Wonderland

Wonderland

By Hector Mata

Introduction

There is a world somewhere far away, at a place far beyond our imaginations. This place is filled with things similar to our world and some very different. If I were to describe it, I would say that it is a planet earth filled with our fantasies and dreams. This planet is called Wonderland. It is a placed filled with great and powerful magic. But that´s not all, it also contains science, emotions, elements and other things that make it such a wonderful place. Humans also inhabit this world, along with animals, gods and goddesses, mysterious creatures and millions of other living things. Although, The humans in this world are not the dominate race and have not advanced as much as they have now a days in our world.

There are several lands and a great big ocean, which are divided into different countries run by humans and their mystical companions. But, there will be more detail about it later on, right now this story is about to unfold. We will begin on earth …

Chapter One: Wilson

This story begins on our planet earth. It starts on one of the most famous ships in the world around the 1900´s in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. A young lad by the name of Luigi was peacefully enjoying his cruise to the famous city of New York. He was a very active young man, specialized in the ways of the sword and known for his peaceful personality. He had a bright blonde white hair that went along with astonishing dark green eyes.

Luigi stood at the edge of the boat, watching the amazing waves crashing against the mighty ship in that starry night. He wished for an adventure, a great story to tell the world about. From far away he looked like a simple man, just like his jeans and leather brown jacket. But, closely you could see a burning fire in his eyes, that could inspire any man into war.

The captain of the boat walked up next to Luigi with a cigar in his mouth, proud to be the captain of the ship that even god could not sink.

“If you are looking for mermaids son, you won´t find them here. Try the ball room.” The captain said, scratching his enormous white beard.

“I´m afraid I am too poor to enter the ballroom sir and I prefer a girl with a fiery personality then those spoiled rich girls.” Luigi responded as he starred at the dark sky before them.

The captain burst into laughter and wished the young man good night as he went back to guide his powerful ship. Luigi kept looking at the stars, wishing that something incredible would happen in his life. He was too caught up in his thoughts that he did not notice the big commotion going on behind him. Marines running around everywhere, they seemed worried and afraid. Whatever their problem was, it was not enough to bring Luigi back to earth.

The sky seemed to be endless, same as the ocean. But, the great scenery was interrupted by something. Into Luigi´s view came a big white chunk of ice, covering the sky with its mighty height. It was without a doubt an iceberg. Luigi realized that he was to close, the ship was to close. Before he could react, the great impact of the ship smashing the side of the ice mountain, caused him to fall to the ground. He looked up only to see a giant chunk of the iceberg heading straight to his face. Luigi blacked out.

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Slowly, Luigi began to feel his body react. He could feel himself in the waves, gliding along with them. The water was cool and the sun was hot on his face. He began to open his eyes, only to discover an endless light blue sky before him. Before he finished reacting, he felt his body slowly settle on soft, warm, wet sand. He sat up, the waves going up to his waist and the son warming his face. There was pain all over him, his muscles and bones aching as he began to stand up. The last thing he remembered was the ship hitting the iceberg. Now, he looked around only to find a green tropical jungle behind him. Luigi was confused, since his ship was nowhere near any tropical places. He began to walk along the shore, trying to convince himself that this was a dream. He kept walking until his cloths had fully dried out and his throat grew thirsty.

Up ahead he noticed a small shack and it appeared there was movement inside it. Luigi got close enough and began to call out for help. A man came out, he had worn out clothes and blonde hair and beard. He was dirty and you could see tanned marks all over him. The stranger squinted his eyes as he looked at Luigi. Luigi got closer, looking desperate for help. The stranger rushed into his hut and came out with half a coconut. He hurried over to Luigi and told him to drink. Luigi did not hesitate and began to drink out of the coconut as the stranger helped him over to his shack.

“I never expected to see anybody here.” The strange man said as he helped Luigi sit on what seemed to be a chair made out of palm trees. “It´s  been ten long years since I last saw another human.” The stranger said with a big smile on his face and watery eyes. “My name is Wilson, what is yours?”

