Luna polilla: "Ven niña mía, ven a mí para que
me devuelvas una nueva."
Luna moth: "Come my child, come to me so you can return a new"
“Fine, have it your way . But we’re gonna get caught if he doesn’t look half alive,” Juanita argued as I left to walk along the river to clear my head. I can't believe they want to take a dead man across the border. I need to stop them, but so far my only plan is to turn in the body to border patrol. The only thing wrong with that plan is that I have no idea what the border patrol will decide to do. For all I know they could decide to send us to Juvie for stealing from a dead man and dressing him up. It’s insane!
If only we hadn’t been swimming in the Rio Grande, then we wouldn’t have to be stuck between a rock in a hard place… “I need to calm down, it'll all be okay Odalia, all I need to do is keep my sisters safe.” I say to myself as I see a Luna polilla land on a tree nearby surrounded by bush and shrubbery. “ Huh, that’s weird. Usually these kind of moths stay near Canada and the north border.” point out as I walked closer to the moth.
As soon as the moth noticed me it flew onto my head and buried itself in my matty hair. As soon as the moth disappears from my sight I hear a wail. “ my child,” and I see a weird looking shadow appearing on the trees in the distance. “ Howwwwlllllllllll!”I heard from the beast. It sounded like a Husky but bigger and it had a nasty howl different from that of a Husky. And furthermore a bony hand burst out from a bush and pulled me in. “Ahhhh.” I screamed “ shoosh, look I don’t have time to explain in detail but that monster will find you and then your sisters if you don’t hide in the river.” The women warned as she put her hand over my mouth, not allowing me to speak. She looked like a tired mother suffering. With not much choice as the monster's roars grew louder I took one last breath and dived into the water below.
When I awoke I found myself tied dangerously close to the tide of the water in a misty place filled with fog and moths. The figure from the bush was on the bank smiling “Odalia, it looks to me you’ll be joining my family soon, and so are your sisters.” said the figure as she held out a cradle filled with coal. “ For I am La Llorona and you will drown while your sister will be struck to death.” She had said as the water level rises. “ No!” I yelled as my body's last word escaped me.
I woke up on the bank as my limbs felt stiff, there was a note next to an ear pendant with five rings. The note said “ The original Odalia is no longer able to protect her sister,you'll have to be her stand in, when you need help, spin the pendent and call to me, The Aztec Queen. You only get five wishes. As I picked up the pendent and walked back to the girls in a dazed state, with my lungs burning. I wondered who had left the pendent their, and if I’m truly me.