Forsythia brainstormed to find ways to buy herself some time so that she can pack everything she needed "I have to stop her from breaking the door.. or I'd have no place to hide and pack my things.."
She looked for her phone and saw the time, it was still early and she had a few hours to plan and execute it.. Just as she was thinking about it, her mother had already come back with some men to break down the door..
Forsythia heard their voices and hastily opened the door.. She made her hair messy beforehand so it looked like she had just woken up.. looking at her mother while rubbing her eyes, she said lazily "Mom.. I slept late at night, so I woke up just now.. I'm sorry.. I'll just get ready now.."
Her mother Cynthia looked at her with her eyes narrowed, suspicion in her voice as she spoke "What were you doing so late at night? I had already informed you last night that you have to get up early for your engagement.. and here you are.. ugh.. forget it.. get ready as fast as you can.. we have to leave early so as to arrive at the location early to welcome your in-laws' family.."
Forsythia nodded her head, her eyes lowered, as her mother turned to walk down the stairs with the men she brought with her.. She closed the door and locked it..
She took out her black college backpack, that she had just gifted herself after teaching students part-time, in hopes that she'd go to study in a university with her school friends and make new friends and have fun.. But Fate had something else planned for her..
She sighed and put her backpack on the bed, as she rummaged through her wardrobe to get a few things that she might need, like - clothes, money, passport, and the most important thing of them all, an ice blue ring her father had given her before her parents got divorced..
"Where did i put it again?? I clearly remember I had it on my finger that ni-" She abruptly came to a stop, her eyes shook, her hands cold... "I.. W-wore it that night.. the night.. the night that I jumped down the cliff... huh.."
Forsythia breathing quickened as she shook her head, her eyes teary "No... No.. it can't be.. how can that happen? it was just a dream, Ain't I here in my own house.."
Her mind kept telling her to look for it everywhere in her room.. She turned her room upside down but couldn't find that ring.. Just then she heard it again "Squeak.. squeak.." it was the same chirping that she had heard before..
This time when she turned her towards the source of the chirping, there she saw a tiny blue bird.. chirping and jumping up and down, looking at her with it's eyes blinking..
Forsythia was amazed by how pretty the tiny bird looked, she found that the bird had the same design of a flower vine, around it's tiny neck feathers, that was carved on the ring that her father gave her..
Her eyes widened as an absurd thought made it's way to her mind, she got a little excited with how ridiculous the thought that she just had.. In her excitement she blurted it out "You have the same carving around your neck, that was on my ring.. Would it make me look like an idiot if I said that, I feel like you are related to that ring in some way?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she slapped her own forehead, and scoffed at herself "Look at me making up a theory that's impossible.. haha.. and not only that, I'm expecting a bird to answer my questions-"
She was interrupted as a tiny squeaky voice was heard from the bird's beak "yes.. Squeak.. I am that ring itself.. or you might say I was trapped inside the ring for and eternity... Squeak.. waiting for the rightful successor to wake me up and free me.."
Forsythia looked at the bird that kept chirping, with her mouth agape, eyes widened.. She was still in shock when she heard the bird again saying "Squeak.. You should close your mouth first human, or a fly might get inside.."
She closed her mouth and pointed her finger at the ice blue bird and said "You just talked to me!! but why do I feel that I understand what you just said?"
She didn't have to wait long for the bird had already started speaking "Only you can understand what I'm saying.. Squeak.."
"Why is that?" She asked instantly.. she was getting nervous and a little eager to be real.. It all felt like some fantasy world thing happing to her in real life.. until now she had only read about them in the novels or seen the dramas.. But, it had manifested itself right front of her eyes.. she pinched her forearm and felt the pain.. "It's not a dream.. so it's all real!!"
The bird rolled it's tiny eyes and chirped, a little agitated "Squeak.. Of course.. it's real.. you dripped your blood and soul fragrance on the ring to wake me up, when you jumped down the cliff.."
"How is that possible? I didn't even know until today that there was something trapped inside that ring.. never in my wildest dreams.." Forsythia argued back in a small voice, making sure that nobody could hear her voice..
"Well.. squeak.. forget about all this for now.. squeak.. we have to get you out of here first.. we can have our chitchat later.. or you wanna get engaged to that man again??" The bird chirped back..