Chapter 2: The pocket watch...

CREAK....

We both woke up next morning hearing strange creaking sound.

THE DOOR!?!

The door opened up and there stand an old man. He didn’t say anything, nor did neither of us think that he could talk, since his lips were sewed up tightly.

He place down the tray he was holding and went out immediately. The door disappeared once again.

We rush down the bed to see what he brings. There was a change of clothes for both of us, a plain, pure white dress, pant's and a long-sleve shirt. Two small handkerchief could be spotted too. Everything is white and plain. There are also two small breads and butter, with two cups of milk and a bottle full of water.

Is this food for us? This seriously can't be any more prison-like – thought both of the twins.

We start shreding up pieces of bread and dip it into the milk cup. Milk and bread make a decent meal for breakfast, especially when we are only 3 years old. We wiped our mouths and stand up, ready to change ourr clothes. Although not fancy or special, the clothes are comfortable and refreshing, compared to the rag-like clothes torn up during our trip, this feels much better.

After getting a good look at our yesterday’s clothes, it somehow looks expensive and detailed made. The fabrics are soft and it seems like noble's clothing.

“Hey, without those holes, don't you think they would look quite marvelous, don't you think, umm... Ai... Aiden?” The girl asked, weirdly called out her younger brother’s name.

“... Yes, in fact, they looks like clothes for Westerner nobles from the old days, actually.” Said Aiden, uncertainly.

“Then does that make these kids... I mean, us nobles too?” Asked Alora excitingly.

“Probably...” Answered Aiden.

CLICK, CREAK.....

Before they could discuss any further, the door appeared and the man stand infront of them. They backed down and become wary of the man, however, he only came to clean up the dishes, cups and even the ragged clothes.

“Wa...Wait, wait a momment!!!” cried Aiden, reaching his hand out.

The man doesn’t seem to care, or maybe he had bad hearing, since he didn’t look back and went straight out.

THUD!

CREAK....CLICK!

The door closed and disappeared.

“Wh... What wrong, A... Aiden?” asked Alora.

“... Damn it, he took the clothes, an important source of information out before we could even search further in for some clues about our ‘family', there might be crests or some items in the pocket too...” Said Aiden, a bit irritated.

“ Then, what should we do now, Aiden?”

“ ..., Let's just research the room more just to make sure we didn’t leave out anything yesterday due to tiredness.” Said Aiden.

They carefully search throughout the room again, but the result was rather disapointing, until Alora kicked something hard on the ground near the place where the door disappeared.

“ Aiden, hey, Aiden! I think i just kicked something hard near the place where that old man disappeared! Come and see quickly!” Cried Alora, excitedly.

Aiden quickly rush toward the place where Alora stand, with the light stone in his hand. He shone to the spot Alora pointed.

“Where is it, Alora? Hmm..? This..., it's a pocket watch? Let me see!” Said Aiden

He place the light stone next to the pocket watch and start scanning over it. The watch shone brightly under the light. The front surface was crafted meticulously with purplish jewels and on the other face, it has a strange crest. A three-headed snake wrapped around a big sword and shield.

“This pocket watch is gorgeous! Wow, is that silver? It looks just like a masterpiece! Don't you think so too, Aiden?” Cried Alora

The boy didn’t say anything. He closely scan through the crest on the surface while mumbling small words. Crest... Three-headed snake... Sword... He looked deep in thought. Something start to appear in his mind before quickly vanished.

“... Damn it...” mumbled the boy.

“Aiden? Is there something wrong?” Said the girl.

“... No, nothing, I just have a feeling that the crest looks familiar, i might have heard about it somewhere... Or somehow...” said Aiden, uncertainly.

“ You did!?! Well maybe it was in some kind of games or stories you have. Anyway, let's open it up quickly! I can't wait to see the insides!!!” cried Alora, excitingly.

“... Ok.” Said Aiden, calmly, as he opened the pocket watch.

Its insides were as perfect as the outside. Every single hands of the watch was made percisely, even to the small details. There are many jewels of different colors in place for the twelve numbers of the watch, which shones brightly even in the dark.

“Wow, Aiden, the hands and jewels! It shones in the dark! Now we don't have to worry about time any more since we have this thing here with us” said Alora.

Just as Alora has said, in an isolated place where they could only know when’s day and night, a having a watch was much better.

Time flies, and after some time, the old man appeared again with a tray on his hand. There are some soup in the bowls and another bottle of water. It was now 12 o'clock according to the watch. We hurriedly finish lunch and place the bowls with emptied bottle on the tray. The man came back and took it away.

CREAK....CLICK.

The door closed and disappeared again.

We sat down on the bed together. Alora break the silence.

“ Hey, Aiden, I've read many magical fantasy story like this before, and they say secrets can be found in mysterious place like this. Do you think there may be something here too?”

“... We can considered that possibility too, since the only thing we've done was look through the room, we haven’t check all the floors and walls and more stuff like that, though it would took a long time to get everything checked”. Said Aiden.

“Hehe, no worries, right now we are a time-billionares after all.” Said Alora joyfully.

The time-billionare twins began their search for the "secrets" of the timeless prison.

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