Author's Note:
Sasha's wish involves traveling through time… so… he gets his own chapter! ^.^ (Danni and Justin are here… they just don't talk much in this one. Yes, they see everything Sasha does).
Chapter 10: The First Wish
We all thought about what we should wish for… What we truly wanted… "Well come on. Don't take all day." Annysia said as she filed her nails. "If you don't speak up soon, I'll choose you." "I-It's just hard for us… we don't get wishes often." Justin said. Annysia pinched his cheeks and said, "Why aren't you the cutest thing? Stuttering like that. If I had a wish, it be for you to be mine!" Justin turned red. "I'm just kidding sweetheart!" she joked.
"I'll go first." Sasha said. "Oh?" Annysia asked. She snapped and a purple bottle appeared in her hand. "I wish to know more about my parents…" he said. Is that his innermost wish? Is that the cause of pain that fills his eyes? Maybe. Annysia smiled and poured a drop of blue liquid from the bottle on his head.
Suddenly, the cave turned blue, and a portal formed. Suddenly, all four of us were plunged through it… We landed on the ground of an unfamiliar place… but at the same time… I felt I had seen it before…
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The four travelers were floating above the ground, no one could hear or see them. Everyone was talking in Komona, but the travelers heard it in English. "Oh Roshu…" a young woman said. "Isn't this wonderful?" "Yes Raven." young Roshu said, "It is." "Is that… your mom?" Danielle asked Sasha. "I think so. Though I don't have many memories of my father… I remember him talking about this moment… He was about my age and so was she…" Sasha said.
The woman was beautiful… her hair was black… but the sunlight made it looked blue… Her eyes where brown like Sasha's and her skin was tan. She wore a sea shell necklace and a rose dress. Roshu was handsome too… He had brown hair like Sasha, brown eyes, and tan skin. He was muscular like his son, and wore the same clothes as him. Danielle could see where Sasha got his good looks.
"Raven?" Roshu asked as he pulled out a blue feather. "Will you marry me?" "YES!!!" she exclaimed. She gave him a kiss, and the portal eased out and took the travelers to another time.
"Roshu. You should not meddle." Raven said as she nursed a baby boy. "They mean no harm! Leave them alone, or they may cause trouble!" "Is that you Sasha?" Danielle asked as she pointed to the baby. "Could be." Sasha said. "I'm the youngest of my family." Another little boy, about five walked up and hid behind his mother. "That's my brother, Kiatso." Sasha said pointing to the young boy. Kiatso had brown hair, black eyes, and tan skin.
"Raven! They moved to our special spot! The spot on the island where I…." Roshu said painfully as he stopped sharpening his spear. "Where I asked you to marry me…" A little girl walked up behind Kiatso, she looked about three. "Papa?" she asked. She had black hair like her mother, brown eyes, and tan skin.
"That's my older sister. Nina." Sasha said. "How many siblings does he have?" Danielle wondered. "I know it means a lot to you… It means a lot to me too… But they crashed on this island." Raven said. "Even if they wanted to leave, they couldn't. Let them be… Pleas… For me?" Roshu didn't answer. "I have to do this Raven… I have to…"
The portal zoomed out and came back a year later. Baby Sasha was two now, Kiatso was six, and Nina was four. "Mommy will be right back. Behave for Kiatso." Raven said. "I remember that day… Faintly… That was the last day… I saw her…" Sasha said painfully. Raven walked out of the house, the travelers followed her to the jungle where she was picking berries and mushrooms.
There was a low growl. Raven turned around and said, "W-Who's there?" No answer. Raven began to walk faster, back towards the village. Then there was another growl, louder this time. Raven began walking faster. Then, a tiger pounced from the bushes. "AAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Raven screamed. Then the portal went black.
Sasha turned away from the others and cried. "Sasha…" Danielle said comfortingly. "They never told me what happened to her…" Sasha said trying to hide his tears. "Like your father…." Danni said. "He was charged with treason…" Sasha said. "He was… hanged…" He choked on his tears. He dried his face and said, "S-Sorry… I shouldn't cry…" "No!" Danni said. "You have the right to cry." He sniffed and stopped crying, "Thanks Danni…"
The portal came showed short clips of pictures of Roshu threatening Justin and Danni's parents. Then it came to Roshu before the Komona Chief. "You should be ashamed of yourself Roshu!" he screamed. "You threatened the white men who came in peace! If you don't be careful, they will attack back!" "Sorry…" Roshu mumbled. "Promise you will stop." the Chief said. "Yes sir." Roshu said as he bowed. "We will send a note in apology." the Chief said.
The portal fast-forwarded to a few years later, where Danielle's memory was. "Were your brother and sister taken too?" Danni asked. "Yes…" Sasha said. "Are they still… you know… here?" Danni asked. Sasha looked away. "Yes… But I haven't seen them in years… My brother was considered a rambunctious young male… so they put him in their jail… He was released when we were sent back to this island… But I never saw him again…" Sasha said. "My sister was so beautiful like my mother… our master's son fell in love with her… And she with him…"
"So… you have no family?" Danni asked. Sasha smiled sadly. "I have my tribe. And in our culture, our tribe is our family. So I'm not alone." he said. The portal took us to a month after the kidnapping. "Roshu, you are charged with upsetting the white men by trying to capture the woman. Treason. And they came and took all of our young ones." the Chief said. "Take him away!" Then, Roshu was taken away to his death…
Sasha looked away. "So my father tried to kidnap your mother?" Sasha asked. "Yes. Father told us about that. But he didn't know that Roshu was planning to kidnap mom. He just didn't want him to hurt her…" Danni said. Sasha smiled sadly at Danni. "I'm so sorry…" he said.
"It's alright. We forgive you." Danni said. "Yeah." Justin said, trying to prevent any romance between them. Annysia smiled and snapped her fingers, and they were back in the cave.