Lalaou

Trring---Trrrring-----Trrrrring. For the umpteenth time Gareth snoozed his 
alarm on his shiny new phone and it felt like it had been ringing a million 
times. He fought waking up so hard this morning because, one, he was getting 
to sleep for this long, after long and two, because he was having the best 
dream about Trisha and himself. The girl in question was someone he'd been 
infatuated with for two years. She worked in his office six months ago as an 
intern and although he had not seen her since, he had been content with 
stalking her Facebook page first thing in the morning and other times in the 
day.Gareth smiled, his cheeks reddening at the thought of her gorgeous face and 
never ending long legs as he jumped out of bed. He ran a cold shower, gobbled 
a measly coffee and muffin-from-last-week and rushed to work in his new 
shiny car. He was crossing a signal and before he could turn left; which was his 
everyday route, he went right as he had suddenly, as if it was a dream, spotted 
Trisha. He felt an overwhelming surge of love sear his throat and his heart 
started pounding madly in his chest. She was walking her pug Demeritus and 
looking as gorgeous as she could ever have looked before in her simple jogging 
tracks and high ponytail. Gareth learnt from experience how important it was 
to grab opportunities when they came; that's how he was so successful 
financially, and so did not hesitate to ask her if she needed a lift. Luckily, she 
consented and there Gareth sat driving his car with the woman he was so in 
love with.He wasn't familiar with this route but to seem knowledgeable he kept going 
straight on that road while Trisha grooved to the music playing in his car. 
Suddenly, they reached a dead end and before Gareth realised it; he was 
sneaking long glances at Trisha, the car was flung midair and in an instant they 
were transported into a new world.The car landed with a loud thud on the lilac coloured ground. Gareth sprang 
into consciousness and carrying Trisha out of the car, gasped in horror at the 
sight before him. Sixteen werelions lay in the vast lilac field before him. Some 
of these half lion, half human creatures were snoring in deep slumber and 
some started approaching the strange new visitors of their land in a slow 
menacing stride. Trisha screamed and clutched her pug Demetrius tightly 
around her as Gareth positioned himself in front of her looking like he'd froze."Do not fear us, humans! For we are not going to hurt you," said one of the 
approaching werelions who introduced himself as Appa; all the while baring his 
lilac coloured teeth. Gareth touched Trisha's palm in reassurance and she 
looked at him; her eyes full of fear. The vast landscape was dotted with 
myriad variety of flowers, all in the shades of lilac. The sky seemed to reflect 
the colour of the land and although there was no sun in sight, this strange land 
seemed brightly lit. Appa continued, his voice deep, slow, and sonorous. "We 
have lived in Lalaou for centuries. We are the safe guarders and eternal 
watchers. All lesser beings are nurtured by us. The organisms in the soil 
worship us and we are fabled to have hearts of pure sapphire. This I cannot 
vouch for as I have not seen thus. Also, we hate DOGS!" Saying this, Appa and 
five of his kind leaped at the pug Demetrius and in a blink of an eye he was 
swallowed whole.Trisha wailed in pain and Gareth held her as they entered the car and thinking 
that taking the car in reverse would bring them back to their own world, did 
just that, and it worked. And then, like all great stories end, Trisha and Gareth 
lived happily ever after, after of course Gareth consoled her enough about the 
tragic loss of Demetrius, the pug.

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