Jenthel Reyes

The Last Seed of Nature


As an infant, he crawled in the sand. As a toddler, he swung vine to vine. As a teenager, he spoke to the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Turning 21 is what triggered his power to control the parts of nature. He could move the trees and the leaves, he could let the rain come from the sky, and create houses for any local animals. His name was Hanaki in Japanese it is tree flower.

Nature had dominated the world and it is what made the world with physical features. The world started forming along with water, clouds, and even the sun. Until, the humans started to tear down the trees and discovering elements under the ground. They started building buildings, cars, and factories. The factories led to pollution in the air and the water. Nature started doubting Hanaki and started losing faith in the growth of the world. Trees started falling one after the other and the soil turned into concrete. The world is starting to look more gray than ever and green was fading away.

~~Years Later~~

“Hanaki, this is the last seed of the essence of Nature. Nature is asking you to either to plant it or share it to others but there are going to be obstacles and others that will object it,” The dying tree offered to Hanaki.

Hanaki saw the tree die as it was cut off its roots. Right there, Hanaki knew he had a purpose to change the world and he had to start with someone. Hanaki put the seed in his leaf pocket and started his journey to search for new followers of Nature.

Across the beach was a man name Patrick catching fish with a net, as the crane was putting the net on the sand, it snapped dropping all of the fish back into the water. With frustrated emotions, he takes the net and throws it into the oceans. Hanaki uses his powers to catch the net and capture the fish that fell into the water. The man’s jaw dropped as the net levitated out of the water into his boat.

“My name is Hanaki, help me restore the world back into order and bring nature back from the ground,” Hanaki reach out his hand.

Hanaki reached his hand out to everyone else, spreading the beauty of nature to the world. His followers weren’t as big yet but the love and the care for nature was bigger than ever. However, just like the dying tree said, there is going to be obstacles that will hinder Hanaki and his followers. Among his followers, one man name James started to doubt the teachings and the beauty of nature.

He went to the high order of technology and wanted to turned Hanaki to the court. He wanted to stop the growth of the nature and maximize the demand of technology domination. The high order agreed with James and started to form a plan to eliminate Hanaki.

That night, as Hanaki was planting the last seed in to the ground, soldier and the high order ran in and took Hanaki into custody. Hanaki was accused, blamed, and mocked because of his support in helping nature come back again. Many people were trying to help him come back but other were throwing stones at Hanaki.

“Who do you think you are? Why are trying to put us back in the rock ages?” One of the high order’s said.

“I never said I wanted to go back to the rock ages,” Hanaki said.

“Then what are you trying to do? Rule the world?”

“No, that is not my intention,” Hanaki said staring at him in the eye.

“Guards, take him away to the tree that he planted!’ the high order said.

The Guards dragged Hanaki by the arms to the tree and tied his arms to the branches. They started beating him up with steel rods. As time started to pass, Hanaki started losing energy and dramatically passed at sunset.

He was taken down from the tree and Patrick lays him on the ground. As three days passed, the vines, soil, and the winds went into the skin of Hanaki. They pulled him out of the ground and made his heart beat again.

Once his eyes opened, trees started to grow from the ground and flowers started to bloom. The sun rose from the horizon and birds started singing. Nature was coming back from the rubble just like Hanaki came back from dead.

Jenthel Reyes that is currently in the graduation Class of 2019 of Dunellen High School. Jenthel comes from a Catholic Filipino Family where they love to share their heritage and spread their Catholic faith. She had grown up with music and played a variety of sports from soccer, basketball, and track she may not be the best at it but she surely has fun playing or bonding with teammates.