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Chapter 1 : The Practice and Accident.
As the recital performance drew closer, Mari and Sunny are still practicing their parts for the recital. Mari is able to play her piano notes perfectly and is ready to perform at the stage but sadly Sunny still has minor errors in some part of his violin performance but he is getting closer to being perfect and is going to be able to perform with Mari when the day comes hopefully.
2 weeks before the performance, Mari was getting anxious and started to become more strict to Sunny and pushing him to the limit to get Sunny to play perfectly in his role at the recital. However, Sunny was getting frustrated with his practice, he is able to correct some of his mistakes but there is still 1 and 2 parts he cannot get it right and the “New” Mari was getting on his nerves, he wasn’t used to Mari continuously correcting and scolding him, it was not a pleasant feeling as Mari rarely scolded him. He was able to tolerate it with the help of his friends Kel, Hero, Aubrey and Basil cheering him on during some of the days they were practicing and his love for Mari is the least he can do for all the times that Mari has done for him from caring for Sunny since child-birth until now to saving him from sleeping with the fishes, so Sunny will endure this for now...
As the deadlines reach 5 days til the recital, Sunny has still one part to correct for the performance but it is the hardest one by far. Furthermore, due to being overworked, Sunny kept making mistakes on the parts where he really shouldn’t, which maked the "New" Mari keep persistently lecturing him. In the end, Sunny is getting tired of the violin practice, his hands shake in exhaustion and are in pain from all the practicing he has been doing but Mari's stride for perfection for the recital has blinded her care for her little brother's wellbeing.
2 days left before the performance and Sunny is still not ready for the recital, not only that, Sunny seems to get worse at his violin maybe due to being overworked and frustrated. Mari now more anxious that she started to push Sunny to his absolute limit... Sunny finally snapped in middle of practice. Sunny got so mad that he walked away furiously from Mari during practice and stormed out of the piano room. As Mari yelled and told her little brother to stop, Sunny stopped at the top of the stairs and listened to his sister’s dissatisfaction. Finally, Sunny unable to suppress his anger threw his violin down the stair in anger, breaking it to retaliate her sister’s disapproval
Mari was shocked but in a split second her face showed only complete anger which to Sunny is a rare sight. Sunny take a look at Mari’s angry expression and in a second he found himself looking away from his sister out of fear. The two siblings faced each other but Sunny's head hanging low, unable to face his sister, and Mari speaked “ Sunny, you were so close to be able to perform on stage but now look what you have done!!!”. Sunny’s head still hanging low unable to get his words out. Mari continues “ That violin is a gift from all of us Kel, Aubrey, Hero, Basil and even me...”. Sunny take a look at the broken violin down the stairs, regretting his decision now. He wanted to speak his mind that he just wasn’t good enough to play on stage and he just wanted to play the violin so that he could spend more time with Mari but he couldn’t say it.
Mari waiting for Sunny to reply but find no response. “ So are you going to say anything?!”. Sunny is pent-up with frustration that he couldn’t even speak so Sunny turned his back on Mari and started to head into his room. He was stopped by Mari with a grab on the shoulder, “EXPLAIN YOURSELF!!!” Mari’s tone become loud and stern. Mari grip is strong, Sunny couldn’t release himself so he put more strength to shake Mari off. Mari was taken back by the sudden push and was unaware of her surroundings and was losing balance on the edge of the stairs.
Sunny turned his back to look at Mari, Sunny found his sister at the edge of the staircase about to fall. The feeling that were anger and frustration are replaced with shocked, regret and panic. At that moments, Sunny could feel as time has slowed down, Sunny immediately reached out his hand to grab Mari to stablize her but it was an inches too late, As Mari lost her footing and was beginning to fall backwards down the stairs. suddenly, Sunny let out a “NO!” reaching out even further and leaped to his sister’s side, his hand reaching for Mari’s head and other hand hugging her sister’s body to hopefully take most if not the whole fall for Mari. The two siblings soon came tumbling down the stairs, Sunny bracing for impact...
<THUMP ... THUMP ... THUMP... CRASH!!! >
Sunny opened his eyes to find himself on the bottom of the stairs, he checked on his sister to see if she is injured. Sunny noticed that his sister is laying on the floor with a bruise on her forehead and is unconscious with her eyes closed. Sunny saw this immediately and tried to get up and get help but he found himself unable to, as Sunny questioned why he can’t get up, he felt something warm, slowly dripping down his face. It was his blood, his head hit the broken violin when he tumbled down the stairs, he can only move his right arm while his left arm is numbing in pain. Sunny now has to try and think of something but his consciousness is beginning to fade. Sunny could only think of crawling his way to a phone at the living room to call the ambulance. As Sunny tried to do this, He saw a shadow appear in his eye and he heard “SUNNY!” a familiar voice that belonged to Basil, he saw Basil run to his side and tried to help him but Sunny could see Basil panicking and fumbling around. Sunny quickly thought about the situation and he came up with an idea... He raised up his hand pointing toward a window facing Kel and Hero’s House.
