“Grandmom?” She came to view, the woman who has deep admiration in face as she keep staring at my face.“Altara,” she said my name and I suddenly remember the curiousity deep within me. I excitedly jump from the bed, hug her legs tight. “Granmom! I have a question!”Her eyes filled with void the moment I look up, so dark. Yet become irrelevant the moment she smile, kneel to height the same as mine. “What is it, my darling?”Though strange by the way she address me, I continued with a smile. “I come to realize we name for a reason!” I strange by the sight of her blinking the moment I say the words. “Grandmom, are you fine?”She shuddered, shrugged away something that I suddenly thought was caught her off guard. “What's your question again?” she ask, yet didn't fully immerse.“Don't you hear?” I pouted, look away to the darkness enveloping the far City. It suddenly came to mind how she also do that when I ask her the way to the city. That I want to go to that place...find her if she tak
The warning is for me to stop digging for more. I know it's absurd but I laugh like this highly being lost his mind. I sneered. “You think you can do whatever you wanted to?”“I'm getting started, so yes,” his reply sent shiver to my spine.“You cruel son of a bitch!” I shriek, despise the existence that hardly notice. The son of a bitch only laugh. Its laughter fill the every parts of the palace, leaving the commotion that boiling about.“What are happening?” Cynthia when see I was standing in front of the close and guarded elevator. “Nothing,” I reply, no time to determine of who she is. Looking at her, she seem curious and was deeply bothered. Is she someone I know about?“Just tell me if you want me to accompany you,” she said, looking at the bloodily guards lining about. Their eyes close as if sleeping, yet they are aware and a single step from me will open their eyes for the opportunity to stab me and wounded my poorly existence.“So what your advice is?” I look her, determine
Third Person POVA magnificient glass broke by the cry of a child. Or was it a shriek of despair? This child soak in blood, looking helpless and weak.“Is this the revenge you proud about?” She broke into tears as she drop to the coldest floor. Her eyes remain in the figure who didn't flinch an inch. “Father...”His eyes darkened upon the word coming from her. “I don't have a child like you!”“How I wish...” the child can only sigh in despair. “I wish...I'm not your c-child...”The figure in a bloody robe tremble. He may be high and unshakeable, but hearing the despair in her voice upon seeing the wish upon her fate horrored him for the first time. This is wrong, he thought. This child is nothing but a filthy offspring!Having that thought, he shifted his gaze to the magnificient shelves. The light was dim and enough for a person to see the haunted of the place. “Your wish...is my command!” his words full of determination shake the child continuously. “Father.. ” she may wish those
Who am I...What am I...?Those are the question that hidden deep of my consciousness. They are seeping and right now wants nothing but an answer!What really am I?!My head spinning. I can hear the murmur of the winds. They try to embrace me but only worsen my fall. The world I look down are waiting to catch my filthy existence!“No...” I can only thought, screaming inside my head. I shut my eyes, feel the sore of the harsh winds of this sudden departure. What I'm even thinking? Did I really think it's easy to ascend to the highest heaven?!The familiar voice halted all the thought I have in mind. Suddenly I halted in the mid-air, her voice clap like thunder. “You'll be a part of me,” she said in her cry, “whether you like it or not, Filthy Princess!”It's the feeling that you are slap by the heaven, nothing you can do but endure and sigh. Like the time flows backward and you realize how funny you have been all the days that pass. Hearing those words from a familiar voice feels li
Tears fall like a rainfall in a stormy night. The winds blows harshly, swaying about the pouring water in my face. I lift my weakened being and trying to see through the dark.“Where...am I?” The mirror has nowhere to found. The place is dark, however the feeling of surrounding change from familiarity to unfamiliar. At the distance, there's a twinkling light that spread like snowflakes in the darkness, glow to visible in the naked eye. I walked into the place where the twinkling light fill the surrounding. It was like a fly that native in the dark, yet I feel the need to see it to myself.Naturally I have the feeling they are for me, trying to exist in the darkness to lightened my way. It was just my wishful guess, trying to manifest the idea that it wasn't at all nothing. That this kind of situation is a fate in itself.“Are you here for me?” My voice shaky as I murmured those question. I slowly walked into that place with my heart heavy. I wipe the tears and force a smile. “I comin
I wait for atleast an incense of time before walk into the border of darkness and that hope of a place. I was greeted by the warmth and cold that trying to scan my identity. I smile when that happens and exclaim in my mind, “This is really is the Celestial City! This...is its way to realize one's wishes!”It wasn't until the fly of lights surround me that my mind shifted to the mystery of the place and this smallest of a living things. They were whispering something just like a blows of winds. Their wings is silence, yet their presence feels like those of intelligence. In an instant, they find comfort in my dress, fill colors of light in my white dress. “Wow!” I mumble for a chock, my eyes widened. “No way... Are they like me? Oh!” With that thought, my heart felt good. Though it's strange why they choose to surround and fill the spaces of my dress, I let it called as fate. Indeed, I'm fated to find them....and this place!Just as I thought of that, the breeze of winds tightened. Th
