by Shahram Azad
Then Mikhail went toward outside and ran toward the big stone as his aura was disappearing. He needed to his ring very much and he ran faster until finally he arrived to the stone and took out his ring from under the stone and put it in his finger. When the color of his ring became blue he took a deep breath and he became calm.
Mikhail went toward the valley and without doing daily work went toward the flowers and he picked up some of them and he sat near the flowers and started to make his wreath. When he finished it got up and he returned toward the village while was in his dream.
**
Seven-years-old Mikhail was running toward the valley. His eyes were yellow. When he reached to the valley called his sister as inside the valley were many cows. Soon Linda came out of behind the room and she ran apprehensively toward Mikhail. Linda had worn a beautiful dress and on her head was a wreath like the same wreath which Mikhail was making it. Mikhail ran toward her sister and hugged her. Linda kissed him and said, “What are you doing here?!”
Mikhail, “Mom sent me.”
Linda smiled and said, “My sweet brother. I will come back later.”
Mikhail looked at the room and said searchingly, “Who is there?!”
Linda looked at the room apprehensively and said, “Nobody honey. I was making a wreath for myself.”
Mikhail looked at the wreath and said, “Wow! It’s very beautiful.”
Linda, “Well, go home and tell to mom I'm with my friend.”
Mikhail, “Do you mean, I tell a lie?!!”
Linda, “No honey! It’s just a secret.”
Mikhail, “Wow! I like the secret.”
Linda kissed him and gave the wreath to him and said, “My sweet. Now go.”
Mikhail got the wreath happily and went toward the village.
**
When Mikhail arrived to the rivulet, his sister's scream reverberated in his ear, but this time it wasn't annoying for him and he entered to the water as he was sad and quiet. Mikhail looked to the water with special mood and he kissed the wreath and said, “I promise to you, I will take your revenge.”
Mikhail threw the wreath in the water and kissed the water as was pouring the tears. After it, he returned toward the valley, but when he arrived to the hamlet suddenly heard a voice from far and he looked to the same side quickly and lied down on the ground very fast.
Jill was running frightened toward the hamlet as two hybrids were pursuing her and they were very far from her. Mikhail wanted to do something but his body had become insecure and was quaking. Jill entered to the arid land and when the hybrids arrived to the arid land stopped and they did not enter in there. But at once Key Holder reached to them while was flying with a flying broom and he landed behind them and said angrily, “Go, get her.”
The hybrids ran frightened as they were not satisfied. Jill entered to the hamlet and the hybrids stopped again but this time a strange something blew up behind them and Key Holder said loudly as had stretched his cane toward them, “Go!”
The hybrids entered to the hamlet with fear and they disappeared while Mikhail was looking them anxiously. Key Holder raised his cane and came out of it a black smoke and went to the sky and it transformed into a big vulture and then the vulture flew toward the hamlet, but when he reached to there at once it vanished. Key Holder shouted and flew toward the cemetery. When he went, Mikhail slapped to himself several time and said, “Get up coward. How you want to revenge, when you hide yourself?! Get up!”
Mikhail took some deep breath and got up. He removed some stones and went toward the hamlet as vacillated yet. When he entered to the hamlet a strange cold engulfed all of his body as he scared and stopped. But soon the cold became less and he took a deep breath and moved again. He had decided seriously to rescue Jill and nothing was important for him. The alleys and houses were earthy and they were not half-ruin, just it seemed that there had become empty. There was not any trace or voice, but Mikhail did not want to think to this, because he had a very important work.
He was searching carefully the houses and their rooms but nobody was there, till finally he saw a thing in an alley that shocked as his heartbeat was close to stop. There only was half of the red hybrid's body who was eating by an invisible thing. Mikhail had gazed to it as he did not know that he must fear or be happy.
