Story Writing Debate

I stepped through the portal and was instantly shocked to see my home. Dull, boring, and normal. Completely insignificant to the beautiful colorful world I had just been to. The Portal closed down behind me instantly, as I was completely through. A hint of desperate sadness hit me as I looked at the wall where the portal had just been. I would never see Charlotte, or her parents again I realized..."Hello? Who's there?" Someone shouted from downstairs. I was in my room. Everything was just the way I had left it, but a bit dustier."Mom?" I asked."Who's there?" The voice asked again. I could tell it was my mother's voice. Suddenly, the door opened, and there my mother was standing there in complete dis-belief. She looked different, as if she had aged a little since I had last seen her. But that's impossible, it had only been a few days since I had last seen her."Kyle?" My mother sank to her knees. "What in the world-" And then she passed out. I was confused, but excited to see her. I ran to her side and tapped her face lightly until she woke up a few minutes later."Mom! I've missed you!" I shouted."Kyle oh dear! I've missed you so much! Where did you come from? We've been looking for you for over a year! Are you okay? What happened? Kyle Hunny-" I cut her off."What! A year? Mom it's only been a few days. I just got lost in the woods, but I finally found my way home. Everything is okay mother." But she didn't listen to me. She started crying, and called my father home. He looked older as well, so did my sister. I was very happy to see them all. They were happy to see me too, I think, but were worried.I told my dad the same thing, that I had been lost in the Forrest for a few days. Neither of them seemed to believe me.Later, cops showed up to our house. Neighbors, friends of the family, a whole bunch of people had come to talk to my mother, as the police interviewed me. I had to lie to him, knowing that no one would believe me if I told the story about how I had been to some wonderland. Part of me didn't want them to know either. I was selfish, and I didn't want anyone having access to my little world.Days went by, and nothing seemed to go back to normal. I slowly started to realize that they weren't crazy. 1 year really did pass by while I was in the other world. Time must have gone by faster there. My parents sent me to a psychiatrist, who tried to understand what happened to me. I guess they all thought I was crazy. Eventually I realized that I had to go along with a different story, or I would be sent to a loony bin for the rest of my life. Finally I made up a story, about how I had been living by myself in the Forrest for the entirety of the year. I had been lost, and been eating whatever I could find in the Forrest to keep me alive. They seemed to believe this story better. Eventually, they stopped pestering me, and were just glad to have me home. Things were... different, though. Home didn't feel as safe, as exciting as I hoped it would be. As the months passed, I started to miss Charlotte, and the other world. I wished dearly to go back, but my mother kept a close eye on me from that moment forward. I was never allowed out by myself.I had a good enough childhood. As the years passed, and I grew up. I graduated high school, and went to college. I was still an adventurer at heart, that would never change.One day after school, I remembered Charlotte, and missed her especially. I was 21 years old, and needed some of my old adventure back. I went back out into the woods, this time fully prepared with a back pack, and supplies. I was older, smarter, and more mature. I knew I wouldn't get lost this time. Plus I had a compass and a map just in case. I walked through the woods for hours, remembering the feeling of being scared so young, and feeling foolish. How could I have been scared of something so beautiful, so magnificent, life the Forrest? Nature truly was lovely. I was done, and ready to return home, as it was getting dark. I turned, and was shocked, and appalled as I saw it. A portal, just as I had remembered it, was on the same tree. For years, I had thought I was crazy. I had started to believe my own story, that I had really survived in the woods for a year by myself. Until now. Suddenly I was faced with such a clarity, that I had never felt before. I walked up to the portal, debating what to do. I knew I had to go in. Every bone in my body had been aching to go inside, my true home. I never belonged here, on this dull planet. It was full of many wondrous things, but none of them were what I wanted. I wanted to go back to the world where I truly learned who I was, and what I was capable of. I felt such a need to.I couldn't do this to my parents again, not like this. I sent them a text message.Dear mom, and Dad, I love you so much. Don't ever forget that. I am going away, to Germany. I went there for a school project last year and fell in love with it. I think I am going to stay there, and live there. I am sorry for such an informal goodbye, but I am ready to start my life, and this is where I want to go, to learn there culture, to meet new people. Please don't try to find me mother. I want to do this. I want to start a new beginning for myself, and find my purpose. I know this all sounds strange to you, but I need you to trust me. I love you and dad so much. Tell my sister, that I love her too. Maybe I will see you guys again someday, but for now, this is goodbye.I felt sad as I wrote the message, but excited at the same time. Maybe I lied to them about where I was going, but everything else in the message was true.With that, I stepped toward the portal and climbed though to the beautiful brilliant world."Hey you! I've been waiting for you!" Said a familiar voice.It was Charlotte, Beautiful, mature, and amazing. Just as I had remembered her.