Basil arrived at Sunny’s house and let himself in a while ago, he was just visiting Sunny and Mari to see their process on the practice hoping to cheer Sunny as he was having trouble practicing. He heard some violent crashing and went to investigate. As soon as he saw what had happened, he yelled out to Sunny and tried to help them but once Basil saw blood he immediately frost up and didn't know what to do in this situation. As Basil panicked and wondered what to do, he can see Sunny pointing his finger at the directions of Kel and Hero’s House. Sunny let out a small voice “…….. get ….. help .... ”. Basil catched on what Sunny is implying, ran outside of Sunny’s house, and ran to Kel and Hero’s house as fast as he could. For the first time in forever Basil let out a BIG shout towards Kel and Hero. “MARI AND SUNNY NEED HELP!!!! THERE'S A LOT OF BLOOD!!! !”
Meanwhile 30 minutes before the incident, Kel and Hero were cleaning the front of their house. Kel was mowing the lawn and Hero was cleaning their dog's doghouse.
Kel said “ How come you get to clean the doghouse and not me?”. Kel sweating and still having half of the lawn left to mow.
Hero replied “what do you mean? You think this is easy?”. Hero still cleaning the doghouse with a cleaning brush and water hose.
Kel responded “ Yup, there is a lot less to do with a doghouse”
“You know, there could some dog poop and stain in this doghouse but if you want to switch we could.” Hero replied.
Kel quickly responded “ EW! NO THANK YOU!” with a disgusted face which made Hero chuckle a little bit.
Kel while mowing the lawn, reminded him of something and spoke up “Do you think Sunny and Mari are ready? Sunny seemed to be having a hard time with his violin and Mari has been relentless with him these past couple of days.”
“Well the performance is coming and time is running out though Sunny had been making more mistakes than he usually does.” Hero replied, Hero had been listening to the two siblings practice because it could be heard from their house and Mari and Hero were close after all...
Kel said “Maybe we should check up on them after all this work is done! Sunny is looking a bit……”, as Kel thought back to the last time he saw Sunny. “ummmmm pretty upset these days.” Kel continues “Aubrey and Basil would agree.”
"Sunny? Angry? Hard to imagine." Hero thought to himself. Then, Hero said “Let me finish up first so we can go for a visit afterwards”. Kel nods and the both of them continue their chores.
The two brothers after a while finished their house chores and as they were about to head back to their house to clean themselves and get ready to visit their friends, they suddenly heard a voice.
“MARI AND SUNNY NEED HELP!!!! THERE'S A LOT OF BLOOD!!! ”
The two brothers turned to look at the direction of the voice, they see Basil shouting and getting out of breath. Hero and Kel spring into action, Hero first told Kel to get thier Mom and Dad. Kel heard it and quickly sprinted into the house. Hero took off into Sunny and Mari’s House while taking out his phone and dialing the ambulance’s number while Basil followed him. He saw the two siblings laying on the floor, Mari unconscious on the floor with a bruise on her forehead and Sunny had a bleeding wound coming from his head and was half-conscious with his eyes almost closing but trying to stay awake.
Sunny saw Hero and Basil entering his line of sight, it was sigh of relief... However, the more he looked the less he can see, beginning to see darkness covering up his sight, he started to hear ringing from his ears and he can feel consciousness slipping away. He thought to himself “that violin”. Sunny lost consciousness.
Basil and Hero saw Sunny lose consciousness in front of their eyes and Hero begin to mumble to his phone “COME ON PICK UP!”. The call is connected, the phone operator speaks “ Hello, 911, what's your emergency?”
Hero calmed down and responded “Yes, this is Henry, we're are at Faraway, 2289, Smithers St. 3rd house. I have 2 unconscious people here, one is bleeding from wounds."
The phone operator “OK, We are sending authorities over there.” The phone operator continues “How severe is the injury, can you make sure that they are breathing?”
Hero answer “one is bleeding from the head slowly and lying face down and other one is just unconscious, laying down, facing the roof.”
“OK, Listen to me, slow the bleeding on the one who has the head wound and if it is too risky do not act. As for the one who is facing the roof, do you what a “recovery position” is? ”
Hero heard of this, while Hero dreamt of being a Cook, his parents insisted him on being a doctor. He did look up some minor medical related studies and studied it, he now knew the basics of bandaging, cleaning wounds, and the “recovery position”. The recovery position is basically a position that allowed an unconscious person to breathe smoothly and increase their chances of survival.
“Yes, I know that, should I do it?” Hero immediately responded.
“That's great, go for it” The phone operator gave her permission.
“Understood” Hero replied, then, Hero preformed the “Recovery Position” procedures on Mari, while carefully to not to cause anymore harm on her.
Hero turned to look at Sunny, Sunny is lying there with pieces of the broken violin under him. Hero once again inspected Sunny’s situation, Sunny is at a good position but the blood still was slowly dripping down... drop by drop... Hero and Basil felt helpless in this situation. As Hero turned to Basil. Basil is stressing out. Sweat pouring from his face and breathing heavily.
Hero tried to calm down Basil. Hero put his hands on Basil’s shoulder “Basil, there's an ambulance coming. Could you stand outside the house and signal them where the house is?” Basil tried to say "sure" but his voice was too shaky and gave a nod instead. Basil went out the house and waited for the ambulance to arrive.
Kel and his parents met with Basil outside the house, Kel decided stay with Basil to comfort him while the parents went into the house to assert the situation. Soon, the sound of emergency sirens can be heard. Basil and Kel look and waved hysterically at the ambulance, signaling it. The ambulance arrived at the front lawn of the house and a team of paramedics rushed into the house.
In the end, Mari and Sunny were rushed to Faraway Hospital with Hero and Kel’s parents. Basil, Kel and Hero can now only hope for the best for Sunny and Mari.