Chapter 6 – The strange room

She had melted. she couldn’t feel her limbs. and she felt strangely empty, like something was missing. Her eyes struggled to open. She wanted to but they couldn’t. She struggled harder…and was finally opened them. She looked around…and almost choked on her own breath!

She discovered herself wrapped in nothing but a silver sheet in an enormous room. It was spectacularly illuminated by bright lights on every visible surface. Not really being used to the light, the brightness stung her eyes. She struggled to understand what was going on.

Trying to focus on something that could give her some clue about her current situation, she tried to get out of the silver sheets. Unfortunately, she found out soon, she wasn’t just wrapped in silver sheets, but she was tied down as well! She suddenly fell still, really petrified now!

She wasn’t used to confinement ever since her last encounter with Sceadusa and the voltors. But this, this was very very different. This was scary. It wasn’t dark. It wasn’t something she could handle. She was lost in her fear. But the thought of voltors had helped to revive her memory a little bit. The voltors…weren’t they following her. Her and Sophie! SOPHIE! Where was she? Where was the dead body of her child?

With renewed resolve, Aurora struggled to get out of the sheets. This was not something the prophecy had mentioned. The prophecy had told her about the voltors and she knew how to deal with them. Why wasn’t she then captured by the voltors. Why were they not torturing her? She felt like she was in an entirely different world altogether!

But what was this strange place she was in…and where had that green ghost disappeared. Her memory had finally extracted those last moments before her had lost consciousness.

Wasn’t there that apparition that had saved her? Or had he really saved her? And what about Sophie’s corpse? Where was that? All these questions riddled her mind. She felt she would go insane if she didn’t find answers soon.

She started screaming. Screaming out loud. Screaming with all her might. She could scream till the last breath left her lungs. She wouldn’t stop until someone heard her. Someone, anyone, man, ghost, voltor or anything else!

She didn’t have to cry herself hoarse for in some time, her green ghost was back. He seemed to have appeared out of thin air! He stood there in front of her once again. And she stared at him. He was green…the shade of envy. He stood there with what seemed like a smile on his face.

She tried to wriggle out of her sheets, but was unable to. She called out to him. “You, who are you? And where am I? Where is..where is my child’s body? Say something!”

Aurora’s face was a twisted knot of questions. She wanted so many answers and he just stood there.

Suddenly he moved. No he didn’t move, he just said something, “Lie. Just lie. Now is not the time. We shall speak and I shall answer your questions. But you are hurt. You need to rest.”

Aurora felt anger rise inside her. Who was this insane creature? didn’t he know she had to bury Sophie’s remains before the voltors found her body? Didn’t he know she couldn’t care less about any physical discomfort? didn’t he know she was not capable of dying?

She struggled. Struggled some more…but eventually gave up. And Aurora started to cry. Those tears that she thought had dried up inside her, found life again. The green ghost had disappeared by then. Leaving her even more puzzled than the night before.

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