The Kings Instrument

As little Eric glared into the T.V screen he heard the people clap as the king and his henchmen took to the stage. And in the kings hand he saw not a sword but an instrument, an instrument which he used to light up the night. And as little Eric saw the king strumming his instrument his eyes glowed and he had a feeling, a feeling of contentment he had never felt before.

Now Eric had a ton of toys, but he asks his dad for one last wish, to gift him the kings instrument which he saw on the television screen. And when his dad took him to the down to the lonely bassment, and in that lonely bassment in the fat corner of the room lied a Bag covered with the dust of time. His dad reached out for the bag and slowly opened it as little Eric looked with curious eyes. And out of the bag his dad removed the kings instrument shining in gold. And as he handed little Eric the instrument, he said to him "Don't let it catch you again".

Time passed on, Little Eric was not little anymore. And Reality hit him like it hits everyone. Eric learnt that he had the instrument but he wasn't the king, there was no grand auditorium, no people clapping, no henchmen. It was only Eric and his instrument. And so Eric went down, to the same basement in which he played the instrument for the first time. And as he started to strum the instrument his fingers started to write a melody. And when he was done writing the melody he said to his instrument "Come catch me again"

Then Eric walked out of the tunnel the lights were all shinning, the people clapping and the henchmen right behind him. And as he stood in the same place where the king once stood he began he heard a voice saying "Don't let it catch you again" and as he looked up he saw the king with his instrument and once again the king said "Don't let it catch you again".

And that is when Eric woke up in his basement he then looked down at the instrument in his hand, it had no shinning gold just just pale brown and dusty. He got up and put the instrument back in its case and said "this time I won't let you come catch me again".