Holding onto each other, the four of them, Lin, Boshu, Roe and Xie, finally appeared on the other side of the portal. The Direction star successfully paved their advancement onto the next phase of their quest. A few brisk walk and some careful steps, brought them out of the mists and upto the Land of the Lakes. It was all azure. Every shades of it. The sky, the different waters. Even the landscape reflected the blue hue of the two. There was never ending water. But it wasn't a single body. There were infinite shades and hues that marketed the borders. There was a pleasant breeze that blew over them. It swept freshness across their faces."Couldn't believe that eyes could behold such serenity in this life if somebody that said so earlier" Said Roe, marvelling at the out of the world beauty of the landscape " No wonder people went missing after coming here. Who would want to leave such serenity such splendor. I am having a poetic out burst right now. Don't mind if I break into a song or
Unaware of the happenings in the parallel worlds, Mia was steadily advancing towards Lin's direction along with her new found companion.They were flying at a very high speed. Mia was thoroughly enjoying the ride as she leaned over to was the tiny movements of people and animals down below. The mansions appeared toy like. The landscape kept changing from trees to mountains to plains. Finally they were almost near the Forbidden Woods."Ahh! This is what a good flight feels like. Ahh! " Mia exclaimed stretching her back "even Lin did not take me for such a long ride ever. Yeah! Actually I should get back to him about this. Why didn't he? " She was talking to herself. Her companion was busy exploring the place with the curiosity of a little child. He looked around and kept touching here and there. Mia too had little knowledge about the place they were in."Ooooooo! This place is really floating, isn't it? Hey Mr... Umm... What should I call you? Do you have a name? " She asked him. He sho
As Mia sat meditating in the sacred lands, a glow radiated from her. Anjana saw it with open eyes and wonder. The glow flickered around her for awhile and then flew swiftly away some where. In her trace she was back in the realm of dream once again. But this time she was alone. She walked around for a while and then all of a sudden the glow that was emitting from her body appeared there. It enveloped her completely. Then with a sudden jerk it pulled her back. Mia opened her eyes huffing but the glow was stil engulfing her in the real word. It levitated her and then blew her above the land. Anjana sprang up from his position and followed Mia. The glow moved her from one place to the other till it brought her back to the ridge."Oh no. What just happened?Am I back at the ridge? No. No. " Mia wondered. The glow still had not left her. It flew her here and there. To the place where she treated Anjana ,to the stream , to the place she used to eat those storage but delicious fruits. As she
"Mia ! Mia are you alright? How did you... " Lin exclaimed picking her up but he was shuttering, having problem articulating his speech "How are you even here? Is it really even possible. ""Lin.Its really you " Mia whispered with her voice so feeble it was barely audible."Aaahhmmm! If we are all alright here, can somebody explain what is going on here" Xie demanded."Uummm, this is Lin's wife" Boshu interrupted as he looked at Lin with a meaningful glare. Lin nodded. Boshu continued "But how she ended up here we have no clue, may be she can enlighten us about it. But let her catch her breath first. And we might as well give the couple a little bit space. ""Yeah! Right. Right. Brother, Birdie, let's go take s look over there" Roe pulled the two of them away ."Birdie? Who's Birdie" Boshu was heard protesting as they went.Lin kissed Mia on the forehead and pulled her close. "Tell me Mia what happened. How are you even out of the barrier. "Mia shifted a little bit into a sitting pos
Meanwhile a convoy from the human world was speedily approaching towards the Southern region. It was a a place of quite. Footfall in this region was bare minimum. The only noise that came from here were the roar of the huge ocean waves clashing against the rocky mountain edges. It was a place where leave alone humans, immortals feared to tread.The region belonged to the mer- people. They were a tribe created between human and Pisces. Legends have it that once when the the Twelfth Zodiac had taken a human form, it had fallen in love with a human girl. Since the mer-people were descendents of their children, they were seen as an outcast by the rest of the worlds.Even though they were blessed with tremendous power, fish like abilities underwater, water bending skills , astrological knowledge, they were treated like criminals and banished in the forlorn southern region. This humiliation and anger drove them into frenzy. They became desperate to prove their worth. In their quest for it, th
It was sometimes since Mia was gone underwater. Lin and the rest of the waited eagerly for her to resurface. Roe and Xie kept exchanging strange looks while they waited. Lin had his fists clenched. Boshu circled the horizon once and then around Lin once. After what seemed like quite a long time, Mia swam back tot he shore. Lin rushed to help her out of the water. She sat leaning against Lin, facing the others."I tried taking to the creature. It is down there. But it refuses to take us all to the tree of knowledge. It said it can only take me there. However is does agree to take the rest of you back to the stream at the ridge. ""What ridge? " Roe asked. Mia looked at Lin."The one in our world. Precisely it agreed to take us back home. But only Mia can go get the answers from the tree of knowledge. This is messed up. Mia can't it take me instead of you. " Lin was very frustrated."I tried. It said no. " Mia said. " Well you can tell me what to ask. ""It's not that simple Mia. The tr
Mia went under water and swam tot he spot where she had last seen the creature. She was half expecting it to still be there waiting for her after she broke it's trust and brought Lin along. But luckily it was there. It was going round and round in a circle as if agitated. It turned around as soon as Mia came near. It swam fast towards her. Mia halted at its sudden advance. She tried to explain the situation to it. But it wasn't interested. It came towards her, grabbed her hands and pulled her along. By this time Mia was able to communicate with it fluently through telepathy though it was only under water. The creature was a little preoccupied with something. She didn't understand what. Nevertheless they went on across different waters. High and low, dark and light, strong and weak, the waters all had stories and lives in them of their own. Mia wanted to stay back a little and marvel them a bit more, explore them a bit more. But they didn't have time for that. It was quite sometime tha
Lin was having an uneasy feeling as he sat waiting for Mia to return. He couldn't sit very long though. He stood up and started patrolling the perimeter. Boshu joined him."I don't have a good feeling about this? " Lin confided in Boshu."About what? " Boshu asked."Mia . I am having a strange feeling about it. " He said."Well, if you say so, everything around us right now is strange. What do you think is normal going around here. " Boshu had a practical answer.Mia on the other hand was trying to make sense of the things she had just seen. She had the opportunity to have a glance at the very core secret of the mer-witches' survival, a mystery well preserved from the outside world. After the extinction of the male population, the mer-witches had no other option than to resort to dark forces for their survival. The dark forces allowed their queen to have one male child at a time. That child would then be cloaked in dark aura so it remains hidden from the rest of the world till it reac