Finding out
Chapter 1
Christina came running into her house smiling. Her eighteenth birthday was coming up in three days. As she walked through the house, she noticed that her mom and dad were nowhere to be found.
"Mom, Dad where are you? Is anyone home?" she walked to the den where she found them sitting on the love seat.
Christina's mom lifted her head up to meet her daughters eyes. "Christie, sweety we have something to tell you. Please sit down honey."
Christina listened to her mother and sat on the chair next to the love seat. She looked at the depressed looks on her parents faces with puzzlement. "What is it ya'll need to tell me, if it's about school I'll try harder."
Her father took her hand "No honey it's not about school. We need to tell you that we are not your real parents, we found you under a tree in Japan sixteen years ago." he said putting his head down.
Christina quickly stood and looked at them "What do you mean you found me under a tree!!!"
Her mother stood and walked to a box on the book case. "We went Japan sixteen years ago to do some research on the old shrines and temples of the old times. We got to a shrine that was a few blocks away from your aunt Ki's house and it had an old well called the bone eaters well. The well was said to be the place where they would put the bodies and bones of demons. Your father and I were looking into the well when I leaned to far over the edge and sliped. As I fell my neclace started to glow, your father tried to grab me, but he fell into the well with me. For some reason we didn't hit the bottom hard we just floated to it. When we looked up we could see daylight. We realized that we were outside and not in the shrine anymore. Your father helped me out of the well and we were in a field. Over to the left we could see a tree that we knew was the same one from the shrine, so we walked to it. As we were getting closer I saw something silvery and white we realized it wasn't human for the ears were that of a dog. It didn't look like it was dead, just sleeping so we left it alone. All of a sudden I heard wimpering on the other side of the tree and that is where I found you. I couldn't leave you there so I got you in my arms and we went back through the well." as she finshed she picked up the box and opened it handing Christina an old carved necklace.
Christina looked at it "What does it mean?"
Her father got up and walked over to her. He said, "We don't know what it means we took it to anyone we could find that knew old characters but we found no one who could tell us what it meant." He walked over to the coffee table and grabbed a folder. "here are some pictures of all of us. Your plane leaves tomarrow. Hojo will be waiting at the Airport for you when you get there. Hojo knows nothing about this, so don't tell him." He hugged his daughter.
Christina stood there holding the necklace. "Thank you, I will never foget you or mom. For as long as I live
you will always be my parents. I love you!" she said taking her mother and father into her arms crying.
They parted and helped Christina pack her things for her trip to japan. They took her to the airport and said goodbye.
Christina waved goodbye to them. "Well here I go to find out who I really am." she said to herself.
It took six hours to make it to Japan. Hojo was waiting for her at the gate. Hojo embraced his cusin. "How was your flight."
