The Elevator Dreams

by Vishnuvarthanan Moorthy

will be safe there. Just by chance, he looks back and he sees that Franco and Ishita are fallen. Juvian runs back and lifts Ishita, by that time few of those burning stones hit him in face and body. He also gives his hand to Franco and pulls him. They now reach the stars. Sonia asks Ishita, are you fine darling? I am really sorry I never noticed that you are fallen, I feel very bad for myself. Ishita told to Sonia, don’t worry it’s not expected, I know you mom. Juvian shows lightening insects, they just move here and there. Everyone sees them; they are around 0.5 m length. Ishita is asks Juvian, are these are thunder bolts? Juvian speaks, I don’t know; if so let me catch one with my water bottle. Franco tells, enough of fun we have to find the darkened one, let’s move ahead.

  Sonia speaks, no more need of torches, we will get enough light. What is it? Franco asks. She asks everyone to see on her right side. It’s the moon; it’s of size like big balloon. It is emitting huge light. The stars are moving towards that moon. How beautiful it is and how much it glows! Franco speaks with surprise. Ishita asks him, just now, you told my mother’s ear rings are beautiful and glowing and now you are talking about moon’s glow, why my mother’s ear rings are no longer glowing or what?! Juvian intervened; the darkened object is here in this place. Franco asks him, how can you be sure of that? Juvian explained, see the glowing ear ring is now dominated by the more glowing moon, may be that way any glowing object would have been dominated by this moon’s glow. That seems to be logical and everyone started searching nearer to the moon but they couldn’t find anything. The time is running they have another 10 minutes, before the world vanishes.

  Ishita asks will it be inside the moon, as we are searching only outside of it. Franco realizes that could be a possibility, they all entered in to the balloon sized moon and once they entered inside their gravity changes. They are jumping up and down and searching the darkened object everywhere in the moon. There is only 5 minutes left. Sonia told, I am going to search on the heap of those hills, she climbs up few steps and then she shouts, see here, there is a star here! Franco tells her, don’t touch it, it can become ash. Instead they started digging that heap slightly; now the star has started rolling. They can see from the moon, the other side where the stars where there, that portion has started vanishing. Few of the stars which are outside also started vanishing. Now, this star which they are trying to move has got stuck in a moon bit. What to do, how to move it, Juvian is asks. Let’s blow it, instead of touching it, that’s the solution Sonia gives. They all together blow the star from there. The star rolls out and now it moves out of the moon. All the stars now move up towards the sky. This star has become a comet and flew from there. The moon started moving up and back to its place. Now Juvian felt something in his leg, and it’s the key, the golden key for the Elevator. There is only 3 minutes left, most of the parts in that world are vanishing and they could see only narrow path might be available for them to travel back to elevator. They all started worrying, there comes the Lightening thunder bolts and they all just catches them and it started flying and within a minute, they all reached the elevator and now they can see beautiful moon and twinkling stars in the sky.

  They inserted the golden key in the elevator and it’s started moving. It’s going up and down again up and down; finally it stops at some level. Juvian is speaking, where is the instruction board, after my college days I never used to see any board so curiously! The instruction board got those lightened words “Listen with mercy to the lonely, to get the Keys before the world vanishes, and to continue your travel. Else stay here for life”. The door opened and they all walked out.

  Hey Franco, watch your head! Ishita shouts. They are colorful butterflies flying above their head and they are as big as a small plane. What is this, such a big butterfly flying in such low level, dangerous, Juvian tells. Sonia told, let’s move ahead Juvian, we have to find the lonely. They are moving ahead. Franco tells, why we don’t ask these butterflies that who is the lonely here, that’s easier than walking for long distance. Juvian, the way it goes, I am the lonely one here, please listen to me with mercy. Ishita speaks, what key you will give, your apartment key? Don’t make fun, you will not be my partner in my new business, Juvian tells Ishita. Meanwhile Franco asks a butterfly, could you tell us who is lonely here?! The butterfly replies, we are not talking today, we are in holiday, you go and ask someone else. Juvian speaks, you will only talk on working day, when is your working day? Butterfly speaks; we work on Saturdays and Sundays, otherwise its holiday. Juvian tells everyone, this is really good world, I will only stay here, let me vanish here!

