“I need to know,” shouted Sai.
“The danger is too great for you. Wait another year until your powers grow, or you will disappear like your sister,” Mati pleaded.
Sai’s mother sat peeling fruit while her daughter paced back and forth before her.
“Why are you not telling me everything? You know Susu is not gone. She is only on the other side seeking answers as Nana had done this before her,” insisted the girl.
“If only child, Susu is dead. I saw her go with my eyes. She died as she crossed the veil,” said her mother.
Sai stormed from her home and headed to the glade of the lost deep in the forest. “I know Susu is alive, and I can feel her,” she said as she made her way to the glad.
Sitting by the stream, Sai opened her heart and listened. “Susu, are you there?” asked her sister.
Sai waited. The wind flowed over the stones, and Sai heard a voice say, “I can’t cross back over without your help.”
“Susu, what do I need to do?” asked Sai.
A word flowed across the water, “sing,” and nothing more.
Sai chose a lullaby from childhood. One Nana would sing when she lay the children down for the evening.
“Sweet baby, sleep, sweet baby, dream. The stars watch you, so sleep until morning light,” sang Sai.
As she sang, the waters stirred, and before the stones of the lost started to form an image of Susu.
“I see you, I’m here,” cried Sai. But as her singing stopped, her sister’s image faded.
“I must keep singing so she can follow the sound,” said Sai as she once again began to sing.
Susu’s image reappeared and grew clearer as her sister sang. Finally, an arm and leg broke through the shimmering wall.
Sai sang louder, and soon, her sister’s head appeared. Sai rushed over to the spot where Susu was emerging and grasped her arm without stopping her song.
Sai pulled and sang with all her strength until Susu’s body cleared the veil, and she tumbled into the water.
“You’re home. I knew you were alive; I felt you,” said Sai.
“Yes, I’m home, thanks to you. Nana’s song showed me the way,” Susu replied.
Sai hugged her sister tight and then pulled her out of the water. “Time we get you home and into some dry clothes. Are you hungry?”
“Ravenous, I hope mom has soup and bread,” replied Susu.
The sisters walked and talked about everything, especially missing each other. “Please don’t go away again,” Sai said as they walked through the gate.
“Once across the veil is enough,” Susu said with a wry smile. She turned and hugged her sister to emphasize the point.
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