One night, I was awaken by the sound of distant thunder. As I opened my eyes, I found that I was in a strange place which I had never been to. I looked around that place. I saw a weird but beautiful sky. The sky was violet. Clouds were black. The sun was in the color of blue. I also saw a deep sea, a strange one. The sea was pink. The fish were in the color of rainbow.
What about me? I was still in my pajamas. The only thing with me was my doll. I called her Dolly. My father bought me Dolly when I was five, as my birthday present.
Dolly was a pretty doll with long hair, glittering eyes and a bog, warm smile on her face. She was a special doll to me. Also, she was a magical doll.
After looking around, I was quite sure that I was not on Earth. I was dying to leave this quirky place. As I was thinking what to do, a girl came to me.
Her skin was white, as white as snow. Her hair was very long. It almost touched the ground. It was in the color of pale blue. There was a sapphire on her shawl with the left side light blue and the right side dark blue, which covered her long dress which was in the color of azure. She seemed to be a gentle lady.
“Hello,” she said, “I’m Sapphire. I am a fairy living in this miraculous place. This place is called Wonderland.”
“Nice to meet you, Sapphire. I am….”
“Oh! Aren’t you Dolly?” Sapphire seemed to be shocked to see my doll.
“Yes,” a voice answer, “I am Dolly.”
It was Dolly! My doll jumped onto the ground as she answered Sapphire.
“Dolly, you can talk?” I was surprised to see my doll speaking and walking.
“Hello, master,” she said as she gave me a big, warm smile.
She turned to Sapphire and said, “Hi. I am finally back.”
“Back? You’ve been here?” I didn’t know that Dolly had been here.
“Well, master, actually I’m a doll from Wonderland. Seven years ago, I heard a distant thunder and I found that I was in a place called Earth,” my doll explained.
“So why can you talk and move?” I was still confused.
“In Wonderland, dolls are kind of living things,” Sapphire answered.
“Dolls are living things? What a strange place!” I thought.
Dolly continued talking with Sapphire. I was perplexed because of the things they talked about. Something like wizards, witches, magic…I really couldn’t understand.
Suddenly, I heard Sapphire saying, “Cordelia came here with you and that means you are to offer her a wish, right?”
“You are going to give me a wish?” my eyes gleamed, “Dolly, I want to go back home!”
“Yes, master. I am to offer you a wish. And if you wish to go back home, I am to make your wish come true,” she replied.
Then, she started saying the magic spell.
I didn’t know why, Sapphire seemed worried when she saw Dolly saying the spell. It seemed that something terrible would happen.
“Wait a minute!” Sapphire suddenly cried, “Cordelia, please don’t make your wish now!”
“Dolly, stop!” I thought that something terrible would happen when I saw Sapphire’s face. She seemed to be extremely worried.
“What happened?” Dolly stopped and asked.
I looked at Sapphire. She was trying to calm down.
When she finally calmed down, I asked her why I shouldn’t make my wish.
She explained, “As what Dolly said, dolls in Wonderland were sent to Earth seven years ago. After investigation, scientists in Wonderland noticed that they were sent to Earth when they heard a distant thunder. As you know, they were sold as toys on Earth. Five years ago, a doll came back. However, her owner came too. Her owner couldn’t find the way to go back home. As compensation, the ruler of Wonderland told the doll to give her owner a wish. Of course, her owner wished to go back home. The doll made her wish come true. However, she disappeared after she had made her owner’s wish come true. No one has seen her since then. The only thing we know is when her owner went back to Earth, there was a distant thunder. We wanted to tell the dolls not to give their owners wishes but giving their owners wishes has became one of the rules in Wonderland. Therefore, the only thing I can do is to tell you not to make a wish.”
I was shocked. However, Dolly was not.
She said, “I will disappeared. But if my disappearance can make master’s wish come true, it is worth.”
“Well, I’ve decided to stay here. The view here is great, huh?” Although I said that I would stay because of the view here, actually it’s because I didn’t want Dolly to disappear.
Dolly gave me a big, warm smile.
Suddenly, we heard someone shouting, “Here she is! The doll is here!”
Sapphire said, “Oh no! They are Dolls Hunters. They are always catching dolls in Wonderland. They want to catch Dolly!”
“Run away! Quickly!” Dolly shouted.
However, it was too late. I was caught by the Dolls Hunters.
“Master!”
“Cordelia!” Dolly and Sapphire were worried.
“Don’t care about me! Run away!”
“But…master…”
“Run away! Quick!” I yelled.
Sapphire put Dolly in her arms and started running away. When they were escaping, some of the Dolls Hunters wanted to chase after them. However, the leader of the Dolls Hunters, Daniel told them not to chase after them. Thank god!
However, he shouted, “If you do not come to the castle of Dolls Hunters before tomorrow’s sunset, this girl will be killed.”
Then he laughed sinisterly, “Little doll, you shall be ours.”
I was brought to their castle. The castle was dark green. It was scary. It seemed to be very dirty and untidy. Had the Dolls Hunters ever cleaned their castle? There were a lot of spider webs in the castle and I was stuck on one of them.
Daniel was an evil wizard. He was wearing a tall black hat and a black gown. There was a scar on his face. And next to him, was his assistant, Perry.
Perry was slightly taller than me. He wore the same kind of hat and gown as Daniel. He seemed to be not so good at using his brain but I was quite sure that he was good at using his muscles.
Daniel said, “Welcome to our castle.”
“Maybe we should say thank you to you. Thanks to you, we can get the doll,” Perry said with a sinister smile.
“What? You’ve got Dolly?” I was shocked.
“Well, we haven’t got the doll but I’m sure that she’ll come–I’m very sure,” said Daniel.
“Well, why do you want to catch Dolly?”
“As you know, we are Dolls Hunters. We are a group of wizards and witches catching dolls. After catching them, we will take them to Earth and come back again. Tehn, they must offer us a wish . And our wish is to become the ruler of Wonderland.” said Perry.
“Perry, you idiotic guy!” Daniel shouted, “this is supposed to be a secret. Think before you speak!”
“What an impolite guy,” I grumbled.
“What? Little girl, I was thinking whether I should give you your own room but since you said that I’m an impolite guy, you will be staying on this web tonight,” Daniel shouted at me.
Then, they left.
Therefore, I stayed on the web, until…
“Master! I’m here to save you!” I heard Dolly’s voice.
“Dolly! Why are you here?” I whispered, “You’ll be caught by those contemptible wizards and witches.”
“Never mind, master. I will save you and we can run away,” she gave me a big, warm smile as she started cutting the web with a knife.
Sapphire walked to us and said, “I used my magic to make all Dolls Hunters faint. But I couldn’t find the leader’s assistant…”
Suddenly, I saw Perry. He was yawning.
“Hahaha! Tomorrow, we will become the ruler of Wonderland! I am so excited. I can’t sleep,” he said after yawning.
I whispered, “Dolly, Sapphire, hide.”
Unluckily, Perry heard it, “Did I hear something?”
He looked around. Luckily, Sapphire and Dolly had already hidden. Therefore, Perry didn’t see them.
However, I heard him saying, “It’s strange, I’m sure that I heard something.”
Oh my god! He was walking to our side! Sapphire immediately hid Dolly behind her. Perry saw Spphire.
Although he saw her, he just said, “Hello! My name is Perry. Nice to meet you.”
Then she turned back and went back to his room. As he was walking, I heard him whispering, “So she is the one who made the sound.”
I finally knew the reason why Daniel said that Perry was an idiotic guy. But actually, I was glad that Perry was such an idiot.
I realized that Sapphire looked zonked. Probably, it was because she use her magic to make the Dolls Hunters faint. Suddenly, the sapphire on her shawl started becoming invisible.
“Oh my goodness!” she said, “I don’t have enough magic power left. And that means…”
Well, we all knew what would happen–the Dolls Hunters woke up. Their leader was the first one coming to us.
“Perry, get the doll!” he yelled.
Perry didn’t have the brain but he had the muscle. He caught Dolly. Also, Sapphire was stuck onto the web.
