The Promethean Girl

Nagpatawag yung teacher ng meeting tapos edi magkaklase si danna at si faith nasanay yung
teacher na walang nadating na magulang kay faith pareho lang top nadating yung magulang ni
danna pero yung kay faith walang dumadating.
Sa school
Teacher(Craisa): My class! I have an announcement! My dear! *points a student* my dear! My
dear! You are the honors! Oh please! Inform your guardians! This is, an achievement!
Faith: *talking to herself*: I wish! More than anything! I wish! I had a family! I wish! More than
friends! I wish someone would be glad!Danna(friend): *talking to faith*I heard something what you said! Was it about a family? You can
take mine if you want! I can manage myself anyway.
Faith*angry*:Are you serious? parents are marvelous! They are the greatest gift! Dont you think
your lucky, for you have warm company?
Danna(friend): all my life Ive always wanted, to have one day just for me, nothing to do and for
once, nowhere I need to be!
(Faith looking amused to Dannas way of thinking.)
Magkapit-bahay sila, magkaibigan din. Yung magulang ni danna nangungulila sa anak dahil
malayo si danna sa kanila kaya naman nung nakita nila si faith na gusto ng magulang, sila ang
tumatayong guardian ni faith sa tuwing may meeting.
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Danna is going for a walk but right before she could open the door, her mother reminded her to
eat first before going out and take care of herself always because danger are always ahead of
her and she could only be safe if she would be careful.
Mother(Lorraine): *habang paalis si danna* Mother knows best, Listen to your mother, It's a scary world out there!
Mother knows best, One way or another, Something will go wrong, I swear! Ruffians, thugs, poison ivy, quicksand, Cannibals and
snakes, the plague.
Also large bugs! Men with pointy teeth and Stop, no more, you'll just upset me. Mother's right here! Mother will protect you, Darling,
here's what I suggest!! Skip the drama, Stay with mama.. Mother! knows best!

*hindi pinansin ni Danna ang paalala at umalis na lamang*

Mother(Lorraine): She changed a lot, my little princess.. Those times she hugged me and even
kiss me goodbye. But what did I ever do to my daughter? Danna knows best! Dannas so mature
now! Such a clever grown up miss!! It seems like I am not her mother..
*At Faiths House
Danna: Good morning, my friend! Do you know whats the trend? It is How do you feel today?
Faith: Im feeling just the usual, lonely, sad as always no purpose at all.
Danna: oh my friend Its always nice to be free! Dont you think? And then suddenly I bump into
you! Youve been searching your whole life to find family! So sweet, but irritating to be with.

Faith: Whats the sense to be free, when you are free for no one. I only want a family who would
cheer for me. Scold me when Im wrong, and who would care for me. Parents who would remind
me, be careful everytime, they would remind.
Danna: I know someone who has those qualities you wished for, and they long for a child who
would care. (like you)
Faith will stop and think for a second
Faith: *angry* Is that really true? will I just expect, something that would never happen to me
Danna: would I lie to you? You dont have a thing, I have everything. All that you have, is playful
brain!
Faith: What youre saying is true. But I admit, I accepted it. is dreaming a sin? its not a foolish
thing.
Danna: Exactly! Exactly! *points at Faith* Ever since, I dreamt of living by myself. I dont want
anyone, interfering with my life. Im tired of my parents, who always treat me like a child.
Faith: Is that why you think you dont need them anymore? I always come there knocking at your
door. To feel the warmth of a family. Yet, you ditch them for your self luxury.
Danna: From there my friend, do you now see? How ironic life could be. You wanted a parents just
like what I have while on my side I wanted a life which is what you have. But the fact is that we
can never exchange lives.
Faith: Then live freely, go live by yourself but in exchange you will lose everything you have and
everyone who loves you. It hurts so much when you have no one with you. You will feel naught
but emptiness, youre worthless.
Danna: My friend, you dont need no one to live. When you live with parents who expects too
much from you, then you live for them and not for yourself. It is a burden to carry their blunder,
telling that you should persevere to avoid having the same mistakes as they did. I will make my
own future.
Faith: Its not a burden, they just dont want you to commit the same mistakes that they did.
They dont want you to experience the same deprivation. Isnt that nice? They are trying to
prevent you from going to the wrong direction, plunging to the depths of the dark, a path full of
quicksands that will take you under your misery. Tall trees that blocks the sunlight that nourishes
you, the rays that light your way.
Danna: You are probably right, but it doesnt change a bit of my decisions. They are annoying,
irritating, loquacious, and most of all they are demanding. They wont let you make your own
decisions, but luck is on my side I am a strong and brave woman because I can ignore them.
Faith: Your ideas are too simple. You dont want them because you want what you want. Well, we
have a big difference from each other. Although we are friends, we decide anonymously. And I
still feel worthless. (While walking to the kitchen)
Danna: My friend, what are you planning to do?
*Faith started to get a knife*

Danna: So you think THAT would solve the problem? *faith started to cry and pointed the knife at
herself*
Faith: No it wont, but it will help finish my longings for a family.
Danna: Dont you think its an idiotic act?
Faith: And its the only choice that I have.
Danna: No, its not!
Faith: Once this knife made its way to my heart, now from you, My friend I will part. Finish my life
of emptiness and fear, envy, jealousy, and nights full of tears!
Danna: My friend, stop!
Faith: What choice do I have?!
*Danna quickly held faiths hand*
Danna: Oh my friend, do not waste your life! You still have something to prove! Heres the deal
Faith! Go on and choose. Live and choose to prove that I was wrong that having family is
beneficial to all, hand me that knife and forget this all. Then you could prove me that having no
parents would mean nothing at all..
Faith: Then what?
Danna: I dont know! But heres a thing I want you to hear, dont forget it instead remember
dear. Life is the world you are living at, theres no end of struggles that will pull you down like the
one you are experiencing now. Your life is realistic, mine is ideal. Im the product of your playful
mind, keeping you tangled on your slander thoughts. There is no real Danna whom is too
carefree, one who care less about her family. You are the maker of this fantasy world. The real
one is Faith whom is pity, one who cares about a thoughtful family. The daughter your mother is
looking for, is Faith, a daughter that would give her all. But Faith was blinded by the freedom she
was pleading for and changed to Danna, Faiths second personality. Faith you are not Danna, the
carefree girl, but you are Faith who attempted to end her life because of her longing for a family.
Faith: Thank you my friend, for making me realize, Faith has now got out from the melted ice!
Therefore, now this foolish thoughts should end. Goodbye my fictional friend, but Ill still
remember you as someone who stopped Faith, the imaginative girl, from killing herself inside her
imaginary world.
*Faith laid the knife on the kitchen counter and thought that it was a nice idea*