The Genie's Curse

Chapter 2: Genie

The object crushed anything in its way but stopped at a big branch, peeking Tsuru's curiosity further. Reminded her of carriages and things she'd seen so long ago she believed to be fiction.

To her surprise, humans got out from inside the object, making it for her look as if they had been eaten by it. Of course that wasn't the case, they looked calm like it was everyday life for them.

"Maybe I can catch their attention." She thought as she attempted to make the lamp shine like she had done in the past. Using it to attract the attention of people.

They didn't notice the lamp as they walked past it, clearing the way for some reason and leaving the metallic object behind. The weird object made sounds that she couldn't understand.

"It looks like they want to pass." She thought to question their actions, all too odd since the last time she had laid eyes on them. Wondering why not just go through them with the object they possessed.

Just as one looked her way she shines even brighter. They had already turned around before processing what they had seen and looked at the area with a questioning gaze. Most of their face is covered by a hat, their clothes covering all the way up to their necks. Making her wonder if they could even see well.

The peculiar person came closer, just as they were about to grab the tip of the lamp the other person called out to them. In her concentration she hadn't caught what they had said.

"Coming," the person said, walking over to their companion. Whatever the other person mentioned came at bad timing, leaving Tsuru to grumble and curse out loud.

"These trees are too big to move on our own, we would need machines to move these out." The companion said gesturing to some gigantic fallen trees spreading across the area.

"But we need to get to the other side, most we can take is two days." The other replied frustrated stomping on the ground and moving their hands in the air frantically.

"Well, we could try to make some kind of road in the other direction, but both roads would take days to cross, much more than only two."

"But they're expecting us, my mom's worried and so is yours. Even if we called, she would still want to see that we're alright. And we only have food in the car for two days, there's no where to stop, everything is closed." The person crossed their arms, "So, how will we get there in two days?"

"I don't know! There's no other road I know of."

"No, they're going to leave!" Tsuru cried out as she could already see herself spending another hundred years in that lamp. Shining her lamp while screaming at herself, with each second they were closer to the object they came in.

"I'll get in the car... let me just grab something I saw." The person told their companion as they walked over to where her lamp was located. Grabbing it and pulling it out of the ground. The person took the end of their sleeve and cleaned the dirt off it, unknowingly releasing Tsuru.

She came out emerging in red smoke taking her form with a threatening demeanor. Her hair a reddish-brown, with red and gold clothes to match. Her piercing orange eyes that would look into your soul and rip it to pieces, "I am the Genie Tsuru. I'll grant you an infinite number of wishes, so long as you never wish to extend your life."

She spoke with pride as she looked down at the person, which she quickly noticed was a woman dressed in what appeared to be male clothing. Her expression showed pure horror when seeing Tsuru had appeared from nowhere.

"Allon!!" The woman screamed, running over to her companion and dropping the lamp in the process. She nearly tripped a few times in the way but when she made it to him, she grasped onto him for dear life.