Beyond The Doorby shockleeChaptersPrologue: The WormholeChapter 1: Matt CrockerChapter 2: Taya Crocker & Uncle AdamsPrologue: The Wormhole During the time of Jesus, 31 BC ago lived a Pharisee named Neoi. He lived at Galilee, along with his fellow Pharisees. For him it was very risky to be a Pharisee that time because only he and Nicodemus were Jesus’ friends that time, so both of them kept this little secret. The day came when the witnessed Jesus ascending to Heaven, along with His other disciples. After He’s gone from the clouds, Nicodemus went back to the temple while Neoi went to his house. He went inside, locked the doors, and walked down inside his secret basement. You can imagine that the door of the said basement was underneath a shelf full of scrolls and papers. As he was halfway down, he took a lighted candle on a lamp stand hanging beside a wall. When he made it to the bottom, he unrolled a stone which covered a large hole in the wall. It was as big as a door. In fact, it looked like a door but it’s not a door; it’s just a plain old hole. He then casted some sort of a spell to the hole that turned the hole into a wormhole. After staring at the glowing shockwave, two figures came out. One was a tall, white unicorn with wings and jalousies while the other figure is just like the other one, only half-tall and blue. “Princess Celestia and Princess Luna”, Neoi bowed. “You don’t need to bow down every time you see us, Neoi”, said Princess Celestia. Neoi nodded. “Why did you summon us for?” asked Princess Luna. “I found a scroll about a prophecy concerning Equestria. I have no power to open it, and neither do you. It is because of its star-shaped locked that held the scroll in its place”, he whispered. “If you haven’t opened thy scroll, how do you know that what is containing inside the rolled paper is about Equestria?” “I may not see the inside of the scroll, but I can feel what it says.” Neoi handed the roll to the two princesses but little did Neoi that he was already being watched by his fellow Pharisees. The Pharisees quickly went out of the house and reported everything to Ananias, the high priest. At first, Ananias didn’t believe at the report but as they continue Ananias sent for Neoi. “Neoi, what is this thing I’ve been hearing about. First Jesus, now you; have you lost your mind also? Defend yourself!" Neoi tried to say a word that will make the Pharisees' reports false, but he knew himself that he's a very honest man, and he never lied to anyone...until now. “I...I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Suddenly, a war broke between him and his fellow Pharisees. The three Pharisees who reported Neoi burst with anger in front of the high priest and dragged him, along with Ananias, to his basement. Nicodemus tried to stop them, but his strength was no use as he's now thrown to the ground of his basement. One of the three Pharisees casted the same spell Neoi did and, as you were expecting, the same wormhole showed up, giving the whole group a view of Medieval Ponyville. “THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! Neoi, how dare you didn’t told us before!” Neoi stood still, afraid of what will happen to Equestria and to him. “I have no interest in this trash anymore. Take him to the prison while we take care of these ponies.” Two guards suddenly grasped Neoi’s arm and dragged him outside the house. Neoi managed to escape the guards’ fiercely hands and hid on a ship nearby. The ship went off to Rome as the guards appeared but it was too late, Neoi already ran away. Meanwhile, Ananias, the Pharisees, and some of the guards left charged towards and out of the Everfree Forest and captured every single creature on land and some on air, whether a pony or not. “Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, trouble is rising in Ponyville right now!” said one of the royal guards as the news spreaded wide. “What’s wrong?” asked Princess Luna. The guard motioned the princesses to go to a nearby balcony to get the horrifying view: human soldiers wrecking down every houses, Pharisees kidnapping every pony they encounter in their way, and a priestly figure commanding the soldiers and the Pharisees. “Sister" said Luna, "Who do you think has done this mess?” “I have no idea, but...” “Do you think it could be of Neoi’s doings?” “Probably.” Princess Celestia casted a spell to stop the humans from destroying Equestria further, then she flew down and spoke. “I believe that you know a human named ‘Neoi’, right?” asked the Princess. “Oh, him" said Ananias with disgust. "I used to look above him with great expectations, but now he fell right to the ground. Anyway, he’s the reason why we’re here, he brought us here.” “Do you know where he is right now?” said Luna. “It’s no use looking for him right now; he escaped!” “I knew I shouldn't have trusted that