"Abdullah, wake up!" shouts my Mother, "It is already 1 pm, you will miss Friday Prayers."
Abdullah just groans in response and gets up from his bed. He rubs his eyes to clear the sleep from his eyes before he looks back to his mother and says, "Ok Mom, I'm up, I need to change, can you go out for a minute?"
His Mother smiles and nods, then moves out of Abdullah's room, giving him his needed privacy.
Abdullah then moves to his bathroom, and looks at the mirror.
He has tanned skin and spiky black hair. He has a normal Gulf Arab beard. He has average height and an average healthy body.
Abdullah quickly washes his face and brushes his teeth. Then, he quickly wears his Dishdasha (Traditional Gulf Arabic Cloths) and takes his phone and leaves his room. He quickly goes to the kitchen and grabs an apple. He spots his mother watching television, he quickly gives her a kiss on her forehead and says goodbye, he then left the house for the nearest Mosque to his house, The Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Mosque, though it is a Shia mosque, Abdullah doesn't think it is any different from a Sunni Mosque.
While walking towards the mosque, he sees his childhood friend Ali come from in front of him. Ali has white skin, showing his Persian ancestry, he has black hair, but no facial hair, and he is also a Shia. "Hey bro, how's it going?" says Ali
Abdullah replies, "Nothing much dude, just walking to Friday Prayers as usual. You?”
“I’m going to the mosque as well. Hey, wanna go to the Avenues later? I’ve heard they’ve opened a Game stop store!” Ali says with enthusiasm. Ali is an avid Gamer, Games are his life, once he did not eat or drink just to finish Bloodborne all at once.
“Yea sure”, replies Abdullah. Abdullah quickly notices that he and Ali had arrived to the mosque. “Ali, we’re here”, says Abdullah. Ali notices and enters the Holy building with Abdullah.
Ali and Abdullah removed their shoes and quickly cleansed themselves so they can enter the prayer room.
When they enter the room, they can already see that the room was packed with hundreds of people, preparing for prayers. The duo moved to the last row of the prayer room. When they got to their places, the Imam began the prayers.
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We were ending our prayers, I finished mine fairly quickly, so I sat there looking around the crowd. I then found someone that caught my eye. It was a man who came to the prayers very late. I don’t know why he even bothered showing up now, but something about this man is very suspicious, I don’t know bu-
“For the Caliphate!” Shouted the man. He then did the unthinkable.
Everything was in slow motion, then a loud bang and a fireball quickly growing and expanding at the speed of light destroying everything in its way. That is when I noticed I was in the way; I quickly covered my eyes and waited for the pain that is to come…
…
…
… It never came
I slowly moved my arms away from my face to restore my sight.
I was greeted with a Forest. I am no longer in the Mosque, but instead a I was surrounded with grass and trees. This is no Desert anymore. I am definitely not in Kuwait anymore.
But I quickly remembered Ali, I quickly looked around to find my friend and was greeted with him…
… His lower body, scorched with second and third degree burns. He also seems to be unconscious.
I tried to get up but was met with pain from my legs. I looked towards my legs and noticed that my right leg had a large open wound. The second I saw this, I almost threw up, but I quickly pushed the nausea back down. My friend was in danger of dying I have to do something.
I ripped off a piece of my Dishdasha that covers my arm and covered my wound with it. I then got up and limped towards Ali, then I picked him up with both my arms and started to go to the nearest settlement.
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I walked for maybe half an hour and still haven’t found any town or city, not even a village. I already feel that I lost a lot of blood because I started to get dizzy. I felt that I could fall unconscious at any second.
Oh Allah, what have I done to deserve this suffering?
That man… Terrorist did this to me and Ali, He may be dead now but I wish eternal damnation for that son of a b-
“ROAR!!!!”
I quickly stopped everything and looked towards where the sound came from and found a huge Lion, he is bigger than an average lion actually an- is that a scorpion stinger?
Oh God
Without thought I limped as fast as I can the other way while carrying Ali. I dodged trees and large rocks, taking sharp turns to get the Large Lion off his tail
After a few minutes of Cat and Mouse I finally lost the monstrosity and I finally reached what it looked like a small town. It is definitely not Arabic buildings. Regardless, It is the only option I have, so I ran into the town and tried to find people that could help.
But I was instead greeted with Human-like … Horses
They stared with shock at me, some even with disgust, some even had concern on their faces. I just started back at them, very shocked by this revelation
He is definitely not on the Arabian Peninsula
But that did not stop him from speaking, though in Arabic, "[Help me]"
The loss of blood along with the shock was enough for me to fall unconscious.
But just before I fully lost consciousness, I heard gasps of shock and a language that sounds a lot like English.
Then everything turned black.