A Glimpse of Life Series #1: Be Careful What You Wish For

"Lourice Lopez...", announced the teacher. She's currently in the classroom. She's a third-year high school student and the eldest in their family. It was a little bit noisy due to the chatter of other parents waiting for their turn to get up. Every chair was occupied and the students were either outside or just at the back, watching the whole event inside. There were other visitors, family members, neighbors who were willing to assist the student who never managed to bring his/her own parents, or even stray dogs who were just minding their own business. "Dad, that's me...", she said to her father while tapping his back gently. He stood up and went in front to get her quarterly report card, the one thing that their whole family was waiting for the most. Lourice is a smart young lady. A kid who is never expected to go down and is always running up to the best. She’s happy as she strives and as she hears her name on the “good announcements” however, she never wanted the attention sh

Troy showed Ice and Audrey around his world. It's called Fairylia. They learned so many things and the trip became so fun and enjoyable for them. They fed them. They showed them hospitality and took care of them both. “Can we still go back to our world even if we ate food from here?”, Ice asked curiously. In their own world, creatures like them are mythical but some believed or even said that they are true and that if they offered something or anything to you, whatever it is, they should never take it as it will only curse them and they’ll never be able to go back. “Yes, of course. Why?”, Troy asked her back. “I’m afraid we can’t go back if we accepted any offers from all you…”, she answered. Troy let out a heavy sigh. He knew it was a lie and it makes him sad that the girl thinks that they’re evil. “Promise me you’d return us both back to our world whatever it takes.”, Ice demanded. “I promise… Whatever i

"If it’s okay with you, I might help you with that. I can make dresses for the both of you then I’ll give it to you later. I work fast but they’re nice and neat.", the elf offered. "Oh no… I might be disturbing too much and make you do all the work instead of me. This is so embarrassing.", Ice said while looking at her shoes. She can’t even look at her in her hazel eyes. "No don’t be... We’re just like that here. We all help each other that’s why we’re all happy. If there’s someone in need, there’s someone to give.", the elf said. Ice was touched and said, "Thank you so much... Alright. If that’s what you want. I can’t even say ‘no’ to you." Ice placed her hands on her chest to emphasize the feeling. "Oh, alright. I’ll go ahead too—my baby might be already awake. She’s still just a baby. Wait, how old is yours?", she asked. She’s funny and adorable. Ice looked at to what she was referring to. It was Audrey. She laughed

"Ice? How did you meet Troy?", she asked Ice while looking at Troy at the garden just below the balcony to where Audrey plays with the young children of the helpers of the castle. "I was wide awake thinking about things...then I felt thirsty so I got up... I accidentally stepped onto Audrey’s foot so she woke up too.", Ice said while smiling at her Princess Trixie. "She said that she’s also thirsty so she just went with me to the kitchen too. Then, when we came back to our bedroom, we were harshly wrapped up by the cold wind because the balcony door was left open, which is, so strange to me because I don’t open that and not even Audrey...", she continued explaining. The princess put her elbow on the balcony railing with her chin resting on that arm’s palm. She smiled at Ice and it’s almost like she’s telling her to go on. Ice felt that Princess Trixie was so interested with her story so she continued. "I put Audrey down to her bed because I was carrying her f

It’s night time again but still, Ice can’t sleep. She felt guilty about what happened to Troy and to his friends. She knows where the Forest of Doom is... But she wasn’t aware enough to notice her surroundings. Audrey is already fast asleep. Ice fed her early and made her sleep early. She blamed herself for what happened to her, thinking that she’s not in the right headspace. No wonder why her parents are not proud of her. She quickly made a plan to leave Audrey at the palace and go to visit Troy in his place. Maybe serving him would pay his kind and brave actions towards them. “Oh…”, she yawned. She slowly calmed down and her eyelids started to feel heavy as if there were stones glued there. The night was quiet as usual and only the tiny chatters of the fireflies and the flowing wind. She slowly closed her eyes and fell to sleep. --- Ice woke up early to a ray of sunshine touching her neutral skin. She rose up and got