foreigner!" said Princess Celestia to herself. "He used us to trap us all, to put us all in danger, but I’ll fix everything up.” With that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna lifted them high up where every pony can see them as the princesses suddenly casted a spell on each of them. “From now on, we will cut the relations between ponies and humans of the outer world!" shouted Princess Luna. "You and your people will forget our faces and this place, and our people will forget your faces! You will be banished from entering our world by any means, and only the one who is written in the scroll shall be the only one to travel between worlds!” With a rumbling of the ground, Ananias, the Pharisees, and the soldiers were casted out of Equestria and were thrown to ground right in front of the Temple. Ananias was the first to wake up, and in that moment, they forgot what happened that very day, and seems that no one, even those who believed, did not believe in the existence of talking ponies anymore; except for one… Chapter 1: Matt Crocker Beep! Beep! Beep! “Okay! Okay! I’m up!” I got up from my bed, turned off the alarm clock, and prepared my things for school later this afternoon. “Hey, yo!” That’s my housemate, Michael Chislett, but you can call him Mike. “Mike, how many time do I have to tell you that you have to knock before entering my room?” “So what? This is my house, if y’all don’t know yet.” “Just because this is your house doesn’t mean you have to barge in my private part of this your house.” “Well, suit yourself Mr. Matthew Crocker. Anyway, it’s already 7:30 am so you should be going to college now?” “What do you mean me? I’m on afternoon shift, remember?” Mike went downstairs and looked at his schedule “Oh my gosh, I forgot that physics class starts in less than 30 minutes!” Mike then went into tornado mode, rushing at top speed while I’m just standing there outside my room, looking at laughing at him while he frequently stumble down and sometimes slip off the floor. “Sorry Matt, but I have to go, see ‘ya late—“ “Wait, Mike.” “What?” “You forgot to wear your underwear again.” We both laughed as he ran to his room to wear his underwear in which, as I mentioned, he forgot to wear for the seventh time this week. After some minutes later, he went out of his room, loped outside the house, and called the nearest taxi while I’ll be sitting here watching TV, or maybe talk about myself. As you just read from our conversation with me and Mike, I’m Matthew Crocker; you can call me Matt. I’m nineteen years old, already college with a degree of Information and Communications Technology. For people who don’t know it, it’s a course wherein you do some crazy computer things like making a movie or probably doing things Michael Bay would do. Where are my parents you say? Well, they shipped me here so I can have my college here. We live at the upper part of California and I’m here at the middle part of Cali. I’m currently living along with my roommate and cousin Michael Chislett, or Mike for short. Just between the two of us, we’re actually bronies but we don’t share it to our classmates much (even though they already know) due to some emotional and social reasons. We and Mike are both college students but we have separate courses. I took the nerdy computer one while he took the “Trust Me, I’m An Engineer” course. — 2:30 pm — “Well, I’d better be getting ready. I only have an hour left for preparation.” I took out my clean and neatly ironed uniform and hung it behind the door. I went downstairs and took a bath. It’s already afternoon so the water’s hot a bit. After a few minutes of scrubbing and soaping, I went out and wore my uniform not forgetting the underwear like what Mike does every time. I grabbed my bag, making sure that I have everything I need inside, and locked the door of my room. I don’t want my secrets to slip out of my hands while I’m gone. I then locked the main door and went out, humping on my bike and went off to college. — 3:20 pm — Whew! I made it forty minutes before my first class. I went inside the large campus and walked through the hallway to my locker. I grabbed some of my books and went inside our class room, which is only beside the locker. “Hey.” She’s Melodie Wagner, Melody for short. “Hey, nice new hair style.” “Thanks. I kinda like light pink stripes; it suits my style. Yours too.” “Really? You like it? I thought cyan would be awkward for me.” “Oh, don’t say that. Cyan looks cute on you.” “Well…uh…thanks. Anyways I have to go now, it’s almost class time.” “Okay then, let’s meet later at lunch dinner.” “Okay then. See you later!” I waved goodbye at Melody as she waved back at me. I went inside our classroom, and just in time too as our first teacher came in. — 10:00 pm — “Hey, Matt!” he said as I went inside the house from college. “Hey Mike. Why are