" Husshhh .....[breathing out] .... I was so worried about you.... I thought I lost you.... But you came back... I am so happy!...I missed you so much….."
The voice coming from the person who hugged me from behind … was somewhat similar to that of the man from yesterday's dream. Turning back slowly toward the man, there stood a smart handsome young man with a welcoming smile and satisfying faintly red eyes grabbing me in his arms. He wore a golden crown which had a small cylindrical golden piece of red symbolic design with Rubies. It symbol resembled the element 'FIRE'. He had a shine of glory and bravery all over his face. The way he looked at me, gave me a sense of warmth in his eyes as well as arms.
(" Oh mY mY! I imagined the king to be at least in 40s or 50s yet here is a handsome stud!")
Before I could say something Lan grabbed my arm and forced me to move away from the king.
"Cut it OUT!!" Lan burst out.
The atmosphere suddenly went silent for a movement. Gazing towards each other we stood as if the time had stopped and a tense silence was making it even more difficult to breathe freely.
Breaking the silence Roger asked,
"King Leo... I think… there are some important things to be discussed which can be helpful in this very important situation….. hence can we all sit down and have a good talk… you know we travelled very long distance….???"
("King Leo…. So that's his name… A very charming guy… almost made me drool…hehehe…but his voice is very similar to …. The person in my dreams…. Ha?")
He nodded and we all set down in the sitting area. King Leo sat opposite to 3 of us in a very confused expression.
"Before you say something Roger…. Let me Ask Ariya something…"
[Roger Nodded]
"Ariya where were you all this time? (worried) … we searched for you everywhere and here you are after 6 months …. You know right?. And the most important …. The thing we traded needs to be traded back otherwise it will affect my kingdom …."
"WAITTTT!WAIT!!"
Before King Leo could finish his sentence Roger exclaimed and asked,
" King Leo… What did you Traded with Queen Ariya ? "
"First let her speak… then I will answer you….(confused ) what happened Ariya … why are you quite…. You seem a bit different…. Are you okay ?"
King Leo's worries toward queen Ariya made me feel a bit stuck and unable to utter a word.
"(Roger interrupting) She is not Queen Ariya…."
"WHATTT!!" King Leo shouted " What absurd are you talking Roger?"
"Clam down Leo!!" Lan answered, "Roger is speaking the truth."
"My theory about queens disappearance is that on the last day of war, when queen was in coffin, whatever strength she had, she gathered it to summon time …. To reverse it back… and then she herself was lost in the process of Time..." Roger stated.
"(unbelievably) Everyone knows she disappeared Roger… but see…. SHE IS IN FRONT OF ME NOW..! "
"That's what are we trying to explain King Leo, She is not the queen! We need to know What did you trade with Queen Ariya….. which lead to summon… her… Ariya…(pointing towards me)….with same name…. same face… to Oruprana?"
"What makes you say that she is not Queen Ariya?... She as the pendent….I see the same eyes…. The same glory…. What is going on?!"
Hearing Roger's statement made King Leo baffled and a inside conflict with himself. The reality was just unbelieving in itself and entangled with mysteries in itself. The whole thing started from a simple dream was more then important and yet there were missing pieces that were indeed…somewhere in this kingdom and with Queen's memories.
It was silence all over. I was… clueless… about my own reality…..
King Leo sat there, putting his face in his hands, thinking something….
("wait! Thinking?.... his thoughts… why can't I hear his thoughts??...[I stood silent for a minute trying to listen his inner thoughts…..] I can't hear his… thoughts? Why?")
His thoughts didn't reached me which made me more impatient for the answers. Roger and Lan were expecting some answers from King Leo.
After rearranging his thoughts, King Leo looked at us and spoke,
"…Some time before the war…. I met her here itself.. in this place…she had a very bad feeling about something… so she said she wanted to talk about something….."
[BOOM!!!!BOOM!!BOOM!!!!]
Before King Leo could complete his sentence, a loud, deep, resonate sound boomed in our ears with a big red bright light from the window wall breaking in the room; with a stream of wind shattering the bricks on us; the light grew brighter and brighter, finally concluding the darkness before my eyes and the sound disappearing in the echos…..
(" Am I going to Die?... Really like this?….. can I go back to my world…? ..Can someone please save me....")