Queen of Winter

Chapter 2

"Dad, oh my gosh, are you okay??" I felt so bad right now and I regret not listening to him....

His hair turned white~like ledgit white, not like an old man's hair~and I got so shocked like hell.

I called the ambulance and they came so late! Oh.. If only I listened..

"Dad, Im so sorry, ill fix things just wake up okay??" I cried and begged as the ambulance is approaching to the hospital.

We finally went inside the emergency room and the nurses and doctors placed my dad on a bed. Hopefully its comfortable for him to lay down."Your dad is not sick at all, he just fainted. He might saw something mysterious. Thats why he is fainting at the moment. Don't worry its nothing serious, he'll wake up at the moment.." I was glad, just a little. "Oh thank you doctor, I appreciate your help" I stood by my dad's side and thought what would happen if dad really disappeared in my life. I mean, moms gone and no one knows why. I don't want dad to leave me too. He is the only one I got, other than Moth..

"L-l-l-lana, Lana!! Don't do this, please!! LANA!!!" Said my dad, but his eyes are closed. So I think he was dreaming but I think its a bad dream. He was mentioning my mom's name and he sounded like he witnessed mom's death. He woke up. Thankfully. "Dad, are you okay?" I asked. He hugged me and cried. "Ester, time will come that you will understand everything. Oh wait, and I think you will see something that I wouldn't. Take good care of yourself, okay?" I don't understand a thing at all. "Okay, dad. I love you..." I just really hope that that isn't his last message for me. Just like in dramas. Even if I don't understand a thing he just said, I would still say 'ok' even if it's about my death I would still nod my head.

I got off the hospital, thinking of what to do for tomorrow. Should I be absent or go for school? I thought about it as I was walking through the sidewalk going to grandma's house.

~psst~

Oh my gosh that scared me!! What was that?

~psst. Psst. Come, over here..~

Huh? Where did that voice come from? Is it a ghost? Nah, that can't be. Ghosts aren't real. I even don't have a third eye. "Uhm, w-w-w-where are y-you?" I got scared, a lot, for the first time. I decided to be brave and checked where it came from. I looked left and right and even turned— ahh!!
"ahhhh!!!" screamed a stranger at me. Its a guy.

"Oh my goodness. Are you the one calling me?" He wouldn't answer. Instead he grabbed my arm and dragged me into the forest at a far place. Not to mention he ran very fast like Flash the superhero. I don't even understand myself either, but I managed to run fast too."Miss, you heard me?" A question spilled instead of a statement. "Uhm, yeah.. I did."
"Well then, how old are you?"
"You're asking me out?"
"Hey, it's something serious. It's not what you humans call 'dating'"
"What are you then?"
"Answer my question first, then Ill tell you my answers"
"Uhmm, 16?"
"sixteen? Like the year of the ester?"
"what do you mean ester? Thats my name!!"
"That's great! Follow me!!"
"I even don't know you. How am I supposed to be following you?"
"My name is Oliver. Okay."

Then, he grabbed my arm and made some weird hand positions. "Hey!" I shouted, "Im still going to school tomorrow, okay?" He said, "We also have a school in Pasdof". Pasdof ? What's that? I realised that this guy named Oliver is actually making a portal with his awesome movements. Actually, weird movements. But what I noticed is that he has the icy powers too. Hmm, I think we are at the same boat..

"Come on, Lady Ester. We have to get in the portal, QUICK! WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME!!" what?? Did he just call me a 'lady' like a 'mad-am'?? Cool!!

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Stay tuned for episode 3, next week! 😋😎