After giggling to babbling, she's silence the whole time. She's such a mad that I find it hard to believe every words she uttered. The thing about Celestial King is a new to me, not even in the fairytale I written that I stumble upon the term.We only stop once when the City Guard stop us, and it was with my horror that something about currency is needed to enter the central. For unknown reason, the scan earlier feels like nothing but an error. Phillie explain while looking weirdly this time, “You're not really aware, that's...possible. Well, as you can see you need celestial jade to enter the central. Top quality at that, Alta!”“Okay...” I pondered a bit and slowly walk into the bustling place. This place is far from what the system has in the palace, I can say. It's not that possible due to differences so I don't really mind. However, it's such shocking to the extreme I almost fear the consequence. What will happen if there's no Phillie? Seeing those City Guard boom my heart. The
Phillie, the next day, smiled lively. Upon the sight of a filthy like myself, her eyes sparkled. She said, “Alta, this is the d-day!”“Is it?” I smile the same, not trully believe the smile in her lips. How can she smile when I don't well-prepared?“Oh, wait,” she said the moment she notice something, her eyes look down upon my body. “Haven't you change?”I blink and my mouth halfly open. “Change what?”She look at me as if I'm some sort of a joke. “You seriously don't think of change?”“What's there to change? And what to change...” I look away, my cheeks heated. This is crazy. I don't know if she's being real or what, but I can't just think she really notice that I didn't change at all. The way she scan me, I know right away she's referring to my dress. In my time in the darkness, I don't think too much about it. Not that I smell bad or what. But perhaps the events of this day is so formal to change for attire?Thankfully, Phillie has an extra clothes. Unlike my dress, hers is cove
It happen in a far so distance that Altara barely look back. The time is the bloody one; the bloody moonlight strike everywhere!“Isn't it good time for a hunt?” Someone ask, reveal the never-seen of excitement.“Are you nuts? Grandma will sure punk you!” “She will never know! Unless you tell her,” the girl rolled her eyes and is sounded so frustrated.Their every gaze causing her to find strange. She stuttered, “You think I'll do that? Is that why you all don't inform me you all hear the tale grandma forbidden you all? Seriously?”“Yes. Is it a problem for you?” interrupted by a strange voice and is causing her heart to boom hardly. “You've done it once and you'll do it again, Altara. So not telling you this will be your reminder and your punishment for being such a bitch.”“I'm no bitcg!” She cry out, yet they look away. They begun telling each other how fun their day have been. How it is colorful, and let her reminder her absence is nothing but a joyous and freeful moment!These
Cynthia Pov I saw something in the storage room that day. I have the feeling that it has the uses and can be relevant to our journey. That's why I keep it to myself...“What's that, Rein?” Edward ask, starled me. I didn't realize he keep an eye at me. “W-what's what?” I look at him as if I weirded by his question. As if it is absurd that I don't want to answer. Which he find suspicious. “Why are you defensive?” His eyes curious by what I keep behind me. He added, “Is there's something I didn't know about? Rein, you can tell me.” He looks sincere but that's makes me uneasy.I couldn't help but hide the uneasiness, and couldn't keep my voice low, but it raised as I said, “Are you sure I hide something, Edward? Why? Why do you think so I hide something?” I try to be seen angry at him which is I sure to apologize later. But his face become apologetic. “I didn't mean suspecting you,” he said and I just look away when I feel like I making him worried...and sorry about something he shou
Cynthia POV“Where are they?” Edward and Milke are no where to be seen. I look at Carl who looks trouble but sighed as saw my stares, and said, “I don't see the reason to explain, but...they know as well.”“How?” As I ask, I saw the man who lie at the cotton seat, peacefully sleep as if not been fell from above. “Don't tell me...” I grasp to the idea in mind. “That's impossible-”“He having conscious earlier and said something strange-” Carl stop himself, but he knows he can't now as my eyes turn to him. “-that's why Mike and Edward, who didn't know earlier those disturbing things I see with Shiela, now know a biggest discovery that explain everything.”“And what is it?” I asked, sounds curious, but he fell silence to it. “Carl-”“You better not know, Rein,” he said, face serious and deadly begging me to not asking for more, “what we have to focus as of the moment is to wait-”“Wait? What's there to wait?” I didn't even bother know his reasons, I couldn't understand anymore. “Carl, I
