The Gifted

A gift?

November 24th 2006
"Granny" the little girl said running towards her grandma
"Mija" her grandma answered hugging the little girl back "I brought you a gift" she said while getting a white little box
"A gift?" The little girl asked
The little girl opened the little box excitedly, she saw a purple/ green necklace with a silver chain
"When I went back to Mexico, I saw it and I thought 'this is for my nieta' " She said while smiling (nieta-granddaughter)
"Thanks granny" she said and hugged her grandma "I love it"
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I woke up by the noise of my door opening
"It's okay, it's only me" my big brother said sitting in my bed, his blonde hair was all messed up and he was in his pj
"What time is it?" I asked while I put my glasses on
"3 am" he answered
"What are you doing here?" I asked while turning on the lights of my bed light , my eyes took take a while to adjust
"We're going to the hospital" he said while while standing up and searching for my favorite sweatshirt in my wardrobe
"What?" I asked confused and surprised "why?"
"Granny got sick" he said
"What?!" I said, this was unbelievable and scary then Henry gave me my sweatshirt, I stood up and went to my bathroom to fix my hair in a ponytail but when I did something caught my eye, I saw the necklace of my dream "well that's weird" I muttered to myself
"What's weird?" Henry asked while entering the bathroom
"It's been years since I last say this necklace" I say touching it "I lost it years ago"
"Maybe you saw it and-" he started but I interrupted him
"I dreamed about this necklace" I said while looking at him, he looked back at me with his 'not-again' face
"How many times this week?" He asked me
"Three" I say looking back at my reflection in the mirror trying to ignore his expression
"Henry, Roxanne let's go!" my mom yelled
"Coming" we both yelled back
"We'll talk about this later" he said, I nodded and we ran downstairs
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At the hospital
I knocked the door and the nurse opened
"Carmelita you have visitors" the nurse said letting us in
"Hi granny" I said entering the room and sitting on the chair next to her bed
"Roxana" she said giving me a weak smile
"It's Roxanne" I corrected
"In Spanish it's Roxana" she said and gave me a smile "Henry" she said pronouncing the 'r' really strong
"Granny" Henry said standing next to me "how you holding up?" He asked
"I'm fine" she said in a careless tone "I'm just a little dizzy"
"I would feel dizzy too if my antibiotics were stronger than drugs" I say and then I look at the nurse "what did the doctor say?" I ask her
"She suffered a heart attack and we discovered that she has a really severe case of bone cancer" she answered
I cover my mouth
"Sorry, did you just say cancer?" My mom asked "but last year they said it was only a small, curable disease"
"It's okay Beth" granny said "my time is near anyways"
In any other circumstances I would've scoffed and told my granny she was being over dramatic, but this here and now was no joke
"Mama, don't say that" my mom said
"So how old are you now Henry?" Granny asked my brother
"16" he answered
Then granny looked at me
"14" I answer
Then she stared at my necklace with great interest
"Hey, I gave you that necklace in your birthday when you turned 6" granny said
"Yes I know" I say looking at my necklace
"I thought you lost it" she said
"I thought that too, but when Henry woke me up, I had it on my neck" I say looking at her, I was really close to start crying, her white hair was short, her eyes had bags like if she hadn't slept for months, and she was so thin her bones were visible
"May I have a word with Roxana?" She asked to all of us, although it was more like an order
"Sure" my mom and Henry said. my mom and the nurse got out the room and closed the door behind them
"Now listen to me closely Roxanne" she said looking at me with her serious face "you are one of the few gifted children, you have powers, special powers, your brother is your Protector, you are lucky to have your protector as a brother, most of the Gifted take years before finding their Protectors, but you Roxanne" she looked at me and I looked at the necklace, it was no bigger than 1/4 of my palm"that necklace I gave you is a special necklace, it reappears when your gift starts to manifest. You have a wonderful gift Roxana" she said giving me her hand
"A gift?" I asked, but was interrupted when her machine-thingi started going flat "granny?" I ask shaking her, but there was no response "GRANNY!!!" I yelled with tears on my eyes and with all my strength I held on to her hand which was now going cold on me