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....Oh? 
I open my eyes.
...Where am I? 
I don't know where I am.I look around.
...
There are flowers all around me, flora sprouting from the trees, and there's sunspringing from above. A world of green,yellow, andblue. A thin, yetweird mist seems to be surrounding me.How did I get here? I do not know.A butterfly passes by, softly flapping her wings,changingcolour. It is a strange butterfly, it looks like a rainbow, because I can't see what color it is, but I'm prettysure that a butterfly doesn't change colours like that. She's also leaving agolden powdertrail through the air, that dissolves and blends with the mist. The airaround me isfresh, and I can feel thesoftbreeze of the forest and smell the fresh air, typical of the woods. I then hear the chirp of a flock of birds that seem to beflying high, above the trees. I can'tseethem, but I guess they're seagulls, becauseof their cry. I look for a road; I don't see it. It's allearthandgrass, and roots of  trees, and
leaves
of trees, and
enormous
trees. A lot of treesindeed. But no roadfor me to follow. I am all by myself.
...Am I alone? 
One more butterfly hovers over me, a trail of powderbehind her. I start walking,feeling my feet touch thecoldgrass in the ground, and feeling the contact my handmakes with the damp tree. The mist is
thickening
, itsblueis gettingdeeper, and deeper. Theyellowof the sun passing through the trees is gettingthinner, and thinner. Thegreenof the background is gettingdarker, anddarker. And the butterflies are still
flying around 
, like they're waiting for me, raining theirpowder.I'm losing my way, if I ever had one to start with.
I'm Lost. I need to find a way 
.
I start running; dashing through thetrees, jumping above theroots, avoiding the branches. I can see the oxygen coming out of my mouth, because of thecold; I can
hear 
the rustle of thegrassand theleavesthat vibrate on my body's passage. I can't
hear 
the birds any more.
...It's getting empty.
 
One
more butterfly joins the others and their race against me. This one isgolden,her colourquite easy to spot. They're flying in front of me, zigzaging from
left
to
right 
, from
right 
to
left
,
up
and
down
, around incircles. Are theyguidingme, or
o
nf 
us
ing
me? Suddenly they
stop
and start
flying
around me, making me stop onmy tracks. They're now zooming on me, and are leaving even morepowderin theair. No, it's notpowder... it'spollen. ... Butterflies, rainingpollen.
...I'm allergic to pollen.
I cover my face with my arms, trying to walk while
waving
my arms at them.They're raining lots of pollenin the air. Is that what is making the mist thicken so
much
, so
fast 
?I feel the
scorching
feeling of thepollentickling and entering my body through mynostrils, making me sneeze, once, and twice, and one more time.I try to catch mybreath, but then Isneezeagain.And again.
 ACHOO
!
 ACHOO
!
 
...I'm... I'm losing my breath...
I seem to
hear 
a distinctcacklein the midst of my sneezing, and I see agolden figurestanding still in the middle of theblue mist, and thegreen trees. But my eyes arewatery, and my face is feelinghot, contrasting with thecoolnessof the air around me and thehumid grassbelow me, and as such, I can't know for sure thatthat
ghost 
in the trees is
real
, and is laughing at me, sneering because of me, or if it is just a
delusion
because of my constant sneezing.
...Stop... Please stop... I'm...
I'm starting to feel
di 
 zz 
, my head is
spinning
, the world is going
round 
and
round 
in my eyes, but my nose doesn't stop feelingitchy, and my mouth doesn't seem tohold still, it doesn't let me catchair, anyairat all, theoxygenthat not so long ago was flowing so freely out of my mouth, theoxygenthat I need, theoxygenthat I need to live...!
...What's going on
I keepsneezingandcoughingandcryingand now I'm alsodrooling, and I should have fallen down already, but I'm still standing and holding my belly, and I'm stillseeing that samegoldenfigure that is still standing in that same middle of themist, in that same middle of thetrees, ... meaning that it's
real
, and not a
delusion
. Atthe thought of this, the figure's mouth seems to move, and then I hear a distinctivelaugh, acackle, like someone's having fun watching mesufferlike this,....alonein the middle of the forest, surrounded by evil butterflies and anemptyspace!
What the hell do you want from me?!
And suddenly,silence. I stop sneezing. I stop crying my eyes out. My belly stopshurting. And then, I feel a hugerelief,my lungs catching a lot of airat once. I look around, and notice that everything is changed. The mist is now ashining blue,covering the whole area,darkeningthe horizon. The butterflies are gone, thetrees seem taller, wider and less cluttered, and I can't see the sky. The air is stillcold, butthe floor has also changed. Thegrassis shorter, and it doesn't feel as cold asbefore.
 Just.... where am I, really? 
It is a world of blue,green, andyellow. "
It is a
world of illusion
."Thegolden figurestarted talking to me. Ablondewoman, with a finedress. I could see her clearly now. She was holding asmoking pipe, and was sitting on arock bench."It is your
world of illusion
", she continued. "Where you go from here, is up to you."
...Who are you? 
"
Don't be a fool; you knowwho I am. Don't worry, though, becausenot remembering does not necessarily mean not knowing
." She spoke words of wisdom, andsmokeda little. She made me remember a story where a little blonde girl was looking for the way homeand instead found a centipede who liked to smoke letters, among other curiousindividuals.
I am looking for the way home.
"
Well, indeed you are
." She said, looking at me. I kept looking at her and sheseemed to notice something. "
Oh, you want an answer! Well, sorry, I though it was

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