JOURNEY IN THE NIGHTINGLE JUNGLE

"You have arrived the South Sea Island, Sir." said The Captain. "Thank you Captain for your help." replied Hobert's team and four of them stepped their shoes on the sand of The South Seas. "O Hobert! Look at the sword." said John. The sword was shinning using the red pearl and suddenly the map of the South Seas began to glow. "I can see something" said John again. "Look at the map, there's a cross in it. It wasn't there before. May be it's something related to the treasures." "Let's find out." replied Hobert and the crew led themselves all through the 'Nightingale Jungle.' "This is gonna be worse I guess than the storm" said Drake giving a cold feeling. "Be a man!" said Lucy. "Alright! I am." replied Drake to her comment.

THROUGH THE NIGHTINGALE JUNGLE

The crew was going keeping an axe in their hands cutting down the tall elephant grasses and herbs which stood as an obstrucle in their path. "It's too hot over here." said John "I can't walk anymore." "Alright let's stay here for tonight. It's already evening. I do not think that it would be better to explore the jungle at night. There may be ferocious animals." replies Hobert. "Ok I am with the fire." said Lucy holding her axe to cut down trees for getting logs to fire a flame. "This is tough to fire the wood." "Don't be. Just use the matchstick." said Hobert giving a short laugh accompanied by his male friends.

A NIGHT, CAMPING

In order to spend the rest of the night, the four friends have managed to establish tents in the dark forest in which one tent is shared by Hobert and Lucy and the other by Drake and John. A short conversation began between Lucy and Hobert while the other two friends were deep asleep. Hobert is now trying to read the book of The DICKINSON'S and solve as mysteries as possible but he didn't knew that the girl sitting beside him will restrict him to do so. Lucy became a bit calm and said "What are you trying to read?" "Nothing just reading my ancestor's book." replied Hobert. "If you are free can I ask you something." asked Lucy. "Yes sure. I shall always listen to you whether I am free or not. Just don't hesitate." "Do you care for me?" asked Lucy. "Yes! I do" replied Hobert "Then I want you to express it." "But how?" asked Hobert again. Lucy haven't said anything and slowly brought her lips towards Hobert and kissed him. Hobert started to do the same. As the night was getting darker they were laying down from time to time trying to take off their clothes while kissing in the same time. The batteries of the torch was dying and suddenly it stopped providing light to them. The only source of light was the candle. The warmth of the night was becoming more romantic for the young lovers. He then took off his own shirt and threw it aside. Just as they were about to lose their virginity the candle blew off and the night became warmer. It became the best moment for them to express their love and the night went off but they never touched their clothes until morning.

JOURNEY IN THE MORNING

"Hobert, my love. Do you know that the last night was the best night of my life so far?" said Lucy and gave Hobert the first kiss of the morning. Hobert laughed and gave Lucy her clothes. He wore his own clothes too. They put on their clothes and led themselves to wake their friends up. "Bonjour, Drake and John." said Hobert and his friends woke up. "Is it morning?" said John. "Yes it is." replied Hobert. "I shall be going to get fruits from the nearby trees." "Get the sweet ones." shouted Drake. "Hah! I am going to bring the sour ones only." said Hobert and left the camp and led himself to get fruits for breakfast. After having their breakfast they packed their bags and started their journey again. John was providing with the direction as he was holding the map. He said that The Lava falls will be their next destination and it is nearly a week's journey. They didn't gave up there and said that they must reach the 'X' mark as soon as possible in order to find the treasure. They walked and walked ignoring their thirst for water but Lucy couldn't make it for ten hours without water and she fainted. Hobert was near her so he held her and prevented her from falling on the ground. John said " Oh my God we need water right now. There is a stagnant lake nearby as shown in the map. I am not sure about the quality of the water but it could wake her up. You stay with Lucy. I and Drake will collect the water with the help of our bottles." "Alright! Go fast." shouted Hobert "You are going to be okay Lucy." John and Drake however managed to collect the water from the lake and returned to the spot within thirty minutes but they were shocked to see the absence of Lucy and Hobert. Drake wondered "Where are they?" "I don't know." replied John. They tried to shout out their names aloud but couldn't get a reply. They had a good fortune since there was Hobert's shoeprints. But they seemed absurd as there were footprints of other foot lengths as well. "Let's follow them." advised Drake and they started walking with the footprints. Just an hour later they found a flaming piece of wood providing light in their path. The sun disappeared from the sky and the day was converted into a night. They were surprised to see a huge kingdom of tribes.

