"Please! Don't touch me mame! I am to filthy to be touched by such a women as you." She ignored the girl, and conintued to stroke her cheek. Finially after a long silence, she spoke. "Child? Why have you lived?" The young girl looked up at the women. After taking a long time to ponder this question. She spoke.. "I suppose, that i have lived a life of bitterness, and hatred. I want to prove them all wrong. All the people who put me down, mocked me, and said that I wouldn't survive. I want to screem 'I'M STILL HERE!! SEE? YOU CAN'T GET ME DOWN! CUZ I'M HERE, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU! OR ANY ONE ELSE CAN DO TO GET RIDE OF ME!" Neither the women or girl spoke for a bit. " So you have lived your life out of bitterness & hatred..." "I suppose I have.." " Do you call that living?" The girl looked away as she responded in a quite voice "No.." her voice trailing off. "Why have I had these hardships in my life?" The women gently took the girls head in her hands and put it on her lap.. "Why do any of us have hardships in our lives, child? To learn. In every thing, be it good or bad, there is a lesson to be learned. It is what you do with those pains that matter. You could either learn from it, or reject what our Father has for us to learn. Some times people don't see it at the time, but there will always be something good that comes out of the hardships. Always..."
"What good can come out of my life?" She said bitterly... "Dear? have you not heard a word I said? Obviously you haven't. You are still doubting me child, and this is not good. If you wish to become better, you can not doubt! You must believe!Believe in the love that He has for you. Believe that He cares for you." "He hates me! There is no way a God like Him could love such a person as I!" "My child" She said softly " He could never hate you. Not now. Not ever. You are His child. Created by Him. He does not hate you, dear." They just sat there for a while, with the wind howling around them, but they felt no cold. They did not fear the wolves that were darting between the trees, licking the lips waiting for fresh meat. The girl feared none of this, because she heard none of this. She felt no cold from the wind, and she was deaf towards any noices that might frighten her. She heard none of these things becuase the womens light protected her. "Child, take my hand." "Why?" "Because I wish to show you something." Looking hesitently at the outstreched hand... then slowly put her hand in the womens.
Slowly the forest started to blend togeather, as if paint off the canvas was mixing. The night turned into a bright, blue, clear sky. While the ground sprouted a field of wild flowers. A rose garden sprung up, and befor them stood a beautiful castle.
They were standing now. The women was even more beautiful then before. Her gown was clean, her hair was brighter, and on her head was a small crown made of lilys. He blue eyes shined bright like a pool of pure, clear water. On her feat were tiny satin slippers, her hair blew in the small breeze that was blowing. To the girls surprise the pain that was surging threw her body only moments before was now gone. She could turn her head, and the blood was also gone. Gently she proded up around were the gash was suppose to be, and it was no longer there.
The now happy, but confussed girl, looked up at the women standing besides her. "Why have you brought me here?" "You must learn your past. You need to come to grips with every thing, and by admitting these things, then you, your self shall be come free. Do you not understand this?" " Mame, I do, I understand all that you are saying, but it hurts. Why does it have to hurt so much?" "The truth hurts child.... the truth hurts... but it's like a cut, in order for the cut to heal, it must first be tended to, and that at times hurts. This will hurt, but you will be healed. Now, are you ready to go foward?" The girl looked around her, and her eyes absorbed all that she saw. All was beautiful, peacfull It held safety. What lay before her, was beautiful in deed, but she knew it held pain. " No, mame, I want to stay here , at least for a while." " Well then , my child, I must leave you. But befor I go, I must warn you. Do not stay in this place to long. Things do not appear how they look, and staying still may bring more pain apon you then u thought. The pain u feel when u stay in one spot, is ever lasting. It does not, ~will~ not stop! When you move foward, the pain is only shortly lived...and you will have a better life as a result of it. So do not stay to long....."Her voice faded as the castle pulled her inside..
Left alone, with no one to talk to, the girl sat down. The womens words echoed in her head " Do not stay in this place to long......" She did not understand how a place as beautiful as this could possible be bad? Never! It is so beautiful and peacful here. This is nothing evil about this place. Pondering how this women would know so much about her, and have powers to bring her to an enchanted place such as this... she did not know, but didn't she tell her that she was her guardian angel? Surly this women is not my gurardian...but what if she is? What if all that she says is true? And God does not hate me? What if He does love me as much as she says? What if she's right , I must face my past? What if, what if, there all what if's! We all know what if's are not true! But...there's always room for me to belive, beacuse there is some sort of power that has brougt me here. This power is stronger then I have ever seen. I think I shall find the women, my angel... it sounds so weird to be saying that "my Angel" She laughed. I shall find her, but only after I rest. I feel very tired...
Laying down, the girl allowed here thoughts to wonder, and her dreams to run wild.Looking up at the sun, the question once again was raised, "How did I become part of that forest? How did I get there?" She decided that she would ask the women once she found her, and drifted off into a peacfull sleep.....
Little did she know that her peacfull surrounding was changing into a dark place, were on evil lived. Were winter lasted all year long, and the Sun never shown. For some intence reason the girl felt the need to wake up, but she didn't want to wake up. She was so warm. Her dreams so...friendly. The need, althought this time she distingushed as a voice, wisperd in her head again "Wake up.Wake up!" Except this time it was more urgent! "CHILD! If you don'twake up this instance, you futcher will be erased, and any hope of finding you past will dissapear along with it!" This time the girl woke up with a start!