you still up? Shouldn’t you be asleep by now?” “I can’t sleep, so I decided to watch some movie with popcorns until the movie gets so boring it will lure me to sleep.” I looked at the movie title, which seriously made me laugh hard. “Equestria Girls? Seriously? You’re watching Equestria Girls?” I chuckled. “Exactly! The movie’s so boring it’s enough to make me sleep in ten seconds flat!” “Well then, I’m going to my room. It’s getting late now.” “Suit yourself! I’m staying here.” Chapter 2: Taya Crocker & Uncle Adams “Mornin’ Homie!” Mike shouted, waking me up. “Hh — huh?” I irritably grunted. “Rise and shine! It’s Saturday.” “5:30 am in the Saturday that is! Why the heck would you wake me up this early?” “’Cause it’s Saturday.” “So?” “And you oldie sister’s coming.” “Wait, what!?” I was surprised. What would my older sister do here in our house? Mike explained everything downstairs. “Your older sister is coming for a visit remember? She dropped a letter two weeks ago.” “Really? Where is it?” “Haven’t you checked above the fridge?[color]” I look at the said fridge. “Wait, I never saw this before.” “Never saw it or never noticed it? ‘Cause I placed it on the fridge the day that letter came.” “Are you sure?” “Of course, I even— ” He was about to say something until a tall, white, brown-haired woman wearing matching red clothes came inside our house. She wore some bracelets in both wrists and three necklaces. She had her lip painted with red velvet lipstick and her fingers with red and pink manicure. “Hey, how’s my little brother’s been doing down here!?” the lady spoke. “T — Tt — Taya…?” The woman came in and gave me a hug like there’s no tomorrow. “You forgot the letter again, didn’t you?” she said, still hugging me. “Okay, okay, I forgot it. ” I struggled. “Would you please put me down so I can breathe?” I panted as she placed me down on the floor. “So, umm…Taya Crocker, right?” Mike asked. “Yes, and you?” “He’s my roommate, Michael Chislett, or Mike for short.” “Well nice to meet you. Anyways, I’m here to pick you up and your friend here if he won’t mind.” “Where are we going?” “Well, since tomorrow is weekends, and it’s your school holidays, we’re going to New York just to visit old Uncle Adams. He sent me a letter to visit him this week.” “He did? How is he now?” “Well, like I said, he’s a bit old but he’s still strong. He owns an antique shop in New York and is a very skillful when it comes to business. By the way, you really need to get dressed and pack up. And how about you Mike? Would you like to come?” “Well, don’t mind if I do.” “So what are you all waiting for? Go pack your things and get dressed; and you don’t mind if I check what’s on the fridge?” “Yeah, and there’s some cake if you want. So, while my older sister’s “investigating” our fridge, I and Mike arranged our clothes and stuffs in our suitcase. It wasn’t long until we’re finely dressed and our suitcases. I and Mike wore some winter clothes with scarves. “Why are you all dressed like that?” Taya asked as we went out of our rooms. “Why it’s still September!” “It’s a free country; you can dress what you want.” We laughed as Taya rolled her eyes. We then both walked downstairs as all of us went outside. I noticed that Taya still has that cake of hers. “Wait, is that our cake you’re eating?” “What? Oh, you said I can have some, right? You’re the one who told me there’s cake in your fridge.” “Well, yeah but, I thought you’d only get one piece…” “Yeah, that’s what you thought.” “Boy, your sister sure is hungry” Mike whispered. “It’s only a cake. You haven’t met her real self yet” I whispered back. “Well come one, get in the car” “What car?” “This one, just beside me” she pointed out a red, classy, car behind her. “Hold on, you own a car!?” I doubted. “Hey, mind to tell you that I’m the one spending your college funds, your lunch monies, and your pony merchandises!” she yelled a bit. “Just saying; there’s no need to be upset.” “Just get in.” We frankly obeyed. As we got inside, she placed our suitcases at the back of the car. She then got inside and made the wheels roll. It was one heck of a ride, but I’m not gonna tell all of it. Why? ‘Cause it’s too long and boring so I’ll just skip to the part wherein we made it to NY. So, yeah, we’re here now at New York, it’s already night, and we stopped by and old shop selling nothing but vintage clocks and some antiques. The shop is nice though, kinda like a restaurant but instead of selling foods it sells old stuffs. We all hopped out of the car, grabbed our suitcases, and went inside. As we opened the door an old, fat, shaggy man walked towards Taya and hugged her. She hugged him back. “Hey! How’s my little niece doing?” the man said. “And you brought some of your friends too?” “Actually, this is my younger brother Matt and his friend Mike.” The man looked at me, somewhat