Chapter 4:
Disclaimer: Since somebody told the little green men I had stolen the genius Tolkien's works, I had to give it all back…sobs I even had to give back Aragorn and Legolas! It's not fair!... but not to worry evil laugher I will get them back, I already hired my cousin and his gang to help me get back at the person who accused me and made the puppy dog eyes to blackmail my uncle into scaring the little green men away! Tremble from my evil plan! MMMUUAAAHAHAHAHA..HA…ha…ha…choke -
Revelations II
Everything in bold is Lumenorean, the language of Lumenor
Gwen followed her aunt and grandmother to the dock again (carrying her bloody heavy luggage the whole way), and got on the family yatch. It made sense to actually have a yatch if you live in a country made of many small islands and one big central island; it was like a car for Lumenoreans.
"Goupa! Bring the girl's car to Kamut, don't get it out of your ferry yet!" yelled Gwen's grandmother to the old man who made the ferry trip for Gwen. Who waved back in response to say he heard.
"Grandma, did you know that (sir)man?"
"Yes Gwen, of course. I sent him to pick you up and paid him in advance"
"What? That thief! He made me pay him a free meal for the trip!"
Gwen's aunt chuckled amused "You knew that was not a fair prize Gwen, you should have expected that from any Lumenorean, nothing is for free"
"But still! He should have told me!"
"Not really, if you knew that was not a fair prize you should have said so, since you were not honest with him, he didn't have any obligation to be honest with you" said Pecker
"But we haggled!" Gwen said with a whine "HUFF!"
"You're just like both your parents, always trying to outsmart each other" said Pecker with a sigh of annoyance
Gwen looked at her aunt curiously. "So….are you going to tell me abou…"
"This is not the place or the time child! Wait until we have reached Kamut" interrupted Gwen's grandmother.
Aunt Pecker nodded looking at her mother and then looked away from Gwen, to the sea. It was clear to Gwen that she would not get any more information out of her today.
"What and where is this Kamut anyways? I have never heard of it"
"Shut up, you will soon see" said her grandmother.
Gwen sat down with a huff and impatiently waited for the long wait.
At last they reached the so called Kamut. Gwen was getting tired of doing nothing but starring at the sea. She had already exhausted all the possibilities concerning her multiple questions. Where are we going? What is Kamut, and why is it so important to be kept a secret? What did this have to do with her parents? More specifically, what did this have to do with her father?
When Gwen started going over the possibility that Kamut was a secret scientist's island with biology engineers doing genetic experiments with merchants to bring benefits to commerce and her father being some product of her mother's imagination, her mother being some specimen who cloned some part of herself to make her daughter; she drew the line on anxiously bored. At least it was fun to think of though. Gwen saw her aunt looking at her with an odd expression on her face but amusement clear on her eyes. She shook her head, her aunt couldn't hear what she was thinking, could she?
"We are here my child", said Gwen's grandmother, interrupting her musings and bringing her back to earth.
"Finally", muttered Gwen under her breath as they stepped of their transport. At first glance Kamut looked like any other beach, but to the experienced eye, it looked like the tide was really high here. There were snails on rocks approximately 6mts from the beach, which meant they were regularly washed with water.
"We're just on time, come child, don't frolic around, hurry" said Gwen's grandmother, again interrupting Gwen's thoughts. She, along with her aunt, followed her ascendant to a nearly hidden path made of stones, which looked strong enough to support her car, which she supposed was a good thing. After all, if her grandmother had told that thief Gaup, Guop or what's his name not to disembark her car in Lumenor's central island where her ascendant's as well as her aunt's residence was, it meant she was supposed to stay in this place. The path led to a huge, long, tall wall enveloped by ivy plants. Her grandmother simply divided a section of the ivy to reveal a brass, old fashioned door. She then took out a key that looked like it could fit into the lock.
"Child, take this key and open the door" she said while holding it out for Gwen to grab.
"Why did you not do it yourself?" asked Gwen as she took the key from her grandmother, letting her know that the question was meant as a doubt, not as an insult.
"Because only your cousins' and your touch with this key inserted in the lock can open this door. I was designed this way long ago" said her grandmother softly
Gwen took the key in her grandmother's hand and put it in the lock. Not quite understanding why the door would not open to her grandmother, she opened the door to this mysterious place.
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White. Lots of white. Everything was covered in white covers and layers of dust. It looked like nobody had come in this place in a very, very long time. Gwen moved around the room looking at everything inside. She let her hand softly graze over the coverings, then grabbing the cloth, she pulled on it to see what was inside. She saw only a couch. But not just any couch, this one looked familiar to her. So, mind filled with wonder and curiosity she started to uncover everything. Uncovering things that looked soo familiar, but that she could not place. Everything looked like it triggered a long lost memory, a memory she just couldn't reach. Until at last she uncovered a computer, something so completely out of place it looked alien… how could a computer be here?
