What a Fantastic Book!

By Khushi Yadav

'What a fantastic book!" I just finished the book I borrowed from the library this morning. I was reading it on my room's windowsill when I noticed it was about to rain outside. As the raindrops began to fall, I felt a rush of happiness flow through me. My eyes sparkled when I saw a magnificent rainbow emerge from the clouds. I was appreciating the lovely environment of blooming flowers with a brilliant and brightly coloured rainbow and a tiny creature resembling a fluff ball. “What?” 'Fluff Ball!' and 'Tiny Creature!' I gave myself a gentle smack to get back to reality. I was surprised to see a small and cute creature in front of me, clutching a fruit and willing to get it at any point. I was just looking at the creature, amazed at how cute he looked with the colors of the rainbow shining on him. I considered cradling that adorable ball in my arms before anyone could see or hurt him, but then I remembered it was raining and I couldn't go outside. My raincoat had been left with my brother, who had gone out. So there's no way I'm going to hold that fluffy ball till the rain stops. When the rain stopped, I dropped my book on the floor and dashed up to the fluffy ball, quickly putting it in my pocket before anyone could see, and ran inside.I went for a walk after that because the weather was beautiful after the rain, and I still had the ball in my pant’s pocket.

I was walking and all I could think about was that fluff ball. It was getting dark, and I considered heading home. When I got home, I noticed that everyone was waiting for me at the dinner table. I dashed to my room and let the adorable ball-like creature escape from my pocket. But what I actually discovered was a "Big Hole" in my pocket. Who did it? “How!“, “When?” I had no idea until I realised that the fluff ball might be a cute rat or even a Dwarf Lamba that had bitten on the pocket of my pants. Or wait! Could it be a dragon? I then gave it some serious thought, was that fluffy ball truly a dragon? If so, how did he create such a big hole, if at all? Then I reasoned that it might be because that fluffy creature, the tiny dragon, might breathe fire. The dwarf-sized dragon was also gone, I realised at that point. I looked all over for him, but I could also hear my mother shouting loudly downstairs as she served dinner. I quickly ate my dinner before rushing to my bedroom to search for the dragon. He was still missing, though. I checked behind the curtains, in my wardrobe, and beneath my bed. The dragon, however, was not to be discovered. He might have slipped through that hole and out of my pocket.

Then suddenly from behind my curtains, I heard a tremendous bang. I was terrified. My breath was caught. A massive shadow was growing and moving behind my curtains. I lacked the confidence to take any action. I gathered my courage and took a careful, silent step forward. "Just one more step, that's all. "You've got it." I sighed and pulled back the curtains. I was scared. I was utterly shocked and couldn't speak a single word. That tiny fluff ball, that small charming ball, grew into such a massive dragon. Is this even possible? I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I rubbed my eyes, but it was the truth.

I was utterly scared to see what was in front of me, and my eyes made that fear very plain. The dragon seemed to sense my fear of him, and yet just looking at him made me feel better. His brilliant, sapphire-colored eyes move as quickly and sharply as the stars. With our shared eye contact, I began to feel more secure. As I was taking a step backward and absorbing everything that had just occurred, something suddenly appeared beneath my foot.

I realised it was the book I was then reading and. "AAH!" and "Woaah!" I yelled in vain because I thought the dragon and I were both becoming lost in the book. We were in some kind of tunnel. It was definitely full of some blinding lights, but I really couldn't make out what it was.

I expected to land on something hard, but that was not the case here. Instead of landing on anything hard, I landed on something soft, possibly a great pile of feathers. If it was expressly prepared for me, I'd be there. Like the other individual who had prepared, he/she was aware of my unintentional visit to that location and had previously made plans.

I opened my eyes, and then immediately closed them again. I was stunned once more, unable to believe what was happening to me today. First, the dragon's transition from miniature to a humongous one. Then there's this. What exactly was the situation? What did she notice? I just opened my eyes again, and I can't believe it's you! Panache!!! Panache and I were both in tears, and I hugged him so tightly that he couldn't breathe. I never imagined I'd run into you again. I was lost in my thoughts till I heard a honey-like voice call my name. It was the dragon, who had just transformed into an angel as lovely as a moonlit night. I just stared at her in awe and listened to every word she said with great interest. The angel identified herself as my guardian angel ‘Aliana’ and stated how she was concerned about me due to Panache, my pet bird's tragic death. A adorable fluff-ball bird discovered in Japan. These adorable fluff birds are known as 'Shima Enaga' in Japanese.

I didn't know how to express my heartfelt gratitude and endless delight to Aliana. She offered me an indescribable gift that I will never be able to explain in words. I was absolutely perplexed as to how we ended up in this hereafter realm, but Aliana assured me that I would comprehend everything as time passed. She said farewell, but I didn't want to leave her because it felt good to be with her. But she insisted on saying farewell to me because it was important to her. Then she approached me and carefully whispered in my ear, "You know what to open my beloved......," and then she vanished into thin air.

And as soon as she was gone, I found myself on the floor, the book still in front of me in the same position as before. I smiled, got the book from there, placed it in my bookcase, and then fell asleep sweetly while dreaming of my dear Panache and Aliana.

By Khushi Yadav