SPARKLES OF DESTINY

It was a beautiful Monday morning, the Nelson family started their day with the regular ups and downs of Mrs. Nelson in the house and Mr. Nelson in the farm as usual taking care of his crops and animals. The Nelson family was blessed with three brilliant, adorable kids, Nicole Nelson, Betty Nelson and Aimscious Nelson who was the youngest among the three siblings. Betty playfully followed, Nicole, their older brother all over the hall, teasing as they got ready for school.

On the other side of one of the rooms laid little Aimscious in one of her regular nightmares , a regular unpleasant one which kept haunting her.

NIGHTMARE

The house was practically on fire; Nelson, and Nic were stuck in one of the rooms while Betty was no where to be found. Solidad helplessly struggled through the thick smoke, calling out her children.

"Aims!, Nic , Betty–!!" She shouted, chocking on her breath as she coughed due to the smoke. "Where are you" She added in a breathless manner.

" Mum, save me, please!" She heard Aimscious' voice echo from one of the rooms. She briskly shuffled her way though to where the voice was coming from and found her little girl, almost out of breath.

"Hey, love, open your eyes– mum is here" She hastily scooped her in her arms and rushed her to the hall where the smoke wasn't so dense. After making sure she was okay, she rushed back in search of the rest. Solidad swiftly approached the room the others well locked– She quickly picked a wood nearby and broke the door, just in time to save Nichole. About to save Mr Nelson but suddenly, an explosion occurred. Nichole instinctively let out a bitter cry of horror.

"No!!– Dad" His voice lashed out his anguish.

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Aimscious shouted as she struggled out of her sleep with teary eyes and a pale , tensed face. Her forehead covered in sweat as she catch on her breath, panting. Solidad, Betty and Nic heard her scream and rushed off to her room in great panic.

"Honey, Open the door!" Solidad's tensed voice echoed, following her harsh tap on the door. But it just remained shut no matter the number of times she knocked. She became even more nervous with each fruitless tap. " Why isn't she opening up" She mumbled with a flushed gaze.

Betty and Nic had no choice than to take over– They kept knocking so loudly that she couldn't stand it any more. With about another tap, the door racked open, leaving their hands suspended midway in the air. They hurriedly rushed in, their eyes swiftly scanned the whole room then at Aimscious who was now sitting lost in her bed.

Not noticing anything unpleasant, Solidad hobbled over to her daughter's bed and settled at the edge as she glanced at the 8years young girl with a brooding gaze in silence.

" Aims? – Are you alright?" She calmly asked and she just tilted her head without a word, her gaze still fixed on the with a blank look in her eyes. "Why were you screaming then?– Did you have a bad dream? She persisted.

Aims, as they as they affectionately called her spontaneously stared up at her mother and back at his siblings with teary eyes. "It was that nightmare again, mum" She stuttered in sobs, her eyes evident with how horrifying it was. Solidad instantly bundled her in a hug as she teared up– her worried gaze travelled to Betty and Nichole who both stared at their sister with a worried gaze.

Nichole let out an inaudible sigh and crunched by Aimscious' bed. "Don't worry babe sis, we're here now– everything will be alright" He consoled as he gently brushed his hand over her head.

Betty patted her back to console her and they all came together to hug her.

" Don't cry Aims– Let get ready for school , we're getting late." Nicole pointed out. "I promise to get you some ice cream after school" He added. Nichole is a lovely person who cherishes his sisters so much and never want to see them in pain– He goes any length to brighten them up whenever they're down. Aimscious cheerfully and quickly got up to get ready for school at the sound of ice cream; she instinctively forgot all about her dream.They all laughed and went down stairs for breakfast before leaving for school.

RADIANT STAR INTERNATIONAL

The school bus soon pulled over and Nicole alighted along with his sisters. Lilian, Aim's friend was anxiously waiting for her, right in front of the gate since she doesn't pick the school bus because her dad drives her to school. Her dad was one of the big men in our town– The founder and President of Sliver Spoon Company.

"Aimscious! " She called and hurriedly hugged, pulling me away as she dashed off towards the hall. Aims on the other hand was taken by surprise on her sudden pull.

"Come , come, I've got something to tell you" She added in a swift as they faded away. Betty and Nichole just chuckled and head off to their respective class.

A few meters close to their class, Aims gave up the run– She halted in her tracks, gasping for breath.

"Wait, take your time, Li" She stuttered as she took in a long breath. "I'm actually running out of gas at the moment " She added and Lilian paused. She stared at her with vibrant joy which seemed strange to Aimscious.

