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A
story about a girl who was born in New York but then moved to India. Meeting a
boy who is her best friend. Once her best friend gets really sick, she on a
quest to find the medicine flower to save him. After a tremendous storm in the
beach she lands on an island. once there she will need to use her abilities to
survive and also use the help from her amulet and the animals. Will she get to
save her best friend or will she get trapped in the island forever?
Chapter 1
Crying and suffering
mily, a town
girl, sat down staring at the window where she could see the only one she had,
her father die. Crying in major fear she started to scream. Her father, her
papa, her dad, the only thing she had were gone. Now that her mama was dead and
her sisters and her grandpa and everybody else too, she was about to be an
orphan. It was 1953 and the clock was ticking. By a stroke of luck she was
close to an orphan where she will present herself. She went out of her house,
making sure that she told her father first, and crossed the street. There was
the orphan, it looked the opposite of what Emily was used to seeing things, all
happy and peppy. In exchange this orphan looked sad and dangerous. She knocked
at the door, her face, eyes and nose red. A handsome, serious man opened the
door. He was wearing a black tuxedo and black skinny jeans with some elegant
men shoes.
“Excuse me,
I lost my father I have anyone, what am I supposed to do?” Emily said crying with
still, some tears on her delicate eyes.
“I know that
you came here for a purpose, but this is not the right place to go, if you want
to safe yourself you should go to a special school I heard about. I’ll drive
you to your house, you’ll pack up all your things
and we will
leave. Me and you will act like if I’m your papa and I will pay the school for
you” the man answered
Emily
sniffed “I’m sorry, I’m confused. Are you saying that your doing all of this
for me?”
“Yes I am,
when I was little like you I went through a similar situation. My name is
Albert and I’m glad to help!” he said with a grin
Emily smiled
back and said this word thank you. Reader,
do you know how powerful this word is? Do you really know the appropriate time
of when to say it? The answer is, you say it when someone has done something
nice to you, when you know that you need to repay, to do something back because
of that person’s good actions.
Like Albert
had instructed she packed her things and got in the car. Through the windows
she could see poor people, just like she was. A homeless person (she was not
poor before, she was poor now). But she was soon to find another thing, a thing
that she had never had expected.
“Mr. Albert,
do—do you think I can ever stop suffering?” Emily asked
“Well, no
until you find another family that takes care of you. I promise that when I’m
done with my 2 week New York work, you will come with me to India and there
you’ll have a new family. I promise.”
And reader,
I know that your thinking, did Emily’s parents ever warned her about strangers?
Yes they did. But Albert wasn’t going to do anything bad to Emily. If you read
on, you’ll see how.
“India?”
Emily murmured
“I don’t get
it” she said again
“Yes.
India, there, there is no wars, or suffering. India is the place where you live
in little made-of-wood houses and you have animals to your side” Albert said
and what he was saying was true. After meeting Albert Emily had more hope,
maybe Albert will give her happiness again or nothing. But again, for that
answer you need to read on.
Chapter 2
Changing the mind
hen Albert
and Emily got to the school he thought of and idea and told Emily about it.
“Dear Emily,
I have another idea, instead of taking you to this school I can bring you to my
job. I think my manager won’t mind but I think you’ll need to help me with the
job. But don’t worry it’s not hard!”
“I agree,
and think it’s a good idea Mr. Albert”
“Don’t call
me Mr. Albert sun shine. Call me papa! You’ll soon see why”
“Why?”
“Little
spring flower let me just ask you something. Do you really know what a dad is?”
“I think I
do know. A dad is the one that was dating your mom when you were born”
“Nice try!
But that is not the right answer. A dad is the one that takes care of you, and
loves you and helps you. And by that I’m not saying
that your
dad is not your dad because he died, he will always take care of you. I’m
saying that from now on, I’ll be the one taking care of you and loving you.”
“Thank you
for the definition papa, and for what you are doing”
“Can I tell
you a story? Little muffed?
“Sure!”
