The Lost Truth - Chapter 7: The Griffiness (By Daydreamer)

The griffin hopped up onto Anna's lap, and rubbed against her. "I meant exactly what I said. I'm YOUR griffin. Only you can hear me, see me, raise me. Before you came here, I was just a strange egg in a grocery store's supply closet that no one paid attention to."

Anna was still really freaked out, but she kept the griffin on her lap. "So, if they can't see you, what do they see?"

The griffin curled up as much as one is able to and almost purred, "They either see a baby eagle or a lion cub. It depends on what I'm doing."

Anna stroked the creature gently while she asked it more questions. Apparently, it was part of her history. "Let me see that paper," it said, and Anna took the parchment out of her pocket and unfolded it.

The griffin got up and walked over to it, batting the corners with its tiny paws. Anna cleared her throat and the griffin stopped and began to read, like it was looking for something specific. "Aha!" it yelled. "I found it! The part after the Spanish section is all in griffin. It reads:

"...a mythical creature he has heard of in a family legend. It had the head of an eagle, and the body of a lion. The warrior searched far and wide, but could never find one. The legend said that someone in his family would discover one. They would be the Griffiness.

"That's all it says here in my language. I hoped that helped." Anna smiled at the griffin, admiration in her eyes.

"That helped very much. Thank you, uh, what should I call you?"

The Lost Truth - Chapter 8: The link with the Griffin

"You have the honour of naming me because you're The Griffiness," said the griffin while purring and snuggling on Anna's lap. Anna looked at the griffin, its golden like fur was really bright and contrasting and looked inimitable and emitted a superlative creature. Anna thought long and hard for a good name, she noticed that the griffin was a male too. In her instinct she can just tell its gender. Then her face lit up,
"I got it!" She said with excitement and the griffin jumped off from her lap to join in the excitement, "your name from now on will be Gild." The griffin looked up at Anna and its eyes swirled in a sort of whirlpool from its bright blue to a lime green and back to its blue eyes. Anna felt a little scared from what she saw but was more intrigued. "What's going on?" She asked feeling a little hesitant.
"Gild...I like that name," Gild smiled up at Anna, "what does it mean?"
"It means covered in gold, just like your fur is," Anna said with a smile.
"It's a great name," Gild said raising its chest up high to show its golden fur all over his body.

"Erm...Gild, what was that thing happening to your eyes before?" Anna asked feeling curious.
"Oh that was just me accepting my new name. The more time we spend I'll be going through many changes and obtain new abilities and most of all grow a connection and bond with my owner." Anna took in everything Gild said and made a look as though she was trying to understand. Gild laughed and said, "you don't have to worry you will understand slowly. Also just so you know Anna, you and me have just made a link as owner and familiar. My eyes swirled and combined together two colours which represented you and me." Gild explained. Anna nodded in understanding.
"Ok I understand, well we should get out of this storage place and head on over to my place that way you could explain it to me more better." But how to get out without being noticed would be the question?

The Lost Truth - Chapter 6: Three Marvellous Months Begins

"Welcome to Super Grocer, how can I help?" Anna said with a smile. It has been two weeks now that Anna is working at the supermarket and she was surprised at herself for picking up the ropes so easily. Dianne was a very good teacher, she thought, and also very straight forward. She was harsh when she needed to be and lenient when she wants to be. Dianne was a very good teacher, she thought, and also very straight forward. She was harsh when she needed to be and lenient when she wants to be.
"Gosh, Ann ya don't need to beam at them that much," Dianne said by teasing Anna. Anna smiled at her the same way she did to the customer and said,
"Hey D! How's this?" She started gleaming and Dianne rolls her eyes,
"Whatever," she smiled and walked off towards the storage room. The closeness that both the girls shared in the last two weeks was surprising to Anna. She didn't realise that they were going to get attached.

