"Kanika? Kanika?"

"Hmm?"

"We're here." My mother was shaking me awake after our long drive from the airport. My parents and I were moving into an apartment in Japan. Why did I move to Japan? Simple. My mom was born in Egypt and my dad was born in Japan. I had lived my whole life in Egypt and was pretty curious about Japan. Luckily, my dad was still fluent in Japanese, so I learned the language pretty quickly. As I got out of our new car, I looked up at the apartment building. I was a bit small, but it was Egyptian themed, which gave it that nice "home" kind of feeling.

"Anyone want to help with the luggage?" I stopped staring at the building and took my bag out of the car with ease. I didn't have that much in my bag, just some clothes and other stuff. My parents and I walked into the building, which only had 10 rooms. It wasn't long before everyone had gotten their bags into their rooms.

"Dad?"

"Yes sweetheart?"

"Shouldn't we be going over to Grandma's house around now?" My dad looked down at his watch, and realized what time it was.

"Oh no, we're going to be late for dinner!" We hurried back into the car and started onto the road. My dad had told me how mad my grandmother used to be when my dad didn't get home in time for dinner. As we continued down the road, I saw something coming our way. When it got closer I saw that it was a car coming towards us!

"WATCH OUT!" My dad tried to get out of the way of the car, but it was too late.

*CRASH*

A week later:

What happened? Why are the lights off? I opened my eyes to see…darkness. All I saw around me was black. There wasn't a light anywhere.I felt my head and realized that my eyes were bandaged. Am I blind?

"Are you alright, my dear?"

"Who was that?" I heard an elderly voice, but I couldn't recognize it.

"It's your grandmother, sweetheart." I heard something move next to me onto my bed. I guess I'm in the hospital. Wait, where are…

"Where are mom and dad?" She remained silent.

"Where are they?"

"…I'm sorry, dear, but…they died just yesterday." I couldn't believe it. My family, gone while without even knowing it. With tears stinging my bandaged eyes, I was hugged by the only family I had left. I felt so alone, without any light to warm me.

"It's alright dear. Don't cry." The door opened and someone walked in.

"Hello, Kanika. I'm your nurse, Haruhi." It sounded like a female.

"Hi."

"We are not sure how damaged your eyes are, so you'll need to keep that bandage on for a few more days. Sadly, there is nothing more we can do. Here's a pamphlet about some guide dog experts, if you need to see anyone." I heard a rustle of paper, and then the room became very quiet.

"Alright, we'll think about it."

"Umm…Haruhi?"

"Don't worry. I talked to the doctor earlier. You may leave today."

"Thank you." The door closed and everything fell silent again.

"Don't worry, sweetheart. I'm going to move in with you so you won't be alone, alright?"

"Ok." I felt so empty that I could barely talk.

A few days later:

Time passed, and my grandmother moved in. She also bought me a dog to help comfort me. I was told that her original name was Happy and that she's a dalmation. I renamed her Wish, because I was also told that she had a spot shaped like a star.

"Sweetheart, go to bed soon, alright? It's almost 9pm."

"Ok." Wish just came home today, so I was showing her around. We came to my room, when Wish rushed away from my leg.

"Wish?" I felt something fall onto my foot, and Wish rub against my leg. I picked up the item and felt it as I sat on my bed. It was a large box with strange symbols on it. As I felt the back of the box, there was a message in Braille on it! (I was so into learning Japanese that I started to learn other languages) It said:

Whoever solves this ancient puzzle will have their greatest wish granted.

Greatest wish? There might be one wish that I'd like. Back in Egypt, I loved to solve puzzles. Sometimes, my dad would buy me puzzles that he found while in the market. I had solved so many puzzles that solving them was easy. There was a key hole in the top of the case, so the key had to be somewhere on the box. I felt around the message to find a box shape around "solves." I pushed it, and a compartment came out just like I thought. I picked up the key and put it in the hole.

"I wish…I wish for the courage to smile." I turned the key with all my might. Suddenly, Wish ran away from me.

"Wish?"

"Hey, who are you?"

"Who is this?"

"Me? I'm the spirit of the Millennium Headdress."