Chapter 22: Chapter 22

In a dense forest...

Everyone was moving forward. Lily and Kate were come there first. Immediately Laura came after her and then Charles and Aaron... like this everyone came after sometime. But Flora was not seen anywhere yet, that’s when she come there. William was the first one to recognize her and he ran towards her. He was walking next to her. Laura was holding Charles's hand tightly.

Lily started saying, "Come on now  ... we have only 24 hours and no one should waste any time in it. Especially Charles and Laura, you know that, why are we here?"

Charles nodded. And everyone started moving forward.

Laura whispered in Charles's ear, "Who named her Lily?? I think she is witch...”

Kate was next to her and she laughed out loud and everyone started looking at her. She told Aaron what had happened. He smiled like her.

Lily said again, "It's seems very difficult. Is everyone here like that?"

No one answered her. In the darkness of the night, they were all going behind Flora to where she takes them. A little further on, a large tree appeared. It looked very scary. Its trunk was very large, and its branches were spread far and wide. It was a very old tree because its extension was too long. Someone had written "χάρος" on it.  William came forward, he understood its meaning and he started saying to her, “Are you sure we want to go here?”

Flora nods her head, “yes. Maybe... Why are you asking like that??”

William replies her, “Because "χάρος" is the Greek word. This means death.”

Flora told him, “I have heard about this and this may be the gate of that ancient village.”

Charles came forward. He said, "Yes, that's it. Let's go inside and meet people I know and get information. And remember, the people there have divine powers. But they don't talk to anyone much."

There Flora recited some mantras and a man came out of the tree, his body was huge. He was tall in it. There was enough clothing to cover his body. He looked at everyone carefully. He said, “You are all from different species, are you together? And what's your work here? Have you got permission?"

Charles said, “His friend lives here. We just want to have a little deal so we come.”

The man thoroughly interrogated them and let them all inside. Inside, Charles began searching for his friend. His friend met him immediately as he had already given him the idea of coming here. His name was Chase.

Chase was a vampire. At the same time, he loved to study antiquities. He had already informed Charles about the Silver hill. By the time he was going there.

Today Charles and he were meeting after so many years. Silver hills, is an ancient city hidden from world. It is a village that ordinary people have no idea about. The people who lived there were very simple. There was a specialty of the village. It never got dark there; the village was very beautiful with nature.

Now the question remained to find that stick...

Chase tells them that the stick is in a ship. Everyone was a little surprised how the ship got here??”

Chase began to tell them, “That's the question; there are a lot of famous stories about it here. That sword was made here. It was made by a magician! He had become a priest of black magic. He had gained immense power. He wanted to get the god of black magic out of hell. His goal was similar to that of Lucifer. Some people found out his address, and as soon as it sword was made, many people came together and killed him.

Kate asked in between, “So what happened next?”

Chase continues, “The sword was hidden.  The sword made in two pieces before hiding it. One part was hidden in the sea. It is said that the spirit of the same magician entered the body of a merchant and discovered the stick. He got it, but at the same time the ship came here suddenly in a storm. The villagers imprisoned his soul with the help of divine power. But no one has been able to find that stick yet.

Aaron asked, “Why???”

Chase told him, “Because no one come back who goes there. Even if he is a vampire! His spirit in the ship protects that Ark. It is said that you have to work hard to get there.”

Lily spoke, “we only have 22 hours left. In a little time it is possible?”

Kate stops her and said, "We think we'll get it! I can't tell about you anything.”

The tension between the two was visible to all.

Laura went to Charles and said "Why is Lily like this Charles???”

Charles looks at them both, “Kate and Laura you both listen to me now  ... this is not the time we will talk about all this later.”

Hearing this, they both stood quietly. Now everyone was following Chase on a rocky road. It was difficult to walk because of the rocky road. On the way, Flora's foot slipped on one of the stones and another stone entered her foot. She was in a lot of pain. William ran up to her. There was love and care for her in his eyes. In fact, the moment he saw Flora, he started liking her.

Seeing her like that, he quickly gave her a hand. There was blood coming from her legs. The rest of them became a little aggressive as soon as they smelled the blood.

The most difficult thing was to take care of Laura. As she became a new vampire, Laura's eyes turned red as soon as she smelled blood. Her clenched teeth came out. She automatically turned to Flora. Aaron and Charles stopped her just in middle. She seemed a little more aggressive.

Charles placed both his hands on Laura's cheeks. He began to say, “Laura look at me. Don't pay attention there. Take a deep breath ... control your mind, I'm here for you"

Hearing this, she took control of her mind. Kate was near her only. Here William tied a cloth over Flora's wound. He gave her his own blood so that the wound would heal quickly. She could not walk, so he told her, “I would pick you up,” but Flora refused. She was walking slowly like that. Finally, feeling annoyed, he told her the importance of time and then she was ready. And everyone started moving forward.

Finally seeing a ship on the river bank in the distance, Chase said that we have to go carefully now. Everyone went near those ships. As soon as they went there, it was suddenly dark everywhere, for a while no one knew what had happened, it never got dark here. And suddenly strong winds began to blow. But suddenly the wind stopped blowing. Everyone was close to the ships now.

A deer came out of that ship. When he came out, everyone's attention went to him. That deer was very delicate and beautiful. But his eyes were green.

Chase told everyone to sit quietly, he said don't do anything. The deer were approaching everyone. And everyone was watching intently. They went near Aaron first. He saw him then he came forward and started looking at Charles. Laura, Lily, Oscar, like this they started moving forward. Now only Flora and Kate were left.

The deer now went near Flora. As he approached Flora, he saw her. Suddenly a terrible look came to the fore. His body color changed to full black. His eye color changed. His eyes turned white now. His clenched teeth came out of his jaws. Just as that deer was about to attack on Flora, William come between them. Seeing him, he stepped back a little. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chase attacked the deer with a knife near him. But it had no effect on him. The deer became even angrier. He turned back to Flora; before he could reach her all the vampires approached him. Everyone started attacking him.

With great effort all prevailed over him, and Lily put her hand in his chest and pierced his heart out. The deer fell to the ground. The heart in her hand turned black. Black smoke started coming out of it. And they flew into the air. But out of that black smoke come a shadow. The black shadow approached Kate and the shadow embraced Kate inside her and dragged her inside the ship. Nobody knew what happened in an instant...

Everyone was amazed at what had happened. Then Aaron ran inside the ship. Everyone followed him inside. But Kate was nowhere to be seen. They searched a lot but couldn't find her. Here they had only 13 hours left.