Cursed

There is silence everywhere, she cannot hear anything but at the same time it's feels like she can hear everything. Feel people around her even though there is no one in this forsaken place ,abandoned a long time ago. Although with its picturesque landscape surrounded by high mountain which seems to kiss the sky, the trees gently swaying in the breeze, whispering stories in the language no one seems to understand and the environment as fresh as morning dew could not make Avani feel at peace. It was as though something was calling her to this place this forsaken place which was cursed a long time ago.

It was a comman folklore of Shambhala that Anaimudi a plateau near the north of gogra river was once a flourished kingdom ruled by King Jay. He was righteous just,benevolant, and full of glory. He was also great on battlefield which always made his enemy baffled and bow down to him. it is said that Once when he was on a hunting spree when a boar caught his eye and he thaught of hunting him but as he started chasing him with his bow and arrow the boar started running deep into the forest separating the king from his group. While chasing boar the king didn't realise that he had ventured deep into the forest and the boar was nowhere in sight. In the silent forest the king strained to hear any noise which would indicate that the boar was nearby so that he can unleash his arrow and use the invisible arrow lesson which he had learnt from his teacher many years ago.

King Jay narrowed his eyes when he heard rustling and crunching sound of leaveas , thinking it was that boar he let his arrow fly but instead of hearing the sound of boar he heard "ahhh".

Hearing that sound King Jay realised that he had hurt someone badly and it wasn't an animal but a person. He couldn't help but be scared and worried at the tragic end of event. He rushed towards the sound of that person and saw a man on the ground with fruits scattered around him and covered in blood. The man was around his age hardly 20 years old and was covered in blood which seems to be pouring from his chest where his arrow had struck him. The man was suffering in pain seeing this king ran and knelt down beside him placing the injured man's head on his lap.

The man was panting and sweating profusely due to pain seeing the king with bow he asked "Was.... Was it you?" And then gasped when he couldn't take the pain.

Grief gripped the king and Threatened to consume him entirely. He couldn't answer the dying man, couldn't say that it was his arrow which had taken his life but King Jay knew if he didn't answer truthfully the guilt will never allow him to live another day of his life. So with heavy heart he gave a nod to the man and said " I never meant to hurt you I was hunting a boar and when I heard the noise coming from this direction, I thought it was that boar trying to escape from me and I let the arrow fly. Please forgive me , for I never intended to hurt you".

Hearing the king's reply the man's eyes which were red from pain seemed to lit with fury. He took a harsh breath which seems to b a trouble from him and said " Whether..you in.. intended or not it ...it doesn't..matter for..it's your arrow.... that ... have struck me and is responsible for my death and.... for this I will never forgive you. It's because.... of you and your ....arrogance which lead you to belive that you can kill any one..... without thinking about consequences had lead to my demise..for this I will never forgive you. I don't know who you are but i am cursing you that since you seem so sure of your of youself that you don't require to see your target , 15 days from today on the night of blood moon you will get needle struck in both of your eyes and will go to eternal sleep. No one in this world will be able to remove that needle from your eyes and even if someone tried and woke you up, a time will come when your hands will be covered with their blood."

Suddenly the man started choking and blood poured from his mouth, before the king could say anything the man's soul has left his body. King Jay couldn't do anything as he sat there with that man on his lap. He never thought that a day would arrive where he would kill a innocent person. Never in his wildest dream he thaught that he will be the cursed person in his family.A family known for nobility and compassion for innocents, now look at him a disgrace for his family.

With a heavy heart the king returned to his palace and reiterate everything to his parents who were Shocked and tried to pacify him that it wasn't his fault and that nothing would happen.

However on the 15 night ,the night of blood moon when the king was in his palace and going towards his room he suddenly lost his footing and the nails which was forgotten by the labour who was called to put a painting were struck in his eyes and he went into eternal sleep.

After that no one knows what happened to the kingdom or its people. But now all that is left is the ruins of what was there in the first place.

Avani couldn't blame the dying man for cursing the king after all it wasn't his fault that he died but it also wasn't the king's fault as the king thought it was that boar but still both suffered at the hands of faith.

Avani was confused and couldn't understand why does she always feel that this place is calling her even now that she was standing here it seems that she ought to search something but what she didn't know, suddenly she felt that that some one was behind her she could feel someone's eye on her back glaring at her ,felt breeze passing by her and she could here her own heart beat and a whisper "Avani" that startled her and when she turned there was nothing out of place and then ...

"Avani...where are you ? Your mother is asking for you!" Her friends voice reached her. Shaking her head she started heading towards her friend who seemed to be waiting for her.

"Why do you always have to go there? You know how this place is , I don't understand how you don't feel anything...this place gives me creeps everytime I come here!"

Avani just smiled at her friend Zoha and started walking towards her thinking that this place makes her feel something but she didn't know what.