"Hey, now tell me, what's the rush for?" She asked after retrieving her lost breath.

"Mum is back from Spain, Aims – I'm so happy, dear. You must go home with me after school, okay" She bursted with joy. Aimscious was happy for her friend but didn't know how to break the news of her disappointment of not going home with her after school due to the ice cream date she had with her siblings.

She just stared at her with a sheepish smile, her gaze was a bit sad. "Um, Li...." She stammered which made Lilian gaze more curiously at her.

"What is it, Aim?" She asked. Just then, they heard the bell, Lilia and Aimscious quickly rushed to off to their class to avoid detention. They directly matched to their respective desk and settled in. Aimscious was about to have a word with Harry when their teacher walked in.

"Get settled everyone " He announced his presences and they greeted him.

After hours of what seemed like an endless lesson, the bell finally went off for break. Their teacher gave out their assignment and bid them farewell. Harry, Mart, Lilia and Aims sauntered out of their class towards the canteen for their lunch. They hungrily ate their meal had a cheerful chat afterwards, that's when Aims took the opportunity to break the news to her friend. She instinctively turned to Lilia and spoke up with a gloomy gaze.

"Sorry to disappoint you, Lilian but i can't go home with you today. Nicole promised to take Betty and I to the ice cream pub after school " She blunted and Lilian smiled.

"Is that why you're wearing that look?– Come on, cheer up girl." She replied. "We can go to the ice cream pub together and visit my place tomorrow, then. I'll ask dad not to pick me up today– What do you say about that? She smiled. Aims was so happy about the turn of events and cheerfully hugged her, landing a kiss on her cheeks. Soon, break was over, they finally returned to class for the rest of the lessons.

Soon school was over– Lilia, Betty and Aimscious went to Nicole's class so to get him for their proposed ice cream date. They happily chatted and laughed all the way to their favorite ice cream pub.

When they arrived, Nicole bought ice cream for all of each one of them, including himself after which they had a lot more and played games and finally visited the big park in the town. There was some kind of kids funfair going on when they got there. They decided to join for a while and leave later on.

When it was getting late, Nicole hinted to get going.

"Girls , its getting late let's go home" She called. They didn't want to leave but had no choice since it was already 5pm and Lilian had to get home early enough. They finally head back home from their date.

"Mum!! , we're home" Betty cried out from the door as she sauntered over to the kitchen where Solidad was busily preparing supper.

Nicole , Lilia and Aims went to Nelson who was watching television in the hall. They hugged and greeted him with kisses because they missed him.

Nelson was mostly busy in his farm so they were not able to spend time together. He always leave early in the morning and return tired and stressed up in the afternoon.

"Hey , how are my pumpkins?" He welcomed them with smiles and Lilia was the first to speak up

" Cool papsi , just misses" She answered wittily in her charming smile and she took her position beside him. Nichole and Aims also settled next to him at the left side of his hand.

"Good dad, just miss time together" They chanted.

"Don't worry guys , I'll treat you guys this weekend" He hinted and cheered happily. They were so happy to hear this since they hardly had a good family time together. They all gave him a big hug and left to their respective rooms to change up. Aims instinctively pulled Lilia to her room to have a little girly chat.

Just after they had settled in her room, Aimscious laid bare her worry which kept haunting her.

" Li, I've been having this funny feeling and nightmare about dad , tragedy and stuff ." She stuttered with a nervous gaze. "Girl, i don't know what to do about this dear."

" Don't worry girl everything is fine love. Just cheer up. I don't think is something you need to worry about." She affirmed . "But hey I've got something to tell you" She instinctively leaned closer and whispered.

" I've got a crush on Mart"

Aims eyes spontaneously flew wide with a slightly dropped jaw. "What!– You don't say." She nearly exclaimed to which Lilia quickly pressed her hand over her lips, begging her to keep it low and she briskly nodded.

"Since when? " She finally asked after Lilia had freed her lips. Before she could answer, a gentle rasp on the door intruded, drawing their gazes to the door.

" Girls ,come down , everyone is already seated– waiting for you. Food is ready." Solidad's voice followed. They quickly dashed down happily without hesitation since they were already famished.

DOWNSTAIRS

Everyone was already seated when they got there. They happily joined in, and soon they all lapsed into silence while they dived into their supper, leaving the cutlery to do the ceremonial talk.

After having their dessert , Lilia and Aims joined Betty and Solidad in the kitchen to clean up.

Soon they heard Lilia's dad's horn outside. He was in to pick Lilia up since she asked him to pick her from Aims' end. They went to the door to see her off.