The Chaos of Ibarra's Life -Pain and sorrow are the things he is feeling right now.
It was a sunny morning in Norcal Village where Ibarra's house was built. Teenagers in their bikes are singing as they enjoy their ride. Birds are happily chirping at their nest while the others are flying freely at the sky. A lot of people are on their way to the market for it is market day. What a good day to start.
Yes it was a bright day but for Ibarra isn't. He had a bad dream last night. A girl giving a warning to him that he must kept his family safe. He saw bloods on the floors. He heard screams of pains and sorrows. A car being ambushed and a police holding a gun. That night he didn't go back to bed. He spent the whole night thinking and analyzing the meaning of his dream. He is getting nervous in what will happen on the upcoming days. Afraid that there will something horrible happen not to him but for his family.
He's now at the market buying foods for the winter or else he would die in starve. 1 more month and the winter will come and he is buying foods for earlier stock and in winter the market and the stores will be close. He shop everything he needed for the winter before deciding to went home.
Ibarra is now used to this kind of life because it is where he is born. On his way home, shouting, gossiping, and murmuring villagers block his way. They are running to a small house near the lake and in his curiosity, he U turn and went to that house. Ibarra park his car near the house and walk himself at the door but when he reach it, he saw a naked girl bathing in her own bloods. He doesn't know what to think. He can't even mutter even a single word.
It was his little sister lying on floor breathless. Ibarra walk to his sister while tears are rolling down to his cheeks. He slowly kneel and hold his sister in his arms, lift her head and put it at his lap. His sister's blood stain his shirt even he's pants but he doesn't care.
"Lyra! My poor Lyra! Who did this to you? Who did this to Lyra? Hey, lil sis! Wake up. You promised me that you would spent your Christmas with me right?"
He cried all his heart reminiscing their memories while holding his sister. The memories he would never forget.
The police came and help him to stand before bringing the body for the autopsy.
While his neighbors bring him back to his house and say their regards before saying their goodbyes. He feels like a dead man walking as half of him dies together with his sister. He still remember their sweet memories when she is still alive. He would miss her smiles, her laugh and the way she cares for him. She was his buddy, his sister and at the same his friend.
Ibarra is know at the morgue standing at the side of his sister. His parents are hugging each other crying in pain and sorrow. Is this the meaning of his dream?
"Son we should cremate your sister's body. I can't stand watching her lying at the coffin breathless!" His mother said in apologizing tone.
"Mom? I will not let you do that to my sister. She said that if she'll die, she doesn't want to be cremated. Mom please I am just granting my sister's want."
The broken mother hold him in his hand and cage him in her hug. Tightly he hug his mother who is still crying while his father who's about to contact someone for the cremation of his sister began to cry and hug them. In this way he felt that he is not alone that he must continue his life. His mind keeps on telling that he must be strong for his parents but every time he remember his sister, he's world feels like shattered.
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"Lyra is not just a sister for me but also a friend. She will not stop asking you if she saw that you are not okay. She would give advice to you again and again and will only stop if you did her advice. Sometimes she's an sss but mist of the time she is like a kitten cuddling. She is one of the strongest girl I have ever met. But now she's gone. My sister is no longer breathing. If ever you are listening to me little sister I want to say thank you for the memories you shared to me. I will miss everything to you and I promise that I will give you the right justice."
When the coffin was now closed one by one they throw a white rose. Ibarra is the last one who throw a rose. Then the visitors started to walk their way home. While he is still standing there watching the others bury his sister.
All of the visitors left the cemetery except for him who is standing in front of his sister's grave. He kneel and touch the soil while crying.
"Hey sis, are you okay at where you are? Can you visit me in my dreams lil sis?" The lost man ask to his sister.
Still standing there even if the sun rose but decide to go home when the weather change and was about to rain. He drive his car to his home and spent the whole night drinking vodka. He drawn his self in alcohol just to forget the chaos who came to his life. The broken guy fell asleep on the couch where he is drinking for he already drink four bottle of vodka. How dare them to to broke that guy's heart?
A lot of things happen to that day and how he wish that it would just a dream. But when he woke up in the morning, he told himself that it is more better when he will never wake up.