Chapter 11

Back at the west shore

Well hello again, I am now 10 years old and I was pleased to read the massage sent that my older brother had been found. I still wonder how Tiare and Tim well make it here. I know that each part of the shores is separated by mountains. I must write her a massage back. I feel so alone at the moment. I was sitting under the coconut trees thinking these thoughts, when something bad happened. Something bad in the air I could feel it, like foul was passing. The food started to go off and had to be all thrown away, the coconuts fell off the trees that now was unfit to eat. The villagers were running round in panic worrying about food.

Then the guiding hand came to the rescue and got every available adult to fish regardless of skills they had and got them all fishing. Some of the villagers I noticed who had no farming skills started to complain to the totems which I thought was really funny. I also noticed that they hid behind the totems when they complained so that the guiding hand would not see them. I was so busy laughing at some of the villagers ways of trying to hide from the guiding hand, I did not noticed until I felt the hand get me and I give out an explanation. Then I saw a rare mushroom and I picked it and took it to the food bin. I celebrated finding the mushroom by doing a little dance. This brought the food back up to 35. I was so hungry that the mushroom was shared amongst us kids.

It was many days the villagers had to ration out the food until there was enough gathered into the food bin. The guiding hand with insistence and had to have patients of a saint, managed to train all the tribe and even the lazy ones managed to learn and became trainee farmers. As most of the villagers had weakened and it would be a while before there was enough food to get them fully restored, the guiding had thought it was time to get some of the villagers to prepare a stew and got one of the villagers to pick the right herbs that would restore them.

Soon the stew was made and the guiding hand got the most weakened villagers to eat the stew starting with the children and then the adults. I felt much, much better after I had the stew and felt I could run for miles.

Later it was time for one of the villagers to ring the gong of wonder and the guiding hand choose one of the elder villagers and he rang the gong. The villagers came running to observe the gong of wonder all hoping that it would grant them food and the gong granted them…

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Chapter 12

One of the elders rang the gong and the villagers looked to see what the gong had granted or taken away and the gong gave out rainbows of lights which meant that the gong had granted them food. There was no extra food in the bin it was still very low. Then one of the village farmers said look see and he pointed to the coconut trees and the tribe were amazed seeing the coconuts visible growing before their eyes. There were now 30 coconuts to harvest once they stopped growing rapidly. Some of the villagers complained saying, why the gong did not grant food for them to harvest instead of in the food bin, would be easier.
‘Look Lulu you can’t expect the gong to be predictable, after all it is only a machine not a person.’ Said the elder Papu ‘and you should be grateful it did not take away the food.’
‘I am grateful it just that with food so short, I only was saying that… oh never mind I am sorry but I’m concerned about the children.
‘You worry too much Lulu, look the children are very happy running around and if the food keeps running out I am sure the guiding hand well help with another restoring stew.’

I was watching the elder Papu and Lulu arguing about the food shortage and as we were still pretty full after the stew we all had. The food would be not eaten for awhile and this would give the farmers time to refurbish the food sources. Then Lulu was still very young at the age of 15 and always thought that food gets eaten very fast with a large tribe.

‘Isi, Isi lets play tag.’ Seven called out.
‘What? I called out.
‘Your “It”’ Seven called out laughing.
‘Oh no, not again! I’ll get you for this’ and I ran after, Seven and all the rest of the kids joined in and kept running away from me as they knew I was “It”.

After the tag game was over I carried on playing with Seven running to the coconut trees and I noticed that the whole tribe were getting ready for an event. I asked what event they tribe were celebrating and found out they were celebrating the anniversary on the day they arrived on Isola, many generations ago. The tribe were taking out a full week’s holiday and to go and relax and to enjoy the beach. The children joined their parents to enjoy the beach and I played with the other kids on the beach that had lost their parents. All worries were forgotten and we all just had a good time. The males entertained us by whistling tunes on the beach. The week soon past and every body feeling a lot more rested after a week’s holiday had to go back to work. I was looking forward to the next event next year. But that was now a long way off. Seven said to me, ‘there are a few more events to come off this year.’
‘Are there what are they?
‘I don’t know but they happen every 4 years.’
‘You mean like ringing the gong only rang every 4 Isola years?’
‘Yes maybe.’ Seven said.
‘I look forward to these events as things can be pretty boring round here with nothing to do most days. I only wish my brother and sister were here. They be grown up by now, well my sister will be as my brother has always been grow up. Probably also she not be much fun now been grown up.’ I wonder if they will find me soon’

What I did not know that the next event would happen when I would be having my 12th birthday in two years time. At the moment I was still missing them.

