Always Winter: Never Christmas (The World you Want)

Chapter 9: The Great Meeting at Central Bonfire

As the sun slept, the moon rises and so they have begun their gathering. Peter and his mother are with Master Dawn and his own men accompanying the leader of Winterfrost. The gathering was signaled to start and Master Dawn began the night with these words:

“Winterfrost, the land of sorrow; the land of desolation; the land of death; the land where there is no awakening; there is no hope; there is only darkness and; the world which is cursed because of the men of the land itself.

Through the years that we have been together, we have faced many trials and experiences, temptations, adversity and dangers which include the corruption of our selves being imprisoned to our own humanity. Realization we had and many beliefs that destroyed us even more while few that helped us to be stronger. From the past years, we have shown improvement from ourselves in which we start to save the nature and even our own selves. Our own problems have thought us many things to go through to our life ahead.

Tonight, we will reveal a great masterpiece created by a Man who we do not see yet His presence is alive. Decades have passed since we have heard His name for He became forbidden to most lands of our own world. Starting now, we should have a stronger faith and have more courage than ever. Fear and anger may not be in our minds as we unveil this. Together with young Peter Philipps’ work which originated from his great grandfather, inspiration and hope we may have in our hearts. Know that we are living in dark days but light always come triumphant. Cast out all of your fears and let Him guide and lead you.

From this day forward, let your eyes be open to the things that you should see. Shine so that others may see Him. Be still, be courageous, be blessed and be the very best of you.

”Let the sunshine shade through the shadow to reveal the blinding light inside you.”

The crowd was silent and focused on the words that their master shared to them. They cheered as he finished his words until someone asked “What are you to reveal?” And so, Master Dawn called out Peter and asked him to present the book that his grandfather wrote (which he edited) and read the first passage from the book which reads:

 “Everything changes overnight. The coldness gets stronger yet the warmth is still alive. We may rest but the curse does not. Every time we sleep, our past becomes a part of our history as we face a new beginning when we wake up. The curse in our land may desolate us but we must remember that we shall not lose our faith and have courage all the time.”

The crowd remained silent until a man asked “Faith to be given to whom? We may have our faith in our hearts but we are blind for decades from our own humanity. To whom we shall put our faith on? To you? To the Master Dawn?” They were still silent after this man asked the young messenger.

Peter then answered “Great point. You do not have to put any of your faith in me or to our Master Dawn. Authority belongs to the Man who created our own world. He is known in our history as ‘The Alpha and the Omega’ and we shall put our faith in Him.”

“Have you seen him yet?” asked the other.

“No. Not yet” he answered.

“Then how can we trust you and follow your words if you haven’t seen this man nor prove of his existence?” the man added then the crowd began to rage debate amongst themselves. Peter tried to stop them but he cannot be heard so Master Dawn took the lead at this time.

“Enough!” he called out which caused the crowd to stop and to look at him. “This is exactly what has happened to our own ancestors many years ago! We are blind in our own humanity and we only see war instead of peace. Have we not learned a lesson? Are we still to fight amongst ourselves and let this curse to continue to corrupt us?”

A moment of silence came but the man who asked them earlier about how they can trust Peter continued with his words and questioned Master Dawn “The point is that how can we trust this young man who even thinks that he can be trusted if he cannot even prove that this said man to whom we shall put our faith does not exist and cannot be seen?” The crowd cheered him and many called out with “yes!” and “he is right” and other words that compliment him. Peter cannot say anymore and Master Dawn could not stop the crowd from their madness.

After a little while, a voice was heard saying “Proof! Is that what you want all?” All heard the voice so the clash subsided and are listening to what the voice is saying. “The proof is your own faith. As the curse was put into our land, we became blind to see the reality in which we were imprisoned to believe there is no existence of a god. But I say this, these are all happening because of His own will. Our history made us blind today that is why we cannot see the sun shining into our hearts.”

“Then how can you say that your own faith is the proof that this person exists?”

“Long before the war” Master Dawn began “there was a book. Hundreds of books and almost all families own a copy until our ancestors were deceived by the said treasure. Years the said war began, they began to destroy the books; some tore it, dumped it into the seas and even burnt it. It is known that no copy of the said book remained but all were wrong as some people in this land still have their personal copies with it.”

“What is this book called? How is it connected to our present lives and the said faith as well as the curse?” a woman asked.

“The Book of Life is the name and in here, all answers we can find for our questions are written. I do have a copy of my own and yet I decided not to reveal this to you yet due to the fact that anger may rage and desolation will fall upon us again. Perhaps this is the right time for me to reveal this. This book was hidden from us for decades and now is the time for us to have it again to open up our eyes to the reality that we must face in our lives!” the master declared.

The crowd was silent again until the voice began to speak again (in a calm voice) “Everything changes overnight. A day will come when this cursed and dying world will be brought back to life. I still have the feeling that everything will change and the winter will melt away for when that day will come, the most beautiful day will be upon us.” Then this person removed her hood and showed her face “I still believe for us to be free.”

All eyes looked at her and Peter was amazed with what she did and so he rushed forward to her and embraced her saying “Thank you my best friend and happy birthday.” Tears came from Ginny’s eyes and she said to him “Thank you.” Both gave a warm embrace and it was likely they were reconciled after some weeks of no communication. The crowd cheered for the both of them then the man before suddenly spoke up “Proof!” All looked at him “Is this. These two young people showed us that there is still hope. Faith of ours is the proof of the existence of a god and that god is real! Because of Him, we are still alive and because of him, we have hope!” They were shocked on what they have heard until this man stepped forward until he came face-to-face with the master saying “Ever since we have been separated, I still believe that one day we will be reunited and that is faith, faith that I have from Him that I kept for so long time. Now, that faith of mine became a reality and truly that this “Alpha and Omega” is true and not an imagination.”

The master looked closely to the hooded man and asked who he is. The man answered “Digory” then he took off his hood and revealed his face (his face is noble and lovely with no mustaches and his hair is brown) “your long lost son” he declared. Dawn embraced his son as if it is the last time he will ever embrace him this is due to the fact that they haven’t seen each other for so many years and tears came from both father and son and the crowd continued to cheer for them and for the truth that was revealed upon them. The night was over and all of their hearts changed as their faith grew stronger than ever.