Susan¡¯ heart was complete, she felt her parents in her heart. Although the wound is still there, but the cut is filling with love every second.
There is simply nothing more she wants in the whole wide world.
Now she has the courage to face the truth. She is prepared to deal with anything that comes this way.
Each and every step Susan took, it meant more than anything to her, it is leading closer and closer to her own destiny.
¡°Susan, you have made a very wise choice today. I congratulate you. But now I hope you are ready for some fantasy that you are about to see.¡± Mrs. Klaus¡¯s voice rang in Susan¡¯s ears, she thought they sounded very joyful.
¡°Mrs. Klaus, I am very glad that you have treated my parents well, and let me have this reunion with my parents. And I am very well prepared for anything. I have to say, before this morning I never believed in magic or gods, but I think I am very well aware that it is all true now. So you can say what every you want.¡± The steadiness in her voice explained to Mrs. Klaus how confident she was.
Mrs. Klaus smiled nicely, ¡°I am very proud of you Susan. You are just the girl we have all hoped you were going to turn out.¡±
¡°What do you mean by ¡®we¡¯?¡± Susan asked.
¡°I will explain that very soon, but now I need to take you to a place.¡± As Mrs. Klaus said her words, Susan realised they were in the bush at the back of the orphanage.
Mrs. Klaus waved her hand, ¡°Stand back, Susan. You don¡¯t want to get trapped in some kind of nowhere do you?¡±
Susan did what she was told, since Mrs. Klaus was the only person that knew the truth.
She watched Mrs. Klaus closely.
Mrs, Klaus finger tips drew a circle in the air and Susan heard her whisper ¡°Kasiklus, give me the path I need.¡±
Immediately in the circle Mrs. Klaus just outlined appeared a patch of great tall trees.
¡°Jump in, Susan. This is where your fate lays,¡± Mrs. Klaus exclaimed.
¡°Jump in?¡±
¡°Yes just jump and you will fall in.¡±
¡°But won¡¯t it hurt?¡±
¡°No. You will never get hurt as long as you are on earth.¡±
¡°Why?¡±
¡°That is what you need know later, not now. Quick, jump in.¡±
¡°Alright, I hope you don¡¯t cheat on me.¡± So Susan breathed deep down and jumped into it.
¡°Thump¡± Susan landed on a some green grass that was surrounded by tall forest trees. Amazing that she didn¡¯t feel any sign of hurt.
Susan looked around, the trees weren¡¯t tall, but they were gigantic, it covered the sky, leaving a few dots of sunlight. But it was surprisingly light in the ¡®tree room¡¯.
Susan stood up, but she couldn¡¯t see any sign of Mrs. Klaus.
¡°Hello? Er..Mrs. Klaus you promised me you would come and explain.¡±
¡°Yes, I did. So lets get going.¡± Mrs. Klaus appeared from thin air.
¡°Oh gosh. How did you do that? And why is it so light in here when there are only a few dots of light? And why is this place like a chamber? And why¡¡±
¡°Stop. I will explain later, for now just follow me.¡± Mrs. Klaus stepped forward and placed her hand on the tree trunks that clamped together, they seemed to form a wall.
But as soon as Mrs. Klaus touched them, they shoved aside and left an archway.
Mr. Klaus walked in and soon disappeared in the darkness.
¡°Wait! Don¡¯t leave me here!¡± Susan shouted and ran after Mrs. Klaus.
In the dark alley made by the trees, Susan couldn¡¯t see a thing, she didn¡¯t even dream about seeing Mrs. Klaus black coat, she felt like walking along with her eyes closed, the little stones and dirt felt never so clear, ¡®so it is true that when some senses aren¡¯t in use than other senses are especially sensitive.¡¯.
Susan could clearly hear the footsteps of Mrs. Klaus, they seemed to touch the ground and then make a hissing sound, as if the ground burnt.
The sound came to a sudden stop, ¡°We are here.¡± Mrs. Klaus said as a shape of light started appear in the darkness.
The light shone in pride, eventually Susan could see some odd shapes as the light faded away.
¡°Follow, Susan.¡± Mrs. Klaus spoke again.
Susan was puzzled, Mrs. Klaus, the terrible beast, sounded so nice and warm, ¡®Something must have gone wrong in between the darkness¡¯ this was Susan¡¯s explanation.
Susan¡¯s mind was busy working as her feet followed Mrs. Klaus.
But Susan soon found it was a big mistake.
¡°So we are here, finally¡It has been so long since I have been here¡¡± Mrs. Klaus muttered. She then found Susan dreaming off, so she poked her ice cold voice at Susan, ¡°Wake up Susan. This is your final destination on Earth. If you would like to die here, it will be fine with me.¡±
Susan¡¯s mind cleared.
