The white tree... Ep1

The story of the white tree remained a myth to the new generation, no one believed in it anymore. To make things worse, a hospital has been built on the very spot where the tree used to be, and that wiped out the last memories of it.

Jokes are now been made about the tree's existence, the very few people who believed in the story were old and too weak to tell the stories anymore but prophecy has it that the white tree would return someday to the spot where it was before civilization came and that place must be treated as a sacred place.

Among the believers of the white tree was Clara Smith, she would be turning 90 years in a few months. She always claimed that she was still alive because she needed to see her first great-grandchild before she leaves the world, many thought old age was getting the best of her but she repeats this thing over and over with confidence.

One thing Clara does best was telling stories about the white tree whenever the family is gathered, and everyone listens during the yearly gathering even though the story became boring to them. She was so obsessed with the belief that her grandchildren always thought she was possessed but that wasn’t the case because aside from old age, she has some connection with the white tree.

Her parents had a delay in giving birth, they visited the white tree as advised by their friends, and that month her mother conceived. The pregnancy result was Clara and they weren’t able to have another child till they passed away, Clara was referred to as the daughter of the white tree by her parents but even Clara was too old to remember that.

At that time, her favorite granddaughter was pregnant;

She was very close to Clara. Unlike others, she chooses to stay in the province with her husband because she hates the city rush. Alicia ran errands for her grandmother and she enjoyed putting her head on Clara’s legs when listening to her old day’s stories, they were best of friends.

A few days to Clara's 90th birthday, Alicia felt some pain in her belly while decorating her grandmother’s residence for the birthday.

She went to the hospital and was told that the baby would be coming anytime soon, she went back home to prepare herself.

Her grandmother was excited, even Alicia's husband couldn’t hold the joy. They were all expecting the baby but it didn’t come as said. The doctor assured them it would come since the test showed that everything was fine.

They waited and it finally came the night before Clara’s birthday, she was taken to the hospital by her husband and her grandmother went with them because the couple was at her place when Alicia fell into labor. Alicia was rushed into the labor room while her husband and Clara were restless in the waiting room but they didn’t stop praying for her safe delivery.

It's been over 2hrs and there was no news from the doctors, grandmother became so worried and she started praying in the name of the white tree.

The doctor eventually came out and mentioned that Alicia was having difficulty and they might need to do surgery to bring the baby out, her husband wasn't happy; he just wanted his wife to be okay.

He followed the doctor since he needed to sign some documents of approval and pay some money. He was away when Clara started feeling cold, it was strange and she couldn't understand what the feeling was, she could hardly move her feet and it was the same situation for everyone in the hospital. In a twinkle of an eye, there were fireflies everywhere. It was so much that they lighted up the whole place as they moved together, it looked like they were heading somewhere.

Everyone was wowed but no one could move, the expression on the people's faces was great and who would have believed the story without a video?

The fireflies headed for the theatre, Alicia was lying on the bed there waiting for blades to cut her belly open. The fireflies circled her several times, it looks like the bed was placed right on the spot it was aiming for. Alicia turned to look at the beauty and she was wowed, she seems to be the only one who could move. She tried turning to touch it when she felt a sharp pain, she screamed to call the attention of the doctor and the fireflies stopped moving.

"I need help!!!" she screamed and the fireflies reacted, it looked like they heard Alicia. They formed a big circle above her and entered Alicia's belly, the atmosphere returned to normal and no one could explain what happened. Alicia's husband returned and Clara told him everything she saw, he didn't believe it because he sometimes took Clara's words for old age problems.

The doctor went into the theatre to begin the surgery when they discovered she has put her to bed by herself, they were surprised to see the baby with white hair and that didn't stop them from doing the necessary things.

The doctor broke the news to Alicia's husband, and soon, they were able to see the baby.

To be continued.

This article was written by me but first appeared here.