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Learning the truth

Marigold and Zipacna kept digging a hole deeper in panic.

Lots of confusing faces in the room as Hugo spoke. "What's the big deal? It's just cake roll."

"The big deal is that there is a big-blaming argument between Papá and a human Filipina who baked that cake." Marigold explained as Zipacna put the box of cake roll inside the roll.

"Why?" Alastor asked.

"WHY?!" Marigold was about to explain, but, honestly, she didn't know about that and her father's story with that Filipino girl. "Well, uh, a-actually, I-I'm not really sure." Then, she turned to Zipacna. "You have any idea, tio?"

"Well, no, actually." Zipacna said. "Hermanito only told me that he got into a little fight yet loud argument with a human Filipina. Even your mother never told me."

"Then I guess we should ask Grandpa and Grandma?" Clara suggested.

"Ask us what?" They heard a familiar female voice as La Muerte and Xibalba entered the dining room.

Panicked, Zipacna covered the hole and the box with the dug soil, and Camazok did the distraction. "What dip do you want for dinner? Ketchup or hot sauce?" He showed the bottles of ketchup and hot sauce."

"Hot sauce!" Xibalba swatted the bottle of ketchup from Camazok's hand as he headed towards the kitchen door without noticing the dug hole on the floor. "I want to be a little spicy. I'm gonna go wash for dinner. Be right back." He said before closing the door.

"And I'm gonna get something from our chamber." La Muerte excused herself before leaving the dining room.

Everyone sighed in relief when La Muerte and Xibalba left the room without hearing the conversation about the Filipina.

Then, Marigold continued the conversation to the rest. "Listen, everyone. Anytime Tio Zipacna and I ever asked Mamá and Papá about the argument or that Filipina, they'd get so upset they couldn't talk. Best not bring it up."

"But that human Filipina, Agatha Galido, was really nice to me, even though she knew I'm Xibalba's son." Hugo said. "I wonder what happened."

"I wish I know, hermanito." Marigold sighed. "If we can't tell Papi and Mami, I don't know who—" Then, she remembered someone who can tell them. "We can ask Candlemaker! If anyone knows people's stories, it's the book keeper."

"I'm in!" Alastor raised his hand.

"Me too." Algner added. "It would be fun!"

Then, Kyroc and Clara tugged their mother's skirt. "Mami, can we go too?" The twins begged.

"Of course, nuestra pequeño y pequeña." Marigold smiled at her twins as she carried Clara while Juan Carlos carried Kyroc. "You two are your grandpapi's nietos. You should know all about him too."

"I guess it won't be hurt that I should know about that too." Juan Carlos chuckled.

"My little brother cannot keep secrets from me anymore!" Zipacna snapped. "And I should know what was his issue with this mortal Filipina."

"I don't know about this, guys. Maybe I shouldn't come." Camazok said. "I-I'm not part of this family."

"You are now, to us." Zipacna corrected.

"I think everyone in this family should know Papá's story with this Filipina." Marigold said. "And we should ask Candlemaker tomorrow morning."

The next morning, the curious family left the Land of the Forgotten to meet Candlemaker in the Cave of souls. When they arrived there, Candlemaker and the Book startled when they saw their favourite family.

"Well, if it isn't Marigoldie, Zipacna, Camazok, Juan Carlos, and the kids!" Candlemaker exclaimed. "Not actually a whole family. So what brings you guys here?"

Marigold took a few steps forward and answered. "Well, Candlemaker, we were hoping you could tell us about the, uh... argument with Papá and a human Filipina."

Candlemaker's smile turned upside down to frown as he remembered about that argument. "Oh. Well, do La Muerte and Xibalba know you're here?"

"No, Candlemaker. But I ran into Agatha Galido, a Filipina, yesterday, and she was real nice." Hugo explained. "Maybe this argument was a misunderstanding or something, and we can fix it?"

"Well, technically, I knew all about the argument." The wax god said.

"You do?" Juan carlos asked.

"Si. I was there, and it was here in the Book of Life." The Book opened as the pages flipped to Xibalba's story as Candlemaker scanned it. "Xibalba and a human Filipina were used to be friends before that argument they had. But before that happened, La Muerte and Xibalba made another wager of which has the right opinion about human; they are good and pure-hearted or cruel and not so pure."

"I guess we can all know that." Marigold rolled her eyes. "Mami's opinion about humans was good and pure-hearted."

"And Papi's opinion was cruel and not so pure." Alastor added.

"That's right." Candlemaker smiled. "And your mother sent a human Filipino girl to your father's realm to test her personality for one month. And that's how this story begins."

"Well, have fun with the human." La Muerte waved at him, before turning into marigold petals and flew, heading out of the realm.

"I'll be having fun if I win." Xibalba murmured when his wife was out of sight as he took his two-headed snake staff, and headed downstairs to meet the little mortal, who came from 'another world'.

When he made to the opened castle door, Xibalba saw the human sitting on a rock in front of his door. She has a long straight black hair, and wore a long plain white shirt, like a nightgown or a dress. "Uh, you must be the human that my wife sent me." He said. When the human turned around to face him, her eyes are dark brown, wearing glasses, her skin was fair brown, like most humans, and her lips formed a big smile, which Xibalba startled in fear. "Whoa! Wow, you have a creepy smile there." Although, he thought the human was creepy, he has to a be nice to her for his first impression. "Hola, little human, welcome to the Land of the Forgotten. I'm Xibalba, ruler of this realm. What's yours?"

The human stood up from her the rock she had sat, and replied. "Hi, my name is Agatha Besares Mondejar Borra Galido or Agatha Mondejar Galido, at your service." She noticed that Xibalba was still silent and can't remember her full name. "Or, the name's Aggie, short for Agatha, and long for 'Ags'," She extended her hand to shake hands with him.

When he looked at her hand, Xibalba knew she was going to shake hands with him, but he remembered that if he touches mortal or human, it will die, and if Aggie die, he will be considered cheating. "Um..., well, Señorita Agatha, it's really nice to meet you, but I don't want to shake hands right now, because, as the ruler of the Land of the Forgotten, I'm pretty busy right now."

"Yeah, busy preparing for taking me on a tour today!" Aggie jumped excitingly.

"A tour?" The god exclaimed. "Who said anything about a tour?"

"Your wife told me your going to take me on a tour in your realm." The white human. "She also took me on a tour in the Land of the Remembered early in the morning. And it was fun there."

"That explains I waited for too long." Xibalba muttered.

"And when she took me here, I already found it lonely here." Aggie added. "Are there lonely places here in realm besides this spot?"

La Muerte never told Xibalba about a tour, which making him frustrated that he has to spend time with this annoying human, but he has to keep calm, and make a little sacrifice for today. "I'll take you to a tour, but first, I'll take you in my castle to get you warm up. It's cold out here."

"Not really. There's lava around your castle."

"The Land of the Forgotten is cold and vile, so just get in!"

"Fine. Let me get my bags first." Aggie quickly ran to get her bags.

When she did, Xibalba was shocked when he saw Aggie pushing her pile of bags and boxes. "Do you have to bring many? You'll be staying here for a month!" He yelled.

"I don't know what should I bring so I brought all of them." Aggie giggled sheepishly.

Xibalba rolled his eyes as he was already annoyed by Aggie's happy attitude, and snapped his finger to levitate her pile of stuff. "Let's get this over with, and follow me." He dragged her stuff with him, and Aggie followed happily.

"Wait a minute!" Marigold interrupted the story." Papá and Aggie? Who the heck is Aggie?!"

"Of course Aggie was just a nickname given by... well, herself and everyone." The book keeper explained. "Agatha Galido was her given name."

"You mean, the Agatha Galido I met at the market in the Land of the Remembered yesterday?" Hugo tried to make it clear for him to understand since he only knew one 'Agatha Galido' just yesterday.

"And are you saying that human Filipina, Agatha, was Xibalba's best friend?!" Zipacna yelped as he and the rest of the family were shock and deeply gasped as they found out that Xibalba has a human friend before he accepted other humans, especially Juan Carlos.



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