As the morning dew fell unrestrained and the morning sun shines unhindered. In a green and lush forest, where birds sing and play and some beast roamed for a new day, but in this dangerous forest, a young man is peacefully sleeping on the roots of a big tree. This young man is Ronald Silvermoon.
As the sun's rays hit his face, Ronald slowly woke up.
Upon waking up, Ronald felt very comfortable as he stretched his arms up in the air and stood up.
Ronald then looked around, and then felt confused, but then his eyes slowly cleared up as memories of what happened yesterday slowly entered his mind.
"Was that a dream?" Ronald asked in confusion to himself, as what happened yesterday was something he didn't understand, but as he was in his own thoughts, a tender and lively voice appeared directly on his mind.
"Hey, are you awake now?"
Ronald was very surprised by the unknown voice.
"Who are you?" Ronald said as he started looking around, searching for the source of the voice.
"Don't look around I'm here inside you, and by the way, my name is Luna. Nice to meet you. So, then let's get started. The..."
Before Luna can continue, Ronald interrupted her.
"Wait, wait, wait. Can you slow down," Ronald said as he started to calm down and thought to himself as he mentally sighed, 'So, many weird things happening in succession, what is happening to me. (*sigh)"
"Oh! I'm sorry. I am just so excited to start our journey... Sorry... hmm... Okay, let's start with you asking questions before I go with what I was supposed to say," Luna said in Ronald's mind with a low sound on the first part and a lively sound on the last part.
"Uhmm... Who are you? And what are you?" Ronald said as he started to calm down.
"I had said it already... Anyway, I am Luna. And I am your guide, I really hate repeating myself, so listen carefully, okay?" Luna said in a childish voice.
"Oh, sorry, I'll put that in mind. So, what is a guide, and can I see you? I felt really weird, talking alone."
"Yes, you can, so let's continue our discussion when we meet. But first, find a safe place. The residual power is slowly leaving this area, and soon beast would start coming here again," Luna said as she noticed something in the area.
"Okay, I'll just go home first, then," Ronald said as he started finding his way out of the forest.
Several hours later, Ronald finally reached the entrance of the village.
And after he passed the gate, Ronald turned right and walked for several minutes, then came to a simple but elegant wooden house.
This house is the house where Ronald and his mother lived.
After his mother left him, Ronald had stayed alone in this house. His uncle wanted him to live together with him, but Ronald insisted on living alone, so Jack just respected his choice and invited Ronald to only stay in his house during weekends. As for the food and his daily necessities, his uncle was supplying it for him.
As Ronald opened the door, he gently said with a smile, "Mother, I'm home."
Ronald, expected no one to reply to his greeting, but then a worried voice entered his ears, "Ronald, where have you been? I'm so worried about you. You didn't go back home yesterday."
"Uhm... Aunt, I'm fine, I just slept in the forest," Ronald said reflexively.
"What! You slept in the forest. Are you hurt somewhere?" Hannah said in panic when she heard that Ronald slept in the forest, and started checking Ronald's body for hidden wounds.
Although it was just the outskirt of the forest, it was still very dangerous for someone to stay there at night, especially for Ronald, who was only awakened a few days ago.
After a round of Ronald explaining and Hannah examining, the house became peaceful at last. Hannah then went to the kitchen to cook food while Ronald went to his room.
After Ronald gently closed the door, he then asked Luna, "Luna, are you still there?"
"Yes, Ronald, I'm still here... Uhmm... By the way, you can just talk to me mentally as it isn't necessary to voice out your words," Luna's voice appeared again on his head.
'Oh, okay. Then let's continue to where we left. So, how am I going to meet you?' Ronald said in his mind.
"Just close your eyes and relax, and you can then see me."
Following what Luna said, Ronald sat on his bed and closed his eyes and calmed himself down.
As Ronald started calming down, his consciousness was pulled into a white space with no seen boundary.
"Where is this?" Ronald asked in confusion as he looked around the boundless space.
"Oh, this is your spiritual world," a voice was heard behind Ronald.
And as he looked back, he saw a 6-7 years old little girl wearing a white dress with floral print, who looked so pure and lively.
"Are you Luna?" Ronald asked in confusion as he didn't expect that he was speaking to a little girl all this time.
"Uhmm... Yeah, by the way, is this dress beautiful?" Luna said as she turned around to let Ronald see her dress.
"Uhmm... Yeah, it suits you best, Uhmm... can we continue our discussion now, Auntie may finish cooking in several minutes."
"Don't worry, the time in your spiritual world is 5 times slower than the time outside, so we still have enough time. So, you can continue asking questions now," Luna said as she waves her hand, and a pair of chairs and table appeared at her side.
She then sat on one and then invited Ronald to sit on the other.
Ronald accepted Luna's offer and sat, then he started asking questions to her.
"Luna, What is a guide, and why are you inside my head?"
Hearing Ronald's question, Luna thought for a while before she finished constructing an answer that would be easy to understand for Ronald.
"Guides are entities created for the purpose of guiding a certain chosen to fulfill his destiny and the goal of why he was chosen. A chosen is someone who was chosen before he was even born base on the chance of fulfilling the creator's goal. The creator has a goal, but to achieve this goal, he needs someone who can fulfill it. But the creator doesn't want to force someone, so he gave every chosen a choice, whether to deny or accept his destiny. And as for why I am inside your head, it is because when you became a chosen, our soul became connected to each other, but after you have enough privilege, then you can let me out in the physical world."
Ronald had asked Luna several questions before he felt that someone was calling him on the physical world.
Seeing Ronald's reaction, Luna sensed what was happening on the outside world and said, "Ronald, your auntie has finished preparing food and is inviting you to eat."
Hearing what Luna said, Ronald wasn't shocked that she can sense the outside world while he sensed nothing except for those feelings. Luna had also explained this point to him. She said that it was not normal for a mortal to form a spiritual world, and if by chance they formed one, they can't enter it. They still need to enter into the divine stages before they can enter their own spiritual world, although they can still sense their own spiritual world. And chosen had the privilege to enter it without fulfilling the requirements as it is the only way that they can meet with their guides without affecting or violating the rules of the physical world.
"Okay, let's continue our discussion later," Luna said as she smiled. She really enjoyed talking with Ronald, as it was her first conversation since she was born.