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Chapter 13

Isis’s friend Seven had a dream and he told her what he dreamed.
‘It was so real said Seven that when I woke up I was not sure where I was.

Seven’s dream

I was living in a large house and it was full of modem technology with two computers and we had to rely on the guiding hand to buy us food. We could talk to the guiding hand by sending emails telling her what we wanted and she would supply us with it her name was Ann and she was always praising us by giving us a green glove and if we were bad she would give us the red glove. You were there too you had been adopted Isi, but that was not your name your name was Fabiana and mine was Logolo.
Isi’s interrupts story, That is my great great aunts uncles names I read the latter my mother give and there is a family tree my mother researched and that’s all I know. So go on what happened next.

I am sorry Isi I have to tell you more of my dream another time, I promised

'OHH'

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Chapter 14

Seven’s dream

I was married to you and we had a little girl who we named Katania. Katania like the quiet life and she disliked rocks.

‘Kat come and get your dinner and would you stop banging those dishes or you get the red glove from Ann’ called Fabiana.
‘Please mom I want to watch this programme’.
‘Turn the TV off and come and get your dinner.’
‘In a minute.’
‘No now, I won’t tell you again.’
‘Alright, I’m coming.’

I often had arguments with my daughter, she was so stubbin at times yet she would be so sweet.
Isi said that sounds like my older sister mom told me she took after our great aunty… oops the same name great aunty Fabiana. Hummm I wonder. Go on I want to here more please.

Right said Seven. We had another child and we called her…
‘Zia? Interrupted Isi.
Yes How did you know?
‘Just a guess’. Isi said.
‘I think you know something, or have I told you this dream before!!? Seven asked, then said ‘no don’t tell me I think I know where this is going!!! I suppose you want to here the rest.
‘Yes please’. Said Isi I won’t interrupt no more’.

We celebrated the new baby and we decided to name the baby Zia a beautiful little girl with red hair and blue eyes like her mom. I decided to cook a meal for the occasion and I needed different ingredients to do this meal and even though there was plenty of food in the fridge, there was other things needed to make up the meal. So I decided to write an email to the player. We named her the player as she helped to provide in our lives. I wrote in the email to say; we are pleased with our new baby we called Zia. However we need some different types of groceries if that is possible.
Thank you for your help regards
Logolo.

The food got delivered and, I don’t know how she did it but she got just what we wanted and I was able to do this special meal for us. We later all watch a video called “Turtle Adventures”.

Fabiana kept asking if she could hold the baby and she was only age 4 at the time. Mom let her sit with the baby and would let her play with her and she would often let the baby play with her toys. However she would not let the baby play with some of the toys as she uses to hide them. When it comes for Fabiana to have a shower, she would often run and hide or if she was asked to brush her teeth would go missing. We soon found her hiding at the back of the house under the window. As the player would seek her out.

‘Logolo come quick mom’s she is not well’ Kat cried.
I came running and Fabiana was lying on the sofa and she could not stop coughing and she looked like she was in a bad way. There was no sign of Ann and if she did not get here soon, this would spread to all the family and we were afried of the baby catching it as she was only very tiny.

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Chapter 15

Where is Ann I was very worried now that Kat had caught this virus that was going round Fab had got it now Kat had come down with it. Then just as I was she would never arrive she appeared though our webcam and since she could not hear us though our webcam as we had no other way of commutation except by giving out massages or email. I quickly wrote her an email about that we may be coming down with something and hoped she find a cure.

