Short Story - "The Lighthouse"
Among the dim lights of the night, Alice and Roy observed from the shore the intense glow that reflects the lighthouse on the other side of the island, they waited for their father who is the guardian of the lighthouse.
"I'm worried," said Alice, "dad should have returned hours ago". Distressed, they both returned home to contact him on the radio.
As they arrived to their house they tried to communicate with their father but he did not respond, they worried that something bad had happened to him, especially since a storm was ahead and it had started to rain. Alice and Roy decided to go out in his search, they took a small boat and went into the turbulent sea towards the lighthouse. "We must find dad", said Roy, while Alice kept crying and did not seem able to stop, her tears mixing with the raindrops.
As they arrived to the island a thick fog covered the lighthouse, in the background lights of colors seemed to dance with the wind, the siblings were very surprised with that wonderful spectacle.
"This is very strange," Alice said as they both walked to the lighthouse. When they arrived there, everything was silent apart from the rain, there was no one there. They saw their father's belongings on the desk and a half full cup of coffee, their father had not finished it, which was unlike him.
"Everything seems normal, let's look for dad, he should not be too far", said Roy while leaving the lighthouse to roam around the beach in the hopes of finding their missing father, Alice followed him.
As they walked they saw that a huge bird was flying over them, its intense colors resembled the lights that were reflected on the island, little by little it approached them and settled on a tree watching them with intense eyes.
Alice and Roy looked closely at the strange bird and it suddenly pronounced their names "Alice, Roy", they felt their heart paralyze. The bird watched them and its eyes were an unmistakable blue, the eyes of the bird were exactly like those of their father.
The bird took flight and they ran after it spread its wings in the darkness of the night.
The contest for anyone that is interested in participating: https://steemit.com/twentyfourhourshortstory/@mctiller/writers-win-five-steem-january-22-twenty-four-hour-short-story-contest-while-on-vacation-on-a-tropical-island-a-young-couple
Congratulations @rnunez09! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click here to view your Board
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOP