Spin! Spin! Spin!
Everything around him was spinning. Frank felt like he was rotating inside an endless tunnel of dazzling lights. Then the warmth he was feeling started vanishing quickly and being replaced by coldness. He was becoming wet and more wet with every passing second. The wetness jerked his consciousness and he began thinking.
"Have I fallen into the Crystal Of light Springs?" he shuddered at the thought.
Two twin sisters Amila and Ana were leisurely playing in the water at the brook near the castle. A few male guards stood not far away with their backs on them. Two maidservants patiently waited by the side of the creek for their two young mistresses who were obviously having a good time in the water. They laughed and splashed water on one another. The air was filled with a happy fragrance.
SPLASH!!!!
Without any warning, there was a big splash not far away from where the young ladies swum. Something huge had suddenly fallen into the water and caused that big splash. The ladies, horrified, screamed their lungs out! The male guards turned around in all alertness the moment the splash occurred. They tried their best not to look at the naked mistresses and fixed their eyes on the point where the splash had occurred.
"My ladies, Kindly hurry out of the water so that we can take a look at what caused the ...!"
The lead guard who was speaking while looking aside so as not to disrespect these two suddenly stopped short of his words. Right there in their very eyes and barely a metre from the young ladies, a strange looking man surfaced from the water! He was gaping for air as he struggled to gain balance in the water. Finally he got his balance and wiped the excess water from his face. He came face to face with two screaming naked girls!
"Oh my! Sorry! Sorry!" Frank quickly apologized and looked away from the girls. They were screaming while at the same time splashing water on him and yet again trying to cover their naked breasts! At the very instant all the male guards jumped into the water and apprehended Frank. By the time they had him out of the water the ladies too had already gotten on dry land. The maidservants had been quick to cover them with their royal gowns.
"Leave me alone! It is an accident! I mean It! I swear I didn't intend to appear here!" Frank was struggling to break free from the firm grip of the guards. The guards were not letting go and were pinning him on the ground. Frank estimated their strength and felt like he could over power them. With a mighty shrug of both of his shoulders, he threw them off and stood up. The guards and the young mistresses with their maidservants all exclaimed in astonishment.
Trying to save their faces, the guards picked themselves up and rushed forward to get hold of this stranger once more.
"Leave him!" A female voice shouted. The guards stopped but looked at her as if she was possessed.
"But my lady, this stranger appears dangerous!" The lead guard said.
"I don't see any hint of danger in him! Let him explain his debauched behaviour displayed so disrespectfully before us!" she spoke glaring hotly at Frank. He could see that that was the right moment to explain himself though he was still perplexed.
"Um...My ladies," he took the cue from the guards, realizing these two must be royalty. "May I express my deepest apologies for what happened just now! I swear it is an accident and I absolutely have no idea why it happened so! Please I beg your pardon!" he stated as fast as he could.
"What is your name stranger?"
" I am Frank Delap of Ordinary Subject intermediate rank. My citizenship number is 302710000!"
"You have a funny way with your words stranger! From whence comes you?"
At this point Frank's stomach leaped. He had started guessing that probably he was not on earth. He had looked at the way the guards and the maidservants dressed and found it to be unusual. Could this question from the lady be an affirmation of his doubts. He couldn't say.
"Stranger, I mean, you look different from all the inhabitants of this land. You obviously are not from anywhere near here! So where do you sojourn from?" the lady asked again. Frank got what he wanted. Of course he was not on earth! That much was apparent!
"I am from Earth!" he answered biting his tongue lest he be wrong in his assumption that probably he was in another world. But the reactions of the ladies and all those around made him relax.
"Earth!"
"Oh heavens!"
"Unbelievable!"
They all exclaimed. Even the guards turned and looked at each other. It was not a small feat for a man to come from earth! Never in their lifetime had them ever heard of it. There was a legend about things like that but they never thought they would be alive to witness such!
The two ladies also looked at one another and quickly made their move toward Frank.
"My Lord! We are sorry for any inconvenience we have caused you. Please accept our apologies. We would like you to be our guest! We bid you to come with us to our father's castle. Oh I am Amila and this is my twin sister Ana!"
"Thank you so much, I am much obliged. Please call me Frank, just Frank!"
"You must be a royal my Lord! Aren't you?" Ana spoke up for the first time.
" Um...um...Yes I am but not in this land!" Frank reasoned and answered quickly.
"A royal is a royal no matter where they are! Welcome to our castle my Lord!" Amila said and showed the way to him. Frank followed her gaze and saw not far away what looked like an ancient but magnificent fortress.
"A castle? Is your father the king?"