Fiction: The power of light (El poder de la luz) [EN/ES]
The power of light
Jack was a withdrawn man for him his world revolved around his dark loneliness and lack of attachment to the world. Each day passed without any reason to smile, everything passed in a sour and meaningless tone. Jack had moved apartments and hoped that the new change of environment might serve to brighten his dreary existence somewhat.
Upon arriving at his new home, Jack found in the room a beautiful, colorful dream catcher and some metallic pendants that, when moved, emitted a sound so charming and wonderful that it filled the man with peace. A warm smile emerged from the hard corners of his mouth.
After a moment, a glow began to emerge from the object, causing Jack to move closer. The power of attraction of the dreamcatcher was so intense that he could not resist and took the object in his hands. His eyes were bathed in a candor and a luminous intensity that immersed him in that light.
The sound of the dreamcatcher became more intense and Jack could not stand the light intensity. He fainted on the honey-colored stave floor...
"Hey, hey... Are you all right?" A sweet voice drifted into Jack's eardrums.
The man would open his eyes and the blurry image would become clearer. Scared Jack began to ask the woman many questions. "Who are you, where am I, how did I get here?".
"I am Astrix. You are in the realm of the five suns. To get to this world you need to have the sacred key, 'the Spolum'." The woman opened her eyes to the fullest extent of their sockets looking into Jack's hands at the dreamcatcher.
"Espolum? This is just a dreamcatcher." Jack was showing Astrix the object that had stopped glowing for some strange reason.
"Surely you are the chosen one, that hero who prophesied the sacred papyrus." Astrix pointed at the man with an almost inescapable certainty. "The sacred papyrus says, 'The chosen one will come from nowhere at a time when the end of evil will be near and with him he will bring the sacred key, the Spolum, that will end the evil shadows."
"haha... Woman you are crazy. I'm not a warrior..., who will save... what's the name of this place?" Jack stood up while still laughing. "Tell me, which way do I get out of this place? I have to get back to my apartment."
"You can't leave here, the Spolum has brought you to fulfill your destiny." At that instant, Jack and Astrix were surrounded by large winged monsters, as dark as night and with claws as strong as steel. The man was screaming in despair and Astrix was drawing his sword to chase the monsters away.
"Run, chosen one. It would be best if you escaped!" Astrix shouted at Jack as she made her sword dance to the sound of adrenaline.
Jack was running off into the forest, his light footsteps seeking solace in the hope of escape. He was running deeper into the forest and everything was getting gloomy. The thick air made the man gasp, and after a few minutes, he sat down on a stone that looked like a large cut diamond.
As Jack caught his breath, he heard a horrible shriek that made him writhe in pain. He looked back and saw nothing, then it was all darkness... He opened his eyes and looked at his apartment, he thought, "What a crazy dream I had. For a moment I thought it was reality. I'm such a fool. Haha." He threw the dreamcatcher in the corner of the room.
He went on with his day forgetting everything that had happened. Night came in the blink of an eye. He laid down to sleep and immediately a sound began to fill the loneliness of the room. He awoke and looked over to where the dreamcatcher was, an incandescent light once again emerged from the object.
Jack quickly jumped out of bed to where the dreamcatcher was and took it in his hands, again Jack was transported to this strange world... He opened his eyes and felt himself being violently moved. "Wake up, chosen one, wake up."
"Astrix, where are we?" Jack asked as he rubbed his eyes.
"We are in Luwick's castle. The sinister king who has covered our town in darkness and evil. It is him we face and his army of monsters to bring back the light that Luwick has stolen for more power, but you are the chosen one who will save us from this horrible tyrant."
"Hey, I'm no chosen one or anything, my name is Jack, and stop calling me chosen one. Got it." Jack stood up angrily and was pounding on the bars. "Let me out. I didn't do anything or even belong in this crazy world."
"Calm down, Jack. Luwick must not know you possess the Spolum or he will kill you." Astrix was running towards him to cover his mouth.
At that moment, dark soldiers with red skulls appeared and took the couple away. Astrix struggled, but it was useless. Jack threw up his hands and gave up. "Guys, I don't want any trouble. I'm not from this world. Please let me go."
Astrid and Jack were led to Luwick and then thrown to the ground in front of the monstrous king. "My watchers have told me that you have something very precious, I demand to know what it is." The dark king with some sort of mask on his head and flashing red eyes was approaching the couple. He was grabbing Astrid by the neck. "Tell me, warrior, what you have or you will die right here."
Astrix was moving violently, but Luwick was very strong. Jack watched this and inside him, something began to flow that he had never felt before. He watched the woman suffer. "That's enough, you horrible monster. Leave her alone. Coward."
Luwick would let go of Astrix and turn to Jack. "So you're courageous." The King grabbed Jack by the neck and began to squeeze him with his large scaly hands.
Jack felt the air begin to go out of him and closed his eyes, then he heard the sound of the dreamcatcher, took it from his pocket, and pulled it out. A great light began to emanate from the object. Luwick let go of the man and in terror began to scream, "Espolum, Espolum!"
