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Harmony had been weeping for quite awhile, when she heard the doorbell rang. She walked downstairs and went to open the front door. She saw a strange girl standing outside. She had long curly brown hair and big brown eyes.
'Who, who are you?' stammered Harmony. 'How may I help you?'
'You're just the person I've been wanting to see,' replied the girl, smiling. 'My name is Bethany. I am your guardian angel. I came here to grant you your wish.'
Harmony stared at the girl, stunned. She didn't exactly disbelieve in guardian angels. At least, she always said that she believed in guardian angels. However, truth to be told, she didn't ever expect to encounter one. She figured she had to be dreaming.
'Are you okay, Harmony?' Bethany asked, gently. 'I promise that I wish you no harm. I just came here to grant you your wish.'
'A wish?' Harmony asked, stunned. 'I haven't made any wish.'
'Oh, you most certainly have,' countered Bethany, smiling. 'Come with me. Let's stop by the Cafe '80s three blocks down. We have to be there in about twenty minutes.'
'Uh, yeah, okay,' stammered Harmony. 'I guess I can do that. Let me get my purse.'
The girl certainly seemed nice enough, even if she seemed a little crazy. Then again, many have said that her grandfather, Dr. Emmett Brown, was crazy - so, as a result, Harmony made it a point to not be so quick to judge anyone. Also if, on the off chance, this girl really was a guardian angel - she figured it would be cool to actually have a wish granted. She just couldn't remember ever making a wish.
'Oh, that won't be necessary,' replied Bethany. 'We'd better get going.'
'Yeah, uh, okay,' stammered Harmony. She pinched herself, to make sure she wasn't dreaming. It hurt, so she figured she must not be dreaming.
'I guess you don't quite believe me, do you?' Bethany asked, gently.
'I guess not really,' Harmony admitted, blushing. 'I mean, I would like to believe you - but there is the skeptical side of me that can't quite accept that as fact. Gee, it's so ironic, I guess. I'm a firm believer in keeping an open mind - but when I'm actually confronted with something so fantastic, then the skeptical side of me kicks in. It's funny how it works, isn't it?'
'Actually, I understand very well,' Bethany said, smiling. 'I was once human, too, you know. That was thirty years ago, though. I died in a car crash.'
'Whoa, that sounds awful,' Harmony said, shaking her head sadly.
'Well, I'm sure all of my friends and family miss me,' Bethany said, softly. 'It's wonderful being in heaven, though.'
'So what is it like being in heaven?' Harmony asked, with curiosity.
'That I can't tell you,' Bethany replied. 'It's something that you'll have to find out yourself. Besides, that's not why I'm here. Well, we're almost at the restaurant. Let's step in for a little while.'
Harmony and Bethany then stepped in behind some boys - and they walked over to one of the video-waitors, where Huey Lewis appeared on the screen.
'So are we going to order some ice cream here?' asked Harmony.
'Actually, we can't,' replied Bethany. 'You see, you don't exist - because you said that you wish you were never born. Do you remember saying that?'
Harmony was quiet for a minute, then she realized what Bethany said was true.
'Great Scott!' gasped Harmony. 'You're absolutely right. How could you have known that, though? I didn't think anyone could actually hear me.'
'I told you,' Bethany said, gently. 'I am your guardian angel. You said that you wish you were never born - so I was sent to show you what Hill Valley would be like, had you never been born.'
'Whoa, this is heavy,' mumbled Harmony. 'So you really are a guardian angel? And you really did grant me my wish? This doesn't explain why I can't have ice cream.'
'Don't you get it, Harmony?' asked Bethany. 'You don't exist anymore. Try to pick something up. You have no physical mass here.'
Harmony reached out to touch one of the video-waitors, and her hand just went right through. She realized with horror that Bethany had been right.
'So you mean I'm just a ghost?' Harmony asked, stunned.
'Actually, you are not even that,' explained Bethany. 'You are, in essense, someone who had never existed. This was your wish, remember?'
'Well, uh, actually,' Harmony started to say. Then, to her horror, she saw Bethany stick her finger in the middle of a little girl's ice cream cone.
'Mommy,' cried out the little girl. 'There's a hole in my ice cream cone.'
'Don't be silly, dear,' scolded the mother. 'Just eat your ice cream. We have to leave for Grandma's house real soon.'
'What did you do, Bethany?' cried out Harmony. 'I think you frightened that poor little girl. She can't see you, right? Just like she can't see me?'
'Oh, I was just having a little bit of fun,' Bethany said, laughing. She then reached out for a straw, tore the top of the wrapper, and she blew the wrapper to a group of boys. The wrapper hit the top of the blond boy's hamburger.
'Dude!' called out the boy. 'Who threw a wrapper at me, huh?'
Bethany burst out laughing at her little prank.
'Oh, just relax, Brent,' urged the redhead at the table. 'I'm sure it's just someone playing a harmless prank. It's nothing to get all uptight about.'
'Yeah, I guess you're right,' replied Brent, smiling. 'It's just that I was hoping I could eat my hamburger in peace, without someone clowning around.'
'Oh, Bethany, you stop that,' insisted Harmony, as she smiled a little bit.
'Okay, I guess I'll settle down,' Bethany said, with a little sigh. 'Oh, here she comes right now. There's your friend, Marlene McFly.'
'Great Scott!' gasped Harmony, as she saw Marlene walk in with some biker dude who had tattoos all over his arms. 'Where the heck did Marlene meet him from? For that matter, why is Marlene dressed up so trashy? This isn't her style, you know.'
'She's been a hooker for a few years,' explained Bethany. 'She's been like this ever since her brother died.'
'Wait a minute!' cried out Harmony. 'Wait a minute, Bethany! Are you telling me that Marty McFly Jr is dead?'
'I'm afraid so, Harmony,' Bethany said, quietly. 'I'm afraid that he died three years ago - ever since he fell in the river, and was drowned by the current.'
'But I saved her, Bethany!' Harmony cried out, with desperation. 'I was there! I saved her from that rapid current! This has gotta be a dream.'
'You're forgetting one very important thing, Harmony,' explained Bethany. 'You don't exist, remember? So, as a result, you were not there to save him.'
'Oh, this is nuts,' moaned Harmony. She then reached out for Bethany's hands, and pleaded, 'So where was he buried. I have to go see his grave. This is terrible.'
'He was buried in Oak Park Cemetery,' replied Bethany. 'Come on, let's go.'
With a heavy heart, Harmony had followed Bethany two blocks to the cemetery.