surprised and amazed. I got a bit nervous, so did Mike. “That…that’s Matt?” he said. “Well, yeah.” He came closer to me, staring at my eyes. This is starting to get creepy if you ask me. In fact, I’m starting to sweat already. “Uhm…hi. I – uhh…I’m…Matt, Matthew Crocker, or Matt for short.” I said nervously. “Why Matt, you’ve grown!” he chuckled. “Have you forgotten who I am?” “If I’m not mistaken, you’re Uncle Adams, right?” I raised an eyebrow. “Adamson Smith if you have forgotten” he answered, going back to his wooden counter. “And it seems that you’ve changed for the past seven years! Hah, well come one. I’ll show you where you’ll be staying.” Uncle Adams took us upstairs to a hall with many rooms. It was grand! As if you were walking on the red carpet. “Here’s where your sister will be staying.” He opened the door of a room. When we looked inside, it was quite large. It has a bed, a TV, a computer, and a small bathroom. “I don’t mean to ask” said Mike, “But why do you have so many rooms like this?” “Actually, this house was not mine" said Uncle Adams. "It belongs to my great ancestor Neoi the Pharisee. He was one of the greatest Pharisees in Israel during Jesus’ time until he escaped to Rome. He has traveled so many places like Athens, Britain, and many more. He then decided to live here in America. This house was built by his hands and was carried down to many generations. I’m currently the housekeeper and soon you Matt will be the next owner of this house and so is this antique shop of mine.” I was delighted by Uncle Adams’ words. Me, the next key holder of this house! My mind is playing so many scenes right now: me standing at the door of the antique shop while greeting my customers, me lying at the finest bed here in the city, and me…daydreaming too early. Nah, forget about daydreaming. What’s important is that I’ll be the next housekeeper and that soon I’ll have a business of my own. “And this is where you boys will be staying in the night.” He showed us the same room Taya had; only it has a double-decked bed. It’s still kinda nice though. So we went inside and placed our suitcases under the bed and changed our clothes for the night. “If you need anything I’ll be downstairs. Until then, have a good night.” he said as he waved all of us a goodbye. “So, your planes for tomorrow weekend?” Mike asked. “I think I’ll explore this house for a while” I answered as I climbed up the top bed while Mike’s staying at the bottom bed. “Sounds fun!” “It will!”
Prologue: The Wormhole During the time of Jesus, 31 BC ago lived a Pharisee named Neoi. He lived at Galilee, along with his fellow Pharisees. For him it was very risky to be a Pharisee that time because only he and Nicodemus were Jesus’ friends that time, so both of them kept this little secret. The day came when the witnessed Jesus ascending to Heaven, along with His other disciples. After He’s gone from the clouds, Nicodemus went back to the temple while Neoi went to his house. He went inside, locked the doors, and walked down inside his secret basement. You can imagine that the door of the said basement was underneath a shelf full of scrolls and papers. As he was halfway down, he took a lighted candle on a lamp stand hanging beside a wall. When he made it to the bottom, he unrolled a stone which covered a large hole in the wall. It was as big as a door. In fact, it looked like a door but it’s not a door; it’s just a plain old hole. He then casted some sort of a spell to the hole that turned the hole into a wormhole. After staring at the glowing shockwave, two figures came out. One was a tall, white unicorn with wings and jalousies while the other figure is just like the other one, only half-tall and blue. “Princess Celestia and Princess Luna”, Neoi bowed. “You don’t need to bow down every time you see us, Neoi”, said Princess Celestia. Neoi nodded. “Why did you summon us for?” asked Princess Luna. “I found a scroll about a prophecy concerning Equestria. I have no power to open it, and neither do you. It is because of its star-shaped locked that held the scroll in its place”, he whispered. “If you haven’t opened thy scroll, how do you know that what is containing inside the rolled paper is about Equestria?” “I may not see the inside of the scroll, but I can feel what it says.” Neoi handed the roll to the two princesses but little did Neoi that he was already being watched by his fellow Pharisees. The Pharisees quickly went out of the house and reported everything to Ananias, the high priest. At first, Ananias didn’t believe at the report but as they continue Ananias sent for Neoi. “Neoi, what is this thing I’ve been hearing about. First Jesus, now you; have you lost your mind also? Defend yourself!" Neoi tried to say a word that will make the Pharisees' reports false, but he knew himself that he's a very honest man, and he never lied