Festivity

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Great grandfather and mom just sat there hugging; looking at them was so tiring, so I decided to look for the cute guy in order to teach him a lesson for reporting us, but when I got outside, I saw no one. I was so scared that I ran back inside.

"Great grandmother in law, where is everyone? Is the city under attack? No one is outside," I said, frightened.

"Great grandmother in law (ha-ha),nice, and how many questions should I answer?, she asked.

"Hmm, let me think…, maybe all," , I said

"Alright, everyone is underground; we are preparing for our annual festival," she said.

"Oh, I was scared, and do you guys sleep?" I asked.

"No, we don't; we are awake every time," she answered.

"Cool, so that means you have been awake for over 100 years?" I asked.

"No, silly, everyone needs sleep to recharge; of course we do sleep," she said mockingly.

I just rolled my eyes and went back outside. I loved the fresh air and decided to sit on the floor and stare into the sky. As fate would have it, the guy I was looking for to teach a lesson came with his own two legs.

"Hi, I am Andrew," he said.

"I thought only weird names were allowed," I asked.

"No, only royals bear traditional names here," he answered.

"Oh, alright, and I'm not talking to you anymore, traitor," I said.

"What! I would be a traitor if I knew that you were not from here and kept quiet; what if you came to harm the air tribes?" he said.

"Fair point, but look at me; do I look like someone capable of harming people?" I asked him.

"Hmm, I don't know; a cute face doesn't mean good intentions," he answered. Wait, did he just call me cute? Why am I blushing when no guys can imagine it? No boys for now. I smiled and looked away.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Helen, her traditional name is Wofeila," I said.

"Cute and powerful," he said, smiling at me. I was expecting him to ask for my phone number, but I remembered I was not on earth 🌍. But wait, how did the man who informed me of the imposter call me?

"Do you guys use phones here?" I asked.

"What is that?" Andrew asked.

"I mean, phone, the one you use to get in touch with people, talk to them, watch memes, and connect to things happening in the world 🌍", I answered

"Oh, we have no such thing here; if you want to communicate with someone, you call their names, say whatever you want to say, and they hear it," he said.

"Wow, but… what? "Don't.. won't the message go to the wrong person?" I asked, astonished.

"No!, Why did you say that?" he said.

"How many Andrews live here?" I asked.

"Just one," he answered.

"How come? , Is it one name per person?" I asked.

"Oh, I understand now, not one name per person but rather one surname per family," he answered.

"Oh, so if you want to communicate with the person, you call the person by name and surname," I said.

"Yes, talk to you later; we have a festival to prepare for," he said and left.

I was still astonished by all this. Am I dreaming? Wow, I wondered what happened to the water tribes now that they lost us, and I really hoped the fire tribes were okay. I silently prayed for them and went back inside to take a nap. It's not yet nighttime here, but it is on earth, so I decided to take a nap.

"Where is our room? I want to take a nap," I asked one of the palace maids, and they showed me to a lovely room. I immediately jumped on the bed and started imagining about my life with the fire tribes until I fell asleep.

"Helen, wake up, come eat this," mom called.

"Hun, I just fell asleep 5 minutes ago; 1 hour more, please," I said.

"Okay, but you will miss out on good food," mom said, and I got up from the bed grumpy. I was sleepy, but I could not miss good food. I stood up and went to my great-grandfather's chamber, where all sorts of meals were served. At the look of it, I already knew the taste of the lovely food. The food was some mixtures of things I don't know, but the smell and the look were very attractive. I sat down on the table waiting for the fork, but then I saw mom and the rest eating with their hands, so I decided to eat with my hands too, and wow, the food was delicious. Although I have never tasted anything like that before, I will surely recommend it. After we all finished eating, Queen Alcou made a prayer, and we answered it. I immediately went to my room to take a nap while mom helped out with the festival preparation.