REMI - The Story of a Prince

ONCE UPON A TIME .999
There was a glorious King with 3 glorious children. The First was tall, responsible and mature. The Last was always first, innocent and very playful. The Middle One was lost, shy and pure and His name was REMI. REMI had a dream beyond all dreams. He wanted to be found. For years, he lived in a cave, a cave he called Home. The King his Father looked everywhere for the little boy, but the boy in silence feared to come out of his darkness. He didn't know a King was looking for him, didn't know he was a Prince. One day, he ran out of fear and decided to adventure out into the unknown. He was very cautious and thoughtful of every step he took. One step forward could take a day, and he felt he was going nowhere.
One little bird called Tegwen, came out of the blue and saw the little boy standing alone in the middle of the woods, and the bird asked the boy, "where are you going so slowly?"
- "I don't know." The boy replied to the bird. "I just know I cannot stay in my cave anymore." But the bird didn't understand. For her, the boy was going nowhere moving so slowly, and asked the boy if she could be of any help.
- "Maybe I can help you realise where you're going. I can fly very high and see much greater fields ahead." But the boy shook his head and with a sad look declined the blue bird's offer.
- "Nobody can guide me for only I know where I'm going." The boy said.
The beautiful blue bird thought the boy was being a little arrogant and noticed that although the boy was slow in action, he was very quick in thought.
- "OK" Said the little blue bird. "But I will fly high anyway, and will look out for anyone looking for a little sad and lonely boy."
- "YES, Please. Do that for me and I promise I will always look out for you, my friend."
And so, the little blue bird flew away, and the little boy took one more step.

Days passed, nights fell, moons appeared and disappeared and the boy continued to walk about.
For years the story continued with the boy, who was now a grown man, walking slowly inside his world. He didn't know what he was looking for, and forgot everything he knew about the darkness of his cave. By now, every tree was his friend, every stone knew the man's good steps. But the blue bird came back one morning while the man awakened from his sleep.
- "Do you remember me?" The blue bird asked the grown old man.
- "Of course I do, you are my friend the messenger of faith."
- "Indeed I am, and this time I got a message for you. The King, The Wise Old King is dead, and from all the kingdom all living things are coming to his deathbed to bid him farewell and to listen to his last wish, for He has asked that once all creatures of his kingdom were gathered together, he would deliver to us his last favour. So we must hurry. We ought to be there for whom has been there for us, in glory and in throne. The King will read his last wish from the lips of his long lost kid.
- "Have they found the kid?" The old man asked.
- "YES. I have" the bird shyly said.
- "What a glorious day this is, when a King finds its Prince and a child found becomes free."

And so, the old man walked the walk to the Kings Castle with the blue bird sitting proud on his right shoulder, and when they were in front of the old dead King, from the king's lifeless hand a note appeared as his palmed slowly opened like a lotus flower in full bloom. And the note read:

"WELCOME LITTLE ANGEL
WELCOME TO YOUR HOME"

The old man reached down to grab the fallen leaf where the message was conveyed and as he lifted his head he saw the dead King smiling in his dream, and he said:

I AM MY FATHERS LOST SON AND I HAVE FOUND MYSELF. LET MY BROTHERS RULE IN PEACE FOR MY KINGDOM LIVES AMONG THE TREES.

And the old man left, never to be seen again.
The story tells that one little blue bird comes in time of lunar eclipse and shares the story of her old wise friend, making sure the story never ends. And so it is. 333