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Angerna

          Chapter 1:

   The Discovery

 

                                           Disclaimer: +The language spoken by the Aliens are in some other language, but to help readers it is in English+

 

                   It was when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier and the arrival of the day becomes noticeably later. The leaves from the trees, feeble and weary, fell apart from their once known birthplace. It sure was cold on the streets, with scared dogs barking. The sky was mild blue with thunder clouds at its peak. The sound of thunder cracked the sky so loud and there were no humans under the sun. The Evening was seemingly calm and quiet, birds hurried for a port in the storm. Blissful whisper surrounds all around. Small bushes which emerged out of the ground swung gracefully. Insects drove into their home for the stones dead asleep on the curving road began to jolt up and down.
                 There came a large carriage with the old style black look imaging near the large well in thundering speed. The well had a group of houses surrounding it with no one living in it, it was all alone stranded in the middle of the abandoned place. The carriage went right past the well and stopped suddenly.
"I said this was the one, you man", said the guy dressed in black. He had an arm facing towards the well holding a rectangular shiny box - a widget as he came outside the carriage. He was a short stout old man with a white curly mustache,"Oh, sorry sir I didn't hear you through the air, the sky seems subtle....... seems like there are no people around - I think we can start",said the driver with hand on his hat trying to resist the hard wind."Oh, you think?"  said the Old man putting the red widget into his pocket "We gotta hurry, it may rain anytime".
                They moved near the large well and peeked right into it. The well looked so deep and mysterious. The old man took out the mysterious red box again and held it out facing the well. It glimpsed with light radiating in all directions faster and brighter every moment.
"This must be it.............. Seems good, Buckle Up !!", said the old man loudly.
                The back gate of the carriage opened with a thud and a group of people dressed in the same black came rushing out of the carriage.

They all united to carry something, something strange - like a large blue jelly like ice cube. It was then put straight up, gleaming under the shady sun."Aw, this is cold", said one with his hand frozen cold by touching the cube just for a moment "It's Liquid ice - cooler than any ice mate", said the other "You are so new, there is so much to learn.............. hurry!We don't have all the time in the world". The Driver went inside the carriage and switched on a switch and in few moments the carriage shrunk in size until it was the size of a grasshopper. He carefully took the small carriage and kept it in a glass box he carried. The crew members just stood staring at this magical shrinking process and some of them were amazed to see it." Come on people, don't just stand staring, we have work to do", said the old man. The people carried the 'ice cube' with great effort and stood near the well waiting for the command of the old man, while he punched some codes on the red widget and kept it on the ground near the people, the widget then became a red rectangular flat platform made of glass. The crew climbed onto it and it slowly raised above the ground, shaking due to the weight of the crew.

                 The platform glided up in the air and positioned itself directly above the well- the crew members could directly see the black hole of the well beneath their feet and as some of them were new to the job they were quite anxious. The crew members quickly took off their hats and kept it aside safely. A small click sounded through the air, increased every moment from the red widget which was hanging on one side of the platform. And all of a sudden the glass disappeared with a 'Tup', and the crew with the ice block fell into the hole. The red widget was left hanging in the air as if on a thread. Now the Old man and his driver also went near the well."Shall we?", said the Old man, the driver was a little nervous too, yet he moved on. The Old man waved his hand towards the widget and it flew near them, obeying the command of the Old man. The glass platform appeared again and the Old man and his driver climbed onto it. The driver was a little anxious.It appears the driver was new to the job too! At this time, it started to rain heavily.

                The clicking sound also started. The old man kneeled and had a hand on the red widget. Just as the platform disappeared, the old man took the red widget along with him and they went straight down the hole. The Driver's hat flew off while falling down and he was quite embarrassed by it, he turned his head to see the reaction of the old man but the old man didn't notice it - what a relief!

                 They went down the pit. The driver's terrified reaction could be noticed from his stiff tensed face as they went down and down. The wind started to intensify every passing moment. It felt like a soft prick with a Quill. They couldn't  see or feel anything else. Even though the driver was terrified, the old man looked calm and was not afraid.

               'Whoosh', They landed on something - which to the driver felt like land. He was surprised that his legs didn't even hurt.

                 The driver opened his tight-closed eyes in relief and awe, What a sight they saw!. They were inside a glass room large enough to accommodate 2 large elephants. The ground looked like snow with cloudy mist circling around their feet. The crew with the ice block were standing there as they already came earlier. They were standing on the outskirts of a village, with village visible from the place they were standing. They were surrounded by loads and loads of glass rooms- just like the one they were standing on.White trees with the noodle like leaves swung in the air and some people ran fast towards them.

               The Glasses of the room disappeared into the ground and the Old man stepped out of the room. The tension the driver had had all disappeared ...... in fact he was delighted to be back.

 Behind the glass room was a vast pit, in which they could fall any time - they were standing near the edge of the pit, but they didn't care. It was their home place. The people who came running towards them did not look normal. They were dark red in colour with grey scales to protect them, they had long sharp nails, two horns and black hair on the head with completely black eyes. They wore clothes made of metal with metal swords and guns by their side. They were, in fact, standing in a completely new world!

Those people welcomed the old man. The Old man was too happy that he had a smile on his face - a rarity thought the driver. Then he turned to the people who had just come and said: "Turn some *Laverans on, we got something you would never believe - it is so strange...... come and carry it" pointing at the ice block. The people were amazed and quickly began to work. Even though all the other people looked red and alien like, they obeyed the Old man, who along with his crew were in human form.

                "Special Orders!Special orders!". The people turned towards the direction of the sound. There stood 3 *Minicry with some red aliens in it. It lowered to the ground and the people inside the minicry came outside. "We came as soon as we got the news from the Kingdom's Vesen Arators....we have stationed a Laveran in the nearby station and we can carry it using our minicry", said the red alien named Lopnik. "Good, but I want the people to know that we have accomplished something, so let's keep walking till there", said the old man.

                "Sir, you can board the minicry and let the people bring it to the station". "Very well", said the old man. He then boarded one of the minicry and flew away along with the other minicrys.

The driver, the old man's crew along with the other aliens lifted the large ice cube and started walking towards the village with Lopnik.

 

                  They entered the village. It was filled with big houses and shops built with strong white sand. Some were huts, some were large buildings and they were surrounded by white trees which seemed to be dancing in tune to the people's excitement. The inhabitants of that village peeked through their curtains at the passing crowds with curiosity. They wore metal clothes too, each and every one of them, big or small it didn't matter. They were amazed to see the marching crowd including both alien and human-forms.

                  Soon they reached the station and the group was already on time. "Let's board it on!",and they boarded on the Laveran. The Laveran's engine started to run efficiently, "Everythings is fine Sir" said Lopnik with an accomplished face. As time flew the Old man and his crew were not the same, slowly one by one turned into the same red aliens and the surrounding people. They were happy to grow and transform into their original size and shape and everyone was given a black towel as their original size was bigger than the normal human size. Soon on the Laveran they all changed their clothes and were back to normal. One of them just glanced over the window. The view was so sophisticated and well made. Ancient looking towers were shining at its peak surrounded by big mountains and valleys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

To be continued .......Stay tuned!

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