THE TRIBAL MEETING

"Look at that. We have found people in this jungle. I think we can beg for some help here. Moreover we can even ask them for food and water. I am starving." said John. "But what about Hobert and Lucy." replied Drake. "I think we can ask them if they have seen Hobert and Lucy. This is the best thing we can do right now." said John. "Alright let's go." Just as they led their feet to the gates of the wooden palace, the gatekeepers prevented them from entering. But as they begged for help and said whether they knew Hobert or not, the gatekeepers seemed pleased and started treating them as guests. They led the visitors to the tribal king. The tribes were African origins and wore animal skins with ornaments made of elephant's teeth which was a bit ridiculous in that generation but we shouldn't forget that they were in an another dimension where time works differently. John and Drake were led to a big room. It was the room where the king was sitting on the throne. The king asked "Hello son, how may I help you?" John and Drake said that they were starving and needed some food and they were here to ask whether they saw Hobert and Lucy or not. "Are you companions of friend Hobert and miss Lucy?" asked the tribal king in an African accent. "Yes we are, your majesty." replied John. The king laughed and said "Consider this palace as your own home. For tonight you are our guests. Murshid, take them to our guests. Go my son, Murshid will lead you to to them. Prepare meals for our friends." said the king. "Your majesty, we shall be ever grateful to you." replied Drake. "It was our pleasure." said the king. Drake and John was led to the left room where they found Hobert. Lucy was sleeping as she was very tired but she seem to be in a good condition. Drake and John rushed towards Hobert and hugged him. "I thought that we lost you but we haven't lost our hope." said John being a little emotional. "I shall never leave you." replied Hobert. "How is she now?" asked Drake. "She is in a far better condition. The tribal doctors told that Lucy was out of her stamina and energy since the incident that we did together. The only thing she needed was food and nothing else. The doctor also told that she is undergoing a menstruation cycle and told not to perform any sexual scenes during this period." replied Hobert. "So, have you attempted any sexual scenes last night?" asked John. "..N..No, we haven't" replied Hobert in a hesitated state trying to hide the truth. "Okay, we trust you." said Drake. In the meanwhile Murshid, the president of the kingdom entered the room of conversation and announced that the meals are ready to be served and the king has provided the four guests with four respective rooms. They had their meals and the night went off.

TO THE LAVA FALLS

As soon as the daylight emerged the crew got ready with their bags including Lucy and she seemed full of life. They entered the king's hall. The king said "Friends the lava fall is just a few minutes away from here. There are many deadly creatures in the opposite side of the falls. So beware my friends. I can provide you with some weapons which could be very helpful in your journey. I have arranged a Bullock cart for you all. Murshid will instruct the direction of the journey after you reach the falls. Don't be afraid we will leave you to the Lava falls safely. Good bye." "Thank you, your majesty!" said the crew and bowed in front of the king. The Commander in Chief provided the crew with metal weapons. John took the samurai knife. Lucy took the cross bow. Drake took the Shark blade. But Hobert refused to take any weapon as he was happy with the 'sword of clue'. They left the kingdom and within a few minutes they reached the Lava falls. "Here it is. Moroccan Red Flora or the Lava Falls." said Murshid and left the crew with some basic instructions for the opposite side of the lava falls.

They don't know what is waiting for them in the opposite side. It may be the darkest phase of the adventure or the most beautiful phase. But no fear could stop them from reaching their destiny.

- To be continued