I hogged up my stew like as if I hadn't eaten in months. I even felt like eating the plates along with it.

After eating a healthy, fatty, highly carbohydrate apatite I kept the empty dishes for washing and took a look around the house.

It surely bought good memories, majority of them hazy but still I remembered. The carvings on the wall which I and dad drew. The games we played, catch and crook, hide and seek Cooking together in the kitchen having food fights. Back then our family looked like a normal happy living family. Maybe that's the reason our family isn't a normal family anymore. First time in years or at least till I was harmed, till that day they never fought with each other but that was the day when the fought with each other and went to bed, and never woke up again...

My parents loved each other immensely. My mom was very attractive like her mom and I was like my mom. She had a beautiful name just like her, Mariposa. Dad used to call her Marie. She smiled day and night and was always cheerful to watch. Whenever I looked at my parents, I too wished secretly to find someone who will love me just like how my dad loved my mom.

The images just gushed in my mind which was hazy but I could remember every moment we spent in the house airing the breaks we came. It was a modern day architectural villa. Nothing special but was beautiful. Inside, it was a 3 bedroom villa with a large veranda and a mini swimming pool attached to it. We had a large garden with a variety of mom's favourite flowers. One of them were roses, red ones. She loved them like her own children.

"Tisha! Tisha!" I froze.

"Who... who.... are you?" That name... no one in years had called me.

"Tisha, my child it's me. Don't you remember?"

"What? No... I... I..... I don't. Please tell me who are you? Please...please..." Tears rolled down my eyes.

"You will soon find your destined ones. The time is shortened

"Please tell me....."

I stretched my hands in front, regardless of the direction of the voice. I felt the presence was much different than before. This was more like.... Eloquence, like as if I knew this person. So very nostalgic. As I was about to lean more forward, a hand caught up to me and I snapped out of my vision. I gathered cynosure of the voice that was calling me out.

"Scarlett... Scarlett! Scarlett!" Gran yelled back at me while shacking me.

"Yes Gran?

"What are you doing here hon?"

"Ah nothing. Did you come just now Gran?

"Yeah I was searching the whole world for you and you were here. But what are you doing here?

"Well, it's nothing"

Gran's expression darkened but she covered it with her smile.

"Okay... let's get in. I wouldn't want you to catch a cold."

After sometime we came down to have dinner. Gran prepared a buffet. I wonder if we could finish it or not or else we could continue eating the remaining for the next 5 days. She invited me to sit. We prayed and then began to eat. While eating she spoke.

"You will continue school here hon. I have already prepared the stuffs and kept all the required stationary for your school ready."

I was amazed how she casually said everything like nothing ever happened and we were on a holiday.

"No!" I protested. "I am not going to school, Gran."

She gave me an eye to eye glare, then broke the glare and spoke.

"Listen up ingénue... I'm sorry... hon, I just can't hide my feelings."

The time stammered as she spoke up. I was shocked to see her in this condition. She looked pathetic and sympathetic which was definitely not her thing. Ever since I was a child she has told none.

"Scarlett, hon don't ever give up on life. Even when life gives up on you. You always have a way till you believe there is me. Never make yourself look weak because once you do then that's the end of your world."

I got up from my seat and went up to her. I reached out for her shoulder and hugged her.

"I'm sorry Gran. I swear from now on I will listen to you. I promise I will behave.

The only person I had was Gran. Even though Alice and Rose were always there. But before them was Gran. She was a friend, mother, father, teacher and a God in disguise. The only person who was by my side and I was for her. I couldn't even think of the fact of losing her for a minute. She stopped crying and looked up to me.

"Then will you go to school here?"

"Yes I will, Gran."

"Promise?"

"Yes I promise. Now tell me which school am I going to?"

"Ah" That... you'll be go from next Sunday and the name of the school is CRYSTAL RED BLOOD (ELITE) HIGH SCHOOL (DVWH)

"Wow, that's a long name and sounds pretty elite. I guess I can't wait to roll in.

"But there is a difference hon?"

"What difference?"

"Your future classmates aren't not normal."

"Uh? What? God, now what Gran?"

"Ahm... they are kind of not human."

"What do you mean?"

"They're all evil. Dead evil."

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