WINTER PEACH
CHAPTER ONE
( The magic of turning eleven)
" Mommy, mommy! It's snowing." Momo screamed as she ran over to the frosted window. She glanced out at the beautiful winter ice land. The trees were brushed down with snow and frozen water that made ice sickles. The sky started to get overlapped with clouds that were gray mixed with baby blue. "Momo? It snows every day, year round, sweetie ." her mother, Kelly, said with a concern smile as she scoped her daughter in her arms. " Mommy, can we grow a peach tree? You always tell me about how pretty they are and my name means peach." She asked as she had her attention on a piece of her mothers aqua green hair that she was twisting around and around her fingertips. Kelly laughed and kissed her daughter's forehead as she replied " My little winter peach, that would be nearly impossible to do in Hinachi." Momo frowned at this answer. Then the door bell rang. Kelly sat Momo down in the kitchen and said. " go to your room and get ready for Akira to come pick you up, okay. This must be Yuki at the door." She pushed her daughter up the stairs. "Mommy , you know what? I'm going to try to... no, I'm going to make a peach tree grow in Hinachi." Momo screamed as a smile hoped onto her face. "You can do anything you put your heart to. Oh and Momo remember this okay..." She paused as tears started to roll down her rosy red cheeks. "I love you with all my heart and soul." The four year old suddenly busted into sadness and then replied " I love you too, Mommy." Momo ran upstairs as she too started to cry. She didn't know why she was or how. But seeing her mothers tears, pushed a hard pressure on her emotions. Then she stopped when she heard a scream. " M….Mommy? Are y…you okay?" Momo screamed as she twisted her body around. " Hey? Is that you winter princess? Would you come here for a moment? Or do I have to come get you?" An evil mans voice screamed as he chuckled. "M…Mommy?" Momo wrapped her small arms around her tender body as tear after tear ran down the sides of her face. Her aqua green hair started to stick to her salty cheeks. Whimpers started to fill the air as she tried to keep her self from making noise. " Your mothers just not present, but her body's down here." The man chuckled as he started to walk up the steps. His feet hit each piece of wood and a sound that appeared to squeak escaped the wood. Momo slowly back up little by little. " G…go a….a…away!" She screamed as she fell to the ground crying………..
"AKIRA!" Momo screamed as she popped up from her pink laced pillow. Akira ran into Momo's room to find her sitting up in a little ball as she shook. Her sniffles and whimpers filled to silent moonless night. " Are you okay, Winter?" Akira slowly moved toward her as she sat on the bed. "STOP CALLING ME WINTER! MY NAME IS MOMO! Momo means peach and has nothing to do with winter only summer." Momo said as her voice went from a scream to a whisper. The ten year old looked up at her aunt with big swollen aqua blue eyes. " Momo, this was that dream again, about your mom?" Akira closed her eyes as she lifted her hand up at rested it on Momo's head and stroked threw her tangled hair. " Yes! I still don't get why she was crying on that day! Why? Did she know what was going to happen? And why did that guy call me winter princess? So many questions, but no answers. I don't under stand." Momo griped onto the silky violet blankets that lay underneath her body. Tears went down her cheeks as if her eyes were faucets that were stuck and wouldn't stop pouring water out. "Sometimes life is like that, Momo. We might not except it but it's the truth." Akira said with a sigh as she started to rob Momo's back. " And the strangest part is…is I can't remember anything except what I have been dreaming and the only time I have these dreams is one day before my birthday. It's strange. Really, really strange. "
(NEXT DAY)
December 20th 2000
"Momo, come on we're gonna miss them!" Toshiro yelled as he motioned his best friend in the direction of the river. " Toshiro, everyone's over there! Maybe we should be too!" Momo yelled back as she point to the park where everyone was gathered. " Exactly! Too many people and they have lights we'll never see the meteors!" Toshiro ran down the lime green grass to the river made of mystical colors of blue with a pinch of green, Momo behind.
" Toshiro, nothings happening. It's been an hour. If I don't get home soon…" Momo began to say until Toshiro pointed to the sky and said " Look, Momo! Just like I said, one day a meteor shower would happen on your birthday in Sakura!" Momo looked at him and smiled sadly. She griped the ground and started to cry. " T…Toshiro, thank you for being my friend." Toshiro looked at her in worry. He placed a fake smile on his face and then put his hand to Momo's knee and said " Don't say thanks. Being your friend was and is a privilege if anyone should say thanks it's me. I should be thanking you for being my friend. I mean we have a bond that crosses the boundaries of time and distance. No matter how far way we are we'll always be best friends. Our friendship is constant in the world of change. Right?" He turned his head and put on a real smile and laughed. Momo blushed and smiled back as she moved closer to him. Then BOOM! Just like that Momo's lips hit Toshiro's and his eyes grew big. Momo moved away as she turned around in embarrassment. " S…sorry, Toshiro. I… I don't know what came over me." Momo said as she put her hand on her cheek turning redder ( If possible ). " So Momo it's one minute to the exact time you were born make a wish before your eleven." Toshiro said as he looked at his violet watch as if nothing happened just then. Then out of know where the sky turned green and yellow mixed together. " O…Okay!…….. I……… I wish…… I wish that I could see a peach grow in Hinachi." Momo said as she clapped her hands together. " A peach grow in Hinachi? Momo are you aware that Hinachi is the planet of winter? And how are you going to get there to even see it happen?" Toshiro asked with a confused look on his face. The wind started to blow and fish started to jump out of the water making droplets of water look like demands as they left the mystic river. " Well when I was little I lived in Hinachi and That was what I wanted to see. I told my Mom that I wanted that more than anything about two minutes after she was murdered. So, knowing she's watching me, I'm going to make this dream and wish come true. She used to tell me I could do anything." Momo said as she put her hair behind her ear. Her Aqua blue eyes glittered in the moon light and her smile reflected happiness threw out the land. In other words she looked like an angel sent from heaven. Toshiro blushed at the sight of her but shock it of the second he realized what he was doing. Then a pink shining star flew threw the sky with its stardust tail trailing from behind. "It's so pretty!" gushed Momo. "Quick make a with, Toshiro!" " Okay, but not right now I'm gonna save it." Toshiro said as he laid in the grass and put his hands behind his head. "Save it for when?" asked Momo quizzically. "For when I need it." " Oh! That's smart!" Momo screamed as she jumped up with a giggle. " Winter princess?" A voice said with question in his voice as he stood at the top of the hill. Momo turned around and looked at the man.