The light grew stronger and began to destroy the shadows of the castle. Jack stood up and holding the dreamcatcher high in the air, gave a shout and the object exploded with a wave of light that began to spread throughout the kingdom. Luwick screaming ran with his sword towards Jack, but it was too late, the light began to destroy all the darkness in its path.
The sinister king disintegrated as well as all his dark army and the kingdom of the five suns regained the light. Jack would fall to his knees and Astrix would embrace him showing a beautiful smile from his lips. "Thank you, Jack. You have saved us. The prophecy has been fulfilled."
Jack smiled and felt his life make sense, then everything went dark and he woke up in his apartment. He opened his eyes and felt a great sadness. He was back to what he was, at least his dream made him happy for a moment.
He would never forget that place in his fantasies where his life made sense, and he discovered that he was capable of doing things he had never thought of, but now he was back to his routine life. After a few days, Jack arrived at the apartment, heard the sound of the dreamcatcher, ran in a hurry watched the object shine brightly, surrendered to the light, and disappeared from this world. He was never seen again.
The end
El poder de la luz
Jack era un hombre retraído, para él su mundo giraba entorno a su oscura soledad y falta de apego por el mundo. Cada día pasaba sin ningún motivo para sonreír, todo pasaba en un tono agrio y sin sentido. Jack se había mudado de apartamento y esperaba que el nuevo cambio de ambiente pudiera servir para alegrar en algo su triste existencia.
Al llegar a su nueva vivienda, Jack encontró en el cuarto un bello atrapasueños, muy colorido y unos colgantes metálicos que al moverse emitían un sonido tan encantador y maravilloso que llenaban de paz al hombre. Una cálida sonrisa emergió por sus duras comisuras.
Luego de un instante, un brillo empezó a emerger del objeto, haciendo que Jack se acercara. El poder de atracción del atrapasueños fue tan intenso que él no pudo resistirse y tomó el objeto en sus manos. Sus ojos fueron bañados por un candor y una intensidad lumínica que lo sumergió en esa luz.
El sonido del atrapasueños se hacía más intenso y Jack no pudo soportar la intensidad lumínica, Cayó desmayado al piso de duela color miel...
«Oye, oye... Te encuentras bien». Una dulce voz se internaba en los tímpanos de Jack.
El hombre abría los ojos y la imagen borrosa se hacía más clara. Jack asustado soltaba una lluvia de preguntas. «¿Quién eres? ¿Dónde estoy? ¿Cómo llegué a aquí?».
«Soy Astrix. Tú estás en el reino de los cinco soles. Para llegar a este mundo se necesita tener la llave sagrada, "el Espolum"». La mujer abría los ojos al máximo de sus cuencas mirando en las manos de Jack el atrapasueños.
«¿Espolum? Esto solo es un atrapasueños». Jack mostraba a Astrix el objeto que había dejado de brillar por algún extraño motivo.
«De seguro eres el elegido, aquel héroe que profetizó el papiro sagrado». Astrix apuntaba al hombre con una certeza casi ineludible. «El papiro sagrado dice, 'El elegido vendrá de la nada en un tiempo donde el fin del mal estará cerca y con él traerá la llave sagrada, el Espolum que acabará con las sombras malignas».
«jaja... Mujer estás loca. Yo no soy un guerrero..., que salvará a... ¿cómo se llama este lugar?». Jack se levantaba mientras seguía riendo. «Dime, ¿por dónde salgo de este lugar? Tengo que volver a mi apartamento».
«No puedes salir de aquí, el Espolum te ha traído a cumplir tu destino».
En ese instante, Jack y Astrix fueron rodeados por grandes monstruos alados, tan oscuros como la noche y con garras tan fuertes como el acero. El hombre gritaba desesperado y Astrix sacaba su espada intentando ahuyentar a los monstruos.
«¡Corre, elegido, debes escapar!», Astrix gritaba mientras hacía bailar su espada al son de la adrenalina.
Jack salía corriendo hacia el bosque, sus pasos ligeros buscaban consuelo en la esperanza de la escapatoria. Se iba internado más en el bosque y todo se ponía tétrico. El aire espeso hacia jadear al hombre, quien después de unos minutos se sentó sobre una piedra que parecía un gran diamante tallado.
Mientras Jack recuperaba el aliento, escuchó un horrible chillido que lo hizo retorcer de dolor. Volvió la mirada hacia atrás y no vio nada, después todo fue oscuridad... Abría los ojos y miraba su apartamento, pensó, «qué sueño más loco tuve. Por un momento pensé que era realidad. Soy un tonto. Jaja». Tiraba el atrapasueños en una esquina de la habitación.
Siguió con su día olvidando todo lo sucedido. La noche llegó en un parpadeo. Se acostó para dormir e inmediatamente un sonido empezó a llenar la soledad de la habitación. Despertó y miró a hacia donde estaba el atrapasueños, una luz incandescente volvió a emerger del objeto.
