Okahan

Chapter 2 - The Beginning Of Everything

My parents kept hearing that there was a perfect city to spend their holidays, far from everything that would make them miss a minute of peace.

I was just a little child of twelve wanting to go out and explore the world and discover new places to play.

They collected several months of their wages so that they could go with a lot of money to enjoy the holidays and not have to worry.

My cheerful mother did me well that day, thinking she was going to go to a place full of petty people with a high nose.

But she did not find these people in that city, as they were all happy with our presence and not a moment looked us up and down because we were from the big city and "well groomed".

- I wanted to at least have the chance to see them happy again as in the first days of that trip, which should have been the first of several ... But it was the first and the last because of that damned city. -

12 Years Ago

We can see ourselves on the main avenue following a car, which is laughing inside three people and one of them is a child, who looking at the landscape asking what is each different thing that he sees being answered by one of the people who is a woman.

- Hey Brian, don't put your arm out of the car. -

[Women]

- Brian, listen to your mother, please, if not when we arrive I will not teach you how to play ball. -

[Man]

Being able to see the child put his arm in, making a face but being greeted by the laughter of the two in front of him, who look at his expression with smiles, doing so even after having a laugh looking outside seeing several road signs but focusing on one in particular.

[The perfect city is a few kilometers away]

Brian is anxious and asks if they would be close, his father replies that they arrived before nightfall.

Spending a few hours after saying that, they arrive in the city that is all well decorated because it is almost Christmas.

And from bars to crowded restaurants with people laughing and several people giving an air of peace to the two who look at each other smiling at having arrived in the city that they both heard was perfect.

Passing his car down the street, looking to try to locate himself, Brian's father asking his wife to get the map because he thinks something is wrong.

- I know it was the way here, but as I know that the house we rented is a little far from the center. -

- I wanted at least some information about the road we should take. -

Seeing her look at the map and the street names pasted on the street signs, trying to locate herself, she sees that the map does not match any of the names there seen from the streets.

After exploring now in the residential area full of houses lit by the Christmas ornaments already placed.

They try to locate themselves looking sideways, still driving slowly now, suddenly hearing a girl scream and startling them and carelessly make Brian before sleeping in the back seat go forward stopping in the gap all scared.

Being helped by his mother who looks at his father with disapproval for not having stopped more calmly.

Now I see a girl of the same age as Brian walking past them from behind and going to the front of the car picking up her puppy that ran in front of the car without them realizing how big she was.

After the three of them saw what they were about to do, apologizing Brian's father saw the girl holding her dog in her arms looking at all of them smiling, saying:

- You must be new here, new faces in the city at that time makes us all happy. -

[Girl]

- I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention we're new in this city you know. -

[He]

- I was calm, my puppy Billy always tries to kill himself going towards the cars I don't know why. [laughter] -

[Girl]

- I'm glad he's fine, I managed to stop the car in time ... -

[He]

- I saw that you were looking lost looking around, can I help you with something? -

[Girl]

Seeing Brian's now mother speaking instead of her father, smiling and asking with a happy tone in her voice.

- My name is Lilian and the one who almost ran over your dog is called Bob, the little one back there waving now is called Brian ... -

- Please, can you help us to reach this street here !? -

The little girl takes the map and looks at the location marked in red, smiling replies after remembering.

- Ah I know where it is, you must be very rich because this house is the only one in that area. -

- Your map is a little old, the names have already changed because we are undergoing renovations, you know. -

- But I can take you there if you want, my uncles live a few minutes away! -

- What do you think? -

Everyone is happy that she knows where it is and Brian opening the door for the little girl hears:

- I think you should warn your parents, otherwise they would be desperate if you delay showing up you know. -

The girl gets in the car and closes the door looking at Brian, who is a little ashamed because she is very beautiful, smiling, he responds with his hand forward to introduce himself.

- Rest assured, my parents are not at home at the moment ... As I know they will be back late because of the parties in the city center I don't have to worry about that ... -

- And almost forgetting to say my name, my name is Lucy and it is a pleasure to meet the new tenants of that beautiful house. -

Seeing herself after she laughs shaking Mari's hand formally introducing herself, we see the car accelerating again heading towards the location, but after the car leaves that street and turns around feeling its destination.

All the lights in the houses before being turned off completely for a few seconds, flashing.

Now showing, after a weaker light, a person in black robes looking towards where the car went, but with only his presence in the place make several of the lights to flash so much that they burn or burst while smiling.

- One more season ... He was happy to welcome you in another year ...

Being able to see yourself seconds after saying that with your lifeless gaze and your expression without showing any feeling, it disappears after the lights flash all at once from that street, returning to normal ones that did not burn or explode leaving no trace but a slight trace. breeze.