The next days passed, Krakow was currently being searched and observed in order to find the invisible creature to many eyes, Men In Black and their opponents could only watch, listen and hope for luck from the shadows, but the knowledge of Absol and its ability to ardent illusion made it so difficult to detect and locate now, only random witnesses and power sensors that were scattered around Krakow could find it, but no one knew that the sought after creature was so very happy today, so very joyful, drawing happiness from each new day.

After Absol Sisi accidentally revealed her secrets a few days ago, everything was different, Sisi had many fears, many nightmares, but they were all dispelled by the one who was such a great friend to her, Antonio Karwowski, he not only forgave her all the lies and hiding the truth, he accepted her, understood her and continues to treat her as his best friend, all the nightmares that clouded Sisi's mind disappeared from one day to the next, now Sisi had only one plan and one secret, but to do this she needed time, to get to know Antonio on an even better level, and to make him look at her not as a friend but as someone closer to her, the question was how to do it, how to make Antonio look at her in this way.

Of course, a lot has changed since the past few days, Antonio's father, Nikodem Karwowski was also friendly towards Sisi, accepting her despite what kind of a being she was, he saw someone intelligent in her, even a person he could trust, so he trusted Sisi, after Sisi saved his son, Nikodem knew that he could trust her completely, and Sisi could be sure that in Nikodem she would always have a friend who would always support her, it can be said that since Sisi came to the world of people by the will of the White Star and its creator, for the first time in her life Sisi could feel such great peace and see opportunities for herself, a path that led her to the greatest happiness, and this path ultimately led to Antonio's heart.

There are some obstacles on every path, and currently the biggest but sometimes tempered obstacle was to be none other than Carmen Karwowska, a cruel and possessive mother, Carmen was currently in a bind, on the one hand she loved to vent her anger on her son, but now when Sisi appeared on her path, who defended her son from herself, something in her world began to crack, she always liked to have control over her son, but this too was crumbling in the foundations of her own sick world, and for the first time her own son did not show fear or weakness in front of her, for the first time responding with a scream to her scream to protect Sisi from her.

Furious Carmen, as always and today dressed in a red dress, looked in front of the kitchen window, staring at her reflection, women with long black hair and brown eyes, and that anger painted on her face, Carmen clenched her teeth on her lips, stared at Krupnicza Street, at the neighboring tenement houses and one tree that was losing its golden leaves, her nervous brown eyes scanned the streets and her hands clenched in a frying pan pulled a cast iron pot to the right, having behind her back a white kitchen, a countertop and a guest room connected to the kitchen, with a brown segment and her husband sitting in front of the white counter, who was just eating potatoes and a minced cutlet, his Saturday dish.

Carmen glanced back for a moment, looking at her husband in a blue suit, the black-haired man with a trimmed beard twisted his lips and his brown eyes glanced curiously at his wife who was mumbling something under her breath, Nikodem looking at Carmen smiled slightly because he knew perfectly well what his wife was thinking, who she was thinking about, and what she wanted but today once again Carmen had her hands tied, she could only grit her teeth and watch as her world shattered before her eyes, Nikodem had many ideas in his head on how to approach his wife and maliciously comment on what was happening today, but on the other hand he never did it because he knew what repercussions it could have, this time for him because Antonio had his guardian today who was practically guarding his son from Carmen.

suddenly Nikodem's right hand twitched and the fork with potatoes landed in the plate, then Nikodem looked at his wife who hissing started talking about her son and Sisi whom she saw through the window.

- I'm telling you she's a monster, if she wasn't a monster then now, today she wouldn't have to hide in an illusion, I see this beast again disguised as a white wolf with a red tail with black tips, if she was truly truthful she would show the world her true face. She said Carmen still with a bad attitude towards Sisi.

- Carmen, you must be crazy, after all, if Sisi showed the world her normal form, you know what we would have here, police, undercover agents, it's scary to think, it's better for her to hide the truth from narrow-minded people. Said Nikodem when he put the empty plate aside, Carmen looked back, looking angrily and with her left eye slightly closed, trembling with anger, watching as her husband, ignoring her views and paranoia, sat down at the brown table in an armchair and calmly turned on the TV, switching on sports and football.

- oh yes, you are just as blind, or maybe that bastard has done you in, because what he is doing to our son is better left unsaid.

- I mean, Carmen, what do you mean.

