Chapter 5

       The old doctor turned and looked at me. “Assuming that you will need help with transitioning into your new life, Here is someone who will be able to introduce you to your new world.” The old man handed me a white business card. Suddenly, the room became cold. A gossamer door floated down from Heaven, and opened. It swung open to reveal a blue-white carnival. The Ferris wheel turned, and children shouted their excitement from the very top. The old man became young before my eyes. A young woman beckoned to him from inside the door. He stepped slowly towards the door with a small smile on his now wrinkle-less face. I stepped forward too, and he turned around. “No young one. You must stay here. If you ever travel into a memory world, you would forever be unhappy in another’s palace. It is time for me to say farewell.” And with that, the old man stepped through the door, and was no more. The door zoomed back up to heaven, and disappeared. I stood staring at the place where it had vanished with mingled curiosity and fear. Would I ever make it to my own door? Would I even have one?