Creative Story

It was a warm and sunny morning in the small country of Luna Blanca, the birds were already sharing their beautiful melodies with the world. Something inside, told Arianna Scippa that today would be a great day, the day she would be free and not live up to her father’s name, the King of the Luna Blanca; Luigi Scippa.

Since the day Arianna was born she was always told that she would never be a normal girl, and sadly she was now starting to believe it. She was never allowed to play outside nor have any friends that weren’t in her level, social and economical wise. However, one day when she was walking in the streets of Manta with her nana Leonor she noticed a good looking but poorly dressed boy who she had never seen in her life.
“Nana have you ever seen this boy before?” Arianna asked.
“No, I’m surprised I have not.” Leonor responded.

Without taking no for an answer, Arianna immediately made her way towards the unfortunate boy, who seemed to make her feel quite anxious in some way. When she was finally by him, she became aware of his stunning green eyes, which seemed similar to hers, something that was very bizarre due to the fact that she only knew two people that had these colored eyes her and her father.
“Hello, my name is Arianna Scippa daughter of Luigi Scippa, and I’m afraid I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you.” Arianna said.
“Oh, well I am Rafael Gagliardo, and the reason why you have never seen me is because I am from Italy and I have been granted a scholarship which allowed me to come to this country.” Rafael answered.
“So you’re from Italy how interesting, you must know that Luna Blanca is a wonderful country and I would more than happy to show you this amazing place.” She said
“Arianna, I do not think that your father would be very pleased of knowing that you are talking to this boy, someone who you have never met!” interrupted Leonor as she was pulling Arianna away.

Even though Arianna knew this very well, for she was always told to never talk to any strangers, something about this stranger in particular gave Arianna a feeling she couldn’t describe. It was as if she had always known him, but this was clearly impossible since he had just gotten to Luna Blanca. Unfortunately Arianna was obligated to say good-bye to this boy, and to the chances of knowing him better.

However, as time passed it seemed as if destiny wanted Rafael and Arianna to become friends because every time that Arianna and Leonor would go for a walk in the streets they would always come across this boy. At last, when Leonor wasn’t paying any attention Arianna managed to make her way towards him, once again. This time as she was making her way through, she noticed that Rafael was a painter just like her; due to the fact that he had displayed his art work for everyone to admire. As she observed his work she was surprised by how beautiful they were, too bad she wasn’t as talented as he was.
“Hello Rafael, how are you doing,” Arianna said
Surprised by her arrival, Rafael responded “Good Thank you”
“Rafael, I have to say I am impressed by your beautiful art work” said Arianna
“Thank-you very much, if you want I don’t have any trouble teaching some of my techniques, in which I am sure will be useful since I have heard that you are an artist yourself” Rafael assured.
“Oh thank you, and yes I do accept your offer” Arianna said with a friendly smile.
To Arianna accepting Rafael’s offer seemed all right, little did she know that by accepting it one of the biggest secrets there could be would slowly get revealed.

As time passed, and as Rafael and Arianna continued their art lessons a strong friendship grew as well. Rafael had told Arianna about his life and how he and his family weren’t the wealthiest, also how his Father had taught him all he knows about the arts. However, each time they would meet in Arianna’s palace for their classes, she would notice the similarities both of them shared. The stunning green eyes, the beautiful red hair, but most importantly a birth mark right behind the right ear which symbolized the Scippa heritage, were a few of many things they had in common.

At times Arianna would just try to ignore all of their physical similarities, but as the days went by she was getting a more and more suspicious, until it was all revealed. One cold and rainy day as Arianna and Rafael were getting ready to begin their classes, a huge argument captured both of their attentions. It was Arianna’s Father talking to his assistant, they were having a very loud argument about some secret, in which Arianna had no knowledge of. But as the argument got louder she heard the most shocking thing ever.

Fifteen years ago when Arianna was born, his Father was the most powerful man, and still is, in Luna Blanca since he was the King. The only chance for him to get let out of his throne was if he had a son, someone from own blood. Luigi knew this very well, and this was exactly what he had always feared. That’s the reason why he had sent his own son away, to another country where no one would know of his existence, so he could still rule Luna Blanca.

As horrifying as this seemed it was the truth, even though Arianna never spent time with her Father and thanks to him she always had to be watched by bodyguards, she still loved him very deeply and knowing that what he had done just tore her apart. Everything made sense now all the their similarities weren’t just coincidence, Rafael and Arianna were twins. Now she knew she would never feel alone ever again, and she would have someone that could make her feel better besides Leonor.

After that day it seemed as if Luigi had disappeared from the planet, because he was never heard from ever again. It all seemed like a miracle the way Rafael and Arianna met and how they got to know each. Rafael was now the King and he had ordered to bring all his siblings to Luna Blanca. From that day on Arianna and Rafael Scippa lived a happy and peaceful life the way it should have always been.

Love and Friendship Essay

As we grow from a child to an adult, there are many events in our lives that can change drastically and determine who or what we will become in the future. However, many of us have something in common, something desperately important something that can have a great impact on how we act, talk, and think: love and friends. Love and friendship is something very valuable to have in life because without it life would not only be dull, it would also bring grief and sadness to our souls.

One of the most significant feelings that a person can experience to be successful in life, is love. Love is an emotion that is innate to some human beings, or can be developed by time or ones experiences. For example, when you are born there is an immediate feeling of protection and affection that your parents will feel once they see you, and as time passes you will learn to love them back as well, and learn how to love others too. However there are also the types of people that overlook this sentiment, these kinds of people are not strangers to loneliness and melancholy and they live their lives filled with misery. A perfect example is a character in the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, about a man that lives in such deep depression that he finds himself raping millions of young girls to feel content and not abandoned, destroying not only his life but sadly the girls’ lives too.

Even though love is an important emotion, friendship is essential as well. Friendship can be a companionship between a related or non related person. Real friends can be a little like a source of self-steam because whenever you are feeling sad or depressed they are by your side helping you get through a complicated time. True friendship never dies no matter if great distances or extended periods of time are involved, if it’s a true friendship it will last forever. This reminds of the time I had to say goodbye to my friends in Ecuador, even though we live millions of miles apart we always keep in touch and in my recent trip to Ecuador we reunited and it felt as if we were never apart. Friends, the right ones, can improve our lives and help our future become brighter.

Love and friendship, are both two very important feelings that help us be grateful for life in every unique way by appreciating the happiness that we live everyday. Hopefully now that you have understood the meaning of love and friendship you will be thankful and grateful to have a happy life filled with love and friends.