Clouds swallow the sky with quickness as a once majestic blue turns ominous with tints of orange and brown. Not the typical summer day weather. Ziggy and Iggy do not take notice, but Lydia speaks up.
Lydia," Hey, did you guys see that?"
The twins shrug and carry on down the path.
Lydia not accepting of their answer says," No,... You guys, the sky just changed."
Iggy says," Common. Stop wasting our time" He turns to Ziggy," I told you we shouldn't have brought her."
Lydia," Did you hear that?"
A sound begins to resonate from the forest. The trees. The ground. It feels as if everything is emitting a low frequency decibel. The sound gets slowly louder and deeper. The children gather together in fear. Lydia squeezes Ziggy the twins hands. They pull her between them as the look around to see where the noise is coming form, but it is coming from all around them.
The sky turns a fiery red and clouds begin to swarm the sky swallowing all traces of the sky. The sun becomes eclipsed and everything grows darker and darker. The silence is only broken by the children's knees knocking together. The wind begins to pick up. Leaves start falling from the trees. As they get closer to the ground they begin turning to brown in a rapid acceleration of decay. By the time they hit the ground they are nothing more than tiny particles of matter that vaporize into nothingness.
Within Minutes the sky is almost at pitch black. The children can only see each other. and the outline of the sun.
Lydia whispering," What's happening? I'm scared."
Ziggy," Me too."
Iggy," Me three."
Iggy quietly," Maybe it's the end of the world?"
Ziggy," Shut up." As he nudges Iggy.
Lydia," yeah, shut up!"
Ziggy," Stop joking around."
Iggy," I'm not."
The wind picks up, but now it is blowing from the ground up.Lydia's hair is blowing straight up along with the twins. Now there are no leaves left on all of the trees around them. The everything is black. Then the sky splits open with a blistering light. A brilliant flash blinds them and pushes them to the ground...
The sky has returned to normal. Ziggy and Iggy lay on the ground shaking their heads wondering how long they have been unconscious. They have no idea if they have been out for minutes or hours. They do notice one thing instantly as they get their bearings back. Lydia is gone...
A boy stands in his Sunday best. A grey suit coat, black tie, hair neatly parted down the middle, black dress shoes, with grey matching dress shorts, and white socks pulled up to a little below his knees. He stands pale and skinny. His the grey of his suit and in his right hand he pulls out a platinum stop watch attached to a chain from his inside vest. He checks the time and taps his foot impatiently. This is the first thing Lydia sees as she awakes.
Once opening her eyes and brushing off herself off the boy puts away the watch and approaches her cautiously. She doesn't say anything still confused by what has happened. The boy walks around her observing her as if to be an alien species of some sort.
She looks around and she doesn't appear to be in the forest anymore. They are on a large boulder of black rock, maybe onyx. The size is something magnificent though. She figures them to be by the beach although she has never been aloud to go to the beach because it was to far and they had to go all the way through the forest which was far to dangerous for her. She had heard her brother's tell stories and her father too. So she gathers she is there. She sees no sand. Hears no ocean waves. Although birds fly over head. All she sees is this slick black, marbleized stone.
Now minutes have passed and neither the boy nor Lydia have said a word to one another. The boy just continually walks circles around her slowly perplexed by the whole situation and rubbing his chin with his hand to ponder the scenario. Finally, Lydia can bare the silence any longer.
Lydia,"Well..."
The boy stops and looks at her intrigued.
Lydia," Enough already!? Are you gonna say something or just stare at me all day like some sort of weirdo!"
The boy," Oh, excuse me...Where are my manners? Hi."
Lydia," That's it. Hi! I just got sucked out of a forest. The sky was black. Then there was light. Now I am here. Where am I? Who are you? Where are my brothers?"
The boy," Hm mm.... Who am I? Where are you? And Your brothers?"
Lydia," Yes?! Come on!?"
The boy," A boy. On the ground. And I don't know?"
Lydia," What?"
The boy," Well, you asked who I am right?"
Lydia still on the ground says," Right!"
The boy," Well, I am a boy."
Lydia," Huh? I know that. Do you have a name? I am Lydia."
The boy," Actually, I don't. I have never met anyone else before. So I have never needed a name. So that answers that right?"
Lydia," No?! That doesn't answer anything. How did you get here? What do you eat? What...Awwwrgh!" She grabs her head and puts it between her knees on the ground completely frustrated.
The boy looking confused," Would you still like me to explain the other questions you asked or move on to the new one's?"
Not even lifting her head to acknowledge him she replies pathetically," Whatever?"
The boy," Your brothers I have no idea about since you are the first person I have met besides myself. Since I have actually never met myself, except that one time, I guess your my first real life person I have seen. And as for where you are? I am guessing in the middle of the ocean. On a gigantic rock. Just go a walk for about an hour or so that way and you will come to the edge and see we are up very high."