Ann at her computer was shocked to see her little family was ‘A bit sick’ She want to Fab and kept nudging her to tell her what is wrong with you and she just kept groaning all the time. Come on Fab just give me a massage or I not able to find the right medicine. Fab was too weak to write the massage and so Ann took her to have a drink of water. Once Fab had a drink of water and Ann found out in the end, Fab could not stop coughing. Right thought Ann I know the cure and want quickly to the store and got the right medicine and gave the medicine to each sick member in the household. Then Ann saw they were weak and found two types of fruits in the store and give the fruits to each weak patient and the fruit restored some of their health which made them happier.

Fab waved to Ann as soon as she was cured and was delighted with the fruit treat and the same with Little Kat. At least the Zia our baby is well.

Zia had long red hair and after she was 2 years old she was sometimes naughty as she would often go in the kitchen and would bang the dishes to get attention. Mom would often tell her off by saying ‘You get the red glove if you keep misbehaving’.
‘Ann would not do that she says I’m too cute, I’m not scared of the red glove, Kat is, she always runs away.’
Kat came running in saying, ‘The ovens on fire’
‘Oh no dad must of left the oven on and there is no way to put the fire out,’ Fab explained. ‘Go and tell dad to see if he could find the way to open the shed their might be some fire extinguishers in there.
‘All right mom’. Kat want running to find for daddy.

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Chapter 16

‘The ovens on fire, the ovens on fire daddy come quick!!!’ called out Kat.
‘Oohh no, how are we going to put it out? We need fire extinguishers, Daddy explained.
Then little Zia who was by now 2 years old and showed daddy what she had found and Logolo/Seven took what Zia had found and it looked like a door handle for the shed and her took it to fix it on the shed. But the shed was still locked and he needed a key. He decided to go and ask Fab/Isi if she might know where a key could be located for the shed door.

Fab told Log that her mother used to hide a door key under a mat, when the house was empty. So Logolo decided to look under the welcome mat and sure enough he found the key and went to open the shed door. There Logolo saw the fire extinguishers and picked up one that would put out oven fires. He managed to put out the fire and was pleased that Ann was very pleased with his heroism of putting out the fire and waved back at the computer screen. However the oven was really damaged inside and so they badly needed a new oven an upgraded one that was fire proof. The family did not have enough money in the bank to buy a new kitchen unit as it would cost $5000. They would have to make do with the burnt out oven. The family were still able to use the oven as it was still intact after Logolo cleaned it out scraping off most of the burnt food. They have to remember to switch it off after use.

Fab was looking how much they had in the bank account and found he had over $4oo and decided they could afford some new stuff for the house and sent an email to Ann for this request after all they had both worked hard on their careers. Fab was a board game designer and was due for a promotion was and I was wood sculptor and just got promotion had reached grade 3. I was now earning more money. Ann granted our request and got us upgraded bathroom suit. Had put in new radiator to keep the bathroom warm and a set of bathroom scales so we could watch our weights. We celebrated the house upgrade and waved back to Ann to thank her. A $100 was spent on the bathroom and was pleased with that. However we still had the leaky sinks and blocked toilets. If only we had better tools. But tools cost $1200. Apart from that we were very happy with our lot. We had over the years we had 5 children who were Legend, Tonic, and Emmalea. Emmalea was a strange child and did nothing better than brushing her red hair. I tell all about Emmalea how she featured in my dream at another time. Seven said.

I think my mom’s grandmother who was named Emmalea Isi explained, I can’t wait to hear all about Emmalea.

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Chapter 17

Emmalea had long beautiful red hair and she knew it. She took every spare time she could combing and brushing it. ‘One day’ she said I going to win a beauty contest and win lots of money and then I will up grade this house with everything.’
She never did of course yet she did take over the house and did spend the money she earned on getting a new kitchen.

I was nearing my time and as I kept coming down with something, sometimes I ended up with a bad chest or a saw throat or even a stomach upset Ann always found the right medicine. I was now age 65 and I knew I was not going to make it though the night. I made my will that Emmalea would have the house as she was the youngest my wife had already passed away and I was hoping that I would live long enough before Emmalea went to collage. I knew that Ann would make sure she would be alright. I went to bed and then I felt my spirit leaving my body and I remember Little Emmalea was age 16. I did not know what would have come of her yet I knew that Ann would look after her until she was old enough to go to collage. Then I woke up and found myself back here.

