Crustel

Chapter 2

 I covered myself with my fake wand. When I was five years old, I would go to the woods and pick my favourite stick and paste it with crystals and gems. I showed her one of my creations. Suddenly, "WOW!!! You have the DRAGON TRUIF wand. I wanted that since I was ten... It is made of dragon bones, teeth, and phoenix feathers. Wow! Wow! Wow! I believe you are not human. I am very sorry for suspecting you. I shouldn't have done that. Sorry," she cried. I could feel my jaw was opened wide till it hit hard on the ground! I couldn't believe that fact about my wand, well literally a stick. I just pulled her hand and gave her it. I said that I have more at my house. She grabbed it greedily and thanked me a million times. I still couldn't believe anything. She waved that wand while mounting 'CRUSTIA' where it means welcome to the new wand. My eyes opened wider and my jaws dropped in shock. It was like the moment when your Physics teacher hasn't taught you a particular chapter but the friend beside you is answering all her questions as that teacher has taught before. You can relate to the scenario. Seeing the gem in that wand glowing, Erica told me, "Did you know when a new wand's gem or crystal glows, it means it misses its owner. Here you have it. It is yours, not mine," she gave it back to me. Okay, can you guys really know what is going on? Basically, some would even faint at that spot but my heart is quite strong!

 I was stunned and didn't move. After few seconds, "Come on. Let's go!" She shouted. At that moment we had a few meters gap. She has walked so far. I rushed to her. After a long walk, we saw the 'Aura' River, the most beautiful river in Crustel. "Can we swim?" I asked but she refused. Suddenly, the water formed itself into a human form and opened its mouth. "Welcome to Crustel. Aura is for your service and a very glorious morning my highness", she replied, "Yes, good morning. This is my friend Cora. She is the royal's guest. We need to go to Gling Castle. We need our ship,"

 Suddenly, a big storm came. I thought I might be flown away but it was not as strong as a normal storm. A big splash of water fell on us. We were fully wet. "It's my new dress..." I cried. She saw me while giggling. "Use your wand to dry yourself. Here the spells are different from the normal world. Say 'DREDI', I was wondering and raised my wand towards me. I said DREDI. I felt weird. It was hot. I thought that I was in a hairdryer. In few seconds I was dried. She saw me and "You seem like a passionate witch. I like your style, Cora. My mom always shouts at me to practice my wand movements," I winked at her. I told her that I was not as cool as her. I even told her that the royals must be way better than me. She held my hand and instructed me to witness the river. I turned slowly. To my horror, a huge ship was there. I was stunned. "This ship can withstand a thousand elephants as it is made of TRUCCLE woods. Truccle is a special tree where if a witch or wizard touches it, it will glow and make their wish come true," she told me. I was scrabbling in my mind thinking that why weren't these wonders were not in the normal human world. I was mesmerised.

 The ship produced a very loud horn sound. "Get in," she called me. I jumped in. It was like an Atlantic Castle.  A big Castle was hidden in the ship. The main thing was it was an underwater castle that looked like a ship from outside. Mermaids and mermen were swimming here and there. My wand suddenly glowed. It produced light. I felt someone had tied my leg. Actually, I had my very own tail. "Cora, your tail is just like the Atlantic Ocean's Queen Mounja's tail." I couldn't believe anything. I saw my hands. It was like fins. I was wearing seashells and pearls. "Are you sure that I am normal?" I questioned Erica.

  "Erica! Erica! Where were you?" asked a crowned mermaid. She was gorgeous. Her blonde long hair was glowing and shining like the sun. Her pearls and shells were unique. She had a wand. "Mom, why are you shouting at me? By the way, this is our royal guest, Cora. She is a non-human." She introduced me. "Oh...Hello, my darling. Welcome to Atlantic Ocean's Castle," the queen greeted me. I told her, "Hail My Highness," The queen pointed her finger towards an old sank ship. All of sudden the ship was shaking. Some long-haired, long blue nailed, green body creatures swam towards the queen. She talked to the creatures but I couldn't understand. The creatures stared at me for a while. They had green and yellow eyes. They even had a gem on their foreheads. The queen turned to me. "Cora and Erica, the Tranquetes will bring you to the castle's visitor room," We nodded and followed them. In our journey, I saw plenty of corals. Erica interrupted me when I was gazing at the corals. "Cora, we have to leave. Now!" she sounded serious. "Why? Your mom commanded us to go to the visitor's room right?" I was unhappy. After taking a deep breath, Erica pointed to me to a blonde-haired mermaid. Just as same as the queen. "I am not sure that these Tranquets are commanded by the queen." She kept silent. I peeked at the Tranquets. They stopped in a dark place. We couldn't even see ourselves. I raised my wand. It was glowing.

 All of a sudden I felt like someone was pulling my hand and brought me to the surface of the sea. I wasn't able to see who was it. I could witness a tall tower. I wondered that how did I come there. I realized by seeing my watch in my waterproof bag that I was in Crustel for almost three days. "Oh no. I should leave or I might be burnt in the dungeon!" I cried. I searched everywhere for a path to go back to the human world. After a few minutes, someone pressed my shoulder. I was frightened and I slowly turned, "BOOM! It's me" "Oh my Erica!!! Do you know how scared was I?" I asked her but she looked puzzled. "Anyways, finally we are safe now!" said Erica. Then I cut her, "Erica, I want to go back home. My mom would be worried." She nodded unexcitedly. "Okay, I will send you home but bear in mind that you can come back to Crustel only after four days. It's the law. We, the royals can't break it"  Erica raised her wand and pointed at me. I felt like I was put in an oven at 270-degree Celcius.