13 The green lightening

" Daniel.. son..wake up.Son ,can you listen to me? wake up ,son." Daniel could hear the sobs in between the muffled pleads of his mother to wake him up.He wanted to get up and console her.But it felt like he was in the bottom of a deep well with no stairs to climb up and each time he tried he tumbled down the deep dark well.

"David,why is my son not waking up..? I want my son back.I can't loose him."

" Maria,don't loose your courage everything will be fine "

Daniel could hear the muffled sobs of his mom and the concerned voice of his dad.He tried to wake up,only to spiral down into sleep again.He wanted to get a grip on something ,but nothing was there to clasp ,except the empty darkness.

This time it felt there could be an escape from the numbing darkness." His highness,he has healed well.There are no wounds anymore.It seems like he is glowing.I don't know the reason why he is not waking up."It was the distraught voice of Pexon.

Daniel wanted to tell that he is fine.,that it is not his fault.He tried hard to come out if the depth only to tumble back into it.

" Daniel ,I miss you.Without you battles doesn't excite me.Even your sword lion missed you like crazy.It has lost its glow . Without you everything seems imperfect.Come back fast." It was Imthyas .From his strained voice ,Daniel could tell that his best friend was struggling hard to control his tears.

He wanted to hold his hand and squeeze it hard and tell him ' I am the better fighter than you ,dumb ass '.He would have argued about it .Still ,it would be worth it to see his smirk.Daniel tried to move his arm ,only to find the arms of darkness drag him back into numbness.

He could here the fragments of conversations around him.But he was in a transparent state .It felt there's an invisible wall between him and them.

Mostly it was the darkness.Sometimes there's green ,orange and red sun.Then he would be in the battle field ,falling and bleeding.Then there was that eyes ,green.Looking for him.He couldn't find the difference between reality and dreams .It's frustrating.

The darkness seem to be fading.There was dull green everywhere.The dark water beneath him was replaced with a green pond with orange fishes.They were playing at his feet .He felt the tickling sensation and smiled.He rubbed sleep off his eyes and peeped only to see the pond disappeared.

There were no meadow surrounding him anymore.He was in his chambers ,lying on his bed .Pexon was reading some manuscripts about some complex potions and Imthyas was sleeping in one of his chairs.His posture looked so uncomfortable.

" Pexon..." He mumbled out It felt like he was drowning and his larynx was filled with water suffocating him.Pexon was startled.He came rushing towards Daniel,dropping the glass potion he was holding into the floor,waking up Imthyas in the process.

" prince Daniel...." pexon's words were rashly interrupted by Imthyas who came like a storm and engulfed Daniel in a bear hug.Tears were falling down his cheeks." I missed you " he mumbled between his suppressed sobs.Daniel raised his hands to console him ,only to find that ,he and his robe, his bed ,everything was wet and dripping like they were immersed deep in water.Pexon stood dazed.

Imthyas felt the wetness and raised his eyes only to see the phenomenon happening around him.He jumped out of Daniel's arms and stood besides the startled pexon.King David and queen Maria came rushing into Daniel's chambers only to see thier sons bed overflowing with water like a glacier and he sitting in its middle with his eyes sparkling green besides the aquablue deep in it.

" Pexon..what is happening in here?" asked Imthyas , rubbing his eyes to make sure that he is seeing the scene before him for real.

Daniel who was still dazed sat looking down into the green water flowing around him.All he could think was the gentle touch of someone with green eyes and thick dark hair and white dress.He couldn't remember her face. But the feel of the smooth wet skin of her was still etched inside his palms.

" Daniel...." The calm voice of Pexon brought him out of his daze." What are you thinking of now?" Pexon asked him in the same calm voice and a calculating gaze.He moved towards Daniel with caution.

" green river , floating girl with white dress ,orange fishes ,brown smooth hair and green eyes..." Daniel mumbled as though he was speaking to himself.

Pexon stilled in his position like a statue , as though he forgot how to breathe.David and Maria was still not over thier shocked states.

"You saw a girl in your dreams ..!.with green eyes..?"Pexon gritted out,like he doesn't even talk anymore.

" what is it pexon?you are scaring us "It was queen Maria .Her voice rising curves,with heaps of anxiety.

" Tell us what is it pexon?Your silence is not helping."King David told, authority clear in his voice.

Pexon still didnt move a muscle.Imthyas stood up from his place and went to pexon and shook his pale body."Pexon ,talk before ,you get beheaded." Imthyas said.His voice was a mix of anxiety, fear and curiousity.

Pexon rubbed his palms over his face. His skin became white as a sheet.He pulled at his grey hairs ." Daniel his eyes have green sparkles..the girl he saw has green eyes."He whispered out.It was as if he forgot he had an audience infront in front of him.

Suddenly ,he came out of his daze as a button inside him was pressed on." Imthyas ,do you know where Daniel's lion bronze sword is?"His sound rising octaves.

Imthyas stood confused yet nodded wondering whether the old man has gone out of his mind.

"Imthyas ,I need you to bring that sword to me right now."Pexon commanded.

Imthyas stood there doubting for a second ,then nodded and went out of the chambers, leaving the stunned faces of Daniel , David and Maria behind.

Imthyas came back with Daniel's majestic lion sword.Pexon was tapping his foot on the floor ,showing how anxious he is.Daniel stood up from his bed,still wet and dripping.Each time he blinked ,new green sparks danced in his eyes.

Pexon rushed towards Imthyas and grasped Daniel's sword from his arms.He looked at it like it was the most magnificent thing he has ever seen in his entire life time.Then he moved towards Daniel as though he was a person with resolution.

" Daniel,majesty ,could you please grasp your weopon now?" He asked in an urgent voice.

Daniel stood doubtfully for a second He looked at his parents.They nodded at him.He nodded back.He walked forwards and took his sword from pexons arms.He clasped it tightly in his arms.His eyes began blowing like green torches.It was as if green fire was blasting in them.The sword began glowing too.It blazed into the colour of red wine and blood.Then into aqua blue and dull green.

Then it became white,the purest white,whiter than snow and blasted. A green lightening erupted the chambers, spreading through the windows.It spread into the sky ,lightening up it in green.There was fertile brown land and green vegetation.orchards and meadows.The abundance of nature was visible for a second and then everything disappeared.The old dark sky of night remained.

Daniel was the only one standing in his chamber.His sword still clasped tightly in his hands.king David and queen Maria was lying across his dresser table.Pexon on his bed and Imthyas under his chair.They were blasted by the power of the lightening.

Everyone stood up from thier positions." Pexon,what is the meaning of all these things? what is it happening to my son?"Queen Maria cried out.

Daniel was in a daze.He could still feel the electricity that flowed through his veins into his sword.It was as if the sword was now connected to his heartbeats.He could feel the palpitation of his heart.All he could see was her green eyes,like the forest,the vegetation,the meadows.Her smooth silky brown hair,like the brown fertile soil where sapplings shift into plants.

" His highness,prince Daniel,has found his mate " .It was Pexons voice,this time filled with overwhelming happiness and pleasure.