Goddess

The Unknown lands

I reached outside the tunnel. I forgot my way into and outside the tunnel. How did I reached there was a mystery. I remembered  nothing at all.

“You are here Lady Evalina. How did you escape the Count?” asks a female voice.

“Who are you . And why don’t I see you”

“ I am Chira. Don’t you remember?”

“No I barely remember anything”

“ I am your friend. Did the lion bring you here?”

“ Yes “

“ You don’t know him either?”

“No.”

“ Well then you must be heading towards the Unknown lands then,”

“The Unknown lands?”

“Yes there are 7 of them. Each of them gives you power and magic that can aid you to defeat the count”

“Yes I remember now. I was to head to Sumatra”

“To meet the Mage I believe. Yes she is waiting for you”

“ And how do you know that?”

“You barely remember anything. No wonder you have forgotten your powers”

“Yes can you tell about me more?”

“Well not until we reach Sumatra. The air here are our enemies.”

“Last I heard it was till only the start of the tunnel?”

“Yes but you were supposed to reach Sumatra from the west. But you headed east.”

“East”

“Yes lady Evalina. It will take 3 years now till the tunnel  redevelops to take you back to Sumatra.”

“3 years what will I do then?”

“You need to find your memory or your powers lady”

“But the lion said I will find my memory in Sumatra”

“ Well you can find it in the unknown lands. But only one of them have the secrets of the hidden powers. You might not find your full memory but may be one of your 32 powers will be found”

“32 . How am I powerful”

“Yes lady. You are the baroness of one of the lands in Gairad. The King of Gairad ,King Doherty is an evil king who rules the 9 lands in Gairad. He had killed the three good barons and thus  started ultimate monarchy. You being the baroness of one of these lands must oppose him. But to defeat him you must regain you powers.  Some of your powers must be hidden in one of the 7 unknown lands.”

“Unknown lands? So I am a baroness. Thank god for that. Anything else about me?”

“That’s all I  can say my lady”

“ A wise monkey who knows me”

“ Yes my lady and I will give you a ride. My friend the horse Ghoda  will take you to one of those lands. He has a sword  in his saddle  and a shield just in case. Though the lion will be there in your trouble”

She disappears as a brown horse walks towards me.  There was sword and a shield. I was wearing a gown. She gave me weapons but no armor. I ride the horse towards the unknown lands. The land was mountaineous unlike the green ones at the tunnel. Thunder sounds and storms made me fearful of the evil that was to come.

An eagle screeches through the air. “ Lady Evalina she is here Mistress she has come to regain her powers” says the eagle as he flies away.

The horse runs towards the direction of the eagle.

“Why are we following him?”

“He is the eagle of the Lady Bara.” Says the horse.

“You talk too?”

“Yes everyone talks here. This is the magiclands. The Count and the Mage Grielle casted a spell in these lands some thousand years ago that made the animals talk.”

“The Count. Yes I heard he is after me and the Mage Grielle is where I should be?”

“Yes my lady. Only the Mage Grielle’s powers can match the Dracula.”

“Dracula?”

“Yes he is a 1000 year old Dracula as I have heard. He died at his birth but evil spirits found his dead body as his soul was captured and hidden in a coffin. A month later a bat appeared from the coffin. They say his real from is a bat. But due to continuous sucking of more than 900 humans’ blood for a 1000 years he has turned into a human form”

“ So he has become vulnerable then?”

“No my lady his powers has increased since then. You were the powerful of the lords of this lands. He defeated you “

“Me?”

“Yes my lady, he defeated you and I am sorry to say he threw you into Paleste. You were in chains for 5 years my lady. But how did you escape the witch?”

“I barely remember but I owe some man who talked from the sky a lot”

“You mean the skymaster. Yes he appears at time like the lion to aid the innocents. He is one of the few who doesn’t fear the Count.”

“Yes I do Horse Ghoda” says voice.

“It’s the skymaster. You heard us”

“Yes Ghoda. You need to take her to Parag, the first lands of the unknown. The holy mages gave the land the name Parag as the smell resembles the flower’s beautiful smell. Out of the 7 unknown this is the only land where vegetation persists. The other 6 have evil powers in them. The Count had cast his spells on them. Make sure the baroness reaches Parag. The Clouds can blur your visions be ware”

The voice faded away.

