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Chapter 9 (Last Chapter) This was all real. I was Evan. I got into an accident… and… dad changed my name so I won’t remember who I was and who I used to love… he took me to Connecticut where I studied and grew up to be Jonathan instead of Evan. I wake up. The old man sitting peacefully, meditating and smiling. I touch my neck and feel the key. Did she really die? Numb, I walk up to the tree, I hug the tree. So tightly that my shirt started to shred to pieces. I shout so loud that the birds from the tree fly away. I notice a heart shape carved deeply underneath my chin on to the tree. I grab my locket and plug in the key. ‘Linda, I’m sorry I couldn’t unlock the key to your heart …sooner.’ I just stand there and then…I start to walk away back to my car. I had false hope. Stupid Golden tree. It’s a lie. It always was. That’s when the tree starts to shine so bright, blinding my eyes. The old man taps me on the back, wishes me good luck and walks away. ‘Hey, old man! Wait. What’...

Chapter 8 In a blink of an eye. I see Linda again. She is on her wheelchair. Her blond hair swinging with the wind. Her hands rubbing the locket on her neck. Tears flowing repeatedly. A pink shawl wrapped around her shoulders and … I see the miracle happen. She started playing the violin, her eyes shut again and the trees bow, the birds fly out of their nests, the deer’s, gushing in the last gulp of water, the rabbits jumping out of their holes and at last, the lion at the back of her wheelchair, sat behind her and bowed. All of them looked like as they were in pain. The nature and Linda have a connection. Linda in pain means everyone in pain. The trees, the flowers, the insects and animals. It felt like the sun was moaning as if it lost all its sunshine, the moon appeared making me feel as if he lost someone so dear to him that even after searching the world, from seas to seas, he never found his loved one. The moon and the sun clashed into each other and her eyes opened. This… f...

Chapter 7 The doctor leaves Evan numb and shocked. He falls down on his knees and cries for hours and hours. Regaining his courage, he stands up and walks into Linda’s room. ‘Hey’ ‘Hey’ Linda offers a smile and Evan smiles back ‘We have to talk Linda. I was just messing around with you. I and my friends planned on pranking you.’ ‘Ok…’ Linda lightly laughs while twiddling her fingers recklessly. ‘What do you mean?’ ‘All this I love you, you love me, we love the whole world nonsense   was fake. Everyone hates you and besides, why would I even like a girl who can’t walk anymore for the rest of her life. So let’s end it here. I laughed, my friends laughed. We are happy. No one cares about you. Who did? Your parents suffered because you came to this world with your stupid powers, they were kicked out of the village because of you. Everyone hated them because of you, why would anyone like you after what you did. You shouldn’t have come to this world. I never should have met...

Chapter 6 I hear a faint sound of someone blaring. I walk towards where the sound is coming from and I witness Linda on the ground, whining in pain while groping both of her legs. Oh my god. I run to her and try to help her but its no use. I’m just a spirit; I can’t touch or feel her. Shit! Come on, Evan where are you! And just then Evan comes running from behind the bushes. ‘Oh my gosh, what’s wrong Linda, speak up Linda, I won’t know anything until and unless….’ Oh for god’s sake dumbass, she broke her leg. Hurry up. I interrupt in the middle of his stupid speech. He runs toward the village with unconscious Linda in his arms. I run after them. Evan only stops when he reaches the hospital. He lies her down on one of the stretcher’s. He calls for a nurse and they take her into the operation theatre instantly. Evan looks overwhelmed and he calls his parents to come to the hospital straightaway and he hangs up.   ‘Yes, of course, Evan asks his dad to pay the medical bil...