Near the end of her shift, Anna went to over to the storage room to sort out a few things,
"D! I'll be in the storage room if you need me!" She yelled over to Dianne who gave a little wave as she was busy calculating at the front desk. Anna felt really happy today, nothing new happened but everything was simple and calm, there was no harassing customers, no crisis in the shop and with the other staff, a really normal day. Until Anna heard a little rustling sound near the corner where the mustard, jam and other jars were stored. Anna walked towards the corner out of curiousity. Another rustling noise. Anna flinched a little but moved towards the source of the noise. There was a small cream coloured cloth on the floor that was moving around a lot. Anna hesitated a little before removing the cloth. There before her was a small curled up ball, of what looks to be an animal. It started to uncurl itself and looked up at Anna with its big bright blue eyes. Anna gasped in surprise and took a step back. The animals fur was so bright and golden that it looked very delicate. Anna saw the little animal look up at her it was so adorable and slowly started walking towards her. Anna softened at the look of it and said,
"What are you?" In an astonished and amazed way.
"I'm your griffin," surprisingly the animal responded. Anna was startled as she wasn't expecting an answer...from an animal at least.
"You can talk?!" Anna couldn't hide her surprise from her voice any longer. The griffin looked up at her and nodded it's head. "Wait, hold on a minute," Anna said after gathering her thoughts of the amazed creature in front of her, "what do you mean by MY griffin?"

The Lost Truth - Chapter 5: Supermarket Troubles (By Daydreamer)

On her way out the door, Anna still had misty eyes as her family waved from the windows. She walked down the driveway, having no knowledge of how to work a car, and followed the sidewalk to a little town. Her wallet felt heavy in her pocket as she walked by several shops and boutiques. She'd never remembered shopping, and she wanted to dearly.

But it would have to wait. She'd have to catch the bus to go to the airport and book a flight to Mexico, her first major destination. Ma and Pa had given her an old, but still usable passport and some money to buy a plane ticket and a little bit of food.

Food. The word ran through Anna's mind like it was trying to win a marathon. The last time Anna had eaten was last night, the horrible, microwavable mac-n-mush. Her stomach began to roar, and led Anna into the nearest grocery store.

She was amazed at how many people actually shopped at the little place. On the outside, it didn't seem like there were that many cars. But yet, here she was, in a supermarket full of hungry shoppers. Anna hid behind a rack watching people as they bobbed back and forth between the aisles. After a while, she grabbed a basket and pulled food off of the shelves.

Peanut butter, bread, water bottles, apples, granola bars, and Pop Tarts all made their way into the basket. Once she thought she had enough food for about a week, she went and stood behind the people in lines. Getting tired of waiting, Anna pulled out the money from her pocket and began to count it.

"Um, excuse me Miss, but do you think you could help me? My shirt got stuck in the handle of the basket," a voice said from behind her.

Anna cheerily replied, "Sure! I'd be glad to help!" As she turned around to help the man, she felt the money slip out of her hand. The man behind her ran off with another as they shouted in jubilee.

Finally, it was her turn at the cash register, but Anna was beginning to tear up. "Hey, hon? What's wrong?" the cashier lady asked. Anna explained what had happened, including the amnesia, and the woman frowned. "Well, I can't just give you a plane ticket or free food, but I can give you a job. It'll take you a while to save up enough money, maybe about three months, but it's better than havin' nothin'. Come along. I've got to show you the ropes around here."

The woman first called another worker to fill in for her before she lead Anna to the back room. "My name is Dianne. I'm gonna be your boss I guess. Welcome to the Super Grocer family, Anna! We're sure glad to have ya."

Book cover for The Lost Truth!

Hey everyone!!! :D

Here's the book cover that was created by Daydreamer!! I fell in love with it! :D It's just soo beautiful and really suits the story!! :D

It made it feel so official and I can imagine it a published work by the both of us!! :D *Fan girling scream* (ok moment over now I'm cool again lol). I really love it a lot and I think you done a great job with it Daydreamer!! :D I like it a lot!!

Here's a link to their blog where you can see other book covers!! :D

Daydreamer's book covers

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Quick Update

Hey everyone! :)

Just wanted to make a quick announcement. As you know I am working on 3 different stories (2 collabs and 1 of my own) well I have a few things I need to mention about each one:

The Lost Truth: (Collab)

~ Ok so my collab work with this story is going really well! :) I'm enjoying it and having a lot of creative ideas from it too! :D I like how the story is leading so far and I hope you all enjoy it too ^^

~ The announcement for this is the there will be a weekly release of this chapter :) As I feel that it will be too much preassure for both of us. I personally wish that I could do more but I think this is more reasonable and also given my health and other situation I think this would be the best thing at the moment.

