"An evil force has risen. In order to defeat it, you must find and gather the seven wonders."
Kaya was jolted awake, her forehead hitting the bottom of the top bunk in the process. She rubbed her forehead in pain and sighed. She has been having the same dream every night for the past few months and it, itself was a mystery to her. It was always exactly the same, a hooded girl muttering those words then she would see a flash of purple, which will cause her to wake up.
"Had that dream again?"
She turned around and saw Mia bending from her bed, her long brown hair nearly flowing down to the floor. Kaya stared at Mia's hair in jealousy and felt her rough, shoulder-length silver hair.
Yes. Silver. She was born with silver hair, resulting in the other kids of the orphanage calling her an elderly child or freak. However, Mia didn't think so. She was Kaya's one and only friend in the orphanage.
"How did you know?" Kaya still kept rubbing her forehead to ease the pain. She, then took her alarm clock and saw that she had woken up thirty minutes earlier than her usual time. She shrugged.
"I could tell by how your head collided with my bed." Mia said, sarcastically before jumping off the bed and sitting next to Kaya. She frowned when she saw Kaya's swelling forehead. "Damn, was the dream that bad?"
"It just surprised me, that's it." Kaya was about to rub her forehead again when Mia held her hand to stop her.
"Don't." she gently placed Kaya's hand back on her lap. "It will hurt you more if you touch it. Let me get you some ice."
Kaya smiled as she watched Mia walk away and disappear into the kitchen.
She remembered the first time she met Mia. After she was just brought to the orphanage, both of them were really shy and wouldn't say anything to each other. Even though they were roommates, each day would be spent in silence. Now, after living together for nearly ten years, the two were closer than two halves of an apple and were now called the noisiest duo in the orphanage.
One of the rules of the orphanage, stated was, that any child has the freedom to leave and live on their own after turning eighteen. Kaya was seventeen, turning eighteen in a few months and in all honesty, she didn't want to leave because of two reasons.
One, Mia was a year younger than her, which meant that she was going to leave her alone. This was a big no-no for her, especially because of the bullies who tend to pick on them both when no superiors were around.
Two, where would Kaya go? She had no family outside, since her orphanage was her home, so leaving would just make her basically homeless... and alone.
Weirdly and strangely enough, Kaya had no memory of her childhood before she was sent to the orphanage. She had no idea who her parents were and there was no information of who she really was.
According to Mia, Kaya was easily frightened when she was little and the doctors said it was because of something she experienced before she met Mia. Since the trauma caused her to often keep herself away from everyone. The head nun named her Kaya as in Cliff or Rock. Since she was always caught standing at the edge of the cliff in a dangerous position and her fond of playing with rocks. That was one of the reasons why nobody tried to befriend Kaya when she arrived.
Besides the fact that she had natural silver hair, her hair had a mysterious past, which just frightened everyone.
"Here."
Kaya flinched when she felt something cold get slapped on her forehead then she realized that Mia was standing in front of her.
"What are you thinking about? Were you Daydreaming?"
"...It's nothing." She blinked when she noticed that Mia's pajamas were drenched as if she took a dip in the pool with her pants on.
"What happened to you? Did you step inside the toilet or something?"
Mia huffed at Kaya's statement and wriggled her pants off, right in front of Kaya. This didn't bother Kaya, since the two of them were like sisters and seeing each other naked was a normal thing.
"I spilled some water on me while I was getting some ice from the fridge."
"Clumsy." Kaya said with a laugh, while Mia slipped on a pair of neon pink shorts.
If there was one sentence that could describe Mia, it was that she was a pink-loving goddess of clumsiness. Even though Kaya wasn't really a good cook and Mia was more experienced than her, she rarely let her touch the stove, since the last time she cooked something resulted into a fire. Kaya couldn't really understand how it happened, since she was just boiling an egg. Because of that, the two of them were forced to do community services for half a year.
"Hey, Kaya, I've got... something to tell you."
Kaya felt Mia sit next to her and she couldn't see her expression because she was currently tying her hair into a ponytail. However, Kaya knew that she sounded serious.
"Go ahead."
