Sana The Slime

Chapter 4 Inside The Stone

"Grandpa Oric!!" Sana was shouting Grandpa's name at fringe of the lake. Sana waited patiently for Grandpa to surface. After a few minutes, Grandpa Oric finally appeared in front of Sana. Still sporting a lazy eyes, Grandpa was lying his big head in the side of lake. Absent-mindedly, Grandpa staring at Sana. This lovely one was happily bouncing in front of him. Sana's bubbly emotion was transferred to Him and made his hazy mind become clearer and warmed the cockles of his heart. He was sporting a gentle smile while watching the orange blob excitedly calling his name.

"Grandpa! Look what I found!" Sana was showing the stone proudly like it was a spoil of war. Although it was something It found randomly, but It convinced that this deep red stone was something special, the old relic of forgotten civilization. After all, It was shining brightly!

"Here let me see." Sana was scooting nearer to Grandpa head. Grandpa Oric observed the stone carefully, and perceived its uniqueness. Suddenly, Grandpa was taken aback by nostalgic feelings the stone share to him. It had latent energy which haven't been awaken yet. In response, Grandpa looked a the proud orange blob with slight reverence. So, the time has come, He thought. Everything made sense.

He contemplated for a moment then beckoned Sana to sit above his head. Sana was glad to do so. Sana bounced from the ground to Grandpa's nose then propelled itself to his head. Grandpa's head was like a small plain, it was flat and slightly circular in shape.

"Find the center of my head, then put the stone on it." Sana acted in accordance of Grandpa's order. Sana searched for the center then found unique patterns on it, different colors with its surroundings. Sana then placed the stone onto that place.

"Grandpa, it's here?" Grandpa Oric felt the stone has been placed in exact place he wanted then acknowledged it to Sana. Afterwards, Sana bounced many times to express It happiness bc It followed the instructions well.

"Sana, I'll do some magic, you need to stay slightly away from the stone." Sana complied with Grandpa instruction. Then as It already stood at the edge of Grandpa's head, Sana confirmed to Grandpa.

There's green light surrounding the red stone. It has such a mysterious aura. Sana was mesmerized by that light. The red stone slowly ascended to the air. After a while the stone descended, then lying obediently at Grandpa's head. The green light disappeared after that.

"Wow! It's so cool!" Sana exclamation heard loudly in the serene cave.

"It was, right! Grandpa already inject some magic to this stone, maybe there's surprising things will happen later." Grandpa hinted mysteriously. Sana, in the mist of taking away Its stone, heard Grandpa's word and fall into contemplation.

"Actually, what's this stone Grandpa? I found it at strange cave with stranger-shaped rocks!" Sana told the peculiarities of Its adventures. Sana didn't even know, how It happened to enter that cave. It occurred so suddenly, without any warning.

"Stranger-shaped rocks?" ask Grandpa Oric.

"Yes! It looks jagged and have many holes like it has been cut." Sana explained it further. It didn't understand, how can that kind of stone came into existence.

Grandpa was contemplating for a moment, "Ah! I think that's what human called ruins."

"Ruins?" Sana made inquisitive sound.

"Yes! It was called ruins because It was a building that has been ruined." Explained Grandpa

"Oh! But It was different kind of ruins. You already told me about that. Isn't ruin was something like that things from a cave near Osama's hole, uh, former hole?" Sana's explained it with slight difficulty.

"It was different? How it's different?" Grandpa inquired it further.

"Because the ruins had so many stones! It was the most stones than I had encounter! And the stone was as big as Dali" Sana's explained it excitedly.

"And, It still hold some kind of structure. The place I found this stone was still standing tall! It had this long tall cylinders shaped stones." Sana's explained it further.

"Let me look at your memory." Finally, Grandpa Oric felt really curious about this ruins. If it's like Sana's said, then it's really something He must have known before.

Grandpa then placed his muzzle in front of Sana. The warm white light shone around them. But, unbeknownst to him, he can't read any memories from Sana where It explored that ruins.

"Did you see? Did you see?" Sana was bouncing excitedly. It was really curious about that ruins. Why didn't It explored it further. Sana felt a slight disappointment.

Grandpa was taken aback. Never in his lifetime, he can't read any creature's mind, if they're willing. He slanted his eyes to the stone above Sana. Is it happened because of it. Grandpa pondered about it.

"I couldn't see it Sana. But I'm sure it was kind of ruins. This stone here have a mysterious energy that I've never encountered in these days and ages. I'm confident, this stone didn't come from today's magic." Explained Grandpa rather vaguely. Even though He himself sure it was a kind of magic stone from forgotten era, He didn't understand why the stone appeared now. He needs to searching for it later. Maybe there's something He didn't understand has been lurking in this mountain.

"You needs to cherish this stone dearly. I think it'll useful later." Grandpa was infused his magic to the stone. At first He thought it'll acted differently, but it still stubbornly persist Grandpa magic. He actually found kind of harmless seal in it, so He only break the one which had harmless intentions and feed some magic to awaken that mysterious energy from the red stone.

"When something interesting happened to the stone, you need to bring it back to Grandpa, okay."

"Okayy Grandpa~~." Sana was undulating in Its place while ruminating Grandpa's order. Alright! Sana definitely will remember about this.

"Bye Grandpa! I'll come back again later." Sana's then bounced back happily to the Sarighnet.