Chapter 14

While we were walking out of the caves, Jingle had to answer Morgan's questions. He told us that he will tell Morgan that we are in the cave. Then we have our time to go back to the village.

"Did you put them in the cage?" Morgan asked from Jingle.

"Yes, my lord! They are in the cage." Jingle replied to Morgan. Then she laughed louder in a scary tone. Jingle had to remain the same because if somehow Morgan found out that we were not in the cave and Jingle let us go, she will probably kill Jingle.

"Make sure they won't escape unless it will be the end of you!" Morgan said to Jingle. Jingle was afraid but he was strong in heart. Jingle was an elf who was the slave of the cruel witch. He and his parents were living in the forbidden world. Elves were a kind of species that belongs to the forbidden world. Morgan had turned all the other elves into mysterious creatures except Jingle. But any of them did not know the reason for Morgan to choose Jingle.

Jingle was a kind hearted elf. He was considered to be the next king of the elves kingdom. But after Morgan invade their land, the kingdom was destroyed. While Jingle's father ruling the elves land, Jingle had won all of the elves hearts with his kindness, generosity and also helpfulness. He was a good friend. Jingle spent a hard time with Morgan as he wasn't used to live with wickedness. Whatever Morgan treated Jingle with everything. But her cruelness was not able to let Morgan remain kind towards Jingle.

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We were walking towards the village and it was getting darker. In the forbidden world it was not good to walk in the night. When it gets dark, the creatures start coming out of their habitat to find food and to find the new comers for the forbidden world. As Morgan was afraid of the people who arrives in the forbidden world because she knew that one of them have the ability of destroying her magic. Unfortunately it's me whom she is afraid of.

"Max, we can't walk further. It's getting dark. You know it's dangerous to walk in the dark. We must stop." I said to Max.

"But Shalie, we don't have much time left. Don't worry, nothing can stop us. We have to be strong." Max replied to me.

"Yes Shalie, don't worry. We can make it." Lisa said. Max looked at her with a smile. And we started walking again.

Everywhere was dark. The only way for us to find the way was the moon light. I looked at the moon. As only a day was left for the full moon the moon was shining so brightly. I have never seen the moon shining this brighter before. Actually it was different. I wanted to stop for a while because I felt tired.

"Max can we stop and have some rest?" I asked from Max.

"Are you tired Shalie? Lisa, let's stop for a while. Come on have some rest." Max said to Lisa.

We sat on the ground under a tree. I couldn't identify what kind of a tree that was. The darkness had covered everything it could. I was breathing heavily. The tiredness had made me feel dizzy. The environment was quiet cold. A mixture of darkness and coldness had made a different a feeling of fear, which I have never experienced. But after a while I felt a change. It was getting warm.

"Max, don't you feel anything?" I asked.

"Yes! It's getting warmer. Something is happening. Let's move." Max said. We stood up and took our bags. I wanted to eat something. So I took some cheese from the bag, which Alicia gave us. Lisa looked at me and asked for some cheese. So I gave some cheese for Both Lisa and Max. It was not an easy task to pass the dark forest. We were eating while walking. The path was surrounded by large trees and was foggy. It was the normal way the surrounding looked at the night. But it never felt warm.

"Stop, Shalie did you hear that noise?" Max stopped suddenly and asked.

"What noise? I didn't hear anything." I replied. I did not hear any noise but Max had heard something in the forest. Lisa and I also focused on the forest. The temperature was increasing. Any of us were not able to identify the noise. But in the second time we all heard the noise. It was similar to a roar of an animal.

"Don't panic! Stay closer and don't make any noise. It's a dangerous animal for sure." Max said. We gathered together and held one another's hands. The breathing sounds started getting closer. We were able to hear the footsteps clearly. The footsteps let us know that a disaster is near.

"We have to hide." I said to Max. But after a while I understood it's not possible. Because all we could see were trees and bushes.

"If you can tell me a place, I'm ready to hide." Max said.

"Oh, I'm sorry. What do we do now?" I asked. It felt like the creature is right next to us as the footsteps were so close. In the next moment an unexpected incident happened. My heart started pounding faster and faster. I started thinking, "What kind of an animal is this? Is this the end? Oh my parents and my sister! Please god save them. I love them so much. I should have spend more time with them." I thought it was the last minutes in my life.