Before she could even open her mouth to say anything, her eyes caught the sight of something she never saw before.
They were surrounded by a brimless ocean of tall and soft grass. It was all green, there were no trees nor hills, only green green grass. The grass was about 2 metre tall but they could not compare with what Susan was standing next to.
They were on top of a small lump, two gigantic wooden poles stood high on them, towering over with the 2 fierce masks on the top. They were carved, so vivid, they didn¡¯t look real, they were real¡ As Susan stared at them, their eyes seemed to glow, and their pointed teeth crushing against each other while the wings on the back of their head expanded to show her no mercy.
Susan shook her head and looked back at them, they were still, but still as fierce, ¡°It¡¯s only my imagination¡¡±thought Susan.
She looked on the floor.
Between them was a ring of stones, some had burnt marks on them, and some looked fresh. There was no grass nor leaves in the ring, just dust, purple-coloured.
¡°It is¡amazing¡¡± Susan croaked out from her dry throat.
¡°Of course it is. A goddess altar should be like this, too bad Selene ¨C The white goddess had to die just to leave this for some kid, she was a good friend of mine.¡± Mrs. Klaus said impatiently and crossed her arms.
Susan still staring at the massive carvings, asked ¡°Why is this altar in the middle of nowhere? What do you mean leave this for some kid? And why is the white goddess your friend?¡±
¡°Ha. Questions. I will explain, but before we start lets shut your mouth up.¡± As Mrs. Klaus spoke she held her arm out pointing her palm towards Susan.
Susan was just about to ask why when she found out she couldn¡¯t move her mouth. She tried her hand it didn¡¯t move either.
¡°You¡¯re frozen.¡± Mrs. Klaus said in her usual cold tone, ¡°Isn¡¯t quite amusing? With your two hands pointed outwards and your little lips high in the air?¡±
She thought: ¡°I guess some people just don¡¯t change!!!¡±
Mrs. Klaus saw Susan¡¯s eye burn with in fire.
¡°Ha. Now back to the explaining.¡± Mrs. Klaus stroked her hand up and down the wooden poles, ¡°Selene, was the moon goddess. She was always happy with her lovers.¡± Mrs. Klaus flicked her eyes, ¡°But our mighty ruler, King of the gods, came and said she had to die, because god had something in plan. Selene obeyed. Soon after you were born.¡± Mrs. Klaus gave Susan a glance.
Susan was sick of being frozen but she couldn¡¯t do anything, and thought, ¡°What has that to do with me?¡±
¡°Hell¡¯s lord, Satan, got a message from God. He laughed after he finished the message. The mission was pleasing. He enjoyed tearing up your family¡¯s happiness. But there was more, so he sent one of his servants. Satan chose one the ¡®Shadow Beast¡¯, Claws.¡± Mrs. Klaus¡¯s eyes shined with red, ¡°Claws the most swift and fierce of them all. Claws came to the human world, killed off an unwanted¡¡±
Mrs. Klaus paused.
Susan wanted to tremble but couldn¡¯t. In the top of her head, she screamed, ¡°Klaus! So she was the one!¡±. Susan couldn¡¯t see Mrs. Klaus face, but she knew something was going on.
A chilly voice echoed into Susan¡¯s ears, ¡°After I took over the managers place. It was all Satan¡¯s commands. Throwing away your parents, putting you in Cardiff Student Care Centre, guiding you to the library, keeping your secrets away from the teachers, getting your whole school to attend the excursion, even letting you meet Jerry was all my job. Your life till now was all controlled by me.¡± Claws still had her back on Susan. Claws suddenly shouted, ¡° I have been nice enough, trying to let myself being cold and emotionless. But now¡Hahahaha, I can finally go back and roar in the flames below!¡± Claws flew herself around facing Susan.
Susan was terrified.
This was not the ice-cold ¡°Mrs. Klaus¡± anymore. It was claws.
Her face was a blur of black shadow, forming a sharp nose, a thin line of lips with pointy edges, and red eyes.
She wore a cloak, the upright collar all the way above her head, and the material falling downwards shaping a circle on the ground.
Claws started to speak, her claw like teeth showed, ¡°It is time. The moon is out.¡± Susan couldn¡¯t see the sky but it was sure darker. ¡°Jerry shall come. And I may return!¡±
Claws pointed her long nailed fingers at Susan, ¡°You are free to go.¡±
Susan felt a strong power charging towards her, and it strike. Susan collapsed on the floor.
¡°I can move!¡± Susan gasped in excitement.
¡°Goodbye, Selene Eos, my friend.¡± Claws made a smile that made Susan horrent, ¡°hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha¡± there was fire surrounding Claws.
Susan watched Claws slowly melting away into the flames in hell.