I felt the warm rays of the sun falling on me. I was lying on something soft. I slowly opened my eyes. I had to blink a few times until I saw everything clearly. I straightened up and looked around. I was sitting on a bed in a room. I could see that someone was standing on the balcony. It was Washiza. I got up and swayed a bit, but then I managed to sort my senses again and went to him. "Hey ..." I said carefully. He was startled from his thoughts and looked at me. "How are you?" He asked. "Um ... pretty good actually. What happened?" I asked, forgetting about it. But in one fell swoop everything happened again before my eyes. The hollock. The attack. My soul. Washiza. The fear. “The… Hollock,” I said quietly, “You fought him.” Washiza gave me a cool look. "You could see him, couldn't you?" He asked seriously. "Um ... yes. It was ... it was a monster," I said, completely dismissive, still thinking about the hollock. "Now that you could see him, you are in danger," he said calmly, as if it were nothing. "How?", I didn't understand anything anymore. “I'll explain it to you inside.” We went back into the apartment and sat in the kitchen. He made me a cocoa and then sat down with me at the kitchen table. "Well, first you should know what a hollock is. Hollocks are monsters from a completely different world. The world of the underworlds. They are evil creatures without any feelings," he explained. "And why did he come into our world? And why did he attack me?" I asked. "Hollocks are soul eater. They eat the souls of other living beings. It doesn't matter which one. Everything that has a soul is eaten by the hollocks. This hollock from yesterday came into your world because he was probably looking for new souls nor that you have a particularly strong soul. He scented it and then went after you. "I stared at him as if he were a Martian. "1. Why your world? Are you not from this world? 2. Why do I have a strong soul? I only understand train station!" I really did not understand what he was just telling me. This can not be true. Despite yesterday's monster it was also true. I saw, heard and felt it. Washiza sighs: "No, I don't come from this world. There are over 50,000 different worlds. You people from this world just don't know about it because you haven't explored it yet. And that you have a strong soul, you have you already showed that you could even perceive this hollock. "" 50,000 different worlds, "I marveled, and took a sip of the cocoa. "How did you get here?" I asked. Washiza got up, went to the bedroom and came back after a few moments. "Here," he put a small object on the table. "What is that?" I asked again."It's a trapon. You can travel from one world to the other with it." "Cool!", I took the thing in my hand and looked at it. It was small. Maybe just the size of a cell phone and it had lots of buttons and a small opening in the front. It also has a snap hook. "And you can travel from world to world with it?" I chopped off. Washiza nodded. I couldn't stop being amazed. But I still remembered a few questions. “Why am I in danger now?” “If a hollock catches your attention, so will the others. You will meet many of them in the near future.” I swallowed. I really didn't feel like seeing another monster like that. “How did you defeat yesterday's hollock?” The black-haired man took the trapon from my hand and pressed a button. A beam came out of the opening. This showed a sword. Washiza took this out of the jet and put it in my hand. "Wow!" I was thrilled. I was holding a real sword in my hands. “With that you beat him?” The boy nodded. "You have to be pretty strong. I had no chance at all against this hollock," I said sadly. "You have never trained either," said Washiza. "Hm ...", I made, "And now? How does it go on?" "You now have two options to decide." "1. You stay here and you may have to reckon with the fact that you will not live to see tomorrow." I swallowed audibly again. "Or the second possibility: You travel on with me and Fabian." "Fabian? Can he do something like you?" Washiza nodded again. "So how do you decide?" He wanted to know. "Um ... how much time do I have to think?" "See you tonight." I sigh.
