Moonchild

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" uhhhhh!! These are so heavy, I don't think so my poor backbone can handle this anymore ".Jessi complained while putting down the 10 kg sack of rice in the warehouse causing a thud sound. She took a deep breath while straightening her back with her hand on the waist. She was followed by Mark who seemed a little too unbothered for one carrying two sacks in both hands each weighing 10 kg.  He smoothly placed the two bags near the one Jessi just put. 

" tch, you vulnerable creatures," he said mockingly. 

"Shut up, you...." Jessi was about to reply when Luna walked in carrying a sack in her hand she didn't look much troubled as compare to Jessi who was complaining about her backbone. 

" Stop you both !! Mark go help Lily she is dragging the same sack for the past 10 minutes and this isn't helping we have to finish it soon, we can't just stay here all day " Luna said while putting her sack down among the previous ones.

"I told her not to bother but Naah!! She wants to help " Mark mocks the last sentence as what  Lily had told him before they started their work. 

Mark walked in the direction where he saw Lily still dragging the sack with her full force he can see how she was struggling.  Ohh she was trying too hard.  He cants help but chuckles at her cuteness. He was just about to step out of the warehouse towards Lily when something hard hit his back and he stumbled resulting in him falling to the ground.  He looked back and saw Jessi standing there with a smug face. She just threw a hard wooden mold at him that was placed near the pile of rice sacks.

"Well !! Next time think before you call me a vulnerable creature"

He was about to run towards Jessi who was already running when he heard Lily's voice. " Mark help!" He saw her laying on the ground with the rice sack on top of her she was struggling to get up but the weight of rice was hindering her action. 

Mark sighed getting closer to her he picked the sack and put that on his shoulder without any struggle he gave her a hand and pulled her up.  She stood up dusting her white frock which was now dirty with mud on the ground.

"Why do you even try? Look at yourself, you are the size of rice grain how are you supposed to lift the weight of the whole sack " He said jokingly and started to walk towards the room where Luna and Jessi were waiting for them. Lily followed him with her head down feeling a little embarrassed.

"All done? " Luna asked Mark who was busy putting the last sack by the corner.

"Yups!! Now it's time for us to get paid for our hard work " he said while walking towards the door that was in the left corner of the warehouse. 
He knocked on the door two times before it opened and an aged man with a white beard came out of the room. " Mr. Dason, we have unloaded the rice sacks into your warehouse as we promised," he said with a smile on his face and eyes shining with hopes to get a good amount of money at least reasonable enough to worth their hard labor for the past 3 hours.
The Old man nodded before he gets back into the room probably to get the cash for them. Mark looked at the three girls standing at the small distance they were already watching him with the same excited eyes.

It wasn't like they were poor or have to work to feed themselves no that was not the case. Mark and Jessi were from a wealthy family as their father owns many rice farms in the town while Lily's father has a poultry farm and Luna has Nomana who was one of the only 4 doctors in the town. But they need the extra money the money they cant lend from their parents because they can't tell them the reason for what they need the money for. 
 
"We need just a few more yarns and we can finally do some shopping for our journey, "Mark said while counting the money in his hands. They were all sitting in the backyard of Luna's house as Nomana was not home and they can easily plan their secret journey.

(Yarns is an imaginary currency 😌as the whole location of this story is based on my imagination. I can also name a currency on my right? 🙈)

"I have an idea but I am not sure you people will agree to it, "Jessi said continuing the discussion on their trip. After getting everyone's attention she continued " Father is going for 4 days to the nearby town which means we have asses to his locker . we can steal some money from there and our problem will be solved " she said while clapping her hands together with excitement.

" And what makes you think that this is an easy task? Father is surely gonna take the keys with him. Mark said with confused expressions. 

" well, that's not the problem for me I have my own ways with that " Jessi replied with a proud face.

" We are not stealing money.  Drop that idea.  We have earned this much I am sure we can find a way for it".Luna said intruding their conversation.

" what about we can work for a day on the wheat farm. My friend's father owns a wheat farm and she can make us work there. And if we all work a day there I am sure we can earn to fill our lacking. And this way none of  our parents will know that we worked on a farm as none of them are connected to wheat works". This time Lily was the one making suggestions. 

" I think that will work ". Luna agreed. 

"But we can steal the money without spending our whole day working like laborers in the field " Jessi whined .

" that's not how we work my sister not all of us are thieves like you, "
Mark said getting an immediate reaction from Jessi as she hit his arm.

" I am not a thief.  That's my father's money I can have it if I want it " she replied.

" But not without his consent " Lily  added.

"Yaaah!! You people are so boring "Jessi said with annoyed expressions.

" So plans set right? " Mark said.  And everyone nodded feeling a little tired just by thinking that they have to work hard in the hot weather the whole day. Just to earn a little amount of money but guess they don't have any other option. 

For the past few weeks, they are planning on their journey to a specific mountain.

Luna has shared her wish to visit the certain place she is been longing to go for quite some time now.  

It's like the old tree her eyes open to every morning is calling her it's not a coincidence no it cant to be one.  She cant remember a single morning she woke up and her eyes didn't land on the same view for as long as she can remember.

After her every night battle with the Moon . She woke up every morning to the same view , her eyes on the familiar tree .  There must be a  something someone wants to tell her , someone who is willing to help her, help to reduce the confusion in her head.  Someone who had finally decided to take her to something, something she knew she was meant for, something that can solve her mysteries.

  She hoped that this was true. Her thoughts were true cause she can't take this anymore now. She is willing to take risks to solve this puzzle. She wants a way out of this maze her mind has been in since the age she had gain consciousness. And the events occurring from the past few months are indications; telling her that the time has come.  The time for her to know it all,  to know her self her past, and maybe her future.

Of course, she can't go there all alone and it would be good to keep her three best people with her and they agree without any further investigation. They knew Luna has never requested them to do something secretly with her and this time if she is asking there must be something important to her and they are willing to take any risk for that.

That's how their bond works they can do anything for each other anything.

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