to anyone...until now. “I...I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Suddenly, a war broke between him and his fellow Pharisees. The three Pharisees who reported Neoi burst with anger in front of the high priest and dragged him, along with Ananias, to his basement. Nicodemus tried to stop them, but his strength was no use as he's now thrown to the ground of his basement. One of the three Pharisees casted the same spell Neoi did and, as you were expecting, the same wormhole showed up, giving the whole group a view of Medieval Ponyville. “THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! Neoi, how dare you didn’t told us before!” Neoi stood still, afraid of what will happen to Equestria and to him. “I have no interest in this trash anymore. Take him to the prison while we take care of these ponies.” Two guards suddenly grasped Neoi’s arm and dragged him outside the house. Neoi managed to escape the guards’ fiercely hands and hid on a ship nearby. The ship went off to Rome as the guards appeared but it was too late, Neoi already ran away. Meanwhile, Ananias, the Pharisees, and some of the guards left charged towards and out of the Everfree Forest and captured every single creature on land and some on air, whether a pony or not. “Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, trouble is rising in Ponyville right now!” said one of the royal guards as the news spreaded wide. “What’s wrong?” asked Princess Luna. The guard motioned the princesses to go to a nearby balcony to get the horrifying view: human soldiers wrecking down every houses, Pharisees kidnapping every pony they encounter in their way, and a priestly figure commanding the soldiers and the Pharisees. “Sister" said Luna, "Who do you think has done this mess?” “I have no idea, but...” “Do you think it could be of Neoi’s doings?” “Probably.” Princess Celestia casted a spell to stop the humans from destroying Equestria further, then she flew down and spoke. “I believe that you know a human named ‘Neoi’, right?” asked the Princess. “Oh, him" said Ananias with disgust. "I used to look above him with great expectations, but now he fell right to the ground. Anyway, he’s the reason why we’re here, he brought us here.” “Do you know where he is right now?” said Luna. “It’s no use looking for him right now; he escaped!” “I knew I shouldn't have trusted that foreigner!" said Princess Celestia to herself. "He used us to trap us all, to put us all in danger, but I’ll fix everything up.” With that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna lifted them high up where every pony can see them as the princesses suddenly casted a spell on each of them. “From now on, we will cut the relations between ponies and humans of the outer world!" shouted Princess Luna. "You and your people will forget our faces and this place, and our people will forget your faces! You will be banished from entering our world by any means, and only the one who is written in the scroll shall be the only one to travel between worlds!” With a rumbling of the ground, Ananias, the Pharisees, and the soldiers were casted out of Equestria and were thrown to ground right in front of the Temple. Ananias was the first to wake up, and in that moment, they forgot what happened that very day, and seems that no one, even those who believed, did not believe in the existence of talking ponies anymore; except for one…
Chapter 1: Matt Crocker Beep! Beep! Beep! “Okay! Okay! I’m up!” I got up from my bed, turned off the alarm clock, and prepared my things for school later this afternoon. “Hey, yo!” That’s my housemate, Michael Chislett, but you can call him Mike. “Mike, how many time do I have to tell you that you have to knock before entering my room?” “So what? This is my house, if y’all don’t know yet.” “Just because this is your house doesn’t mean you have to barge in my private part of this your house.” “Well, suit yourself Mr. Matthew Crocker. Anyway, it’s already 7:30 am so you should be going to college now?” “What do you mean me? I’m on afternoon shift, remember?” Mike went downstairs and looked at his schedule “Oh my gosh, I forgot that physics class starts in less than 30 minutes!” Mike then went into tornado mode, rushing at top speed while I’m just standing there outside my room, looking at laughing at him while he frequently stumble down and sometimes slip off the floor. “Sorry Matt, but I have to go, see ‘ya late—“ “Wait, Mike.” “What?” “You forgot to wear your underwear again.” We both laughed as he ran to his room to wear his underwear in which, as I mentioned, he forgot to wear for the seventh time this week. After some minutes later, he went out of his room, loped outside the house, and called the nearest taxi while I’ll be sitting here watching TV, or maybe talk about myself. As you just read from our conversation with me and