Legend of the Immortal

Pipe Dreams

Hi.

I'm Vivian Trinity, a normal schoolgirl with not so normal parents.

My parents, Belle and Gracie are sweet, beautiful and seemingly timeless.

They're both thirty-four this year but look like they haven't aged a single day since they turned eighteen.

And my gosh is my mum's hair soft and silky.

It's like soft white snow that feels so comforting to the touch, unlike my purplish-pink atrocity that people call hair.

"Hey Vi! Morning to you." I hear Noah yell,"Wait up!"

"Morning..." I grumbled out, not even turning to greet him.

"Woah. Grumpy pants today. What's up? Your period again?" Noah jokes.

I roll my eyes sarcastically,"Yeah I'm having it again after it just happened a few days ago. Mhm. Totally."

"Aw c'mon Vi, don't be like that. What happened?"

I sigh,"It's nothing..."

"Hey, talk to to me. Tell me what happened."

I turned to see his puppy eye look and immediately turn away,"Fu*king Christ. Don't do that do me. You look like a little kid that wants ice-cream. I'll tell you alright?"

Noah puts a smile back on his face again as we walk to school,"So, what's up?"

I unzip my bag and pull out a few pieces of old newspapers,"Look. I was looking through old papers for our project when I came across these few. Read 'em."

Noah takes them from my hand,"Class 'spirited away'. Disappearing act confounds scientists. Unexplained phenomenon strikes school. Students return and forget everything! Amnesia or cover-up? Vi what is this?"

I turn to him,"Look at the students involved."

"Disappears...Many not back...Students! Ah-ha! Joel Winters...May Reynolds....Angeline Baker...Jason Phillips...Ryan Ellis...Cheryl Faye...Lucas Jordan...Holy macaroni Vi. Isn't that your aunt May and Uncle Jordan? And that's my dad! Joel Winters! Holy crud he looked handsome back at my age." Noah gasps.

"Mhm. I also found out your mum and mine are returnees!"

Noah turns to me,"Which one?"

"Gracie."

"Mm. Okay then. What about them?"

"I tried asking my aunt and my mum but they just keep dodging the question! There has to be something going on that they don't want us to know Noah! That has to be it! Maybe they were taken to some secret lab or maybe-"

Noah covers my mouth with his hand as he makes a shushing gesture.

I pull away angrily,"What the hell was that for?!"

Noah sighs,"Look Vi. One small detail isn't going to prove a conspiracy theory that aliens or something exist. I mean it could be that they suffered something traumatic and can't remember! Y'know like in that Tv show where that guy gets his limbs cut off and after getting saved can't remember much until he goes into a trance and gets hypnotised."

"I-It has to mean something! I mean why would they try to hide this? I-it just seems too convenient!" I try to counter Noah's words.

Then, I remembered something.

"T-that's it!" I shouted.

"What's it?" Noah asks, befuddled by my sudden shout.

"M-my birthday present from two years ago! That book! The Legend of the Immortal that mum wrote! T-there was a part when everyone got transported into another world just like in the news! Surely that means something right?" I say.