Jack saltó rápidamente de la cama hacia donde estaba el atrapasueños y lo tomó en sus manos, nuevamente Jack fue transportado hasta ese mundo extraño... Abría los ojos y sentía como lo movían violentamente. «Despierta, elegido, despierta».
«Astrix, ¿dónde estamos?». Jack preguntaba al mismo tiempo que se sobaba los ojos.
«Estamos en el castillo de Luwick, El siniestro rey que ha cubierto nuestro pueblo de oscuridad y maldad. Es a él a quien nos enfrentamos y a su ejército de monstruos para volver a tener la luz que Luwick se ha robado para tener más poder, pero tú eres el elegido quien nos salvará de este horrible tirano».
«Oye, yo no soy ningún elegido ni nada de eso, además me llamo Jack, y deja de llamarme elegido. Entendiste». Jack se levanta furioso y golpeaba las rejas. «Déjenme salir, yo no he hecho nada ni siquiera pertenezco a este mundo de locos».
«Cálmate, Jack. Luwick no debe saber que posees el Espolum o te matará» Astrix corría hacia él para taparle la boca.
En ese momento, unos soldados oscuros con cráneos rojos aparecían y se llevaban a la pareja. Astrix forcejeaba, pero era inútil. Jack levantaba las manos y se daba por rendido. «Muchachos, no quiero problemas. No soy de este mundo. Por favor suéltenme».
Astrid y Jack fueron llevados hasta Luwick, después fueron tirados al suelo en frente del monstruoso rey. «Mis vigilantes me han dicho que ustedes tienen algo muy preciado, exijo saber qué es». El rey oscuro con una especie de máscara en su cabeza y ojos rojos destellantes se acercaba a la pareja. Tomaba a Astrid por el cuello. «Dime, guerrera, lo que tienes o morirás aquí mismo».
Astrix se movía violentamente, pero Luwick era muy fuerte. Jack miraba esto y dentro de él empezó a fluir algo que nunca había sentido. Miraba a la guerrera sufrir. «Ya basta, horrible monstruo. Déjala en paz. Cobarde».
Luwick soltaba a Astrix y se dirigía a hacía Jack. «Así que eres muy valiente». El Rey tomaba a Jack por el cuello y empezaba a apretarle con sus grandes manos escamosas.
Jack sentía que el aire le empezaba a faltar y cerró los ojos, luego escuchó el sonido del atrapasueños, lo tomó de su bolsillo y lo sacó. Una gran luz empezó a brotar del objeto. Luwick soltó al hombre y aterrorizado empezó a gritar, «¡Espolum, Espolum!».
La luz se hizo más fuerte y empezó a destruir las sombras del castillo. Jack se levantó y sosteniendo el atrapasueños en lo alto, dio un grito y el objeto hizo una explosión de luz con una onda que empezó a extenderse por todo el reino. Luwick gritando corría con su espada hacia donde estaba Jack, pero era muy tarde la luz empezaba a destruir todas las tinieblas a su paso.
El rey siniestro se desintegraba al igual que todo su ejército oscuro y el reino de los cinco soles recuperaba la luz. Jack caía de rodillas y Astrix lo abrazaba mostrado una bella sonrisa de sus labios. «Gracias, Jack. Nos has salvado. La profecía se ha cumplido».
Jack sonreía y sintió que su vida cobraba sentido, después todo se volvió oscuro y despertó en su apartamento. Abría los ojos y sintió una gran tristeza, volvía a ser lo que era, al menos su sueño lo hizo feliz por un instante.
Nunca olvidará ese lugar de sus fantástico donde su vida tuvo sentido y descubrió que era capaz de hacer cosas que nunca había pensado, pero ahora volvía a su vida rutinaria. Luego de algunos días, Jack llegaba al apartamento, escuchó aquel sonido del atrapasueños, corrió de prisa y miró el objeto brillar intensamente, se entregó a la luz y despareció de este mundo. Jamás se le volvió a ver.
Fin
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Edited by Rincón Poético.
The text of this post was originally translated from Spanish to English with the translator DeepL
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¡Thanks for you reading!
This is such an imaginative tale, @rinconpoetico7. We navigate back and forth between the real world and the dream world, wondering how things will turn out for Jack if the powers of the dreamcatcher turn out to be real, and sure enough they are. Certainly his life will be more interesting in the fantasy world than in his real life!
Thank you for stopping by and leaving your kind comment. I always like to see you in my posts.
In truth, there are lives that are more exciting in fantasy. The lives of some writers and those turn out to be immortal stories. Haha.
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I'm excited he went back to the magical world. The real world is boring without powers and full of misery. Nice story.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving your kind comment. I'm very glad you liked the story. Truly, the magical world is more exciting, I wish there was an object that would take us to those worlds.
Good day.
I wish so too. Hahaha.
Great use of the hero's journey that transform Jack from a reluctant participant in this epic drama to a saviour of this dream kingdom. Eventually, Jack is transformed into someone who is willing and has the courage to use the light to drive away darkness.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a kind comment.
I wanted to give that touch of fantasy and emotion to the life of a man who had nothing to live for.
A cordial greeting to you.