It Started With A Song

Ylona's P.O.V "Being talented is enough to survive in your new school. Just be yourself", that's what Ate Nikki told me while I was packing my bag. I will be studying in the Philippines. After all, I'm still a Filipino born and raised in Australia. I can't deny my blood. My talent which did not obviously come from my parents but surely from me being a Filipino, the way I look physically, with my tanned skin and deep, brown eyes , and my attitude, especially the resourceful and positive aura whatever I am facing came from my descent as a Filipino. I noticed my choker gone and asked my friend turned sister by heart, Ate Nikki, "Ate Niks, Did you see my Charm?", I asked as I bent down under the bed to see if it is there. "Oh, you mean your choker? I haven't seen it and I expected it would be gone" she sighed reacting to the always messy and disorganized girl she's talking to who most of the time loses her stuff. As I looked for it under the bed, I saw a picture of a young boy together with a young me inside a hospital room. He is a clear skinned, black-haired, well-groomed boy with dazzling, sparkling eyes. "Ate Niks,Who's this?",I asked. It was my first time seeing the picture but the boy looked familiar to me. "Oh, it's just some young boy you had as roommate when you were in the Philippine hospital, remember? The one whom you used to play with and kept on asking you to sing", I nodded. Though I do not recall the memory but I do remember a blurry face of the same figure. Ate Niks,who was older than me for almost 8 years suddenly teased me looking at the picture of that boy. "He kinda looks cute though", I told her "Yeah! and maybe, just maybe! You'd see him in the Philippines!", she exclaimed teasingly "That's not possible. We were like 7 years old back then, and besides I bet he looks different now. I bet he doesn't even remember me", I answered her smiling. After all, I know I'll miss her jokes and teasing. Back to the boy in the picture. I remember now. He's the boy whom I wrote a song with. That time I was sick because my stomach couldn't take the foreign foods that time since it was my first time in the Philippines . I don't remember his name but I remember some lyrics of the song. "Keep your chin up! Don't you give up!". Those were the first words I had to put in the lyrics. He had a heart disease and I felt like I needed to cheer him up. Maybe visiting the Philippines would bring happy memories to me. "Cheer up Ylona Jade Garcia! Conquer your fears! Cause God is always near!", I constantly remind myself to lose the nerves. "I'm gonna miss you Ate Niks! Wish me luck!", I shouted as I went to the kitchen. "Luck?! You surely don't need it girl! You are blessed! Awwwee! I'm surely gonna miss you!", Ate Niks replied. "Well then, I wish myself luck, cheers to a new journey!", I found my choker the same time I said this. I already sense lady luck doing me a favor.