Chapter 5 while she was playing her violin, all the trees bowed to her, not only the tree, the birds, the animals came out of the woods and did the same thing, even the lion. He came in front of Linda and bowed to her. The sunlight rays began to focus on her, the sky started turning pink and the moon started appearing although the sky was just a scattered handful of stars which looked magnificent. The stars were shinier then they ever were and they threw down its spears of light, brightening up the sky to the mixture of pink, yellow, black and boom! Everything disappeared, the sun was to where it was positioned, the trees, at a 90 degree angle, no animal was to be seen, not even the birds and her eyes were open. Yes, they were open, that’s why everything disappeared. She hasn’t witnessed that herself, nor does she know she is special. I was numb after I heard what happen. My memory is blurry but I’ve heard of this situation, no, I think I’ve been through this. My thoughts ...

Chapter 4 ‘I’ll get married. Yes! Oh god, I should start preparing for my marriage, cook the food, the decorations, my dress, oh my there is so much to do.’ Suddenly she trips and falls down. ‘I forgot the most important thing. I have to find the man of my dreams first shouldn’t i? Oh god, who will marry a piece of trash like me?’ Linda murmurs as she stands up and brushes away the dust on her clothes. ‘I will’ a boy walked up to her. His hands crossed at the back of his hips. She stopped dead in her tracks. She turns around slowly and covers her hands on her face, closing her eyes. ‘Please don’t kill! Please! Ill give you my house, and my clothes, and my food and…’ the boy walks up to her laughing and taps on her head. ‘Hey, I’m here to be friends, not kill you’ Linda’s jaw drops and she stares at him as if he just slapped her. ‘My friend?’ ‘Yup, your friend.’ Linda screams as she just discovered a cockroach on her hand. And in the spur of the moment, she grabs the boy’s hand and...

Chapter 3 Linda nurtured to a wonderful young girl. The parents could never been prouder of her. However one of these days, her parents passed away, when she was fourteen, leaving Linda in a very distressed situation. No friends. No family. She had no one. On her own, she had to face the world’s cruelties, their betrayal and harshness.  Alone, battle the agony, clash with contemplations, and struggle for rights. Sobbed hours at night before flickering her eyelids close. But then again for how long would she lock herself in her room and cry until her eyes became sore and were exhausted of shedding tears? Then she decided she had to unveil herself from the shadows she has been hiding for months and begin constructing her blissful wall to reality so that people won’t scamper away from her as if she is a banshee. Nonetheless, people still hated her but she never gave up hope. She started being the exultant and comical girl she used to be. Her clumsy and childish acts led to troubl...

Chapter 2 ‘This is not any ordinary story about a girl chasing after a boy or that Romeo and Juliet tragedy. This is a lovely story based in a beautiful little town of Florida about a gorgeous young girl with long blond hair which swayed to rhythm of the violin she played, closing her eyes gently to the tender tone but when her eyes were exposed to the world, all you could see was mystery. Those purple eyes were so deep that once you look into them, you get lost in the hollowness and are unable to find your way out. The beautiful pink glossy lips, so tender that a petite wave of cold breeze would freeze her lips to ice. Her slim body was like a lamppost but so fragile that a warm touch would make her wail as if someone punched her. Her skin so white and her hands soft like ones caressing the clouds, so smooth and gentle. She was like that perfect girl every guy dreamt of but the most unique thing about her was the clumsiness. Her charm was the clumsy personality she had. You kn...

Chapter 1 The sky above me is sparkling as the birds make their way through the summer winds into the muffled clouds. The crispy gold, tarnished leaves beneath me crunch as I take each step towards the ‘golden tree’. That’s what everyone calls it here. People say that the tree has been blessed upon with holy-powers by God. Hundreds of people travel from far-flung places to come pray, to the tree to help them with their problems. They say that if you honestly pray to the tree, it will grant any of your longings or elucidate any of your complications. My thoughts are interjected as my eyes spot a grave near the golden tree. A grave? That’s strange. I bend down and I brush my hand on the tombstone. The grave is neatly laid underneath the immense green trees, its leaves, gently swaying as the wind crashes on to my face, but there is this eerie feeling that happens to make me quiver and a fine chill travels down my spine. ‘Linda Maclenay. 1980-2001, is spelled neatly onto the tom...