Forbidden Water

Chapter 24

do you guys hate Larissa now?

Larissa's pov continues...........

Right now I try to ignore Crusoe as much as possible. I should not give him that opportunity to kiss me; I don't know how easily I was carried away; it is obviously my blunder. Crusoe is a bit disheartened that I stopped talking to him, he stares at me very curiously. Life gives me slightest time to think about my love life; tiresome lessons are going on ceaselessly.

Often I think if I keep on behaving like this I will loss Leo and won't get Crusoe; have I already lost Leo?? whenever I brood over Leo, my friends tell me to forget the past, but how can I forget if past is the only thing I want in future?

'Listen everyone', Elco shouted out in excitement, 'Look what I've got'. His stray shouting ruffled all my thoughts as I had to concentrate on what he's telling.

I saw he is indicating a wooden flute, lightly painted. And he is behaving as if he's got 'gold mine'.

'This flute came accross the ocean to me from my love', he announced ,'Sara has inscribed my name on it'; he seemed highly propitiated but Davie interrupted ,'How could you be so sure? isn't here your namesake in this vast world?'

But Elco smiled mysteriously, 'I know her crafts, she crafts my name this way, and she knows I will understand thus she didn't even write her name'. His words charmed me; is it the power of soul mating? 

'Now I have to send her something......I think this neck-piece is perfect, isn't it friends?', he chirped like a little boy indicating his own beads neck-piece made of round, oval, cube, disc shaped beads. 

'Of course friend', Crusoe insisted, 'You only have to etch out her name on one of the beads and then gave it to the ocean; it'll send your gift to her'. Crusoe's voice gave me tingling sensation which I tried to ignore. So ,Elco went to inscribe Sara's name, everyone congratulated him  with  warmest wishes. I never knew soul mates can exchange gifts this way.

Having me alone in a corner Crusoe came & stood ahead of me. 

'What do you want?' I asked felling a bit uneasy.

'You', he straightly told, 'I think both of us know this'. I didn't say a word, he talked more, 'Elco has got a flute, see flutes have holes but holes help to create the music; life has it's holes only to make it more beautiful'. 

I ran away without giving him chance to complete; because I know the more I'll hear his words, the more I'll love him. But I can't do it, I have to go back to Leo. I have to wait for him.

Storm-breaking lessons sap energies truly. It's lesson of practice, patience ,persistence and perseverance ; it truly tests our character as we do same skills again and again. Here we create storms through our limbs, we generate whirlwinds to thwart  massive waves. When we will be efficient with all skills we will turn monstrous waves into calm ones,the waves that engulf civilization. Now for our own sake we will support humans. As our master waterbender says, the world may face many more sea storms and we must team up with normal humans to be safe.

We should be as strong as water dragons, we should tame sea lions, eat monster fishes to be strong in next stages of learnings; now we have to practice in rhythm of air flutes and water flutes to be more punctual and efficient; Elco and Davie are talented flutists to accompany; they are the artistes of woodwind and woodwater instruments;  so all my wishes to listen Leo's conch is cocooned amid such tumultuous lessons. 

Slowly and softly they started playing the flute, the sound of flutes are so sweet, it erases all the malices of mind and it urges to listen sitting silently; but soon the rhythms speed up to make us aware of new steps.

'Why are you ignoring me?' a stray voice came from behind; I looked back and confronted Crusoe !! I lost my cool seeing him so close; but others keep on moving so I had to answer not being stopped totally.

'We need space, forget that night, it's no way happening', I said and moved but he  quickly held my wrist ,'We don't need space, we need us', saying so he left to match other steps; I stood their with perplexity. Is he threatening me ? or it's a way to express how much he wants 'US' ?

'Why are you laid back? can't you match the steps?' ,I heard Danny's voice and knew I stood still that long.

"Now I will create a fake storm, you guys have to stop it", our sire announced in grave indifferent voice. I got terrified in this announcement; my limbs are already shaking; how will I be able to stop the storm? will I fail? 

I just remembered 'I am water baby', I can't go down and joined with others.

Every five members stood in a single queue; I'm on the third; the master started swishing and moving hands in periodic manner, then he made leg movements; the enormous waves started to form ; they are emerging so easily having a penchant to take heavy toll of life. It's really hard to think they are fake and all made up.

First two batches accomplished it very strongly. Now it's our turn. We stimulated our bodies, but  strange whirlwinds were disturbing us; still we swished our hands, did 'Kung fu' type movements with legs; we struggled and fought against those raven waves. Once I heard my friends cheering for me. But I had the slightest opportunity to fight more, already I'm tired. I didn't give up, I kept on swirling and stimulating myself.

'Come on Larissa ! you can do this', I heard my batch-mate shouting. Yeah, I have to do this, I can't make myself down !!

'Now Filipino art', Chris, another batch mate informed. Am I forgetting all the levels? 

Finally and fatedly we won over the giant waves; we ultimately calmed them down ; I still can't believe it. Our buddies encircled us, hugged us and said, 'Your performance was most spectacular among all'.