Lucifer - Mira's Mother, made up her mind to find peace. She was tired of living an emotionally lonely
live surrounded by accusers of her happiness so she decided to end it.
She made this decision and made up her mind. Some days later, she was nowhere to be found.
Her disappearance was really a mystery because none could remember her falling sick. Not even Mira.
Mira cried her eyes out and prayed like never before to the moon goddess to bring back her mother but nothing changed.
She searched all she could to find her mother but all to know avail. She saw that she was the only one left and that she could do nothing about it so she made up her mind to face every facet of her life squarely.
She became a happy being after a long while and that was when she took up the courage of being strong for herself
She had decided to live and see what fate holds for her.
That very brave decision of her's kept her going.
Empress Lulu and her daughter - Princess Bellina maltreated her to the peak.
They made her clean and polish their tails everyday, clean and polish all the blue-green sapphire and all the silver cowries that they used in decorating the throne everyday.
They also compelled her to garnish all the worms that they eat.
That was not enough.
Princess Bellina fought her often.
She would beat her up and accuse her of being the troublesome one.
She spoiled all her hair bands and threw them to the worms and they stained them.
She went about spreading rumors that Mira was a thief.
She never gave her any form of respect instead, she disrespected her to the core just because she is the princess.
The one that got to her nerves was when she told all her friends to stop coming around to visit her.
This really pained her but because she didn't have a say, she did nothing about it other than to devise a means of visiting them after her tedious chores.
Amidst these ill attitudes towards her, she never changed from being the good person she has always been. Instead, it made her do more good to people unlike the empress and her daughter.
She believed that her mother will come back one day for her sake and everything will be alright.
She was almost swimming out from the empress's abode to her friend's abode when she heard her name from behind.
It was Bella calling…..
"Mira!" She called in a low tone.
"Come over here," she added.
That was when Mira turned to reach out for her.
They smiled at each other.
Mira was happy to be with her friend again.
Being with her friends helped her in easing off her stress to some point.
"I don't want to ask you how you're doing because I have seen the stress written all over you.
Seems like you had so much chores to do today that you had to finish this late?
I'm here because I presumed you might not have the strength to come and see me." Bella said, smiling and looking straight into her face.
"Don't worry about me dear. I'm fine.
You know what……huh?
I have learned how to manage my stress.
It no longer gets to me like before.
It has become a part of me and it has made me stronger than before," Mira said, smiling with her eyes curved like that of someone in love.
"Hey Mira....., must your eyes always curve whenever you're smiling." Bella said jokingly while dragging Mira's nose.
"Oh, oh! Take it easy girl. It's not my fault," she said amidst laughter.
"You see what I am saying….huh?
Just look at it! Your eyes are now closed just because you're laughing.
I bet you can't even see me right now."
She dragged her hair and swam away hiding herself.
Mira swam around searching for her whereabouts..
That was when Gilmore came in.
None of them knew when he came in so they didn't notice his presence.
Not even Bella because she didn't know that he would be coming with her to see Mira.
He quietly went closer to Mira from behind.
He held her hair from behind in a way that made her fall back and immediately, he rescued her.
Bella was calm and watching the two from her hideout.
"So you purposely did this to me?" Asked Mira.
"Wait…..I didn't. I wanted to remove the spike on the tip of your hair," lied Gilmore.
"Are you even sure that you're not lying to me?"
Gilmore drew nearer to her and held her so close to him while looking into her eyes.
Mira was left in awe and had no other option than to stare at him.
They stared deep into each other's eyes.
They were still staring at each other in the face when Bella swam out from her hideout and cleared her throat.
He let loose off Mira, immediately.
"I hope it's not what I'm thinking?"
Bella jokingly asked.
They both looked at themselves again like a confused set of persons.
"What trash is going on in your head, Bella?"
Questioned Mira whilst she pursued her.
Gilmore swam after them.
That was how they continued swimming round the rock that was just close to them till they got tired and they decided to rest by the rock side.
They played with the yellow rose flowers that were scattered around the rock until they got tired.
"What if I……"he paused.
"You what?"
Never mind. He said facing the opposite direction.
"I am minding whatever you have to say right away.
Talk to me asap," she said positioning her ears in a manner that it is ready to listen.
"Oh, I see…. I see…..I see something fishy behind a dark rock," hummed Bella who was focused on the bunch of yellow roses she was holding by the other side of the rock.
"I think you guys are just here to pull my legs today," said Mira, who was already laughing as a result of the song that Bella chanted from the other side of the rock.
"If I get hold of you both……."
"Get hold of us if you can," teased Gilmore from a distance.
Mira chased after them till they got to a distance and she discovered that her presence might be needed in the empress's abode in no sooner time so she bid them goodbye and turned back.
Bella and her brother returned to their abode excitedly.