The Lost Truth - Chapter 4: The Beginning of a Journey

The next morning Anna was wide awake! She couldn't sleep a wink last night after what she was told. How was it possible? Maybe she had known about it before her amnesia? No, it couldn't be, because then she would have started searching since two years ago. Or did she already start but lost her memories along the way? There were too many questions that was waiting to be answered but Anna couldn't bring the courage to face her parents she just couldn't do it, not yet anyway.

For the first, time in a long time, Anna didn't dream. Of course who would be able to sleep after hearing that? You've been adopted since birth and two years ago you lose your memory and you don't even know if you had any knowledge, what so ever, about the whole situation. Anna was feeling a little numb in the head from the thinking but decided that despite these factors she will still be able to put some of the puzzles together.

After her regular load of laundry and the cleaning up of the house she noticed the abnormal silence in the house. She went into the living room and saw how everyone was in the room sitting silently on the sofa. Her mum was in tears, almost, and it looked like she didn't get enough sleep either. Her dad was silently looking at the ground not saying a word. His expressionless face and posture could not be mistaken for anything but a deep and sorrowful sadness. Looking at her parents face, Anna was about to cry until she saw Harley and Tyler looking at her with longing eyes.
"You're leaving us?" Said Tyler, it was surprising because Tyler didn't seem the type to be so attached to Anna. Conner, who was sitting beside him, looked up at Anna with a gentle and caring smile. He was the only one who was so calm and relaxed of the whole situation; or was that just her imagination?
"Take care of yourself little sis and make sure to write to us when you can." He said with an unsteady voice. Oh gosh, if Conner was about to fall apart then Anna had no choice but to cry, she thought to herself. She didn't hold back, she wailed so loud that the rest of the family joined in. Harley, who was crying but confused and said after a moment,
"Why do you have to go sis?" He didn't have any idea and the rest of the family didn't mention anything. Just that she needed to go on a little adventure on her own.
"Don't worry I'll be back soon Har," Anna said and then turned to the rest of her family and said, "I will never forget any of you, you're all so dear to me and hold a special place in my heart." She turned away from her family.

She ran upstairs to pack up her things to take with her. It's finally here, the journey to search for her real parents and her identity. She packed the essentials and then on her dressing table was the creased paper Harley helped put together. It was the only lead she had and she needed it.

After one last check around her room, and a numerous amount of memorable pictures (on her phone) and objects in her suite case. She was ready to set off to find the lost truth.

The Lost Truth - Chapter 3: Midnight Puzzle (by daydreamer)

Midnight fell upon the house when Anna pulled out the crumpled parchment out from her pocket. Both Ma and Pa had returned hours ago, and her brothers were sound asleep. She didn't know what the parchment scraps were for, as they were in pieces, like a little kid tore them apart.

Silently, Anna crept down the occasionally creaky stairway into the kitchen. She snatched the roll of Scotch tape from their pencil/junk drawer. Anna then tiptoed over to the lamp in the living room and turned the knob. The sharp clicking sound made Anna wince. She desperately hoped that no one noticed it and suspected anything. Luckily, Pa didn't come running down the stairs with a Tyler's Nerf gun or baseball bat. Unluckily, Harley stumbled his way downstairs.

His face had markings on it from the way he was sleeping, and his blonde hair was sticking up all over. He rubbed his eyes, then made his way to Anna, still half-asleep. "What're you doing?" he groaned. "It's midnight."

"I know, Har, but I need quiet to put the thing I..." Anna paused, thinking of a cover up that was enough to satisfy a seven year old, "...broke yesterday."

Harley's whole body perked up like a dog's does when you offer it a treat. "What'd you break? Was it mine? I hope it wasn't mine. I hope it was Tyler's. He deserves it for turning off Spongebob."

Anna couldn't help but laugh. Little kid reasoning was extremely simple and funny. "No, it's not yours. It's mine... I think. It's a piece of paper that I... accidentally ripped... along with the dumb letter I got a while ago."

"Oh." Harley just stood there as he watched his sister try and make the pieces into a rectangle again. "Is it like a puzzle?"

