I’ve Decided To Share With You Guys My Short Story For English Assignment. I Got An A- On It So I Hope

I’ve decided to share with you guys my short story for English assignment. I got an A- on it so I hope you all like it 😁

A Universe Apart

James wandering around felt useless, his brain spun with various thoughts. Throughout the last few hours, he had found himself in many places that can’t even exist on earth. He had been walking endlessly and painfully through a dark and creepy forest for a while now. A cloud of fog surrounded him, corrupting his vision making him barley able to see. His body limply wandered around the forest; he was certain he had been past these trees before. He could barely think straight, his mind racing with every possible reason on how he ended up here. James knew that at any second, he was gonna be chased by some monster. While he wandered, his obstructed vision stayed peeled for any signs of human life, any sign of Regulus. Because one second, Regulus was there and the next he wasn’t, James practically broke down completely when he disappeared. He couldn’t function without Regulus. He snapped out of his train of thought and stood in place, he groaned loudly and spun around trying to find something different, but every single path led to the same place. James rubbed his eyes, keeping his hands there for a few moments, hoping that when he opens them, he’s back in his apartment. Where Regulus is standing in front of him, yelling at him. James would much rather go back to Regulus yelling at him then losing him. When he finally opened his eyes, he was disappointed to still be face to face with trees.

‘This doesn’t make sense’ He thought. One second, he was having an argument with Regulus and the next Regulus was gone, and moments later James was gone too. He felt his body fume, transporting to different places at random points of time, it doesn’t make any sense.

“Jesus Christ,” he mumbled. He slipped his glasses off for a second, taking this moment to rub his eyes again and sigh, once he placed them back on, he spotted something unfamiliar in the distance. A tall figure, he could barely make it out, but he was certain it wasn’t a tree. James looked around for any other signs of life, when he looked back the figure had ventured forwards. It was almost half the height the trees were, and it practically towered over James even though it was still so far away.

“What on earth?” he whispered, the figure stayed still, continuing to stare at him. James eyes wandered for a second to check his surroundings, when his eyes went back; the figure was closer. He could see it clearer now, tall, skinny and pale, its body veiny and slimy with a large smile plastered over its face. James body straightened and grew tense, he realised quickly that as soon as he looked away it was going to move closer.

James chuckled to himself, he did say there would be a monster. He decided looking away was the best choice. Whatever it was, it was either going to have to kill him or help him. When he looked back the figure was standing right in front of him, if James moved even an inch he would be touching it. James was at eye level with the monster’s knees, slowly James looked up, its face was look down at him smiling. James carefully stepped backwards, keeping an eye on the monster at the same time. He rolled his eyes; his breathing grew heavy and his eyes furrowed.

“I said,” He huffed “I’m not DEALING WITH THIS!” James’s outburst seemed to send him to a rocky, snowy mountain range. A chill ran down his spine immediately as he rubbed his hands together then crossing his arms to try to bring some form of heat to himself.

“Oh my god!” James chuckled; he couldn’t believe it. A burst of hysterical laughter fell out of his mouth, he really couldn’t believe it. James looked around, Jagged mountains on the brink of falling surrounded him. As he turned around trying to find something other than mountain, he spotted something in the distance. Something out of place, something that wasn’t rocks and snow, it wasn’t too far so it made it easy to identify. A person. James felt a wave of hope wash over him; he started running. Running towards whoever it was, James prayed that he wasn’t going to be sent somewhere else or fall into a crack in the mountain. Although the person wasn’t that far away, he felt as if he was running forever. As James approached the body, he noticed immediately that they were… dead. James sighed, he was still alone, without Regulus, but now he knew that other people have been stuck there too. James examined the body; they were already half decomposed, and the stench was indescribable. James almost walked away until his eyes landed on a shiny object, a large emerald ring. James felt his stomach drop. He slipped off the ring and looked back at the body.

“Regulus…” His voice barley above a whisper, James continued staring at the body. His partner was dead. James blinked and found himself somewhere else. He looked down at the ring that was in his hands. The ring that he picked out without a second thought, the ring that caused their fight. Regulus was wearing the ring, he said yes. James let out a painful sob, he slipped the ring into his pocket. James looked around him, the place was a long empty field, the grass dying, the sky completely grey. In the distance large building, bikes, trees and other various objects were sinking into the ground. James started walking. His mind racing with the last memory he had with Regulus.

“James,” Regulus sighed “why should I say yes?”

“Because I love you,” James pleaded, his voice cracking “and I can’t imagine being with anyone else.” He was practically on his knees, his eyes blurry and watery.

“There are so many other factors to think about!” Regulus retorted, his own voice breaking.

“Forget the factors! Why can’t you just love me?” James finally snapped; Regulus flinched at the sound. A wave of guilt washed over James; he started to mutter apologies.

James kept walking; he walked until his body physically couldn’t anymore. He collapsed onto the floor, his legs screaming in discomfort. The pain of losing the only person who ever truly loved him, all hitting him at once. James curled into a ball and sobbed, clawing at the grass, screaming and crying, a knot forming in his stomach. Slowly the ground sunk, like the buildings and bikes, James was becoming submerged by the ground. He didn’t try to get out. He knew he was lost without Regulus. The pressure began to snap James bones, the sound of crunching filling his ears, he screamed in agony. All James could do was remember regulus, his favourite memories.

“Did you know that when the body dies the brain stays active for another 7 minutes?” James said, bouncing towards Regulus.

“That’s not actually true, there’s no scientific evidence.” Regulus chuckled, letting James’s arms wrap around his waist and bring them together.

“Well even if it isn’t true,” James smiled “I’d still be thinking about you before I died.”