We walked until we came to a view, one I have never seen before, it seemed he was telling the truth, this isn't purgatory, it is definitely a dream. I am in my own head, I can see people from here. I can see a market place, I can see people scattered going about their daily lives, before you get to them are trees, i look behind me at the mountains of ice and its plains, it is a marvel how summer and winter are just places, not seasons.
Then we are standing on a cliff end, looking at a place with high castles and beasts resting on the sides, from this end they look like giant birds.
"What are those? I ask, awed.
"That my Lord is our home, and those are the king's royal beasts, they all belong to the royal family," he answered.
I sigh and take in the view, it looked like a fairy land, the castles had extraordinary designs. Something you would see in books or movies. Colorful buildings with magnificent domes and spacious rooftops. they sprung at different points of the city, with water tearing through the city in a majestic manner.
The city had walls built around it, giant walls almost rivaling the castles in height, and two giant trees t hat towered at the east and west, the rest looked like shrubs compared to them.
"This is surely my last day on earth, how do I get him to remember who he was before we reach the palace?" he adds, speaking to himself, he looked confused.I could tell from his dropping ears.
"Don't worry, I will not let you come to harm," I say to him.
I keep walking along the side of the cliff. There was a path that leads to a well and in it , I was amazed to see something like a lift waiting, i get onboard and he joined me, "it looks like you still remember your way to Faragal."
"What?!" I glanced at him in askance.
"We are from Faragal, and my name is Modo. Your assistant, you are the last prince of Faragal, and not in line to the throne, to show your allegiance to your brother Prince Esso. you decided to apply to be a mage, that is why i am your assistant." He answered dutifully.
"So where did we come from before I fell?" I asked again, hoping to get more information before we reach the city.
"The mage institute of the six kingdoms." he said
"What did I go there?"
"To seek admission," he replied plainly.
"You just said, I was a prince, why would a prince walk all the way to the mage institute to seek admission. why would they not just hand it to me since I wanted to attend?
"My Lord, you decided to walk . you begged your father to allow you to go alone without any security, he agreed to it, with a clause. That you send him a message when you get to the mage institute and another when you make up your mind to leave the institute."
"Really?
"Wow!
"Modo, so i did chose not to be a prince but a mage?"
I stop abrutly to stare at my reflection in the flowing stream, i saw my face, i was amazed, i am me but in a different body,wait is he in my own body? I think to myself, i touch this face, i like it but not more than my real face.
This is bad, what is he doing with my body right now? The thought came running through my head again
No! no! i cant even imagine it, i look at my curls, brown eyes and my dimpled cheeks, the body is perfect but it looks like that of a girl, a beautiful one.
"Modo what is my name?"
"You are prince harrish, my lord."he says with a bow this time.
I follow the path that leads upstream, and Modo follows me,his elephant-like legs hitting the ground aggressively, as he did.
"Are you tired?" I asked him, "if you are tired, we could rest before continuing our trip." i add.
"I am not tired, but if you are tired we can rest over here?" he replies.
"No, I want to see faragal today," I replied.
"Then, my Lord, you are in luck. It is only a few hours walk from here, we would see Faragal in a couple of hours if we kept going this way, he pointed to my front and I turned and kept walking. I kept him busy with more questions as we walked, the only way to survive this dream is if I knew more about this place. it would be easy if I could tell what my purpose here was. the dream would end faster.
We walked for an hour through the woods, the greens was doing a nice job cooling down this place, it was really cool, i just want to lie down and sleep for a while, maybe i would wake up if i do. but then i have to see this city before i wake, i want to see those beasts i saw earlier on the top of the castles, I wonder if they talk too.
I step on something, it feels weird as I lift my leg up.
"Ah! we scream in unison as the trap lifts us into the air.
"These look delicious, we could have them for dinner," I hear a voice say from below us, i look down at a bearded man, he looked like he could use a bath. wait there are others.
They all look like bandits, characters from a movie, they are here to rob us.
"Don't look them in the eye, my lord. These men are dangerous," Modo whispers to me.
"Who are you and where are you going? The first man asks, with his eyes glaring at us, as we sit in the net holding us to a tree branch, one of his henchmen climbs the tree and cuts the rope.
We landed on the floor, and someone walked towards us and knocked Modo out. Before I could say a word he hit me with the end of his weapon.