Lucian sat on a chair next to a hospital bed. On the bed lay a middle-aged woman. She had brown hair that looked messed up.
She was Lucian's mother.
Lucian looked around the room, there was a mirror that was placed right where you enter the room, and there was also a cupboard placed next to the bed. It was a dark-coded brown. It had a beautiful plant placed on it. The plant also had a good fragrance.
The hospital was awfully quiet. Suddenly he heard some footsteps coming towards the room. The doctor looked really worried. Lucian knew that the doctor was about to tell him bad news by looking at the doctor's expression.
The doctor said that he had bad news.
Lucian became more devastated flashing back at him and his mother's memories. He remembered the first time when he walked all because of his mother. His mother always supported him throughout his life. Lucian never wanted to leave his mother again.
He said to the doctor, “Just get it over with.” At this moment, he felt many emotions. For example, sadness, fury, and many more. But he couldn't describe them. In his heart, he felt this emptiness without his mother's joy and laughter. He felt nothing. At this point, Lucian was about to cry.
Lucian thought to himself, “I’m nothing.”
The doctor said, “Excuse me, sir”
Lucian replied “Yeah What”
“So, the bad news is that we can’t find the cure to fixing your mother's condition. Your mother's condition is unknown for now. But we’ll keep working on it.”
I replied “but there has to be a cure for this condition”
The doctor angrily said back, “Yeah but I said we are working on it”
“It has already been 1 year and a half though!”
“Your mother has a really rare condition and one we have never faced before! so please have patience with us, Lucian. Your fathers here so please walk to the exit”
Lucian walked towards his mom and bent down to kiss his mother on the cheek. After he did that, Lucian said to his mom, “Bye mother. Love you” Lucian walked away from the room.
Then out of the hospital. There weren't that many patients in the hospital. Lucian thought he was the last person to leave the hospital. He was near the exit and saw his father waiting for him. He got out of the hospital. It was pretty dark outside. Lucian saw the sun setting down. It was a beautiful view. Lucian once came to the car and opened the door. Lucian sat in the car and looked out the window as they drove away from the hospital.
“Hello Lucian,” said Lucian's father.
Lucian replied back, “Hi dad”
Lucian's father felt something odd about Lucian.
“Lucian, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine, it's just mother, how did she get the condition, I would do anything for her”
Lucian's father replied back, “Your mother just started coughing”
Lucian thought his father was lying. But Lucian didn't care to ask about it. Lucian looked out the window, he saw many birds, the trees soared high, and the streetlights were bright. The moon was bright and bloomed into a full moon. There was a lot of honking as Lucian went home. There were also a lot of lights that flashed when his Lucian father was driving home. Once, Lucian was in his street. Lucian saw a lot of decorations for Halloween as he went through the street.
Lucian has finally arrived at his house. Lucian felt really sleepy because it was past his bedtime. He got out of the car. His legs felt like noodles because of how much he walked through the hospital.
He told his father, “Dad, is there anything I can help to make mother better?
Lucian's father replied, “Not really”
Lucian didn't believe in his father though. Lucian still believed that there was a possible way to make his mother better. But he didn't know how.
Lucian thought his dad was suspicious and he already had something planned up for his mother. But Lucian couldn’t get a tight grip on it.
Lucian's father said to Lucian, “I don’t know Lucian, I went to many different hospitals, but the hospitals did not get a handle on your mother's condition, but I might know what to do.”
They both arrived at the porch. They removed their shoes and got inside the house.
Lucian's father said, “Go to sleep Lucian '' Lucian nodded and went upstairs.
All the lights were closed. Lucian walked down the hallway to his room. All the light provided was from the moon.
He went into the bathroom to brush his teeth. He opened the lights and looked into the mirror. His face was quite dusty. His nose was small. His eyes were quite small too. His hair was also quite frizzy. He bent down and turned on the faucet. He washed his face. The water was warm. Lucian grabbed his toothbrush and brushed his teeth. When Lucian was done brushing his teeth. Lucian jumped into bed. His bed was so comfy he fell asleep right away. Lucian’s eyes fell like window shades.
In the middle of the night, Lucian woke up to some strange sounds. As a curious boy he was, he wanted to go downstairs but he felt like it was wrong to.
But he couldn't hold his curiosity, so he got up. And tiptoed out of his bed. Lucian tiptoed the entry of his room.
Lucian heard his father talking to someone. He thought it was a personal business call. So, he decided to go back. He turned around, he was about to tiptoe to his bed when he heard his father talking about his mother. Lucian knew he had to spy on his dad.
Lucian saw another man listening to his father. He thought it was his father's friends, but this man dressed like a wizard, he even looked very old. He then didn't think it was his dad's friend.
Lucian heard his father saying, “Can you get the cure for my wife?”
The wizard replied, “It would be tough, but I can manage to get the cure for your wife, my old friend.”
Lucian smiled and said, “Can I come with you?”
Lucian's father looked at Lucian, “Why are you awake, you're supposed to be sleeping right now?”
Lucian replied, “But I heard some noises downstairs, so I came here, and what is the answer to the question?”
Lucian's father sighed, “There's no answer to that question, go upstairs to your room.”
Lucian felt upset, “No! I don’t want to go! And who is that man?”
Lucian’s father felt speechless.
The wizard answered, “Of course you can come”
Lucian's father whispered to the wizard, “It's not safe for him”
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The wizard answered, “No he’ll be just fine”
Lucian shouted, “Is there a cure for mother's condition, but what do you mean by I’ll be fine.”
