I was laying on what seemed like a thousand buzzing city lights, wondering if I could ever get back to the real world. A shrill, sharp sound suddenly echoed in the air, and I knew another day had gone by in this treacherous strange new world. I could feel my back and my dark brown hair slightly burning from the scorching heat below me, but I chose to remain there, on the circuit board, looking out toward radiating lights that looked like a whole metropolis. Delicate tears started to roll down my cheek as the surges of electrical currents continued, making the place look like a high-tech human city.
I remembered how it had all started. I had bought a new computer, and the second it powered up, I had been transmitted to this place. It was horrific, and I wished for nothing more than to go back home. My mum, dad and siblings must have been waiting for me, but they weren't here, were they? I realised the emptiness inside of the hollow world of this computer was so overwhelming! I sighed, before standing up and walking out toward the "city". Too much time had been wasted crying, and I wasn't going to let another precious second go. The icy-cold hands of home-sickness were suffocating me, but also providing me with a surge of will-power to get home. My footsteps lit up the board, and the buzzing sounds of electrical currents continued. It was beautiful in a sense really, but that didn't make it any less traumatic. "Hello! Oh my gosh, another person!" shouted out a high-pitched voice. This filled me with absolute shock! I had never even thought there could be someone else in this prison! Suddenly, a girl with wavy black hair walked out from behind a tower. "I have so much to say!" she brightly exclaimed, showing me that she had been stuck too. "What are you doing here?" she asked. All of a sudden, for some strange reason, I broke down into tears and started to tell her my story.
We continued talking to each other for some time, until she told me "I know a way to escape. Come with me to the CPU, and together we can make it out, I think. There's two strange hand pointer symbols there, and I think they mean something." It was a long, tiring walk to the CPU and if we made it there without getting lost, there was no actual evidence that the "hand pointer symbols" would allow us access out. If it did work however, I would get to see my family again. That was enough motivation for me. Nothing really mattered anymore, other than escaping.
I spent the next two days following the girl, and we became good friends. She showed me, that there was always happiness in the darkest of times, if only one remembered to turn on the light. After two days, we reached the CPU. It was a bright tower, wider than any other, and all the streams of electricity on the ground were coming from there. On the corner of the CPU wall was indeed two hand-pointer symbols, that had a mysterious glow emitting from them. "You go touch the left one. I'll touch the right." said the girl, who had suddenly become monotonous and solemn. "What's wrong?" I asked. She didn't reply, but instead rolled up the sleeve of her shirt. All of a sudden, realisation came crashing down onto me. There was a thousand tiny little electricity lines running right up her arm. “I'm the mother of this computer, I represent the motherboard.” she whispered, turning away from me, and placing her hand on the symbol. "Only I can grant you access out. I'm doing so, because you looked sad to be here. But you also looked sad there. Outside, in your world, I saw you crying, so I brought you here. Forgive me." she said slowly, as rage started to burn inside me. "How dare you?" I simply stated, before walking up to the hand pointer symbol and placing my hand on top of it. “Thank you for helping me, but don’t you dare ever do that again.” I said, while the world faded back into my home.
When I realised I was back, I broke into joyful tears. I remembered how the last time I had been here, I was crying and throwing a tantrum, which I now promise to never do again. I realised I was incredibly blessed to have my family, and I would be lonely without them. I ran to my family downstairs and told them how much I loved them. They looked delighted to see me, and I was soon bathing in the comfort of my family’s love!
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