리틀팍스

Afterwards

Chapter one

"And they lived happily ever after." Qwensy finished. She closed the book. "I wonder if that's the real end of a fairy tale."

"What do you think?" Jetaime asked. 

Qwensy shrugged. "I don't know, I'm just curious. Sometimes it doesn't make sense." Jetaime nodded and Qwensy continued.

"It's like something important is missing from the tale. They're all just practically miracles." 

"I guess you're right." Jetaime slowly reached for 'Sleeping Beauty'. He did thought Qwensy was right, but he just wanted to enjoy the book.

"I know I'm right." Qwensy suddenly looked determined. "And I'm going to find out the real ending."

"Oh, no you're not." Jetaime put aside the book and shook his head. "Fairy tales are here to enjoy and be read. Not to find out the dark sides of the truth." 

"So you're saying that there are dark sides in fairy tales, and the truth hasn't been told?" Smile spread through Qwensy's face.

"I knew it!" 

Jetaime moaned. He was the only one who knew the truth. And he vowed to keep the secret. Now it was only matter of time that the dark sides will be revealed.

♠♠♠

When Jetaime was nine, his grandfather passed away. In sorrow, he lived in the house that his grandfather had left him for almost three years. Without his parents, and barely exchanging mails. But there was also another reason why Jetaime lived there.

His grandfather always told him that if he grew up to thirteen, go down a corridor with black X mark on it and search for a book that will be remembered by his heart. "And the magic disappears when you're fourteen." His grandfather had warned.

"A book that will be remembered by my heart." Jetaime mumbled in his bed. He was lying down comfortably, but his mind wasn't as comfortable as his body. "I didn't even find the right corridor yet."

He was in his house with his parents, and didn't had a lot of chance to visit his grandfather's old house. 

The magic. Jetaime thought. Magic... Why had his grandfather used the word, 'Magic'?

"My grandfather hadn't tell me something." He said out loud. "In purpose." But why?