1 Odd / Eden 3 : Across the Universes

Chap. 2 : Fate

Once upon  a time, a penguin got lost, the penguin walked a long time across the land, it was too hot for him but he finally found hope. He saw a lake, not frozen but still better than nothing, he walked there, guided by a bird. The penguin continued its way until he finally jump in the lake, happy to be refreshed, he began to swim around, However the swan who occupied this place was mad that someone took her lake, with the help of the deer, they tried to talk with the intruder. After talking the swan, was worried of the penguin condition and took care of him. It was in winter, the swan and the penguin grew more and more attached but it won't last long. The winter passed and the spring took his place, as the season change the penguin grew weaker, the temperatures were too warm for him, until one day, in the hold of his dear swan, he died. The swan couldn't take it and let himself die.

God thought that this impossible love between two species and different kind of live should be praised, he gave them a chance to reborn in the same species, in human, but fate decided at his turn to never let those two met until one day ...

Autor POV

A girl was standing, in front of a crowd, she began to move and as she moved, people in front of her grew more interested in her, as she finished, she received a thunder of clapping sound, whistled and cheers.
Yes, she's a dancer. Once the show ended she took her payment and walked away. Everyone know her and admire her, she was a model for everyone but she was lonely, she was all alone, her parents died years ago and she only have one friend. She hoped one day, someone would be with her and free her from this infinite loneliness.
Once she arrived home she decided to drink a hot chocolat, but she saw something, or rather someone, she slowly walked to her window and saw, a girl with dirty clothes, sitting under her windows. She was mad that the girl was here, she don't know why but she was really mad, there's nothing to be mad at but she was.
She decided to walk out of her house to tell her to go somewhere else but Before she could. Someone knocked at her door, it was her friend, she told her that she wanted to make the girl under her window move away and her friend said that she will help her. They walked nearer to the girl and....

At the same time

A girl was trying to sell matches on the street, she was freezing, she don't have anything, it was getting late and she decided to go find somewhere to sleep, she walked away but tripped on a stone, she fell head first on the snow, she have bruises all over her legs, she was exhausted and clearly freezing. She didn't have the force to move but someone who passed by, gently asked her if she was okay, it's her friend, her only one, she meet her frequently in her dream but due to the difference of social classes they couldn't be seen by people together. Although they can't see each other in real life, the girl would always passed where she know she could find the poor girl and help her by giving stuffs. She slowly shake the body on the snow and ask her :

-" Are you okay Chuu?"

-" Haseul ?"

-"Yes it's me, stand up I'll bring you somewhere else."

Haseul brought the little girl in a small and narrow street because she can't be seen in Chuu's company or else she would be in big trouble. Chuu is a descendant of her family enemy, they were both in a commercial field but Chuu's family mysteriously disappeared and now Chuu is left alone. Few days later people acknowledged the disappearance of Chuu's parents and people start to rob her and the house where Chuu used to live is now empty and in ruin. People are heartless, it's a rude winter and poverty hit the country hard. No one could help Chuu even Haseul can't do anything for her except giving her clothes, food and save her but if her family saw her with Chuu they would punish her really hard.
She let Chuu sit down and look at her, she was sick and lost, no one could help her and no one tried to.