Something Is Fishy

I never thought that people won't stand up for themselves but it seems I was wrong.

"She is Right!!!!" A man said "Guys we all know that if we pay, we die and if we don't pay, we again die. So why to be scared."

All the people started nodding and shouting "She is right!!!"

"Yes, we will not pay."

"We want good of our family."

Now I looked at the messengers face. His face turned red.

"Okay I will tell this to the king." He said.

"Then tell him this too that I am Ashley and will never pay for this heavy tax." I again shouted.

The messenger now left I rage clearly to tell the king that one girl made the village rebel together against their rule. It was clear.

I now walked out of the market when I saw Luna, Luke and Andy near a water stream.

I ran to them. "Why did you guys leave?"

"Come on Ash!!! We wanted to talk to each other for sometime alone." Luna explained.

"Granny Cora must be waiting come on let's go." I pulled her with me when she shouted to Luke "We will meet again!!!"

"Yeah....yeah surely." He shouted as he waved.

Andy hit him lightly on his head "What we will meet again. We will be leaving soon."

"You go alone, I am staying here." Luke said and started walking and clashed with a pole.

"Love makes people blind was just a saying, right?" Andy thought that he really went blind after falling in Love.

I and Luna were walking on the forest while Luna wasn't concentrating on walking at all.

"Luna, take it easy." She was about to fall.

"Yeah, You don't know what it feels to be in Love." She was still blind in love.

AT PALACE....

The king was resting on in big huge chair but little did he know that a news will make his heart jump of his throat. The Royal messenger came to the king.

"You came back so early?" King asked

"Your highness I went to the market and ..." The royal messenger told everything to his king.

With each word the expression of the king changed. At last of his words he was furious and jumped of the chair.

"That women is overstepping too much. I will cut her wings before her wings burn us." The king said and then told a plan to his Messenger.

".....And then she will be stuck here forever infront of my eyes. Start the plan right now." The king said.

The royal messenger bowed and smiled to leave.

The queen heard the plan and came out to confront his husband "Honey, I don't think you should do....."

"I DON'T LIKE WOMEN SPEAKING INFRONT OF ME." He said very boldly almost scaring his wife.

"You can go and handle your kitchen darling. This is man job and he will do it better than a women. Go." He chases his wife out.

AT VILLAGE.....

It was night time and my plan of keeping the Tiger was kind of out of the village.

I ate with Granny Cora.

"Ashley, tomorrow morning I will go and pick some herbs so, when you wake up I will not be there. Okay?" She informed me. She was right, if she didn't tell me I would have been stressed out tomorrow so, I was glad she told me.

"Hmmm....." I waited and thought a little and asked "But Granny Cora there is the Tiger in the forest. It is dangerous."

"I am not going in that forest but on the other side forest. No Tigers come there. Don't worry. I have been going there for years."

"If your herbs wouldn't be here, I would be dead by now." I said.

"Shhh don't say that." She didn't want anything bad happen so, always say good things.

"Why do people say that? Like you think good then good happens to you?" I was curious.

"Becuase we attract what we we think." She explained.

Then without any delay we went to sleep.

Next morning, I woke up and saw that Granny Cora wasn't there. For a second I got worked up but then I realized that she is picking herbs.

I went out and the morning seemed to be nice. Then I saw someone unwanted.

"Andy? Why are you here?" I was surprised to see that guy. it wasn't like I hated him but I didn't like him either. His face screamed problem. He seemed to be a bad boy. Taking my condition into account I should stay away from bad boys.

"Our best friends are dating, I guess we will see each other much from today." Andy explained.

I saw Luke and Luna holding hands. Luna was introducing Luke to the villagers.

"So, now that we will see each other a lot, tell me about yourself?" Andy asked.

"No. I heard what Luke said. You guys are leaving." I said. He lied to me about the dating thing.

Now I kind of hated him. I can't accept people lying to me. He already seemed a problem. I rolled my eyes on him and went inside.

Luna walked upto me and asked "What are you planning to do?"

"Cooking?" I answered.

"I will teach you." Luna said.

She wasn't surprised because every villager here knew that I cooked bad. They tasted my food once.

I was actually in dark about the plan of the king. He sent soldiers to keep an eye on me.

SOMWHERE IN THE KINGDOM....

Luke and Andy were walking. Suddenly Luke said "Bro!!!!"

Andy got scared "What happened? You're scaring me."

"We don't have a horse. You don't expect to walk that long do you? Or did you forget that to reach out of the kingdom we have to cross a forest, A lake and then we have to walk through the mountain. Then after crossing the border we have to hike."

"We will get a horse tonight." Andy had his method though Luke didn't ask but he knew that Luke's idea is a risky idea. He like adrenaline rush so, he never does anything simple.

BACK AT THE VILLAGE....

A man came to our house shouting for Granny Cora's name.

I went to him and asked him as to what happened. He told me "Ash, my sister is very ill and we need herbs to help her. Where is Granny Cora?"

"She is picking Herbs." I thought he didn't know that Granny Cora goes out to pick herbs today.

"She is not back yet?"

"No"

"Weird she never takes this long."

I thought he must not know so I gave him the left herbs of Granny Cora.

He went away but I was tensed because she went early in the morning and wasn't back yet.

I waited for a little but she wasn't back yet so, I decided to tell the head about this.

Fortunately he was sitting there free. I ran toward him and said "Head, I am tensed about Granny Cora. She isn't back yet from picking Herbs."

"She isn't? She is never this late."

I became more stressed.

The head now called Luna "Luna do you know where she goes to pick herbs? You went with her one day right?"

"Yah, I did and remember too." Luna answered.

"Then people!!!!! Let's go search for Granny Cora!! She isn't back yet." The head shouted.

All the people went for search. I wasn't allowed to accompany but Luna had to go with them.

I wish Granny Cora is okay. I was really stressed.

Many people gathered around. Everyone loved Granny Cora.

She indeed is the best.

I was pacing around in tension when I saw soldiers.

I went to them and pulled them out. I was angry and I felt very powerful.

Now the men came out and asked me to get aside.

But I didn't go aside instead I pulled the soldier by his collar and pinned him on the tree "Where is Granny Cora? Did you have something to do with it?"

I felt angry and anger increased my powers.

"No, I didn't. I was just said to keep and eye on you." The soldier answered.

A man asked "Why keep an eye on her?"

"Because she....." He told everything that happened in the market.

"That's why taxes were again reduced?" The same man asked.

"Yes."

"Taxes were reduced?" I asked.

"Yes it was"

I couldn't believe that the king changed so easily. Something must be fishy.