Suddenly he remembered Jill and ran frightened as helplessly was hopeful that she be alive. Thinking to that scene more was terrifying him as one moment he wanted to escape from there, but thinking to that poor girl dissuaded him and he searched there frantic. After a few moments, he saw something inside a house that he despaired utterly. One piece of Jill's skirt was on the ground which was eating by an invisible thing, just like the hybrid's body.
Mikhail sat on the ground while was very sad for his defeat at rescuing her. Whereas he gazed to that scene at once he saw many terrible, bloody men who were like to the corpses and they were moving slowly toward him. Mikhail ran terrified very fast as even his ring could not to calm him.
He went out of the hamlet very fast and ran toward the valley as had put his ring on his chest until it could calm him. After a few seconds, his heartbeat started to become clam and his mind was cleaning of that scenes. When Mikhail arrived to the big stone stopped and he started to breathing as his feeling had become fine, now. He kissed his ring and said, “Thank you mom.”
He sat on the ground and closed his eyes.
**
Fifteen-years-old Mikhail had sat on a horse at front Gary as he was sick and lethargic and his eyes were red. Soon Key Holder came to them while had gazed to him angrily. Gary looked to Mikhail and said, “It is better my Lord. He must go between the people until everybody see him.”
Key Holder, “Do you contemplate a special place?”
Gary, “Yes my Lord. He will become a shepherd.”
Key Holder thought a little and said, “But he may kill himself?”
Gary, “Your mind be relaxed. I know that what I must do. If he be in here, they will doubt to your curse, my Lord.”
Key Holder, “You are right, do it.”
Gary went out of the cemetery and they went toward the big stone. When they arrived there, he came down from the horse and brought Mikhail down. Mikhail looked to him as was like a dead and said hardly, “Please kill me. I can’t endure it anymore.”
Gary said as was sad, “Don't worry boy. I have something from your mother for you.”
Mikhail looked to him surprisedly and said, “What?!”
Gary brought out something from the hole under the stone and gave it to him. Mikhail got it and looked at it. In his hand was a very beautiful ring which its jewel was white flower. Gary said, “Your father gave it to me and said it’s belong to your mother.”
Mikhail, “But I never saw it before!”
Gary, “I know. Now, put it in your finger.”
When Mikhail did it, its jewel started to become blue. Gary looked it and said, “This is a top secret topic and nobody should know about this.”
**
Mikhail opened his eyes and looked at the sky. He had many time until noon yet so he got up and went toward the valley. When he reached to the valley went toward the room and ate some fruit and he came out of there as his mind was free now. He had sat on the grass who heard a motorcycle's sound. Mikhail hid frantic his ring under the grass and went up from the valley.
He saw at Mitra and Shamira who were on the motorcycle as they had worn very beautiful dress and the fashion of Mitra was yellow, like always and Shamira was blue, like her hair. Chiram was beside them with his motorcycle and was smiling. Mikhail became happy and went toward his ring and put it in his finger. When they arrived first of all Shamira ran toward him and jumped on Mikhail and hugged him and said happily, “Hi my sweet cousin.”
Mikhail, who was startled, hugged slowly her and said, “Hello!”
Shamira separated sadly from him and said, “Just hello?!”
At this time, the others came and Mitra gave hand t
o him with smile and said, “Hi. Are you fine?”
Mikhail smiled and said, “Hello, thank you.”
Mikhail looked at Shamira and put his hand under her chin which had the ring and said, “I'm sorry; you should give me much time until I can learn what I should say.”
Shamira smiled and said, “I will instruct to you very soon.”
Chiram looked at them happily but when he wanted to say something, Mikhail said, “Where is your dolly?!”
But Shamira frowned and said angrily, “Why you inquire her, when I am?!”
Chiram went toward her and put his hand on her head and said with smile, “I told you, you should not was sending her.”
Shamira receded and said angrily, “Don't touch me!”
Mitra stood near Mikhail, who was confounded and looked at Chiram and said angrily, “Shut your mouth.”
Mikhail looked at them and said, “What is problem you girls?!! I just asked a question! She was very strange and cute and I had never seen a live dolly before!”