Anna looked up at her little brother, wanting him to go back to bed, but also wanting him to stay. She liked his company. "Um, yeah, I guess so. Do you wanna help?" Harley's head nodded so much, Anna wouldn't have been surprised if his head snapped off.

He scooted himself onto the sofa next to her, and began to make the border of the paper. "It's easiest if you do it this way," he instructed, and Anna handed him all of the pieces with the smoother edges. She sat open-mouthed as Harley took scrap by scrap of the parchment and put it into place. There was no way she'd be able to do it as fast as Harley's flying hands could.

After about an hour, the parchment was finished and taped. Harley was conked out on the couch, and Anna was trying to decipher the strange letters on the page. It looked like the Greek symbols that she had seen while reading a book about Athens, but it looked like Egyptian hieroglyphics. A part of it was in Spanish, and she tried to decode it as best as she could. "El emperador azteca vive en el palacio con su hija, le princesa, y su hijo, un guerrero. El guerrero pelea en la guerra con el enemigos. El guerrero no quiere pelear. Quiere buscar..."

Anna knew from her "Spanish teacher" (online) that the paragraph meant, "The Aztec emperor lives in the palace with his daughter, the princess, and his son, a warrior. The warrior fights in the war against the enemies. The warrior does not want to fight. He wants to find..."

Anna leapt up from her seat. "FIND WHAT?" she yelled, waking up Harley. Ma, Pa and Tyler all ran downstairs. Once Ma saw the parchment that Anna held in her hand, she broke down in tears.

"What's wrong, Mom?" Harley asked.

"Just go to bed, Harley. You too Tyler. Your father and I need to talk with your sister." The boys sleepily nodded and lumbered back upstairs to their room, where they were no doubt listening through the air vent. "How did you find that?" Ma asked in shock.

"I found a key, so I thought it opened your top drawer, and it did, and inside was the paper, and I had a feeling like it was meant for me, so I brought it down here, Harley woke up, and he wanted to help me put it together, so we did, and then I read the part I could understand and it doesn't make sense!" Anna rambled. She ran to Ma and wrapped her arms around her waist. Tears were flowing all over now, even Pa was sobbing.

Eventually, Anna backed away and recomposed herself. "Do you know what it means?" she asked her parents. They both shook their heads.

Pa finally spoke up. "We're not your real parents. We just adopted you. You appeared on our doorstep in a baby carrier and that note. We couldn't read it because little baby you had ripped it up. We never had time to put it back together, but we kept the scraps. All we knew was that they were important. They're about where you came from, your history."

The three of them stood in silence for a while, too scared to say anything else. In their quietness, they all had accepted that things were going to change. Anna was going to grow up and leave, and Ma and Pa would have to wave good-bye to their amnesiac daughter as she goes off into the world on her own.

Another Collab work is out! :D

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As you can see I've been working on another collab work! I'm really excited about it, I love it a lot and I'm really into the collab writing :) It's really fun, creative and spontaneous! :) I like it a lot! :) Please check my co-writers' other stories too! They are great I will share the links below so check them out! :) We have 2 chapters already up and running so please stay tuned for more and I hope you enjoy it a lot!! :D

Here's the link to The Lost Truth I really hope you enjoy it!! :D


The Lost truth: Epilogue (by me)

http://express-writing.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-lost-truth-epilogue-dream.html

The Lost Truth: Chapter one - Lazy Days and Locked Drawers (by daydreamer)

http://express-writing.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-lost-truth-chapter-1-lazy-days-and.html

The Lost Truth: Chapter two - The Parchment Pieces (by me)

http://express-writing.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-lost-truth-chapter-2-parchment.html

Here's the link to my collab writers profile must check it out!

http://pocketwriters.com/user/profile/49036

Hope you enjoy the writing so far there will be more on it's way so please do check it out!!! :)

Take care Tarana xoxox

The Lost Truth - Chapter 2: The Parchment Pieces (by Tarana)

Anna couldn't believe her eyes. It opened! She finally managed to get it opened. She was a little nervous opening the draw, there was no stopping her now. She slowly opened the door and felt a click in her brain. It was unexpectedly messy inside, It was full of parchment paper everywhere. In the corner there was a dried up ink pot and next to it a quill. The only  neatest part of the drawer.

