Fai & Isa: Love In The Fantasy World 1
The Path to Truth (Part 10)
A blinding light swallowed them whole. For a moment, Fai and Isa felt as if they were floating in an endless void. Their hands were still tightly clasped, their hearts pounding in unison.
Then, the light faded.
When they opened their eyes, they were no longer in their beloved fantasy world. Instead, they found themselves standing in a vast space filled with swirling energy. The sky above them was neither day nor night, but a shifting mixture of colors—deep purples, blues, and golds blending together like liquid light.
Before them stood the mysterious man who had led them here. His dark eyes gleamed with knowledge, as if he had been waiting for this moment.
"Welcome," he said, his voice calm yet powerful. "This is the space between worlds."
Isa shivered slightly. "Between… worlds?"
Fai frowned. "What does that mean? Are we trapped here?"
The man shook his head. "No. You are here because you seek the truth. And the truth is that your world—your dream world—was not created by accident."
Isa's breath hitched. "Not… created by us?"
"You played a part in its creation," the man explained. "Your love, your longing, your deepest desires—those emotions shaped the world you've been living in. But something, or someone, made it possible for you to enter it in the first place."
Fai exchanged a glance with Isa. His grip on her hand tightened. "Who?"
The man stepped aside and gestured toward a new vision forming in the air.
Before their eyes, the scene shifted. They saw themselves—Fai and Isa—lying in their separate beds in the real world, just as they had glimpsed before. But now, another presence appeared in the vision.
A glowing white figure.
It stood beside Isa's sleeping form, watching her with unreadable eyes. Then, it turned toward Fai, stepping through the veil of space as if it were nothing. Its form was neither fully human nor fully animal, its edges flickering like firelight.
Isa gasped. "That… that looks like—"
"The White Cat," Fai finished, his voice tense.
The man nodded. "Indeed. But it is more than just a cat. It is a guardian of boundaries, a keeper of separation. It ensures that things remain as they should be."
Isa's heart pounded. "Then why did it let us be together? Why did it allow us to create our world?"
The man's expression darkened slightly. "Because it was testing you. It wanted to see how far your love could go. Whether it could defy fate itself."
Fai clenched his fists. "And now? What does it want from us?"
The vision before them changed again. This time, they saw their fantasy world, but it was trembling, its golden skies flickering, its glowing forests dimming. Cracks were forming in the ground, as if the world itself was being unraveled.
Isa gasped, panic filling her chest. "No… it's breaking apart!"
The man's voice was grave. "The White Cat has decided that your world should not exist. And so, it is destroying it."
Fai's breath caught in his throat. "Then we have to stop it! We have to go back!"
The man studied them for a long moment. Then, he spoke.
"You have a choice," he said. "Return to your world and fight for it—risk everything to keep it alive. Or… accept that some things are not meant to be, and wake up in the real world, never to return."
Isa's fingers tightened around Fai's. Her heart was pounding, her mind racing.
Fai turned to her, his eyes filled with emotion. "Isa… what do you want to do?"
Isa's eyes burned with determination. There was no hesitation in her voice when she answered.
"We fight."
Fai smiled, a spark of fire igniting in his chest. "Then let's go back. Together."
The man let out a slow breath and nodded. "Very well."
He raised his hand, and the world around them began to glow.
With a final pulse of energy, the space between worlds disappeared—
And Fai and Isa were plunged back into their world.
A world that was now crumbling around them.
To be continued…