Crustel

Chapter 5

 "I think that the time has arrived. I will tell you everything about you but first of all, have you met any Lanshiren?" he continued asking. As usual, I didn't know anything. "Who are Lanshiren?" my question made him realize that I had no idea of things that he was talking about. He asked me to go to a safer place to talk. He told me that if guards saw me, they might kill me.

 I followed him. We went into a dark cave in a forest. The cave was enormous. We sat at the entrance. Then, he took his wand and waved upwards. Soon, we were able to see a white screen. Then he started the flashback. "Cora, while you see the flashback listen to me carefully. Now I am going to start." He saw me. I nodded. "Your grandmother was the brightest witch at her time. There was no one to defeat her. People of Crustel were amazed by her talent. She was the queen of Crustel. When she was our age she saved Crustel from Lanshirens first attack.

 Lanshiren's lived in this forest. After they conquered Crustel, Crustelicians were forced to move here and Lanshirens took over our places. Your grandmother was not an ordinary witch. She was inevitable. She married and lead a happy life until your mother gave birth to you. Your grandmother and mother took care of you and your grandfather and father went to wars to safe Crustel from Lanshirens. When you were eleven years old, your father and grandfather were killed by Lanshirens. An eleven-year-old young Lanshiren witch led their team and murdered them. Your wrath grew when they burned your grandmother alive," I cut him. "My grandmother was burned?" he nodded, "Cora, they tried to kill you too but your mother ran away taking you from Crustel to the human world. On the night you ran from here, Lanshirens came in Crustel. They were hundreds. After continuous attacks, our soldiers became weaker. Their(Lanshirens) weapons were not steel, it was made of Aventurine. Crustelicians can be defeated or be killed by Aventurine. The Lanshirens hit you with that. That was the reason that I asked that "You're alive?" earlier.

 The Lanshiren girl who attacked you is telling herself that she is the heir of the throne but Cora, the heir of Crustel's throne is you. We have you. We are here for you!" I was amazed. I wanted to know more about my grandmother, "By the way, what is your name and what is my grandmother's name?" He took a deep breath. "Well, my name is Ethan. So, you really don't your grandmother? Actually, you were communicating with your grandmother's spirit. Only the heir of Crustel's throne who is eighteen years old have the ability to communicate with spirits and ancestors. It's Queen Bargan. Bargan is the real hero!" Is there anything weirder than these thing folks?

 I couldn't believe almost every fact. The fact that I was the heir of the throne. The fact that Erica is evil and the fact that my mother was a Crustelician but something popped in my mind. "If Bargan isn't evil, why did she kidnapped my mom?" I asked him. Ethan's eyes opened wider which was a clear sign that he didn't know it. I shook him. "Okay okay, calm down Cora! First of all, you need to meet Crustelicians and meet our saint, The great healer, Lama! A healer is a person who can heal wounds inside and outside of a body. He is immortal which is totally unbelievable but you have to meet." So many questions were running here and there in my mind. "Wait, I have a doubt. Who is Queen Mounja?" His expression was indescribable. "Don't you know your own mother's name? Come on!" He was roaring at me. It was an embarrassment where someone else whom I don't even know is telling my mother's name but my mother told me that her name was Riley. What is the truth then?

 So I agreed to meet The Great Lama with Ethan. Ethan took his wand, a small bag and a small silvery sphere thing. I asked him about the silver sphere but he looked annoyed. Maybe it might be his personal item. So I didn't bother about it. We were walking so far till I saw a long beautiful river. It was the Aura river. I stopped Ethan. "Ethan, where are we heading to?" as I asked he was looking at me creepily. "When I tell you where we are heading to, can you remember the past?" Ouch, he was mad but I knew I have a strong heart. "Ehem! Ethan, I know a way to get to the place faster and easier." Again his look was creepy. "We are heading to 'Kumusoro Mountain'," he told me. I went near the river. Ethan pulled me behind, "Only the royals can go nearer Aura River," I giggled. To his dismay, the water formed in the human form and greeted us. "Aura for your service," the human figure bowed and I told them that we want to head to Kumusoro Mountain. In a twinkling of an eye, a boat was in front of us. I jumped on the boat. Ethan's jaw hit the ground. "Ethan, aren't you coming?" he giggled and hopped in.

 The boat was super fast and that ride was like a roller coaster ride. It was an amazing boat ride. Ethan did enjoy his first boat ride with Aura's service. I felt that the boat ride should not end but as we arrived at the destination, I had no choice. We got down.