Oliver's POV
The cab had been traveling for almost three hours now and his radio was on for the entire time. The driver looked at me with wondering eyes and said, " Are you travelling alone, child? "
"Yes. ", I replied, without looking up at him. I kept on fiddling with my phone.
" Where are your parents? ", he said.
" They are in the countryside. I am going for sight seeing on my own. "
"How old are you, child? You don't look that old that you should be allowed to travel alone. "
"I am 18. ", I said, but I still did not look up at his face.
" I knew it. I got the feeling that you are not too old. ", he said excitedly.
I did not say anything and just looked out of the window. I kept my phone aside after deleting all the photos of everyone. I took some photos with Laura, Eliza and Taylor.
Now that I was going back home, I had to delete all the photos, in case my uncle saw them. I started feeling attached to Laura, Taylor and Eliza and still here I am deleting all the marks of them. I couldn't risk their lives just because of me. I know that they don't trust me yet and they shouldn't even trust anyone easily.
I wanted to make up to Laura for the past but I am still afraid to even tell her who I am and who she is. More over, the later she gets to know the truth the better it is, for her own safety. I was lost in my thoughts like this when the driver looked at me, again through the rear view mirror.
He said, " Why are you going to Rainbow Waterfalls at this time? "
"I just told you. I am going for sight seeing. I heard that we can see a rainbow over there and the water is ice cold over there, all the season. ", I replied.
" Oh right! You are right about that but, let me warn you about something. If you ignore my warning, you will never return back home. ", he said, mysteriously, lowering his voice. He even switched off the radio.
Why is he lowering his voice, when we are the only two people in this cab? He is just talking to me only so, what is even the use of lowering the voice and switching off the radio. I wondered but I did not say anything. It looked at him for the first time now.
He was tanned and had a muscular body. He had a full beard and seemed like a nice person. His eyes were round and brown in colour. He smiled at me while talking and looked at me through the mirror in the car.
"Yes sir. Please tell me. ", I said, humbly.
"There are some rumours about the Rainbow Waterfalls. Have you heard about them? "
"No sir. I have no idea. What are the rumours? "
"There are some rumours that we get to hear from time to time. It is that if you try to cross the waterfall, you will die. "
"What? ", I said, surprisingly, " What do you mean by that? Obviously, you will die. I mean who in the world can cross a waterfall. "
"Yes. That is right but, there was a rumour once that a person crossed that waterfall but he never returned back. ", he said.
" What? How can a person cross it? ", I said alarmingly. 'Oh my god. What do these humans know? 'I wondered.
" I know that it is not possible. It is just a baseless and a completely nonsence rumour. ", he said and started laughing loudly.
He was just joking. Oh god! I got scared for a second. I thought that humans have started figuring out about the Rainbow Waterfalls and it's connection to the Supernatural Kingdom. That would be very bad for us.
" You are right, sir. It is completely nonsence. I mean how did that rumours even start? ", I said while trying my best to laugh.
"There was a boy who used to live in this city. He was possessed by a ghost or something.... "
"What? A ghost? ", I said interrupting him. I couldn't believe that these stupid people still believe in ghosts.
Spirits exist but they are not like those ghosts shown on Television. They don't possess people or harm them for revenge. They are just poor spirits who died wrongfully and they can't leave this living realm because of some grudge or desire. They can't even solve their grudges. They are just roaming in this realm in hope that maybe there is some person who cam see them and help them. They are not at all evil. I mean how can they wrong anyone it they are themselves suffering so much. They clearly know what is feels like to be wronged.
"Why? Are you scared, just by the mention of Ghost? ", he said, smilingly
" No, I am not afraid. I don't even believe in the existence of ghosts. It is just surprising to me that old people still believe in them and make stories about them. "
"Are you saying I am old? ", he said, looking at me.
" No sir, I don't mean anything like that. " I panicked thinking that I hurt his feelings.
But, he started laughing loudly.
"I am just joking. Why did you get worried, child. Of course, I am old. I am more than 40. How can I not be old? ", he said.
" No sir. I did not mean it like that and you are not old. There are many people who are older than you.....Anyways, what were you saying about the boy and the ghost? ", I said, trying to avoid that conversation about age.
" Oh right. Are you sure you want to hear about it? Won't it bore you when you don't even believe in ghosts? ", he said. He is such a nice hearted and considerate man, I wondered.
" Yes. I don't have any problem with that. Please continue. "
"Ok so, there was a boy who was possessed by a ghost. He just could make things fly only by looking at them. All people were scared of him and called him a monster. They threw stones at him, stayed away from him and even his parents kicked him out saying that they should not have adopted him. They gave up on their own child. That boy was supposedly seen last near Rainbow Waterfalls. So, people started making rumours that being a monster, he crossed the waterfall and is haunting the tourists. "
I was completely shocked by this story. Just because that boy had superpowers , these humans harrassed him and after he vanished they started making rumours about him
"Was he 16 years old at that time?", I said. I suddenly remembered that I heard that a boy came from outside. He used to live with humans and was tormented there, two years ago.
" Yes. How do you know? Have you heard about him? ", the driver said, surprisingly.
" Oh. I just guessed. I didn't know that there was such a story. "
"Oh, I got it. By the way, we are about to reach our destination. ", he said.
I just nodded and looked out of the window again.
'Are these humans even worthy of anything? They torture people who are different from them, bully them and nearly push them to the verge of death. 'I wondered before the cab came to a stop.