TINY WITCHES/B**CHES/ THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

Back at the palace, Andriel and Pronel were un-aware of what had happened to their step- siblings. 

Pronel went to check on her father, who was in his room lying almost dead. 'Father' she said bowing and sending a greeting to him. She then went to sit by him. 'Father, what is this I am hearing about my step-sisters Polami and Carmella's disappearance as well as their maid?' Pronel asked. 'Your step-sisters were the one's that did this to me' The King said. 'What? But there must be a reason why, the did such' Pronel said immediately Hanta and Sonya entered into the room. 'Father, what happened to you?' Sonya asked. 'It was our step-sisters that did this to our father Pronel replied. 'What? Those b**ches, how could they?' Hanta asked. 'I already sent guards to look for them and bring them back to palace' The King said.

'What news have they brought back since they left?' Pronel asked. 'I have not heard from them since they left' The King replied, when suddenly a maid barged into the room. 'My King, a guard is here to see you' the maid said. 'Take me to the soldier' the King commanded. 

At the throne room

The soldier was one-legged and the floor drooled with blood once more. 'What happened to you?' Princess Pronel asked the guard. 'It was Princess Polami, she also killed the great Harazi' the guard said. 

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Princess Polami, Carmella and the maid Sayee had reached the river. They used the boat presented before them to move across the river.

Soon they reached the other side of the river that was a civilization, it was where Sayee was from as well and as Hetul. 'Home sweet home' Hetul said as he breathe in the fresh air. Immediately Carmella and her sister together with Sayee, Carmella and Polami fainted. After a while, Polami slowly opened her eyes. Sayee was near Princess Polami. Polami stretched and stood up straight. She took a deep breath and found out that there was a strap on her nose. 'What is this?' Polami asked. 'It is a breather, travelers far and near use it to breathe' Sayee replied. 'Then why am I wearing it?' Polami asked. 'You are from the kingdom made from the tears of Princess Uri, but we are not because we are from the scapes' Sayee replied. 'The scapes?' Polami asked again with more confusion in her voice and facial expression. 'I think you need to shed more light on it' Hetul said from the distance, where he was it Carmella who was still unconscious. Sayee took a deep breath and started her explanation.

'Long ago, the cursed sands were a great civilization. The people of Ragnnul were powerful and blessed in riches, wealth and power. The four gods of each elements; fire, water, air and earth ruled the four border, east, west, north and south. But Hetiri, the god of fire wanted to expand his borders and so lost control. He went on to retrieving more power from the ancient tower of the forbidden spells. And so he lost control, consuming everything and everyone that stood in his way. The three other gods combined their power and formed a lock around his head. He was locked in an orb that was sent to the desert. It was not cursed yet but his dark power dwelt there and then no human could survive there. The gods fled and went to the world above. There the god of thunder Shukan had a daughter which is Princess Uri. She fell in love with the human from our kingdom and so her father banished her to the cursed sands because of the abomination that he thought she committed. There her mortal husband died. She cried and her tears turned the cursed desert into a paradise, so you see we are from Princes Uri's husband's place ad you are from hers' Sayee closed. 

'So if the god of fire was buried in the orb and sent to the cursed sands, then the sands were turned to a paradise that means the orb is in the Kingdom' Polami said. Immediately, Carmella sneezed and woke up instantly 'Did I die?' she asked. 'No, you didn't, you just fell unconscious' Hetul replied. 'We need to get it out before it unleashes darkness on your Kingdom' Sayee said to Polami and her sister Carmella. 'But first we need to get the map from old man Hawm' Hetul said. 'Who is old man Hawm?' Polami asked. 'You will know when we all get there' Sayee replied. 'That's fine with us' Polami said. 'Speak for yourself sis' Carmella replied. 'What?' Polami asked turning back as she and Sayee were about to leave. 'Ya, um we forgot to tell them' Carmella said already standing holding Hetul's hand. 'Tell us what?' Sayee and Polami asked. 'Earlier before the fainting thing, we agreed on going fishing' Carmella replied. 'Fishing?' Polami asked. 'Yes he said he was going to me the golden scale fish' Carmella replied.

'Ok, you both may go' Sayee said granting them both the permission to go to the river bed. They both left leaving Sayee and Polami alone. 'This is my world' Sayee said leading Polami around the village. 'Ma, you do not need to worry she is with us' Sayee said to an old lady who was looking at Polami in a very suspicious way making her terrified.

'Why was that old lady looking at me like that?' Polami asked Sayee. 'She means no harm, she only acts like that when she sees new people visit our village, no biggie' Sayee replied. 

After a while, Sayee and Polami reached the forest where the light did not touch, only tall trees bearing fruits resided there. 'Here we are, on the way to old man Hawm' Sayee said. 'We have to go in there, who knows what lurks in there?' Polami asked. 'Nah, I know this woods like the back of my head' Sayee replied. 'How?' Polami asked. 'My father took me here every day to pluck some Ink fruits' Sayee replied.