  As they move further they see flying orchids and roses. They are pretty big with thicker pedals and leaves. They are around 5 meters high and so colorful. Wow, how beautiful they are, we don’t have anything like this in our world, Ishita says. Who told, I watch lot of cartoon channels they come in that, Juvian replies. Some of the moving flowers, just changes color and they vanishes. What’s happening here? Franco is in lot of surprise to understand. They are flowers which have reached their end, so they just change the color and immediately they vanish, the Owl speaks. There are number of owls in pink color sitting on the trees, and one of them is talking with Franco. Franco immediately asks, can you guide me to the lonely person here; we have to meet that person. The owl replies, you may need to go near the golden palace, for that you better jump in to any moving flower, they will take you. As advised by the owl, they climb in a tree and then jumps in to flowers, and the flowers move ahead. It’s a very dense forest and trees with orange and yellow leaves and has cherries; blueberry and so many fruit’s hanging in ground levels. Now they can see that palace. The flowers move further, now on both the sides golden fairies are flying along with them. The flowers stop nearer to the palace, but from there, they couldn’t see it clearly, since there is a huge tree in front of it and there is a big wooden house above the tree. The fairies give hands to each of them and help them to get down. They ask them to come to the wooden house. We are looking for a lonely person here, Franco tells them. You will get everything here, whatever you want, so come with us without any fear, the fairies took them to the wooden house. The house is full of gold, silver, diamond and ornaments.

  The fairies ask them, what they will eat. Juvian says; give me simple cheese pizza and burger. Here you get, the fairies gives him what he wanted. He can’t believe it; he asks, will you give me some potato fries. Here you get, the fairies gives him. Franco talks, you are courteous, you can offer us any food, we will be pleased to have, and before that can anyone tell us who is loneliest here? One of the golden fairies says, don’t worry about that, first have food here and take rest for few minutes, then we will tell you. So everyone had food there, and took 10 minutes rest. Franco asks the fairy; can you tell us who is the loneliest? The fairies say, you all can stay with us forever, we will serve you, and what will you do by going back to your place? We will take care of you forever, but you have to ensure, that you don’t open that golden box and you don’t go nearer to this palace. By this time, Ishita sees out of the window, and she can see a silver fairy which is sitting near the gate of the golden palace. Franco talks, that’s not possible and we are not interested in staying here, we have our own life, we need to get back, so please tell us. Fairies are trying to convince Franco. By this time Ishita goes out of the wooden house quietly and go to the silver fairy and asked her, what are you doing here alone? The silver fairy says, don’t come near me, I don’t like small children like you; I will take you to the witch who is inside this palace. Ishita asked her, will you take me to the witch?! The fairy replies, that’s how everyone says, and I am bad person, because I am supporting the witch still now. Ishita asks her, are you a bad person? The silver fairy says, I am not a bad person, neither the witch is a bad person, we are cursed. Ishita speaks, so you are not a bad person?! The silver fairy replies, no I am not, in fact I like children and I helped many, but we did some mistakes unknowingly, but no one is ready to listen to me. Ishita speaks, I am listening
and I like you, you are different from others. The silver fairy replies, I am really happy that someone is ready to listen to me, I also like you, you are a wonderful child. Ishita speaks, we came here to listen to the lonely and I believe you are the one. Silver fairy says, yes I am the one and today I am happy because of you. Silver fairy continues, take this key and move from here quietly and don’t listen to the golden fairies and as long as you have the key, they will not do you anything.

  The golden fairies see that Ishita is speaking to the silver fairy; they immediately went to Ishita and ask her to come back to the wooden home. By this time Franco and Sonia also comes there, they tell the fairies that they got the keys so they need to move back to their world. The golden fairies try to convince them, but they are not able to. By that time Juvian also joins and they move ahead and jump in to the flowers which go in to the opposite direction. Juvian seems to be very happy, so Ishita asks him why it is so. Juvian replies, I got the most beautiful