Mike, I’m Matthew Crocker; you can call me Matt. I’m nineteen years old, already college with a degree of Information and Communications Technology. For people who don’t know it, it’s a course wherein you do some crazy computer things like making a movie or probably doing things Michael Bay would do. Where are my parents you say? Well, they shipped me here so I can have my college here. We live at the upper part of California and I’m here at the middle part of Cali. I’m currently living along with my roommate and cousin Michael Chislett, or Mike for short. Just between the two of us, we’re actually bronies but we don’t share it to our classmates much (even though they already know) due to some emotional and social reasons. We and Mike are both college students but we have separate courses. I took the nerdy computer one while he took the “Trust Me, I’m An Engineer” course. — 2:30 pm — “Well, I’d better be getting ready. I only have an hour left for preparation.” I took out my clean and neatly ironed uniform and hung it behind the door. I went downstairs and took a bath. It’s already afternoon so the water’s hot a bit. After a few minutes of scrubbing and soaping, I went out and wore my uniform not forgetting the underwear like what Mike does every time. I grabbed my bag, making sure that I have everything I need inside, and locked the door of my room. I don’t want my secrets to slip out of my hands while I’m gone. I then locked the main door and went out, humping on my bike and went off to college. — 3:20 pm — Whew! I made it forty minutes before my first class. I went inside the large campus and walked through the hallway to my locker. I grabbed some of my books and went inside our class room, which is only beside the locker. “Hey.” She’s Melodie Wagner, Melody for short. “Hey, nice new hair style.” “Thanks. I kinda like light pink stripes; it suits my style. Yours too.” “Really? You like it? I thought cyan would be awkward for me.” “Oh, don’t say that. Cyan looks cute on you.” “Well…uh…thanks. Anyways I have to go now, it’s almost class time.” “Okay then, let’s meet later at lunch dinner.” “Okay then. See you later!” I waved goodbye at Melody as she waved back at me. I went inside our classroom, and just in time too as our first teacher came in. — 10:00 pm — “Hey, Matt!” he said as I went inside the house from college. “Hey Mike. Why are you still up? Shouldn’t you be asleep by now?” “I can’t sleep, so I decided to watch some movie with popcorns until the movie gets so boring it will lure me to sleep.” I looked at the movie title, which seriously made me laugh hard. “Equestria Girls? Seriously? You’re watching Equestria Girls?” I chuckled. “Exactly! The movie’s so boring it’s enough to make me sleep in ten seconds flat!” “Well then, I’m going to my room. It’s getting late now.” “Suit yourself! I’m staying here.”
Chapter 2: Taya Crocker & Uncle Adams “Mornin’ Homie!” Mike shouted, waking me up. “Hh — huh?” I irritably grunted. “Rise and shine! It’s Saturday.” “5:30 am in the Saturday that is! Why the heck would you wake me up this early?” “’Cause it’s Saturday.” “So?” “And you oldie sister’s coming.” “Wait, what!?” I was surprised. What would my older sister do here in our house? Mike explained everything downstairs. “Your older sister is coming for a visit remember? She dropped a letter two weeks ago.” “Really? Where is it?” “Haven’t you checked above the fridge?[color]” I look at the said fridge. “Wait, I never saw this before.” “Never saw it or never noticed it? ‘Cause I placed it on the fridge the day that letter came.” “Are you sure?” “Of course, I even— ” He was about to say something until a tall, white, brown-haired woman wearing matching red clothes came inside our house. She wore some bracelets in both wrists and three necklaces. She had her lip painted with red velvet lipstick and her fingers with red and pink manicure. “Hey, how’s my little brother’s been doing down here!?” the lady spoke. “T — Tt — Taya…?” The woman came in and gave me a hug like there’s no tomorrow. “You forgot the letter again, didn’t you?” she said, still hugging me. “Okay, okay, I forgot it. ” I struggled. “Would you please put me down so I can breathe?” I panted as she placed me down on the floor. “So, umm…Taya Crocker, right?” Mike asked. “Yes, and you?” “He’s my roommate, Michael Chislett, or Mike for short.” “Well nice to meet you. Anyways, I’m here to pick you up and your friend here if he won’t mind.” “Where are we going?” “Well, since tomorrow is weekends, and it’s your school holidays, we’re going to New York just to visit old Uncle Adams. He sent me a letter to visit him this week.” “He did? How is he now?” “Well, like I said, he’s a bit old but he’s still strong. He owns an antique shop in New York and is a very skillful when it comes to business. By the way, you really need to get dressed