"Nucomi"
One day, in her parent's mansion on Kiko Lake, a young blue Aisha named
Nucomi was staring out her window. Sitting next to her was her twin sister.
Her sister was lost only a short week after her first birthday. Nucomi was never
told about her twin. She had no idea... being only a year old, she was too little
to speak yet, and was happy playing with her favourite blue ball. She was happy.
A feeling that for some weeks in her teen years would not be a major part of
her life.
13 Years Later
It was 5:00 in the morning. Nucomi felt a soft, firm hand on her shoulder.
It was Charles, her personal butler.
"What is it Charles?" Nucomi said in a strict, yet worried voice.
"Oh, nothing to be worried about. Your parents are adding on another room to
the house starting in an hour, and they do not want you to be frightened by
the noise that may come of it," Charles replied.
"Why, thank you Charles. You may leave," Nucomi said, half asleep. Suddenly,
she woke up, wondering why her parents were building a new room.
A few hours later, she woke up, put on a pretty velvet shirt and corduroy pants
and set off for the kitchen. She met Valiya, her little sister on the way down.
"Did Malcom wake you up, too?" Valiya asked.
"Valyia, Malcom is your butler, Charles is mine. And yes, Charles did," Nucomi
said.
"I wonder what it's for," Valiya asked in question.
Nucomi had grown up to be a proper little girl. She was taught to accept things,
and not ask questions. Even so, she was curious, too.
It had been a horrible week for Nucomi. First, she had lost her favourite hairbrush.
That wasn't SO bad...until Mr. Lenny, her math teacher, gave her an "F" on her
math test. Also, Nikcolia, a poor freaky girl in her classroom, had the chicken
pox, and passed it on to Nucomi! Then, Valiya broke her CD player. Astiti, Nucomi's
best friend, had moved away, and now another room. What could it possibly be
for? With her luck, it couldn't be ANYTHING good!
At the breakfast table, Nucomi and Valiya were the only ones there. They wondered
where their mother was. About 10 minutes later, they're mother had showed up,
with a baby pink Kacheek in her arms.
"Girls, meet Remlie. She's your new sister," partygirl589 said gently.
Valiya was delighted--she always wanted to be a big sister. Nucomi was, well,
happy, but not thrilled. She remembered those first 3 horrifying years when
Valiya was a baby. All she did was cry, cry, CRY! Nucomi was so mad at her!
But Remlie was so cute, she had to love her. She went over to her mother.
"Hi there, Remlie!" Valiya said, as happy as can be.
"Oh, Nucomi, that new room we're building," partygirl589 said.
"Yeah..."
"It's going to be your new room. Remlie's going to have your room. It's closer
to my room, so it's better for her. Isn't that great!?"
"WHAT?!?! I was BORN in that room, Mum! I love my room. I don't want a new
one! I didn't get a new room when Valiya was born!" Nucomi started to cry.
"But Nucomi--" partygirl589 started. It was too late. Nucomi ran to her room,
packing up her items. She was going for a private vacation....
"Nikcolia"
It was a bright and sunny day in Nikcolia's(Nikie's) NeoHome. She had just
woken up from a good nights sleep. Actually, it was her first good sleep in
a week! Due to the chicken pox, her brothers and sisters had all been sick that
past week. There were 3 rooms in Nikcolia's NeoHome. Her, Jonrico, Mattoro,
and Tahlynia's room, toughtiger's room, and the kitchen/living room. They weren't
rich. They were poor. It was a straw house, the best that toughtiger could afford.
No one cared, though. Everyone was happy. Nikcolia and her brothers and sister
played truth or dare while they were sick, and had a blast. Tahlynia is about
to have twins, and everyone's excited about it.
Nikie was the first up. She tiptoed quietly to the kitchen, and started making
scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausage. It was tiring, but she was the cook in
the family, so it was her job. She held her purple beaded bracelet. It was on
her and her twin's wrist in the picture...of her and her twin. She had a picture
of two Aishas, one that was her, and the other, her sister. She always wanted
a twin. She knew that somewhere out there, she had one, too. Pretty soon, Mattoro
awakened. He snuck up on Nikie, touched her shoulder, and said, "Boo!"
"Ahhhhhh! Matt!!! You little..."
Nikie started tickling her little brother. The both laughed.
"I wanna help, Nikie!" Mattoro whined.
"Okay, lil bro! You can flip the pancakes!"
"PANCAKES! We're having pancakes? Where'd you get the flour?" (The family was
so poor, flour was a uncommon item, and pancakes were a treat.)
"Oh...I spent my allowance on a pound of it. It was really cheap...only 4 NP..."
The two siblings cooked happily that morning.
Nikcolia hoped that it would be another good week for her. She started out
last week with an "A" in math class. Then, she got a comb for only 2 NP at the
beauty salon. Then her pen-pal in Tyrannia had come to visit her, and they became
best friends. She HAD gotten sick, but she got to know her brothers and sisters
better because of it. After all, you can really only see people who are sick
when you have the chicken pox! It really HAD been a fabulous week! Nikie grinned.
After the family ate their breakfast, toughtiger went off to work. APP0LL0
came over and took Tahlynia to the doctor. Mattoro went to basketball camp,
and Jonrico stayed home with Nikcolia.
"Jonri," Nikcolia asked her brother.
"Yeah?"
"Well, umm, what do you think it'd be like to be rich? I mean, live in a big
mansion by the sea, have your own room, have a servant..."
"I don't know, Nikie. Why don't you ask that girl in your class, oh, what's
her name, Nucomi?"
"Oh, her. She's a big stuck-up snot ball. I don't wanna hang out with her!
Why would I?"
"Well, sorry...just trying to help!" Jonrico flew off to his room.
Nikcolia decided to talk a walk in the woods. She left a note, and set out.
Little did she know that she would find a sister on her way...
To be continued |