pen that appeared along with the book, I made a diary of it…
"Day 109… or should I say again… My yet the first day in this fucked up world…"
Death: 109