Anna looked with glittery eyes at the papers and with trembling hands she picked up one of them. It was crispy and old but it wasn't burnt like the ones in her dream. Just as she wanted to dig in further she heard a scream from Harley saying "I wanted to watch SpongeBob!" with a bellowing cry. Anna flinched and quickly shut the drawer and locked it making sure to take the papers with her and put the key back exactly where she found it.

She came running downstairs to see Tyler watching wrestling while Harley was on the floor, with the pillows and quilt back on the floor again, crying as though to mourn for someone's death.

Anna asked with panic, "What happened?" Tyler turned around, his innocent face portrayed that it wasn't his fault.
"He just started to cry after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles finished. Something about watching Spongebob. I gave it to the channel and it finished while we were watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Tyler explained, "so I changed it to the wrestling channel but he wouldn't stop crying," he added casually. Anna knew that Tyler didn't mean no harm, what would a 10 year old do at this point? Pretty much what Tyler did. She also knew that a 10 year old is still a child and would still want to have a lot of fun. So she smiled and went over to where Harley was and sat down on the same level as him.
"You want to build that fort again?" Anna asked and noticed that Tyler perked up with interest. Harley stopped crying and looked up at Anna with a glitter of hope with his twinkly red eyes.
"Really?" He asked with a trembling voice but still with some hope.
"Yes of course!" Anna said with enthusiasm and this tome Tyler just didn't sit back.
"I want to join." He said with curiosity. Anna smiled and made a mental note: To get the little brothers attention you just have to show them you can blend with what they would like too.
"Sure you can Tyler, just as long as you both play nice," she said with a stern but friendly tone, "and we can play in my room too we got lots of room there." They both were excited, Tyler instantly turned the TV off and both him and Harley ran upstairs with excitement. Anna gave a light chuckle and muttered to herself, "Oh kids, siblings especially." She got up to her feet and headed towards her bedroom.

Just as she was about to enter the room she remembered the pieces of papers in her pocket. She put her hand inside and took out all the pieces of papers in her pocket and was shocked at the content inside. How is she going to keep a straight face in front of her family after reading this? She needed to compose herself, and thought when she gets the time after her brothers go to bed she'll think about it.

The Lost Truth - Chapter 1: Lazy Days and Locked Drawers (by Daydreamer my co-writer)

The morning started the same as it usually did, Anna woke up in a cold sweat. Her bed was damp and her night clothes were soaked through. That meant she'd have to do another load of wash, probably more than she needed to. Her brothers always took advantage of her constant laundry loads, and bombarded her with pile after pile of dirty socks, underwear, and gym shorts.

Anna wasn't even sure if they were even her brothers. The amnesia had wiped everything away, including family memories. She'd been told that this was her family, and she was to live with them until she moved out of the house. That wouldn't be any time soon. Who'd want to give a job to an amnesiac? Even McDonald's probably wouldn't hire her. There was also no way Ma and Pa would let her out on her own either. They practically babied her, making it hard for Anna to do anything outside of the house.

Anna began to separate Connor's laundry in the nifty bins she had bought the week before. There was a compartment for whites, a compartment for colors, and one for darks. She set the timer and began her work. She liked to see how quickly she could do her chores. It was one of the more fun things to do for her. Anna had finished sorting in 10 minutes and 37 seconds, an all time low.

"What," she whispered to herself, "is up with me today?" She decided to step up her game for her bedroom cleaning, but that took twice as long as usual too. Anna was baffled. Did time speed up somehow? Maybe it did. Maybe Anna was just slow that day. Maybe the Earth was spinning off of its axis. Maybe it meant something big was going to happen.

Whatever it was, Anna took it as a sign to be a bit lazier today. Sliding on her fuzzy slippers, she scuffled along the kitchen's gray tiled floor and into the living room. The couch was empty and bare, all of the colorful throw pillows and quilts on the floor in an intricate design. Anna picked up a pillow and a quilt, put them on the couch, and went to lie down.

Before her body touched the cushion, a muffled voice came from under a quilt on the floor. "Hub! Tap wib ma puwwow n quote. Gib em bawc!" Anna lifted up the blanket to find Harley's little head.

