Chapter 1 (In a strange place)

The dark forest was being illuminated almost every second as bright lightning flashes followed by thunder ripped through the sky.

"Hyah!"

"Hyah"

"Make sure she doesn't escape." the sound of pursuers as well as horses could be heard closing in from behind a the slender woman wearing a black hood and holding a full sack to her chest,ran through the dense forest.

'Please just a little further, just a little further.' she thought to herself as she forced her weak legs to keep moving fast. She slips on some mud and falls but immediately picks herself up and continues running.

An earthquake followed by a loud rushing sounds coming from up the hill drew her attention. She turned to the direction of the sound and her eyes grew wide.

"Ahhhhh!"

Loose mud with boulders and trees sweeps her away before she could avoid it.

After the mudslide settled down, the lady now at the bottom of the hill is almost completely covered by mud and stones. Blood trailed down her pale face from her head and mouth.

'Is this...how I die?' she thought as she laid there still and growing cold, looking up at the dark sky, rain drops on her face roll down along with her tears. 'If I knew it would end like this... I would have tried to live differently.' As her vision fades away, a bright rainbow light coming from inside the bag she had been clutching onto caught her attention. She didn't take her eyes off it as she breathe her last. The forest goes silent besides the sound of the heavy rainfall and thunder.

"...iss, Miss."

Her eyes slowly open as bright sun light stings it.

She moves her arm to help block the rays from reaching her eyes.

"Thank goodness your alive." an elderly man who crouched next to her said.

'What? How am I still alive?'

"Little miss how did you end up here and in this state?"

'Who is this person, and what is he saying?'

"Don't worry I already called the ambulance. They'll be here soon, okay."

The man's voice sounded reassuring but she couldn't calm down because he was speaking a language she couldn't understand.

Her eyes had finally adjusted to the brightness of the sky so she tried to sit up.

"Hey, hey, hey, little miss. You're bleeding from your head do you know that. Be careful how you move or you'll really die."

She just stared at him confused and then something behind him caught her attention. Hey mouth hung open and her eyes grew wide as she saw the tallest structure she had ever seen. She looked around quickly and it was the same thing everywhere she turned. Large skyscrapers pointing high into the sky scattered all around.

"What is this place, where am I?" (*speaking Dutch)

"Ah, I thought you look like a foreigner, I was right. No wonder you can not understand me, ayah."

"Is this heaven? Despite all my sins, did God have mercy on me after seeing my suffering and grant me grace to enter Heaven?" (*still speaking Dutch)

Tears poured down her eyes as she knelt down and started bowing and worshipping the sky.

"Hah, what is this person doing?" The elderly man looked at her confused, "Aiyoo, could it be that she hit her head too hard? Why isn't the ambulance here yet?"

As if on que, the sound of sirens coming from the ambulance could be heard.

"Just in time." The man said as he headed towards the road so he could direct the ambulance to her location on the construction site.

She was a bit surprised by the sound but was still curious. As she got up, she spot her sack which she had been holding on to before she died. She moved towards it and picked it up. Everything was intact inside of it.

'Is it possible for the treasures I stole to enter heaven?'

She was still wondering to herself when paramedics carrying stretcher followed the elderly man to her. When she saw the men in white running towards her direction, she felt scared and she quickly realized that this couldn't be heaven.

She hugged her sack to her chest and started running away from them.

"Hey, little miss why are you running away?"

"Wait!"

"We're trying to take you to the hospital so stop running away!"

She didn't look back and just kept running to the road. As she tries to cross, a car almost hits her but stops on time. She continues running across the road as several other cars almost hit her.

Hunk

Hunk

"Hey are you crazy?"

"Get out of the road you moron!"

Angry drivers yell at her as they avoid hitting her

"WHAT IS THIS PLACE EXACTLY!" she cried loudly as she continues running away.

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