The City in the Sky
I never requested for a window seat but almost on every flight, I had the opportunity to sit by the window. I love watching the sky because I get to wave to its inhabitants. I said to myself, one day I will personally meet and greet them. So it happened; one day I jumped out of the plane somewhere in the Swiss Alps.
The jump was great; I fell on big fluffy bear. I saw wind coming out of its mouth and its belly became thinner. “Sorry about that,” I apologised to the bear. “I am Amelie, it’s nice to meet you.”
“Oh hullo, I am Bearyfluff. Nice to meet you too,” the bear replied. We shook hands and he asked why did I jump out of the plane. “I need fresh air,” I said. “So, Bearyfluff, where are the others?”
“They will appear soon while they get in their best shapes,” Bearyfluff explained. Few minutes after that, a fish came into shape. Then a pointing-hand slowly came into shape. We waited for a few minutes for the rest of the body to appear but minutes became half an hour. The pointing-hand then said, “this is just me, I guess.” Both introduced themselves as Fishimbus and Michelangelo.
“Where do you want to go from here, Amelie?” Bearyfluff said. “Take me to your city,” I said excitingly. Fishimbus said I could ride on its back, so I jumped up and sat on it with my legs on each side of its body. I almost laugh when I saw Michelangelo walked on its fingers. Too cute to handle.
So off we went to the city. Upon reaching the city, I was flabbergasted. The city was full of fluffy buildings and trees. But the thing was, the buildings were not permanent. They would dissipate into thin air every 20 minutes. Bearfluff said that we must do everything as quickly as we can. We must walk fast too. At this point, I remember my trip to Japan. Following the tour guide was tough because she was like the rabbit, I, on the other hand, the tortoise.
Anyway, I said to Bearyfluff, “I need coffee.” Then Bearfluff took me round the round bend to the cafe; Cloud Nine Cafe. We all ordered black coffee and chatted a bit. It was amazing to see Michelangelo drank the coffee; it dipped its index finger into the cup and sucked the coffee in one go. Before my last sip of coffee, the fluffy chair disappeared and I fell onto the fluffy ground. It wasn’t so bad because it felt like I fell on my bed, only fluffier.
After coffee, we strolled about the city. While walking, I asked Bearyfluff, “How come you, Fishimbus and Michelangelo don’t dissipate like others?” Bearyfluff did not have an explanation for that and shrug off its shoulder.
It was getting dark and within a few minutes, all my fluffy friends disappeared slowly. Bearyfluff managed to say his last words to me, “G o o d b y e a n d t a k e c a r e . . . ” in a slow-mo effect and then disappeared. The city vanished too and I was left all alone. Above me, the blue jets, sprite and elves were flying like crazy and together they created bolts of lightning and send down some bolts and made holes on the clouds. I fell off through a hole and was falling down to earth. It was freezing cold; I hugged my own body, closed my eyes and just let it be.
I woke up on the top of one of the snowy mountains of Swiss Alps and thought to myself, “now, how the hell do I get down and find civilisation?”
*This story is for July 2020 writing prompts from Adah’s blog.