I will be back

My best friend and I made a pact.
“Whomever dies first, will need to come back, and tell the other how it is on the other side.”
We made it after watching a movie about a rather interesting afterlife…
It made us think.
And as we were rather not on this plane, our heads high up in the clouds, we made the pact.
Biggest.
Mistake.
Ever.
Because, unfortunately, I was the first one to go.
And my spirit dwelled upon Earth for a bit, before going to the afterlife.
And for gods’ sake, it was awful.
Seeing all the people I didn’t even know they cared about me, cry…
It felt…
I don’t even know how to put it into words.
My best friend, well…she was devastated.
Blaming herself.
Blaming the pact.
It was hard to watch.
“Thankfully”, a great door appeared, from where a tall, lean, beauty came out.
“Come child, it’s time.”
She said.
I looked at my best friend.
“I will be back.”
I whispered, before turning towards the beauty.
I followed her, and we walked long on a golden road, filled with spider lilies.
We arrived at a crossroad that split into three.
One straight ahead, one left and one right.
“Which one is mine to take?”
I asked.
“Whichever you feel like to walk.”
The beauty shrugged, her voice melodic, soothing.
I sighed.
I hated these games in the novels I have read.
Always so cryptic.
Looking at the roads, I was confused.
The one straight ahead was the same golden one, filled with spider lilies, albeit I could feel it getting brighter and brighter.
The one to the right was a road made out of fresh grass, with beautiful trees lined up at its side.
It was filled with a mesmerising fragrance, a gentle breeze, and the chirping of birds.
And the one to the left…
It was a road made of burnt tree barks, looking quite sharp to be walked on…
It had a heavy watery smell.
I looked for a long time, before sighing.
The beauty giggled.
“You know what I want to ask, am I right?”
I asked.
“If you are allowed to check all the 3 roads.”
She said, with a teasing smile.
I nodded.
She just looked at me.
“So, am I allowed?”
I asked, sighing.
“Of course, you are obsessed with seeing the afterlife, the whoolee afterlife.
Also, why do you think you are even allowed to see all three roads?”
She winked.
I smiled, and started on the first road.
I will be back on Earth with information about all…and I will tell her about all of it…