text: [Themes: family friendly]
  
  An incident occurred due to a fight between two kids, a boy and a girl. Filled with fear of what he did, the boy ran away. A friend followed him and told him that it wasn't his fault, but the girl's fault because it was her bag that hit the Barrier Stone. Wanting to believe his friend and to free himself of responsibility, the boy went to his grandpa (who happened to also be the village leader) to tell him it was Moonlight that caused the ruin of the barrier. Yes, Moonlight your sister is the girl. Not knowing any better than he was told, and losing his sharpness to old age, the boy's grandpa headed out to the scene in a hurry.
  
  Picking up her school bag with intention of leaving right away, Moonlight noticed that the Barrier Stone had fallen upon a boulder close by. The Barrier Stone was cracked, and it had lost its glow. Usually Barrier stones are purple with a little glow around them, but this one had lost its glow. Worried about what had happened to the village's Barrier Stone, Moonlight came to find you. She would always talk with you about her joys, sorrows, and worries since you're her only sibling. She finds you while you were carrying a large back basket filled with ice chunks. You knew its not a simple issue when you saw your sister's worried eyes, especially since the barrier just vanished not too long ago. Moonlight relays her story to you.
  
  On the way home after school, Rock (the village leader's grandchild) was showing off expensive gloves that his parents recently got him. Some classmates wanting to benefit from making friends with Rock were complimenting him and acting happy to see his gloves. Thinking that Rock's new gloves are not surprising, she ignores the ruckus and walks ahead. The selfish boy then accused her of insulting him. After putting their school bags on the ground, the two fought with their full power. But then Rock threw her bag (which was close to him on the ground) in frustration accidently pushing the Barrier Stone off its stand. Then he ran away while she took her bag and came to you.
  
  Without warning the village leader appears before you siblings. Old with wrinkled skin, draped with a brown furry gown, standing on a wooden cane, and bearing a serious face. As villagers began to silently gather around, he began to speak.
  
  "Is it true that you broke one of village's Barrier Stones, Moonlight?" asked the old man.
  
  "I was not. It was...it was Rock," declared Moonlight pointing at the old man's grandchild.
  
  "How could you!! How dare you point a finger me!" Rock shouted in anger.
  
  The villagers began worrying and whispering amongst themselves. They worried about the future village leader's character, Rock's character. Some were worrying about the village's safety as there is no barrier to protect them from big dangers such strong storm or wild beasts. Slowly the commotion grew.
  
  "Silence!!" loudly yelled the village leader. He didn't want the problem to grow any bigger and out of his control. The old village leader also refused to believe that his grandson had a part in the barrier's ruin. With his bloodline's reputation on the line, the old man states "It was your bag that caused the Barrier Stone to fall off its stand, was it not?"
  
  The Moonlight replies "Yes, but I was not the one who..."
  
  "Enough! You shall bear responsibility for this incident. You are banished from the Snowy Village as punishment," interrupted the impatient village leader.
  
  With all this playing in front of you, you ask yourself if you should do something? You ask if this is right?
  
  > No. You don't need to do anything, this is right
  "My sister needs to bear responsibility of her actions," is what you thought. "This is a good life lesson for her. She shouldn't get into fights without thinking of the consequences."
  
  Even though you dared not make a move against the village leader, your sister stood up for herself. As the village leader was about to take his leave, she told him wait. She could not look at the village leader's face and was looking at the ground instead. Moonlight had just called out to the old man without respect, demanding he waits without properly addressing him. She could've worded her statement more respectfully, addressed the old man according to his position; but she didn't. Moonlight was scared. Despite everything, the village leader decided to overlook the disrespectful wording of the 9 year old and listen to what she had to say. With silent anger dwelling on his face, he turned around and asked her what she wants. Still looking at the snow cover ground, your sister asks to be given a last chance to remain in the village. A chance to redeem herself. After careful consideration, the village leader decided to agree on her proposal. He was sure that it wasn't only her involved in the incident, and that Moonlight deserves a second chance in living here since she asked.
  
  "Then, you shall leave this village in search of another Barrier Stone fit to replace the one you caused us to lose," said Rock's grandpa calmly (despite the anger still evident on his face).
  
  "Okay! I shall bring back another Barrier Stone to pay for my thoughtless actions!" States Moonlight with determination, finally lifting her view off the ground.
  