- Nikodem, do you really not see it, do you not see how our son has changed, he is different, he doesn't listen to me, he, he.

- he is not afraid of you, is he?. Nikodem asked, Carmen suddenly and violently banged her fists on the black and white counter looking at her husband but he never showed any fear in front of his wife.

- calm down or you'll have a heart attack, Carmen really calm down. Said Nikodem with a lazy smile that tilted his black beard.

- how dare you, don't you see it, she twisted our son around her claws, he, he was deprived of free will, he does what she dictates to him. Said Carmen through clenched lips, Nikodem looking at the TV looked at his wife for the last time and spoke.

- come on, as for me the situation is reversed from the outset, she gave Antono freedom from you.

- YOU!. Carmen shouted, her brows furrowing with rage, and her anger suddenly grew stronger when the door to the house opened and Sisi entered first, the white Absol, with a red tail with black tips, a blue horn and ruby-turquoise eyes staring at her with an inscrutable purpose, and when Antonio entered, a gray-haired young man with green eyes dressed in a brown blouse, green pants and blue shoes, Sisi immediately stood in front of Antonio defending him from his mother.

Carmen could only face the gaze of the being who told about herself and her world, the being who was above her in her power and could do anything to Carmen, from dragging her through a cesspool to turning her into cutlets, Carmen was basically in a bind, her domineering nature ordered her to hit Sisi and make a salad out of her, but she couldn't, because this being could easily defend herself, secondly, Antonio defended her from Carmen, Antonio greeted his father and Carmen and then returned to his room, and Sisi, observing Carmen for the last time, raised her head high, feeling superior to her furious mother and wagging her tail, ran into Antonio's room, Carmen watching how the friendship between her son and the beings from another world is getting stronger with each passing day.

- you know, it's even sweet, today I look at Sisi and it seems to me, well, never mind. Said Nikodem, considering the whole thing a funny joke on himself, but what Nikodem said made Carmen approach her husband and standing in front of the TV, blocking his view and of course the goal action, began to clench her hands and teeth tightly on her red lips.

- Carmen, please I missed an important goal. Said Nikodem leaning out to the right, but where he leaned out he saw his wife again with her fists clenched on her hips and a slightly trembling red dress.

- Nikodem, you better tell me what this is about, what you saw. Carmen asked, hissing with the next words.

- and that's it. Said Nikodem shaking his head and looking at his wife with embarrassment, his beard twisted to the left, his eyes sparkled at the image of Carmen and what he was going to tell her, which was a joke to him.

- I mean, Sisi is defending our son so much, from you, the question is why, is she grateful for the help or is there something more here and if so, but it's just my joke, nothing more. Said Nikodem, finally answering with laughter but his wife did not share the same state.

As soon as Carmen found out about what was already tormenting her head, now she knew everything, Sisi felt much more for her son and that's why she manipulated him so much, at the same time destroying the intricately constructed world that Carmen had built and her son, Antonio was supposed to be one of the central pillars of her world.

Carmen was struck by this thought, so much so that she retreated under the black and white kitchen counter where breakfast and dinner were usually eaten, sometimes also lunch, but now Carmen had only one problem and it was always Sisi, the bigger one because Sisi could feel something for her son, and she would never allow someone like a being from another world to take her son away, even if it was an ordinary girl from the human world.

Carmen was very ambitious in terms of a candidate for a wife for her son, and she decided to give him away very richly, she always repeated and tried to convince her son that love would come later, that in the first step you have to think with your head and then with your heart, now what was the worst nightmare here could just come true, Carmen clenched her hands on the black and white counter and her fury hit her so hard that she started shaking, seeing this Nikodem rubbed his wet forehead because he knew that with his statement he had caused a lot of problems for his son, problems that he wanted to spare him, and now because of him everything was going to hit with full force, Nikodem was about to jump out of the armchair to stop his wife when suddenly someone knocked on the door.

- I'll open it. She said Carmen and quickly passed her husband with a loud, angry step.

- what did I do. Said Nikodem to himself, placing his right hand on his face in praise, but his fingers quickly lowered when the announcer began to speak faster and another goal was about to be scored, Nikodem raised his hands for a moment and began to cheer, but he was not alone, because Carmen, who was returning to the room and kitchen, also laughed so hellishly that if it were possible, horns would grow on her head.