“Well, when
I was little I had no family. And like you, the only one I had was my dad, he
died on the American war and I was alone with nobody to take care of me. I had
really bad times and starved a lot,
lucky me that some people had organizations that donated money, food and things
to charity, that’s how I survived. Then when I was 17 years old I met this
amazing, united family which I stayed with. Once I had joined them, I had a job
and everything I wanted. And when I met you I realized that you were about to
go through what I went through, so instead of making you wait, I’m doing it
now!” and reader that was the story that Albert had told Emily.
Once they
got to Albert’s job, it was time to get to work. Emily’s job was to welcome the
customers, to help clean and assist some customers. But she was not a servant,
she only worked and in reward she had a place to live and a plate full of food
everyday. An example of a Monday breakfast will be a breakfast sandwich,
containing a warm, fluffy sandwich top and bottom, some breakfast meat (not so
much the
meat that
you eat for dinner) accompanied with melted cheese and warm ham. If she was not
full after the sandwich she will get a pancake with some raspberries and white
sugary cream. An example of dinner is mashed potatoes with some salad, and for
dessert a mini chocolate bar. And the example of dinner will be a special soup
made from a special girl, Emily. The soup contained chicken liquid, mini cheese
slices, some meat and some garlic. Everyday they both, papa and Emily had to
work hard everyday. But today was different. Papa had gotten sick and couldn’t
work. After the first week, Emily realized that she loved her pa (Albert) a lot,
and she wanted to help him. Once Emily noticed that pa was sick she helped a
lot. For the morning, Emily cooked her stop-sickness-soup (a recipe from her
mother) so that papa could get better. Then she attended some customers. The
first one was named Elena, her clothes were scratched and her face was
dirty. Their conversation went like
this.
Emily:
welcome to the orphan! May I help you with something?
Elena: yes
please, this is one of my girls. I’m trying to find her a family because were
poor and I want the best for her, I don’t want her to suffer. That’s what
parents feel like, you know.
Emily: don’t
worry, we will take care of her until we find a family for her. We’ll also make
sure that the family is the best one we can find.
Elena: thank
you so much. Blessings to you all, and now I will leave…
Emily: wait!
Here, take some food, and this blanket. I noticed that your poor and I feel
sorry for you
Elena: thank
you! I’ll never forget about how much you have helped me!
And that’s
how Emily attended all the customers (she didn’t give all of them something,
only for the ones who really needed it)
The next
day, papa was better and they were ready to work together again.
Chapter 3
The last week of work
oday it was
the 2nd Thursday, this meant that they were leaving on Sunday. Emily
couldn’t wait to see India and help there, she loved to help, and that’s for
sure. Today there was no more food on the refrigerator, so Emily decided to go
to the super market. Her papa, warned her many times and told her to be
careful, and she was. As she was going to the super market she walked and
talked to nobody. The thing is that she was very nice, and when she a poor
family asking for somebody to buy a flower, Emily went as fast as lightning to
the super market and used the coins she had left to buy a piece of bread. When
she was done, instead of walking straight home, she gave the poor family a
piece of bread, and bought a flower from them, the family was very thankful but
Emily was not done yet. “Papa! Papa! Papa! It’s our last week of work! But I
can’t leave without doing a favor to a poor family” Emily said
“Hello
Emily! What favor and family are you talking about?” papa said.
And that’s how Emily told papa about the poor
family.
“Since this
happened, maybe, I can build them a house and give them help. But not a
tremendous house, a made of wood house and I can ask the police officers and
the government to lend them some help. C’mon it’s our last week, we need to
help!” Emily replied
“Wow Emily, your
heart is filled with hope and goodness for everybody, and I accept, let’s
surprise that family before we live! Let’s get to work!” papa said. And so they
started writing to the government and started to build the house. In three
days, they had everything done. The family thanked them with the biggest smile,
after that papa and Emily went back to the orphan.
“Sunshine, I
guess it’s time to pack are bags, we’re leaving in three days” papa said
“Yes, I had
a great time in the orphan, and a great time helping the family too.” Emily
said
“Thank you
papa for all you have done to help me. The first day I was hurt, without even
knowing me you kept me and I know that you don’t do that with every child, now
you are officially my papa that is alive” Emily said with a grin on her face.
