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Ellaâs bedroom is a cocoon of soft light, the glow of her nightlight casting gentle shadows across the walls.
Itâs Monday night, and the house is quiet, the usual chatter of Eileen and Roxana absent.
âItâs just us tonight,â Ella says, tucking her legs under her on the bed, the vintage Aladdinâs lamp perfume bottle resting on her nightstand.
âThe rest of the crewâs at home with their families.
Maybe this weekend weâll have another sleepover at one of their places.
But most nights, itâll be you and me.
Iâll keep you close so you donât freeze.â âIâm okay with that,â Helanaâs voice hums in Ellaâs mind, warm and reassuring.
âYour energy sustains me.
Just eat healthy, or weâll both feel it.â âIâm not on the phone, Mom!â Ella calls out as her bedroom door creaks open.
Her mother peeks in, eyebrows raised.
âItâs downstairs anyway.
Iâm practicing for speech class, talking to my imaginary friend.â Her mom shakes her head with a wry smile, closing the door.
Ella exhales, glancing at the lamp.
âIâm not supposed to be on the phone after nine.â âI understand,â Helana says.
âYour body needs rest at this age.
Youâre transforming rapidlyâpubertyâs a lot of work.
Staying up all night doesnât help.â Ella grins, settling against her pillows.
âTell me about you, Helana.
Your story.
Everything.
Roxana thought you were a demon, but Iâm starting to think youâre an angel.â Helanaâs laugh ripples through Ellaâs mind, light and melodic.
âNot an angel, just a girl like you, but from a very different place.
There are angels around, thoughâI sense them sometimes, even if I canât always see them.
I have my own angels, but I havenât met them yet.
Where I come from, thereâs a ceremony for that, like your Bat Mitzvah or Quinceañera, but Iâm not old enough.â âWhy do we have angels? What do they do?â Ella asks, her curiosity sharp. âYou, me, and countless others across existenceâweâre part of a vast royal family, children of the One Infinite Creator,â Helana says.
âAs royals, we have servants, like angels, who care for us.
Thatâs what my faith teaches, and I believe itâs true.â Ellaâs brow furrows, skeptical.
âIf weâre royals with angels, why do awful things happen here? I see it on TVâpeople suffering, wars, disasters.
Are the angels bad at their jobs?â Helanaâs tone softens, thoughtful.
âAs royals, we have free will to do as we please, and like undisciplined children, we often make trouble.
We invite chaos into our lives.
Angels canât override our choices, but theyâre always there, ready to help if we allow them.
The universe is full of beings who create painâitâs part of our growth, learning from mistakes to build a better reality.
But I wonder if thatâs the whole story.
Something feels⊠off about this universe, something weâre meant to help fix.
Weâre not old enough yet, but I sense that time is coming, and the angels will guide us.â Ellaâs eyes widen.
âThis sounds like one of those movies where a few kids save the world.â âMaybe those movies are more prophetic than you think,â Helana says, a hint of mischief in her voice. âYou travel through time,â Ella says.
âDoes it get better?â âIt does, except when it doesnât,â Helana replies.
âI can move through time, but some places and times are off-limits.
I never know the full future, and knowing it changes it.
The struggle seems eternal, but maybe we can change that.
Who knows?â âOkay, my headâs exploding,â Ella groans, rubbing her temples.
âLetâs set the eternal stuff aside.
Tell me about *you*.
Whatâs your home like? Is the sky blue? Do you have a boyfriend?â Helana chuckles.
âWe donât always live on planets, but thatâs a long story.
Letâs start with the differences between us to make sense of it.â âGo for it,â Ella says, grabbing her journal to take notes. âAt the core of existence, everythingârocks, trees, you, meâis made of tiny spinning vortexes, like whirlpools in space,â Helana begins.
âThese âunitsâ self-organize into everything that exists, guided by an information matrix.
Rocks, plants, animalsâall are shaped by this matrix.
