Crustel

Chapter 7

 The panther was still singing. "Ethan, why is this panther still singing?" He shrugged. The panther roared and we were shocked. We sat right where we were standing. "So, you guys came here to meet Lama?" the panther asked us while it leaned against the wall of the cave. I nodded and "How did you know?" Ethan questioned the panther. The panther burst into laughter. (Have you ever seen panther laughing? We saw... Try to imagine well) Ethan and I were puzzled. "Lama knows everything," the panther was licking its long black tail. Ethan took his wand furiously and pointed towards the panther. He mounted, "EZALB" which produced fire in a sphere shape. The fire in sphere shape head towards the panther but it stopped and came back towards Ethan. I pulled him away. As we were in a hemisphere shield, the fireball was reflecting all around the shield. 

 It was a great show for the panther. It was laughing in joy, "Poor little boy. HAHAHAHAHA" we couldn't focus on the panther as the fireball was so fast. All of sudden, the fireball hit the glowing sphere that turned into this shield. The shield disappeared. My hands were shaking and Ethan was almost about to faint. We turned back to run away from that panther but the entrance is blocked with huge rocks and we have to pass through the colourful stones again. I was not ready to face the stones again. I looked around the cave for any path that could be witnessed so that we can escape. My eyes met the wall of the cave. The engraving of a panther sitting on a chair like a throne, talking to humans was something familiar. I whispered to Ethan," See that wall!" He ignored me. "Hey, I can see a path behind the panther. Let's run from here." I couldn't deny him but something about this panther was weird. Ethan was ready to run but I stopped him.

 I whispered to him a plan. He executed it very well. "Mr Panther! Can you sing us another song? The song you sang was awesome."The panther was excited. "You love it? I am on cloud nine. Aww, that's so kind of you kid. No one has told me and commented on my song. One special song just for you." I was giggling. So, the panther was so elated and started singing a new song. We just moved and acted like we were dancing with the panther. We passed through it and escaped from the cave. The scenery outside the cave was indescribable. It was truly fascinating. I couldn't take off my eyes from the beauty of the sight. I looked up. An eagle was flying above with its wide wings. It looked familiar. Ethan was annoyed as I was always gazing at nature. "Come on. We have to go somewhere else before the panther finds out." I nodded.

 As we were at the peak of Kumusoro Mountain. We were able to see the entire Crustel. I knew we had no time to gaze. We ran till we got back to the entrance of the cave. The waterfall was still just the same. "Ethan, do you really know who is Lama?" He didn't answer me. I asked him again. Still no answer. My blood was boiling till I heard a voice, "You have come so far. Don't give up!" I turned around. There was no one and I was pretty sure it was not Ethan.  "On the way to meet Lama?" Still, I heard that voice. This time Ethan heard it too. We exchanged looks. "Don't always expect everything to be the same as your height. Look up." That voice was certainly creepy. I looked up. The eagle was nearer. "Is the eagle talking to us?" Ethan whispered to me. Before I answered, the eagle landed between us terrifyingly. I was dismayed. 

 "So, you guys really escaped from the yellow stone attack. Now it is time for you guys to meet Lama at a special place." I was jumping in joy. Ethan was smiling creepily. Now, the eagle was afraid to see our behaviour. "How do we get there?" I asked back the eagle as my brain was working well. It flapped its wing furiously. We were covered with dust. I wiped dust at my face. Suddenly, something weird was pointing out from the face. I touched it and much to my horror, my hands were covered with feathers and the pointing thing was, I had a beak. I tried to look at my back. I couldn't see much but I realized that I have my own wings. I looked at Ethan. He looked like a huge Harper Eagle. I thought I might be looking like him. "Stop gazing at yourselves. We have to get to the special place. Wings up guys." We followed the eagle. I never knew flying with wings will be so hard but practice makes perfect. So I managed to fly with the eagle. Poor Ethan, he was struggling with his wings but he ensured he was following us.

 After flying so far, my wings were tired. Suddenly, without any announcement, the eagle landed. I flew with the eagle but ended up hitting a huge tree. Not only I fell hitting the tree, but Ethan also fell hitting a huge stone. I could see stars flying over my head. "Not used to fly. Come on." the eagle didn't stop. I got up but fell again as I was dizzy. Ethan was in the same condition as me. We tried our best to walk with that eagle. The eagle stopped. I looked around. It looked like an arena. "Are we going to watch people fight?" I asked the eagle. The eagle rolled its eyes. It called some of its gang members. Then, the arena was full of wild animals with eyes like ruby, emerald, diamond, topaz and aquamarine. An elephant ran in a hurry and threw a few bulls from the seat. The bulls were mad and ended up arguing with each other meanwhile the elephant was sitting like it was none of its business. Ethan and I were at the stage with the Eagle. The Eagle shouted, "Silence! We gathered here because Lama is coming!" We were equally amazed and terrified.