I walked
side-by-side with Syaima’ while Amera with Safwa. We both led the way towards the west.
We passed by
many weird things such as the land of shapeshifters. There, the four of us
weren’t sure if we were real. Ameera mistaken Safwa for a fake one. We were
glad to leave the land of shapeshifters.
Minutes
later, we found ourselves in the Forest of Mirrors. The trees were mirrors and
we were in a maze. Safwa was with me in one lane of the maze, while Syaima’ and
Ameera were on their own. Safwa and I kept on bumping into mirrors. The four of
us found a way out after half an hour!
"If
this keeps up, I don’t think we’re finding Kimi but finding new lands!” Syaima’
told me when we were out of the Forest of Mirrors. I gave out a chuckle.
“I hope we’ll
find Kimi here.” Safwa said.” The four of us looked towards the front. There
stood the Forest of Voices. In front of it, stood a sign. Ameera read the
context.
“Speak and
shout as they will,
Listen and
entertain, you will,
Don’t be fooled
for real voices,
Once fooled,
forever lost!”
“Basically
it’s telling us not to be fooled with these voices for real voices.” I explained
when I saw their faces all in confusion.
“If we stick
together, we shan’t get lost.” Ameera said in full confidence. We four chained
hands and walked into the forest.
All types of
voices went running around. Familiar voices like our parents’ and family
members too could be heard. Safwa almost got lost when she heard her brother’s
voice. She was holding my hand so I dragged her back to my side.
“Saf
remember, don’t be fooled by the voices in this forest. Even if they are really
close.” I reminded her cautiously. She gave a slight nod.
Suddenly, I heard
Kimi’s voice calling me, “Nuha! Nuha! What’re you doing here?” At that exact
moment, I stopped walking. Making the other three of my friends stare at me.
“Nuha what’re
you doing?”
“Don’t be
fooled, Nuha!”
“Nuha where’re
you going??”
I started
walking off deep into the forest and was deaf to whatever my friends had to
say. I started to run while the others tried to keep up. “Nuha!...” I heard
Ameera say while panting, “stop!!!”
I stopped
running when I saw a dark blue wing. As if on que, a big blue figure came out
of the row of trees. A big navy blue dragon was on its feet. It gave a roar and
said in its majestic voice, “Climb on!”
The dragon
let down its wing for me to climb on. Without any hesitation, I climbed on and
it took off. While flying, I asked, “Kimi? Kimi, is this you?”
“What other
navy blue dragon in this realm do you know?” It asked back. I took that as a
yes.
Suddenly,
arrows shot up to the sky for as far as I could see. “Umm… Kimi?!” I panicked.
Before Kimi
could reply, 5 arrows shot him in the chest and we fell down rapidly. While we
fell, I screamed for safety. Kimi then said, “Nuha! Remember! No matter what,
secrets must always remain secrets!”
And with
that, the world suddenly turned dark. The last thing I saw, was a net catching
Kimi and Najla taking me with her flight. Other than that, I didn’t see.
To be continued
in: Navy Blue.
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