The young boy cried as he wanders around the wondrous huge garden. "Mommy!" He cried as tears roll down his cheeks.

He walks around searching for his mother when something captures his eyes. He turns to his right to see a rose shrub changing colors along with the roses.

He stares at it as he approaches. He sniffs the scent of the flowers, "This smells like mom's perfume, Lovely Rose." He murmured.

In corner of his eye, he saw a masked girl who appears to be older than him and in the age of teens hiding behind a tree.

"Someone is here!" He said as he runs up to her. Just about he was about to touch the girl, she disappeared.

"Huh? Where did you go?" He mumbled.

"You shouldn't be doing that. What are you doing here?" Someone said.

He turned around to see the same girl.

"This is my territory." She added.

"I'm sorry! But are you the one who's making roses change their colors?" He asked.

She nods her head. "To make you stop crying." She said.

She pulls the young boy to her side and said, "I'll lead you the way out of here." She said as she drags the boy.

As they walk hand in hand, the girl asked the boy, "Are you from Riko's town?"

The boy nodded with a smile, "Mister Riko is friends with my parents." He replied.

They soon reached the gate of the garden, "Keep on walking straight and you'll reach Riko's town. You'll know when you're near once passed by a mini store owned by Mitchelle." She said, "You wouldn't miss the store. The store has a big billboard etched, Mitchelle's Store." She added.

The boy was grateful as he walks away, he turned back to the girl again, "Thank you for everything! Hope we meet again!" He yelled. Though, the girl wasn't there anymore.

The boy took a deep breath and let it out and shouted, "If you can hear me, my name is Tristan! Don't forget that!" He said and left the place.

Inside the garden, the girl could here the boy shouting.

"Tristan...what an unforgettable name." She mumbled.

Years passed, the boy namely Tristan never ever saw the girl he met. He visited the garden everyday after the day he met the girl, hoping he would see her again. But he did not.

He was never able to return to his town again, he now lives in the city with his family, his father as a mayor and his mom as a businesswoman.

Life was never the same ever since he stopped visiting Riko's town it's because of a sudden earthquake, the town was destroyed.

Many people died during that calamity. But one thing he was certain, during that calamity, he saw something magical.

During the earthquake, Tristan remembered being trapped inside his old school.

"Help! I'm still here!!" He cried.

He was tired and weak and was about to faint. But one thing kept him up. A blinding light shone in his eyes, before him, a figure was there.

"Take my hand." It said as it reaches its hand.

Tristan took its hand and after that, he don't remember anything after taking the figure's hand.

But he remembered his dream.
He walks on the midair and all could see was white light.

He dreamt about a girl appeared before him, her face was barely seen.

She showed him a silver and red crucifix and hung it around his neck.

"I have chosen you." She said.

He was stunned and puzzled at the same time.

"Take good care of it and soon we will meet again. For now, our paths shall separate, and you shall not let anyone touch it except you. Never take it off." She added.

He soon awoke after his strange dream finding himself in the hospital.

He touched his neck and felt something around it.

It was the crucifix in his dream.

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The girl stares at the black night sky.

"My love, I will not commit the same mistake ever again." She whispered, "Even if it means, not to fall in love with you."

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The boy stares outside the window while on his hospital bed.

"That voice."

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