Innocence: Hidden Fantasies

Chapter 1 - Moonbeam

Innocence Valley, a 23 year old young woman had just finished her busking gig playing in the centre of Fremantle near the markets. She had a successful gig.

The crowds were all around her, giving her donations and purchasing her new album Manifestations. Innocence was so happy with herself, she decided to stick around in Fremantle and walk around to browse the shops.

So, Innocence walked through the streets of Fremantle browsing each store looking through the windows. Clothes and shoes were mainly what she saw. And Innocence knew she needed new clothes to fill her already outdated and empty wardrobe, so she decided to browse some stores. She walked into one store called Bohemian Ladies. The store was quite small and the floor was dark and wooden. Innocence walked closer to one of the clothes racks to browse through the clothes and noticed the creakiness of the floors. Some new age music was playing in the background. And the room smelt like incense. Innocence felt so calm and just felt like staying in the store and browsing. The clothes were bohemian but stylish, modern, and could be worn by young adults. The bohemian clothing seemed to attract Innocence. May be this could be a new look for her, especially now that she had her new albumn out, and a photo shoot yet to promote her albumn. Innocence looked around, but nobody was in the store. She thought they must be in the back somewhere. "That's pretty strange. To leave your store empty to anyone walking in."

Innocence kept browsing though. She loved the look of a mermaid fish scale flowy dress top. She took it off the rack. Then she found some white jeans and grabbed a size small off the rack. She could not see a change room so headed towards the back. That is when she bumped into the retail sales person."Oh Hi, I did not notice you. Would you like to try those on?"Innocence nodded. The woman was older in her forties. "Nice choices. The change rooms are towards the back. If you need help, let me know.""Ok, no worries." Then she came out with the clothes to purchase."How were they?" The shop attendant asked."Perfect. I want to take them.""Lovely. I will throw in this soap for you. It smells of mandarin."Innocence picked it up and had a smell. It did smell citrusy and soapy."You can place it in your underwear draw, to keep your clothes smelling lovely." she said.

Innocence shrugged and nodded. But really thought of leaving it by her bedside. Innocence paid with the cash she had received for the day, and walked out with her shopping bag.As Innocence walked along the street, she noticed a pathway she had never seen in between the shops which lay in rows in front of the street. The path was beige yellow brick and lead down into steps to an area which smelt like waffles. There was a beautiful fountain in the centre. Innocence took a closer look at the fountain. Something inside her compelled her to throw a coin in the fountain and make a wish.

"I wish I could see my Father again."

Innocence stood for a while still staring at the fountain thinking about her wish and then walked down the steps and saw a beautiful shop sign in purple and aqua letters with the words "MOONBEAM'S Mystical shop." She noticed a sign in front of it which indicated 'Tarot Readings and Fortune Tellings with MOONBEAM.' A feeling of excitement filled her heart and Innocence walked towards the store and she entered the shop. As she walked in she could smell the beautiful aromas of the candles and oils and soft beating holistic music. Once inside, Innocence scoped the store, she was in much of an overwhelmed state. It was as if she had walked into the magical cave in the story of Alibaba, and she had found the hidden treasure. She walked very slowly to each item studying it. First a large Egyptian Queen golden statue, Innocence just stood and admired it, wishing it was hers. Then she took a look at the price tag. It was much too expensive for her budget. But, still, she wanted it, for herself.