A New Beginning: The Adventurous Trek

One day four friends Brady, Jack, Tom, and Henry went on a trek into a forest in Bulgaria. It was a fine day with bright sunshine and a cold chill breeze welcoming them. The trees cheered them by throwing newly blossomed flowers and colorful leaves at them. Brady is a nature lover and he enjoyed all the elements of nature in the ubiquitous green forest. He admired the group of insects collecting food for winter and frogs climbing the trees. He felt the cute chirping of birds to be so soothing like a lullaby. Admiring all these he left his friends and walked very long.

His friends did not bother about it as they knew he was that. He reached a shallow lake in the deep woods and waited for a long time for his friends. It took almost two hours for others to reach that spot. He was not considerate of time as he was so associated with nature and mesmerized by its beauty. All four then rested on the bank of the lake and chatted a lot. They talked about their school days, college life, and later. All of them completed their college ten years before. Brady was an orphan. He had no one very close to him. They also ate the snacks that they carried with them and kept some remaining as they would require them for the evening. The lake provided them with the water they wanted. It was so tasty. Then they resumed their journey.

They entered the forest via its east and wanted to exit via its south. Brady now went along with his friends. They talked about their life then. On the way, an unfortunate incident occurred. Brady fell into a deep pit, which was just an accident. But it turned out to be a new beginning for him. The pit was so deep and Brady yelled as he passed into it. It was so black and dark than the night sky. His friends listened to his scream but no one dared to help him. They prayed for him and gave him advice and said to not lose hope and not that he bothered. It was like a mysterious adventure and a new invention for Brady. He stopped to scream after some time, gained courage, and at last began to enjoy his way. It was not rather short.

It took him almost to the center of the Earth. At last, he stopped at the base of a volcano, near the hot scorching magma. The heat he experienced made him think that that place had the highest temperature on the planet. The forest was so cold and had a temperature of almost sub-zero. So to get out of it, he sat near it for some time but could not tolerate the temperature. He began to walk carefully by avoiding keeping his legs on the molten mass. Fire flakes were omnipresent in that place and the place shined in golden. These did not scare our courageous Brady. He, at last, kept up to reach the end of the place without getting burnt. He, at last, reached a place that was outer to the molten magma and was surrounded by barren rocks.

These rocks were exposed to the weather to produce fertile soil in the future. But suddenly black smoke appeared from those distant rocks. The rocks got burnt and fire, almost a tsunami height was caught in his sight. It was not a volcanic eruption. He saw what it was, he could not believe his eyes. It was a fire dragon, that was extinct millenniums ago.

He proceeded then towards the great grand animal. The dragon roared. He was scared. But did not lose courage. The sight of the dragon scared him, so he closed his and continued walking. It seemed a large distance between them but not so. Closing his eyes he hit the dragon. He shouted and ran backward. After running long, he opened his eyes. A fierce warrior touched his shoulders. He was in shock. It was a sudden surprise!

He was astonished. It took a very long to realize it was true. They both sat near a rock. The warrior began to say his truth. Brady was informed that the warrior was many thousand years ago. He was a great king ruling a large territory in ancient India. During a war for the nation, he mistakenly killed an aesthetic on a seashore, his wife cursed the king that the king and his wife led a life as a fire dragon and mermaid respectively without meeting each other in the center of the Earth in this inhospitable area.

When she realized it was just carelessness and the war was for the benefit of the nation, she told a man so involved in nature will one day come to relieve them from their curse and they will lead a happy life thereby. The man finished his story by saying that the man was him.

They then went on to search for the mermaid. It was supposed to be on a bank of a water body and there was rarely one. It took almost five nights to find a shallow water body surrounded by volcanic magma. The next morning they found a mermaid enjoying the water that was evaporating at a rate almost a million times faster than on the surface of the Earth. Brady touched her she turned into a beautiful queen. King and queen exchanged their love for each other. They are relieved from their curse. A strong storm blew suddenly, and as it ended the three saw themselves standing on a ship in the middle of a vast ocean.

To be continued.....

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