"Thief!"
"Chase them!"
"Aish!" I woke up because of the noise I heard from people running away. I slowly opened my eyes. I was still blinking to see if it was a dream or not.
What am I doing here? I was just behind the school, right? I'm just sleeping there. B-But...
I tried to remember what happened earlier but my head hurt so I just stopped.
I got up from lying down and looked around.
I don’t know how I would describe it.
My foots are shaking...
This place seems odd.
The amount of smoke coming from factories,
The beggars who were just scattered around, crying, begging and almost others were already writhing in pain.
It was as if my heart was pounding because of what I saw.
Am I dreaming?
Because if yes I want to wake up to this nightmare. I don’t know why this is happening. Yesterday everything was fine but why did this happen today?
Trees, plants and eclipses are no longer where I stand today.
I wiped my face.
W-What really happened?
My tears rolled down my cheeks as I looked around. I looked up to stop its foreshadowing. But whatever I do only gets worse. I wiped it as soon as it made its way down my cheek.
It was only now that I realized that where I was standing now was the exact place where I slept.
I was about to walk away when someone pulled at the hem of my dress.
"Please give me money..." She said. I think it will fall off in no time so I loaded it on my back. I'm being weird too. Why do I care to this kid? Psh.
She's so light.
When I loaded it I accelerated my walk and looked for a store near our place.
"Step aside!" I shout at those who block my path.
But no one stepped aside. It was as if they hadn't heard what I said. I had no choice but to tear down those who ruled my way. Don't they see that I'm carrying a child? Tss.
I rolled my eyes around, my vision immediately wandered to a store.
"Hi, do you have rice and a dish there?"
"Yes, why, do you have money, Huh?" I wondered how it bbehaved. I dug my pocket first to see if I had any money, fortunately I had fifty pesos.
I think I'm going to buy a cigarette that's why I saved this money. Aish.
I looked at what I was wearing and only now did I realize that I was in uniform now. I looked at my watch.
Aish, I'm late in my class!
But wait, if this is where our school stands, But why
I couldn't see our school? What is really going on? Where's our school? Why I haven't see any students here? Aish!
I looked at the child so I bought her food. I think she's not eating for a very long time.
"This is the fee." She handed me the food that I bought, I immediately gave it to the Child. She accepted it reluctantly.
"T-Thank you" I just smiled sparingly Child.
I approached the saleswoman to ask a question. I feel like something is wrong.
"Can I ask what's the date now?" I asked and looked around. I also immediately regained my sight because I could not observe what I saw. My eyes got hurt while looking at them.
"Don't you have a calendar at home, huh?" I shook even though there was. I don't want to start a fight with her. I need to behave myself so she can answer my question.
"Today is January 15 '2050” She said before she walk away.
I feel goosebumps over my body.
What did she just s-say?
2-2050?
This is making sense?! How can she say that joke--?
I stopped when I saw a large screen in the building in front of me. There's a news there about the theif. And what shocks me more is the date under the article.
The old lady wasn't lying. She's really right. I am in 2050 right now. B-But how did thing happen? I'm curious.
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