A vision

"Where were you, young lady?" Mrs.Wilson yelled.

"Nowhere! just wandering around," Valerie said exhausted.

"Really? And is this dirt on you?" "Don't tell me you were learning to ride a motorcycle again."

"But mom I want to learn....."

"I already said no! Now don't be such a rebel and go, eat dinner." Mrs.wilson screamed at her daughter.

Valerie goes to her room, not wanting to eat dinner after the encounter with her mother.

"Mrs.Vance, take dinner to her room," Mrs.Wilson said going to her room.

"Okay, Madam." Mrs.Vance, Valerie's nanny said.

Entering into Valerie's room, she said gently, "Hey Val! what are you doing?"

"What a person does in prison," Valerie said sadly.

"This is not a prison Darling, this is your home," Mrs.Vance said, comforting her.

"Who says?"

"Me, now go and clean yourself. You have to eat dinner."

"Okay."

After coming from the bathroom, she wears clothes and starts eating.

"can...can I come in Val." A squeaky voice came from outside the door with a knock. "hmmm, " Valerie said with a mouthful.

"Hello! Mom sends me to give you company. Are you ok with that?" Isaac said.

"yes! but if Mrs.Vance wouldn't have sent you, will you not come to see your friend?"

"it's not like that!"

Valerie smiled at his innocence.

Isaac is a son of Mrs.Edrie Vance. They live at Wilson's Bungalow with Valerie and her mother Morgan Wilson.

"it's okay Isaac! I'm not a cruel emperor from your boring book 'THE EVIL EMPEROR'. Are you still reading that?"

"Yes! And it's not boring, and you know The evil Zyaire is responsible........"

Ceasing Isaac, Valerie said, "stop! stop! stop! nobody wanna hear your boring story."

Isaac stares at her not agreeing with her.

"it's not boring. I told you that." Isaac murmurs. "Leave that, tell me what happened today?"

With a sigh, Valerie said, "when I was learning to ride a motorcycle, I crashed with a stranger."

"I thought you learned well !" said Isaac with a questioning look.

"I was riding smoothly, then suddenly I saw a snake on the tree, it was staring at me. That's why I got distracted and the next thing I know is I was lying on the floor and stranger was condemning." Valerie explained.

"First of all, that stranger was cursing and you said nothing! And second of all, we live in a city, there is no snake and as much I remember there is no tree around the corner." Isaac said confused.

"How could you forget the spooky tree?" Valerie said laughing a bit.

"You were around the spooky tree!" Isaac screamed with a shocked and pale look.

Valerie starts laughing because the incident happened when they were small.

"Why are you laughing? there is a ghost in that tree and it tried to bite me! Remember! It's not funny!" Isaac said wondering why Valerie is laughing.

"It was a squirrel, Isaac! You kept your foot on her tail!" Valerie said laughing very hard.

"Her?" Isaac asked confused. "Oh! It was Mrs.Longbottom!" Isaac said realizing.

"Yes, Isaac! that's why she never came near you after that night.

" Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Cause daddy said and I loved your expression every time I mentioned the night," Valerie said crying a bit.

"I'm sorry," Isaac said seeing her tears."Leave that! why were you distracted during the ride, it was just a Snake?" Isaac said changing the topic.

"Wiping her tears, Valerie said," I don't know, what exactly happened but It was something like...like a vision. There was a giant Dragon attacking a lady. The lady had snakes all around her body and there was a weird sign on her forehead!" Valerie said with a confusing voice.

Isaac was also confused. For a second there was silence. Sound of footsteps came and there was a knock on the door.

"Val! darling?"

"Yes, mom."

"Are you okay?", " Have you ate dinner?"

"Yeah."

She came inside the room and saw Isaac and stares at him.

"Isaac! can a mother and daughter have a conversation?

" Yes!...Yes! Mrs.Wilson." Isaac said getting out of bed.

"Mom! you can't talk to Isaac like that," Valerie exclaimed.

"That's okay Val...Valerie." Isaac said with a little smile.

"See dear! well, I'm here to say sorry about whatever happened downstairs. I didn't mean to hurt you, darling!" said Mrs.Wilson.

"That's okay mom! But Isaac....."