Shamira smiled and kissed him and said, “I’m sorry sweet. My father is stupid.”
Mikhail looked at her aghast and said, “Don’t say this!”
But Chiram gave hand with him and said, “Never mind. I'm happy, she call me father. My name is Chiram.”
Mikhail said surprisedly, “I'm..”
Chiram, “I know who you are.”
Mitra looked at Mikhail and said, “We want to test something.”
Mikhail, “what?!”
Shamira got his hand and said, “If my father could abrogate your talisman, we will take you.”
Mikhail, “Confines talisman?!”
Mitra, “Yes.”
Chiram said as was smiling, “But it isn't easy at all, because Key Holder is very powerful. Now, where is your limit?”
Mikhail, “After the flowers.”
Shamira looked at Mitra and said, “Stay here and be careful.”
Mitra kissed Mikhail and said, “Don’t worry. It isn’t the only one of our plans. If he can’t, I will bring another one.”
Mitra looked at Shamira and went. Shamira got Mikhail's hand and went toward the flowers. When they passed of the flowers, at once Mikhail fell on the ground and shouted as was agonizing from pain. Shamira tried to hug him but she could not and Chiram took out his wand from his forearm and aimed it toward Mikhail. Shamira went back anxiously and looked at him. Soon a black smoke came out of Mikhail while his ring was becoming luminous and his pain was becoming less. The black smoke was becoming big as was embracing him and Chiram was saying something soundless.
Suddenly Chiram was thrown backward and the black smoke went inside Mikhail again. Shamira hugged quickly him while Mikhail was breathing hardly. But he became calm slowly and Shamira kissed him and said, “Don’t worry my sweet. I'm here.”
Mikhail looked at him and said, “Don't worry. It isn't my first time.”
Shamira looked at her father and said angrily, “You just know to flirt with women?!”
Chiram came near them and said sadly, “I'm sorry. His talisman is very powerful.”
Mikhail looked him and said, “Never mind.”
Chapter seven:
The weather was rainy and Jasper, Eliza, Catlin and two young boys called Aiken and Weston was moving in a forest as all of them had prepared their guns and they were looking carefully around. Jasper and Aiken had sword and Eliza had her whip in her hand and Catlin had a beautiful bag but Weston apparently had nothing.
Eliza was moving in front them as was looking carefully to the trees. After a while she saw something on a tree and stopped and she looked at it. A shape of a star was on the tree which had drawn with a sharp thing. Eliza looked to the others and said, “I found it.”
All of them went happily toward the tree and watched it. At this moment, they heard a voice and everybody came back and looked around. Behind their head were three young people who had gun. There were a young girl called Belinda who had a circular sword which had a handle in its center and two young boys called Edwin and Grover who had sword. Eliza went forward and Belinda did it too. They hugged each other and Eliza said, “What are you doing here?!”
Belinda, “We are looking for some medicinal plant.”
Eliza looked to the boys and said, “With them?!”
Belinda smiled and said, “They volunteer.”
Eliza smiled and said, “I know that, well, be chirpy.”
At this time, they heard a strange voice and all of them became silent. A strange person was walking slowly between the trees and was becoming close to them as all of them had feared and they had prepared for attack.
That person was very tall, thin and naked as had not hand and his body was hairless and black. He had not genital organ and in his head had two narrow eyes and a big mouth as instead of nose had two holes on his face. He could not move rightly and he was walking very slowly. When he reached near them, stood and said, “You are under arrest, drop your weapon.”
Catlin inserted her dress under her pants. On her girdle were many daggers and she removed two daggers and said, “What respectful hunter. Shut your mouth.”
Hunter, “So all you should die.”
Suddenly the hunter jumped on the ground while was transforming at the air. Soon he became a very big, black snake and attacked to them. The snake's body was very tough as their weapons could not hurt him. The only Achilles heel of him was his under belly that hitting to it was almost impossible, because the snake was moving very fast and he was attacking to them constantly as they just could defend of themselves, just for Weston's helps which was causing the hunter could not attack faster to them. Of course Weston's magic could not scotch him and his reducer magic could not decelerate him.
