THE SELECTED ONE : Tale of Amaravati

MANIKARNIKA

"Where are you going.....?", the gatekeeper asked Andrews.

He pointed his left hand towards the huge metal gate.

"No. It's forbidden. Please have a walk through the city and enjoy yourself ", along with the request the gatekeeper pointed his sword towards the city square.

Andrews turned around and started walking walking back towards the tree, which he was sitting. After a small walk he reached under the tree, and started resting there.

A little time longer a small girl came near to him with some fruits. He just smiled at her. With a return cute smile the girl gave him the fruits. He gently started to eat them.

"Why you came to that forest....?", the girl asked him.

He suddenly looked at her with a surprise.

"How do you know my language....?

"That is the secret of AMARAVATI..", she replied him with a smile.

"This place, people everything is so strange. I've never seen a place like this. It is unique. Is this another world....?

"I asked you a question first, and you didn't give answer. You tell me first why you came to that forest...?, her questioning way was so sharp.

" No baby, I didn't came there with any intentions. Iam a traveller, during the journey I lost my path, and got trapped infront of that creature. Your people saved me. Iam so thankful to the people of AMARAVATI for that. It was really a terrible incident, and that creature...... what was it.....?", he briefed everything and started sighing.

The gently massaged his back and said,

"you met with the agent of devil and, came back from death. You are so lucky. Nobody can escape from it if you don't have companions."

"What is your name...?"

"I am Manikarnika, one of the students of Maha Guru."

"What you study here...?"

"Everything under the sun. You have a lot of questions man..", she gently laughed at him.., he also laughed at him.

Suddenly Manikarnika stopped laughing. Andrews looked at her surprised like what happened suddenly.

"GET UP..", she ordered Andrews in a rough voice.

And that sound made him in attention position, and he looked around, A view took his attention.

A boy, looks like 12 years old in white dress was walking along one side of the square with some saints. All the people standing on the both sides of the way were on their knees and so silent. Andrews looked at Manikarnika, She was also doing the same. He looked at the boy, until he reaches at the next end of the street, with a cloudy mind.

" IS HE A GOD.....?"

Manikarnika slightly up her head, and looked at him rudly....!

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