OUT OF THE BLUE… (2ND POST)

[The following story is a part of a series and thereby will make sense when read sequentially…that is post wise!!!]

            

“Will you just come out of the hiding for god’s sake”, he spoke.

It was dark now, he was standing holding his staff; eyes closed his back towards her. The breeze flew through his face, rustling through his hair.

“I know you are hiding behind the bushes and enjoying the show…for the past 3 days….you come…you eat berries and fruits you watch me till your heart’s content then go home and rest again to repeat the cycle the other day….making me uncomfortable and disturbing me all the same…” he sighed.

The girl was aghast, he hadn’t  even turned his back towards her let alone see her…she was so sure of her abilities to move undetected, it caught her by surprise…after all she had taken great care not to disturb him by her presence…

She crept out of her hiding place….few meters from him…her long fang like teeth chewing her lower lips while her mismatched eyes adjusting to darkness and watching his back.

“But how did you…??”

“Oh…come on, I don’t need to see…I can always sense you from even a mile…” the boy whispered, eyes still shut as if in a trance.

“How can you sense a person without seeing or hearing…?”

“It’s simple…everyone has a unique aura of his or her personality around them, also there is one’s magnetic field in addition to their energy or power levels….so even if I can’t see you I can easily identify your aura… and your minute energy level… ” he explained in the air.

She didn’t understood a word…but nodded all the same partly because he always spoke in such manner and partly cause she was glad that he wasn’t angry at her.

Nobody spoke for a few moments.

She looked sideways…then at her feet, they were dirty and muddy…

She wondered if he could also read her mind and know about her feelings. Time tickled slowly… there was a mysterious silence…

“So why did you stop…I mean practicing…I mean after so long…nearly 3 days?”

He opened his eyes and turned around to face her. The boy looked too young, his face had childlike glow despite of his rough and tough lifestyle.

“Because it’s time to go…” he said.

“What have you been up to these past days, you were always shut away in your hut, you didn’t go for walk on the moors, you didn’t go for the swim in the lake…or even meditating in front of buddha?”

“Aren’t you supposed to be scare of me…am I not the devil of india…or whatever the talk is these days among the villages”

“I don’t believe them”

“You are just like any of us…a bit different…but surely…a human”

“How can you be so sure?”

“My heart says so….” She said. “I mean I have faith” she blushed, reddening a little.

The boy studied her for a few moments, 18 year old girl full of innocence and tragedy….ugly for sure but also brave for her age…wow I still can’t fully understand the nature…he thought.

“Would you care to walk with me to my hut?”

She was surprised, was he actually being friendly…that was something new, she was hesitant.

“Don’t worry I’m not a devil, you are right…I’m as much human as you are”

She looked downwards shyly.

“Aren’t you a monk and monks aren’t supposed to mix with girls are they? ”

“Not anymore, remember they expelled me from the temple” he smiled. “Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you nor have I any ill intentions. Consider me as your friend.”

“Why were you expelled…did you break any laws”

“Nope…I didn’t break any laws, it’s just that I couldn’t convince them of my humanity…”the boy sighed.

 “It’s hard for some people to have faith unlike you…even shaolin monks” the boy grinned.

They just stood and stared at each other.

“Let’s hurry…it’s getting late.”

They started walking towards the dense forest where the hut of the boy was located.

It was the happiest moment of her life, first time it seemed that she also had a friend, she wasn’t afraid of anything literally…not the forest, not the dark and certainly not by him.

She felt beautiful…!!!

                                                

                                            

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MEANWHILE SOMEWHERE VERY VERY FAR AWAY…!!!

It was one of the darkest night, no stars and no moon.  The forests were dangerous. There were very old trees…easily above 1000 years. There branches and veins were hanging till the ground. These forests were filled with variety of poisonous snakes and wild animals, the paths were confusing and twisty…one could easily get lost in these wilderness; the streams were full of crocodiles and pythons and snakes were common in this part of the earth.