  Slowly every villager returned to their work or home, including Rock and his grandpa. When they were alone, the village leader talked for a bit with Rock. Telling him that he needs watch his own actions and protect his reputation among the villagers better. This incident was over without harm their bloodline, but they still need be careful. However, words can only do so much in this situation. Rock did not learn a thing, he faced no responsibility.
  
  Two hours later, Moonlight had packed all that she'll need on her journey. She packed: a change of clothes, a scarf, gloves, socks, a packet of different medicinal herbs, dried meats, dried fish, bread, a large sack of water, three knives, a fire starting rock, a blanket, and a tent. After saying good-bye to both Auntie White and you, she headed out with her large wild cat pet "Silky". You get this weird depressing feeling and start to think that maybe you should follow your sister.
  
  > Will not follow her
  Even though you had a depressing feeling, you decided that you need to get over it. It's necessary to let your sister go on alone, for her to learn a life lesson. To learn that reckless actions lead to consequences, and what it means to bear responsibility for ones own actions alone without others support. Satisfying yourself with those thoughts, you went on living your normal life of work everyday.
  
  Twenty days had passed since your little sister went on a journey alone with Silky. It has been a long time since you last saw her face. Wondering if she was able to find another Barrier Stone, you silently kept working during that morning. But as you were cleaning the skins of some hunted animals, you noticed a brown and white speck far in the distance on the village's outskirts. It was Silky the wild cat!! Calmly you put down the skin brush and headed to the village's border. It catches you as a strange scene, because the wild cat was walking alone with Moonlight's scarf in its mouth. Now that you take a better look at Silky, she's slowly limping instead of running or walking. She was full of red scratches, and it seemed her left front leg was brocken as it never touched the ground. Moonlight is nowhere to be seen. As the wild cat reached you, you crouched in front of it to take the scarf from its mouth. The moment Silky's fangs let go of that scarf, they took grab of your jacket. Silky kept tugging you, motioning you to follow her. You comply to this strange request of you furry friend.
  
  Silky took you past the Snowy Villages border and into the vast white fields ahead. It did not take long before you reached Market Town where a strangely large crowd was gathered around something. The large wild cat pulls you through them and stops tugging you when you reached the center of that worried crowd. Under the red and orange sunset sky, under the rays of the disappearing sun, there lay your sister. Moonlight did not move or breath. She was cold, full of scratches like Silky. Your sister was dead.
  
  Then you try to put how you feel into words.
  
  > feel sad
  You are shocked at first, but then your knees give in and tears well up in your eyes. Your only sister, your only family is dead. This was not suppose to happen, you never expected that your 9 year old sister would die like this. Hot tears now falling in streams off your cheeks. Your chest was getting tighter and tighter. You regret it. You regret not standing up to the village leader. You regret not following your sister. As the older sibling, you know more martial arts than your sister. Moonlight could've been protected, she could've lived longer. You kept crying with these thoughts looming around your head. When night came, you were finally able to stop crying. However, sadness and remorse still tightly hold your broken heart. A town resident came up to you with an offer of staying the night and wrapping the corpse of your sister. The path back to your village was long, and the night began. It was dangerous to go out, so you accept the offer. That kind resident provided you a warm bed. He also treated Silky's wounds.
  
  The next morning was spent in a carriage that took you, Silky, and Moonlight back to Snowy Village. At the news, some villagers were sad as they won't see Moonlight's smile again. You enter the villages graveyard and dig a grave for your sister. After a funeral, you went to visit Auntie White to see how she's faring. Unfortunately she was sick in bed with a fever. The sadness of losing Moonlight was overwhelming for the old aunt. When a week passed by, another funeral was held. Auntie White had passed away. You despise the fact of living in that village. The village that sent your sister to death. You also despise yourself for not following her, for not being with your younger sister. Your final resolution was to leave the Snowy Village that had nothing but sad memories left. Alone with Silky you moved to Market Town and worked there for the rest of your days. Why did Moonlight have to be the only one responsible for that incident that would've not happened without other kids? Why did your 9 year old sister have to travel alone? Why didn't you care more for your family when it mattered? It was too late to regret things anyway. Once a decision was made, you cannot go back in time.
  
  "Whether a family member is at fault or not, when a problem arises, family must help one another even if only a little. When a treasured life is lost, it is too late for regrets."