Summary of a Miracle

A Miracle (2005)

By: Peachxvision

Characters: (in chronological order)

Nathan - main male character; a 19-year-old sophomore collegiate

Ethan - Nathan's best friend

Mary - main female character; a 17-year-old 3rd year collegiate; Tears of Midnight vocalist

Sam - Nathan's ex-girlfriend

Crimson - Tears of Midnight drummer

Iris - Tears of Midnight guitarist

Luna - Tears of Midnight guitarist

Velvet - Tears of Midnight bassist

Maria - 5-year-old step sister of Mary

Summary:

Nathan's folks have bought a house on a beautiful subdivision. They were busy unpacking when Ethan called inviting Nathan to play basketball at the subdivision's basketball court. When Nathan finished unpacking he took his bike to the court but he stopped at one slope where there are a lot of acacia trees and one with a swing and monkey bars. He parked his bike and lay on the grass. Whiffing the fresh air while closing his eyes, he could not help but reflect on his life. Just as he opened his eyes, something fell on him. He was surprised at what fell on him. It was with a black doll dress, with black hair and bangs covered the forehead, with doll shoes on the feet and the headband is full of lace. A doll - Nathan thought. "Thank you" said the doll. Said the doll... A SPEAKING DOLL?? No, a real person! Nathan stood up and shouted, "Are you out of your mind miss?! If you want to die, don't fall from a tree. The fall will only leave you with a broken leg!"

"No, I just want to let my tear drop from my eyes but it doesn't want to so I tried to jump from a tree. Did you feel any wet thing just now?"

He was dumbfounded by her shallow reason. He held her wrist to comfort her but was stunned to see cuts. She said she only did one and another person told her to do the other cuts. Nathan said she still has someone to hold on to - God and her family. She didn't believe and said she has no family.

"Then who cares for you and what do you do to live?" asked Nathan.

"Don't you want to know my name first before asking me that?"

"I'm Nathan. Sorry if - "

"I'm Mary. I'm happy I knew you."

She left Nathan with a simple smile that he cannot forget and he noticed she was carrying a teddy bear while going away.

At school, Nathan couldn't stop thinking about her. Maybe because he took Psychology that he's interested in whatever the girl is going through. Until he went home in the afternoon and got online. In a game there was a player with a username DOLLFACE. He remembered Mary and asked Ethan about her.

"Dude, you chill here sometimes right? Do you know a girl who's porcelain white skin, got baroque style taste in her get up -"

"You mean Rebecca? The one who always has a teddy bear? That's the lost soul that's always roaming in your subdivision dude. She's called by three names: The Witch, The Walking Mannequin, and The Voodoo Doll."

Nathan thought about their introduction. She said she was Mary but people know her by the name Rebecca, The Witch, The Walking Mannequin and The Voodoo Doll. It really gets weirder by the moment. Days passed and he saw Mary in school. He just knew that Mary was taking up Bachelor of Music, Major in Voice-Theater and Dance. That explains why he has the gut-feeling that he has already seen Mary somewhere somehow. He saw her in a play required by the school to watch. She was the lead female but he fell asleep that time so he remembered little of it. They went home afterwards but Nathan really doesn't know the heck why he wanted to go home with a weird girl. Just as he was getting on his bike parked at the entrance of the subdivision, he asked Mary if she wanted to get on his bike so that she wouldn't have to walk but when he stared forward, Mary was already far. He caught up on her and asked her.

"Do you really want to get into my life?" Mary asked.

Do I really? Nathan thought. He can allow it or he can always forget about her and go on with his own life. He went home dazed about Mary's question. Just as he was about to play on his computer, the doorbell rang. He raised an eyebrow and thought whether he should let the person in or shoo her out. But then again, why would he let her in and why would he shoo her away? She gave him a box with blanched Hybrid Tea Rose seeds and said if those seeds bloom, she'll get out of his life but if not, she'll let him disturb her life and let him disturb hers too. She also asked if he believed in miracles. Nathan was too stoned to answer her weirdness and she just left him with the box. He took it to his mom's garden and scattered the seeds in a vacant spot.

The next few days bothered Nathan with thoughts of the blanched seeds and Mary's words. He went to the park to see if Mary was there but he hit someone while riding his bike. Fortunately it was her.

"Ouch!"

"Are you okay?"

"You're still asking me that when you already see a scrape on my knee?"

"Thanks."

It should be sorry and not thanks right? She's really weird.

"Shouldn't you be sorry?"

"I'm in the pedestrian lane so I don't have any mistake on you."

"Pedestrian lane in a subdivision?"

"Yes. That's life. Sometimes you don't know some things really do exist."

She produced some cotton and alcohol and treated Nathan's knee. She laughed when Nathan was scared of the sting of alcohol which left Nathan surprised that she can laugh so warmly and heartily. When she finished treating Nathan's scrape, she carried on to the swing. Just as