02 The Magical Cave

on top of the Rock the entrance of this beautiful place 4 people were sitting next to each other viewing the scene without saying anything until Ethan couldn't help himself being funny again.

Ethan;"you were saying something about nonsense?"

Reza;"sight, dude You're ruining it"

Elena;"hahaha, thank you Reza, I always wanted to have a picnic in a nice place like this , it's beyond perfect thank you"

Elena was overjoyed to see this place .

she remembers sometime ago when she told Reza that she wished to go someplace beautiful , even though it was casual conversation and she didn't mean anything by it Reza takes her words to heart and arranges this beautiful journey for her so one can imagine the delight in her heart at this moment.

you see Elena and her sister rose were moved here from a big city even though they rock climbing, it was just a sport there.

 The definition of fun involves drinking with a friend and partying and visiting as a relative home.

they didn't have an outdoor picnic in nature where they could dance and celebrate in the free air, it's so liberating for them.

sitting on top of the rock next to each other holding hands to their right was Rose and to their left Ethan.

"you are welcome" Reza said with the biggest smile.

Seeing her smile makes him feel that him accomplished something wonderful.

"let's go down there I hope you didn't forget the things I said to bring" reza continued.

Ethan;"let's go down? are you mad, what if it's some fairy home?"

Reza;" Thank you for your compliment"

Ethan;"no seriously dude ,what if it's a fairy home and they drove us mad? I mean look at the place you couldn't be natural right?"

Rose;"aren't fairies supposed to be nice?"

Ethan;"yeah, only in the movies and children's books".

Ethan sees the doubtful look of his friend and the rest of them, thinking he might ruin a special day for his brother he laughs out loud and says;"you should have seen your faces it was priceless".

as they became relaxed and they laughed, Reza said "very mature Ethan, very mature".

"I wasn't the one who believed the fairies are real" answered Ethan with the expression saying 'you are so stupid' and they ignore him making him feel irritated.

Rose looks down and unlike the way they came this side of rock is smooth , she goes back to tie up her backpack with a robe and climb back up, after polling her backpack up as she makes an Anchor and slides down.

She looks in everything with the delight and takes a cell phone from her backpack and it starts taking selfies and making videos with excitement.

Elena and Reza after getting their backpacks slid the same anchor Rose made, unlike her they start to unpack the stuff they brought for the picnic. 

 Elena starts taking her jacket off while asking;

"why is it so hot here?"

Reza answered;

"all right I forgot to tell you the pound is also a hot spring Maybe Ethan was right and there is an active volcano down below"

Elena;"what? are you serious"

Reza;"I don't know, I'm not a geologist , look around you , this place should be filled with ice  but there is water , in this height Even the rain turns the snow so I can't explain it"

Elena:"Reza,are you sure this place is safe?"

Reza:"relax honey I told you that I was here last month and checked everything even if the water is mineral water"

Elena;"okay honey, wait last month I thought you said you're going to see the eclipse what are you doing here?"

Reza;"well well I wasn't going to see it on some rooftop I came here to have a better view but because of some unexpected freakish weather, authorities canceled all the climbing activities and I didn't make it in time but I found this place so that's something"

Elena;

"oh sorry honey I remember watching the news about it they said it's once a millennium eclipse"

Reza;

"don't be and it's not once a millennium thing in fact it's twice a millennium eclipse and guess when is the second one?"

Elena:"ah, is it today?" shouted with a surprised expression.

Reza answered while looking at his wrist watch:

"yes to be exact 2 hours from now, enough time for a snake and the spa in this beautiful pond".

Ethan who came to help them unpacked couldn't help to overheard them Bending his eyebrows, turning around and walking towards the pond/spa thinking a sakura tree that only grows in Japan and Hot spring with drinking water in the middle of a salty mountain without a volcano, and for f**k sake what the hell is that on the ceiling is it some nature lamp illuminating the place of some sort of glass that reflex sunlight in the cave? what is it made of? none of which makes any sense to him maybe he's overthinking things and this place is just like those miracles of nature he sees on social media but again that didn't explain the dread feeling in his heart and he had to wander why none of the tourists or locals have found this place is not like it a appeared out of nowhere.

 wait maybe it did , Reza mentioned a storm last month maybe the Storm cleared the path they just walked in , he couldn't get his answers .

looking at the happy faces of friends he decided to pretend to have fun but be on his toes for any unexpected or weird circumstances.

putting a fake smile on his face and removing his jacket because of the heat ,giving the last look at the pond starts walking towards his friends where they're sitting and chatting.