“ I am Luigi.” He replied weakly, “I´m sorry did you say you have not seen anyone else for ten years?”

“That´s right! I arrived after an airplane crash.” Wilson said as he drifted away into his memories, “To be honest I have no idea where I am and I have tried to escape but the waves make it difficult.”

“Airplane? And you mentioned you tried to escape, so that must mean this is an island?” Luigi replied as he starred out a small window into the blue sky.

“Oh yes this is an island. I actually think I have figured out how to escape from here, but I only managed to make one raft. But, let´s talk about that later. You my friend, need some food and water!” Wilson replied. He was very excited to have a visitor.

Wilson gave plenty of water and food to Luigi. It was not long before Luigi was fully rested and was feeling a lot better. The night had settled in and both of them sat around a fire, which had two fish set up above it, cooking them.

“So Wilson, how do we get out of here?” Luigi asked waiting to hear Wilson´s plan.

“Tomorrow for some reason, the waves are a lot more calm then the rest of the year. So, I have prepared a small raft to leave this island and sail back to society.” Wilson answered with confidence.

“Great! So let´s get ready!” Luigi got up with excitement.

“There is one problem though… The raft is only big enough for one person.” Wilson said sadly and watched Luigi´s excitement shut down. “But…” Wilson continued, “I have no need to leave this place since I have settled here and there is no guarantee that you will make it somewhere safe. So, if you wish to risk your life in that big ocean, go ahead.”

Luigi felt bad leaving Wilson, but the chance of facing the powerful sea and going to an unknown land made Luigi´s blood boil with excitement. That night while they ate, Wilson explained how to use the raft and how to fish in the ocean. Wilson tried to convince Luigi to stay, for he did not want to be alone again. But, Luigi did not want to spend ten years here and grow a beard like Wilson. The rest of the night was spent joking and talking until they fell asleep.

The sun quickly rose and woke up Luigi and Wilson. The raft was ready to depart and like Wilson said, the waves were a lot calmer. Luigi asked Wilson if he was going to be alright, to which Wilson replied, “oh no worries my friend, I have Robbison with me.” Luigi thought that was a weird reply since as far as he knew, they were the only two humans here.

Luigi got on the raft as he promised Wilson he would return for him. Wilson with a shine in his eyes of joy began to push the raft into the waves and wished Luigi good luck. Wilson watched as Luigi began to disappear into the horizon as we escaped the island´s reef and reached the deep ocean.

Luigi could not help but to feel sorry for Wilson, therefore he promised himself that one day he will return for him. Luigi floated along the powerful waves as he looked up, only to see dark clouds beginning to gather. This was not going to be an easy trip.

Chapter two: Kelan Village

The waves began to rise up and the clouds began to grow bigger. Luigi began to hate the ocean as it looks like it was out to get him. He hanged on to the raft as the waves tried to throw him over. Lightning and thunder began to cross the dark skies and rain fell heavily. Luigi was soaking wet in a few seconds and his supplies had fallen of the raft. He grabbed on to the edge of the raft as hard as he could, while the salty water tasted terrible as it splashed into his mouth.

One big wave knocked Luigi over on to his back. He laid there starring up at the storm above him. It looked like this was his end. He screamed at the skies, cursing them for giving him such an awful fate. Then, out of the corner of his eye he saw something huge coming up. Luigi stood and faced the giant wave that was forming before him. The giant wave covered the dark clouds and began to wrap around the raft. Luigi stood there helpless as the enormous wave crashed on him.

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Luigi felt the hot sand under him and the burning sun on his face. He was dry and hurting all over. There was a weird sound, sort of like an animal. He opened his eyes and in between the bright light of the sun he could see a figure, which seemed to be sniffing him. His eyes adjusted to reveal a small monkey looking at him.

Luigi sat up and checked his surroundings. He was in a small beach that had giant trees around it. The monkey began to jump happily as he watched Luigi began to get up. The monkey ran into the trees and returned with a banana, which he handed over to Luigi.

