"Hey, Kizure, don't forget to stop off at you grandma's, she says she had something to tell you!", my mother shouted, a bit to overly energetic. What can I say, it runs in the family. Everyone of us have extra energy to share. I winced, my mom was a little bit to excessive though.
"Yes, mam, I will stop off there first thing!" It was a bit unusual for her to ask for someone to come over there, usually she just sleeps in on the weekend and has us com over on week day afternoons. As it was Saturday, I thought it must really important, so I tried to hurry up. Also, it was the only day I was actually aloud to leave the boring classrooms and cafeterias and actually do what I want. So that just made me want to hurry up even more. Sure I could do it on Sunday, but I had to prepare for school tests and wouldn't have much time. After Grandma's, I planned to head to the movies to hang out with one of the few friends I have, Stacy. We were going to meet at my grandma's since she had something to tell both of us. From there we could head anywhere we want. I know, I know, how did Stacy have anything to do with our family affairs? Well, truth be told, our family has been Friends with each other since the dawn of time. So it came natural that Grandma had something she had to tell both of us. We did this often and usually I got there first, but when I opened the door, Stacy was already there.
I looked around the room, no grandma. "Hey, Stace, were is Grandma?"
"In the back room" She pointed toward the living room. Like me, Stacy was usually happy and cheerful, but today her face was blank of all emotion. Perhaps something had happened to her. "Oh and I can't come tonight, I have, uh..plans.." She avoided my gaze and opened the door. Just like that she was gone.
"Hey Grams I am here" I opened the big wooded door that separated the dining room to the living room. There I found my grandma, messing with some thin in her wooden box, again. She is always doing that, but she never let me even glimpse in it.
"Ah, Kizure, good, you are here. I have some very important news for you." She didn't look up at me and just kept staring at her box. As usual, she was setting on her old faded baby blue chair. The chair was different from any other that I had ever seen, but it was falling apart. I had searched everywhere for another to get her as a present. I looked for two years but still could not find it. Eventually, I gave up all hope in ever finding it.
I sat down on the pretty, newer white chair, which was positioned across from her. "Yes? What is it Grams?"
She inhaled deeply, letting it out slowly. Her forehead creased as if she was thinking about something horrible. Something told me that I needed to prepare for the worst. I kept my face calm though, no jumping to conclusions.
"Kizure... You know that when I myself was a girl at your age, I had to leave home for a while , right?" I nodded, everyone knew about that. "It was a different place, nothing about it made any sense at all. It was indeed a place unlike any other. She sat down her box and rubbed her temples. "Well what I am trying to tell you, Kizure, is that I am sending you there." I smiled, that wasn't bad at all, I had always wanted to go there. "Although", she continued "with you it will be different. I am so sorry to tell you this, but you will be moving there, and you won't be coming back." The smile that had appeared on my face left, a sad, scared smile replacing it. I looked at her for about fifteen seconds, hoping she would crack a smile and tell me that she was just joking. But she didn't, my grandma never jokes. My mind finally registered this and thousand questions flooded through my head then and there. What had I done to this? I had always kept up my grades, I was nice to everyone I know. Did I anger her in some way? Or does she simply dislike me?"
She smiled a very sad, heartbreaking smile, as if reading my thoughts. "Kizure, honey, don't think for one second that me and your parents don't love you, because we do. We love you very much. We hate having to do this, if I could I would rake that boy's face off." I looked at her, still confused, that boy? What was she talking about? She didn't realize this and continued to talk and anger started to creep onto her face. "But he is much to stubborn. 'Everyone must obey the rules.' he said. 'She is our only hope' he said. So what!? I can't have you whisking off my granddaughter just because she is the missing part in your prophecy" Now I was really confused, what was she talking about? What prophecy? She sighed, " Oh well, he is correct at one thing. I cannot disobey the rules." Standing up she hugged me. "The worst thing is that he wants you there now, and I fear if you do not go now, he will send someone else. Trust me... you do not want that to ever happen. She took the wooden box off of the table and handed to me. "Here is all you will need, everything else will be provided." I tried to speak but all I could out was 'my parents...' She shook her head "Do not worry about your parents, they know. In this box is a cellphone. With it you will be able to contact me and your parents. Hurry dear, your already late."
As if by magic, my voice suddenly appeared. "Wait. What!? What does that mean?! You want me to leave right now!?" She nodded. "Don't I have a say in this!? Grandma, please don't make me go, please!" I could feel the tears streaming down my face. And to make it worse when she saw this sight made my grandma cry and hug me tightly..
"I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do. There is nothing..." She let go, her had faced away from me so she wouldn't have to see me and make it harder on herself. Her arm rose and pointed towards her backyard. "Head out to the forest, in it you should find a little house. You be told were to go from there." Before I could say anything, I could feel someone pushing me out and towards the forest.
"No! Grandma, no! Don't do this! Please! GRANDMA!" The pushing force stopped and I whisked around to slap the person and run back, but there was no one there and my grandma's house was nowhere to be seen. With all hope gone, I held the little box to my chest and began walking further into the a half an hours walk or so, I ran upon a cabin. It was cute, in a sort of little girl meets card tricks sort of way. It looked exactly like a house made of cards, but they didn't fall like the real ones. The lights were on, someone was there. Somehow I gathered up the strength to walk up. Taking a long breath, I knocked.