By the time that the train was going in the station of Scarlo, Rubino's capital city. Rudy already read 3 books on his own.
Rudy was a natural, he was smart and he absorbed knowledge so easily that if he reads for 3 more days he might be smarter than me.
creeeeak clank
on the familiar sound of the train seeping inside the station, I told Rudy to gather our things and get ready to get out the train.
the town was bustling, full of people with things to do and lives to live. Rudy and I were walking around and looking for a place we could stay in which was cheap and comfortable.
"Grissy Grissy! look look!! they have food on sticks" Rudy looked around happily "and over there!! they have a room full of books!!" he was fidgeting, I know where this was going
"do you... wanna look inside?" I offered
"can we?" his eyes were practically sparkling, how could I say no right?
"of course. we came here for information after all" I laughed and he practically ran to the library
we both came inside and looked around for books that may tell me about grey eyes or silver eyes or silver hair but after a while I left Rudy with a mountain of books to read so I could ask the Librarian if she knew any place we could stay for cheap.
"uhm... good afternoon ma'am"
"oh good afternoon" a woman about the same age as Bridgette smiled at me
"do you happen to know a place me and my brother can stay for cheap? you see, we are kind of researching something and well... we need to stay for a long time but with the money we got we need to find a place cheap enough"
"ohh! I see! hmm... well, I know a small hotel at the top of the hill, its a nice place and has great food. it used to be a mansion for the Redmonds but since Count Redmond died the daughter made it into a hotel to pay the bills, also since the place is on top of a hill the rooms are really cheap"
"ohh! thank you!!" I almost leaped at her for joy
"the name is Hotel Redmond, you just follow the road outside this library going to left and you'll see a hill with a nice house" she smiled at me
"thank you again" I smiled at her and she seemed to notice my eyes
"y-you're welcome" she stared at me so I left and went back to Rudy
"Grissy, I think I found something" his eyes looked so sparkly I'm wondering if they are still green
"oh really? let me see?"
"there was a legend. The Legend of the Grey Princess, ok so here's the story"
Once upon a time, there was a princess with hair and eyes as colorful as the rainbow.
the Princess was alone in a big palace so she decided to ask a wizard to give her friends
The wizard said it was possible but the princess needed to sacrifice something in return.
she had to trade her beautiful colors to bring life into the friends she asked
the princess, lonely and sad agreed almost immediately
The wizard waved his wand and suddenly the princess lost the colors in her eyes and hair.
7 people were created that day with 7 different colored eyes
these people swore to love and protect the princess forever so that she would never be alone.
and they lived in that big palace together, happily ever after.
Rudy told me that story and my head started to pound
"Princess Coleen, this is possible but you will lose your beloved colors."
"Admon I do not care, I am lonely inside this palace.... even atleast just one friend... please"
"Princess please consider! your colors are the symbol of this palace"
"Please Admon.. I cannot bear this any longer"
Admon? who's that?
ugh! my head hurts!
"GRISSY!!" Rudy woke me up again looking as worried as he did before we left Oro.
"I'm sorry, I remembered something, I'm ok. atleast this headache was a good thing" I tried to laugh but Rudy looked so scared
"I'm ok Rudy, I won't leave you alone"
"ok" he replied weakly
"I found us a place to stay, I'll try to work too so we have more money" I reassured him
"I'll work too!!" he said
"no Rudy you're too young to work! play! enjoy!"
"But..."
"No buts!"
"ok"
"so, lets go? we need to walk a long way to get there" I started picking our things up and returning the books we took out.
As we got out of the library I felt like we finally took the first step towards my memories, towards wonderland.
with Rudy with me, I think I am surely heading into it. My adventure and My memories.