And so, the
three days past and it was time to go to India.
Chapter 4
Describing the characters
n this
chapter I will stop the story and describe the characters that I didn’t get to
describe.
To begin
with I’ll describe Emily.
Emily
rainbow is a ten year old girl, with long blond hair as shiny as silver stars,
and has a little bit of tan miniature freckles on her face. She is normal size,
her lips are red, her skin is tan, and her favorite colors are red and white.
Papa knew how much she loved those colors so he bought her all her clothes in
red and white. She was born in New York. She was also born in April 22, 1943.
When she used to go to New York professional Elementary school, she was the
best student in the whole entire school; she was also voted the most beautiful
in a pretty contest, where all the New York professional Elementary students
voted so that most beautiful girl will be the uniform model of the school. But
now she was leaving New York.
And so now
I’ll describe Albert, the one that we are calling papa.
Papa is a 27
year old man; he has black short hair that covers one of his shining dark blue
eyes. His skin color is tan, just like Emily’s, he is also a
normal size
man, and his face is all clear. His lips are the color that any man can have.
His favorite colors are neon green and red. But he didn’t wear them very often,
in fact when he worked, the only colors he could wear were black, white, and
red if he had a rose. He was born in March 15, 1926 1:13 a.m. and
no, he had no popular experience in school.
So now that
you know the descriptions of the main characters I’m able to move on with the
story!
Chapter 5
A village to the sky
t was Sunday, 1:00 p.m and Emily and papa were ready to go to
India. Before she left she wrote on her diary
Dear
diary, this two weeks, since my father died I have been living with somebody
who is really nice. But now he is going to take me to India, but what if I was
wrong and when I realize there is no way back? I don’t know what to do. Could
you please father, my father who is dead help me?
And in that
exact moment, Emily fainted. While she was in her cause by nerves dream, she
saw her father which talked to her and said the following
“My dear
child, I ’m so sorry I left you, and your mama left you too. But I know that you can beat that, look here, at
this amazing place, where me and your mama are living happily ever after” her
father said
“But, what
about my happily ever after?” Emily answered
“You came
here for another purpose, now what is it?”
“I came here
because I met a guy who takes care of me like if he was my papa, and now he
wants to make to India. Should I trust him?
“That is a question I can’t answer, all I can
say is follow what your heart says”
“Can I ask
god then?”
“No, do what
I told you to do, if you really love that man you should go with him, if not
you should not, goodbye”
“But father,
I’m not done yet, please, please. Don’t be a jerk and help me like a father is
supposed to do” Emily said, in discouragement
But it was
too late, father was gone and she had already woken up.
“Why, does
father doesn’t want to talk to me, or respect me? I guess that now that he’s at
the sky with mama, he doesn’t want anyone to interrupt him” Emily said
And reader,
that was true, once Emily’s father was in heaven, he didn’t care about her
anymore.
“Please,
Emily faint, please faint, I want to talk to mama”
But like you
know that didn’t happen.
“C’mon
Emily” came a voice from not so far away
“C’mon or we
are going to be late”
“Papa!
Please come to my room, please!”
“Okay honey”
He arrived
to the room, and sat gingerly like if the bed was made of glass, he didn’t want
to break it because it wasn’t his bed.
“What’s
wrong?” papa asked
“Papa, not
to freak you out, but I-I fainted two minutes ago. And there, above the glimmer
stars, above the sky, above the clouds I saw my father, the one who died. I
asked him about going to India but he didn’t help me in neither ways, my mama
wasn’t present and I couldn’t get to ask her.”
“Wait, did
you just say that you’re afraid to go to India with me?”
“I just
wanted to make sure that I was not about to make a mistake, where you trust the
stranger and then he does something bad to you”
“It’s normal
that you feel like that, but I’m not a stranger, I’m going to give you a mama,
a family”
“I’m sorry,
I made a big deal out of something I wouldn’t even have to worry about”
“We have
fixed it, now scurry to that car, quickly!”
And so they
left, in the village to India, where this girl is about to find something
unexpected.
