The Begining

A party for the powerful and renowned people. It was a massive displayed of everything to show their collections from antique collection to jewellery. The exhibition was guarded with heavy security. Every guest wearing nightgowns, tuxedos and suits. The night was lively but steady. People who attended the party likely using the opportunity to mingle with everyone who would benefit them or had the same interest as them.

The exhibition was officially launched by the owner of the Gem Stones Gallery, Mr Carbin Stones. Not long after that, suddenly there was an eclipse in the sky. The view was indeed skittish and most of the people attended the party had their goosebumps. The eclipse activated most of the stones in the exhibition.

The aura of that night was totally stranged. Everybody could sense the tension of the vibe from the phenomenon. Suddenly a dark stone from among of the stones in the hall shone the bright light. It was an inconsistent light which was blinking out.

Everyone looked at the stone and waiting for the next occasion. Everybody was in silence. No further instructions from the organizer and most everyone believed it was also one of the gimmicks from the launching ceremony.

After sometimes, then the atmosphere turned into a hologram. Some of the stones giving out the very bright light and it went through the ceiling to the skies. People from outside could see the bright lights as stars went directly to the sky then it scattered all over corners of the world.

Right after that the whole world blackout. At the hall, everybody could hear the sighed of the people in the dark. Not long after that, the lights turned on.

The people were relieved and they clapped their hands as if it was one of the gimmicks for the launching.

Little that they knew, a woman, a mother and a wife to a family went missing after the blackout. Earlier on they were holding hands to each other during the blackout. The little boy, Aeron who was in the embraced of his mother was almost fell to the ground as their mother disappeared suddenly. The husband, Bradlix, who was also hugging the wife position was able to catch little Aeron before the youngest fell to the ground.

The 5-year-old Geremy the eldest son, also saw their mommy disappeared in the thin air. His hand which was holding his mother earlier, now was grasping the thin air after their mother disappeared. He looked at his hand. There was no more the hand of his beloved mother in his hand.

The three of them were dumbfounded to the situation. It was hard o believed and felt as if they were in the bad dream. A really really terrified.

"Daddy, where's mommy?" Cried out his son Geremy. He held his father's hand tightly. His small eyes wandering to all corners of the hall. He opened his small eyes widely afraid he would missed the glimpsed of his mother.

"Let's go and find your mother." Said Bradlix as his eyes also were scanning the room. The three of them were walking aimlessly in the building to look for their beloved one. They kept on searching inside the building until their steps unconsciously went to the large swimming pool outside of the building.

Some of the waiters offer them the drinks but they just ignored the waiters and kept their paces together to the end of the swimming pool and then continued to walk to the yard situated to the other side of the swimming pool. After that, they came back to the hall.

"I want mommy…" Suddenly Aeron, 3 years old, crying as he could not hold his feeling at that moment. Although he was 3 years old he knew what was happening. Bradlix just held his son tightly in his arms.

While they were searching for the mother, the three of them had caught every eye in the room. They looked so dashing and handsome. The attention they received was not able to distract them from their puzzled of losing the ones that they loved at that very moment. It was thirty minutes passed the eclipse and also the duration of the boys' mother went missing.

They were getting terrified as the mother was not with them. It was confusing for the three of them and they tried to understand the situation. They kept on searching the mother in the crowd.

Every corner of the hall allocated 12 mini tables with its three feet tall for every item in the glass boxes for display. The tiny spotlight placed in each of the boxes to brighten the items inside the glass box.

Everyone present kept watching at the displayed items in awed. The antique items were pretty rare and had only one in the world. Some of the sources were well known and the rest were unknown.

Three weeks after the incidents, Bradlix with all his sources were looking for his mystery missing wife. His condition was totally hapless. He was sleepless and was searching for her in every corner of the urban, then he went to the sub-urban and lastly to the remote areas. Still couldn't find any trace of her. There was also no other report of missing people during that day. It was only his wife.

Bradlix went to their home and looked at his children. The boys, as usual, were waiting for their mother at the balcony on the first floor of the house. They were standing behind the fence at the transparent balcony. The boys put their face was in between of the 3 feet tall fence of the balcony.

When they saw their father's car was parking down there, they both immediately running to the ground and then they went to the garage.

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"They both cried out when they were approaching the car. They had done this for the past few weeks. Never weary and never stop in believing their mother would come one day.

Looking at that, Bradlix could not dare to step out of the car. He knew his sons would be disappointed to see only him in the car. Realizing their father didn't come out from the car, Geremy slowly opened the car door from his father's side. He knew his mother was not in the car.

"Father, welcome home. Thank you for your effort. We can find mother again when you are strong enough."

Bradlix grabbed Geremy and they both cried in despair. Aeron who was holding his white bunny opened the other side of the door. He was looking at his mother's side. It was emptied.

It was nobody there.

"Where are you mommy?" said little Aeron as if he was talking to the mother. Once again his little heart tattered like broken glasses.

It took a few minutes to settle his kid. Compared to the first week when their mother was disappearing. He could go anywhere as the boys rally clingy to him. But that day the kids knew their father needed their support to find their mother. They must be independence even though it was hard. The boys knew to say that they were okay with their father every time he asked about their condition.

After Bradlix settled his kids', at last Bradlix went to his father, the last resort that he had. He went to an isolated house from the city. A bit outskirt and the area was landscaping with rocks.

"Father, please help me to find my wife."

Both man standing across to each other. He long realized his father was never ageing. His father didn't look different at all as he could remember from his childhood.

Zan looked at his son. The most beautiful face in the world created by him and his wife when they were in love 30 years ago.

Not long after they looked at each other, tears rolling down from Bradlix's cheeks. Zan was dismayed to see the tears. Its never happened in his clan before. No tear shall shed from the men in their clan. He walked slowly and looked at the tears. Slowly he touched the tears. It was real water came out from his son.

"Why father? "

"You shed tears…"

"Yes, I'm so heavyhearted and worried about my wife."

"Impossible.."

"Why father? What is impossible? My wife is missing! That's the real problem here."

Suddenly Bradlix fell on his knees and burst out in cries. A desperate cried burst out from a man and a husband.

Zan who watched it was thunderstruck. After watching Bradlix was on his knees, he picked him up by holding his arms. Bradlix slowly on his feet and stood up.

He put his hands both together and begging mercy from his cold stones father in his lamenting.

"Please father… I beg you. Help me."

Zan looked at him.

"If he knew about the Stone Guardian perhaps he would not fall in this severe state." He spoke those in his mind and he was in the consideration state whether to let Bradlix know the truth about the Stone Guardian but his lips sealed tightly.