Lydia," Why do you talk so weird? And how did I get here if there is no way to get here?"
The boy," I don't know. You said something about the sky, and a storm. Maybe that had something to do with it. All I know is I was just walking around and wondered into you laying there. Which is really quite strange because I have walked this rock for hundreds of years and have seen no one."
Lydia," Hundreds of years? But your a boy?"
The boy," No, I think I just am. See all these markings covering the surface of this rock?"
Lydia," Yes?"
The boy," Each of these marks represent a day." As he points to little hash marks covering the surface that go on forever," See those bigger marks? Those represent years. So like I said I have been here for sometime."
So Lydia and the boy begin to talk. He tells her of his time on the rock. How he never ages. Never eats. Never goes to the bathroom. Never has to take a shower. Never gets dirty. He never has to do anything. He mainly spends his time drawing things from his imagination and dreams. Or he'll lay on his back and look up at the clouds. At night he tries to find shooting stars in the sky. This is what he's done for hundreds of years. He doesn't know when he got here or how. All he knows is he is here and has no desire to leave.
Then Lydia asks him about the watch. He shows it to her and explains that it is a very special watch because it never breaks and never needs wound. I t doesn't use batteries and he found on the rock one day.
Lydia says she wants to see the edge and look at the ocean because she has never seen it before. They begin to walk. The rock is smooth and surprisingly soft for rock. A few Seagulls fly over head. He explains that those same three seagulls have been following him ever since he got here. He named them Darwin, Plato, and Curly. No reason, just thought they sounded appropriate. After an hour or so of walking she begins to feel the fresh ocean water mist against her face. The boy corrects her and explains that most likely is a cloud forming she just walked through. Since they are up way to high for a wave to splash on them.
Finally, they reach the cliff's edge and the boy was right. There is no way to climb. The height alone makes Lydia crawl on her knees to the edge where she lays on her stomach and peeks over the edge. Eyes wide and mouth a gape she's speechless.
Over the edge, many a tens of feet below is the first edge below them. Along with fog and clouds and the tops of birds to scared to fly any higher. Then miles below them are the ocean waves crashing treacherously into the rock base. They are up so high that they do not even hear the sounds of the waves crashing. Lydia is awe struck. Blinkless. All she sees is the ocean clear blue water to the ends of the earth. She stares for what must be an hour. The boy simply waits behind her.
He has grown comfortable with standing near the edge and is beside her just looking down. He nudges her with his. Startled she looks up and he asks," Want to take a walk back?"
Lydia slowly scoots away from the edge still on her stomach until she is a safe enough distance to stand up and start walking back. As they are walking back she loses her composure and the severity of the situation occurs. She stop, puts her hands over her face, and begins to cry. The boy stops and looks at her worried.
She is sobbing and the boy touches her on the shoulder and say," there is something else..."
Lydia," What?" trying to hold back the tears sniffling.
The boy," A possible way for you to go back to your brothers'."
Lydia," Really?"
The boy," Yes, it is kind of difficult to explain.I have a Black Hole in my pocket."
Lydia,"What, I don't understand? That is just because it's dark. Or do you mean you have a hole in your pocket."
The boy," No! What I mean is...I...Have...A...BLACK...HOLE... In my pocket. Another galaxy. A portal in time. a possible other dimension. A way to get off this rock."
Lydia"Really?! Let me see it."
The boy explains that it is not that easy. If he takes it out she will be sucked into it and he doesn't know where she'll go. He's never taken it out of his pocket. He has only put things into the Black Hole. He has only used it as a place to store things that he finds on the rock. That way he can carry everything he finds on the rock with him at all times. Whenever he needs something he wants he just pulls it out of his pocket. She is astonished by this and wants to know more.
The boy explains that for bigger things he can take the Black Hole out of his pocket, but must keep it closed inside both of his hands and then hold it over the object and it will be sucked into the vortex. He said he has never felt anything colder in all his existence. She agrees to give it a try, but the boy is reluctant at first. She is very convincing so they both sit on the ground and he begins to squirm in his pocket with both hands.
Lydia cannot see what is cupped in both his hands, but glimmers of light peak through cracks in his hands. Then What looks like a microscopic star shoots between his fingers and bounces int Lydia's shirt and erupts into a micro flare of light and dust and then vanishes. He holds his hands between them both and asks if she is ready. She looks wide eyed and sits on her knees with her hands on her lap. Before he opens his hands she looks at him.
Lydia says," I got it! I'll call you Jimmy Pinky!"
The boy says," What?"
Lydia," Your name! Your Jimmy Pinky the boy with the Black Hole!"
He says,"Okay, I like that... Jimmy Pinky. Lydia? It is nice to make your acquaintance."
Lydia puts her hands on his," Jimmy Pinky, I am ready now."
He slowly opens his hands...And everything goes black...
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