Chapter 6
Off New York, a new life in India
hey got in
the car, and read till they finally got to the airport. After a 2 hour village
to the airport they got off the car and gave it to a delivery man, who will
give it back to its owner. And so they waited until the plain was back on track, to pick them
up. They went through the rusty road that was as black as a midnight moon. When
they got off the plain, all they could do was read or just stare at the window.
Like I told this story is taking place in long, long, long, long, long ago, and
so they had very different planes as the ones that we have now. The ones in
that year we’re small, didn’t go that fast, didn’t have the same speed etc.
etc. etc. I guess you can do a van diagram out of this!
Then,
finally, after 5 hours on the plane, they got to India. The plane left them on
a colorful beach called Swanna Lebu, its trees green and tall, the big
beach entrance doors decorated by every type of color handkerchiefs, which were
decorated by golden dots around them. The beach’s sand was a golden color just
like the dots in the handkerchiefs but a little bit lighter. And the ocean, and
the ocean, and the ocean was torques and clean. You could even see the little
fish go around when they passed by. And finally, in the beach there were some
rocks that covered an island. The rocks were big, fat, grayish rocks that
refused to the light of the sun.
“Papa, papa,
what’s inside those big, fat, grayish rocks over there?” Emily asked, she was
curious about what might be inside the rocks
“Ye got to
check it out by yourself” papa answered
So Emily got
inside the water. She started putting one of her feet first, then she put two,
then she got in and started to swim.
“Papa! Papa!
Papa! The water is awesome! Have you checked it out? It is really good, and it
feels good when you swim on clean water! C’mon get in papa!” Emily cried
“Okay, but
just to make sure that nothing happens to you” papa answered, as he got into
the water
And reader,
it was true, the water was splendid. When papa got into the water, they started
swimming, and every time they did a little swim or splish and splash they got
closer to the island. And there when they got there, when they got there, when
they got there. In middle of all the rocks, inside the rock doors there was
sand, an island. And sitting on that island there was a little made of wood
house, with flowers around it, and the house was open, waiting for somebody to
check it out.
“Papa! Look!
Look! Look! Look! Look! A house! Is this going to be where we will sleep?’
Emily screamed as loud as she could, even though her father was 2 feet away
from her.
“But wait”
she said quietly
“Where is my
mama? My sisters?” she asked, with an unsatisfied face.
“I’m afraid
that you don’t have a sister, but you have a mama!, we’ll go and meet her today”
papa answered
“Good! I
have a mama! But I still don’t have a sister”
“Still, can
we go now?” Emily said, waking herself up of her dream
“Now? Not
now, after I finish mi nap” papa answered as he went inside the hut, where they
will be leaving.”
And so,
Emily was left alone. But she didn’t want to stay there bored, she wanted to
have fun. So she climbed out of the little island and started swimming in
direction of the shore, Emily didn’t notice, but there, right there in a tiny
corner was a boy, about the same age as her, waiting for Emily to reach the
shore. This boy’s name was Jason also known as DJ and art maniac (because he
loved art)
Emily went
out of the water, and Jason approached to her.
“Excuse me,
are you new here? I don’t seem to know you” Jason said
“You’re
right, I’m new here, and I don’t know you” Emily answered
“My name is
Jason” Jason said
“My name is
Rainbows, Emily Rainbows” Emily talked back
Emily
stepped up and sat next to Jason, and they talked and talked. They talked out a
conversation that will make them friends, and if the time went on, best
friends.
Jason was a
little bit taller than Emily was, he had thick light brown hair and tan skin.
He was born in America, but came to live in India for an unknown reason. He was
very nice, his heart was full of light and kindness, his brown eyes showed that
his heart was light, no dark in it, except for the fact that he had left his
family that now lived far, far away.
Now it was
the 2nd week that Emily had been in India, and so today, was her first day of
school. She first, had never thought that the school she was going to, will
include a best friend of hers and in her class. And who would that friend be?