‘Wow that was a long dream no wonder you did not know where you where when you woke up.’ Isi said
Yes it was and I do believe that house does exist and Emmalea is living there now with her own family’. Seven Explained.
Then I going to find it, I’m going to ask around and maybe someone will know’.

Just as Isi was giving her intentions about finding this house she heard some sort of commotion going on at the lagoon. Two people had fallen down the waterfall. Isi ran over and recognised her sister, but the male that came with her was a stranger. Isi ran to her sister and welcomed her with open arms and asked her where her brother was. Tiare explained that her brother decided to stay as he had found someone he loved and had married her.
Who is this dark stranger that came with you?
‘This is Totolo and we got married before we started out to find you.’ Tiare Explained.
‘Took you long enough to get here and I am 12 now’. Isi said.
‘Of course it’s your birthday today. I did not get you anything, but you can have this and Tiare give Isi a parley coral shell. ‘They are found at the north shore, it’s a rare one so not many are found. I found this when I was only this high, so instead of giving this to the scientist to sell I thought I keep this one. I wanted to bring something from the north shore in case I found you.
Thank you it’s so beautiful, we never find anything like this here. However we do find lots of other type of shells and have you seen are gong.
‘Yes I like to see all the collections.’
‘Tiare Seven had a dream and I think you should here about it and after he has told it I want to find our families house.’ Isi explained.
‘Our families house, but that’s impossible!!!’
‘First you must get Seven to tell his dream and it will come clear.’

So Tiare got to hear about Seven’s dream and was surprised how familiar it sounded to her and wondered if Seven was a incarnated from a life before and he actually was Logolo in that other life and then she thought about her husband who had a similar name as Totolo. Tiare suddenly felt a cold chill go down her back She wondered if it was a good idea to find this house, yet she did not want to let Isi down. However there was one problem. Isi would have to be adopted into the house and there were many people who where looking for new homes. But maybe there was a way and, but she would have to wait until she was old enough to marry.

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Chapter 18

Isi was now age 14 and still no nearer to finding out where this house was. She had gained a Trainee doctor status yet she was board with having nothing to do as there were not many sick villagers to cure. The guiding hand pointed her to one of the herbs round the village and she began to study them. She got to know what each was for and what each did. Sometime Isi got a bit confused and turned back to the guiding hand shaking her head and saying ‘No’. The guiding hand would try to encourage her to try again.

Her sister Tiare came by and asked her how she was doing, ‘How is it going?’
‘Not so good I just get confused at times with all these combinations of each herb.’
‘Oh you get it in the end it is a matter of each colour and think of black as a toxin type herb and what will go with it to make it into a strong medicine for serious illnesses and other colour herb red and so on.’ Tiare explained.
Why yes I never thought of that!! You’re so clever.’ Isi said
‘I been doing it for years, I was like you when I first started out. You gain more experience practising on real patients.’
Isi changed the subject onto something that she had wanted to find out for a long time, ‘Have you found out about how to get to this house?’
‘Isi I can only give you this information but I don’t think you like it.’ Tiare explained.
‘Well tell me anyway, I can take it.’ Isi wanting to know why.
Tiare said, ‘The only way to get back to your ancestor’s house is getting adopted.’
‘Adopted? Oh that’s easy.’
‘No listen, you have to be old enough for marriage, and your only 14 and also the guiding hands might not chose you to be adopted there are so many waiting to be adopted.
‘You mean there is a waiting list?’ Isi signed.
‘I told you not like it.’ Tiare said.
‘I can live with that, Tiare you got to get me on that list, please you must, I just want to go back to where my ancestors where born.’ Isi implored.
‘Okay I well see what I can do I asked the scientist to find a way off this island, after all there is a small world out there and there must be a way there, I’ll do my best I promise.
‘I know you will Tiare you can do anything, I can always rely on you.’

