Enchanted Love

Suffering

Tony POV

When I was a kid, my grandma used to tell me stories about gods, fairies, and curses. That time, because I was still young and innocent, I always loved that story.

My grandma said that in this world there are guardians who watch our every move. She said that once your guardian gets angry because of your attitude or the sins you've committed get heavier, she/he will curse you to a different degree. She also told me that there are different guardians with awesome powers.

There are gods that can create different weather based on their emotions. Some are fairies that guard their respective nature and guardians that are guarding us, humans, in our everyday living.

I was so amazed back then, but as I grew up my belief in that story lessened until one day when I was in my senior year in high school, my grandma visited me and tried to tell me that story again. She was so shocked because I suddenly laughed in the middle of the story.

"Grandma, that was just a kid's tale. I'm all grown up now." I said, chuckling.

"Don't you dare laugh young man, this is not just a tale? Everything has a reason and that's God's plan," she says in all seriousness.

"Okay..okay grandma, calm down. Let's go downstairs. Mom is already calling us for dinner." I said and helped her get up on my bed and down the stairs.

I did not take my grandma's story by heart and did all the heartless things a teenager could do.

I break hearts, I make fun of the poor and even bully them. I even smoke and drink. I've been so stupid and a jerk to everyone, so this is now my punishment to suffer.

I feel so hopeless.

After the paramedics picked up my body, I went to the hospital to see my family. Surprisingly, I can go to places just thinking about it, but as expected, my family can't see or hear me even if I shout my heart out.

I felt so broken that day that I didn't know what to do anymore. I can see how much my Mom cried as she held my hand in the hospital, how my Dad and brother's faces were covered in sorrow and concern. I also saw my friends rush to the hospital with concern written all over their faces. How miserable that is, huh?

I couldn't even do anything but just stand there. After moments of watching them, I finally walked out of the hospital..more like walking through the walls. I saw other souls like me wandering around and, because of my situation, I didn't bother to notice them or even feel scared or shocked.

I wandered around the city just walking with my head down. Everything is so surreal. How could I end up like this? How can I undo what that fairy just said to me? I stop in my tracks and feel so numb, I stare as people just pass by and don't even know that I'm standing in the middle. Others would say that they're cold as they pass through me but wth, at least they're alive and still kicking.

I close my eyes for a second and think of sitting on a bench in a park and then when I open my eyes I'm already where I wanted to be. This park is where I grew up, where I used to play when I was little.

I cup my face but suddenly was shocked when I felt my hand get wet.

"Haha! Never thought that I could cry again after a very long time", I said bitterly.

I bowed my head and curled my fist that was resting on the bench and, before I could even think of the emotions that were swirling around me, suddenly burst.

"You!! You who curse me!!! Show up!!" I shouted angrily, then I stood up and kicked the grass, though it's f*****g useless because it just went through my foot.

"What the hell did I do wrong to deserve this!! What did I do to you? Who the hell are you!!!" I shouted more. I'm so frustrated and I don't even know what to do.

After that shouting and kicking and trying to punch the tree beside the bench, I fell down on my knees sobbing in pain, frustration, and the feeling worn out from all that happened.

"Why?" I whispered with my head down.

But after seconds of kneeling down, I suddenly looked up when a flash of light appeared in front of me.

I creased my forehead as I adjusted my eyes to the blinding white light, then the light was slowly fading until a beautiful woman appeared in front of me. She looks like she is in her mid 30's, she wears a long white satin dress that flows on the ground.

"Tony.." she says, walking near me. I immediately stood up and looked at her in confusion. Is she the guardian who did this to me?

"You! How dare you do this to me! Who the hell are you!" I said angrily while pointing my finger at her.

"Now. Now, Tony, everything is reasonable and I wouldn't say this to you if there wasn't," she says in a calm voice.

"No. No. Please! Just bring me back to my body! I need to get back now! My family is so worried about me. I'll do anything just to bring me back to my body!" I suddenly said, feeling so hopeless.

She shook her head no and stared at me. Her stares are so blank that even the greatest mind reader can't read her.

"I'm sorry Tony, what's done is done. The only thing you can do now is to learn and wait", she says.

"What!? Are you kidding me!? What are you saying? You're the one who put me here so you can undo this!" I said in frustration.

"Learn from all of your mistakes, a special girl who is destined to meet you will be the one to save you from this loneliness," she says, and before I could even say something she suddenly glowed in a bright white light that made me close my eyes for a second and when I opened my eyes she's already gone.

And all I could feel was numbness and the sorrow of being alone. All I could do was just watch. Watch my family's sadness and keep this hurtful regret of what I did in my past.

All I need to do now is wait..while learning how to live in this weird new way of living.