When Kaya was done, she looked up and saw Mia staring down at her feet. Kaya stared at her and saw what seemed like a guilty look in her eyes. She also noticed that she had completely changed her get up and was now wearing her favorite leather jacket. This confused Kaya, since Mia only wore that whenever she was going out.
"Mia... what's wrong?"
"Kaya, do you remember the day when you went out to find out more about yourself?"
Mia said slowly, knowing that she was touching a very sensitive topic. She was talking about the day two weeks ago when Kaya headed to the police station, accompanied by some nuns, to hopefully find out her identity. They had assumed that Kaya would, at least be in the roster of missing people but unfortunately, she wasn't. It was like she was never supposed to exist in the first place. This was done so that she'd have somewhere to go to after being released from the orphanage.
"Yeah... why?"
"Well, while you were out, this couple came to adopt a kid." Kaya expected Mia to continue but instead, she stopped and just stared right at Kaya with the saddest expression that she has ever seen.
"What are you trying to say?" Kaya already had an idea of what Mia was trying to tell her but she didn't want to assume anything until she heard it from Mia herself.
"...They chose me."
Mia's words made Kaya pause. She started playing with the hem of her shirt, an action she only did when she was nervous or scared.
"I'm getting adopted. They are due to pick me up in a few hours."
Kaya blinked, taking a few minutes to absorb what she just heard. She didn't know what exactly she was feeling, since she was both happy and sad. Happy because Mia finally found a loving family, which she deserved after watching her parents die when she was younger and she will, at least spend the remaining years of her youth with parents by her side. It also meant that she wouldn't be left alone after Kaya turns eighteen. Still, Kaya couldn't help but feel sad... because she'll be left alone earlier than expected.
"I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you earlier, Kaya." Mia said, her fingers digging into Kaya's shoulder blades, tears welling up in her eyes. "I-I didn't know how I was supposed to tell you. I thought you were going to be mad so I--"
"It's okay, Mia. I'm not mad. Just... don't cry, okay? You know that I hate seeing you cry." Kaya said while holding Mia's arms. Even after she said that, she was still crying. "Don't be sad. You're finally going to have a family, just like you always wanted! You should be happy."
"But... you'll be alone." she said with a sniff and honestly, Kaya wasn't sure of how she was going to reassure about that, since it was true.
"I was bound to be alone, anyway." she said as she gave Mia a big hug and let her cry on her shoulder. "I'll be fine, Mia."
She hoped so.
Knowing that the two of them would be separated soon, Kaya and Mia spent the whole day together. Kaya was glad that the nuns were considerate enough to let her do whatever she wanted with Mia, since chances of meeting with her again was slim, especially because her new parents were moving to another country.
There were times when Mia would suddenly break down and cry which would make Kaya cry too. Both of them were going to miss each other so badly and knowing that they couldn't do anything about it just saddened them even more.
Now the two of them were standing in front of the orphanage's gate, waiting for Mia's new parents to pick her up. They were both silent, not really knowing what words were supposed to be said. Kaya kicked the air as she dragged Mia's huge luggage case behind her. Mia was once again playing with the hem of her shirt and Kaya could hear her keychain jingle with her every movement.
"We'll see other again, right, Kaya?" Mia asked without making eye contact. Kaya knew what the answer to her question was but she didn't want to depress her, especially during her last moment in the orphanage.
"We will, Mia..." Her words trailed when the clangs of the metal gate rang and a silver Cadillac rolled in. For a moment, her jaw dropped, Mia looking just as shocked as Kaya. Still, Kaya was glad that Mia was going to grow up in a well-off family.
"I know we will."
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Comments
Anna_k
Okay but apart of dyslexic people, I don't think anyone else didn't understand this first chapter. it's pretty clear actually. Mia and Kaya are two best friends living in an orphanage. they had decided to move out of the orphanage together once they're both 18 but Mia got adopted and now she left. that's pretty much it,
2025-01-10
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Isabella_smith
We're off to a good start! I really hope I won't be disappointed
2024-11-03
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Clara
hmm...good starting best of luck to the future readers and Krystal
2024-07-28
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