It Was The Same Bus I Got Onto Everyday But That Day As I Sat down, I Sensed Something Was Different
The bus driver started on the vehicle again and the unusual journey started.
The pale crescent moon shone like a silvery claw in the night sky. Bathed in the light of the sun the moon just turned out to be even more beautiful than the stars. I hurried out from my friend's birthday party as it was my time to go home and to prepare myself for the tests that was impending on me. As the night descended, while I was walking to the bus stop a deafening silence occurred in the streets and the atmosphere took a sinister turn. Shadows started to dance in the open field and then instantaneously the occasional barking of the faraway dogs broke the silence of the night. I reached the bus stop and then suddenly there was a deafening BANG and I threw up my hands to shield my eyes against a sudden blinding light. With a yell, I rolled back onto the pavement, just in time. A seconds later, a gigantic pair of wheels and headlights had screeched to a halt exactly where I was standing motionlessly.
The conductor was standing right in front of the entrance when I was entering the bus. He seemed a bit unusual on that day. The color of his uniform changed from blue to purple and he had large protruding ears and a fair few pimples. The bus driver seemed to be in a miserable condition; his clothes were dirty and ruffled as if he had not changed for days, and there was also a deep cut blatantly visible on his face. To my utter surprise, that 35 years old man looked much older. I took my ticket from the conductor and went inside to find my seat. I got myself placed after a grouchy looking old lady with white face and hands. She had grey eyes which were almost colorless and her hair was white and thin. I felt very much weird to sit next to her and my insides were giving such strange feelings. It was the same bus I got onto everyday, but that day as I sat down I sensed something was different. In a jiffy, the bus driver started on the vehicle again and the unusual journey started.
I was looking outside the window and all I saw was large splashing drops of the rain pattering on the window screen. Staring outside fixedly, I didn't realize when I fell asleep. After a few minutes or so there was a bump and I woke up suddenly and saw a young male with ruffled hair and blue eyes. He was clutching a suitcase with him very tightly and in a moment I saw something creeping out from his suitcase. I rubbed my eyes and gave a startled look at it to make sure that either or not it was my imagination. But sadly, anything eccentric like that didn't happen again. I became merely distracted at him, he all the time kept an eye on his suitcase as if a basilisk would come out of it. A few minutes passed by, and this time his suitcase gave a weird jerk and made a loud sound as if something was trying to get out of it. All of the persons in the bus became alarmed of him and his suspicious suitcase. The woman who was sitting next to him was trying her best to stay a stone's throw distance away from him.
"Everyone please calm down, there is absolutely nothing for you to worry about," said the man in a worried tone.
But I all the time got the feeling that there is something to worry about.
The suitcase gave a strange jerk again and this time some flat-sized feet was slithering out form the case. I became petrified and my face was a mask of terror. That eccentric creature pushed open the cover of the suitcase and jumped out of the case.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Everyone in the bus shouted on the top of their voice. Some ladies wailed like a siren and rose to their feet in alarm. That ruffled hair man was trying his best to calm down everyone but all of the people were acting like maniacs. That creature was staring at everyone in an amused way and was walking in the bus like a penguin. The bus conductor became senseless at the first sight and the bus driver was somehow trying to keep himself calm down like nothing was going on, so that an accident can be avoided. I tried to hold my composure and asked him nonchalantly about the creature. He whispered to my ears and said that they were Wiggles.
Being an animal lover and my interest on knowing about every single creature in the animal kingdom, I never heard or saw anything like that with a mystifying name called "Wiggles". I was spellbound. After a minute or so I noticed a very curious thing about those Wiggles that they were sniffing out leather and also some shiny objects as well. Unlike me, the other people were flabbergasted and some even shrieked out of panic. Slowly, the bus was reaching the bus stop and the time came to an end of this experience. To my utter surprise, that ruffled man and mine's stoppage were at the same spot. Together, we got out of the bus then I remembered I forgot to ask him something.
"What is your name sir?" I questioned him.
"Fidemus Newton young lady. And yours?"
"Isabella Rose."
We waved our hands in farewell to each other. I didn't even realized how those 2 hours went by. It was such a memorable journey which will be engraved in my heart forever.
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Mubassira Mahatab
Hello everyone I am Mahita a student and I love to see the world through my imaginations.
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