chapter 4 voyage to the unseen

Faridah's heart was throbbing as never before.

She had left her loving husband without uttering a single word and she knew that in this case she was truly wrong because she was unable to express herself for the fear of rejection and once she would be rejected there was no hope for her to find some powerful magical things she always wanted. This was the only chance and the only opportunity to fulfill her desires.

She was too excited to go on a voyage that too on a mountain she always had the wish for. She started from the hotel to the mountain and as soon as she reached the mountain she was too happy to climb that but she had no idea of how to climb the mountain as she hadn't learnt anything of that sort.

She didn't know the ABC of the mountain climbing and so she was stuck in the thought of how to climb as she tried hard but couldn't even take a step on the mountain. She slipped again and again. To her surprise she saw something coming near where she stood. She waited until she could figure out what it was and that was her husband coming on a bicycle with flowers violet and blue . She exclaimed with surprise "Oh my God! how did you know about me coming here?"

He gave her the flowers , bowed down and kissed her hand. He replied " Accept these flowers and wish me luck. I woke up and asked the hotel guard about you and he told me about you coming here so I came here, but if you had told me we would have come together . Why didn't you wake me up ? why did you come alone?"

Faridah had no words she just said "I wanted to explore this mountain "

He said " Ok then , let's go and explore . Come on, hold my hand and let's climb. "

She holds his hand and climbs and soon they get to the top. The view from above the mountain was excellent. Fresh air, peace and natural beauty surrounded them just like a scene in a movie. Faridah was on the top of the mountain and now she was too happy to express her emotions of happiness and also the hope of some adventure filled her thoughts.

She was awaiting a miracle . She was breathing deeply and praying. They sat on the top for a long time and now the sun was on their head and they were feeling hot and also they needed some food . Faridah's husband told her that they should go back to their hotel and that they would come in the evening again. They were back to the hotel room and after having lunch both of them fell fast asleep. Faridah was so happy and satisfied that she was smiling while sleeping.

She slipped into the dream of the voyage unseen.

She is riding the bicycle with her husband in the cool breeze with a lot of excitement. They come near the mountain and they reach the top while riding the bicycle. It was real fun they enjoyed the ride like never before and that was too easy and quick. After reaching the top point they decided to go down to the other side of the mountain and so her husband quickly got down while Faridah was left behind on the bicycle and she was confused about how should she manage to go down with the bicycle as the mountain was too steep. It was completely rocky and there was no support of any tree , there was nothing to hold on and her husband was already down that too alone. She was puzzled why did he go alone. How could she get down and she was afraid and was in a deep thought whether she should try going down or remain where she was.

Her husband called her and said to keep the bicycle aside and that to keep aside her backpack and to turn around and observe the mountain and slowly and steadily keep her feet on the steps of the mountains and hold the rocks tightly. She should come down facing towards the mountain. She shouldn't look down the whole way altogether.

She kept her bicycle aside .She also kept her backpack aside and now she turned towards the mountain and took her first step slowly and steadily and she took the hold of the first rock that was nearby. She didn't know where she should step now as she couldn't see any step nearby. She was now stuck on the first step and it was now impossible for her to go upwards as the step was too steep and the height was quite more.

Her husband called her and directed her to the next step but that was in the cross direction and she was not a mountaineer that she could do it.

She was frightened and she began to pray so that she might be helped. Her husband kept on shouting that she should take the step ahead and come down but she was so much occupied with fear that she hardly listened to him and tears welled up in her eyes as she thought that she would fall down. After a while she saw an eagle coming down towards her and that increased her fear. She bowed her head so that the eagle could not see her. To her surprise , the eagle didn't come near her but went somewhere down in the mountain. The fear was gone and she looked up again and she remembered that she had heard that the eagle is living where there is treasure. She was now hoping that there's a treasure in this mountain and she had a golden chance to discover that treasure.

She was hopeful and that made her brave and confident. She looked down a little and then decided to step on the small rock that was nearby and she carefully stepped down and what she saw surprised her even more. There was a small hole in the rock and light shown through it.

She wanted to go into that hole. She knew that in order to get there she must shrink herself but how. She was thinking of the way to shrink herself and something fell on her head which hurt her a little. She took it and observed and she thought of taking the risk to taste that and see whether she gets shrinked or not. She tasted and the taste was too sour to eat that but soon she was shrinked and she entered the hole.

Her eyes were full open when she saw a lot of treasure boxes in a row. She opened up the first box and there were gold coins. She moved ahead and started opening the other boxes in which there were silver coins , gold and silver jewelry, different coloured stones and as she passed through all of them she came near a well in which there was clear and clean sparkling water and there was a rope hanging with a golden bucket to pull out the water. She dropped the bucket and drank some water and she grew up big as she was before entering the hole. Her head tossed with the top of the cave and she was unable to move because of the large body. She remembered that she had the sour thing with her and she tasted that again and she shrinked herself . She thought of taking some water with her so that she may grow big after exiting the hole. Then she saw the eagles sitting inside the cave and that there was light coming in from above their heads. She was afraid of the eagles and so she hid herself behind one of the treasure box.