Christmas Plans

"Never let your plans and goals down, let it fly high and aim higher"

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I woke up at morning and after freshing up myself, I headed downstairs and ate my breakfast and wallked away to the school as usual. I was hoping that the time would run faster today and it did or maybe I was too busy with my work and didn't noticed the time or was I just wondering what would be the right words to explain Kristen? I don't know what will be the reply from Kristen though, would she lead me to a hospital? A mental hospital? or to a psychiatrist.

I felt my mind swimming, I felt dizzy. A strange feeling washed towards me but nothing much happened, for a second I felt like I was numb or something and soon everything went normal- a weird feeling- I would say.

Leaves crumbled under my feet as I walked into the avenue, I took a different way to the school this time. It goes straight and right to the school, it's a bit long way but today it doesn't matter. My mind is telling me to jump on the soft green grass and never return to the noisy street again but I couldn't, I moved forward maybe it would take 10 minutes to reach the school, the distant meadow caught my sight, red, white and yellow glistening flowers in the sunshine. Birds singing but out of sight. A blue bird I noticed, seated on the branch of the yellow color tree, it had black beak and blue body with white dots on it's wings with a crown on its head. The yellow leafs brushed my hairs and my shoulder, I pulled the leafs away from my hairs they were wet. No, were my hands wet? but why were my hands wet? The weather seemed to be fine yesterday, no rain, so no water on the streets, there would be puddles created if rain had poured down...

But there was water on the leaf or was it my hand? You know what? never mind. Just move on Jeanette. I told myself rolling my eyes.

I arrived at the school and Kristen waved her hand at me, I rushed towards her to tell her about the letters, those weird dreams and all but I stopped.

This wasn't the right time, speaking about this in the school would grab everyone's attention, they will eavesdrop us. It would be better to talk at my home not in the school or there will be lots of problems if they heard it, everyone would ask me so many questions:

Are you ok? Do you need some rest? Shall I contact the doctor or your parents? Do you feel dizzy? Do you have headache? Do you have bp or diabetes? Stomach ache or any diseases? Like I have the greatest health issues in the world, some questions do not make any sense at all like do I have bp or daibetes are they out of there mind? Well, it's good that it was just my imagination but it felt like real, from when did I start to feel so real when I was just imagining.

"Sup?" Kristen asked me.

"Nothing much" I lied there was a lot going in my mind right now.

"Ok, I thought you were going to tell me something, I guessed it by your expressions" Kristen said with a wide smirk.

"Good at reading faces" I replied but how was she so confident about that? how did she know that I was going to tell her something? but I continued anyway "it's not the right time now" I paused "At my home after school?" I asked.

"Ok" Kristen nodded and we marched into the class.

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I was walking with Kristen to my house, probably not walking but neither running, well, speed walking.

"Hey slow down Jeanette, let's go a bit slow-" I interrupted Kristen, I really want to talk about this, I need to tell Kristen about this, why wouldn't I tell my best friend about this? I can trust my best friend right?

"I need to talk to you, I don't wanna waste time" I said and fastened myself, I had planned to make a trip to this darkhunk- I mean some what darkhound- or darkhull forest, I don't even remember that name and I don't even know where it is, I could only do it with Kirsten and if I did it with others then surely they would shoot up looks at me and then kick me off. I wonder if Kristen would do it. Not at all.

"But what do you want to talk about? Morning you said you want to talk but yeah, okay tell me briefly at least, we are not in the school" Kristen said dramatically.

"Something important then you think" I replied and Kirsten remained silent. It wasn't the right time to talk about this, not in the middle of the street, I turned back and looked at Kristen, her blonde hairs bouncing off her sholder as I stopped. She gazed at me maybe she was scanning my face to know more she looked confused as I stared back at her blankly, I turned back and made my way to my house dragging Kristen with me.

I rang the bell twice and the door click opened and I saw Larry in front of me. His lips turned into a grin and he opened his mouth to say something.

"How was your day?" He asked like he had only one question every day and thankfully he added something more "you didn't say we had company"

"The day went as usual and sorry I didn't tell you that Kristen is walking up to our house" I replied with a forced smile and Larry nodded. I took Kristen to my room, holding her hand tightly, I rushed towards the stairs and my foot steps thudding on it, I shut the door close. If you are wondering, why Larry is always home and not in college then it's because he fell off from the stairs. He had some injuries but not many just his leg twisted. I know it hurts like hell.

