The tall tower

At the center of an open barren land stood a tall tower. All around were tall grasses. At a distance you could see trees. I could not be sure of what they bore. For as far as I could see it was all trees! A small path led through this grassland to the tower. I have no idea of how I had reached there. This place was beautiful with greens that I had never seen before. But this tower looked odd. I thought it was from nowhere and for no one!
Something pulled me towards the tower. There was nothing else as strikingly different in the green background. A tower at the center of a green patch.
It was getting dark and cold. There was nothing around. That thought came to my mind again! How did I reach here? Who brought me here? I knew it would get dark soon. Not even the moon light seemed very bright! I rushed to the tower. I had no idea of what lay inside!
I stood at the bottom of the tower. It seemed so huge. Around 10 meters in height I guessed. I entered the small passage from behind the tower. There was nothing but a flight of stairs. The walls were hardly visible. I went straight towards the top, albeit cautiously, but in a strange world like this what right could have happened in any case. I entered a room at the top. Nothing else below it. Just the flight of stairs. I was very surprised.

It was small cozy room. There was a beautiful lady. I looked at her. She smiled. She asked me to sit. I had no choice. I was wondering what she was doing there alone in this forest! I felt safe seeing some human. I was surprised that she was so patient with a stranger. I wanted to thank her but somehow I could say nothing. I simply obliged. She had cooked some soup there. She passed a saucer full of it. I was hungry and I obliged immediately. She smiled again. Her smile had something hidden in it. I did not know what but something was hidden.

She asked me to take the bed and said that she would return in an hour. I dont know what scared me but something did, the moment she left the room! I lay there for a bit. I don’t know for how long. I started feeling anxious. I stood up to the window and looked outside. My heart shook. Beyond the trees was nothing but water. Water on all sides. It looked beautiful. I kept seeing the view for a few moments. I had forgotten the girl it seemed. I kept looking at the green island in the crystal clear blue background. By the time I could realize much, the forest was gone! It was the sea and the grassland at the center of it! I guess I did not realize it then, probably later. I was too lost in the beauty of the whole scene. I realized that water had come into the grassland. I could see the water covering parts of the grassland! I was shocked. I thought of the girl! Where had she gone! I had no idea. Did she live here daily? As time passed, water kept covering the sand! In moments the grassland was fully immersed! I knew why this tower stood! Water kept rising. I could feel it rise. I guess a couple of hours would have passed. I was looking at the sea with the half lit moon.

Water kept rising! I did not know how much it would rise further. It looked beautiful. I was there at the center of the ocean and nothing else! Water kept rising. It came to the height of around 1 meter below the window. I got scared for the first time! I thought of the girl. I had no idea where she was! Water kept rising. It started seeping in from the gate! I was shaking a bit by then. I sat on the bed. Water kept rising. It rose to the bed height. It touched my feet on the bed. The room was not very high! It was the ceiling of the tower. Water kept flowing. I had to stand up on the bed. I could barely stand fully. The roof was too low! Water kept rising till it touched my knees. My pants totally soaked wet! I was shivering in fear. There was no outlet.

The window was too small to exit! I had no ideas. I was shivering and hoping. Water rose to my chest height. It never stopped. My sentences may have a punctuation here, but it seemed that water did not! Water rose till my neck. I could hardly keep still in water. I was being pushed up to the wall. Water kept rising up. I had nowhere to move. I was squeezed to nothing! I was breathing! I almost toppled inside. My head dived downwards. I closed my eyes and stopped my breath. I could feel the water for around three seconds. I turned back pushing the bed. I stayed afloat! But water kept rising. After that i remember is the struggle. Don’t remember anything at all!

I woke up the next day. I dont know if i woke up ever. All i remember is the face of the girl i saw there. Did she enchant me? How can i still sense if the water had drowned me? I am alive. Am I?

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