Lucian's father said in anger, “I’ll talk to you in the morning.”
Lucian however felt excited, he thought when his father said he might have a way to cure his mother's condition was about the wizard. Though he was surprised that wizards were real. Lucian even thought about why a wizard was in his house.
Lucian tiptoed upstairs while he heard his father whispering, “Why did you tell him, now he would have the patience to go, it's going to be so unsafe for him. He’s just a little boy”
Lucian then thought his father was a wizard as well. He thought that because then why would a wizard appear in his house?
Lucian asked himself, “Wait, why am I doing this?” He then remembered about his mother. His father did mention something about his mother.
Lucian jumped into bed. He dreamt about his mother waking up from her condition, then everything went well. Lucian closed his eyes like window shades and slept.
In the morning, Lucian woke up early at 6:00 A. M.
He didn't feel happier than before. Lucian jumped out of bed and walked to his bathroom to brush his teeth. Lucian wondered about what his father was going to talk about.
After he brushed his teeth, he went into the shower. He turned on the faucet and water came pouring out. The water was warm, and he felt very comfortable that he could sleep in the shower. Lucian was tired but was excited, he was so excited to save his mother.
But he had to convince his father to go wherever to get the cure. Lucian did not think it would be hard for him. He did not have any high expectations of it being hard. He even thought it would not be far to get the cure. He wondered why the doctors could not do this. The doctors said that they never experienced the condition before. Lucian thought that fact was interesting.
Lucian wanted to tell his mother about the whole thing last night. But he had to do that until he went to the hospital. Lucian thought to himself, “Calm down, it might be hard to get the cure” though Lucian could not hold back his smile.
After Lucian had his shower. He took his towel and dried his hair. There was indeed a lot of water on his hair. He shook his head side to side pretty fast. His hair swung side to side like a dog after it got wet. Lucian put on his clothes. Still, Lucian's hair was kind of wet.
Lucian walked downstairs. He was hungry so he thought of himself as maybe making some boiled eggs. He was not allowed to be cooking with fire so instead he thought of himself making peanut butter and jam.
Lucian took out the jam, peanut butter, and bread. Lucian took out a knife so he could spread the sauce. Lucian started out with the peanut butter. When he took out the peanut butter from the jar, it was really smooth when he took out the peanut butter. Lucian then spread the peanut butter on the bread. Lucian then took out the jam jar. It looked like strawberries ground together.
At first, it was hard for Lucian to open the cap, it felt like the cap was glued onto the jar. But Lucian got a hold of it and ripped the cap open. Lucian then put the knife in the jar. He put his finger in the jar and licked it.
Lucian loved jelly.
Lucian heard some footsteps coming downstairs and thought that it was his father. His father said, “Why did you wake up so early?” Lucian replied, “What are you going to tell me about mother? You said that
You would talk to me in the morning about that mysterious wizard down there. Who was that guy?” Lucian's father replied, “um…. Ok, finish your sandwich and I’ll tell you,” Lucian finished spreading the peanut butter and slapped both pieces of bread together.
Lucian's father said, “ok I’ll talk to you when you're done with the sandwich. Lucian was so excited. So, he finished his sandwich with every bite. There were no crumbs on the plate. Lucian thought it was his chance to save his mother from her horrible condition. Lucian ran to the couch where his father was. Lucian sat on the couch where his father was.
“So, Lucian, your mother and I are hiding a big secret. “His father paused for a second. Lucian's father slowly said, “We’re wizards”
Lucian looked at his father in confusion, “What? What do you mean?”
Lucian's father exclaimed, "Across from this beautiful place, is another world where wizards, fairies, and many more mystical creatures live."
“Sorry, what, that's not true,” said Lucian.
His father replied, “Then why else would there be a wizard last night in the hallway.” Lucian then nodded.
Lucian's father kept continuing, "Do you know why your mother got that horrible condition? It's because of that bloody monster."
Lucian said confused, “What bloody monster”
“There was this war between us wizards and this monster pack. We successfully won but this demon cursed your mother which made her get this condition. I thought that it was why the doctors could not figure out the cure. So I opened the portal and talked to the wizard to get the cure for your mother, but you showed up.
We sealed the demon with our powers. We think that approximately we sealed the demon forever. But yet, we are not sure. Ever since the day the demon cursed your mother. She was sick. I do not want you to go because we don’t know if the entire pack is extinct. We also don’t know if we concealed the demon forever so the demon can just appear from somewhere and attack you. So please don’t go.”
Lucian's father placed his hand on Lucian's lap.
Lucian was so confused. He could not believe his parents were wizards. He even could not believe that there was another world with mystical creatures.
Lucian though wanted to go across all the dangers with him. All Lucian wanted to do was save his mother. But first, Lucian had to convince his father to go.
Lucian said to his father, “Dad, can I go. I will stay safe”
But that did not change Lucian’s father’s mind.
He said, “Did you just hear what I said, there are so many dangers and concerns if you go there. You're just a little boy.”
Lucian had a lot of convincing to do.
Lucian said, “The wizard would be right beside me and I’m not going to war. I’m just looking for ingredients like rare plants. I’ll be fine since the wizard is beside me. If a monster appeared, the wizard would fight it for me. Also, you risked your life to fight for your mystical world, but the difference is that you do it for the entire world, but I do it for one person.
Lucian's father took a deep breath and then said, “...Okay, you can go.”