and pack up. And how about you Mike? Would you like to come?” “Well, don’t mind if I do.” “So what are you all waiting for? Go pack your things and get dressed; and you don’t mind if I check what’s on the fridge?” “Yeah, and there’s some cake if you want. So, while my older sister’s “investigating” our fridge, I and Mike arranged our clothes and stuffs in our suitcase. It wasn’t long until we’re finely dressed and our suitcases. I and Mike wore some winter clothes with scarves. “Why are you all dressed like that?” Taya asked as we went out of our rooms. “Why it’s still September!” “It’s a free country; you can dress what you want.” We laughed as Taya rolled her eyes. We then both walked downstairs as all of us went outside. I noticed that Taya still has that cake of hers. “Wait, is that our cake you’re eating?” “What? Oh, you said I can have some, right? You’re the one who told me there’s cake in your fridge.” “Well, yeah but, I thought you’d only get one piece…” “Yeah, that’s what you thought.” “Boy, your sister sure is hungry” Mike whispered. “It’s only a cake. You haven’t met her real self yet” I whispered back. “Well come one, get in the car” “What car?” “This one, just beside me” she pointed out a red, classy, car behind her. “Hold on, you own a car!?” I doubted. “Hey, mind to tell you that I’m the one spending your college funds, your lunch monies, and your pony merchandises!” she yelled a bit. “Just saying; there’s no need to be upset.” “Just get in.” We frankly obeyed. As we got inside, she placed our suitcases at the back of the car. She then got inside and made the wheels roll. It was one heck of a ride, but I’m not gonna tell all of it. Why? ‘Cause it’s too long and boring so I’ll just skip to the part wherein we made it to NY. So, yeah, we’re here now at New York, it’s already night, and we stopped by and old shop selling nothing but vintage clocks and some antiques. The shop is nice though, kinda like a restaurant but instead of selling foods it sells old stuffs. We all hopped out of the car, grabbed our suitcases, and went inside. As we opened the door an old, fat, shaggy man walked towards Taya and hugged her. She hugged him back. “Hey! How’s my little niece doing?” the man said. “And you brought some of your friends too?” “Actually, this is my younger brother Matt and his friend Mike.” The man looked at me, somewhat surprised and amazed. I got a bit nervous, so did Mike. “That…that’s Matt?” he said. “Well, yeah.” He came closer to me, staring at my eyes. This is starting to get creepy if you ask me. In fact, I’m starting to sweat already. “Uhm…hi. I – uhh…I’m…Matt, Matthew Crocker, or Matt for short.” I said nervously. “Why Matt, you’ve grown!” he chuckled. “Have you forgotten who I am?” “If I’m not mistaken, you’re Uncle Adams, right?” I raised an eyebrow. “Adamson Smith if you have forgotten” he answered, going back to his wooden counter. “And it seems that you’ve changed for the past seven years! Hah, well come one. I’ll show you where you’ll be staying.” Uncle Adams took us upstairs to a hall with many rooms. It was grand! As if you were walking on the red carpet. “Here’s where your sister will be staying.” He opened the door of a room. When we looked inside, it was quite large. It has a bed, a TV, a computer, and a small bathroom. “I don’t mean to ask” said Mike, “But why do you have so many rooms like this?” “Actually, this house was not mine" said Uncle Adams. "It belongs to my great ancestor Neoi the Pharisee. He was one of the greatest Pharisees in Israel during Jesus’ time until he escaped to Rome. He has traveled so many places like Athens, Britain, and many more. He then decided to live here in America. This house was built by his hands and was carried down to many generations. I’m currently the housekeeper and soon you Matt will be the next owner of this house and so is this antique shop of mine.” I was delighted by Uncle Adams’ words. Me, the next key holder of this house! My mind is playing so many scenes right now: me standing at the door of the antique shop while greeting my customers, me lying at the finest bed here in the city, and me…daydreaming too early. Nah, forget about daydreaming. What’s important is that I’ll be the next housekeeper and that soon I’ll have a business of my own. “And this is where you boys will be staying in the night.” He showed us the same room Taya had; only it has a double-decked bed. It’s still kinda nice though. So we went inside and placed our suitcases under the bed and changed our clothes for the night. “If you need anything I’ll be downstairs. Until then, have a good night.” he said as he waved all of us a goodbye. “So, your planes for tomorrow weekend?” Mike asked. “I think I’ll explore this house for a while” I answered as I climbed up the top bed while Mike’s staying at the bottom bed. “Sounds fun!” “It will!”