Gwen looked more closely into the computer until at last she remembered….
-Yes, this is the best computer in the market.
-Can the GPS really reach any part of the world? Even if it is in a place nobody else has a signal?-said Gwen
-As long as it is in this world it can be reached…unless of course its under a mountain or something like that.
-The place I want to send it too is an island. Will it not be damaged by the nearness to the sea?
-Not if you buy it with protection against that…But it will cost you
- I don't care. How much?
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-What!- yelled Gwen's mother- That's way too much money! Didn't you ask for the lowest prize like I told you to?
-Yes mom but..
-No Gwen, that's just too high- interrupted Nihsu
- What if I can earn half the money. Can you pay the rest?
- All right. But it will have to be before 6 months, we will be moving al the time. So the prize will be higher because of the transportation fees. You can work with me if you like, but I will not be easy on you
-I don't expect you to be
And so, Gwen learned about her mother's business, and with time got enough money to buy the whole computer when she wanted to…even with the accessories. She then wrote: "For my cousins Adam and Ember" to the side of it and sent it of to her cousins via mail. Soon enough she had made a small fortune and she could speak to her cousins by e-mail…
While she remembered this, she looked to the side and effectively, there was the inscription "For my cousins Adam and Ember" written in her own handwriting
"What is the meaning of this? Why isn't this at your house aunt Pecker?"
"This is the last place your cousins lived at. It was time for Adam and Ember to do so"
"Why didn't anybody tell me?"
"They had only just moved here dear one. They were kidnapped after only 2 weeks of being here" said Gwen's grandmother
Gwen only continued to look at the objects. Touching them. Remembering. She trembled by the force she used to keep herself from crying. So many times had she wanted to come to the last place her cousins were at, but she had been too much of a coward to do so. It had hurt too much. Now she was here, she did not know what to do.
"Adam's byke's missing. Aparently they kidnapped your cousins while they were out on a ride to the inside of the forest" said Pecker
This information did not have much of a shock in Gwen but then again, she was too distraught to really pay attention
"Remember the questions you asked earlier? About what this had to do with your father? Well… we both knew your father. Mother employed him to make this house. He made a good job I think. But having him near did not sit all too well with your mother, apparently Nihsu didn't like him at all for reasons unknown to me until later" said Gwen's aunt
"Your mother has a fine instinct of who is to be trusted and who is not. But he was needed to make this place for you and your cousins to live here…at least that was our intention" said Gwen's grandmother
"So… my father built this house? For me and my cousins?" asked Gwen
"Yes, my child, and now it is yours. We were going to tell you after you finished school, but then…"
"Yes. They were kidnapped" Gweninterrupted her grandmother with sadness in her voice
It didn't occur to me to ask why my father was worthy of my mother not liking him. I guess he left her and that's it. I was common enough that it didn't make me think differently. Adam and Ember's father had long ago passed away. He was a strange man with long straight golden hair. It was said he had died at sea. I think my aunt Pecker still loves him which is why I can see her sometimes staring at the sea with longing and there is always a taint of sadness in her look even as she laughs. I think that the only reason she stays here still is her children.
"I will stay here for some time of you let me" she said looking at her family
"We were hoping you would say that, this house is yours for you to stay in if you like. We love you Gwen never forget that" said Grandma
"Thank you grandma, thank you aunt Pecker. I love you"
"We love you too" said aunt Pecker while she hugged her niece
That is how I was left with the house. That is how I came to live alone in that place. I had only started moving in when everything happened…
I went to get my car from the ferry that had in fact followed us and waited by the beach. I was surprised to find a paved road to the house. Then again, it had to have had one if Adam was going to live here. He loved to take his motorcycle out on rides. I went to start unloading stuff, but I was just too tired too do so. Emotional break downs are exhausting. So I went to one of the rooms, apparently Ember's room if the stuffed dolls are anything to go by and slept there. Everything had stayed in the place it was left and so were the mattresses. Good. I need a good, sound sleep.
Sorry for the delay. Next chapter will come out master I promise. I just started college or university what ever you wanna call it. My friends and my boyfriend take a lot of time of me. lol.
In another note, my condolences to the Fadouls. The family whose three children were kidnapped for two weeks and murdered in cold blood. The three kids were going to school in the morning when in appears, they were stopped by some people saying they were the metropolitan police and were kidnapped. The kidnapers asked for a ransom money too high for the family, but even as the family paid, they were never returned. Alive, that is. This is really something that happened, not something that was invented or even modified to be more tragic. The indignation expressed by all mothers in the world is not enough to condemn these idiots, these people who don't deserve to be part of the human race.