- Carmen, did something happen?. Nikodem asked, but there was also a moment when he himself did not know whether he wanted to know the truth or not, because today he could expect anything from the downright devilish Carmen who was reading an open letter from someone, as it turned out, from a distant foreign country, more precisely from London.

- London is writing to our son, would you believe it?. She said Carmen with great satisfaction, holding a white envelope and a white letter addressed to her son, seeing and hearing this, Nikodem jumped up from his chair and went to the white counter and his wife standing on the other side.

- Give it back, you know that reading someone else's correspondence is. Nikodem said wanting to take the letter from his wife's right hand but Carmen hid her right hand behind her back and again smiled deceitfully at her husband.

- I am a mother and I have the right to read my son's correspondence.

- he is an adult.

- if he were he would live on his own.

- and what was he supposed to do, you don't let him do that, even if he found a rich girl you would let him move out, tell me that. Nikodem asked sharply leaning out to his wife on the kitchen counter and Carmen clenched her teeth again, because what was the future going to bring, she wanted to continue to have control over her son, but today she had one problem, eliminating Sisi and the letter she read was her means to an end.

Carmen looked at her husband, passed him by in silence, took glue out of the cupboard, sealed the envelope and handed it to her husband.

- go ahead and give the letter to our son, we'll see what he says to that, what he says that Vera is going back to Poland tomorrow. She said Carmen and Nikodem's brown eyes quivered when he heard the familiar name.

- Vera Kaminsky?, her?. Nikodem asked in a whisper. Carmen nodded with great satisfaction.

- and who else, do you remember her, yes, me too, Vera Kaminsky, she always had a good influence on our son, they met in the fifth grade of primary school, she was able to stop his crazy antics, how he loved to climb buildings and trees, and then she left with her parents to London, now she is a professor and she is probably coming back here to our son. She said Carmen feeling great strength inside herself because Vera, although rich, was today a tool for her to get rid of Sisi from the house.

Nikodem looked at the letter himself thinking whether it would be good to destroy it than to give the letter to her son, but on the other hand he knew that Vera would come to their house, to their son anyway, Nikodem let out a heavy breath and looked once again at his wife who was now triumphant.

Nikodem walked with heavy steps to his son's room, and when he stopped in front of the white door, he looked at the letter once more and finally regaining his strength, he went inside, right now his son Antonio and Sisi were playing together at the red and black desk, playing a computer game in turns, steering the red car and racing in races, Sisi and Antonio looked at Nikodem who looked strange and the letter he held in his hands focused the eyes of both joyful friends sitting on their green chairs right behind the silver bed.

- Dad, is something wrong?. Antonio asked.

- What is this letter?. Sisi asked for the first time in her life feeling only joy and hope inside her.

- The postman brought a letter for you, son, addressed from London. Nikodem said, handing the letter to his son.

As soon as Antonio heard that it was a letter from London, he took it quickly, sat down on the bed, took off your brown sweatshirt, leaving only his shirt and with a slight, trembling movement, he unsealed the envelope, Sisi, curious, sat down next to him and her eyes were not torn from Antonio's, when his eyes nervously made quick turns and Sisi felt a strange tension inside her, because if Antonio felt tension, it was visible, and she felt a slight twinge of fear, suddenly Antonio put the letter on the desk and looked blankly at the photo on the wall above the desk, where among the posters from Warhammer 40k there were photos from school.

- Vera is going back to Poland, she'll be in Krakow tomorrow, at noon, she'll be flying to Poland for about three hours, and. Antonio said, but before he said anything he suddenly stopped and his forehead trembled slightly under his gray hair.

Sitting next to Antonio, Sisi, hearing the name Vera, suddenly felt a strange even greater tension inside her, her blue claws lightly squeezed the bed and her eyes were constantly watching Antonio, his every breath, his twitch, everything she saw with her big eyes made her feel more and more scared.

- who is Vera?. Sisi asked, and her red tail made one turn and stood up because Antonio had just looked at her with a strange look, his eyes were strange, his face confused, and his modest smile said so little.

- Vera Kaminsky, my old and first love. Antonio said, then he got out of bed and quickly put on a brown sweatshirt.

- first love. Sisi whispered to herself and her whole world suddenly began to break, her heart in her chest trembled and her muscles suddenly tensed, because the knowledge that her friend's first love, for whom she had very strong emotions, was coming back to Poland, caused her great pain, for the first time, after two failed loves from the world of Pokemon, Sisi for the first time had visions of successful happiness, happiness in the arms of her beloved man, but now, this letter caused everything to start falling apart again and right before her eyes, what's worse, she couldn't do anything at the moment, except for one thing.