"What is it why are you in such a hurry" Kristen pulled away but I ignored the question and Burstead out.

"Yesterday I found a package on my bookshelf out of nowhere, with an envelope on it, it said belongs to Sera and Jackson, I-I opened it and I found some letters and when I read it I got to know that my mom is from a-another world. My necklace started glowing and I got weird dreams and also weird feelings" I thought not to tell anything about the dream I had last night, my glowing necklace for the first time, the feeling at the morning but it came out.

"What!?" She gave me a look.

"I-I know you are thinking I'm mad or I'm not well but it's- it's true" I stammered again, why am I stammering again and again?

"Oh, wait, you said you got a package of letters which belongs to your mom and dad and it said that your mother is from another living world?" Kristen tried to understand it with a huge amount of surprise.

"Yes" I replied, nothing but 'yes', the question reappeared in my mind would she drag me to the mental hospital?

"Where is it?" Thankfully she didn't, I slipped to my desk and brought her the letters, what would Kristen say? What if she says that I'm an idiot to be so frustrated.

After reading it, Kristen stared at me and I stared at her.

"Darkhound?" she asked.

"Do you know where it is?" I asked, I think Kristen agreed what the letters said.

Kristen nodded and I thought she would know where the darkhound is, I swallowed hard "No I don't" just a great reply if she was not knowing then why did she nod?

"Sorry but I don't know where it is?" Kristen frowned.

A short pause and the imaginary light bulb lit up on top of my mind "How about checking in the library, there are a lot of books on geography"

"Great idea" she smiled "you are saying that in a world of latest technologies, we should go check the library?" She rolled her eyes.

"Oh.. yeah sorry" I smiled sheepishly.

"But the another half is teared we don't know much about it did you find another half of this inside the envelope or anywhere?" she aksed.

"No I don't" I said flatly.

"Ohk" she paused "maybe we should get on with this little information itself" I cannot believe that Kristen agreed with it so fast but at least she wasn't driven crazy by her mind like mine did.

"And what about wonderbells, what are these wonderbells, do you know about it?" Kristen asked.

"I don't know what are wonderbells Kristen, I know nothing" I replied with a frown.

"Well then, for now lets forget about it and do our school work"

"Then Let's do it for now" I said.

"Okay" Kristen said and I just nodded at her "We'll do the searching work tomorrow"

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I woke up as usual and walked to the school, last night I had said everything to Kristen my best friend and I remembered that today Kristen and I had to search the place. I know it would just take 5 minutes to do it but yesterday it was too much to carry on for both of us.

We both arrieved at my house, the reason Kristen most of the times have to come up to my house is because of my laziness, her home is too far for me. We were in my room now and without wasting time we both took out our mobiles.

"Who will find Darkhound forest first will be the winner and the time starts now" before I could even argue on the little competition of ours, she had already began so I shurgged it off and got in the little competition. I typed in Darkhound forest and waited.

Chertsey hills, Atlanta

The mono tuned voice busted out from Kristen's mobile. Of course she is faster than me.

Chertsey hills are an archaeologists attraction, these hill's are visited by archaeologists only but in winters at the Christmas eve this place is visited by school's, colleges and even tourists. Archaeologist have found that after crossing the valley of the Chertsey hills there is a forest, it is like a dead life some of the nocturnal animals live in the forest, this forsest is known as Darkhound forest.

"Yes! I win" Kristen excalimed leaving me roll my eyes and the the same mono tune voice burst out of my mobile.

Chersey hills blah, blah, blah....

I backed it up and shoved my phone in my pocket.

"At least we got it, even if you didn't win" she paused "Hey! If I win then that means you win too" Kristen said looking at me.

"Yeah, I know that" I smiled at her words. "I had a question though, what if they won't allow us into the hill's because only archaeologists are allowed and even if we get there on this winter only schools, colleges or institutions or universities are allowed" I bombarded her with a heavy to get through question.

"Woah, woah calm down" she paused "First point to note down is, its in Atlanta, its pretty far. And you asked how will we go to the Darkhoud, right? Well, Leave it up to me" She finished. I don't know what is cooking in her pretty little mind.

"Do you think this is way to easy to go there? What shall we say to our parents? And even If we get them hooked by a reason, won't will be they worried if we are late and scared of some creatures over there" I just put myself on questioning myself. Kristens mothers death was a tragedy for her and for me, she managed herself up in just 1 year. She might be 14 years at that time her mother had died because of health issues, my Aunt told me that she had a heart attack in middle of the kitchen while she was cooking, her husband had took her for the hospital but it was too late. Just one year of difference between when her mom died and when my Parents died.