“So we need to reach Parag. Then “

“Yes my lady. But pray use the shield as spells are within the air of these lands. The count might scent you from this air”

I shielded myself. But the gown could merely stop a wood let alone a sharp sword. The shield would stop the sword but still I lacked armour. The horse stops at one of the volcanos ahead.

“Why did we stop?”

“ Lady look the volcano is erupting. It will take half a day to cool down it’s effect. The lava itself will take half a day to cool down. We must stay here for the time being.”

“What it’s nearly dusk and you know harmful being might be near.”

“As long as we are alive we can fight them. But even your powers can’t match a lava my lady”

 I dozed up in the horse for the time being. I woke up some hours later with the horse nowhere to be found. Only the sword and shield remained.

“ Ghoda left me? I will complain to the monkey and to the lion an to the Sumatra mage” I yelled as I saw some dozen villagers come towards me.

“Who are you knight lady?”  An old man asked me.

“I am a wanderer “

“Well you should come share my hut as it’s 11:00 am. You shouldn’t be here alone”

I walked with them as I reached their huts. The old man’s eyes were red like a dragon. His minions were also like him. I was feeling unsecure but the sword in my hand gave me confidence to be fearful.

“ You want some ale?” asks the old man.

“Yes”. I drunk almost three glasses of ale because of the thirst. I dozed off from the drink. I found myself in one of the beds of the man.

“What is the meaning of this?”

“My lady you shouldn’t be feeling unsecured. You dozed off in the ground. You needed a bed for sleep. Anything else nothing happened”

 I checked myself. But to my surprise my sword had blood on it’s tip. I searched here and there .

“Catch her. She has killed Evan”. I rushed outside to see a dead body and three men catching me.

“What?”

“You have killed  a man. Your sword and the blood is the proof”

“ But I!”

“I am sorry my lady. The evidence proves you are gulilty. You must be taken infront of the sheriff”

“The sheriff?”

“Yes he is the one who does the justice around the unknown  lands?”

“Can you at-least tell me where is Parag”

“Parag why do you wanna go there”

“I just want to know?”

“Well you are a prisoner. Only the sheriff can allow that now”

“Well the sheriff will have to answer this then”

They take me to a man with a pistol in his hands.

“You killed a man as I heard lady”

“I believe I did. May be because he was about to do something evil”

“No one commits a crime in-front of Sheriff Jack. “

“Well I did”. I punched one of the men as I tried to flee but the sheriff shot a bullet near my leg which made me fearful. The men tied me to a pole.

“You evil woman. I know you , you are the one the count defiled”

“ So what was the thing about killing another one?”

“ I am a pure woman. Set me free and we will see who is better” I said as I was angry at his words.

“ Ok woman. You should know a woman should know her place as you are a…………………….girl” he says as he pushed the pistol towards my breasts. I take the sword out of the sheath and the shield in my left hand. I run towards the man as he dodges me and laughs. “ You have forgotten to fight baroness. May be the count hammered you so much you forgot yourself haha”. He dodges again. I was angry as I throw my sword into him. He dodges as he looks at the sword. At the very moment I threw my shield at him “ Bullseye” I said I see the sheriff fall in the ground. “ He is unconscious lady. You should kill him or else he will hunt you, He is like  a wolf”

“Let him” I said as I took his pistol and my sword and headed looking for directions to Paraag.

(Thunder Sound)

“You have done well my lady. But you need to find Parag. Inorder to reach Paraag you must meet the dwarfs at the 3rd unknown land of the seven. Only those little creatures know the way to the land named Paraag” says the Skymaster.

I run towards the 3rd land . It took me nearly an hour to reach the third land. I was full of sweat and tiredness to meet the dwarfs.

The dwarfs were 12 little beasts awaiting for me.

“Wait. Why have you come back lady. You bring danger with you”

“ I was sent here by the lion and the sky.”

“The lion. Sky master they sent you. You know you can’t defeat the vampire. He is strong. He has won over 20 lands. He will shortly come here too.”

As I try to calm them down , I see a pack of jackals and vultures heading towards me and the dwarfs .

One of them say “ finally she is there. Looks like we will drink her blood first”