My memories, all scattered to the winds on that fateful day, are carried to a place where not even my dreams could travel to. Hidden so well, and yet, so close as to being revealed.

...I began dreaming of her. A beautiful nine-year-old angel, probably the Princess of all angels. With hair of spun gold and skin the color of ivory alabaster; she stood small but brave upon a balcony, her long gown flowing with the breeze as moonlight made her glow. But her little face... There was something familiar about it, and yet, every time she was about to reveal her identity, I woke up. Smiling.

And it happened every night. It seemed like she, this small mysterious child, was the reason I kept living, kept fighting. I began looking for my Little Princess in the streets, but with no luck. Each night, she asked for the same thing: a kiss. In return, she would reveal herself and answer every question I wanted to know about my past, for she would not reveal my future.

Then one day, I saw her. She was a little girl walking towards me, with a dreamy smile playing on her angelic face, she was a vision. Her hair indeed was of spun gold, catching the light of the sun with her every move. She wore two balls on top of her hair, very much resembling Odangos. But her face took my breath away. This nine-year-old child was far more beautiful than I ever could have imagined. Her eyes were the colorof the sky on a summer day and her ivory skin held a healthy, pink glow. She was real.

We bumped into each other that day. Fortunately, I caught her before she had the chance to fall and saw that she fit perfectly in my arms, as if we were meant to be together. She was so small and light. She mumbled a sweet sorry and left walking in a hurry, as if she were flustered. But why? After that, I saw her a couple of times on the school playground and in the park, and by then, I had had a chance to ask her name: Kitty. The name fit her so perfectly, it made me smile. I also found out that she turned nine years old only two days ago and attended Springbrook Primary School.

Did this little  girl know I had fallen in love with her? That one smile from her was enough to make my heart melt? Better yet, did she know the real me? The me that was willing to give her all of my devotion, the moon, the stars, the heavens, anything she wanted just to see her precious smile? What wouldn't I give for her to see me as the real me and how much I really loved her...

When I awoke, the sun had not yet risen and the moon looked beautiful surrounded by the stars. I heard Kitty's voice in the breeze, telling me to meet her at the local park because part of our future depended on it.

I stepped into the night's cloak and let my heart guide me through the shadows, towards my destination. The breeze blew Kitty's silvery voice through the night air until I finally came to the park only to find the small form of Kitty sitting on the park bench in front of me. She looked beautiful, a content smile on her innocent lips. As if by magic, she looked up.

"My love," she whispered in her tiny little girl voice, "How I've missed you so."

"Oh Kitty, I have missed you too, but we must not waste time, for we do not know how long it may last."

She looked at me with a certain sadness in her big eyes and all I wanted was to take her in my arms right there and protect her, make her happy somehow, make her see that I loved her more than my own life.

"I know my love, but let's just hope this will last forever."

As our kiss grew deeper, I could feel our heartbeats returning back to normal. Both breathless, we broke apart, and for once in a long time, my heart was complete.

Still in my arms, I whispered into her tiny ear, "I love you, Kitty."

"I have waited way too long to be able to hear that from someone, but now that I have, I'm happy to say that I love you too and I always will."

"I will love you forever, Kitty, but I also want to tell you something."

"What?"

"I only used to feel alive when I dreamed at night. Now it's different."

"Really...?"

"Yes Kitty, really. But do you want to know why? Because my dream has finally come true."

The End