"Hold my hand! Take it!", cried Ranus as he stretched his right hand towards a female creature, that held a branch of a tree half way down a ravine which led to a dark hole. He had climbed down a tightrope which he held with his left hand.
"Ranus!, I'm scared! Please help me!", she screamed loudly and stretch her hands to reach out to Ranus,
"Don't be afraid, I will save you so please trust me and hold on!", he said as he held her hand loosely and continued, "Yes, that's it you are almost there",
Just then the branch snapped and with a faint breath she said, "I'm sorry", then she fell into the dark hole while Ranus screamed, "Nooooo!", the words echoing loudly in his ear,
"Nooooo!", Francis cried out as he woke up from the terrible nightmare and he began panting with his heart pounding intensely inside his chest making him sweat profusely. After relaxing his breath for some time, he saw himself lying on a soft white bed covered with a white blanket which was now rough, in a strange room for he hadn't seen any room like this back at his home in the human realm. The bed was situated close to a window that had beautiful flowers as it's curtain while there was a round chest with four drawers near a large mirror that rested on the compacted grey wall. The room was large and had enough space for a hundred people to live inside it, with its roof at a great height. The bed rested on a smooth rug made of wool which was soft and embroidered with pretty red flowers of different kind. The room also had a sweet smell that was perfumed each time by some flowers which had their roots inside a white vase on top of the round closet.
The flowers emitted some sparking dust continuously without stopping to relax a little which resulted to the nice smell present in room and also gave warmth to the room. Francis removed the blanket that was embroidered with a flowers round it, and got up from the bed wearing short cloth tied round his waist.
He went closer to the window to have a peek outside to check if he's delusional or seeing things which seems unreal to him. Then he used his left hand to ft the flowers from hurting his eyes which enhanced his vision more clearly. He gazed at multiple buildings that were very tall while some are shorter, and were separated from each other. There were many winged creatures flying everywhere round the buildings in the open sunny sky. Even some of them flew at a great distance which were difficult for a human to make out than the others. For some minutes he kept watching in utter amazement that he is in an entirely different world from the one he knew and grew up in.
"Whoa, is this real? How is this possible? Did my father really came from this place?", he pondered deeply as he continue to stare at the entire scenery,
"Wow, it's beautiful", he said but a familiar female voice responded behind him,
"Yes, it is indeed beautiful", Zari replied unexpectedly. Francis turned back at once to see who spoke out and saw Zari standing close to the open door with two other females behind her back, clothed in a stylish white attire which covered their blue bodies except for their left which was partially covered by the dress, on the shoulder. While one of them held some bundles of white clothes, the other carried a silver tray containing a silver plate with meat and some sweet fruits on it together with a silver teakettle which contains chrysanthemum tea and a teacup beside it.
"Tell me, how do you like the view? Fascinating, right?", she asked smiling with great enthusiasm,
"Well, it's beautiful and much fascinating in a way I've never seen before", he replied back nervously and asked, "And are those for me?",
"Yes, they are for you because you have been ordered to appear before the council meeting today which will start very soon in order for them to confirm some details about you before we remove those plans implanted in your head", she explained, "So hurry up and waste no time in getting ready for the meeting",
"But I need to have my bath before anything else and I don't know where to do that", he said looking around the large room.
"Don't worry about that, Sasan will shortly prepare that for you in the other room while Mari will serve your meal as you wait to take your bath, but please do dress properly in order to create a good impression on the council members, and I guess I'll be leaving now, please get ready quickly ", she replied and quickly beckon the two maids to start the preparations,
" I wish I could tell you all what you need to know but I have official issues to attend to right now, so I need to leave now. Meet me after the council meeting and then we can discuss issues about your father, so I will be waiting", she said, and then left the room.
Francis moved further away from the window and stood beside the large mirror where he quietly watched the two maids do their work very quickly for one of them whose name was Sasan, had instantly finished arranging the huge pile of white clothes on the bed and had dash out of the room to the other room, to prepare his bath while the other whose name was Mari, had begun arranging the teacups and silver plates on the tray, that she placed on a white stool close to the bed.
For some minutes, he watched them quietly staring motionless at their blue faces covered with a stylish black hair, which was pretty although the maid arranging the tray was far way prettier than the other.
Then he looked beside him into the large mirror and saw his own blue face that appears unbelievable to him, for he still find it hard to explain how his whole body suddenly changed overnight although he somehow like how he looked but it was still very strange and weird to him.
"This face's quite strange to me, I've never seen anything like this before", he said touching his face and then, turning around, he looked all over his new body which seems odd to him for he could feel himself floating calmly inside as if he were in a swimming pool, floating calmly.
"This must be another dream or else I must be hallucinating", he continued talking to himself not mindful of the presence of the two maids,
"Master, your bath's ready", Sasan interrupted him with a small bow, immediately drawing his attention towards her.
"Master, your meal is also ready", Maria said with a bow which made Francis perplexed and puzzled at the unexpected greetings,
"Why are you calling me Master? You shouldn't be calling that because I am not anyone's Master", he replied vehemently,
"We were told to call you that by her eminence Zari, and we also know that you're from our own tribe, destined to save the realm from the evil forces", Sasan answered back more politely than before,
"How do you know I am really destined to carry out this mission?", he asked feeling puzzled at her utterances.
"I'm sorry for I can't explain right now because we'll only delay you further if we continue this discussion, and all you need to know is that we come from the same sect", Susan answered him, and then spoke to Mari, "I think that'll be enough for now, so let's go and carry out other duties assigned to us",
"Okay, all right", Mari replied and then followed Sasan behind her as they left the room, leaving Francis deliberating on what she meant.