Our scientists donât fully understand it, but they pretend to.
Iâm not explaining it wellâmy schoolâs download was confusing.â Ella scribbles furiously.
âKeep going.â âFor living things, the smallest unit is a cellâwhat you call lifeâs building block.
Youâre a collection of trillions of cells working together, a gorgeous collective.
Each cell carries a copy of your information matrix in DNA, what we call Chemical Encoding.
Itâs not just a blueprint of you fully grown; itâs a dynamic algorithm guiding your growth minute by minute, from birth to now.â âStop!â Ella laughs, her pen pausing.
âMy brainâs overloading.
I need to pee.â She returns, journal in hand.
âOkay, Iâm back.
Go slow.
Your downloads are intense.â âNo rush,â Helana says.
âThis is a good review for me too.
Weâre learning together in our little night school.â âHereâs the point: everything, living or not, is information.
In your four-dimensional world, Chemical Encoding stores the information for life.
Your dimension has three spatial dimensions and one of timeâjust enough for things to exist and move.
Itâs beautiful but limited.â âSo your dimensionâs better?â Ella asks, teasing. âDifferent, not better,â Helana says.
âI adore you and wish I could be like you.
Maybe your dimensionâs betterâitâs a matter of taste.â âIf youâre not like me, what are you?â Ella presses. âYour matrix uses Chemical Encoding to form a physical body, from which your spirit emerges.
Mine uses Energy Encoding to form an energy bodyâspiritâthat can manifest physically.
Youâre born physical and can touch the spiritual.
Iâm born spiritual and can manifest physically.
With more dimensions to work with, itâs easier for me to visit you, which I do because I love you more every moment.â Ellaâs breath catches.
âI love you too.
Wow, I didnât realize until I said it.
I love you!â A warm pulse hums through her mind, Helanaâs voice soft.
âThat burst of energy from you⊠love is powerful, almost intoxicating.â âKeep going,â Ella urges, not wanting to lose the thread.
âYou said you donât always live on planets.
How are you born?â âWe donât need planets like you do,â Helana explains.
âWe manifest physically on various planets, moving energetically through time and spaceâno spaceships needed.
As for birth, your DNA carries billions of years of life history, blending your parentsâ to create you.
In my world, our Energy Encoded matrix does the same.
When my parents blended their energyâour version of intimacyâtheir vibrational âsongsâ merged, creating a new song: me.
I was born as a baby spirit.
When they separated, there were three of us.
We found a community in time and space, manifested physically, and became a family.
Thatâs where I lived until⊠I ran away.â âYouâre a runaway?â Ella exclaims, shocked.
âWhat the heck?â âI didnât mean to say that,â Helana admits, her voice small.
âIâm not supposed to be here.
I was only meant to visit for a moment, but you saw me and trapped me.â Ellaâs heart twists, tears welling.
âI love you more every minute, so I donât want you to leave.
But because I love you, I canât keep you here against your will, especially if youâre in trouble.
If you need to go, I release you.â âIâm already in trouble,â Helana says, a mix of relief and longing in her tone.
âPlease, let me stay a little longer.
Can I?â âYes, you better stay!â Ella says, wiping her eyes.
âBut stay because you want to, not because I trapped you.â âThank you,â Helana whispers.
âI wonât be a burden, I promise.â âDo you sleep?â Ella asks, yawning.
âOr are you up all night?â âI sleep, like you, and I dream,â Helana says.
âTonight, Iâll dream of you.â
âSweet dreams,â Ella murmurs, placing the lamp close to keep Helana warm.
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Later, Ella opens her diary, her heart full and her mind racing.
I met Helana Friday night, and now, Monday night, sheâs like my best friend.
I love her.
I just fell in love with a girl from another dimension! Itâs amazing but scary.
What if sheâs a trickster, and Iâm getting in deep trouble? For now, I want her to stay.
Thereâs so much more to learn, and I need to know where this story goes. Goodnight, Diary.
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