“The doll is here, sir,” he gave Daniel Dolly.
I saw Daniel waving his magic wand. Then, I heard the distant thunder–Daniel and Dolly disappeared.
“Where have they gone?” I asked.
“They went to your place–Earth,” Perry replied to me.
“Why do they go there?”
“I wonder why they go there too,” Perry didn’t know the reason either.
After a while, I heard the distant thunder again–Dolly and Daniel came back.
“Now,” Daniel said, “Little doll, you are to grant me a wish because I’m your owner.”
“No,” Dolly shook her head firmly, “I won’t admit you as my owner. Therefore, I won’t give you wish.”
Daniel got angry. He shouted, “Perry, show her we’re not kidding.”
Perry’s knife touched my neck.
“Master!” Dolly was worried about me.
“So,” that contemptible wizard said, “Little doll, you have two choices. The first one is to offer us a wish. And the second one, is to see your dearest master’s head falling onto the ground. Which would you choose?”
“The doll’s dearest master’s head falling onto the ground. Roger, sir,” the stupid assistant of Daniel misunderstood what his leader was saying.
I was in danger.
As Perry was about to kill me with his knife, Sapphire called, “No! Don’t kill her!”
Suddenly, the time froze. All of the Dolls Hunters fainted, except Daniel–he only stopped his movement. I looked around. Sapphire started to disappear! Her magic power was exhausted! I couldn’t say a word when I saw this scene.
“Cordelia, I’m so glad that I met you.. We will be friends forever. Take this sapphire. It will protect you,” she said as she gave me the sapphire on her shawl.
“What are you saying, Sapphire!” I stood there like a piece of wood, seeing my friend disappear.
“Farewell, my friend,” Sapphire said a tearful goodbye to me
She disappeared.
I was really shocked. I didn’t think that she would sacrifice herself in order to save me.
When Sapphire disappeared, time started to flow again. Daniel was surprised to see all of the Dolls Hunters fainted.
“What have you villains done?” he roared.
He went mad, I thought. His magic wand turned into a sword. He rushed to me and wield his sword.
“I’ll have you regret what you’ve done with my minions. I am removing your head.” he yelled.
“Master!” Dolly cried.
Then, she started saying a magic spell. I heard the distant thunder. I was home, safe and sound. Dolly and the sapphire were in my hands. However, Dolly started disappearing. I finally realized what happened. Dollymade my wish come true but that means she…
It was a bolt out of the blue. Tears fell from my eyes.
“My dearest master, my lord, thanks for everything,” Dolly said as she was disappearing, “I don’t want to disappear but disappearing for someone you love is worth it.”
She disappeared. I’ve never seen that big warm smile again.
When I was crying, I heard the distant thunder. It was Daniel and Perry. They came to earth.
“You made the disappear. And we can’t make our wish come true. As revenge, we’ll kill you,” said Perry.
I really didn’t know what to do. No one could help me.
Suddenly, the sapphire twinkled and I heard Sapphire’s voice, “Go away! You contemptible wizard. Don’t hurt my friend!”
“I won’t let you go, little girl, although you seemed to be having a fairy friend,” Daniel said.
Daniel and Sapphire–actually it was Sapphire’s sapphire–started using their magic to fight with each other.
At first, Sapphire had the stronger power. However, her power became weaker…
And finally, she used her last magic power to send Daniel and Perry back to Wonderland.
I heard the distant thunder again. After I heard the thunder, I saw the sapphire shining.
I heard a voice, “Cordelia. As I said, this sapphire protected you. But I can no longer protect you. I’ve used up my magic power. I will disappear. Farewell, my friend. This time, it’s the real farewell.”
The sapphire disappeared. I had never seen it again.
So what about the Dolls Hunters? Well, I had never met those wizards and witches again but I thought that they might be put into prison since they had done lots of bad things.
Both of my friends who fought against the evil Dolls Hunters disappeared. Although I had never seen that big, warm smile or that twinkling sapphire again, I was convinced that the bond between us would never disappear.
Yes. The bond between us could never be destroyed. It would never disappear–never!