Reader, if you don’t know the answer you must reread the last page, you must be
able to answer this question. I’ll give you 5 seconds to think. 1 second, 2
seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds, 5 seconds. Done? The answer is, that friend,
that person was Jason. If I may tell you, Emily was amazed that the only friend
she had was there, right next to the empty spot in the classroom, right next to
the only empty spot. And reader, to finish up this chapter, this is the new
life in India, that Emily will have, and how because of meeting Jason other
things happened to her. So remember that you must always read on.
Chapter 7
A friend
o Emily went
on and entered the classroom.
“Come in,
welcome my name is Mrs. Susu, and you will sit right next to ummm, Jason!” Mrs.
Susu said
“Okay” Emily
answered
And so she
sat down in her table, listening to the teacher the lessons and trying to learn
to speak in Indian. After lessons, it was time to go. Emily knew she was in
parent pick-up but papa was not there, and that’s when Jason approached.
“Emily!” he
shouted
“Where is
your papa?” he asked
“He doesn’t
seem to be here yet” Emily said
“Well I
thought I could show a secret place, where we could have some fun”
“okay, but
only because I trust you” Emily said
“Let’s go!”
they both said at the same time
Jason took
the lead, they went through a long beach path, and while they were walking they
talked, they talked about the place. Finally after 15 minutes of beach walking
they saw a big rock that looked like a skeleton head.
“This is it,
come climb it with me, let’s get in top of the rock!” Jason shouted
“Okay!”
Emily shouted back
And when
they both got to the top, they saw the beach and the ocean behind them. And
reader, they were, like nobody else could be best friends. And they had big
fun. Talking and laughing and dancing around on the top o the rock.
After that
day, Emily couldn’t see Jason, so she looked for him, but while she was walking
she bumped into a big, fat guy whose name was Oreo.
“I’m really
sorry” Emily said
“And I will
not forgive you, ugly mucous girl, why did you come to this school? Well it
doesn’t matter I’m going to”
Jason went
running and stopped Oreo’s words
“What were
you doing, your not allowed to bully you know”
“No I was
not”
“shhhh! Do
not talk to me or her, get out of our sight” Jason said and bully ran away.
“Thank you”
Emily said
“Your
welcome” Jason talked back
“I guess
that tomorrow, you can come over my house and play!” Emily said
“Sure!”
Jason said with a big smile on his face
The next, it
was three o’clock in the afternoon and Emily was waiting for Jason to come
over. While she was waiting she thought about how Jason had protected her from
the bully, even though that meant him being bullied next. She also thought
about how nobody had done that to her before, but the bad news were about to be
announced.
And here
reader is where we finish our chapter, with Emily waiting for Jason.
Chapter 8
The bad news
apa rushed
into Emily’s room.
“Emily!” he
shouted, he was crying, he looked discombobulated.
“Yes, papa?!?!”
she shouted back
“This might
hurt you but Jason, my best friend’s son, has fallen down with something, he is
very sick, with other news, we are going to visit your mama” papa said, still
crying
“Wait!
Before I visit mama, I need to go and see Jason first!” she shouted
“Okay, let’s
go, get inside the boat!” papa answered
And so they
got into the boat and reached the hospital. There in a little room was Jason,
with wires inside his nose, it cost him to breath.
When Emily
approached the room everybody was looking.
“May I
please have some privacy? After all I deserve it!” Emily asked
And
everybody left the room. Emily sat next to Jason.
“This is not
fair, please tell me you won’t die” Emily said with a tear falling down her
eyes.
Reader even
though I haven’t told you, Jason and Emily did favors to each other, Jason
protecting Emily from the bully was just an example and Emily did the same
things to him. After all, that’s why they were best friends.
“I don’t
know, the doctor said I need to get a specific medicine that’s is far away from
here, if not I will die” Jason said trying to catch his breath
“I’ll do it,
where do I find it?” Emily said with courage
“You must
not go, it’s too dangerous!” Jason said, again trying to catch his breath
“I have to
save you, hold my hand and promise me that you will still be alive when I get
back”
“I will,
I’ll do my best for my promise to become true” Jason said coughing.
And so it
had started a bad news day, turning from the most wonderful thing a tragedy.
Before Emily
left, she wanted to stay with him for at least five minutes so that if she
didn’t come back at least she would have said bye to him.
