Lily slowly opened her eyes and the first thing that flash before her is the starry night. She slowly got up from laying and after it, she spread her views ... just then she realized that she was laying on a deserted area.
"Where am I?" she asked to herself. she immediately stood up and look at every directions and angle, she doesn't know what happened and where she is. she feels different now.
She started to walk on that endless desert to find some place to live in, she feels so tired and thirsty and she needed water right now!!
While walking, she keeps looking around, and that's when she realized that she's in the only deserted place in this continent.... it is the Zuhara Desert. If she remember well, there is only one empire in the center of this huge desert and if she's not wrong, it is 30 Miles away from her where she is standing.
She sat on the desert, she got depressed and despaired when she realized that there's no way she could drink anything this time. she feels thirsty and tired, she wanted to rest right now but where? Zuhara desert is so huge and there's no a single person who could help her this time.
"What happened to me? why am i here, did they decided to throw me away because the king doesn't want me?!!" she said and started to cry. she lost hope and she covered her whole face using her palm and then she continue crying.
While crying, she just remembered what happened before... in her mind, she was being chased by the villagers but she doesn't want to be captured, to escape from them, she jump in to a huge fire ball that came from nowhere.
"How come I am still alive?" she asked herself.
She stood up again and continue walking, whatever happened to her why she's still alive is not necessary for now, what she needs is water, she's dying in thirst right now.
She continued walking in this endless desert again and hoping for at least a lake, it doesn't matter if it's dirty or what, as long as she could drink it.
"If only there is a coconut tree here!!" she said angrily as she travels on the Desert.
She stopped walking when she saw a small light not so far away from her right side.
She immediately run towards there and when she arrived, that's when she knew it was a store in this humanless place. but whatever, she's sure there is a water here, she could ask for a little help and pay twice on it once she's back to Dorgan Kingdom.
She approached the door first then she knocked three times here. "Hi? is anyone there?" asked by her, after her Knocks. she waited for a while but no one responded, she knocks again for three times and then she asked again"Hi? may I ask for help? I promise to pay you twice or trice"
But still, no one is responding. She swallowed her saliva and she slowly opened the door. when it finally opened, she spread her views on the store and she only saw a pots of beers.
She silently walk toward inside and she immediately opened one of the pots, she scooped up the beer on the pot she opened and then she sucked it like there's no end, she repeat it many times until she is satisfied.
"This wine is my saviour" she said to herself after a huge sigh.
Before continuing her travel, she took a rest first inside this store but before she had the rest she is aiming, she heard a footsteps outside.
She run towards the door to take her exit and escape from whoever the owner of this store, she's afraid that she might be accused as a thief.
"I'm gonna go back here to pay you, i drink only half of a pot on the wine, please have patience!!!!" she shouted while running fast away.
She didn't bother to look at the person whoever it is, she's running faster and there's no need to take care for anything she might step on, there's only sand in this place.
The person was about to chase Lily, but the person noticed that something is not good to Lily.
When Lily is already far away from the store, she stopped running and her body collapsed because of tiredness.
In this situation, she doesn't care anymore about the sand she's laying on, It is night and the Desert isn't that hot. Lily slowly closed her eyes and she fell asleep completely without her conscious.
As soon as the Sun arrive, the cold desert of the night immediately turn into the land of fire. Zuhara Desert is so cold when it's evening, but it is hot as hell when it's Day time.
Without conscious, Lily stood up immediately when her body felt the hotness of this desert on Day time.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!!" she shouted while blowing her shoulders and the parts of her body that is uncovered by her dress. "Hot hot hot hot hot hot hot"!!! she repeatedly said until the hotness of the sands were gone.
Good thing, her boots are thick, it's just that she don't have anything to cover her head and some of her dress are torn, result by the fire where she jump in before getting in this place.
The heat of the sun might be painful but she is able to ignore it. She saw a lake not so far away from her so she did not care about the heat of the sun. despite the heat of the sun, she continued taking the deserted road through that lake.
When she finally arrived here, using her two hands, she scooped a water from the lake and drunk it. the taste is cold despite the hot ground where this lake is. according to the legend, this dessert has amazing thing that any place could never have, it is the two side. when the moon arrives, the Desert is cold as ice, but the only lake on it is hot as lava. but when the sun arrives, the desert is hot as hell and the lake is cold as ice.
She scooped another water on it and drink it again.
After drinking, she removed her dress and boots, and only her underwears are left. she got down on the lake to take a bath. it is so hot today and she definitely needed something to cool herself down.
While taking a rest on the lake, she stared at her reflection on the water. She was shocked for what she saw but she stayed calm. She took a deep breath and stared at it again.
"Wait a minute..." she said to herself while staring at her reflection on the water.
"WHAT?!! W-W-WHAT? M-MY ... M-MY EYES ARE RED!!!" she shouted. she immediately got up from the lake and wore her dress and boots again. using the skirt of her dress, she wiped her face and calmed herself. she took another deep breath and slowly go near to the lake, she closed her eyes deeply and she slowly opened it... The red eyed woman appeared on the reflection again.
She recoiled due to shock, and she started to scream. "AAAAAAAAAH!!!!" her loud voice echoed. after it, she gently touches her left eye while her right arm is supporting her from not falling in the dessert completely.
"What's happening to me? why is my eyes are red? no no, this is just the effect of the lake... " she whispered nervously to herself. she stood up and left the lake immediately.
Her heart beats so fast because of shock. she couldn't believe in what she saw, why is her eyes red? How come she don't have any bruises on her body after what happened to her? she felt it, she's sure she felt the feeling of dying but why is she still alive? she died not so far from Vesusta but why is she still alive? if her uncle managed to save her then why is she on Zuhara Desert? could it be... SHE'S IN LIFE AFTER DEATH WORLD?!!!
"Probably not, I'm in Zuhara Desert and this desert is a part of this continent" she said to herself.
"BUT WHY THE HELL REALLY HAPPENED TO ME? DID UNCLE SAVED ME OR WHAT?" She confusedly asked again.
She sighed due to frustration.
not so far away from her, a wild monster was about to attack her, but before the monster attack her, Lily's body moved in its own and a fire from her palm appeared...
In a blink of eye, she created a huge distraction on the Desert that causes the sudden death of the monster.
"W-WHAT IN THE WORLD... J-JUST HAPPENED!!!" she asked and then she collapsed.
TO BE CONTINUE
-MAXLEAH