We went to have dinner in the night. At that time his majesty came inside. We greeted him. He will announce the day of the test next week a day before the lantern festival. During the festival there is no fight test will be held. Everyone was shocked, His majesty said, yes the fight is held between two people, whoever wins, they are qualified to go to the black cave guarded by the snake, and should complete the mission.
The test has two stages, first test is knowledge it is like a written test and puzzle. We select twenty people. The second test will be a fight between you all and some of our men. If all twenty people passed the test then they have to complete the mission and also get engaged to the princesses on the day of the lantern festival.
The marriage is held after you all rescue the people in the caves. Everyone is shocked to hear that, but they don't have a choice to reject the proposal. They had dinner and went to the rooms to sleep but Rudra is restless, he is worried about the test as well as the princess. How he accept the princess like anything, he never saw them.
He does not know how they even look, because when he saw that girl from that day onwards, he wants to know her more and wants to be with her. He doesn't know what it is this so-called love at first sight, but he doesn't know whether she feels the same or not.
Suddenly he heard a piece of beautiful music flowing from somewhere, he followed the music the sound leads him to the shore of the beautiful, lake also a beautiful song sung by that person. It is the beautiful female voice. The song goes like this. Rudra understood it is a William Wordsworth poem it goes like this
I Wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high over vales and hills
when all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils.
I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high over vales and hills
when all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils.
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
The world is too much with us late and soon
Getting and spending we lay waste overpowers
Little we see in nature is ours.
Continuous as the stars that shine
and twinkle on the milky way
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of the bay
She continued to sing not noticing me until she turned to my side and she stopped singing and throw the flute towards me, to my surprise the flute become a sword in one glimpse I hold it firmly, dodged her attack, and she fly towards me I take hold of her hands and pushed her towards the wall and said, hey why you are attacking me mercilessly, I just followed the music which you are singing.
The clouds withered away and I saw the light of the moon, fall on her face and it shone like a pearl she has sweat, on her cheeks, and her eyes are filled with tears. She is having sharp blue eyes, with a long nose and her lips are bright red. Her hair is very black like a lump of coal and she is wearing a white veil with the lily flower on her hair.
She tries to relieve herself from my hold, but she could not do that because maybe my hold was strong enough. She is struggling to move from my hold, I felt pity, but I want to see how long she can hold it. She tried it but was not got success, finally, she spoke, release me or I will take your throat out, her sound is very loud and it has shaken my head, it was not the sweet and soft sound that I heard when she is singing.
I slightly released her but did not release her fully she tried to attack me, and this time I become angry, I said will you listen to me, or do I have to take out your throat, those words were really loud, and suddenly a roar came from my throat and it shook the surrounding. She is afraid of me, and bowed before me, "I am sorry, your majesty I did not recognize you, The moonlight is brightening and it falls on her she is wearing a sleeveless gown in green color, it is shining like a tail of fish, her structure is adorable and I never saw such a beautiful girl.
She looks like a fairy on the earth. Her beauty is crafted in such a manner that the most beautiful things are collected from the earth and put on her. I am dumbstruck by her beauty and stare at her without blinking my eyes.
She also saw a handsome man and was dumbstruck because she don't know how other people look, she only saw her father as a male mother and sister, who is playing with her. Rudra is the only person she saw, he has a gentleman's body, with sharp brown eyes, and it is glittering like a moon. I was shocked that it is the same girl whom I saw through the windows. She does not recognize me.
She thought," His touch and sharp and attractive handsome look with thick eyebrows, made her stand still. Rudra asked," Who are you, why you are alone on this night? If the woman alone comes out at this hour that means she is having some trouble. How do you know that I am your majesty?
I felt I already feared her and asked questions frequently. She is only listening to it in silence. I asked her, I am asking you, she opened her mouth with a little shake of voice. Your Highness, "I am Princess, Moana I am the daughter of his highness, When you are roared I felt that you are the prince whom we lost long back. Your father has the same powerful roar when he is your age.
We are not allowed to come out during the day because we girls are not allowed out, hence I was in a bad mood, so I want to relax. I was singing to refresh myself because I love that poem very much. I asked," You know who wrote that poem, she said, it is the daffodils poem by William Shakespeare.
May I know your name, your majesty, Yes but you have to come to the same place, if you promise I will tell you my name tomorrow. She said sorry to me and said I felt some bad wolves change to human to attack me, sorry for my attack your majesty. I said, "It's ok, I walked toward her, and saw that her hand become red due to the force used by me. As I touched her arms the red mark was gone.
Even I was shocked but not showed on my face. I said sorry but this time she not rejected my touch, her smooth and beautiful hands and long fingers made her more elegant and beautiful. She bid farewell and move ahead in that time some people came and surrounded me, they saw me and told me to follow. I asked, why you came here? We heard the roar and felt you are in danger, are you okay your majesty?
I said I was just practicing my new skills. I have to prepare myself for the exam, I just need a calm and quiet place to practice. Oh, your skills are improving very nicely your majesty. I thank them and they sent me to the palace.
It was already eleven pm and I slept well on that night because I finally found her. I am also tired of little fights. Will fate make them meet? Whom Rudra has to fight with? So come along with me for the new journey towards the prosperity of life.