Luigi thanked the monkey as he quickly began to eat. The monkey got up on top of Luigi´s shoulder and both of them began to walk into the jungle. Luigi needed to find out where he was and maybe there were people that could help him. It was not long before they reached a clearing where the trees had been cut and there was only a long grass field before them. At the other side was what looked like a giant gate made of wood and animal bones.

Luigi began to run quickly towards the gate, this was an obvious sign of civilization. He reached it and he could see a whole village on the other side of it. Their houses were made of stones and hay. The people wondering around did not wear shoes and had very little clothes, with a feather on their heads. Luigi reached the gate; he was hungry and tired because of all he had been through. There was a guard standing there, starring at Luigi with a confused look. The guard had a long lance and a brown skirt made of some sort of animal. He pointed his lance at Luigi and asked who he was. Luigi was shocked to be able to understand him, but he had other things to worry about. Luigi introduced himself and explained that he had been in a storm and was washed ashore. The guard placed his lance down and told Luigi to follow him. They began to walk into the village and the local natives stared at Luigi weirdly. Behind the village you could see a giant mountain.

They reached a house which was bigger than the rest and had giant mammoth like tusks in the entrance. They walked inside and the hut was decorated with weapons and animal like skins. At the very end of the room a man sat on a big wooden chair. He had white hair bundled up in a ponytail and had a long white beard. He had a long white skirt and some sliver rings around his ankles. A native girl stood next to him. She had a skin much whiter than the rest of the natives and her hair went down to her waist. She wore a red top and skirt with weird designs and also had silver rings on her ankles.

The guard guided Luigi to the man with the white hair and left. The man stood up and said “Welcome strange traveler. I am the leader here in Kelan Village. Next to me stands my daughter Roca. What is your name?”

Luigi cleared his throat and answered “I am Luigi. I arrived here because a storm washed me up to a shore nearby.”

“I see. And where do you come from?”

“I have never had a place to call home, but I was on my way to New York.”

“New York? Why I have no idea where that is, Do you Roca?” The leader turned to his daughter but she shacked her head no.

“Excuse me, what continent am I on?” Luigi asked the leader.

“Why this place is known as South Island. Only Kelan and Wellin Village inhabit this grand island.”

Luigi began to think to himself as he tried to figure out where he was.

“Luigi, may I ask where did you get those weird clothes?” Roca asked.

“I bought them in England.” Luigi answered, but they did not seem to understand. “By any chance do you have a telephone? Or any way to communicate outside this island?”

“We do not have this telephone you speak of and our communication only goes to the island next to ours, North Island. But the people there are evil.” The leader answered.

“What do you mean by evil?”

“They take our people away saying we are demons and must be purified. We were peaceful until they arrived out of nowhere. They seem more advanced than us but anybody who takes away other people and does what they want with them are more savage than we are.” The leader says as he and Roca look sadly at the floor.

“Well if they are advanced then maybe I should head over there. Maybe they have access to a phone.” Luigi said.

The leader stood up and faced him, “If you venture into these islands just like that you will certainly die. You seem a total stranger to these parts and I am sure you do not even have control of your element.”

“My element?” Luigi asked.

“I knew it. Since I saw you I noticed your ki was a lot more different than the rest of the creatures I have ever seen. Every living thing in this world has one of the four elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Wind. Just by looking at you I can easily tell you are of the water element.”

“Look I am just a normal human being that wants to go home.” Luigi replied, he had begun to feel uncomfortable.

“You will need the power of your element in order to survive here. If you want to go home I suggest you at least learn to control it.”

Seeing that he had no other choice, Luigi asked what was it that he needed to do.

“First, you must prove you are worthy to learn this abilities and that is why your quest is to bring me a scroll that is hidden deep in the mountain behind the village.” The leader grabbed one the swords hanging on his wall and handed it over to Luigi. As soon as Luigi grabbed it, he felt a strange energy flow through his body. The leader asked Roca to accompany Luigi and to make sure he didn´t die. With this, both of them set of towards the mountain.