The figure in front of me, stretching his arms. Is he calling me? Curiosity strikes, I reached his hands. When my palm met his, he held me tight. It made me feel secure. We walked. He guided me towards a garden. The only colored place in this world of snow.

When I entered the garden at pang of astonishment hit me. Such complicated yet relaxing scene, a perplex and colorful view. I was still lost in thought when he pulled me and gestured me to sit on the swing. The silence is deafening. A minute later, he pulled something out of his pocket. The necklace tita gave me. He stood up and wear it around my neck afterwards he look at me straight in the eye and he flashed a very sweet and sincere smile despite his painful eyes.

When the smile disappeared, my vision became blurry, my head hurts then the last thing I remember is his lips on my forehead and another blackout.

What's happening? I want to ask them but the words didn't came out of my mouth. I tried opening my eyes, but my eyelids felt heavier than before and so does my body. I feel stiff and cold.

"Aya, it's time." Time for what?

"Ghelo, wait for your Dad outside."

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Ready for what?!

"I've waited for this, I just don't know if Yana can accept it though." Accept what?!

"She will."

Everything's silent for a while. And then I felt electricity inside me. It hurts and tickles me at the same time. I can hear Mom at tita chanting something. As their chants began to volume up the amount of electricity gushing inside me increase, after a while, it stopped and I felt numb.

A moment later the pain began. I started screaming my lungs out. It hurts. As if my bones are melting. I feel hot. I screamed more, louder. They're pinning me down, what's happening?! It feels like trillions of needles and knives, pricking and stabbing me over and over again.

"Sweetie, stay still. The pain will subside later on." How can I stay still if I'm in this kind of pain?!

Even though I know I can't, I tried my hardest. Am I going to die?

"Yes yes! I'm going~ I'm changing already!" LOL. Truth is I still am lying down on my bed face on my pillow. I am too tired to get up. I don't know what with today anyway. =.=

"Arianna Thalia Merced Fortaleza!" Shoot. This is not good. Mom only calls me that if she's really angry. I jumped out of my bed, grabbed my glasses on top of my table and ran downstairs. Thankfully I slept in my shorts and spaghetti straps not my PJ's on.

I stopped on Ghelo's door and slammed it so hard. Hard enough to hear him moan and curse under his breath. Ghelo's a light sleeper. He wakes up in simple noises, when somebody turns on the light, and when someone around him moves. My exact opposite.

"Arianna! Hurry up!" Shoot, I forgot mom. I ran down the stairs again. This is tiring considering the fact that I just woke up and my body's still not functioning well.

"Mom! What's wrong with you?! Waking me up early in the morning!"

"You actually forgot didn't you?" She said while raising an eyebrow. How come she can do that while I can't?!

"Your silence means you forgot. For heaven's sake Arianna it's your 16th birthday today! Happy Birthday Sweetie. I love you so much!" And she hugged me tight, tighter than the usual, as if she doesn't want to let me go. She kissed both my cheeks, my forehead, my nose. I mean it's sweet but I can sense that there's something wrong. But I dismissed it immediately.

I hugged her tight and muttered "I love you too Mom. So much." And kissed her on her cheek.

"Now now, your Tita Minchet is already waiting for you outside. Final preparations. I don't want my baby's 16th birthday to go haywire. I'll be in the kitchen cooking if you need me."

"Thanks Mom!" I can feel the excitement creeping down my spine. I wonder what'll happen later.

As I was scanning our garden I saw a figure standing in a very elegant way. *gasp.* I ran towards the figure and embraced her.

"Tita Minchet! I miss you! I thought Mom was just joking when she told me you're here waiting. I can't believe it! Tita I missed you so much!" She hugged my tighter. In the same way Mom did.

"I miss you to sweetheart. I can't believe my little angel is now blooming into a fine young woman. Happy sweet sixteen dear. Oh and by the way, I have a surprise for you. At the back of the car. Be back here after getting your present." She threw me her car keys and winked. I giggled and ran towards the parking lot. I can see her Purple Porsche R8. Beautiful.

As I walked closer to the car, I am feeling excited and nervous. Tita Minchet gives me strange yet wonderful gifts each year. And she says that i should keep everything for further usage and she'll be mad at me if I lose a single one of them. She started giving me those when I was 9.

A felt a cold wind past me. *shivers.* Guess stepping outside in spaghetti-straps is not a good idea but this is better than nothing. LOL. I unlocked the door and opened it. To my dismay, my "surprise" is a 5x7 colored-cardboard box. But then again I remembered, tita is just to bizarre for this simplicity. I untied the ribbon, and opened the lid.

My jaw dropped and my eyes widened. What I saw was way beyond what I expected. It's a chain necklace. But no ordinary one. It's pendant is star-shaped and made from glass which allows you to see the universe-like content . Remember seeing pictures of black space with lots of colorful dots, that's what the inside looks like. I am at awe. I sat there shocked and amazed. Tita really didn't let me down.

I wore the necklace, something felt wrong but I didn't mind it maybe because it's just that I am not used to necklaces. I hurried back to tita. I stepped, locked the door and ran.

"I see you liked it." I reassured her with a smile.

"That necklace is a very important one Yana, so I hope like the other gifts I gave you, you'll take proper care."

"I will tita, thank you!" I kissed her again, suddenly I felt dizzy. What's wrong with me? Lack of sleep perhaps. I staggered when I walked and eventually fell unconscious.

My questions were answered by the figure I saw. The man in my dreams.

I was 9 when I started dreaming of this guy. His face and other features were blurred except for his eyes. His eyes were striking gray. They say that the eyes are the mirrors to your soul and I have the talent to read other people through their eyes. And it seems to me that there is something that he is hiding or rather, he was in pain or something. Before it only happen once a month, or maybe once for every other two.

But as I grew older, my dreams became more frequent. The intensity of the pain in his eyes grew even more each passing dream. And as every dream pass, more of his figure is being exposed.

Last night, the night before I turn 16, his figure was shown, revealed. A handsome figure was upon me. His clothes were torn, and his body was a mess. Blood oozing from a lot of scratches from his body. I was right. He was in pain. But how? Why? Why I am the only one dreaming of this handsome figure? And who is he? Is he my savior from this hell-hole?