Chapter 22 - dark forest

All of the gang left the Rashmi mountain before leaving they took many fruits with them The fruits were as normal as the human world the difference was the quality and the taste. Sonu the great sweet lover can't have enough of the fruits she always liked to eat sweet fruit except watermelon she hated how the seed would be chewed up and how crispy it felt against her tongue she shivered thinking about all those times the caretaker stuffed watermelon in her mouth just because fruit are good for children's °•° though in my case it was harmful to my witty brain•°•

Sonu shook her head trying to forget about the horrible memory. " what happened ? why are you shaking your head? " niru who was by Sonu's side saw Sonu's expression being as bright as sun while eating the fruit but suddenly she made a gloomy and sulky face niru thought the fruit tasted bad but it was nearly impossible because the light mountain never had any bad tasting fruit in fact the whole kingdom is supplied fruit from the light mountain , Sonu smiled at niru's concern "no nothing these fruits are same as our world but they taste different and also look more juicy"

"hmmm your world also had the same quality but due to pollution and what do you call it? ohh ya artificial crop field you gained the quantity but lost the quality " Sonu was surprised by niru's knowledge about these things "how do you even know so much about it ? " niru looked at Sonu and smiled suspiciously "well didn't I say you are not the 1st human to enter here ?"

"about that you call us humyan but then what are you? " Sonu titled her head seemingly confused " let's say we are modified human or more advanced "

"how came ? you don't have any electronic machine or anything right? you don't even have modern clothes or necessary home supplies right?" niru sighed knowing it will be difficult to make niru understand it.

" i want to know too ! " it was Rani who was hearing the whole conversation by Sonu's side and by her other side bani and Teja were also listening carefully. niru shook her head "well then ok tell me do crime happen frequently in your world?" Sonu nodded her head " so many that many don't even get the recognition or justice " niru hummed "what about poverty ? "

"as many as we can't even count don't have a home to live or two times of food and all the rich people are getting more rich while the poor are getting more poor "

"exactly these things don't happen here at all zero crime , every person has a home and enough to eat and live not only that we removed electronics because we never needed them in the 1st place see we live a simple life in coordination with nature we don't harm nature instead live as part of it and in return it provides everything for us our life span is much more than an average human we can live up to 300 years Max and we start to age at our 60s but while human age at their 30s "

"what about school?" asked bani

"we have school but just not in building schools are held in nature with transparent layers around children formed by teachers so that children won't run away "

"even here school can't leave me alone! " Sonu Said everyone laughed at Sonu's hate toward school"why are you saying like this aren't you the little genius in our group you get the highest mark "

"that doesn't mean I like to study! "

niru asked "then why are you doing something you don't like?"

"for money it's like if I want something I have to give something in return like I have to give my time and focus on study so in future I can have a well paying job "

niru nodded her head"hmm sounds "your world basically resolves around giving and receiving doesn't it ? " Sonu who was looking down while walking slowly looked up while talking "you can say that I guess hey ! look horses"

"hmmm? "

In front of them many horses were standing with only one person who waved at them "ohh I forgot to say this my mother specially sent us horses so we can come back sooner" all the girls looked at niru with an expression saying seriously? but niru just ignored their stare and walked up to the front horse which looked different than all the other horses, she gently put her hand on that particular horse's head "vaayu did you miss me ? " the horse made a neighing sound as if to convey both feelings of missing niru and getting bored just sitting at the stable.

niru laughed "is this your horse? " it was bani niru looked at her and back to the horse with a soft smile she hummed in response. "let's go everyone get any horses you find near you "

"wait what about us ? " it was Sonu "you all can have one horse each don't worry these horses are well trained you just have to sit and they will follow along "

"really? " niru sighed "yes don't worry you all are staying in the middle while we all are going to form a circle around you all ok "

finally all of them were satisfied hearing this After all they didn't want to risk being left behind.

everyone started their journey princess niru gracefully climbed on her black shiny horse which was sparkling in the light due to reflecting the light falling on his black smooth coat. (to the people thinking about the so called legendary scene of hero and heroine sitting on one horse , I won't let that so called boring process repeat in this book ☠️)

they traveled for almost 3hr without stop as the horses speed was fast as well as their capacity to travel. soon they entered a dark area niru turned her reign and went inside the circle " listen carefully if you see a golden bird in shape of peacock look away quickly ok " all of the girls were confused on why would niru say something like this but they all were already dizzy from the new experience of horse riding although in start it was interesting but soon the speed and the bouncing of their whole body with every jump of the horse so they just nodded their head without giving much thought.

after that niru again went in the very front occasionally glancing back and forth to see that everyone is ok. half hour later still they were in that dark forest when they entered there was still time for sunset but as they went deep in the forest it felt like sun has set long ago due to the big trees which surrounds the sky it was dark but everyone were holding a lamp in their hands so they were able to see eachother clearly. Sonu was falling asleep but every time her eyes closed a little the horse would jump she got irritated and gave up on sleep although she saw Rani and bani sleeping soundly on their horses back.

