Chapter 6: Memories
I still have my memories about them and especially I treasure the ones of those days we used to play at the forest…
"Let's play hide and seek!" exclaimed Selt Reen at one of those days.
"This time Myrrh will look for us!" said Lily
"Yes! Yes!" Yukelis was enthusiasted.
Callum did agree too and all of them just went running between the gigantic mushrooms and their happiness fused with the little shining sparks than naturally used to come out of the forest earth… that magic breeze was always covering us and the forest breath was our protector and our fantasy.
Oh, but now, that the counting has stopped; I can't seem to find them. I've looked everywhere but only memories of them were left….only memories and their music instruments which I hold dear.
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Chapter 7: Tears of hope
I found myself with Carbuncle…
Years, years, years, they have all flown away. Callum, Selt Reen, Lily and Yukelis are all different now; but I remain the same… After being lost for almost a decade, I was found by a mysterious being called Carbuncle. His eyes were shadowy, oblivious and melancholic; however, his enormous body was all turquoise, all shiny. Meeting him for the first time scared me somehow, however, after following his steps; my concerns started falling to the ground.
He took me to a vast and poor land where his god-like tribe lived.
"What is this place?" I asked him
"I don't know" he told me.
"What do you do here?"
"We do nothing"
"Why is that for?" I asked, confused
"If you do something, you may forget it later" carbuncle said to me "so we don't do anything, so we don't ever forget"
"I don't understand" I exclaimed "I can't imagine a life without memories!"
"Excuse me, who are you?" he asked me "oh! I have already forgotten!" exclaimed and scratched his head.
After that small conversation he went with the others of his tribe and sat down next to them…then, he invited me to join…
"Come with us…" he told me
"I can't" I told them "even if I wanted to…I can't forget…" "I know my memories may be a burden now…but I just can't get rid of them"
My eyes, then, filled with tears and without even noticing, I began to cry.
The carbuncles decided to leave me alone, if they saw anymore they'll have something to remember and that would be threatening for them.
"The path you chose" those were his last words "it's painful yet warm"
And then he disappeared.
At Mag Mell, I cried, I cried, I cried, I cry… I sang, I sang, I sang, I sing… for my friends to return.