Moonchild: Luna

I WALKED… I ran… occasionally, I looked behind me. There was this voice inside my head that told me to run and never stop. It said those pale-white creatures shouldn’t get a taste of my blood. I must save myself… The voice echoed everywhere I went, and it wouldn’t stop telling me to run. I had no idea where that voice was coming from. All I knew was that… my body followed the voice’s command. But how could I ever save myself? I’m just a child, and I’m not aware of what the world outside the woods would be. Would it be sweet? Would it be cruel? I really didn’t know. I just ran as fast as I could. I huffed and puffed as I passed the trail of tall trees, looking straight at the horizon in front of me… LUNA halted from reading when she heard footsteps approaching. She immediately blew off the candles and rushed to bed. The other orphans did the same and tucked themselves under the duvet. They all pretended to be asleep. It was already past eight in the evening. The nuns running the orpha

IRMA banged on the front door of her mother’s house. After fleeing from their home, she took Luna there. She and her daughter would be safe if they were with the coven. Vampires were somehow afraid of witches. “Who’s that? My goodness, it’s the middle of the night.” The door swung open, and her mother emerged with wide eyes looking at them. “I-Irma?” “M-Mother… please let us in,” she pleaded. Her mother’s gaze reverted to the sleeping child she was carrying in her arms. “Who’s with you?” her mother asked as she peeked outside. “It’s just my daughter and me.” “Come in.” Her mother ushered them inside. “Take her inside the room. I’ll make you something to drink.” Irma took her daughter to the bedroom and carefully laid her down on the bed. She caressed Luna’s cheek and planted a soft kiss on her forehead. Then there was a knock on the door. She left the bed and headed outside. Her mother, Lucinda, was making tea in the kitchen when she arrived there. “Tell me what happened,” h

THE news that her father came for her made Luna ecstatic. But then, as she walked through the hallway going to Mother Superior’s office, a lot of questions started to pop up inside her head. Why did he only come for me now? Did he ever look for me before? Was he the one who left me here? Why is it just him? Where is my mother? He halted and called Sister Sola. “Sister…” The nun stopped and turned in her direction. “What is it, dear?” “What does he look like?” she asked as her fingers kept fidgeting on the hem of her dress. “Does he look like me? Does he have a gentle voice?” Sister Sola strode toward her and cupped her cheeks. “Luna… I know you’re curious about your father, but you’re about to see him now, and you’ll have the answer to all your questions.” She took a deep breath and nodded her head. Sister Sola was right. The only way to answer those questions was to see her father now and ask them herself. “Right.” The nun smiled at her and gestured to the door at the e

LUNA’s mouth dropped open when the car pulled inside Lord Aleister’s estate. It was so huge it could fit ten Happy Village inside. She thought she had traveled back in time. Just by looking at the mansion from the outside, it already exuded grandeur. Its beautiful façade was something she could only see from the books. “Seifi, take Luna to her room,” her father ordered the moment they got out of the car. She followed Lord Aleister with her gaze and saw him enter one of the rooms downstairs. “Lord Aleister is quite a busy person. He has been running the family business alone, and he also has his personal business to manage. So, please bear with him if he’d to leave you under my care right at your very first night here, my Lady.” Seifi bowed and gestured in the direction of the grand staircase. “Come, follow me, and I’ll take you to your room.” The butler carried her suitcase up the staircase. Luna followed as her eyes wandered around the mansion. She wondered how her father could l

THE pink and purple sky greeted Luna when her eyes opened. She found herself lying on the cold ground in the middle of the woods. Her eyes wandered around the place, but there was no sign of anyone. What was she doing there? Wasn’t she comfortably sleeping in her bed at her father’s mansion? Luna got up and brushed the dust off her dress. Could this be a dream…? It could be. There was no way she would leave that mansion just to go to a place like the woods. She turned her head around and tried to figure out where to head to get out of that place. But no matter where she looked, all she could see was an alley of never-ending trees and woods. It looked like she was trapped inside a mage. Luna’s hands clenched the hem of her dress and tried to calm herself. Now she was certain it was a dream. It was the same reoccurring dream she had been dreaming of since she was a child. The only difference was that now, the scenes seemed to have changed a little. But in the end, it would only lead