Cynthia POVShiela give me a hug and curius about something, “Is he fine?” She refer to the man who fell from above. Mike and Edward sheltered him inside the Train. I inform Shiela, “He is unconscious...but he's fine.” I guess. I hope so.Carl and every children have a simple supper, he keep nagging that we should eat even just a little but I chose to be alone. Until Shiela came. Still there's silence after she ask about that man.I look at her, “What's bothering you?” I ask her when she is unbelievably bother, something that I never thought I will see through her face. “I...” She look at the sky. “...I think I saw something earlier.” Her lips begun trembling, eyes watered again as she look at me. “I'm scared, Rein.”“What?” I couldn't know how to react but I never thought something beyond the falling is the reason of her fear earlier. “Shiela...”“Hey, you two!” Carl calling from afar, voice sounds tire. “Let's eat!” I hug Shiela, things that she does earlier. “Tell me.” I am begg
Cynthia POVShiela and Carl stay and calm the children while we look to the man who fell from the sky. Everyone are in shock, actually we are surprise that we chose to keep the journey on hold. But I remain on my foot and see to myself what happened to the man. Mike and Edward lead the way. As I observe around, we are now in between the snowy-warmth place and rainy-firey place. We finally see the land below our feet, no snow to hide it. It even have Trees that as if withstand the climate, grow bigger than usual. One of the Trees is where that man landed, actually his Parachute tightly embrace one of the branches. From where he is, 10 feet above the ground, he breathe just fine but unconscious. He as if hanged there for a crime but we know better, he just crashed for God knows where he came from.“I'll climb,” Edward volounter as Mike and I looks away, “I know you both are afraid of height.”“I'm not!” Mike corrected him. “It's just...”“Still you are afraid to climb.” Edward said wi
Cynthia POVI stare blankly at him. “Can you tell them to find excitement together?” He look at me with curious eyes, “Why? Is something...bothered you?”“That...I couldn't answer for now.” I look away, stare the magical from afar. “Even I feel like that is magical place rather than strange, still...I could only at peace when I know we are in it together. Reach one place at a time...together.” I emphasize the word and look at him begging. He understood, nodded, “Then...” He grab my hand and before I know it, we are at the center of each children. “Everyone, my friend here has something to say before we proceed to seeks excitement.” He smile at me, while I almost lose my cool.“Edward,” I whisper, “what do you think you're doing?” He didn't answer, only sign me to voice what I'm trying to say. “You can do it,” he said, “I know you can do better on persuading them than me.”I couldn't contain my heartbeat, but at the back of my mind, it says I'm screaming that finally...I can have th
Cynthia POVLights illuminated as I adjusted my vision. I scan around with a banging heart and dreaded mind. There's a sight that I couldn't imagine to see, but it is even real? I thought I having a dream. How can a hundred of children be in a one place without grown ups to guide them? This is horrible to ever seen, but I couldn't just regrets my desire to ever reach this place. I'm not yet know however this world works.“Slap me, Shiela!” I heard Carl unknowingly request a thing from Shiela. And before I know what they are doing, Carl scream in pain. I couldn't contain my surprise of what Sheila have done. She is as if possess by something and unknowingly do what Carl requested her to do. Not that it is surprises enough, but how Carl reacts gives me a hint its really hurt, his face becomes tomato.“Sorry?” Shiela feel a slight of regrets, thing that she couldn't have before. Now she is surprised about it, look at her hand that slap a friend and feel so sorry again. “Did I hit you
Cynthia POVIt was the start of the summer. I am silently glared the boys who is so excited to hear a tale that Grandma have been telling them the last summer. It have been a bitter season to me, having the attention of Grandma shifted to them. They are so attention's stealer. I don't have anyone but Grandma. Yet this whole season, they just keep bothering the house and teasing me whole day. However try I am to busy myself, study earlier even it is a vacation, yet the simple trick of the boys my world gotten crumble!“You're so nerd, Rein,” Hunter said, startled me from unknown reason. He's never been this way, call me with this name rather than the name Grandma design to us. Our eyes locked in contact. Instantly, my heart felt like to explode and I can't help but to shiver and rooted in the.floor. “Are you fine? You looks pale,” His cold hand flow to my head and I shivered more, more violently. “That's weird,” he commented, barely contain the worry in his voice.“Just stop it, Edw
“They will come to get children with a strong desire,” Grandma once said in a way that is receiving gasps from the children surrounded her.She then smile as if dreaming to that world she said filled with desire. “It is a dream world for children. To be able to hear a shattering of the wind is like a starts of their dream come true. This will be a primonition of their blessing...”Sounded scary as always but children laugh like sick in the mind. Or perhaps they are good at dreaming the possibility outthere.But this fear-inciting tale slowly getting excitement to the one of a children; She is silent this whole time and reveal the boredom. Yet her heart trembled in excitement!She said as she sneered, “When exactly that is going to be true? Where's the celestial you spouted upon, Grandma?” She sounded annoyed, however, her eyes is glowing with excitement. She surpass the other children surrounded the grandma!“Why are you getting interested, Cynthia?” One of the children ask, his voice