My Guardian Angel

Chapter 1 - Past

12 years ago

It was dark, lonely, scary and creepy when I was in the forest that time when I was still seven years old.

I was all alone, tired, starving and sad in the same time.

I was separated from my parents when we were hiking together. I was distracted and follow a black butterfly, I thought it was beautiful and I was amaze to that black wings of it. And before I knew it, I was lost.

It was noon when I lost in the forest. I wonder around to find my parents but I think it made it even worse, I was in the dark and deep forest that made me even lonelier

I was starving and tired to death, and that's when I realized that it was already night time.

I was crying while I was finding my parents that time. But when the night began, I stop crying. I don't know why I stop crying, I felt that time that I need to cry more but I can't. Maybe because my tears went dried out? Or maybe my hope was gone, and began to accept that I'm gonna die in the dark forest.

I sat down on a tree beside me, while my arms are hugging my knees and my head was resting in my arms.

I wanted to shout but my throat was exhausted to all the yelling I made earlier for my parents would heard. I wanted to stand and keep looking but my legs won't let me because they're tired. I wanted to set my mind that it will gonna be alright but I can't seem to do it because I'm accepting my faith that I'm gonna die in this forest.

There were all kind of negative thoughts in my mind that was running around me, like a beast will appear in front of me and ate me alive or I was gonna die in the lack of energy with an empty stomach, or a thought of no one would care if I die.

It scares me with a thought like that, dying that no one will care. I felt much more lonely and hopeless. I thought that night, "siguro hindi ko pa makita ang mga magulang ko dahil wala na silang pakealam sa akin, siguro kailangan ko nang mamatay dahil walang nagmamahal sa akin ngayon". And because of that, I slowly began to lose my hope and to lose my reason to live.

But when I started to drift away my life and to lose hope, you...suddenly appeared to nowhere.

You lend out your hand in front of me, and I reach out to help me stand in my feet once again.

I want to speak that time, but I can't seem to open my mouth to make a word. Like I wanted to said, "pakiusap tulungan mo ako kuya" or "gusto ko na umuwi sa amin, tulungan mo ako kuya" and started crying, but I can't, even a tear won't produce in my eyes and I don't know why. I just stand there and look up to you, but I can't seem to see your face clearly. Why?

He suddenly sat down in front of me and putting something in my neck, like he was putting a necklace.

And when he was done, I looked down and saw a beautiful necklace wearing around in my neck. It was silver with silver wings and with a light blue stone in between the wings. It was beautiful and amazing.

When I was done looking to the necklace, I looked again to the man in front of me and again I can't see his face clearly.

He patted my head and I saw a bracelet that had a sword with wings in it that is swaying in front of me.

And that in the same time he said, "itong kuwintas na ito ay magbibigay sayo ng proteksyon sa mga negatibong bagay dito sa mundong ito, kung kaya't kaylangan mo itong ingatan at huwag iwala. At balang araw, kapag ginawa mo iyon, magkikita tayo muli....Alice Yalito"

!!!

I was shock to knew that he knew my name.

He started to stand up and walk in the different direction away from me.

I had so many questions in my head that wanted answers, like 'why did you gave me this necklace?' or 'how do you knew my name?' or 'who are you?' and so much more, so I started running to catch up with him.

But I can't catch up, I can't reach him. He was just walking but I was running and yet I can't reach him.

I started to cry, thinking he will abandoned me, thinking he will leave me all alone again, and I don't want that. So I started running faster but he also started to fade away faster than I thought.

"Kuya!! Hwag mo akong iwan dito!!! Waaaahhhh!!!" I started crying louder and scream to him. But he can't seem to heard me.

And then my eye caught something in the middle of the darkness while I was running.

I stop running, sat down and pick up a foot long black feather. It was still warm, like it was just removed by a creature or something.

And then I thought the man earlier. I thought that the feather and the man seem to be connected but i don't know why.

For a seven years old girl, thinking a feather and a man to be connected, there is only one conclusion she may think of.

"He was an angel" whisper I said back than.

I stand in my feet again and saw the man fading away in front of me.

I started to step forward but when my foot take a step in the ground, I fell in a hole of darkness.