- Sisi, come with me, in a moment I'll tell you everything about Vera Kaminsky, about where and when, what and how, come, please. Antonio said, holding out his right hand to Sisi, and his voice was strange, nervous, full of strange tension, Sisi nodded, approached Antonio and took on the form of a wolf hidden in an illusion with the power of illusion, a white wolf with a red trembling tail, Sisi, with a growing grip on her heart, followed Antonio and when she went out into the corridor and stole one look from Carmen, she saw in her brown eyes joy, superiority, cynicism and that smile that told her so much.

Sisi clenched her teeth and left Antonio, not wanting to continue looking at the person who was now drawing sick satisfaction from her current success, Sisi, shaken by everything that had hit her today, followed Antonio out of the apartment, the tenement house and walking along the long Krupnicza Street, headed with her closest friend to a place full of memories, his memories that were now coming back.

Primary School No. 93 named after Lucjan Rydel, a long four-story building with colorful exterior walls, and a large sports field of its own where children and young people could play football, basketball, and of course learn various things, it was here in front of the fence with a picture of the school that Antonio stood, staring at the place where his life was changing frequently, but it was here that another person made Antonio change his life and it was because of Vera Kaminsky, because this girl when she came to school, to the fifth grade, his own life changed, it was also here that Sisi standing next to her, staring at her beloved man, saw how a modest smile appeared on his face, how the magic of those memories returned to his heart and mind, and her own heart trembled with fear and regret, because she felt in her bones that something was escaping her, or rather someone.

Memories, children running, one of them playing climbing the school building, all of this came back with such force that Antonio didn't pay attention to the cars passing behind him, to the strong wind blowing, Antonio put both hands on the fence remembering old times, that first day when he met Vera Kaminskt on his way and how much had changed after that one meeting.

- yes, so much has changed here, I used to not be so calm. Antonio said with a modest smile, Sisi standing next to him didn't take her eyes off him looking at his ever-growing smile, a strange glint in her eyes.

- I mean, what happened, you used to not be so calm. Sisi asked, covered in the illusion which she broke only for Antonio by creating an invisible circle of truth around them.

- I remember it like it was yesterday, I was running around the pitch like a maniac, I decided to play a trick on the PE teacher again, I climbed to the top of the school, I grabbed the wall, the drainpipe and started climbing, suddenly I heard a scream but not the teacher, when I looked back then I saw her, it was her, Vera, our new friend whose parents came from England. Antonio said swallowing, because the memories of his childhood made beads of sweat appear on his forehead, Sisi standing next to her constantly and patiently listened to her friend's words observing his every reaction which in itself worried her more and more.

- I looked behind me and saw a small girl from my class, 5D, that scared blonde with two long pigtails, and her trembling blue eyes full of tears, she was crying, she was afraid for them, she asked me to come down from the second floor, and I, standing on the windowsill, understood how I could hurt her like that, I came down from the school building and from that day I never went up any building, and especially not any tree, whether Vera was with us or not, of course this matter quickly reached the teaching staff, from that day Vera was permanently assigned to our class so that she could keep an eye on me. Atonio said with a big sincere smile, but what was happiness for him and a reason to smile for Sisi standing next to him was only a reason for despair.

Sisi, silent and observing every movement and gesture of her friend, had already seen too much, especially how Antonio changed his state and his memories brought him new joy, and now the one who had changed him and given him joy was returning to Poland, to him, and it was Vera, but there was still something in all this, a certain chance, because after all Vera had left, had left Antonio and that had to leave some mark on his own heart.

- Antonio, what happened next. Sisi asked, Antonio suddenly became gloomy, his state was completely different now, the smile disappeared and when he started to remember everything was at the beginning not indicating anything that could be bad, but in the end the end was like that.

- I don't know how it happened but Vera and I became closer and closer, it wasn't just a normal friendship and with each passing day it only got stronger, I understood that I had found not only a friend but someone much closer, at first Vera looked after me but then I looked after her, she was always so clumsy, she often lost her balance, until one day a year before she left, I took her on our first date, we were about fourteen then, we spent that magical moment under the Kościuszko Mound, you know such a green beautiful mountain, that's where I kissed her for the first time, also the last, because then, no more than half a year later just before her birthday, she suddenly left with her parents for London and I haven't heard from her for ten years. Antonio said and his hand pressing on the fence became very tense and his green eyes so empty and trembling.