"Could you repeat that please?"

Harley rolled his eyes and began again. "Hey! That was my pillow and quilt. Give 'em back!"

"Why do you need them? You've got plenty already."

Harley shimmied out from under the pillow pile. "I was making a fort, and it doesn't work without the pillow and quilt you took. I was about to make it not look flat." His tiny arms were crossed across his chest, his eyebrows trying to look like Pa's when he's mad. Pa could make his eyebrows touch. Harley couldn't, but he looked cute trying.

For a seven year old, Harley was the model of innocence. He'd sit and read in the corner while the other boys would be smashing action figures. He loved to draw, and apparently he was quite the ladies' man. Anna had found several love notes from girls in his backpack. She once asked how he got them, and his response was simple. "I draw them a picture and they give me a letter with hearts on it." Harley didn't have a care in the world, and over the past two years, he was the brother that Anna tolerated the most.

"So can I have them back or what?" Anna relented and gave her nap-time essentials back to Harley. She could find something else to do, but after baking, doodling, writing, and reading, Anna was pretty darn bored. She'd done everything in this house one thousand times over. Except for one thing. For her to do it though, she'd need Ma and Pa out of the house, and her brothers occupied.

"Hey Anna? I'm leaving for Ladies Night at church. I'll be back by ten thirty. Connor's at Jake's for the night, so you're in charge of Harley and Tyler. Make sure they eat dinner and brush their teeth. They can stay up until nine since it's Friday, but no later. Bye kiddo!" Ma called in a hurry. The front door slammed shut, and Anna locked it behind her. Perfect! Pa wouldn't be home until about nine thirty, so she'd have a few hours to work on her special project. Harley and Tyler needed to be busy though.

At around six p.m., Anna, Tyler, and Harley all sat and ate dinner in silence. The microwaved mac-n-cheese wasn't satisfying the boys, so they kept stabbing at it with their plastic forks. "This tastes weird," Tyler stated, his nose wrinkled up.

"You can make yourself something else if you don't like it. You know Ma's rule." Tyler promptly got up, scraped his mac-n-mush into the garbage, and got out the ingredients for his favorite thing in the world, Nutella and banana sandwiches. Harley did the same.

Once everyone had finished eating, it was beginning to get dark, and Anna couldn't send the boys to play outside even if she wanted to. She'd have to keep them busy another way. Video games? No, that always ended in tears. Movie? No, that ended in popcorn bombs everywhere. Episodes of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on Netflix? Yes. That could work.

The TV screen flickered on, and Tyler pressed the Wii's power button. He grabbed the remote and started to click Ninja Turtles when Harley took the remote out of his hand so he could press the button. Tyler didn't make a big deal out of it, which Anna was grateful for. She'd have hated to waste precious project time on breaking up an argument between a ten and seven year old.

Once the boys were happy, Anna sprinted up the steps, going up two at a time, until she reached Ma and Pa's room. Luckily, the door was unlocked, and she could go inside. To anyone else, the room would have looked normal. The bed was big enough for two people, there were nightstands and dressers, and a mirror for Ma's make-up, but Anna noticed something different about it. A year ago, she'd gone in to get something for Pa, when something had caught her eye. It was a lock on the top drawer of their bureau. Why would they lock their bureau? Ever since then, Anna had been searching for the key to open up the drawer.

That past weekend, Anna found a key just lying on the ground in Harley's room. It didn't look like the house key or the car key or any kind of key Anna had ever seen. She immediately picked it up, hoping it would be the top drawer key. Now, as Anna slid the key into the lock and turned it, she heard the satisfying click she had always wanted to hear. She'd opened it. She'd opened the top drawer.

The Lost Truth - Epilogue: The Dream

Anna woke up from another nightmare, sweating and breathing heavily. This was the third time this week Anna had been having the same exact dream.

She always sees herself covered with parchment, some shredded and some burned, she just couldn't make out the writing. The place was always dark and smoky so she couldn't tell where she was. 'Why do I keep having this dream?' she thought to herself. There must be a reason why she's always surrounded by these pieces of paper. She then realised that the dream could actually give her answers to her amnesia, that she has had for the last two years.