When I was done with my cocoa, we made our way to Romy. When we rang the doorbell, you could only hear a pretty finished Romy: "Yes ... come on." She opened the door for us and then went back into the living room without even greeting us. We followed her. When I saw the living room, I almost had a heart attack. “How does it look here!” There were beer bottles and a few plastic cups everywhere. Candy papers were strewn on the floor. Empty chip bags and such. Fabian sat in a large armchair and snored until he stopped. Washiza seemed just as shocked as I was. "Have fun tidying up," he said simply. "Jib. Have fun," said Romy and gave me a dustpan and Washiza a broom. Then she went to the armchair where Fabian was sleeping peacefully and pulled him out of his dreams onto the floor and pressed a cleaning rag into his hand too. “Uh…” I said, “We didn't mean it like that.” Romy turned to me: “How was that?” She said in a creepy, threatening voice. "Oh nothing," I saved myself and started cleaning. Everyone brushes for at least three hours. Only then did the living room look like a living room again and Romy and Fabi had recovered from the party and were clear again.I had just sat down at the kitchen table when I saw a black thing scurry past the window. I went to the window to take a closer look, although I could almost guess what it was. My thoughts turned out to be correct when a hollock jumped up right in front of the window. I gave a low squeak and then ran to the others in the living room. Automatically I stood behind Washiza, who first looked at me questioningly, but then understood. He looked at Fabian, who had also noticed my reaction. The two boys exchanged a look and Fabian immediately understood what was going on. There was a loud rumble from outside, which was clearly from this hollock. I winced. Again he could be seen in front of the window. His red eyes glared at me greedily. He showed his huge pointy teeth and pointed a finger at me. My eyes got bigger and bigger and my fear increased again. Without even realizing it, I clung to Washiza. "Hm ... I think it's starting to thunder," said Romy, when the hollock grumbled loudly again. "Give me the girl!" He ordered. The two boys' eyes darkened while mine always showed fear and panic. "Hm ... what are you all looking out of the window? Is there anything?" Romy asked and went to the window. Get away from there Romy! I thought desperately. She wanted to open the window. No! Please do not! I thought in panic and clung even tighter to Washiza. "Why do you want to open the window?" Asked Fabian suddenly. "I love it when there is a thunderstorm. Then the air is always so great!" Said Romy and opened the window wide. I opened my eyes. The hollock came in and whizzed past me, so the gust of wind swirled my hair. "Wow! Cool, how did you do that Lyndsay?" Romy asked, but I couldn't give her an answer to her question. I was far too busy with the hollock, which was flying towards me and spreading its huge claws. But Washiza pushed me away, so that the hollock missed me again and flew through a second window pane with full force. The glass broke and you only heard Romy's scream. “What was that?” “Out! Quick, we have to get out of here!” Washiza ordered, grabbed my arm and pulled me outside. Romy and Fabian followed us at every turn. We ran to the large meadow where the hollock attacked me yesterday. The hollock flew after us and took a dive. At the last moment Washiza let his sword appear and Fabian suddenly had one in his hand too. The boys blocked the attack. Fabian jumped up while Washiza attacked from below. The hollock had concentrated on Washiza and Fabian stabbed him in the back from behind. The hollock dissolved into small pieces and then disappeared. Romy and I stood there in shock and couldn't say anything.The four of us sat at Romy's kitchen table and after an hour we managed to explain everything to Romy. "Oh my god!" She said, completely broken. "Romy!" Said Washiza suddenly. “Yes.” “You now have to choose one option.” Romy looked at the black-haired boy questioningly. “Either you stay in this world and get 99% killed by a hollock, or you travel on with me and Fabian.” “But why does she have to make a decision? She can't even see the hollock!” I stepped into the conversation. "She can't see it, but she heard the hollock's growl and mistook it for a thunderstorm," said Washiza. I have to agree with him, I thought. "And? How do you decide?" Asked Fabian. Romy thought hard and even looked a little sad for a moment, but then she started to smile and said: "Of course I'll come with you! It will be great fun to experience something other than school and such. But it there is only one condition ", everyone looked at her intently," Lyndsay has to come with me! "Now everyone looked at me intently. Oh no ... how should I decide? , I wondered. I can't just give up my life here. "Lyndsay! Please! We could finally experience real adventures. There would be no more boredom!", Romy tried to convince me. I lowered my head so that my eyes could no longer be seen through the bangs. Then I lifted it abruptly and smiled: "All right! I'll come with you!" I saw the relieved faces of my friends and that made me happy.