Sisi seeing the tension of her closest friend jumped, put her front paws on his chest and brown blouse looking tenderly into his eyes, and the moment when Antonio looked into her eyes he responded with a sincere smile letting go of the school fence from his grip, giving his hands to Sisi by whom he knelt on his left knee, it was also a moment of silence that Sisi did not want to break, Sisi, would have liked this moment to last forever, she could also use this moment but something in her mind screamed not to do it, and instead of kissing Antonio she gave him only a short hug and after everything stood in front of him waving her red tail rhythmically.

- so suddenly Vera left, but it was not her fault, that's what her parents told her to do, they took her to London.

- yes Sisi, they took her with them so she could finish a better school and be someone, someone important, she wrote in a letter that she was a professor of three languages, she knew Polish, English and French perfectly, and she was coming back here tomorrow at noon, she wanted to meet me, I have her waiting at the airport, Krakow Balice, I don't know what to think about it, I'm so excited about it, Vera hasn't given any sign of life for ten years and suddenly she wrote me a letter and is coming to Poland tomorrow, after ten years of silence and separation. Antonio said and Sisi suddenly felt, apart from regret, inner anger that exploded in her growling and loud raised voice.

- yes, she's been gone for so long, she didn't give you any sign or anyone who was important to her, more so to you, and now she suddenly appears like a ghost from a box, she's starting to mess with your life, what did she do to deserve this, I don't know about you but me, me. She said Sisi angry at Vera because suddenly her appearance took so much away from her, on the other hand when she looked at Antonio she understood why Vera could go back to Poland, she wanted to win him back, get him back, take Antonio away from her, this made her anger hit even harder, so hard that Sisi easily cut the cobblestone pavement with her claws leaving traces of her claws on them.

- Sisi, is something wrong. Antonio asked still kneeling on his left knee in front of Sisi, and she when she suddenly regained control of herself and looked at the man closest to her heart who was now worried about her again, there was a chance, there was also a near tragedy, what she wanted to fight for, what could finally give her such great happiness could escape her forever and tomorrow, but Sisi when she looked into the compassionate eyes of the sensitive man knew that the final voice and opinion belonged only to him, on the other hand a mischievous smile appeared on her lips because she had just thought of a certain plan for tomorrow.

- Antonio, so tomorrow you are going to meet Vera Kaminsky, right?. Sisi asked.

- Yes, and I have to do it myself, don't hold it against me, but I have to do it myself, and don't blame her for leaving me ten years ago, it was so strange that she didn't talk, but I have to give her a chance, I want to look into her eyes, see my school love once and I have to do it myself. Antonio said.

The words of her friend struck Sisi with great force, her head almost trembled and her heart seemed to slow down, Sisi was so close to happiness and now this happiness was on the edge of a nightmare and she could do nothing except one thing, because her plan was already laid out, so Antonio wanted to meet Vera personally but Sisi could follow him anyway, without his knowledge, hidden behind a veil of illusion, to see for herself whether tomorrow would be a tragedy or a chance for her, even Antonio noticed a strange glint in her eyes, especially in her left turquoise eye, but at first he thought it was just understanding his words and ideas, so Antonio ending his reminiscences stood up, looked one last time at the colorful building of Primary School No. 93 named after Lucjan Rydel, took the leash in his hand and led Sisi through the streets of Krakow, Sisi, clenching her teeth tightly, already had a set plan of action for tomorrow, and at the same time he was so afraid of what she did not know.

The one who gave her the white star told her that in another world Sisi would find a chance for her happiness, now Sisi walking next to Antonio knew that the one who gave her a chance never lied, but everything that was supposed to be and is ultimately depended on her, but so far fear has constantly defeated her, it was like that when she hid her truth of true origin from him, it was like that now, hiding the truth of what she felt for him, but today, now when Antonio receives a letter from Vera, today Sisi had truly tied lips, and she could only count on Antonio, but if he decided to renew the feeling with Vera then everything she fought for would fall apart, and that was her nightmare, the biggest in her life because she certainly wouldn't survive it a third time.

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A real nightmare is coming, and maybe even a duel, who will survive this loss, Sisi, Vera, or Antonio, or maybe Carmen will ultimately emerge victorious from everything, who will weave her own intrigue to ruin everything.