Tiare had a big worry now and did not want to let her kid sister down, so she had to do her best to try and get Isi on the list one way or another. But how that was a big question and the scientists had no such things as computers or anything. It was a lot more primitive, yet there was still powerful magic that could be used hum maybe there was away after all after all I used powerful magic to get here Tiare Thought.

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Chapter 19

Isi had worked hard at studying the herbs and now was adept doctor and she thought she knew enough about medicine and decided to enjoy her self and went to enjoy the pond like all the doctors did in the tribe who had already advance in the medical arts. Isi thought this is a life until an epidemic happened. The village was suddenly overrun by an invasion of rats. All the villagers were running round in panic seeing all the rats. Then the rats disappeared to the other side of the island. Everyone was in shock; the food was unfit and had to throw some it out. But then the villagers started to come down with a disease that spread amongst the tribe. They also became weakened with the disease that hit them. Some how once again Isi was lucky and remained will, but she was shocked that her sister was very ill and was in a bad way. Tiara’s strength was gone and she could hardly walk to the hospital. Isi helped her up and got her to the hospital and she want off to look for the rightful herbs to treat her. As she was looking for the herbal remedy to cure Tiare. The others were demanding to be treated, but she wanted to treat her sister first and told them to wait in turn. She wondered where the other doctors where as she seemed to be the only one available. Isi found the right cure and treated Tiare and now she had to wait and see if it had been successful.

In the meantime while Tiare was recovering after the treatment, Isi want to treat the other sick villagers. There were so many to treat. Isi had a flash back that something familiar happened during her childhood and this is how she became a doctor. Isi somehow knew that the diseases were not as bad as this at that time. This was different as not only were they sick they were also much weakened to the point that most could die if they were not treated as soon as possible. Just as she was thinking these doomed words, some of the elderly began to die and now she had the job to burying the dead.

Tiare came by and asked Isi if she wanted some help and Isi was pleased to see that Tiare was looking much better, yet she was still weakened from her illness. ‘I am glad your much better, but you still need rest’.
I am okay and besides we need to treat the older patients and the children first as they are more in danger of the disease can be fatal than to the younger adults.’
‘How about treating the doctors first and then we have more staff to treat the rest?’ Isi explained.

Isi and Tiare went ahead and treated all the doctors and soon had more healers on the job. What Isi did not know that Seven was not among the sick and she thought he must have been will. Yet Seven was in another part of the village and he was very sick and weakened and had not been able to make his way to the hospital. Will he be found and cured.

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Chapter 20

Isi found Seven and he was in a bad way. Seven said to Isi, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make it.’ and he handed her a small vial and he said ‘drink this and you get your wish.’
Isi said, ‘No don’t say that you can’t die I need you, I can make you better, I know I can.’ Isi did her best to give Seven the right medicine. Seven died in her arms.
Noo Seven wake up, You can’t die Seven please wake up. Then Tiare came by and said, It’s too late he’s gone,’ But Isi could not except that he was gone. She just held on to him willing him to wake up convince he was only sleeping and he would wake up soon. Cradling him in her arms rocking back and forth welling him to wake up. She stayed like that all night. One of the doctors came by to bury him, but she told him to go away that he was only sleeping

Chapter 21

It had been 3 years since Seven died and she remembered Seven’s words just before he died. Isi took out the vial that Seven had given her and wondered if she would dare to drink it now that she was 18. Seven told her to use it on her 18th birthday and her wish would be granted. Isi never told any one what Seven had given her and she knew that the contents would transport her some where. She decided to tell Tiare about the vial that Seven had given her and what it contained.

Tiare said, ‘It is up to you whether you use it or not.’
‘This would mean I am gone and you may never see me again.’ Isi explained.
‘I know, but it’s what you want and, I know I miss you but I got my own family now. You never been the same since Seven had died you never got over it and I don’t think you be happy here without him. So may drinking this magic potion will help you find happiness.’

