Chapter-2
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A Visit to the Palace.
They all got out from the car. "Finally the day has arrived." Sakura heard the same voice in her dream. She quickly looked around but no one was there…
Sakura quickly turned around and found no one. She was confused. Must be my imagination. – She thought. "Hey Sakura! Come…" Meiling shouted. Sakura snapped from her thoughts. She took her bag and followed others.
"This is it; this is the place we are going to stay." Jim pointed to a house. "Wow, this house is really big. Wonder who build such a beautiful house in this small village." Meiling wondered. Jim smiled, "My grandpa. He lived here a decade ago." He replied. "Where is he now?" Meiling asked eagerly. "In Italy…" Jim explained. "Oh, I see." Meiling said.
"Come on let's go inside. I can't stand anymore, my legs are paining." Sakura pleaded. "I thought ghost don't have legs." Syaoran said and started to laugh. Sakura gave him a deadly glare. Syaoran saw her face, "Ok, I'm sorry. I should not have insulted the ghost by comparing it with you." He started to laugh again. "Syaoran stop it. She is getting angry." Eriol said and placed a hand around Syaoran's mouth. After that they all went inside.
They spend some time by chatting and laughing and by 4 pm they set out to have a look at the ruin. "The ruin is inside this small forest." Jim told them. "Inside the forest? Jim we might get lost or there might be some hungry animals inside…" Meiling said. "No need to worry Meiling. This entire forest is deserted, not only by humans but also by animals." Eriol informed.
Sakura stopped walking, "Deserted?...why?" she asked. "In my point of view 'no reason', but people here believe that this entire forest is being watched by some spirit." Jim explained. "What spirit?" Tomoyo questioned. "Don't know about that. So do any of you believe this story?" Jim asked. Sakura alone believed the story.
Syaoran looked at Sakura, "There is no such thing as ghost except the one standing next to Me." he pointed to her. "Syaoran please stop it. This is serious. You guys just don't understand about the risk in this matter. Come on let's go back." Sakura said with fear. "Sakura we are not idiots to believe this stupid story." Meiling said raising an eyebrow. "Ya Sakura it's silly to believe such freaky stories." Tomoyo added. They all tried to convince Sakura and she finally agreed with them.
By 4.30 pm they reached the ruin. The palace was bigger than they thought. The ruin of the palace was covered with bushes and branches. The pillars stood erect. There were many passages and some stairs which were ready to fall at any moment. But still the palace looked majestic and dangerous at the same time. They were transfixed by its beauty.
"I wonder how this place looked before it went through these damages." Meiling wondered. "This place is scary too." Tomoyo said. Everyone was admiring its beauty and Syaoran only noticed the strange expression on Sakura's face and he slowly approached her.
"Are you all right?" Syaoran asked. "This place looks very familiar to me." Sakura replied staring at the ruined palace. "May be you might have visited this place whey you are a kid or something like that…" Syaoran suggested. Sakura shook her head quickly, "No. I have not visited this place before but still this place is familiar to me…" she said.
Sakura slowly turned and at the far end she saw a girl. She looked exactly like the girl in her dream. Sakura slowly started to walk towards that girl but Syaoran grabbed her hand, "Where are you going?" he questioned. Sakura faced him, "Syaoran look there, a girl is looking at us from there." She pointed to that girl. Syaoran looked in that direction, "Sakura there is no one there." He said simply.
Sakura was frightened now. "Syaoran stop kidding. I can still see her. She is standing near that tree." She nearly shouted. "Are you mad or something? Come on let's go that side." Syaoran dragged her with him Sakura's eyes were still fixed on that girl. Like the dream that girl's face was not clear for her. Sakura saw her slowly walk backwards and she finally vanished.
Sakura decided to set her mind on something else. "Hey let's go inside and check out this place." Eriol announced. Suddenly, "Don't even think of that." They all heard a voice and froze. They slowly turned around and found a hunk backed old lady looking at them. She slowly approached them with the help of her walking stick.
The old lady looked at all of them, "Don't risk your lives by going inside. She is guarding this place for some reason. Don't disturb and incur her wrath. You children are young and I know you don't like advices. But you have to listen to me to be on the safer side…" she didn't finish as she looked at Sakura. "Grandma!" now they heard another voice. A young girl approached them, "Grandma, I have been searching you for an hour. What are you doing in the middle of this forest?" The girl looked at all of them.
"Sorry for the disturbance my grandma gave you." She apologized. "By the by I'm Sally, I and my grandma live in this village. She used to say strange things to the tourist who comes to visit this place. So please excuse her." She said. "It's ok." Eriol said. "Thanks." Sally replied. "Grandma come on let's go." She helped her grandma to walk. The old lady gave a final glare to Sakura, "I just wanted to save them." She said and went away with her grand daughter.
Jim looked at his watch. "Hey it's getting late. We will come here tomorrow." He said and others nodded in agreement. They all started to walk out of the forest. They reached the house by 7 pm. They prepared their diner. By 9 pm they finished their diner and started to chat. Jim told them about his grandpa and other things. Finally, "Good night everyone." Jim announced. They all were tired and sleepy now and they went to their rooms.
Sakura sleepily walked upstairs and opened her room door. She let out a yawn and pushed away the curtains of the window. What she saw outside her window made her to freeze. The girl she saw in the forest and in her dream was standing there. Her long hair was dancing in the cold wind and it coved most of her face…….
To be continued…
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