The World As I See It Novels & Stories

Willow wasn't just our manager. She was also George's wife. With her vouching for me, everyone fell into a tense silence. In my previous life, I hadn't been able to make out what was on the screen. This time, I wasted no time. I scrolled through the footage frame by frame. Even though it was nighttime, the ATM lights were still bright. Under the clear, almost daylight-like glow, my face was unmistakably visible. No matter how I looked at it, the person in the footage was undeniably me.

A soft chime sounded in her head, followed by the system's voice. [Dear Iris, you have returned to your original world. In this world, all the rewards from the Wish System you previously completed have already been fulfilled. From this moment on, your system journey has officially come to an end. Goodbye!] A flash of white light filled her vision, and a sharp ache pulsed at her temples, then her head felt suddenly light. The system was gone. Iris stood there for a long time, stunned, before remembering what her wish had been. After six years in another world, being back here felt unreal.

I stood before it for a moment with my hands at my sides, looking at the dark, worn cover, the spine that had no title, the pages whose edges had a faint luminescence that might have been age or might have been something else entirely. Then I picked it up. The world ended. That is the only way I can describe it, not darkness, not pain, not a simple sensation, but the total and violent ending of the world I had been standing in one moment before and my simultaneous arrival in every other world that had ever been or could have been. Images. Thousands of them. Tens of thousands. Wars I had no name for, fought by people whose faces I’d never seen, on landscapes that didn’t match any geography I

Look at me. The mindless plea is impulse, I’m not sure it’ll make anything happen. When I see her eyes snap open, it feels like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. Then I see it then, her firmly bright eyes are now dark. Not just dark, but red too.

I wish he will be the peace I'm searching about! And that the world really is not that bad.... That my walk on my own is not a risk for harm, but risk... to see the new light. Light on what thought to be a dark side of the world!

"Hold on tight. I'm taking off." "Wait, we'll die from the—" Before I could finish, everything spun around me. My stomach lurched, and I felt sick. It had to be heatstroke. My vision blurred, and I thought for sure I was about to die. I closed my eyes, bracing for the end. "What are you doing? Open your eyes!" Blazewing's voice rang in my ears. Slowly, I opened them. The whole world had changed. "Wh-where are we?"

"I see you and that's the problem." "What problem?" I asked curiously. "I see you and I'm terrified." His thumb brushed across my cheekbone. "Because seeing you means I'm letting you in and letting you in means you can hurt me." "I don't want to hurt you." "You will anyway, everyone does eventually, it's just a matter of time." His voice was barely a whisper. "But I can't seem to stop myself from wanting to let you in anyway." "What are you saying?" “I’m saying this.”

"Please, check again… There has to be something wrong with the footage." He looked up, his face streaked with tears and snot. "So does this mean parallel worlds actually exist?" The officer shook him off, irritated. "If someone's missing, go file a report. Don't interfere with our work." The door shut in his face. Liam collapsed onto the cold ground, as if all the strength had drained out of him. A broken sound tore out of his throat. The golden boy everyone once admired had turned into someone strangers stared at on the street.

He threw the towel towards a couch and grabbed his keys from the bowl he usually kept them and walked out his door. He put a hand into his pocket and walked towards the park near his house, this was basically a daily routine for him, he’d wake up bright and early, take a walk and observe if anything had been changed or manipulated. Those things had started to affect his world, it started small, he’d see specks of coloured lights floating in the air and no, they weren’t fireflies, now he could see an otherworldly thing right in the middle of town. The worst part was that he was the only one who seemed to be able to notice them, he knew that because he once saw someone walk right through one o

Thanks, brain, I guess. I can hear footsteps coming at me and shouts of bitch you will never get away with this! As I turn to the corner, my ears are suddenly surrounded by faint chatters from people getting louder. A song is still ringing through my earphones as Agon screamed: THE WORLD IS CRUEL THE WORLD IS UNFAIR BUT WE SHOULDN'T BLAME THE WORLD FOR ITS PEOPLE THAT NEVER CARED NATIONS SHALL UNITE BUT WE CREATED WARS I CAN'T BELIEVE MOST OF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD