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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Teens
- Theme: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
- Subject: Adventure
- Published: 06/27/2019
Haven't you dream t of traveling away and leaving everything behind? Sometimes, everyone needs a break from his life and it isn't a sin or a waste of time but sometimes, life force us to take a break by a new adventure which teach us awesome things.
Jolly Freed who is a 13 years old young girl. She lost her father 2 months ago and always dream t of flying away in a place where no one knows her. Her adventure had begun in a night filled with tears for her father. She fell asleep and the tears on her cheeks and waked realizing that she was in a strange place that she didn't know. It was cold although it was summer in her world. After wandering thinking that she was dreaming, she saw strange scenes to be seen: women with dresses from since more than fifty years and very old houses, people with normal clothes and other usual things from her world and time so she felt like it was more real to be a dream. When she was wandering and wondering of what she was seeing, she heard someone behind her saying: '' It seems that you are lost. Can I help you?'' said the voice. She turned to see a boy of her age with brown messy hair and seemed like he has just came out of a chimney although he wore a suite. She thought that god had brought him to her and asked him about that place and the boy told her that she was in The Bright Star world but of course Jolly didn't understand anything and asked again:'' Where is this place?''. He then answered her saying: '' In no where. It is just a dream. Aren't you sleeping?''. '' Yes, I am but I still don't understand.'' She said.
'' O.K. Come and I will lead you to the one who will explain everything to you.'' He said. They didn't walk for long until they had reached a church but looked more like a school where they met some person called Mr. Grow. He looked like a church man. He guided them inside the church after promising Jolly that he would explain her everything. They didn't see anyone in the church except for a boy of their age but seemed very lonely with white hair but they couldn't see his face because he was looking at the ground. Mr. Grow asked Jolly to follow him with the boy with her to a very long dark tunnel and in the end of the tunnel, they found themselves in a very big library where the books were classified to colors and every color is called a section. Mr. Grow brought a very big book and asked Jolly to read some papers from it. From her reading, she could understand everything about that world.
It was a dream but a different one. She has to be in this dream many nights to finish it as if it was a game and this game won't be over unless she reaches The Bright Star palace and there, the queen will get them back to the real world. Every night represents six months in The Bright Star world and after she is 21 in the dream, she has to find someone to be her partner and that means that true love must be found in their hearts. There were people managed to reach the palace and others couldn't what made them stick in that world for ever and that explains why she saw people with old clothes. Mr. Grow had to leave them for work but gave them space for searching and told her she can stay in the school until she becomes 21. She turned to the boy with her and asked him: '' What about you? From which age did you come from and what is your name by the way?''. He told her that his name was Seven and he couldn't remember anything about his real world but he had been in that world for some time. That made Jolly think that maybe Seven is just a baby in the real world. Seven looked at the book with sad eyes and Jolly tried to cheer him up but there was no need for it because he accepted the situation very fast. They came out from the library but couldn't see the strange boy they saw before. Seven took Jolly to the miss who will be responsible for her. The miss showed her the room where she will stay. There were about twenty beds inside with a small desk beside each. Seven then accompanied her around the city and she could see The Bright Star palace very obviously. It was aptly name because it really looked like a star on the ground, shiny insofar you can't see its design and seemed like it was attracting everyone in that world. He took Jolly to people he knew like Mr. Dan who was a carpenter and told them more about that world.
It is a wish or a dream you wanted in your actual life. After the couple manages to reach the palace, they could have a wish to ask and it would occur. No destiny there, their works is what to decide what their future would be like. Mr. Dan told them too that there was a legend of a special couple in that world who didn't appear until now. It was so easy to be believed because they were in a dream and in dreams everything could be. They spent an hour with Mr. Dan then went back to the church which was a school and a church in the same time. It consisted of two large separated buildings, one for the girls and the other for the boys. They wore like a nun, had teachers to teach them about that world and Jolly could have time for walking around the town with Seven thus it was a little fun to her. The first six months had past fast and Jolly opened her eyes in the real world, in her room and on her bed. She didn't say anything to her mother, had her breakfast in hurry and went to school very eager to tell her best friend ''Nancy'' what she had dream t of the day before. Jolly was early and had to wait for Nancy and when she finally came to school, she took her to the school garden and told her everything about the dream. Nancy looked at her and said: '' Did your father's death made you go bananas?!''. Jolly really wanted her to believe so she answered: '' But it is true, can't you believe me?''. '' I can't and how can a dream lasts for six months?'' Nancy said. '' I didn't say that, it was just one night but it was as six months in the dream.'' Jolly answered. ''O.K. Let's make a deal, if that dream came to you again in this night, I'll believe you, deal?'' Nancy suggested. ''Deal.'' Was the answer of Jolly and after they had finished talking, they went back inside for their lessons but they didn't observe that there was somebody was listening to them. After school Jolly tried to find anything about that world in libraries and on internet but it was no good. She was thinking of possibility of being wrong and what Nancy had told her was right. '' Well, this night will prove who's right.'' She talked herself. She had done her assignments and went to bed at 1 AM. She woke up disappointed because she didn't dream at all. When she arrived to the school where she met Nancy and informed her with sad expressions, she saw posters on the walls of her class making laugh of her about her dream. She got mad and turned her anger on Nancy thinking that it was her who did that or giving her secret to the others. Nancy tried to tell her that it wasn't her but Jolly was really angry to even listen to her, she moved all the posters and spent all the morning lessons feeling upset and in the lunch break, she went to the library to not seeing Nancy and talking with her. There was a girl who always hated Jolly although she was a superior in everything. She was called Ann and she was very beautiful and highborn. When she noticed Jolly, she got close to her and started talking to her which was surprising to Jolly because she never tried to talk to her. During their talk Nancy came to explain to Jolly that it wasn't her but Jolly started the fight again then Ann said With a fake smile and her hand on the waist : '' Oh Jolly, don't be unfair. It was me who spread the rumor.''.
'' How dare you?'' was Jolly's reaction and Nancy kept silence while the two others are arguing. Jolly threatened Ann and told her that she should pay for her mistake, and both of Jolly and Nancy leaved and after that Jolly said sorry to Nancy and went back to the class where she heard everyone making laugh at her. After the school, the two girls walked home together and Nancy said that there was no doubt that it was just a dream and it seemed that Jolly surrendered and believed that. That day had passed peacefully and in the next day, Nancy was so ill that she couldn't come to school so Jolly had to escape from her classmates to the school garden for lunch. She ate very fast and was a little tired that she felt asleep for a while and opened her eyes seeing someone in front of her. It was Henry ''Ann's cousin''. When she observed him she stood up and said: '' What? Is there a new chapter for Ann's trick?''. He didn't say a word for few seconds then said: '' Jolly, I believe you, about that dream. It is true. I dream t of it last night. I saw Mr. Grow and Seven too.''. It made her shocked and happy in the same time. The dream is true and she wasn't mad like all the students say. They talked about that world until the following lesson and after school they walked together to complete their conversation and when she went home, she phoned Nancy to check in on her and tell her about what Henry had told her. Nancy was surprised on hearing that but told her to be careful because maybe he is tricking her although they knew he was really different from Ann. That night, Jolly slept with a bright smile on her face and thought that maybe that dream was a gift from her father because somehow she felt like he was beside her when she thought about that dream. The next day was a weekend so she prepared to visit Nancy and spend all the day with her. They spent most of the day in the park next to Nancy's house then went back to her house, had some cakes and tea and when it was about to dark, they looked at the moon which looked very beautiful and appeared obviously in the sky and on it, Jolly could see half of a palace curved on it. She rubbed her eyes and looked again but she wasn't fancying. It was a palace no doubt. She asked Nancy to look at the moon but Nancy couldn't see it. After a while, Jolly's mother came to drive her home and all the way she was staring at the moon and the palace that was on it. She took a shower and went to bed, closed her eyes for the school but when she waked up, she was in a large room with many beds in it where she used to sleep in the church. She came back to The Bright Star world. She was shocked and screamed and waked all her classmates. They ran to calm her and when she calmed, she realized that the palace which was on the moon was a sign that she would go back to the dream. She got all her lessons in the church class then ran for Mr. Grow to tell him everything and hear his explanation. He told her that all her thoughts were right and that every couple had a special sign like apple, nut, flower or palace as she saw. He also was surprised when she told him that it was a palace. He explained that only the special couple would see the palace and that never appeared until that time and it meant that Jolly and her partner are the special couple. Jolly was shocked and didn't know what to do. Was that a responsibility? She didn't want to make a mistake or hurt anyone so she felt disappointed a little but after a period, she accepted that. She could go out and visit Seven and Henry who became her friend from that time before. Seven used to take care of the church garden with the charge man who was called Nary. They sometimes visited the downtown for new information about the world and through their researches, they knew that there was a very big book which contained the names of the people who would come new in the dream in the six months of the dream what means in every night of the real world. That gave Jolly a great idea of punishing Ann. She searched for the place of that book until she found it through people's talk. She decided to go to see it although both of Seven and Henry told her not to go. She prepared her self and went out in a day off hoping that she would find Ann's name in the book. She walked about three kilometers away from the town until she found a very old large house which looked like a witch house. She entered and looked in every room in it until she found the book but it seemed that it wasn't only her who wanted to see the book. There, she found the white hair boy she saw in the church before but it seemed he hadn't opened the book. She got closer and closer and the boy noticed her and turned to her. When she saw his face she said one word: '' Red!?''. His eyes were red which shocked Jolly but she somehow found them lovely. He stared at her for few seconds then said calmly: '' How did you know my name? Do I know you?''.
'' No, I was just surprised of your eyes color…I didn't expect to see someone here.'' She answered.
'' I usually come to here. If you want to open it, forget it. I tried hard with no good.'' He said putting his right hand on the book. Jolly looked disappointed, got closer of the book and put her hand on it. A flash had shown from the book for a while then opened and they could see many names on it. Both of them looked surprisingly at each others and then looked at the book. Jolly had looked for her aim and found it. She smiled and started to think about the plan of the punishment she wanted to carry out. After she had returned to the school, she told Seven and Henry about what had happened with her. When the time of Ann's arrival had come, the three of them took permission and went out looking for her. It had taken about 5 hours searching and during walking, Jolly had heard crying voice near to her. She followed the voice to a narrow alley where she saw Ann hiding and crying. When Jolly saw her crying, somehow she forgot everything she had done and felt sorry for her. She decided to help her, got closer to her and gently patted her head saying '' Everything is going to be fine.'' On seeing Jolly, Ann jumped on her and began to cry even more. Both of them went back to the school where Seven and Henry were waiting for them. Jolly took her to have some rest after all the stress she suffered from forgetting everything bad she had done and hoping that she could be her best friend. They talked a little before sleep and in the following day Ann joined Jolly in all the lessons and started to feel safe with her. Eventually, Ann believed Jolly in everything she had said and started to make friendship with her and that made not only Jolly but Henry too feel happy because he knew that Ann wasn't really a bad girl and he thought that it was a good chance for her to have a friend like Jolly.
The nights had passed very quickly and Jolly was 15 when she was 21 in The Bright Star world and it was the suitable time for taking off and finding her partner and start her journey to The Bright Star palace. All of Jolly, Ann, Henry and Seven had decided to start the journey together and they thought it would be better to be a group than to be apart. They got prepared; saw off all their friends in the school, Mr. Grow and their teachers too then took off. Both of Seven and Henry asked Red to go with them but he explained that he wanted to be alone in his journey. In the beginning of their road there were no difficulties; only walking through and talking. They kept that for the first six months and after about a week, they were capable of completing the road. After getting tired, they decided to have some rest so they sat near to a large tree that was in front of a very vast garden filled with apple trees and the apples seemed very delicious. They were very hungry especially Jolly so she stood up and got closer to the garden but before she stepped into it, Ann shouted and told her not to do. Seven said '' It won't be a big problem if she gets some apples.''. Ann then answered '' Not that. I know this garden. I think it is called the forbidden garden, I have read about it before in the school library.''. Jolly stepped back to listen to the story of the forbidden garden and the reason of that name. It was known that the garden was protected by magical septum and the one who go through it inside would never come out again. She said that there was a keeper who was never capable of getting out, the garden was his house and he can't go anywhere. They listened to the story and after getting some rest, they went on. They walked a bit further and saw a small hut so they decided to ask for help. Both of Seven and Henry went first for knocking but there were no answer and when they were about to leave, the door opened and a very old woman appeared and offered her help. They came in and started to explore the hut with their eyes. The old woman offered some food and it was the best for them in that time because they were about to starve. While they were eating, the old woman asked '' Are you trending to The Bright Star palace?''. Jolly answered her positively and both of them smiled to each others. The woman talked again '' It seems that you don't have any food for your journey so I can make you an offer.'' they looked intense while she was completing her talk ''I have a small garden and if you harvested it to me, I will give you food and other supplies for your journey so what do you see?''. It was a generous offer which made them accept it and after finishing their meal, the woman took them to the garden which was filled with apple trees. They remembered the forbidden garden and thought maybe it was like it but the woman told them that it wasn't. The most things that aroused their concern was that the small hut was alone in the moors and the garden was inside the hut and can be easily entered through a wooden door, how come and the hut is very small so they thought maybe there was magic in it. After all they hadn't another choice so they started their temporary job. It took about a week until they were completely finished from it and the woman kept her promise and gave them supplies for their journey. They got prepared for another chapter of their journey and it wasn't so far from the hut and Jolly looked back to see it for the last time but she didn't see it as if it had vanished although they weren't that far to think that it was just behind the moors. Jolly told her companions that that world would test them some how and they had to be prepared for anything could happen. They walked for all the day then decided to camp and get some sleep. All of them slept very deeply although the full moon was lighting all the moors around with its beautiful light and when it was midnight, there were steps getting closer to Jolly. She opened her eyes seeing bright red eyes were watching her but she went asleep again as she was very tired. She kept thinking for long of possibility of being Red who was watching her that night and not only that, she also thought that maybe he was following them too but why he said that he didn't want to accompany them, that is what she couldn't answer. They kept walking until a bright sunny day had come and they were in good temper, they kept talking and laughing and sometimes playing then suddenly the sun hided behind the clouds and the wind began to blow stronger and stronger until it was like a storm. Everyone held in each other's hands but the wind was so strong that one after one was thrown high in the sky then vanished as if they were sent to another dimension and Jolly was the only one who was kept in her place as if someone was holding her on the ground. After the storm had ended, she opened her eyes realizing that she was alone but it was a little different as if she went back many miles and on her left she was shocked of seeing the forbidden garden. An hour past and she was trying to understand what was happening and remembered that it was one of the dream's tests but she couldn't know how she could do it. There was nothing except for the garden around and she thought for a while that maybe the dream wanted her to get inside it but she changed her mind on remembering Ann's talk about it and that she wouldn't get out again if she did entered. She felt tension-ed and sank in her thoughts but found no other choice so she decided to walk back, maybe she would find something or someone who would be better than getting inside the forbidden garden. She ran back for long but the garden had no end so she went forward and there was no end too so she thought of getting inside again and thought that maybe her friends were sent inside it and her test was to get inside and save them. It was about to dark when she decided to get inside. She had a final look at The Bright Star then put both of her feet inside, feeling the magical septum while crossing it. Somehow when she stepped in, the dark had gone and the sun rose again and she could see everything inside the garden. It looked like she had entered a new world, the garden was very beautiful and the apple trees were very long and strong. While she was walking around it, she felt someone appeared and put his hand on her shoulder and saying '' Welcome to my home. I was waiting for you. Why did you take so long to get in here? '' . She turned to see a very beautiful blonche girl with bright brown eyes and a quiet smile was always drawn on her face. On seeing her, all her fears went away and started to ask herself about her and how she could make a benefit of her to find her friends. When Jolly asked for her help, she told her that her friends didn't get inside and there was no one in the garden except for both of them. That made Jolly feel disappointed and asked her again about what the world wanted her to do inside to get out very soon and look for her friends but the woman told her that she didn't know anything about that matter. She also told her that she would stay with her for ever and that made Jolly very angry and hopeless, she regretted for getting inside and started to think of a way to get out but she found no option so she went with the flow until she find one could help her. The keeper showed her every point of the garden and seemed very happy with her companion. After all she was very nice. The night never came in the garden no matter she waited for it, the keeper felt a little interrupted and told Jolly that she would do something and went back in few minutes and that made Jolly feel a little anxious and after she left, someone appeared and said '' You shouldn't have gotten inside. You are such an idiot.''. She turned to recognize the person although she knew his voice, it was Red, the one who appears and disappears in no time, without a cause. His presence made Jolly feel cheerful from inside of her and her heart began to beat faster and with a smile she said '' Red! What a surprise to meet you in here but how could you get inside? You don't know the story of that garden?''.
'' I know but I am wondering seeing you inside although you know it. You should have stayed and waited until you find someone help you and not to get inside.''
'' And how could I know that there is someone else besides. I wandered back and forward looking for someone but I didn't find any so don't blame me.'' She said with a little anger. '' Any way we have to go out, let's go.'' He said turning.
'' I don't think so.'' The keeper appeared holding Jolly's hand.
'' You'd better let her go.'' Red said with angry expressions and made a step forward. The keeper held tighter on Jolly's hand and said that she would never let her. When Jolly found that Red had a way to get out, she decided to make a move; she fought the keeper and managed to release herself. Both of her and Red ran to their fullest to the borders of the garden and stopped, She asked '' Now what? ''. Red held her hand on hearing the keeper steps behind them and said '' Let's jump out together.'' They did so and managed to defeat the power of resistance which kept them inside. The keeper tried to go out for them but she couldn't. Keeping their hands together, they ran as far as they could and finally they could reach the place where Jolly lost her companions and to her surprise she found all of them on the ground lost consciousness. When they woke up, they said the same words '' You won't believe what I've seen!''. It seemed that there were another stories should be told as well as Jolly's story about the Forbidden garden. While they were completing their road, everyone told his story. After Jolly had told hers, Ann started hers. She was sent to a big library but seemed very similar to her. She kept wandering around but everyone was like they were deaf. They didn't even realize that she was beside them except for the librarian who kept watching her walking forward and backward. She was about to remember the place when a book got out from the shelf and moved to her. She held and tried to open it but with no good. There, the librarian made a move and talked '' It won't open unless both of you tried to''. Ann screamed on hearing his voice. She thought he was one of the others then she turned to him and asked '' Who are you talking about?'' he smiled and answered '' take another round maybe you will find him.'' He said that then went back to his office. The library was so big for looking for someone so she kept her hand on the book and never took another step. She spent a long time waiting and eventually another hand stretched on the book and when she was turning to recognize him, the book opened and a bright light came out of it that hurt her eyes so she closed them and when she got up, she found herself with Jolly and the others.
'' So you didn't recognize him?'' Henry asked and she shook her head. In every step they made they felt their close to The Palace and in the same time they felt like it wasn't getting closer. It was Seven's role to tell his story but started it with a sad look on his face. He was sent to a place that looked like a hospital and the same happened with him no one talked to him but the place wasn't similar and while he was walking around, he was attracted to a quiet room at the end of the ward where he could see a very beautiful and calm girl and looked very ill. She smiled and he gave her a smile too then he opened his eyes. Henry was sent to a lake and didn't do anything; he just waited until someone and from the shadows appeared with a sword. He was sure she was a girl. She had a black short hair but he couldn't see her face and he woke up.
'' So, no one of us recognized his partner except for me, Jolly, and Seven.'' Red said and pointed at a small town which they were close to and said '' It is going to be a long journey so we need more supplies and I think this town would be useful.''. They bought everything they wanted and decided to ask for directions and during asking people, a huge man with strong muscles and serious features appeared and held Red up and said '' You aren't allowed to stay here in my town, strangers. Go away.''. Ann screamed and Jolly held Red's leg and said '' Let him go. We don't intend to stay here. We just need directions to The Bright Star.''. When the huge man heard that, he put Red down and asked them to follow him.
'' I am sorry for what I have done but it is my job in here, by the way my name is Skull.'' The huge man said. They followed him to a small door maybe half meter high and looked very old but Skull had a key for it and opened saying '' It is a short road to The Bright Star palace but be careful because there is a test inside and if you passed it, you would be very close to the palace.'' He said that and closed the door behind them. It was like desert inside but the sun wasn't hot so they had no problem but when it was about to dark, it started to snow and a storm started to blow. They could keep moving although of the cold and the storm and suddenly they couldn't find Henry; he disappeared. Meanwhile he was sent again but to another place near to them; to a big, old house but he didn't find anyone in it. He could only see some old fireworks and suddenly someone appeared and started to talk to him '' Nice to see you again, remember me?'' Henry immediately knew who she was. She is the same girl who he saw near to the lake where he was sent before. They talked a little and tried to use anything to attract the others and guide them to the house. Fortunately, they'd notice fireworks and although they seemed old, they decided to use them. Meanwhile the others were trying inside the storm to cross to the other side and wait until it is calm to look for Henry and during their struggling, they saw a shadow of a man running next to them, they thought it was Henry but he wasn't. Another struggler was sent by Skull after them and he seemed to know Ann but she couldn't recognize him so they just kept their way and inside the storm they could see Henry's fireworks and in that time, they really had a real destination to go. After they reached the house, Henry identified Florin, the girl with Henry to them and the other struggler identified himself as Ann's partner '' Omega ''who she met in the library. He was a very strong man and looked very gentle and put a head band but not for therapeutic reasons; it seemed it was a habit or something like that.
'' So that is it, only the destined couples can pass all the puzzles together in this world like what had happened with me and Red and Ann and Omega.'' Jolly said.
'' It seems so but what are we going to do now?'' Seven asked. '' Waiting.'' Red answered looking at Jolly. They sat in a circle and waited like Red had said but they didn't wait for long then the walls of the house started to change to another walls and in no time they found themselves in a hospital, actually the same hospital that Seven was sent to before. It was a great surprise to them but they knew they had something they had to do in there and when they were sinking in thoughts, Seven fell on the ground lost consciousness with no reason. Both of Omega and Henry stayed with him and the others looked for a way to the exit door but they looked for long and no exit door was found. While they were wandering, Jolly had found the same door which Seven described so she entered expecting an ill girl waiting for her but she found her in a very good health. Her cheeks were red, with bright black tall hair and white skin and she wasn't on the bed but watching from a window in her room. That made Jolly feel hopeful and cheerful somehow although she didn't know her. She saluted her and talked a little and from their conversation, Charlotte (the patient girl) knew that Seven was in the hospital. She put on her clothes and walked with Jolly to Seven to see him and as soon as she was there, she held his left hand, he waked smiling and said '' Am I late for you?''. She smiled to him and answered with no. Meanwhile Red came from the back saying that he had found the way out. They gathered and followed Red out and Charlotte went too with Seven who never let her hand as if he was afraid of losing her again. They found themselves in a very big hall and the woods were all around the hospital and The Bright Star was obvious to them so they had to cross the woods but Jolly wanted them to separate and find the best way through the forest. Red objected and started a fight with her.
'' Why are you always angry?'' Jolly asked.
'' Because in every time I see you, I stumble in one of you foolish choices.'' Red answered.
When they were fighting, everyone else tried to stop them and suddenly Seven shouted '' Charlotte…she is gone.''. After a while, one after one vanished with no known reason but after a while Jolly opened her eyes and it was 4 a.m in her clock, in her room, in the real world. It was a mystery that they left the dream very early from their actual time, the six months hadn't finished, yet, and they were in an open place so she felt scared a little but soon she forgot. She abreacted her anger from what Red had told her with her best friend and Nancy didn't agree with her what made Jolly so mad from both of them. Two days had passed and there was no sign of return but it didn't have their concern a lot and they hadn't any choice except for waiting. They kept their life as usual but there was a little suspection in Henry's heart that there was something wrong and kept thinking about it and in the same time he was thinking of something else. He believed that Seven lived very near to London where they lived so he wanted to find him. He always kept his laptop with him and searching and that made his cousin very angry and always asking about his engrossment but when she knew what he thought of, she tried to help him. Meanwhile, Jolly started to have some concern about the return especially it had been ten days with no sign. She tried to discuss this with Ann and Henry but they told her that it was her fault and maybe it would take very long for this mistake to be repaired but Jolly as usual showed her stubborn behavior and said that it was Red's fault. After her talk with them, she started to see the truth and after thinking alone, she knew that all that time he behavior was wrong and she decided to say sorry to Red when she come back. Another four days had passed and there was no return and Jolly felt very desperate and disappointed. On the forth day, both of Ann and Henry called her from inside their car which was passing beside her while walking home after school. They told her to come with them because they had found Seven and they intended to visit him. Jolly felt a little happy and eager to see her dear friend in the real world. She sent a message to her mother to not worry and went with them to Seven's house and knocked the door but none was inside. They asked their neighbors who told them that only Seven and his mother lived in that house and his father is abroad working and in that time of the day, his mother used to go with her child in the park near to their home. They decided to go and see him from an enough distance as Seven was still 2 years old and of course he wouldn't recognize them and it would be very suspicious. When they reached, Seven was running and playing with his mother. That scene, Jolly loved it and felt very happy on seeing him playing. It had helped her to get rid of all her anger and felt ready for the next night in the dream. Her friends felt happy for her and promised that they would be always beside her. While they were going back home, they had told Jolly that they had found a way of communication between each destined couples and both of them tried it and worked. They could talk to their partners through the moon and that made both of them know more about each others so Jolly decided to talk to Red through the moon. She came back home, had her dinner and did her assignments then opened her window at 9 p.m to carry out her plan. The moon was full and lovely to be watched and she was eager to talk to Red although she wasn't certain he would talk back. She didn't know for sure how exactly that method worked so she just talked what she wanted to say to Red while staring at the moon '' sorry, Red '' and it worked very strangely, her words were curved on the moon and she could see it obviously. The words stayed on the moon for about five minutes expecting to be answered then they vanished and new words appeared '' Hi, Jolly. I hope you are fine.'' Then new words showed '' It's O.K. I was a little rough.''.
They kept talking to each others for about an hour then wished a good night to each others and went sleep. She felt like she was released after talking to him and was very happy that she fixed everything with Red. Her next day was usual and full of study that she couldn't talk to Nancy very well and tell her the latest news as she promised her to tell. At night, Jolly had a phone call from Ann and asked her about Red. Jolly told her that he forgave her and that he wasn't that anger she thought which relieved Ann and Henry so much and thought that they had finally a good chance to go back to the dream.
Jolly packed herself up for a small trip that the school had planned for all the next day and it seemed that she didn't pack for just the trip but for The Bright Star world too as she saw the palace on the moon which meant that they would return. She closed her eyes and waked in a different place but they were together. A forest that had no end was around and they didn't know what to do but there was only something they had to do, to be together and never apart. They walked forward without stop for so long and some times they had to take some rest to eat and sleep. Two days without silver lining but they had no choice except for keeping on.
On the third day, something had changed and they felt that. A sudden hole had appeared on the ground and all of Jolly, Omega and Ann fell in it. The others couldn't catch them before falling and didn't know where that hole led to. Before they could follow Jolly and the others, the hole closed and they missed their chance. In the end of the hole there was a cliff and a big tree that had grown transversely to their surprise on the edge of the cliff. Both of Ann and Jolly had fallen on the tree and could be saved but Omega fell on the ground before the tree. His left leg was badly injured and had many cut on his face and hands. Ann and Jolly tried to reach him and they did but couldn't move him so stayed with him waiting for the others to catch them but they waited for long and none was beside. When they were taking care of Omega, a shadow of a huge man appeared and Ann screamed on seeing the shadow owner. He was really scaring, had a huge body and looked like a caveman wearing a suite. They didn't know how he came but after he saw their situation, he tied a rope to the huge tree and carried Omega and climbed down. Both of the two girls followed him to another hut that was built between rocks. It seemed that the caveman used to live in it but it was very clean and organized which was unlike his owner. The man treated Omega's leg and left him on a bed in the living room. He sat on a rocking chair and started reading. He didn't even observe Ann and Jolly and never talked to anyone of them. The two girls took care of Omega's wounds and tried to thank the man but he didn't even look at them again. They could see one door inside but they lost the door of the hut which they got into through as if it wasn't there at all. After a period of time, they decided to get through the other door inside the hut. They had found an empty room and another door was inside and they opened it to see another room but with two doors next to each other. They took their breath, left Omega sleeping and started to open each one to see what is behind and found a room with the same two doors behind every door so they decided to take right then left and keep that way.
Meanwhile, the other group was still looking for them through the forest but didn't find a way down and while they were searching, they found a side road made between two mountains and at the end of it there were stairs down which they followed but there was nothing except for walls of rocks on the two sides. They kept walking hoping to see any one of the other group. On the left, they had seen a tunnel in the wall, it was dark but they got inside. After walking for a minute inside, candles lit up and showed them the way.
The tunnel seemed endless and there was nothing along the way but they kept going with hope. They walked for an hour then found themselves in front of five doors in the end of their way, three on the left, one on the right and the last one blocking the way. They all had locks on them but there was only one that seemed a little different from the others. It was on the right and there were dry branches drawn on it. Fortunately, it was the same door that Jolly and her group were about to open at the end of their round. Red held the door knob and Jolly from the other side and suddenly the dry branches started to bloom and turned to green tree with pink flowers and that made both of them know that they reached each others. A while of surprise and joy occurred on seeing each other and the candles turned off.
'' I think you should get inside.'' Jolly said looking at Red. They had to get in and started to think how they would get out of their place. Ann suggested going back and getting out from the hut door but Jolly reminded her that it was disappeared. After thinking, they decided to do so and went back exactly as they came. The caveman was still on his chair and with no further action but they found the hut door so they knew it was one of the tests of the dream and get out of the hut but they had found themselves in a different place. Another forest was forward and they had to cross it again. They started to tell all what happened since they fell until they reached them, they laughed and felt scared a little and kept walking till the night had come. There, they camped and prepared something to eat. Jolly took some bottles to fill them with water from a lake beside and Henry offered her help. While they were getting some water, they talked a little and that is what Henry wanted to.
'' I have suspicions about Florin.'' He said. '' What do you mean?'' Jolly asked. '' You know that she is fake, right?'' he asked with calm and sad voice. Jolly hadn't said a word for a minute and after she had filled all her bottles, she started to talk '' I just thought that it is strange to meet Florin and Omega in the same time.''. '' And if she was really real, Skull would tell us that there was someone crossed before us. She was waiting for us, right?'' She continued. '' What should I do?'' he asked. '' I think you have to wait for a period of time to know what she wants from us but be careful to discover that you knew her game.'' She answered.
They gathered the bottles and came back to the others and didn't say anything to anyone else and after sleeping, they kept going and the palace seemed very close to them. Afternoon, they reached another puzzle that had to be solved to get closer and it was a maze made of rocks and consisted of 8 paths but they would never know which one was the best so they decided to apart this time. Everyone had to walk through a path and go back after he reached the end of it and by that way; they would know which one to pass. It took two hours from them to go back and decide which one to pass and it was Ann's path which had a wooden door at its end unlike the others whose ends were dead. They passed through and existed in front of a lake, actually the same lake where Henry was sent to. After he had recognized it, he had courage to uncover the fake Florin but she denied her reality and insisted that she was Florin, the real one, but Henry knew that she wasn't and forced her by his and Jolly's clues and that made her show them her reality. Her face started to be peeled and changed to transform another woman. For Jolly and Red's surprise, she was the keeper of the forbidden garden. How she could get out and why, that is what they couldn't know. Jolly asked her but she told her that she came for taking her revenge from Red for taking Jolly away and she should have to stay with her in the garden. They started a fight and Jolly told her that if there was someone to take her revenge from, that one would be her but she didn't listen to her words and with a stick in her hand she waved to make a black hole that started to pull Red towards it. Fortunately, Jolly could catch his hand but she wasn't able to hold for long so Red shouted to Seven to take her away from the gate that strangely appeared in the air. Red was disappeared inside the hole and they never knew where he had been taken and suddenly the keeper was struck by a sword from her back and disappeared. The person who struck her was the real Florin and it seemed she waited for Henry beside the lake because she was sure that the dream would guide him to the place where they were sent to together. Well, it seemed she was in the right place but was a little late. Red had gone and Jolly started to cry and all of them didn't know what to do. The palace was very close and they had to go but Jolly told them that she would come back for Red. It was a rush but the best choice for her. As she insisted, Florin told her to go and ask for a help from the guard of The Bright Star palace. Jolly hadn't a better choice so kept going to the palace. They passed through a river and another village behind it and walked through a very long road that took very much time but they reached the palace safely and there were no other tests. As they'd arrived their destination, they were welcomed by the guard who knew everything about them and also knew that Jolly needed him and had no problem with helping her. The six months was about to end so she waited for the other night to have enough time to negotiate with the forbidden garden keeper. After she waked up, she was feverish and couldn't go to the school trip that she had prepared to and stayed all the day on the bed but also thinking of how she could bring Red back. She became well by the dark and started to walk without any problem with her body and stared at the moon hoping to see the sign but it wasn't the time for another six months and she had to wait although it was killing her. In the next day, she went to her school and could have time to talk with the others and think together of a way to bring Red back. All of them told her that maybe the conversation could be better with that woman and told her that they wouldn't let the queen to send them back until Red come back.
Another day had passed and there was no sign. Jolly tried to talk to Red through the moon but unfortunately he didn't answer and that made her more worried. Another day had passed and Jolly became more and more worried about Red but the dream had given her the sign that night and she hurried in her sleep.
It was rainy when she waked in the dream but it didn't stop her and prepared to start the way back. The queen suggested to help them too and opened a gate like the one which took Red and told them that it would take them directly to the garden. Both of Jolly and the guard jumped inside it and traveled to the garden. She started to call for Red but he didn't answer or couldn't. After a while, the keeper appeared and smiled to Jolly '' I knew you will come. Welcome back!''.
'' Where is Red? Bring him back. You have nothing to do with him. If you want to take your revenge, take it from me.'' Jolly said angrily. '' I am afraid I won't but I have a question for you.'' The woman said. '' Why did you come back for him? I thought you hated him.'' She continued. Jolly didn't say a word for a minute then answered '' He is sometimes cruel and stubborn but very kind and doesn't deserve this.''. '' You have a big heart and that is why you are from the special couple but he doesn't deserve to be, don't you think?'' the woman asked. '' No, it is me who doesn't deserve to be so please set him free.'' Jolly said with sad expressions. The keeper looked at her for a while then said '' You didn't answer my question, why did you come for him?''.
'' I don't know…Maybe it is love which brought me here but I don't know how it looks like so I can't tell.'' Jolly answered. '' Do you know why that dream was existed?'' the woman asked. '' No!'' Jolly answered.
'' To teach you to think very well how do you want your coming life to be and to show you that sometimes your destiny will test you to know that you deserve it and to tell you that you will always have the power to make a step forward what ever you will see on the other side.'' The woman said.
After she had said these words, Jolly cried and said '' These words, my father used to tell. Thank you for reminding me.''.
'' You're Welcome!'' the keeper said and suddenly she changed to the queen and said '' You had passed your final test and it is time to bring you back to your world.''
'' Why did you do that to me?'' Jolly asked crying.
'' Because you are one of the special couple so you had to have a special final test.'' The queen answered.
'' What about Red?'' Jolly asked.
''Oh, he will be waiting for you in the palace.'' The queen said. After they had reached the palace, they saw Red was waiting for them in front of the palace gate and smiled to Jolly and she sent it back. They stayed for a few days in the palace and when it was time for them to go back, they held each others' hands and the queen said one word '' Farewell '' and turned to Jolly and said '' By the way, Jolly. The love is just like the water; has no shape but essential to life.''.
Jolly and the others closed their eyes and Jolly waked on her bed realizing that it was one o'clock so drank some water and went back to her normal sleep.
Everyone has his own bright star that he is looking forward to, sometimes he will need help or a partner to reach it but it mustn't be love which combines them. Trust can be enough for reaching their Bright Star and don't forget that everyone has his own destiny that will definitely meet one day and can't run away from it.
The End
My bright star(maha)
Haven't you dream t of traveling away and leaving everything behind? Sometimes, everyone needs a break from his life and it isn't a sin or a waste of time but sometimes, life force us to take a break by a new adventure which teach us awesome things.
Jolly Freed who is a 13 years old young girl. She lost her father 2 months ago and always dream t of flying away in a place where no one knows her. Her adventure had begun in a night filled with tears for her father. She fell asleep and the tears on her cheeks and waked realizing that she was in a strange place that she didn't know. It was cold although it was summer in her world. After wandering thinking that she was dreaming, she saw strange scenes to be seen: women with dresses from since more than fifty years and very old houses, people with normal clothes and other usual things from her world and time so she felt like it was more real to be a dream. When she was wandering and wondering of what she was seeing, she heard someone behind her saying: '' It seems that you are lost. Can I help you?'' said the voice. She turned to see a boy of her age with brown messy hair and seemed like he has just came out of a chimney although he wore a suite. She thought that god had brought him to her and asked him about that place and the boy told her that she was in The Bright Star world but of course Jolly didn't understand anything and asked again:'' Where is this place?''. He then answered her saying: '' In no where. It is just a dream. Aren't you sleeping?''. '' Yes, I am but I still don't understand.'' She said.
'' O.K. Come and I will lead you to the one who will explain everything to you.'' He said. They didn't walk for long until they had reached a church but looked more like a school where they met some person called Mr. Grow. He looked like a church man. He guided them inside the church after promising Jolly that he would explain her everything. They didn't see anyone in the church except for a boy of their age but seemed very lonely with white hair but they couldn't see his face because he was looking at the ground. Mr. Grow asked Jolly to follow him with the boy with her to a very long dark tunnel and in the end of the tunnel, they found themselves in a very big library where the books were classified to colors and every color is called a section. Mr. Grow brought a very big book and asked Jolly to read some papers from it. From her reading, she could understand everything about that world.
It was a dream but a different one. She has to be in this dream many nights to finish it as if it was a game and this game won't be over unless she reaches The Bright Star palace and there, the queen will get them back to the real world. Every night represents six months in The Bright Star world and after she is 21 in the dream, she has to find someone to be her partner and that means that true love must be found in their hearts. There were people managed to reach the palace and others couldn't what made them stick in that world for ever and that explains why she saw people with old clothes. Mr. Grow had to leave them for work but gave them space for searching and told her she can stay in the school until she becomes 21. She turned to the boy with her and asked him: '' What about you? From which age did you come from and what is your name by the way?''. He told her that his name was Seven and he couldn't remember anything about his real world but he had been in that world for some time. That made Jolly think that maybe Seven is just a baby in the real world. Seven looked at the book with sad eyes and Jolly tried to cheer him up but there was no need for it because he accepted the situation very fast. They came out from the library but couldn't see the strange boy they saw before. Seven took Jolly to the miss who will be responsible for her. The miss showed her the room where she will stay. There were about twenty beds inside with a small desk beside each. Seven then accompanied her around the city and she could see The Bright Star palace very obviously. It was aptly name because it really looked like a star on the ground, shiny insofar you can't see its design and seemed like it was attracting everyone in that world. He took Jolly to people he knew like Mr. Dan who was a carpenter and told them more about that world.
It is a wish or a dream you wanted in your actual life. After the couple manages to reach the palace, they could have a wish to ask and it would occur. No destiny there, their works is what to decide what their future would be like. Mr. Dan told them too that there was a legend of a special couple in that world who didn't appear until now. It was so easy to be believed because they were in a dream and in dreams everything could be. They spent an hour with Mr. Dan then went back to the church which was a school and a church in the same time. It consisted of two large separated buildings, one for the girls and the other for the boys. They wore like a nun, had teachers to teach them about that world and Jolly could have time for walking around the town with Seven thus it was a little fun to her. The first six months had past fast and Jolly opened her eyes in the real world, in her room and on her bed. She didn't say anything to her mother, had her breakfast in hurry and went to school very eager to tell her best friend ''Nancy'' what she had dream t of the day before. Jolly was early and had to wait for Nancy and when she finally came to school, she took her to the school garden and told her everything about the dream. Nancy looked at her and said: '' Did your father's death made you go bananas?!''. Jolly really wanted her to believe so she answered: '' But it is true, can't you believe me?''. '' I can't and how can a dream lasts for six months?'' Nancy said. '' I didn't say that, it was just one night but it was as six months in the dream.'' Jolly answered. ''O.K. Let's make a deal, if that dream came to you again in this night, I'll believe you, deal?'' Nancy suggested. ''Deal.'' Was the answer of Jolly and after they had finished talking, they went back inside for their lessons but they didn't observe that there was somebody was listening to them. After school Jolly tried to find anything about that world in libraries and on internet but it was no good. She was thinking of possibility of being wrong and what Nancy had told her was right. '' Well, this night will prove who's right.'' She talked herself. She had done her assignments and went to bed at 1 AM. She woke up disappointed because she didn't dream at all. When she arrived to the school where she met Nancy and informed her with sad expressions, she saw posters on the walls of her class making laugh of her about her dream. She got mad and turned her anger on Nancy thinking that it was her who did that or giving her secret to the others. Nancy tried to tell her that it wasn't her but Jolly was really angry to even listen to her, she moved all the posters and spent all the morning lessons feeling upset and in the lunch break, she went to the library to not seeing Nancy and talking with her. There was a girl who always hated Jolly although she was a superior in everything. She was called Ann and she was very beautiful and highborn. When she noticed Jolly, she got close to her and started talking to her which was surprising to Jolly because she never tried to talk to her. During their talk Nancy came to explain to Jolly that it wasn't her but Jolly started the fight again then Ann said With a fake smile and her hand on the waist : '' Oh Jolly, don't be unfair. It was me who spread the rumor.''.
'' How dare you?'' was Jolly's reaction and Nancy kept silence while the two others are arguing. Jolly threatened Ann and told her that she should pay for her mistake, and both of Jolly and Nancy leaved and after that Jolly said sorry to Nancy and went back to the class where she heard everyone making laugh at her. After the school, the two girls walked home together and Nancy said that there was no doubt that it was just a dream and it seemed that Jolly surrendered and believed that. That day had passed peacefully and in the next day, Nancy was so ill that she couldn't come to school so Jolly had to escape from her classmates to the school garden for lunch. She ate very fast and was a little tired that she felt asleep for a while and opened her eyes seeing someone in front of her. It was Henry ''Ann's cousin''. When she observed him she stood up and said: '' What? Is there a new chapter for Ann's trick?''. He didn't say a word for few seconds then said: '' Jolly, I believe you, about that dream. It is true. I dream t of it last night. I saw Mr. Grow and Seven too.''. It made her shocked and happy in the same time. The dream is true and she wasn't mad like all the students say. They talked about that world until the following lesson and after school they walked together to complete their conversation and when she went home, she phoned Nancy to check in on her and tell her about what Henry had told her. Nancy was surprised on hearing that but told her to be careful because maybe he is tricking her although they knew he was really different from Ann. That night, Jolly slept with a bright smile on her face and thought that maybe that dream was a gift from her father because somehow she felt like he was beside her when she thought about that dream. The next day was a weekend so she prepared to visit Nancy and spend all the day with her. They spent most of the day in the park next to Nancy's house then went back to her house, had some cakes and tea and when it was about to dark, they looked at the moon which looked very beautiful and appeared obviously in the sky and on it, Jolly could see half of a palace curved on it. She rubbed her eyes and looked again but she wasn't fancying. It was a palace no doubt. She asked Nancy to look at the moon but Nancy couldn't see it. After a while, Jolly's mother came to drive her home and all the way she was staring at the moon and the palace that was on it. She took a shower and went to bed, closed her eyes for the school but when she waked up, she was in a large room with many beds in it where she used to sleep in the church. She came back to The Bright Star world. She was shocked and screamed and waked all her classmates. They ran to calm her and when she calmed, she realized that the palace which was on the moon was a sign that she would go back to the dream. She got all her lessons in the church class then ran for Mr. Grow to tell him everything and hear his explanation. He told her that all her thoughts were right and that every couple had a special sign like apple, nut, flower or palace as she saw. He also was surprised when she told him that it was a palace. He explained that only the special couple would see the palace and that never appeared until that time and it meant that Jolly and her partner are the special couple. Jolly was shocked and didn't know what to do. Was that a responsibility? She didn't want to make a mistake or hurt anyone so she felt disappointed a little but after a period, she accepted that. She could go out and visit Seven and Henry who became her friend from that time before. Seven used to take care of the church garden with the charge man who was called Nary. They sometimes visited the downtown for new information about the world and through their researches, they knew that there was a very big book which contained the names of the people who would come new in the dream in the six months of the dream what means in every night of the real world. That gave Jolly a great idea of punishing Ann. She searched for the place of that book until she found it through people's talk. She decided to go to see it although both of Seven and Henry told her not to go. She prepared her self and went out in a day off hoping that she would find Ann's name in the book. She walked about three kilometers away from the town until she found a very old large house which looked like a witch house. She entered and looked in every room in it until she found the book but it seemed that it wasn't only her who wanted to see the book. There, she found the white hair boy she saw in the church before but it seemed he hadn't opened the book. She got closer and closer and the boy noticed her and turned to her. When she saw his face she said one word: '' Red!?''. His eyes were red which shocked Jolly but she somehow found them lovely. He stared at her for few seconds then said calmly: '' How did you know my name? Do I know you?''.
'' No, I was just surprised of your eyes color…I didn't expect to see someone here.'' She answered.
'' I usually come to here. If you want to open it, forget it. I tried hard with no good.'' He said putting his right hand on the book. Jolly looked disappointed, got closer of the book and put her hand on it. A flash had shown from the book for a while then opened and they could see many names on it. Both of them looked surprisingly at each others and then looked at the book. Jolly had looked for her aim and found it. She smiled and started to think about the plan of the punishment she wanted to carry out. After she had returned to the school, she told Seven and Henry about what had happened with her. When the time of Ann's arrival had come, the three of them took permission and went out looking for her. It had taken about 5 hours searching and during walking, Jolly had heard crying voice near to her. She followed the voice to a narrow alley where she saw Ann hiding and crying. When Jolly saw her crying, somehow she forgot everything she had done and felt sorry for her. She decided to help her, got closer to her and gently patted her head saying '' Everything is going to be fine.'' On seeing Jolly, Ann jumped on her and began to cry even more. Both of them went back to the school where Seven and Henry were waiting for them. Jolly took her to have some rest after all the stress she suffered from forgetting everything bad she had done and hoping that she could be her best friend. They talked a little before sleep and in the following day Ann joined Jolly in all the lessons and started to feel safe with her. Eventually, Ann believed Jolly in everything she had said and started to make friendship with her and that made not only Jolly but Henry too feel happy because he knew that Ann wasn't really a bad girl and he thought that it was a good chance for her to have a friend like Jolly.
The nights had passed very quickly and Jolly was 15 when she was 21 in The Bright Star world and it was the suitable time for taking off and finding her partner and start her journey to The Bright Star palace. All of Jolly, Ann, Henry and Seven had decided to start the journey together and they thought it would be better to be a group than to be apart. They got prepared; saw off all their friends in the school, Mr. Grow and their teachers too then took off. Both of Seven and Henry asked Red to go with them but he explained that he wanted to be alone in his journey. In the beginning of their road there were no difficulties; only walking through and talking. They kept that for the first six months and after about a week, they were capable of completing the road. After getting tired, they decided to have some rest so they sat near to a large tree that was in front of a very vast garden filled with apple trees and the apples seemed very delicious. They were very hungry especially Jolly so she stood up and got closer to the garden but before she stepped into it, Ann shouted and told her not to do. Seven said '' It won't be a big problem if she gets some apples.''. Ann then answered '' Not that. I know this garden. I think it is called the forbidden garden, I have read about it before in the school library.''. Jolly stepped back to listen to the story of the forbidden garden and the reason of that name. It was known that the garden was protected by magical septum and the one who go through it inside would never come out again. She said that there was a keeper who was never capable of getting out, the garden was his house and he can't go anywhere. They listened to the story and after getting some rest, they went on. They walked a bit further and saw a small hut so they decided to ask for help. Both of Seven and Henry went first for knocking but there were no answer and when they were about to leave, the door opened and a very old woman appeared and offered her help. They came in and started to explore the hut with their eyes. The old woman offered some food and it was the best for them in that time because they were about to starve. While they were eating, the old woman asked '' Are you trending to The Bright Star palace?''. Jolly answered her positively and both of them smiled to each others. The woman talked again '' It seems that you don't have any food for your journey so I can make you an offer.'' they looked intense while she was completing her talk ''I have a small garden and if you harvested it to me, I will give you food and other supplies for your journey so what do you see?''. It was a generous offer which made them accept it and after finishing their meal, the woman took them to the garden which was filled with apple trees. They remembered the forbidden garden and thought maybe it was like it but the woman told them that it wasn't. The most things that aroused their concern was that the small hut was alone in the moors and the garden was inside the hut and can be easily entered through a wooden door, how come and the hut is very small so they thought maybe there was magic in it. After all they hadn't another choice so they started their temporary job. It took about a week until they were completely finished from it and the woman kept her promise and gave them supplies for their journey. They got prepared for another chapter of their journey and it wasn't so far from the hut and Jolly looked back to see it for the last time but she didn't see it as if it had vanished although they weren't that far to think that it was just behind the moors. Jolly told her companions that that world would test them some how and they had to be prepared for anything could happen. They walked for all the day then decided to camp and get some sleep. All of them slept very deeply although the full moon was lighting all the moors around with its beautiful light and when it was midnight, there were steps getting closer to Jolly. She opened her eyes seeing bright red eyes were watching her but she went asleep again as she was very tired. She kept thinking for long of possibility of being Red who was watching her that night and not only that, she also thought that maybe he was following them too but why he said that he didn't want to accompany them, that is what she couldn't answer. They kept walking until a bright sunny day had come and they were in good temper, they kept talking and laughing and sometimes playing then suddenly the sun hided behind the clouds and the wind began to blow stronger and stronger until it was like a storm. Everyone held in each other's hands but the wind was so strong that one after one was thrown high in the sky then vanished as if they were sent to another dimension and Jolly was the only one who was kept in her place as if someone was holding her on the ground. After the storm had ended, she opened her eyes realizing that she was alone but it was a little different as if she went back many miles and on her left she was shocked of seeing the forbidden garden. An hour past and she was trying to understand what was happening and remembered that it was one of the dream's tests but she couldn't know how she could do it. There was nothing except for the garden around and she thought for a while that maybe the dream wanted her to get inside it but she changed her mind on remembering Ann's talk about it and that she wouldn't get out again if she did entered. She felt tension-ed and sank in her thoughts but found no other choice so she decided to walk back, maybe she would find something or someone who would be better than getting inside the forbidden garden. She ran back for long but the garden had no end so she went forward and there was no end too so she thought of getting inside again and thought that maybe her friends were sent inside it and her test was to get inside and save them. It was about to dark when she decided to get inside. She had a final look at The Bright Star then put both of her feet inside, feeling the magical septum while crossing it. Somehow when she stepped in, the dark had gone and the sun rose again and she could see everything inside the garden. It looked like she had entered a new world, the garden was very beautiful and the apple trees were very long and strong. While she was walking around it, she felt someone appeared and put his hand on her shoulder and saying '' Welcome to my home. I was waiting for you. Why did you take so long to get in here? '' . She turned to see a very beautiful blonche girl with bright brown eyes and a quiet smile was always drawn on her face. On seeing her, all her fears went away and started to ask herself about her and how she could make a benefit of her to find her friends. When Jolly asked for her help, she told her that her friends didn't get inside and there was no one in the garden except for both of them. That made Jolly feel disappointed and asked her again about what the world wanted her to do inside to get out very soon and look for her friends but the woman told her that she didn't know anything about that matter. She also told her that she would stay with her for ever and that made Jolly very angry and hopeless, she regretted for getting inside and started to think of a way to get out but she found no option so she went with the flow until she find one could help her. The keeper showed her every point of the garden and seemed very happy with her companion. After all she was very nice. The night never came in the garden no matter she waited for it, the keeper felt a little interrupted and told Jolly that she would do something and went back in few minutes and that made Jolly feel a little anxious and after she left, someone appeared and said '' You shouldn't have gotten inside. You are such an idiot.''. She turned to recognize the person although she knew his voice, it was Red, the one who appears and disappears in no time, without a cause. His presence made Jolly feel cheerful from inside of her and her heart began to beat faster and with a smile she said '' Red! What a surprise to meet you in here but how could you get inside? You don't know the story of that garden?''.
'' I know but I am wondering seeing you inside although you know it. You should have stayed and waited until you find someone help you and not to get inside.''
'' And how could I know that there is someone else besides. I wandered back and forward looking for someone but I didn't find any so don't blame me.'' She said with a little anger. '' Any way we have to go out, let's go.'' He said turning.
'' I don't think so.'' The keeper appeared holding Jolly's hand.
'' You'd better let her go.'' Red said with angry expressions and made a step forward. The keeper held tighter on Jolly's hand and said that she would never let her. When Jolly found that Red had a way to get out, she decided to make a move; she fought the keeper and managed to release herself. Both of her and Red ran to their fullest to the borders of the garden and stopped, She asked '' Now what? ''. Red held her hand on hearing the keeper steps behind them and said '' Let's jump out together.'' They did so and managed to defeat the power of resistance which kept them inside. The keeper tried to go out for them but she couldn't. Keeping their hands together, they ran as far as they could and finally they could reach the place where Jolly lost her companions and to her surprise she found all of them on the ground lost consciousness. When they woke up, they said the same words '' You won't believe what I've seen!''. It seemed that there were another stories should be told as well as Jolly's story about the Forbidden garden. While they were completing their road, everyone told his story. After Jolly had told hers, Ann started hers. She was sent to a big library but seemed very similar to her. She kept wandering around but everyone was like they were deaf. They didn't even realize that she was beside them except for the librarian who kept watching her walking forward and backward. She was about to remember the place when a book got out from the shelf and moved to her. She held and tried to open it but with no good. There, the librarian made a move and talked '' It won't open unless both of you tried to''. Ann screamed on hearing his voice. She thought he was one of the others then she turned to him and asked '' Who are you talking about?'' he smiled and answered '' take another round maybe you will find him.'' He said that then went back to his office. The library was so big for looking for someone so she kept her hand on the book and never took another step. She spent a long time waiting and eventually another hand stretched on the book and when she was turning to recognize him, the book opened and a bright light came out of it that hurt her eyes so she closed them and when she got up, she found herself with Jolly and the others.
