forest of illusion

Chapter 63.

FOREST OF ILLUSION.

Wait..... You are a supernatural being too?, Aria asked, wait, Aria I can explain, clawden said trying to touch Aria, do not take a step further,I trusted you more than anybody else, Aria said, she turned and walked away, Clawden wanted to go after her then she thought, " She needs time alone, hopefully she will get over it , Clawden said as she watched Aria walk away...

********

**WOODS***

Athena had been wondering in the woods , trying to find her way to the portal of the forest of illusion, all hope was lost, Athena Saw a clearing as described by Clawden and Rang, but then,there was no sign of any portal, I will seek help from the guardian of the supernatural creatures, Athena said and brought out the golden scale and then went ahead to summon the guardian, you called for me Chosen one, the great dragon said as soon as it appeared, Yes .... Yes great guardian, I summoned you help to help me in my quest to find the portal to the forest of illusion, Athena explained, "you're the chosen by the moon goddess, it is your duty to locate the portal with the purest of your heart and intentions,but then I will tell you a story .

**********

Long time age, legend has it that deep within the heart of the forest, there lies a portal, a gateway to forest of illusion unlike any other. Unlike now, the gateway to the Forest of Illusion was visible to the eyes of the immortal,the forest of illusion was a world of wonder and magic, but also of danger and deceit.

Deep within the Forest of Illusion, in a an ancient cave, there stands a tree unlike any other. Its bark is black as night, and its leaves are as red as blood. And upon its branches hangs a books of all kinds but one particular book was bound in leather and sealed with chains. This is the Book of the Origin of the Cursed Inks. Only those who are pure in heart and intentions as well as strong of mind can open its pages, and a great sacrifice is required from those who wishes to read its words. But for those who are kind and pure in heart, a great reward is given, the Forest of illusion was being guarded by two brothers bonded by love.

According to my ancestors, the book tells the story of a time long ago, when the world was still young and there was nothing like good and evil . But then, something went wrong. The youngest of the brothers, greedy for power and for the love of a mortal, gave up on his duty as the guardian of the forest of illusion to dwell among the mortals, enraged by his decision to neglect his duties for the love of a mortal, the moon goddess casted him to the darkest part of the forest, And there he created the cursed inks, a dark and powerful magic that could corrupt even the most pure of souls, on the eve of the blood moon, Adams the youngest of the brother with the aid of his dark powers located Vlad as a toddler, and bestowed the inks imprints on both his shoulders, and then gave him the privilege to chosen the second bearer of the ink, and on the eve of the blood moon, Vlad and the second bearer will free him from curse of the moon goddess, the guardian explained to Athena, "Who then is the second bearer of the cursed inks ?!!!!!!!.

"Ares" the guardian said.

Ares...!!!!!! , It can't be , great one he is a human, how is that even possible!!!!, He doesn't have any ink imprint on his body, so how!!!!!!!!! Athena shouted, find the book and get the answer you seek , The guardian said and vanished, Athena stood up and stood in the center of the clearing and made her declaration, "I'm Athena, daughter of Zara and Liam, the chosen one by the moon goddess, creatures of the forest, raise to my command and reveal the portal to the forest of illusion, as she made the declaration, the forest began to shake ,and creatures of all kinds bowed down to her as the portal to the forest open and Athena stepped in and it closes.

As Athena journey to the heart beat of the forest, the forest began to behave as the name implies, Athena found herself returning to her starting point , Athena was wondering what was going on, when she found herself returning back to her starting point, but then this time around,she saw a boy shivering and looking around fearfully, "Who are you?" Little one, Athena asked,. "I'm Zoro , I lost my way and I want to return back to my mom, he explained, moved by pity and forgetting she is in the forest of illusion, Were everything is an illusion, took the boy by the hands as they began to take the rout the boy describe. Unknown to Athena, Zoro was the good guardian of the forest the guardian talked about, they journey for hours till they came Face to face with a dirty looking old man who furiously asked them what brought them to the forest of illusion, Athena bowed , wise one I came for the book of the origin of the cursed inks imprint, The old man laughed and replied, the forest of illusion is a realm that demands for price in exchange for any thing leaving the forest, in other words, it's a realm of

riddles and blood sacrifice he explained

I chosen the riddles Athena said, I'm the guardian of the forest and the book which you seek, I demand for blood sacrifice instead.

Blood sacrifice!!!!!!!! , I'm pure in heart and intentions, if I give the guardian the sacrifice of blood, will I be able to venture out this realm, " Sorry wise one, where I come from, we only shed the blood of the evil ones and enemies and that mostly in battles, I came alone, I can't possibly sacrifice myself, "who then will take the book home?" , Then you can sacrifice the little boy with you, never!!!!!! , I gave him my word that I will reunite him with his parents, I can't possibly sacrifice him , I can see you that the book you speak of is not as important as you make it sound and without the book you can't leave the forest. What!!!!!! Your time is ticking, sacrifice the boy, a voice inside Athena said, No!!!!!!! , don't sacrifice him, search within yourself for the answer you seek another voice said..

Enough!!!!!!!!! Athena screamed covering her ears.

So!!!!!!!!! , Have you made your decision then?????

"Take me instead and let the boy go", Athena said.

What!!!!!!!!

Guys like and comment.