It was a world of its own. Black, whites and grays. Like a sketch of a traditional drawing. The trees shaded with different values, of black and gray, looking just as real as any tree that you would normally see. Except for the lack of color of course. The trees were tall and bare of any leaves. There were rows upon rows of them, as though this door led to a forest. I looked back at that gas mask, debating on what I should do. I knew though what I should do. Deep down something pushed me to do what I did next. 

    The mask I wore, the one that I have had for so long; I began taking it off. That moment that I pulled it away from my face, I felt free. The air seemed lighter, the world brighter. I was free from the burden it possessed. I was free to be who I am, who I want to be. To choose that which I would do next. I picked up the gas mask from its resting place and began putting it on. One mask to another one may think, but this must have been placed here for a reason. Maybe what is out there calls for me to wear this for my own protection. Before I knew it, I was now looking through this new mask. The material I could feel was a cloth, light in a way that it would not cause me to overheat. Breathing through it was easy. I looked through the door once more and began to step into the new world that revealed itself to me.

    I looked around more to see that the sky looked like the gray of a storm right before it rains. However, I feel as though, like our sky, it would be blue with your different clouds of white; the sky here is always gloomy like the rest of this world I'm seeing. I continued to take glances at the forest I was about to step in before finally taking notice of a strange sound. It sounded like a scratching, like a scraping on a canvas or parchment. I tried to look for what may be causing that sound only to hear it suddenly stop. Almost as though it knew I was aware of it. 

    Moving on from that moment, I crossed the barrier and entered that world. Not even a minute after I passed through that door, I heard a loud thud. I turned around and saw that the door was now shut tight. Before I could reach for the doorknob, the door faded away; disappearing out of sight. The way back home now gone, there was no going back, at least for now. The forest surrounded me completely, and now I had no choice but to move forward… wherever that may be. Choosing a random direction, I began walking. My surroundings brought feelings of uneasiness and caution. The best way to describe how I feel is when you go into a forest or woods in the dead of the night and alone, with the eerie atmosphere surrounding you along with the strange noises that echo from within it. However, imagine that but here, everything is brighter, like that of daylight in comparison. May it be just the fears mixed with excitement for being in a place I've never been before, or may it be my base survival instincts telling me that something is not right here.

    Whichever it may be, it does not change my situation and the fact that I'm on my own...