Everything was in complete full darkness. A strong wind was crushing on top of the mountains. The howling wind was causing the trees to be aggressive and the leaves to fall off. Strong and big waves were continuously slamming against the mountains.
A group of men and women dressed in the same black and blue tunic uniform were standing on the mountain. In front of them was a red and gold coffin that had their leader. A young man came forward with tears dripping down his fair face.
“We’re sorry, your majesty. Please forgive us.”, he said.
A couple of his companions came forward next to them. All of them placed their hands on the coffin together. They were about to drag the coffin out of the mountain until they heard a few of their companions making sounds, indicating that they didn't want the coffin to be thrown.
“It’s the only way. It’s the only way we’re safe.”, a woman said.
Another man joined in. “No matter how hard we’ll try to keep ourselves safe, they’ll still come after us.”
“No, they won’t.”, she fought back.
Everyone else agreed with her. They gradually dragged the coffin on the edge of the mountain. The coffin fell off the mountain then crushed into the water. The group watched the coffin coming out of the aggressive water then floating away from the mountains. The group was also starting to disappear slowly into thin air.
A group of knights were running up the forest with the swords in their hands. They were looking for the group that threw the coffin in the ocean. They arrived at the mountain where the coffin was thrown. Their attention went to the aggressive waves but there was nothing. All the knights looked at each other with some relief.
Suddenly, all the knights were pushed and fell out of the mountains. The knights crashed into the water but were unable to float due to the aggressive waves. The waves pushed them to the mountains, slamming their bodies on the rocky mountains, dead.
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Thousands of people were by the harbour, getting ready to catch fish for the day before the sunrise. Already, boats had already come out of the entrance and the fishermen dropped the nets in the water. Some of them were singing while waiting for their nets to be filled.
After ten minutes, a fisherwoman could already feel the heaviness of the net. She tried to pull the net out but she was struggling. A couple of fishermen grabbed the same net and pulled it up.
Their lips turned into bright smiles until they saw what was inside the net. “Pull it up.”, a man instructed.
The fishermen listened and used their full strength to pull the net. A coffin appeared by the fence and fell hard on the boat. The fishermen rubbed their arms while looking at the coffin. Instead of thinking twice, two fishermen opened the coffin which revealed a woman. Some women sighed with shock when they saw the brushes on the woman’s body. It looked like she was heavily beaten for a few days. Some of the fishermen also noticed a couple of bruises that were slowly disappearing.
“I think we should tell Ashok.”, the same woman said.
A knight was running in the passage with full stress. He stopped in front of two tall green and purple marble doors. He slammed his palm on the door.
“Ashok, wake up. This is urgent.”, he said firmly.
He heard growling sounds inside the room. The door opened a little bit and a young man appeared. “What’s wrong?”
“Ashok, we found a woman’s body in a coffin. Our fishermen saw the coffin entering our borders. But you must come and see this.”, he said and ran in the same direction he came from.
Ashok came out of the room, closing the door behind him then running after the man.
Five fishermen were standing in the entrance hall, surrounding the coffin. Ashok and the man came out of the other passage. They stopped in front of the coffin but they weren't expecting this at all. The woman was coughing a bit roughly and breathing heavily.
“She’s alive?”, Ashok was stunned.
“Which is a surprise because it looks like she was heavily beaten. And we found fifty stabbed wounds on her stomach and back.”, the man said.
Ashok looked at his knights. “Fifty stabbed wounds? How is she even alive?”
“That’s the question we have in our head right now. Also, look at her ears.”, he pointed at her.
Ashok’s golden yellow eyes went to the woman’s ears and the tip of her ears were sliced. He squatted down by the coffin to touch her wounds. His hand went to the wound on her cheek but the man grabbed Ashok’s hand.
“She'll feel more pain if you do.”, he said. Ashok nodded then squatted back up. “What are we going to do?”
“Take her to the guest room. We’ll treat her wounds and feed her properly.”, he ordered.
“Yes, your majesty.”, the knights bowed.
Two knights picked up the coffin then went to the guest room quickly. The same man, Chitaksh, came closer to Ashok.
“What are we going to do with her?”, he asked.
Ashok looked at the wall with no emotions. “She’ll stay here forever.”
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