Wild beasts roamed freely here and the cries of wolves and owls screeched throughout the nights.

Huge bats circled throughout the nights while grim looking vultures adorned the trees. Ready to eat anything that shows signs of decay…or even alive things which are weak or ill.

No man in their right mind would ever want to set a foot there. Even in the day.

It was not only the beasts or the cruel nature that defamed these forests but other more sinister things which had become an integrated part of them.

These forests had long been the place for practitioners of the dark arts and devil worship.

Psychos and crazy clans, cults and Satanists dwelled in these lands and did all sorts of rituals and worships widely ranging from cannibalism, animal and human sacrifices…blood ceremonies…and murders, orgies…

Even sometimes children from the villages were abducted for physical and sexual abuse, and raped, tortured even bred for different worships.

One just shudders to think about such a place, where humanity and morality had crossed all bounds…the world was still unaware of these people and their ways and there was absolutely no  way to stop them.

On a normal night if one happen to cross them, it was natural  to hear sounds of maniac laughter coming from the woods; sometimes of many people….shouts of women crying, laughing crazily or even moaning in pleasure were common… children or men shouting for help or screaming….painfully…terribly!!!

Many skeletons of human and animals adorned the forest floor…as did many rotting dead bodies which hung from the trees or flowed in the rivers…the whole woods were filled with pungent smell of dead…

There were dark clouds always above these forests…and lightning and thunder were constant…

Sometimes fires were built…just for the inhabitants to burn some infant alive…or maybe someone among themselves….

It was simply the most evil place on the earth… literally hell on earth…!!!

These forests were defamed as cursed and normal civilizations and villagers had vacated from its vicinity and were long gone.

However the cruel and sinister acts of their inhabitants had given rise to many abominations…

Unnatural sexual acts…like cross breeding with animals gave rise to horrible creatures…and deformed humans…who were sometimes exceptionally strong and fast…

There were many supernatural beings and masters…who even taught these unspeakable acts to new generations…

There power was enormous in terms of dark arts and black magic…

However tonight was silent, eerily silent…!!!

Two travelers made their way into its depths, both were dressed in black. Their faces were also hooded; they were both riding black horses.

At a certain point in the forest they descended from their horses. One of them signaled the other. 

He took out a sharp curved sword like weapon which was emblazoned with etchings of skulls and snakes.  

The other one just nodded his head. 

The first one muttered some words….in a funny language and suddenly …. SMACK SMACK…!!!

He slaughtered the horses which had so far carried them to their destination.

The poor beasts lay on the forest floor withering…bleeding…

Both muttered something in a funny language…they both looked tensed.  The one who slaughtered the horses was shorter and looked terrified, he was sweating profusely.

“I’m terrified” he confessed. “Is it really important…is it necessary…”

“Very” said the other, the taller one. “The master must be told of this new development…it could be a serious danger”

“I’m afraid of masters fury…he’ll roast us alive for running and abandoning our brothers”

“Well…if he finds out by some other means…and knows we are alive…then… ” he stopped mid sentence.

“Either way we are fucked…let’s just tell him and beg for mercy…

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BOOKS…BOOKS… AND ONLY BOOKS !!!

The hut was rather small. They both could barely stand in it. She can only see one and one thing- books….too many…of them!!!

The hut was a mess. A lantern and a water pot were the only things apart from books, which littered everywhere in the hut, all over the floor. She looked at him suspiciously.

“So that’s what you have been up to”

The boy just shrugged.

“What have you been reading about?”

“Mythologies” he said.  “Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, Zoroastrian, Christian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Chinese, etc.”

She again couldn’t understand a word of what he blabbered. Yet she nodded as if she understood. She didn’t know how to read Chinese, let alone other languages. Nonetheless she bent down and picked up a book…it was very old and very thick. She examined the funny scribbles and few pictures that it contained.

