Across the border – Book I - 5 Chapter

Sussan took the golden flower from her bag and broke a part of the petal. She started mixing with several rare powders along with a pinch of Asher’s dust and fed it to Nameless.

Nameless instantly woke up but looking at the people around him, he started shivering. He had never been with so many people before and it made him uncomfortable.

“Don’t even try to hide anything anymore, I know you are not Robert!”, Brenda said harshly.

Nameless shook and tears formed on all his five eyes. Sussan hugged the boy and comforted him and glared at Brenda. Brenda looked down and shook her head.

“It is ok. Don’t be afraid. Just tell us where is Robert now? Are there any ways to go to the other side of the border?” Sussan asked patiently.

Nameless still hesitated to speak as he promised his only friend that he would not tell anything about this trip to anyone.

Seeing his hesitation, Brenda was about to lose her patience once again but Sussan stopped her.

“Look here, I understand you must have promised them but I am not going to ask where they are going to! But you can tell me where they are now, so you won’t break the promise and at the same time you can save them both. They can be in danger and we want to rescue them. We will rescue all of them, I promise” Sussan promised Nameless as every wasted minute is precious.

Hearing that his friend and brother might be in danger, Nameless started showing them where they are using his telepathic mind.

When they saw the boys along with a short strange man, everyone grasped. Even though they couldn’t hear the conversation, they saw them being alert and as well as Hygelnewl near them.

Sussan understood that the short man must be the guardian of that plant. But this is the first time seeing someone as short as him being the guardian.

She is well aware that the guardian cannot shrink and something is not right. So she asked Nameless to communicate with Robert.

“Ask Robert to be careful and make them come back at once”

But Nameless’s face changed when he received a reply from Robert but still, he conveyed the message to Sussan and even told her about the bargain.

“We are not coming, we got the purple flower and now we only need Renlow powder. Once we get it, we will track Elly and bring her back. We are definitely not going to bargain with this short man anymore”

When Sussan understood what they were going to do, she told Nameless to communicate again and ask them to come back once again. But the stubborn kids did not listen and they stood their stand on finding Elly.

So, without much chance, the elders tried to think of a solution. And they decided to send the Feliocian with the Renlow powder.

They made Nameless inform them about the Feliocian and he will bring the powder.

David brought the statue of the bird out and tapped its head while Sussan said some magical words.

Feliocian flapped its wings and rose high in the sky. When he came down David whispered in its sharp ears and gave the Powder which he swallowed and took off.

They waited anxiously in a distance watching the Feliocian flapping its wings and went as high as possible but still he struggled to reach the end of the fence.

Sussan said some magic words and it acted like a boost and crossed the border. But before it could fly even a meter into the border, it was shot and pushed back several meters.

But still, it tried once again and this time he wounded one of his wings and came down in milliseconds.

Nameless took his hands and made a circle in the air while pulling the bird into it. Once Feliocian is safe, they hear the siren wailing off.

Brenda got agitated and pulled Nameless and started running away at great speed. Sussan and David followed them behind and when they saw a deep hole on the ground they jumped in without a thought.

Once they were inside they saw several kids hiding in it and got shocked. When they went near, they saw several Elly’s, Peter and Robert coming towards them with their arms open.

But before they could reach them Nameless rushed forward and broke the glasses around them.

When the elders realized what had happened they realized it as illusions, They understood they were in deep trouble.

This is the hole of a nightmare. Whoever you miss will be reflected in front of your eyes and it will later slowly swallow them into the mirror making them believe that everything around them is real.

They will forever be trapped inside the mirror.

Sussan started pulling out sheets and asked everyone to cover the mirrors surrounding them. All of them started acting fast but there were too many for them to handle.

So their only option is to run along the caves of mirrors closing their eyes to reach an exit.

“Why did you break the mirrors when we entered the cave?” David asked Nameless.

Nameless stayed quiet and hesitated.