“Just in
case, thank you for this wonderful friendship, company and laughing and fun
time. And if you die, I promise that nobody will replace your place, nobody
will ever be like you are to me. Jason, you are one of the best things that has
ever happened to me”
And those
words, reader, were for now the last words that Emily said to his best friend.
I’m afraid that this will be enough for this chapter,
leaving Jason at the hospital and going with Emily’s adventure to find a
medicine flower. And at least, there was a little bit of hope in finding the
medicine flower, a little bit of hope.
Chapter 9
Ready to go
So Emily gave her last bye-bye to Jason and left the
hospital.
“Wait Emily! Wait!” shouted a voice from behind
“Yes?!?!” Emily shouted back
“It’s me, papa. I’ll let you leave, but not without
this” he said as he approached Emily and at the same time taking a purple amulet
out of his pocket
“Without what?” Emily asked
“This amulet will aid you in your search, and don’t
ask me how. Also, I want you to have this clothes and things, they are all in
this book back” he said, as he took all the stuff out. Emily looked inside. There
were some old clothes, a blanket, and a pillow. The blanket was black and thick
while the pillow was white and puffy. She gave papa a hug and finally left.
She walked for miles, till’ she finally got to an old
boat that could still swim. She got in the boat and it started move. But the
weird thing is that there was no wind, noting that could move the boat, and by
this amazement instead of gasping she fainted. There, she saw again heaven. But
instead of her dad visiting her, her mom was in front of her face.
“Mom!” Emily screamed crying
“Emily!” her mom shouted back as she ran to give her
daughter a hug.
“Please put on the amulet your papa gave you” she said
“Yes mama, I’ll do whatever you want. And I never want
to separate from your arms, from your hugs” she put on the amulet.
“Can I ask question?”
“Whatever my love” her mama answered
“How did the boat move like that, without anything?”
“Look at your amulet, it does its magic when you need
its help, so from now on, don’t get amazed. It helps you because you’re doing
this to save your best friend’s live, which I clearly know that you love”
explained her mom
“I don’t love him. I love him like a friend. I mean, I
have never met a kid that had such a filled with light heart, and that’s why I
want to save his life, yeah, I love him, I love him like a best friend” Emily
admitted
“Now get ready and put together all your power of
strength, because your adventure is going to be epic!” and with the last smile
of her mother, Emily woke up. A storm was going on, and she hadn’t even noticed.
“Well, I guess this will be my biggest adventure”
Emily whispered to herself
Chapter 10
On the island
The storm was over, and Emily was in front of an
island that looked like a jungle. Emily got out of the small boat and started
walking. After looking under sand, burrows, and rocks it was the time to look
in the jungle part. But before that, she wrote on her diary the following phrases
Dear
diary, I’m stuck here in an island. How? A long story. My best friend is about
to die from a terrible accident, and I’m here to try to find a medicine flower
that will save him. This is a race against time. My dead mother and my new papa
told me that the amulet I’m wearing will aid me on my search. I know it’s true
because it has showed me one of the miracles it can do. I’ll write to you the
next time something big happens. Thank you for paying attention to my words and
keeping them safe.
After writing these words she stepped into the first inch
of the jungle of the island. She kept walking. Once there, she saw trees, and
animals. One monkey approached and said
“Hello new visitor!”
“Did the monkey just talk? Did I just herd him speak?”
Emily said out loud in a confused voice
“mmm. Yeah! With that amulet you can talk to us and we
can talk to you” the monkey answered “my name is Banana Split” he kept going
“Thank you for telling me Banana Split” Emily said
“I’m looking for a medicine flower; the name of the
flower is Curesinisis. Do you know where I can find it?” Emily asked
“No, but maybe if we look for the wizard of the island
he can give us the flower, I heard great rumors about him and his Curesinisis
flowers”
“Thank you so much Banana split. When do we start?”
“I guess tomorrow” banana split said as he approached
to a small made of wood house that was up in the tree
“This is house for human visitors that can talk to animals;
you can use it to sleep” Banana split said
“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” Emily shouted and
gave a goodnight kiss to Banana split.