The first person who killed was Edwin that the snake had ripped his belly. This occurrence effectuated that the fright dominated to them. They were fighting hardly while the snake was attacking cruelly to them and nobody could hit him. Their strokes just were hitting to his back and there was not vulnerable. Weston threw toward him a red, magic snake but the hunter devoured it as Weston went back from fear.
After a few seconds, the snake killed Aiken and Catlin finished her twelve daggers so she ran toward their places until collected them. At this time, the snake went after her and Weston threw very fast toward him three blue magic which it could decelerate him for few moment and it was enough that Eliza could throw her whip toward his head and it locked around his neck and Eliza pulled back its handle. The snake's neck went up with this action and Belinda attacked quickly to his belly and she could scotch him, but the snake escaped with a fast move and came back toward them and attacked to them.
But they had become hopeful now, and they were fighting better as the snake was ulcerous and he could not attack, like his first. After a few seconds, the snake attacked to Grover and bit his belly. Grover hit to his eye with his sword before they fall on the ground and the snake threw him as his blood diffused in the air. Grover struck on a tree and he died.
The snake wanted to escape, but Weston threw toward him a big blue magic as the snake’s speed became slow and Weston jumped toward him and he caught the sword which was in snake's eye. Weston pressed it inside snake’s eye as came out of the other side and the snake collided with a tree and stopped. Belinda moved quickly toward them and when Weston raised snake's head, she rotated several time as was cutting his neck with her sword. When the snake's head severed from his body, Belinda stopped as had become completely bloody. The snake died but nobody was happy.
Eliza went toward Weston and got his hand and said, “Are you ok?”
Weston came down and said, “Yes, thanks.”
Eliza looked at Belinda and said, “You are the best, like always.”
But Belinda looked at the bodies and said sadly, “Don't say this! If he wasn't here, we will die.”
Weston looked at her and said, “The hunters are very powerful and you did a great work.”
Eliza looked at the
others and said, “We have to go; do you want to come with us?”
Belinda, “No. I must take their bodies. You go.”
Jasper went toward Eliza and said, “But may be hunters arrest us!”
Catlin looked at him and said angrily, “Be quiet Jasper. Mitra said he is a survivor. He wants to deal with us. It deal is so valuable. So we should go.”
Jasper took a deep breath and said, “The white witch mercy to us.”
Eliza took out a small bottle from her pocket which was inside it a red liquid. Eliza poured some of it on the snake's body and it started to ignite as the rain could not extinguish it. Eliza looked the others and said, “Follow me.”
They went as Belinda started to take the bodies. After a while they arrived to a tree which was on it two stars. Eliza looked at it and said, “We are near it, so be careful.”
At once they heard the sound of bough breaking from over their heads and they quickly looked at it. Above the tree, on one of the boughs was an informant who was staring at them. Jasper looked at them and said, “I told you! He is an informant.”
Eliza said angrily, “I know.”
Weston fired to him but the informant flew. Eliza looked at the others and said, “You stay here.”
She ran toward him as the informant was flying at low altitude. When Eliza became close to him, he tried to soar. Eliza jumped quickly on a trunk of tree and jumped again toward the informant. She threw her whip toward him. The dagger of whip hit to right wing of informant as the informant lost his balance and fell on the ground. But before Eliza could become close to him, he pulled out the dagger from his wing and flew.
This time he could not fly fast. Eliza went quickly after him and when became close to him, threw her whip again and this time it locked to his leg and Eliza pulled back quickly it as cut informant's leg. The informant's scream rose to the air. The informant tried hardly to flew, but Eliza threw her whip again. The whip locked around his body and Eliza hit him toward a tree as the informant hit to the tree and died as his body had become bloody. Eliza fired him and ran toward the others.