Beyond: The Door

Ah! Some new faces! Greetings new friends for I will become your new source of entertainment. Bringing you stories that can make you laugh, cry, fear, and question everything around you. What’s a story if it is not close to the thrill of real life. Ah! About myself? You can call me Storyteller. I don’t know the lingo of your world, but I am quite gifted in seeing what the eyes cannot see.

Speaking of cannot see. This tale is about a man who saw things no one else couldn’t and even shouldn’t. It all started with those rectangular entryways with a hook protruding from both sides. Ah! A door? That’s right. This young man in his early thirties went through plenty of doors but was often greeted with the unexpected. Stumbling upon a different place each time, the young man gives the outer appearance of being used to it when really he is terrified. Who could blame him?

As a child at the age of nine, he received much love and affection from his family. With wealth such as his, he did not have to worry about feeding himself when catered to or even opening any doors. He always had his butler, any of his maids, and his assistant with him. His family protected him and kept a close watch over him. An extremely sheltered child you can say. However, unlike other children, it made him quite uncomfortable to be catered to this much and on constant watch. He wanted to be free.

Well, one day, he got his wish.

Thieves broke into his family mansion, killed his family followed by a fire that killed everyone else living there except for him. His attackers couldn’t get far and were stopped by the police. However, that left the boy homeless. Soon, he was carried off to an orphanage where he stayed until he was eighteen, old enough to find a place to live and work. During his stay at the orphanage, he opened his first door that led him to another world with spirits. Only when he opens another door could he go back to the world of the living. At first, like any child, he was afraid. He watched enough movies to know that ghosts can sense fear and use it for their own gains. Each time he tells himself, no matter how long he stays in the spirit realm, to stay calm until he finds another door to leave. That’s what he has done for so many years at the orphanage. No one questions him disappearing for the memory of him fades with him.

At the age of eighteen, he thought he was finally free. However, opening the taxi door, he soon realizes the problem was not the orphanage but him. He quickly realized that all doors he entered through would lead him to the spirit realm and that it only affected him. So, at thirty, opening the car door, he stumbled back into the spirit realm. Fed up and tired, he drags his feet looking for the door to go back to his reality. Then, he hears a voice.

“Shawn, Shawn…”

The young man turns in the direction of the voice. His eyes grew wide, life restored, but with drops of water pouring out. He sees his family. The young man walks up to the family. At the same time, a door appears before him. He has to make a choice.

“Should I go to my family and end this living nightmare of going through these doors? Or should I leave through the door knowing I may never see my family again?”

What do you think my new friends? What would you have done? I am delighted to know.

If he decides to stay, then his ability will be passed along to the next person. Be careful, my friends on what door you open. The moment you decide to enter its threshold, there’s no turning back.