CHAPTER 5

Kora... I heard my name in the darkness, slowly I turned my head to the side and the voice called me again. Kora ..... Who the hell is disturbing my beauty sleep now.

Then I saw here again but it wasn't like the last time cause this time I touched her and also felt her touch. Mum, I can touch you! I exclaimed in pure joy. Wait.... Does this mean I am dead, in an instant all the memories of the hell I have passed through in the last three days came rushing back in my head. Am I dead mum? I asked her and she smiled at me, the sweetest smile I have ever seen in my entire life.

No my angel, you are haveing what we call a near death experience. You are in Limbo and we don't have much time.

There was so many questions I wanted to ask her, so many things I wanted to tell her and most of all I wanted to cry in her arms and let her softly touch my hair and tell me it will be alright like she always does back then. But all I could say at the moment was " I am scared mum". Don't be scared my love I heard her reply, don't be scared, you are getting close to fullfilling your destiny. You have such a bright future and the faith of Lucia depends on you and you alone. What? How? Why? I asked and she just smiled at me and said, you are no ordinary human my child, are you not surprised how you were able to cross into the supernatural realm and the guards were not? Like I said earlier, we don't have much time, you need to wake up now or you won't be able to wake up again.

I love you my angel she said and started to fade like the first time

No! wait! I shouted, how do I find the priestest of Gaia? I asked her. Only those choosed by the light can carry the light of Gaia my love, follow your heart and trust your instincts. And that was all. Gone again.

Meanwhile back in Lucia, the palace guards had returned and informed the king on what transpired in the three days they were after the princess.

What do you mean captain!!!, yelled the king, tell me, how did one small girl escape the hands of all you capable and strong men? She crossed over my king, we have bridge the treaty and am afraid that the demon king will declear war on us.

And whose fault is that shouted the king, who let her slip away? The king was so angry he was fuming and needed to vent his anger so he grap the head of the guards neck and lifted him off the ground in one hand saying, you had one job, just one job, return kora to the palace grouns and you failed, now tell me, how can I keep an incompetent and useless man as you the head of my guards, you are useless and you should die. The head guard was choking by now and began pleading, forgive my incompetence my king, spear this useless mans life and i promise to gather all my men and go into the supernatural realm and retrieve the princess kora back to the castle grounds he pleased. But how will you do that, you are just a mare human and human do not cross over so how will you cross over, the King asked, oh wait he continued, I have a way, a solution, since humans can't cross over, then you will have to turn into a supernatural. He carelessly tossed the captain across the palace hall and instructed gather your men captain, you leave in the next three days and don't come back without her.

It was morning when I woke up to the sounds of birds singing to the rising sun and give thanks to Gaia.

Do you think she is dead? What if she doesn't get up again? She looks pale as though there is no blood in her body, she looks like a corp.

When I opened my eye, the radiance of the sun shown on me, l felt light headed and aside from the sounds of nature, I couldn't hear anything else but I saw something else, something I have never seen before. It was small and had wings on its back, it was beautiful and was pink in color. She was talking but I only heard buzzing sounds like flies flying pass my hoears. She smiled and moved closer to my face and out of relex I tried raising my hand to slap it away. I was unsuccessful as I ended up slapping the air, I think she saw it coming.

She was talking and looked annoyed but I didn't understand what she meant. When I look around I saw more than one of it, they were all different in color and to be sincere they were all cute. I blinked and clean my eye just to make sure I was not hallucinating then I remembered the snake poison, I tried moving but I saw the shock and fear in their eyes as though telling me not to move an inch but since I couldn't here them I raised myself to a sitting position and looked down only to discover I was held up in the air with the help of some strange looking ropes.

Fear registered in my mind and I now understand why the didn't want me to move because most of the ropes cut while I tried sitting.

One of the creature flow closer to my face and raised both his hands to his chest and took and deep breath and exhale out. I think he is trying to tell me to calm down, damn little man how can I calm down and float on air and your little ropes is almost gone. I think I am about twelve feet up in the air and am sure if I fall down I will definitely break a bone or two

One of them brought a little strange looking fruit to me and opened it's mouth and was acting wired, maybe they were asking me if I will eat. Of course little man I av not eaten in the past three days so hand it over I thought, then I used my free hand to collect it thank you I said but it didn't respond I don't think they understand me. I looked at the strange fruit that was looking like an undergrown blue berry before throwing it in my out.

This is the worst thing I have every tasted in my eighteen years of living. It was bitter and bad, I tried composing my self to act normal but I failed awfully cause of the taste. I forced myself to swallow it and in the next two minutes I noticed as all those buzzing sounds turned to voices and words I understand, strange right?

The first creature I saw when I opened my eye flow forward and introduce her self, good morning Miss, my name is nikkle and you are being held in our house. We saw you arrive at our tree about a week ago and you were weak and dieing. Our queen her Majesty queen nyx ordered us to help but since we live in the tree we had to find a way to bring you up and that how you ended up here in your current position, I will advise you try not to move again else you will be down faster than we got you up.

Wait I said after a while, you said u found me about a week ago? I asked nikkle, yes and the queen her Majesty queen nyx ordered us to help you but since we live in the tree..... ya I got the rest I cut in, this means I have been out for seven days, but it only felt like a few hours.