Isi decided it was time and she asked Tiare to stay and watch in case anything went wrong. Tiare said she would. She give Isi a big hug and wished her good luck and said, ‘Go for it girl’

Isi took one deep breath and then she drank the contents and suddenly felt very light and then she saw her sister fade in front of her eyes. Then she suddenly thought Oh what have I done, thinking that it was her sister going and not her. The next thing, Isi found herself in a large room like office and it was very high tech. Isi heard someone speak.
‘Can I help you?’
Isi looked round and she noticed a very large screen and saw an ordinary attractive female looking at her though the screen. Isi realised she was in a large computer room and there were several other people in the room around her age. Isi realised she was about the youngest as she was only 18. Isi not sure where she was asked who are all these people and where am I?’
The female though the screen said. First of all I well enterduce myself. I am your guiding hand and my name is Ann.’
You’re "THE" guiding hand? Highlighting the “THE” ‘But you look so or…’ Isi said not knowing what to say or expect.
‘You mean ordinary!!!, well I don’t have 2 heads or whatever’ Ann said laughing.
Isi did not know what to say to this, but was glad that the guiding hand was just like well human like she was and not just a hand that came out of thin air. Ann continued to explain ‘This is the office were you get adopted and you are given a place to live in. First of all you need to fill in a form and what your career is going to be and once you done that you be ready for adoption’

Isi want to another computer and someone behind a desk handed her some forms to fill in. The person behind the desk said if you want any help to fill them in go to that computer over there and Arthur will give you some tips. Isi want over to the computer and saw a good looking male that looked at her though the screen, it was Author. Isi told him her name and he asked her if she had any experience in any job careers. She told him that she had studied medicine, but she did not tell him where in case he did not believe her as she thought it hard to explain. Isi said that she had studied it at home with her parents. Arthur to her relief did not question her farther on her origins. The next thing he told her to go to the careers office that would give her the kind of work she would like to do. Isi saw there was an online medical consultant and as she already had some experience in the medical arts, she got to Novice (2) the secretary put in Isi’s details and faxed it though and then show her a place to sit and wait and would see her as soon as she got info whether she got the job or not.

Isi saw some magazines and picked up one and began to read. Then the secretary called her and Isi came over and told her the good news that she got the job and she would have to start at Novice (2). So Isi was to be an online medical consultant and her daily salary would be $105. The secretary told Isi that Ann was now ready to adopt you and all she needed to do was to sign her name. Isi went to the computer and Ann accepted her into the house. The secretary took Isi to a waiting taxi and was drove her to the house. Isi ran to the house that was going to be her home for the rest of her life. It was a very large house. She noticed that the very large garden that surrounded the house was full of weeds and as she entered, Isi noticed that it was a bit messy like the wind had blown a lot of sweet wrappers around the house and she also noticed that the sink was leaking. She saw Ann though the screen, it reminded her of “Big Brother”. She tapped on the screen as if to say well what I to do about the leaky bathroom hay. Ann showed her were to get the repair kit and Isi saw a spanner and went to tighten the tap that was leaking. Then Isi went round picking up the sweet wrappers and cleaning the dirty smudges on the floor.

Later Isi went to the master bedroom and she looked in the drawers and she noticed a journal that seemed familiar and it looked very aged. As Isi read though the journal she began to recognised some of her ancestor’s names that had lived in this house many years ago. Yet the house had not been lived in for many years and wondered where they had gone and wondered why no one had taken over the house. Isi then knew she had come home and this was the house that her mother’s great aunt and uncles had lived.

As Isi was so busy reading the Journal when she heard the ding, ding noise coming from the office. She wondered what it was. Ann showed her where the office was as it was such a large house that she did not know where everything was. Then she realised that it was an email. She was so excited that she nearly fell off the chair. Isi opened the email and it was incoming marriage and the male that she saw on the screen, it was Seven her Seven, she thought it can’t be he had died yet there he was very much alive. Isi accepted the proposal and met him at the door and she ran up to him. They both married at a local church, it was a beautiful wedding. All the trimmings and that. Isi was very happy and content that now she had Seven and her future was now secured and she planed to have many children.

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