Solar System: The Sacred Frequencies

Chapter 1

Mosi and Teo are two brothers that live in a remote and scarcely populated village in the Azuay province, Ecuador. 

Both their parents died in a car accident when Teo was just a little, almost 6 year old, kid. Mosi being already almost 15 years old had to take care of his brother or risk getting separated from him. 

Mosi decided to quit school and take up his father’s job in one of the cattle raising farms near the village. He was used to taking care of his brother because both his parents had worked in the same farm in order to raise him and his brother. 

Teo was a very smart kid and even though he was young he understood that his brother wasn’t home throughout the day so that they could both eat. His school supplies and everything they had was bought with the hard earned money that his brother worked all day to get. 

Mosi had been an excellent student because he was very industrious. However he knew he wasn’t especially smart. His dream while growing up was moving to the city when he got older but life didn’t allow him that. His parents died and he had to take the mantle of the breadwinner so that his little brother could work hard at school and maybe get a degree in college eventually. He wanted the best future for his little brother. 

Mosi’s parents had taught him well, he knew that to get better opportunities in life he had to study hard, work hard, and prove his worth to everyone around him. Now that studying was out of the question he just concentrated on working as hard as he could so that the foreman would speak highly of him to the patron. 

The patron, Mr. Fernandez, had been very fond of Mosi and Teo’s parents. He offered to Mosi to have them come to his place and live with him on several occasions. However Mosi’s parents also taught him that there are no free lunches in this world and that everything comes with a price. 

Even though he could feel Mr. Fernandez’s sincerity whenever he offered to adopt them, he still refused. He was proud, maybe a bit too much so. He didn’t want to accept anyone’s charity. A trait he most certainly inherited from his father. 

He worked harder than anyone else. He was the first to arrive and the last to leave and he still managed to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner for himself and little Teo. 

Like this time flew by. More than three years had passed. Mosi and Teo were 18 and 9 years old respectively. 

One saturday morning, after Mosi left for the farm someone knocked on the door and interrupted Teo’s reading. 

“Carmen, my daughter, open up for your mama and lemme meet my grandkid!” 

Teo was a very obedient child and he only got smarter and more knowledgeable since his passion was reading and learning new things. When he heard the knock on the door he got scared at first. His brother had taught him that he should never ever open the door for strangers. In fact it was better if he never opened the door for anyone at all. Mosi was a bit overprotective of his little brother.

However when Teo heard the voice and more so when he heard his mother’s name and the word grandkid his heart skipped a beat and started racing. He didn’t know what to do. His brother had given him clear instructions never to open the door when he was alone. But that could be his grandma knocking on the door! 

Teo and Mosi had never met their grandparents. In fact they didn’t even know they had any. 

Teo had no recollection of his mom or dad ever mentioning their parents or even siblings. So he actually thought his only family was his brother Mosi. With his heart racing and confused about what to do he just stayed frozen, sitting in the living room with his book on his lap. When another harder, more insistent knock on the door woke him from his reverie. 

“Come on Carmen! I know you are inside! Just let this old woman in so she can rest her bones and meet her blood!” 

At that moment Teo knew he had to do something. He could keep pretending he wasn’t home but if that really was his grandma and he missed his chance to meet her he would most likely regret it for the rest of his life. 

Teo put his book away, after carefully placing the bookmark so he could continue where he left of later. He stood up and walked towards the door, stopped a fair distance away from it, and collected his courage. 

“How do I know you are my grandmother? I’ve been taught not to open the door for strangers and I’ve never heard anything about having a grandmother.” 

“Oh such a cute voice! You must not be even 10 years old! Hurry up and open the door, let me in so I can lay my eyes on you and finally meet Carmen’s son.” 

“I’m truly sorry but even if I’m curious about who you are and if you are really my grandma I can’t open the door for you. Rules have a reason to be and one of the rules is that I can’t open the door for strangers.” 

“Well, how about you call your mother and let her open the door for me? You could also run along and ask for permission!” 

“If you want to come in you should go first to Mr. Fernandez’ farm and look for Mosi. Or even better, you could wait outside for him to return, that way you won’t interrupt him working. You could also go away to the village and return after the sun sets and he arrives home.” 

“Who is Mosi? Is he your father?”

“I won’t tell you anything else. I already broke two rules. Talking to strangers and letting somebody know I’m inside the house. If you want to find out anything else, you need to do what I just said. Pick whichever you like the most. I hope you have a nice day.” 

At this moment Teo considered he had most likely spoken way more than he was supposed to. Should he have told whoever was outside about Mosi? Was it alright to talk to that lady? Well, there was no point feeling regret. He did what he thought was best and he knew his brother wouldn’t be mad at him for what he did and how he handled the situation. 

After thinking this he couldn’t avoid feeling excited. What if that lady really is our grandma? Would she move over? Would she take us away? 

He went back to the couch in the living room but was too excited to focus on the book. After he reread the same paragraph about five times he decided it was best to stop reading in the meantime. At least until today’s situation got straightened out. 

Meanwhile the old lady outside the door was flabbergasted. She thought that this grandson of hers was very smart and obedient. He would be a perfect disciple. She wouldn’t need to look for one anymore. Besides, it was best if knowledge was kept within the family. 

She decided to investigate this Mosi character while she waited. She would just quietly and secretly observe and watch over him during the day. She had to wait anyway so it was best if she could get herself an opinion and overview of the kid’s father before actually meeting him.