It was the entrance of a new world where innocent people reside. No sinner could enter as it was the land of pure heart. It was a death trap for sinners.
But Hark was pure hearted brave warrior; he dared to touch the crystal.
He touched but…Nothing, nothing happened.
It neither smashed the head nor explored a new world… but …ah…
Oh, it was a soothing feeling…as if… As if a rainbow sensation was reaching the deep of the heart.
Now he pronounced the magical word –
Crissido Pallisa.
In a wink, he was dragged inside the black muddy pond. Nothing remained except the dark bubble in the surface.
Hark began a new journey.
Hark stepped in the chamber of the black soil
ENTRANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF INNOCENCE
It is a place beyond imagination; even the heaven dweller may be jealous of it. Lovely Birds, bright flowers and the crystal flowing stream have increased the beauty of the kingdom.
Innocent princess Malary was bathing alone with her full fledged secret beauty. She was more beautiful than an angel. Her beauty was being praised by the birds. Suddenly she heard a bubbling sound …
She moved back –
It was strange bubbling in the pond. She looked curiously and then Hark came out of it in a jerk.
Uff!..Ah!
Hark began to breath deeply. He came up from water. After all, a journey from one world to other took little pain.
The Princess got frightened but she did not shout. She asked -
Who are you?
Hark looked at her.
Oh, what a beautiful face it was! She was so innocent that Devil might forget to sin.
I am Hark, Hark the witch slayer…
Witch Slayer!
She looked at Hark’s masculine face in utter astonishment.
‘Oh, it is the face that I searched in my dream.’
They looked at each other and they went on looking deeply.
Soon an hour passed in silence romance. They came close and they fall in love at first sight.
The brave heart of the earth was captivated by the beauty of innocent and it wrote a new story of romance. The last flower of love got its full color and fragrance in the course of intimacy.
The princess of Innocent bathing with her secret beauty
GARDEN SCENE
It was a beautiful garden. Our water is colorless but water of ‘innocent’ was like rainbow. The flowers were so full of honey that one could dip bowl in it. The path was pleasant and diamonds were as common as pebbles. The green soil emits the fragrance of romance. Ladies of innocent moved on unicorns, so the princess;
But now princess Malary and hark were strolling in the garden.
Hark said-
Your kingdom is as gorgeous as you, Princess.
It is beyond comparison.
The princess gave a grave smile and said, yes, truly our kingdom is beyond expression but alas! It will not live long; our royal predictor has predicted the final perdition.
Final prediction?
Yes, final prediction.
It says, I, the princess of innocent have to suffer ages after ages to bring justice to all. Her voice came wet.
Who will dare such! Cried hark.
No, no-one…
Suddenly the king reached the place where the princess was sharing the words of her heart.
Oh my dear princess, you are here!
The princess smiled and went running to him.
How are you my dear father, ask the Princess.
The king replied with smile.
Then he glanced at Hark and asked the princess-
“Who is he?’’
The princess said, he is my friend hark the warrior from a far country. Hark bowed down his head and offered his respect.
The king said, glad to meet you dear warrior, you are welcome in our land of innocent.
Then the king said to his daughter
Dear princess, why don’t you invite your worthy companion in our royal fest?
The princess replied happily –
“Oh how kind are you, my dear father”.
Some courtiers reached by the moment –
Forgive us your highness but royal guests have reached the court with the expectation of meeting you.
The king looked at them and then
“My dear princess, permit me.’
She smiled with consent.
The king left the place and the rest followed him; only the royal predictor stared at the tattoo and a thunder of fear ran through his face.
FEAST AND THE FATAL BEAUTY
It was a great feast. Even in the shadow of death, the people of innocent had not forgotten to live happily. Hark came with the princess. Hark had never seen such grand feast- royal people, innocent people and the beautiful people came to celebrate their annual festival. Every body was in festive mood. Suddenly the king stood up and announced gravely-
My dear country men, today we have come defying the horror of prediction and for this bravery the king of innocent is grateful to all. The people cheered the king greatly.
Then the king said, “Making no exception to our great tradition we would crown the best beauty of our land”. Every body cheered more loudly and the king came out with a glittering rainbow crown. He was about to honor the best and then from back ------------
“Wait your highness!
Every body moved back…
Is there mere beautiful than me?”
Every body looked at the voice.
She was an extremely beautiful lady. Her beauty was so fatal that it seized every heart and every breath. The king came hypnotized and said in a magical state-
Who are you beautiful?
She smiled but did not reveal own name….
Do I not deserve the crown, your high ness? She asked smiling.
The king is little ashamed.
You and only you deserve this, strange lady.
