Chapter 02

When the night has come, Aster sets up her sleeping bag in the corner of the bedroom. She lit up a couple of the scented candles. The scented candles smell like fresh fruits which are her favourite.

Placing down her bag, she takes out her jacket and puts it on. While tucking herself inside the sleeping bag, she sighs to herself 'this place is really cold' she thought to herself. After making herself comfy, Aster closes her eyes, then letting the darkness embrace her.

Suddenly, her eyes shot wide open. Looking around, she couldn't see anything. Out of nowhere, a bright light shines upon her face making her flinch. A voice started to speak "Aster… Aster…" the woman's voice was soft and calming.

Unconsciously, she stood up and started to follow the voice that came from the light. All-around her is dark except for the light in front of her. Boldly, she followed the light as the woman's voice became louder and louder.

As she was walking, her mind went completely blank like an empty canvas. She kept on walking until she saw a statue that was made out of plaster of Paris. It is a statue of a woman with what it seems like is a puffy dress with a crown on her head. The statue is holding both of her hands out on calling manner while her body is just still. On her right hand is a pendant.

With hesitation, she grabs the item to examine it. The pendant is oval-shaped with a yellow line on the side with a yellow 'M' carved in the middle. Meanwhile, something had also been carved at the back it says "asac a emavéll" which means "Take me home".

The woman says again "City...antique shop

...mage…" she only heard a little and the rest is inaudible. Suddenly, her eyes shot wide open while panting, she sat up "what was that?" She mutters to herself while panting. Observing her surroundings, calming down after realising that it was all a dream.

'A pendant… what was with the pendant?' She asks herself in her mind. She looked at her surroundings again but, this time something had caught her attention. It was not supposed to be there when she had looked at the picture that was originally on the table. After standing up, she walks towards the table on the table, lays a business card. The brown-haired girl furrows her eyebrow, then picking up the card. 'Sarah's Antique Shop?' She thought to herself while examining the card.

It has bold words on it that say 'Sarah's Antique Shop' with a picture of an old clock. "City… antique shop… mage?" She mutters to herself quietly. 'Well, might as well keep this card' she shrugs as she walks towards her bag on the floor beside her sleeping bag. Kneeling in front of her bag while unzipping it and then, putting the card inside.

She then looks outside through the window that was at the opposite side at where she is kneeling. "Huh… I didn't even realise that it's already bright outside" she mutters to herself. Then, packing her sleeping bag and putting the candles that were already out, in a plastic bag that she found in her bag. Wearing her bag pack, she stands up and goes through the bedroom door into the small hallway of the house. She passes the bathroom that was on the right side of the bedroom door, and as well as the storage that's on the right side of the bathroom.

Walking into the living room, the freckled face girl sighs and then looks towards the living room once again as she walks towards the front door. She walks out of the house to the foggy forest. Once again like last time, her face got smacked by the leaves of the tree while she was busy, looking at a squirrel on the tree. But this time, she got annoyed so she hit the leaves of the tree "are you serious?!" She says as she beats the leaves.

Instead of winning, she hurts her hands "owie!" Aster stops beating the leaves and continues her way. As she was walking, she saw a weird glowing mushroom. Stopping by the mushroom, she squats in front of it just, as she was about to touch it, the mushroom glows brighter. Despite the bright glowing light that was surrounding the mushroom, Aster leans out her pointing finger. She then felt something small bit her finger after quickly pulling her hand away, she saw a small girl. That's the size of a bug.

Aster then notices that it has wings. Also, it looks like a fairy That came out of a fairy tale. She starts to stare at the fairy, as it didn't realise the girl she bit was staring at her. When the fairy had felt like someone was staring at her, she looked over to her left. Someone indeed was staring at her. The fairy has purple hair, her dress looks like the dresses from the Tinkerbell cartoon, her skin is pale. Her eyes are light purple and its wings are yellow and lastly, her black heels.

The fairy was about to fly away and hide. But, as soon as she sees the golden glowing aura around the girl, she calms down."You! What type of creature are you?" The shrieking little voice asks. Now, as much as everyone is confused right now Aster is also confused, "Huh? I'm a human!" She answered. Despite the fact, the freckled girl answered her question and the fairy still looked at her sternly. "Anyway, shouldn't I be the one who asks what you are?" The human girl asks the little fairy with her left eyebrow being raised.

"Kid, have you not seen a tinker bell?" She asks her little fairy while sitting on her finger which she had previously bitten. "Oh, you're a fairy?" The human asks stunned "no, I'm an elf! yes! I'm a fairy!" Now the fairy is getting annoyed. "Sorry?" Aster says questioningly. "Anyway, hey! Human!" The human that she was referring to, raises her eyebrows at the little one. "Have you seen an oval red pendant that has a yellow lining on it?" The other asks.

"Pendant….?" For a few seconds, she just got confused but then she just remembered about the pendant she saw in her dream. Her eyes widen "yes! I did see it!" This information made the others' faces brighten up but frowned again after she heard "I saw it in my dream!". " kid! This isn't the time!" The latter was yelled at by the fairy. Sighing, Aster says "I'm not! I also heard a woman's voice!" The other looks at her. "Describe it," the fairy says as he was referring to the voice the other had heard in her dream.

"Let's see… it was soft and soothing, gentle" "so, is it a woman?" The fairy asks "yeah". " what did she say?" "Something about where the pendant was?". A gasp could be heard from the " where did she say it was?" Rather than answering her, Aster says "why should I trust you?". " i-" she stops for a bit "yeah, sure you're right anyway, I'm Tryamon what about you?". "Why would I tell you?" Hearing this makes the fairy annoyed so, out of annoyance she says "you know what fine! But! I told you mine!".

Aster just chuckles at her after realising that she probably annoyed her " okay, fine I'm Aster" finally she told Tryamon her name.

To Be Continued