'' So you didn't recognize him?'' Henry asked and she shook her head. In every step they made they felt their close to The Palace and in the same time they felt like it wasn't getting closer. It was Seven's role to tell his story but started it with a sad look on his face. He was sent to a place that looked like a hospital and the same happened with him no one talked to him but the place wasn't similar and while he was walking around, he was attracted to a quiet room at the end of the ward where he could see a very beautiful and calm girl and looked very ill. She smiled and he gave her a smile too then he opened his eyes. Henry was sent to a lake and didn't do anything; he just waited until someone and from the shadows appeared with a sword. He was sure she was a girl. She had a black short hair but he couldn't see her face and he woke up.
'' So, no one of us recognized his partner except for me, Jolly, and Seven.'' Red said and pointed at a small town which they were close to and said '' It is going to be a long journey so we need more supplies and I think this town would be useful.''. They bought everything they wanted and decided to ask for directions and during asking people, a huge man with strong muscles and serious features appeared and held Red up and said '' You aren't allowed to stay here in my town, strangers. Go away.''. Ann screamed and Jolly held Red's leg and said '' Let him go. We don't intend to stay here. We just need directions to The Bright Star.''. When the huge man heard that, he put Red down and asked them to follow him.
'' I am sorry for what I have done but it is my job in here, by the way my name is Skull.'' The huge man said. They followed him to a small door maybe half meter high and looked very old but Skull had a key for it and opened saying '' It is a short road to The Bright Star palace but be careful because there is a test inside and if you passed it, you would be very close to the palace.'' He said that and closed the door behind them. It was like desert inside but the sun wasn't hot so they had no problem but when it was about to dark, it started to snow and a storm started to blow. They could keep moving although of the cold and the storm and suddenly they couldn't find Henry; he disappeared. Meanwhile he was sent again but to another place near to them; to a big, old house but he didn't find anyone in it. He could only see some old fireworks and suddenly someone appeared and started to talk to him '' Nice to see you again, remember me?'' Henry immediately knew who she was. She is the same girl who he saw near to the lake where he was sent before. They talked a little and tried to use anything to attract the others and guide them to the house. Fortunately, they'd notice fireworks and although they seemed old, they decided to use them. Meanwhile the others were trying inside the storm to cross to the other side and wait until it is calm to look for Henry and during their struggling, they saw a shadow of a man running next to them, they thought it was Henry but he wasn't. Another struggler was sent by Skull after them and he seemed to know Ann but she couldn't recognize him so they just kept their way and inside the storm they could see Henry's fireworks and in that time, they really had a real destination to go. After they reached the house, Henry identified Florin, the girl with Henry to them and the other struggler identified himself as Ann's partner '' Omega ''who she met in the library. He was a very strong man and looked very gentle and put a head band but not for therapeutic reasons; it seemed it was a habit or something like that.
'' So that is it, only the destined couples can pass all the puzzles together in this world like what had happened with me and Red and Ann and Omega.'' Jolly said.
'' It seems so but what are we going to do now?'' Seven asked. '' Waiting.'' Red answered looking at Jolly. They sat in a circle and waited like Red had said but they didn't wait for long then the walls of the house started to change to another walls and in no time they found themselves in a hospital, actually the same hospital that Seven was sent to before. It was a great surprise to them but they knew they had something they had to do in there and when they were sinking in thoughts, Seven fell on the ground lost consciousness with no reason. Both of Omega and Henry stayed with him and the others looked for a way to the exit door but they looked for long and no exit door was found. While they were wandering, Jolly had found the same door which Seven described so she entered expecting an ill girl waiting for her but she found her in a very good health. Her cheeks were red, with bright black tall hair and white skin and she wasn't on the bed but watching from a window in her room. That made Jolly feel hopeful and cheerful somehow although she didn't know her. She saluted her and talked a little and from their conversation, Charlotte (the patient girl) knew that Seven was in the hospital. She put on her clothes and walked with Jolly to Seven to see him and as soon as she was there, she held his left hand, he waked smiling and said '' Am I late for you?''. She smiled to him and answered with no. Meanwhile Red came from the back saying that he had found the way out. They gathered and followed Red out and Charlotte went too with Seven who never let her hand as if he was afraid of losing her again. They found themselves in a very big hall and the woods were all around the hospital and The Bright Star was obvious to them so they had to cross the woods but Jolly wanted them to separate and find the best way through the forest. Red objected and started a fight with her.
'' Why are you always angry?'' Jolly asked.
'' Because in every time I see you, I stumble in one of you foolish choices.'' Red answered.
When they were fighting, everyone else tried to stop them and suddenly Seven shouted '' Charlotte…she is gone.''. After a while, one after one vanished with no known reason but after a while Jolly opened her eyes and it was 4 a.m in her clock, in her room, in the real world. It was a mystery that they left the dream very early from their actual time, the six months hadn't finished, yet, and they were in an open place so she felt scared a little but soon she forgot. She abreacted her anger from what Red had told her with her best friend and Nancy didn't agree with her what made Jolly so mad from both of them. Two days had passed and there was no sign of return but it didn't have their concern a lot and they hadn't any choice except for waiting. They kept their life as usual but there was a little suspection in Henry's heart that there was something wrong and kept thinking about it and in the same time he was thinking of something else. He believed that Seven lived very near to London where they lived so he wanted to find him. He always kept his laptop with him and searching and that made his cousin very angry and always asking about his engrossment but when she knew what he thought of, she tried to help him. Meanwhile, Jolly started to have some concern about the return especially it had been ten days with no sign. She tried to discuss this with Ann and Henry but they told her that it was her fault and maybe it would take very long for this mistake to be repaired but Jolly as usual showed her stubborn behavior and said that it was Red's fault. After her talk with them, she started to see the truth and after thinking alone, she knew that all that time he behavior was wrong and she decided to say sorry to Red when she come back. Another four days had passed and there was no return and Jolly felt very desperate and disappointed. On the forth day, both of Ann and Henry called her from inside their car which was passing beside her while walking home after school. They told her to come with them because they had found Seven and they intended to visit him. Jolly felt a little happy and eager to see her dear friend in the real world. She sent a message to her mother to not worry and went with them to Seven's house and knocked the door but none was inside. They asked their neighbors who told them that only Seven and his mother lived in that house and his father is abroad working and in that time of the day, his mother used to go with her child in the park near to their home. They decided to go and see him from an enough distance as Seven was still 2 years old and of course he wouldn't recognize them and it would be very suspicious. When they reached, Seven was running and playing with his mother. That scene, Jolly loved it and felt very happy on seeing him playing. It had helped her to get rid of all her anger and felt ready for the next night in the dream. Her friends felt happy for her and promised that they would be always beside her. While they were going back home, they had told Jolly that they had found a way of communication between each destined couples and both of them tried it and worked. They could talk to their partners through the moon and that made both of them know more about each others so Jolly decided to talk to Red through the moon. She came back home, had her dinner and did her assignments then opened her window at 9 p.m to carry out her plan. The moon was full and lovely to be watched and she was eager to talk to Red although she wasn't certain he would talk back. She didn't know for sure how exactly that method worked so she just talked what she wanted to say to Red while staring at the moon '' sorry, Red '' and it worked very strangely, her words were curved on the moon and she could see it obviously. The words stayed on the moon for about five minutes expecting to be answered then they vanished and new words appeared '' Hi, Jolly. I hope you are fine.'' Then new words showed '' It's O.K. I was a little rough.''.
They kept talking to each others for about an hour then wished a good night to each others and went sleep. She felt like she was released after talking to him and was very happy that she fixed everything with Red. Her next day was usual and full of study that she couldn't talk to Nancy very well and tell her the latest news as she promised her to tell. At night, Jolly had a phone call from Ann and asked her about Red. Jolly told her that he forgave her and that he wasn't that anger she thought which relieved Ann and Henry so much and thought that they had finally a good chance to go back to the dream.
Jolly packed herself up for a small trip that the school had planned for all the next day and it seemed that she didn't pack for just the trip but for The Bright Star world too as she saw the palace on the moon which meant that they would return. She closed her eyes and waked in a different place but they were together. A forest that had no end was around and they didn't know what to do but there was only something they had to do, to be together and never apart. They walked forward without stop for so long and some times they had to take some rest to eat and sleep. Two days without silver lining but they had no choice except for keeping on.
