Disconnected by Joya Khalil
The sky was hazy. Smoke was everywhere. It was just your typical day in the town Dranin. The scent of death was lingering in the air. Screams and laughter were happening at a house, we will soon meet. Hannibal was running around the house laughing as his sister tried to chase him. All you can hear were hurried footsteps and huge commotions. “Come back here, you thief!” she kept repeating. As he ran to the window, Hannibal stepped onto the ledge and jumped out. Small fits of incoherent sounds were all that came from her mouth. The light breeze from outside gave her a light shiver. Snapping out of her thoughts, she jumped out of the window and landed on the balls of her feet to find her dear twin brother. Seeing him nearby because of his abnormally large sword, she dashed to him. Apologizing to people she bumped into, today the streets were more crowded than usual. A huge crowd of people was being formed and she figured it was going to be another fight for something. As her natural instinct she immediately walked past the group of people until someone grabbed her arm. Her hands were already ready to flip the person, but she realized it was her twin. “You scared me! What were you doing?” she said as they continued walking. “We’re going to the tavern to get food,” a boyish grin laid on his face. Walking to the tavern both twins smelled some fresh food. With a smile lit on their faces, they rushed to get in. This abnormal humanlike creature was at the tavern’s dark brown, wooden door. Their aura was different. Pale hands, but one was pitch black, fingers looking like talons. The hair color was not something typical you would see around here in Dranin. As if they read each other’s minds, they had a feeling that this thing was bad news. But then this creature grabbed the twins. Grabbing their swords, ready to fight this thing, a portal was already opened. Attacking this creature didn’t do any damage to them, none of them looked where they were going so they all fell into the portal, continuing the fight in this new world. Realizing that they were falling 116
