As Lily enthusiastically convinced everyone a trip to the countryside would be a good idea, auntie looked concerned at first but she took it as missing our childhood home.

They insisted on coming with us, to met up with old friends and rest a little bit. What else did Lily expect, it wasn't realistic to let a bunch of teenagers go to the middle of nowhere.

Amidst our preparations, my aunt managed to convince Ms.Miller to take a vacation, even Theodore looked incredibly excited as he peacefully packed his bags. This trip could be both a catastrophe or the most important moment of my life.

Leon threw a tantrum at his big age because he wanted his girlfriend to come with us. Cadie is beautiful, almost ethereal, yet she doesn't put up a front. Her life is always an adventure and she always stands for what she believes no matter what, a truly strong and independent woman. The only problem is that she is always busy...

Everyone had already packed their bags. Ms.Miller was coming, Cadie couldn't make it this time and Theodore had just arrived a few days ago. Just like a breeze, Friday came, we would be going in two separate cars, Theo's mom would use the GPS to get there and we would just go like moths drawn to the tiniest and pointless light. The same familiar light all of us knew.

Lilian refused to enter a ride with Theo, instead, we were going as a family, all cramped in that car. The noise, annoying tall skyscrapers, and highways gradually disappeared being replaced by both big and small villages that we passed through in a blink and after four long hours we finally arrived, that same golden light shining through those wheat fields. How was I supposed to feel? Would you expect me to smile mom? If I smile will your blue eyes shine full of joy? Now that I think more about it her hair was as golden as this sunset.

My mom was surely the most beautiful person on this planet if only she could tell me what I'm feeling right now. Why do I feel so small and powerless, the mansion in front of me was huge with a dark and boring ambiance, a family has been caring for this place for almost ten years but it still felt lifeless. They had a small house somewhere in the backyard.

I wonder what kind of people they are.

Leon and Lily immediately installed themselves in their old bedrooms, like they never had left. Theo and his mom, had a terrible atmosphere and I was left waiting to be guided somewhere in these enormous halls, it felt different from our tiny apartment in the city. I always feel warm and safe there, as for this place it felt a little bit cold and I felt lost.

I reached an empty room while everyone brought their bags from the car, the room was quite spacious and somehow made me feel like I was in a fairytale, it felt like a princess chamber forgotten on this nowhere place. Sorting out my luggage I couldn't wait until tomorrow. What was it that had been hiding in this old village all these years? How did those dorks even discover something, they must have put on a lot of work!

I didn't care about changing clothes right now, I brushed my teeth and fell flat in this perfectly made bed. I can only think about fixing every piece missing in my mind, those little things that feel just... wrong. After all, there was always so much wrong with me.

My mind flooding with negative thoughts, tossing, and turning around my bed for what felt like infinite hours made me want to just start the day at that very minute. It was not like I could so I just got up and picked up some slippers that were laying around, carefully, just like back at home, I snuck out to the world outside. This time to this unfamiliar mansion's garden, it seemed dreamy, so well kept that even the leaves and rocks appeared to be beautifully placed.

Someone genuinely cared about this old place after all.

The fresh hair lessened my headache and everything felt peaceful, a path made from minuscule pebbles led to a strange structure, upon closer expectation it was a fountain, in the middle some goddess with her deer-like animal, the water probably didn't flow for many many years.

This was the most run-down construction on this whole place, the inspection of my surroundings came to an end when I heard distant footsteps.

"Lilian? What are you doing here, it's a little late don't you think?" said a calm male voice. His giggles resonating to the night.