On the third day, something had changed and they felt that. A sudden hole had appeared on the ground and all of Jolly, Omega and Ann fell in it. The others couldn't catch them before falling and didn't know where that hole led to. Before they could follow Jolly and the others, the hole closed and they missed their chance. In the end of the hole there was a cliff and a big tree that had grown transversely to their surprise on the edge of the cliff. Both of Ann and Jolly had fallen on the tree and could be saved but Omega fell on the ground before the tree. His left leg was badly injured and had many cut on his face and hands. Ann and Jolly tried to reach him and they did but couldn't move him so stayed with him waiting for the others to catch them but they waited for long and none was beside. When they were taking care of Omega, a shadow of a huge man appeared and Ann screamed on seeing the shadow owner. He was really scaring, had a huge body and looked like a caveman wearing a suite. They didn't know how he came but after he saw their situation, he tied a rope to the huge tree and carried Omega and climbed down. Both of the two girls followed him to another hut that was built between rocks. It seemed that the caveman used to live in it but it was very clean and organized which was unlike his owner. The man treated Omega's leg and left him on a bed in the living room. He sat on a rocking chair and started reading. He didn't even observe Ann and Jolly and never talked to anyone of them. The two girls took care of Omega's wounds and tried to thank the man but he didn't even look at them again. They could see one door inside but they lost the door of the hut which they got into through as if it wasn't there at all. After a period of time, they decided to get through the other door inside the hut. They had found an empty room and another door was inside and they opened it to see another room but with two doors next to each other. They took their breath, left Omega sleeping and started to open each one to see what is behind and found a room with the same two doors behind every door so they decided to take right then left and keep that way.
Meanwhile, the other group was still looking for them through the forest but didn't find a way down and while they were searching, they found a side road made between two mountains and at the end of it there were stairs down which they followed but there was nothing except for walls of rocks on the two sides. They kept walking hoping to see any one of the other group. On the left, they had seen a tunnel in the wall, it was dark but they got inside. After walking for a minute inside, candles lit up and showed them the way.
The tunnel seemed endless and there was nothing along the way but they kept going with hope. They walked for an hour then found themselves in front of five doors in the end of their way, three on the left, one on the right and the last one blocking the way. They all had locks on them but there was only one that seemed a little different from the others. It was on the right and there were dry branches drawn on it. Fortunately, it was the same door that Jolly and her group were about to open at the end of their round. Red held the door knob and Jolly from the other side and suddenly the dry branches started to bloom and turned to green tree with pink flowers and that made both of them know that they reached each others. A while of surprise and joy occurred on seeing each other and the candles turned off.
'' I think you should get inside.'' Jolly said looking at Red. They had to get in and started to think how they would get out of their place. Ann suggested going back and getting out from the hut door but Jolly reminded her that it was disappeared. After thinking, they decided to do so and went back exactly as they came. The caveman was still on his chair and with no further action but they found the hut door so they knew it was one of the tests of the dream and get out of the hut but they had found themselves in a different place. Another forest was forward and they had to cross it again. They started to tell all what happened since they fell until they reached them, they laughed and felt scared a little and kept walking till the night had come. There, they camped and prepared something to eat. Jolly took some bottles to fill them with water from a lake beside and Henry offered her help. While they were getting some water, they talked a little and that is what Henry wanted to.
'' I have suspicions about Florin.'' He said. '' What do you mean?'' Jolly asked. '' You know that she is fake, right?'' he asked with calm and sad voice. Jolly hadn't said a word for a minute and after she had filled all her bottles, she started to talk '' I just thought that it is strange to meet Florin and Omega in the same time.''. '' And if she was really real, Skull would tell us that there was someone crossed before us. She was waiting for us, right?'' She continued. '' What should I do?'' he asked. '' I think you have to wait for a period of time to know what she wants from us but be careful to discover that you knew her game.'' She answered.
They gathered the bottles and came back to the others and didn't say anything to anyone else and after sleeping, they kept going and the palace seemed very close to them. Afternoon, they reached another puzzle that had to be solved to get closer and it was a maze made of rocks and consisted of 8 paths but they would never know which one was the best so they decided to apart this time. Everyone had to walk through a path and go back after he reached the end of it and by that way; they would know which one to pass. It took two hours from them to go back and decide which one to pass and it was Ann's path which had a wooden door at its end unlike the others whose ends were dead. They passed through and existed in front of a lake, actually the same lake where Henry was sent to. After he had recognized it, he had courage to uncover the fake Florin but she denied her reality and insisted that she was Florin, the real one, but Henry knew that she wasn't and forced her by his and Jolly's clues and that made her show them her reality. Her face started to be peeled and changed to transform another woman. For Jolly and Red's surprise, she was the keeper of the forbidden garden. How she could get out and why, that is what they couldn't know. Jolly asked her but she told her that she came for taking her revenge from Red for taking Jolly away and she should have to stay with her in the garden. They started a fight and Jolly told her that if there was someone to take her revenge from, that one would be her but she didn't listen to her words and with a stick in her hand she waved to make a black hole that started to pull Red towards it. Fortunately, Jolly could catch his hand but she wasn't able to hold for long so Red shouted to Seven to take her away from the gate that strangely appeared in the air. Red was disappeared inside the hole and they never knew where he had been taken and suddenly the keeper was struck by a sword from her back and disappeared. The person who struck her was the real Florin and it seemed she waited for Henry beside the lake because she was sure that the dream would guide him to the place where they were sent to together. Well, it seemed she was in the right place but was a little late. Red had gone and Jolly started to cry and all of them didn't know what to do. The palace was very close and they had to go but Jolly told them that she would come back for Red. It was a rush but the best choice for her. As she insisted, Florin told her to go and ask for a help from the guard of The Bright Star palace. Jolly hadn't a better choice so kept going to the palace. They passed through a river and another village behind it and walked through a very long road that took very much time but they reached the palace safely and there were no other tests. As they'd arrived their destination, they were welcomed by the guard who knew everything about them and also knew that Jolly needed him and had no problem with helping her. The six months was about to end so she waited for the other night to have enough time to negotiate with the forbidden garden keeper. After she waked up, she was feverish and couldn't go to the school trip that she had prepared to and stayed all the day on the bed but also thinking of how she could bring Red back. She became well by the dark and started to walk without any problem with her body and stared at the moon hoping to see the sign but it wasn't the time for another six months and she had to wait although it was killing her. In the next day, she went to her school and could have time to talk with the others and think together of a way to bring Red back. All of them told her that maybe the conversation could be better with that woman and told her that they wouldn't let the queen to send them back until Red come back.
Another day had passed and there was no sign. Jolly tried to talk to Red through the moon but unfortunately he didn't answer and that made her more worried. Another day had passed and Jolly became more and more worried about Red but the dream had given her the sign that night and she hurried in her sleep.
It was rainy when she waked in the dream but it didn't stop her and prepared to start the way back. The queen suggested to help them too and opened a gate like the one which took Red and told them that it would take them directly to the garden. Both of Jolly and the guard jumped inside it and traveled to the garden. She started to call for Red but he didn't answer or couldn't. After a while, the keeper appeared and smiled to Jolly '' I knew you will come. Welcome back!''.
'' Where is Red? Bring him back. You have nothing to do with him. If you want to take your revenge, take it from me.'' Jolly said angrily. '' I am afraid I won't but I have a question for you.'' The woman said. '' Why did you come back for him? I thought you hated him.'' She continued. Jolly didn't say a word for a minute then answered '' He is sometimes cruel and stubborn but very kind and doesn't deserve this.''. '' You have a big heart and that is why you are from the special couple but he doesn't deserve to be, don't you think?'' the woman asked. '' No, it is me who doesn't deserve to be so please set him free.'' Jolly said with sad expressions. The keeper looked at her for a while then said '' You didn't answer my question, why did you come for him?''.
'' I don't know…Maybe it is love which brought me here but I don't know how it looks like so I can't tell.'' Jolly answered. '' Do you know why that dream was existed?'' the woman asked. '' No!'' Jolly answered.
'' To teach you to think very well how do you want your coming life to be and to show you that sometimes your destiny will test you to know that you deserve it and to tell you that you will always have the power to make a step forward what ever you will see on the other side.'' The woman said.
After she had said these words, Jolly cried and said '' These words, my father used to tell. Thank you for reminding me.''.
'' You're Welcome!'' the keeper said and suddenly she changed to the queen and said '' You had passed your final test and it is time to bring you back to your world.''
'' Why did you do that to me?'' Jolly asked crying.
'' Because you are one of the special couple so you had to have a special final test.'' The queen answered.
'' What about Red?'' Jolly asked.
''Oh, he will be waiting for you in the palace.'' The queen said. After they had reached the palace, they saw Red was waiting for them in front of the palace gate and smiled to Jolly and she sent it back. They stayed for a few days in the palace and when it was time for them to go back, they held each others' hands and the queen said one word '' Farewell '' and turned to Jolly and said '' By the way, Jolly. The love is just like the water; has no shape but essential to life.''.
Jolly and the others closed their eyes and Jolly waked on her bed realizing that it was one o'clock so drank some water and went back to her normal sleep.
Everyone has his own bright star that he is looking forward to, sometimes he will need help or a partner to reach it but it mustn't be love which combines them. Trust can be enough for reaching their Bright Star and don't forget that everyone has his own destiny that will definitely meet one day and can't run away from it.
The End
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