As He crowned her, the king heard some noise at his back. He looked back and it was an unbelievable scene…
Suddenly All the beauties of the court turned old, withered and wrinkled.
But the strange lady with the green crystal seemed more beautiful and charming.
The strange lady seemed more beauty
THE ROYAL TABLE AND THE MYSTRY OF THE PRINCESS
Banging the table with a fierce feast, the king cried,
HOW! How such evil design is ripen!
Every body is shocked by the event. Nobody dared to answer but then two ministerial stood up and said-
“Forgive us your highness but our suspicion fall on the evil agents of earth.
The king thought for a moment and then with a in firm voice-
“When and whoever has designed such evil plan- she must be bought to justice”.
Suddenly the general came running; there was a clear ominous sign in face-
“Your highness, the evilest of evils has happened…our princess and the life of our kingdom the Rainbow crystal both are missing…
Every body got a thunder shock, faces turned black and the shadow of death covered the palace.
A sigh comes- “Now we are doomed, doomed for ever”
Hark in the Rainbow pond
Hark came secretly to the rainbow pond. Against his vision, the rainbow pond is colorless like water.
What happens with it! Does it predict any ominous sign?
Whatever the reason is, I must go back to the root of the devil.
He is in knee deep water. The rainbow pond looks lifeless at the absence of the magical colors. But he came in the middle and uttered the magical word … ‘crissido pallisa’.
He was immediately bragged in the deep of the pond to return back in the secret chamb
er of black soil. It was the place from where he had begun his adventurous journey. Now Hark had to find many answers of many mysteries.
HARK’S RETURN IN THE CASTLE OF SCISSIRO.
THE SECRET CHEMBER OF THE BLACK SOIL: Every thing was silent. Suddenly, the black mud began to move creating bubbles. Suddenly hark came out from it. He dragged himself out from the sticky black mud and looked at the shelves of manuscripts. He comes to it and began to open one by one -
If there is any…
But…no, no, no…
Nothing he found, all went in vain. He went on searching more…
It seems there is nothing to reach to the root. But then an idea hit him-
I have not searched the castle; people say it is a place of mystery…
Now he began to search the chambers of the castle with the expectation of some sudden discovery which may lead him to the witch.
He searched thoroughly but nothing; nothing came in hand, except some cauldrons and crystal globes. Ultimately, he reached at the corner where he found velvet curtain hanging in the wall. He thought something and then pulled it down.
It was a giant painting of witch scissiro.
Hark had heard the name scissiro but never seen. He came close to it and touched the curved name with his tattoo hand. The giant painting began to move revealing a secret stair for Hark. Hark got alerted and then silently stepped down.
It was a cold dark chamber made of stone and wood, only a ray was passing though the stony window. What Hark saw, if not impossible, was certainly hard to believe.
A very lean, old and weak lady was hanging chained in the chamber. She was held in adamantine red fiery chain.
She was very old but she had the fire in her heart to suffer this hellish torture.
Hark asked- who are you?
The lady answered in a withered voice- I am Miranda…The heeling witch of the castle.
The answer shocked harks.
How can it be … Miranda died 20 years beck!
THE PICTURE OF SCISSIRO THAT HARK REVEALED
LADY MIRANDA AND THE REVELATION
Unchained Miranda stood up with a great effort. Long twenty years penal hanging turned her old lean and weak. She took the support of her magical wand and soon she turned into a beautiful lady. Hark was totally astonished.
We witches are always young…Just our wand matters.
Taking the wand in hand, she said in a wet voice-
This was kept sealed for a long time in the stony hearted wall.
Then with a sigh, people thought, Miranda is dead but No…I was not, just sent behind the stone walls.
My sister wanted my assistance to create the immortal mud army but I denied. My refusal to her was a refusal to my fortune but I had to do it to stop the Nemesis of the universe.
However, who are you, my son?
Hark replies……I am Hark, Hark the witch slayer.
Oh, witch slayer!
Suddenly Miranda notices the tattoo in his hand. She promptly took his hand and asks frightened-
How have you got this evil in you?
Hark could not understand but replied -An old dying lady gave me it in the jungle.
What?
‘Yes, I got it in the jungle but this is not evil, I suppose.’
No it is, says Miranda with horror in eyes. Then with a thought and close look, she said- It is the mark of scissiro.
She must have given you her Satan to fulfill some devil purpose.
Hark looks blacken by the words.
Miranda asked-Did you go to any new world my son?
Hark replied slowly-Yes lady; I went to the world of innocent.
Oh my God! Cried Miranda.
Has my task affected any? Hark asked in an innocent voice.
She nodded her head with disappointment and then-
I am afraid, your journey was a plot of devil spirit and now it is ripened in the hand of scissiro.
How?
The land of innocent is for innocent people. Unholy people are forbidden there. It is said, if any holy man takes a devil’s symbol and cross the barrier, the devil gets a clear passage for entrance.
. Hark is silent. He silently says –
Then I was trapped to destroy the land of innocent. His eyes turned teary.
He says in lamentation-I shall slay my hand of the devil tattoo.
He took the sword and about to stab his hand but Miranda said-
Wait!
He looked at her.
She nodded her head.
If you wish to save the universe, then come, I shall show you the way. The devil’s key will kill the devil.
Miranda goes to the corner and air her hand over a magic cauldron, smoke began to emit. She chanted some magical words and moved her hand over it.
Hark looked the smoky reflection of the beauty who came in the palace of innocent.
Oh, this is the lady of palace.
Then again the shape was changed and this time it was the lady who cursed him with the tattoo.
At last the real image came. It was the image of a very old ugly withered lady whose painting he saw in the curtain covered wall.
Oh, then this is scissiro!
Miranda looked at his face.
Lady Miranda With her little magical power
SECRET CHAMBER OF THE SUB-HUMMAN CREATURE
They reached to the door of the secret chambers. It was a devil designed locked Iron Gate. Hark kept his hand on the devil’s mouth and the door opened slowly. They entered into it. It was a deep dark hall. Hark stepped twice and about to step more and then lady Miranda cried “stop!’’
You step and you are gone”.
Hark hold his step in air. Lady Miranda stroked his wand and the chamber was illuminated. It was a deep dark devilish hell like hole where hark was about to step. Thousands sub-human creatures were wriggling in the deep of it. They were black, red-eyed, sharp teeth ferocious knee-long sub-human creature. They were scratching and chewing one-another’s flesh.
Who are they? Asked Hark in utter astonishment.
They are the cursed creation of my sister. They were human who had come in the castle after me.
Are not they dead?
No. They are neither dead nor alive. They are in-between; they will not die but suffer for ages. Their bones will be turned to ashes but not their souls. They will wait for a release but the release will never come to them. They will be turning into full-fledged devils until the world ends.
SECRET CHAMBER OF THE GIANT
They reached to the second chamber. It was gigantic and horrible. A monstrous sound came from in side. Hark looked at Miranda and then touched the door to open.
As the door opened, a big stone came thrown from the dark but they sat in a thunder speed and it missed its aim. They entered in the dark and lady Miranda gave a stroke to her wand. It enlightened the great hall and they found themselves in front of a chain worn giant.
It was breaking stone with its stone hummer. As it saw, it tried to catch them but lady Miranda and Hark entered into a wall hole.
The giant was too big to enter its stout finger in the hole! But it went to the fireplace to redden a spear which was just like a needle for him.
How can we get rid of it? Hark asked.
Lady Miranda said, “Look, there is a sword, the sword of justice.
It is stabbed in a stone, if you can bring it out and pushed it back in the chest of the giant, the giant will instantly meet its death. It is the sword of killing magical creatures.
Hark looked at the sword. It was waiting for a human touch. The giant was busy in fire-place. Hark looked at the giant for the last time and then began to run for the sword.
It was fixed for ages and no one dared to drag it out but now it was Hark. He reached very close of it b
ut as Hark reached the knife the monster came jumping like a giant ape. He tried to smash Hark with his heavy club but fortune favored Hark and it missed the target. If the club would fall on Hark, Hark would have been smashed in a moment. But Hark with a great skill, came on it. He rode on the finger of the giant and soon he reached on the shoulder. The giant tried to catch Hark but he jumped from there and drove the knife in the broad chest of the monster. It went straight to his heart and the monster dropped on the ground with a heavy sound.
Now, they came back to the monster which began to change its shape.
Lady Miranda came close to it……………..She looked at it.
Oh my God!
She cried. It was none but her smiling guard of the castle. A tear of sorrow dropped on the ground.
The Sword of power and the monster
THE SECRET CHEMBER OF LOST CHRONICLE
Now they reached at the last chamber of secret. It was the chamber that could reveal the mystery of all secrecy.
They entered into it. It was a gorgeous, bright chamber. The hall was illuminated with the light of the great chronicle.
“What is it”?
Miranda replied, “It is the book of knowledge; it has the answer of every evil secret of the magical world”.
Hark said, “then we may get our answer here”.
Miranda said, “Certainly, we will get but the person who will ask question, will be turned stone till death”.
They reached near the book and they looked at the stony-face. The lady, who appeared just a statue from a distance, was a shock for lady Miranda.