"It will be okay, it will be adventurous" she flashed her million dollar smile.

"It said it is open only on Christmas Eve Right?" word's slipping off her tongue "Are you thinking what I'm thinking" she stood up with a grin playing on her face.

"Actually not" I shot an eyebrow at her, this isn't a movie to just share our thoughts without using our tongue, it's not like -hey I read your mind just now shall I catch up? - reading mind's isn't easy but scanning faces is a bit.

"There is no school tomorrow, the Christmas holidays have been announced, right?" Kristen asked and I nodded, I don't know why her mind works like a super computer. Kristen opened her mouth and attempted to complete her words "I have a plan. Tomorrow I will pick you up be ready at morning" what a mind I really appreciate it. She never tells her so called plans to me but sometimes her plans really work. Keyword there 'sometimes'.

"11 am, tomorrow" she added and thought for a moment "Did you find something weird in your mother and fathers discussion when they were still alive... if you do remeber" Kristen asked me leaning on my bed with her golden color eyes fixed on me.

"No, they never argued. We just lived simple lives. I barely remember that they didn't scold Larry or me even if we did something wrong, Larry always troubled me but now..." I hesitated, I looked down not meeting eyes with Kristen.

"Your brother has changed" Kristen completed my sentence.

"Yes. kind of. According to me his face and his attitudes are different" I replied.

I grabbed the photo frame which was sitting on my desk, my mom, my dad, Larry stood in that picture and I was in my mom's hands hugging her. Kristen scanned the picture of my brother as I handed over to her, I sat beside her, eagerly waiting for her reaction.

"I think something is fishy here" Kristen stared at the photo frame, frowning at it "do you?"

"I think- I don't know... exactly" I hesitated again.

"Um....What's the date today" Kristen soon noticed my uncomfortable self and dodged to some other topic.

"Its 20th December" I replied.

"5 days more" she muttered "I dont wanna go to that freaking haunted forest but surely I want to go to Atlanta" she shurgged.

"Yes but I need to find all the answers to my questions" I replied.

"Dump your questions in some garbage, but if any monster will be after us you are the responsible for it" she said and crossed her arms across her chest.

"Yeah, yeah. Sure" I muttered.

"The most beautiful place in Gorgie, The capital itself. I love that place I would pack up my things without wasting time and run like a Vampire or Wolf to get as fast as I can. For me it's heaven like place, at the middle is the city surrounded by the beautiful forest's and distant mountains" I daydreamed.

"I know right?!" Kristen excalaimed with a wide smile "You know I love adventures" Kristen said which I prefer she has said it a thousand times already.

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At morning Kristen and I arrived at the school's office and I was standing at the door entrence, Mr John was sitting on his chair. Our pure hearted Principle. Which he is not, yeah sometimes he might be good but not everytime.

"Jeanette go on..." Kristen murmured near me.

"Wait a minute, this is your plan. Why should I do it?" I replied.

"Girls do you need something" Mr John's voice sliced through us, I stepped in and started to talk.

"Sir, I just wanted to say that we wanted to go on a trip this Christmas Eve-" Kristen interrupted me.

"Probably our class" She said.

"What!? Not the class" I whispered to her. She was dragging in the whole class!? What if he asks the whole class and we get busted?

"Yeah the whole class wants to go to the Chertsey hills, Atlanta..." Kristen ignored me and at last I had to agree with her.

"Um.. we could study new things in Chertsey hills like most archaeologists visit there" I ended up thinking that our principal would just kick us off at that suggestions.

"You could have told it earlier but.." he paused. Kristen and I were thinking what will be the next words, will it be, 'get out of my office' or just a simple word 'No I won't give the permission' and then luckily he said.

"It would be a great idea it would actually be knowledgeable for your class" and my heart jumped in excitement again.

"Thankyou sir" I said.

"I will inform it to the class" he said and I would actually say 'yes' out loud but... calm down... self control....

"Thankyou sir" we said together

Kristen and I walked outside of the office and stright out of the school and we thought that Mr John would scold us but instead he appreciated us! What a great day.

"Yes! At last we will know why did your dad wrote some strange things in the letters" Kristen said.

"Yes we will know it soon but you know, that was a miracle!" I nodded at her.

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