"YOU CAN FLY; OH YES, YOU CAN — BUT YOU CAN DIE IF YOU DO NOT CATCH YOUR BREATH."— Elijah Sara, from Between Thirty Directions
I've got everything I need.Only one thing is missing: my hand.
Yes, I've lost it. And today, the ocean is restless — angry .
How could I have been so reckless?Call it stupidity, call it bravery — I call it deception.
That old man tricked me. Each time I recall how he spoke of that galley, it's like I was enchanted — intoxicated by his words, helpless in their tide.I can't lie… he was clever. Congrats to him, for finding a hopeless idiot like me.
The storm hit like a curse.I rushed to drop the anchor to keep the ship from crashing into the rocks. Then I turned the bow into the wind and waves to keep from capsizing. I tore down the sails — all of that… with one freaking hand.
What an adventure!A severed hand.One man.A mad ocean.A storm howling like it wants to swallow me whole.And yet, all my eyes see is that breathtaking land—standing proud and distant.
Yes.
It is the Pillars of Hercules.
step by step ...
silence, quietness .....
I don't need to make such fuss out here after that storm
I can only hear the ocean-waves screams , and i'm walking toward this giant cave .
murk whispers is all over the place , I set my torch alight , walking inside a cave that located at the base of the Rock of Gibraltar
i tasted a salty liquid in my lips oh yes it's sweat and that when i felt a long sticky thick thing grabbing my leg and pulls it to the water again , i turn around carefully looking at it , it was a tall seaweed
" great it's like medusa but with seaweed hair ! "
I snuffed out the torch and stretched my hand toward the green hair… , trying to free myself from her grip ; it was a tough creature—unlike anything I'd seen before. But then again, what did I expect? This is the Atlantic Ocean! !!
the more I use my strength to pull it out , the seaweed strengthen her fist , and i feel my legs gave up for her
I cant' lie but I wanted to scream as hard as I can , and then a maniac thought crossed my mind , I bow in my knees and I put my uninjured hand on the sea plant gently and I started stroking it slowly singing like a fool , A song from the legend of the sea maiden :
the main heart of the sea is between her hair
the maiden sing pleasantly and the water start flare
her beauty was the glare but the music was the lair
sharp eyes chasing her , calling her one of kind , rare
magical whispers warning her and her hair seaweeds blare
run run little naive bairn , find peace elsewhere
cut your hair and left us kill the nightmare
her tears were gold and the eyes wanted her to fall into the snare
she refused to run and all teeths start to eat her like hare
the sacrifice left the green cry threaten the eyes with a Curse laid bare
her soul was peacefully over there between the coral care
I closed my eyes and I felt the sea plants leaving , I was dumbfounded but nothing can be much better !
I inflame my torch again start walking towards this cold dark swarthy cave...
Each grip a struggle, I climbed — spitting curses at the ghost of my lost hand , while the cobweb was all in my face , I spat and began to lose my composure , until I reached the top and looked down at the wide blue lake below.
Then I heard a sound , tick tick , little tiny legs skittering toward me, and it was a small spider , I brushed it off my hand , paying no attention to it , searching for a door or perhaps the creepy zeclars dungeons
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,.........,1,000,000,000 spider !!!
they are all together , shaping a magnificent monster and saying with a choppy voice and a deadly smile filled with sharp teeth " well , well , well , what do we have here ? "
I shout at my legs to run but they were too scared to obey me , I cleared my throat and try to remain calm saying " who ...are you ? "
the spidey-ogre took a step forward and then said slyly " emmm ...what I see , handsome tall man , searching for the evergarden , I love th guts ! and the foolishness you carry , but as they say ' most die , few survive ' and we're about to find out "
suddenly a flash was on my eyes , and I felt a quick pulse on my heart
well , sure they are reading my intention
think about what do you want ! , why I wanna enter EVER-GARDEN : cause I want to find myself ! , I'm sick of carving fetish for people I don't even know !
" not intresting " the zeclars dungeons said that with a straight clear voice
Oh NO !
what should I do
they gonna eat me and drink my blood , then spit my bones in a old cell to rot forever !
I felt the orb-web surrounding me , and I start screaming like truly mad-man , It can't end here
A voice , a pretty one , I heard it , like a melody , symphony , my soul was all rewashed by the splendid phoneme
the spiders screamed from pain and they are all removed by the sticky green thick seaweed while the soul of the maiden is floating on the air , it's hard to decribe the scene with mere words on a paper , it' magical then the sea-plant pushed me gently through the lake
I fell harder into the water and It did seem endless but then the more i fall ,the more I felt wood scraping my body, and mud filling my mouth.
I opened my eyes
I was on a wooden ground, covered in mud. I looked around me: different people, different land, different sun!
the first thought that did come to my mind is " I'm in EVER-GARDEN !! "
I stand , while all eyes on me , I start walking trying to ignore The lenses that pierced me
I saw a man , and he look like a human , I smile at him asking " well hello my buddy , would you mind if I ask you where am i ? "
he respond the smile with cold stare saying " nice joke , you are in south-melania HUMAN ~ "
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