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Short Story Series 358

"mama! Mama! " she surprised a few people as she quickly ran towards her mother.  Lailita that was sat near the lake stood up, got curious by how happy her sister was,  she swept away the dust on her clothes then walked slowly towards her sibling.

"mama looked! It blooms! I made it!"  Merliah grabbed the wisteria flower from her daughter's finger and smile. She slither in the end of the roots onto Laila's hair.
"I'm so proud of you! It took 1 month for me to make one flower bloom, but you did it in just 5 days wow! " Merliah was so happy for her eldest that she didn't noticed Lailita was behind and accidentally slapped her face. "mama.. " she said it with smugged face.  " oh dear I'm so sorry I didn't see you there, looked..your sister did it!" Merliah took Lita in front of Laila so she could see clearer.

"wow.. It's pretty congratulation" she nodded. She took a glance at the place where she was hanging out by herself for hours only to did what her twin just did. But it was a failure. She laughed, " can you teach me? " she ask shyly "of course!"

"from the moment she was born I knew she's the one!" people agreed to what the old man Othello had said.

"I wish I'll get to see the day she brings fortune to our tribe, being strongest among all of us little one, our Savior!"
Othello was so proud that he kneel down in front of Laila.

"Othello please..she's just a child.." merliah told him to stand up.  She was embarrassed by him.  The villagers also chuckles to see what happened.

Lailita keep on silent. She took dandelions on the ground and blew them.

'one day in the nearest future..our tribe will be known by the whole world.. as the strongest tribe ever lived, lead by a female  leader..for her name will spooked people whom hears it, we will be remembered forever. But the twin will be her rival. One will suffer..while the other one is the Savior'

That was the prophecy told by their eldest before she died fifteen years ago. None of them believed what she have said though that woman could see future because they were only a glance. Until the twin was born under a full moon where the newborn will held enormous power as they grew up. Now they were known as the 50th, counted as the 50th people whom had been born under a full moon.

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