“Why are you reading them?” she asked.

“Actually I’m trying to track someone” he replied.

“Someone from mythologies”

“Not particularly…its my perception  that  he may have been mentioned somewhere. Besides I don’t know where else to look at”

“Who is he?”

“Well…he is …a…my GURU…meaning my master…my teacher…from whom I received my training and wisdom.”

It took some time for the girl to absorb this new information.

“I thought the monks were your teacher.”

“Yeah…they are also my teachers, but right now I am talking about my previous teacher…the one who saved me, taught me, and made me who I am.”

She seemed confused.

“So what happened to him?”

“He abandoned me…just like everyone else…the monks…my friends..my dad..my mum…the orphanage” the boy clinched his fists  as he said the words, he said more to himself than to her.

“Can I ask you something…?” she asked him in innocent child-like tone.

“Yup…”

“Why are you suddenly telling me all this…you never talked to anyone…you stayed away and alone from everyone…especially me…how come this sudden friendliness?”

“Because…ahh…Err… you haven’t  even told me your name…”

“My name is Lin”

“Lin…so Lin,” he bent down and took hold of her shoulders and brought her to her feet.  

“First of all it doesn’t matter now, as I think I have an idea as to where to find him” he looked straight into her eyes.

She was paralyzed by his touch. He was simply overwhelming. She just couldn’t dodge his eyes…sparkling brown eyes.

“And because I am leaving now…” he said and moved closer to her. “And most of all, remember that aura thing that I told you about, well you know I sense that you have the most positive aura…here…in this region; even more positive and pure than monks…I mean 2^nd highest marks for positive aura…of course after me” he further moved closer to her, she was almost in his arms. 

He was looking directly in her eyes, their noses were centimeters away. He just kept on moving towards her.

She couldn’t take it anymore…was it a dream…how could this happen…she was the ugliest girl in whole of china maybe even world…this has to be a dream…they were surely gonna kiss.

Lin’s heartbeat was sky rocketing, she closed her eyes shut and just shivered in his arms preparing for the kiss, even though her overgrown teeth were in the way…

He came too close to her face…her UGLY and DISGUSTING face who no one would ever dare to kiss…

Centimeters from her lips he muttered:

“YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL…!!!”

Instead of kissing her he just stopped and blew some air from his mouth on her face…gently…lightly…sweetly…

Goosebumps erupted all over her body.

She was trapped in a trance. She felt light, like all sorrow has been lifted from her life…she felt freedom and happiness…it was divine.

“YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL…!!!”   He again repeated.

Maybe time stopped…

Lin couldn’t understand. After few moments or many hours; she wasn’t sure she opened her eyes…

He was gone, no one was in the hut except her… she blinked her eyes a few times…no one, pinched herself several times, ran outside the hut to check…no one was there…

She was alone in the middle of the forest in a barren hut…she knew that if he wanted to go, he was too fast than any other normal being…

Tears filled her small eyes…

Lin sat in a corner and wept…she wept and she wept…she cursed the lord, HIM…and the whole village…

MOST PURE AND POSITIVE AURA IN THE REGION…WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT EVEN MEAN…!!!

She cursed her meaningless life.

 Her hand suddenly felt something on the floor, she saw; it was a mirror…a huge mirror which she hadn’t noticed at first…its frame was GOLDEN !!!

Her eyes bulged out, but it wasn’t the golden frame which caused it; it was the glass…

With shivering hands she took the mirror in her hands and in front of her face:

Rosy cheeks, rosy chin, straight nose…no scars…shiny and silky hair, proportionate head…beautiful matching black set of eyes pointing straight…pinkish lips…moreover even the front teeth were tucked back neatly inside the mouth…scars on whole of her body vanished, even her breasts seemed proportionate….

A tear escaped her eyes as the most beautiful girl in whole china or maybe the world looked at her through the glass…!!!

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                                                               TO BE CONTINUED…