Sonu sighed "huh bad luck that this horse can't avoid jumping around" as though the horse can understand her the horse jumped again even when the surface was flat and good for walking Sonu bent forward "offff easy there! I am sorry you know what yo.." before she could say more her eyes went in the left direction and she saw a golden colour peacock" wow.. beautiful" she muttered under her breath. she clearly forgot about niru's warning and kept looking at the bird the bird had blue eyes the big golden tail looked more enchanting.

as though that peacock knew what Sonu is looking at that peacock spread his tail it was a beautiful site Sonu saw peacock of blue colour and white colour on poster, picture or in the general tv of orphanage she never saw a peacock in real life let alone a golden one she kept looking at it the more she looked the more she lost the capability of thinking her mind went blank she got hypinotize. Sonu's hands pulled the reign roughly and directed towards the bird the horse upon being stimulated naturally went in the golden birds direction.

everyone looked at niru as she pushed the other soldiers aside and broke the circle niru shouted from behind and quickly pulled her reign in Sonu's Teja also followed after them while shouting direction Rani and bani woke up from all the shouting and saw Sonu runing in the bushes leaving the main path while niru chasing after her other soldiers pulled Rani and bani's horses with them and also followed after princess niru.

Sonu's horse stopped ten feet away from the bird as if he sensed that something was wrong Sonu got down and walked to the golden bird.

niru and all others also reached there and got down. Teja " is that the bird you were talking about?" niru nodded her head "it's a lurking bird if you see it it will hypnotize you and then eat your flesh "

Rani " what!!? please do something! Sonu is standing so close to that freaky bird ! "

the bird changed his form in front of them and they saw that the neck region of that creature was fox but from the shoulder it had black wings like an vulture "it is called foxture one of the most dangerous creatures it creates illusion and lures people in " as niru was saying this she pulled her sword out to fight with it the creature also raised one hand to grab Sonu but suddenly a different bird's voice sounded as if it was an eagle the tree's surrounding from the head were separated the bright yellow light fellow on everyone all of the soldiers were blinded by that light and covered their eyes even the foxture also closed his eyes.

except for Rani , bani , Teja and princess niru Sonu who was in a dizzy state recovered immediately after the bird's yellow light hit her eyes she saw a beautiful bird with long flowy and curvy tail and broad wings mix with a colour of red and yellow was coming closer but she felt strange like she isn't afraid of that bird. she stood her ground while the bird came near and started to fly on the foxture's head the bird swiftly start to move his wings small round yellow dots were coming out of it which upon falling on the foxture his body engulfed in sudden flames and with a loud shrill the creature was Burnet to ashes.

after that the bird looked at the faces of each girl finally looking at niru and bowing his head niru swiftly also bowed down the bird fly away with the sudden force as it came. slowly the yellow light faded.teja , Rani , bani and niru ran toward Sonu , Teja grabbed Sonu's shoulder and turned her towards them and hugged Rani and bani also hugged her. niru stood close and sighed "thank God your ok " Sonu was confused until after one minute everything was clear to her she gasped.

all of the girls released her " what happened!? did you get hurt somewhere?! "

"no it's just I think I am not able to digest the fact that I was going to get digested by a nasty hybrid bird ? " all of them rolled their eyes at her sarcastic words, bani hit Sonu's head "dumbo ! we were so worried and why do all of the world's problems come your way !? "

"I am sorry ! it's not my fault that my luck is sh!t " Teja hit both of their heads "no fighting at least you all are safe and sound "

Sonu and bani shut their mouths everyone sighed and got up on horseback to leave

niru " Sonu stay by my side until we crossed this forest ok " Sonu nodded her head. Sonu got on her horse and went to niru's side in front.

"hey ! can I ask you something " niru hummed in response " what was that bird we saw ? "

"you know that bird was phenix the legendary fire bird "

"wow ! How come it's here and that too it's real ? ok everything can be possible but I never in my life thought I would get to see a legendary bird ! "

"you literally saw a glowing lake and mountain and fruits!!? how can this make you more amazed? " Sonu laughed "it was something we heard ok as a legend no one knew if it was true or not " niru shrugged although she found the logic applying she can't agree now as Sonu did something stupid by ignoring the warning.

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she (you) wakes up watching the sun rise start reeling off the bucket loads of sad lies , are you alright? yes she (u ) replied , no one can hear the scream of her (ur) internal cry she (u) feels that there is no hope and no faith left to give feels no reason no purpose for her (ur) soul to live and I hope one day you will recover a genuine smile u will discover, sometimes the out side doesn't mean a thing because this person is beautiful when you start to digging in " song name :- °•°•stolen innocence.•°•°

for the way you are there was never a need of you to suffer for others actions suffering internal is as bad as physically damage maybe we should realise that there is nothing to feel bad about we are not tv to let outer things control how we feel like a remote control ?

but it's ok if you don't find someone to rely on sweetie ur born to rely on ur self and learning we can learn from everything from lifeless things up to small children just open ur heart I know you shut it because u don't want others to hurt it more it's not about u letting someone else in 1st let's make ourselves go inside our heart so we can understand much better what we like what we don't again there is no rush one step togather let's go sweet hearts ❤️‍🩹🍀(⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