novel

~Destiny~

(30 day time limit of Destiny should be changed ?)

Deepa sat back in the rear of the four wheel drive ,

reading intently .She held a book titled 'PSI ,how it works ',

it was a book about parasychology. Deepa having entered

here 1^st Year in Engineering ,was experiencing some weird

phenomenen for quite some time now and recently a senior

of hers had given her a book.

Deepa saw Auras around some people.Even different colours

in the usuallu golden Aura.Thumbing through the book ,she

would now and than stop and run a google search for Aura's

and other Psychic phenomenon. Deepa sat in the back of the

Safari off road vehicle.She was finding it difficult to concentrate

with so much noise in the Wagon.

There were six kids in the wagon and the driver ,

all of them were heading to there Grandfathers Farm

out in the country.There they would be joined by

two more cousins.

Aditya ,Deepa's younger brother poked at her , “Join us in the game “

Deepa glared at him , this was the nth poke Aditya had given her.

The smooth tar road was now a bumpy road.

The Driver “Kids we are getting close another 30 minutes”

Aditya continued playing with Pooja,Vani and Sagar.

Deepa was engrossed in what she was reading,when

she happend to lift her head and look out of the window,

and than she saw it.

Far away close to a tree stood a Lady wearing all black,

a bump in the road later and the image was gone.

Hmmm thought Deepa.Deepa was not one to be easily frightened.

She was never afraid of the Dark.

Another few minutes later and they were infront of a large Gate.

And ahead stood an imposing colonial mansion.

Driver”here we are kids at last”

It was a 5 hour drive.

The Grandparents greeted the children.The kids were

thrilled at the sight of the large Mansion .All 8 of the

cousins were united.The last two were Sandhya

and Sunil,twins.These two were of the same age of

Deepa.Deepa was happy at seeing them.

After hours of chatting they finally drifted of to

sleep in 3 large rooms . Sunil,Aditya and Sagar

were in one room.Pooja and Vani in another

and Sandhya and Deepa in the last room.

Deepa had the feeling that she was being watched

at the dinner table but by whom she couldnt home in on.

Sandhya sat combing her silken long hair wearing a

beautiful yellow nightie. “Deepa isnt it great to be back

in this large house !! , a month of fun,its amazing”

Deepa sat reading the book she had brought with her.

Deepa wore a blue night dress.

“yes dear I love this place”

Chatting they finally drifted of to sleep.

They could hear owls hoot and insects chirp as they slept ,

felt like they were in a Jungle and infact they were not

far from the forests.

Around 4AM,Deepa woke up with a Jolt,she looked

around the room Sandhya was fast asleep bent at an odd

as she slept,Deepa adjusted Sandhya a bit and got out

of the bed.

She went to the Balcony .They were on the first floor.

The cool wind rushed up to her as she went onto the balcony ,

she felt the wind swirling around her body ,and with a slim

night dress she shivered a bit.

The veiw from the Balcony was beautifull,she got a veiw

of the large garden and the lawns. Now looking far she saw

a shape standing against a tree,she strained to look,it seemed

odd but as the clouds moved and the moon shone over the figure

she saw that it was a tall long haired man who seemed attired in

a unqie colourful and intricate dress.

A moment later and the image was gone.She felt a bit scared

should she wake everyone up. There were 5 servants .

Than the most peculiar thing, she heard music ,yes music very vague and soft and

of a unique enhcanting tone,seemed like a flute .The music was irreisstible she was

captivated,clucthing her bear chest ,she felt a powerful force calling her.

Deepa walked out of bedroom and out of the house and onto the grounds following the

alluring music.She had never heard such music in her life,it sounded Alien.

After walking for a few minutes into the dense gardens filled with trees and bushes she came

across an open clearning, moonlight shone through.

Sitting on a long stone seat was a strange person.He was a tall person with long wavy hair and

a vaguely blue coloured skin.He wore an intricately designed dress,tight fitting ,skin tight.A bow

and quiver were swung behind his shoulder.His back was to Deepa as she approached him.

He stood up as she approached,”Hello there shanula “

Deepa “ Shunala ?”

Deepa” My name is deepa, who are you ? And what are you “

“My name is Athletus and I am a forest elf “

Deepa “ why are you calling me Shanula?”

Athletus smiled “thats your real name ,it means destiny”

Deepa “ real name ? What are you talking about and are you for real ? An Elf ? “

“ Yes Shanula “

Deepa felt her head spin a bit ,was she in a drean she thought.Must be a Dream.

The cold wind chilled her, her light night dress not providing much protection.

“Deepa I will be fast , you are already grappling with a lot of hcnages within you

like seeing Auras and vivd Dreams and clarivoyance and the feeling of someoen watching you

and much more, all these and much more will increase in time , your past life is catching up with you , you will understand all as you go deeper into meditation and spirituality and the martial arts that you practise, I will give you a book which is in your tongue ,which will explain all and also it will be your training manual,read it than you will understand ,now begone,also remember you are also being watched by the other side ,and my purpose is also to protect you as best as I can,read the book and we will meet again “

He turned and vanished into the trees.

After a while she went back and lay down to bed after putting the Book in her bag ,she felt tired and was fast asleep in a minute,she didnt notice the small gargoyle watching her from the tree adjacent to the balcony , it was no more than 6 Inches tall and with the ability to change colors like a Chamelon.Its skin now was Black hiding in the Dark among the leaves on a branch.The Gargoyle

had noticed everything that had transpired between Shanula and the wood Elf.

Gargoyle “ hmm She will be pleased “ it said thinking of its Master or Madam.

Flapping it wings it took of heading west .

Early Morning.

Deepa woke up with a jolt ,sandhya was shaking her back “wake up wake up its 7AM “

Deepa got read yawning all the time and she unpacked her bag to get some clothes

and there she saw the book ,it was Green and brown and red and yellow and blue

and such intricate drawings on the cover.Last night came crashing into her mind.

Was it all real ?

She had a small breakfast and declined to play with her other cousins and went back to her

bedroom and lay down thinking.Finally after half an hour she opened the book ,layed it down

on the table and gazed at it ,it was colourful but looked like a normal book.Finally she opened page 1 .

There were drawings initially of forests and elves and dragons and wolves and various other beasts

and finally a black page with one line , Sorcerres training Manual.Her thought kept going back to the tall young Elf with long hair and his words.

First Chapter was simply titled know yourself.

“well here goes “ thought deepa

Its read

“ Young Sorcerres ,if you are aware of yourself than this read not,

if walking on the Magic side for the first time , than must read”

You are not who you think you are.You are someone unique gifted

with extraordinary powers.Since many lives you have been part of

an Anicent Union of beings ,Human Elf and much more , all united

to serve the One True Light.

It went onto explain lots of things about Deepa's past lives and her

various powers and abilities , many of which hadn't fully manifested.It

also made reference to the Dark Side, an Union of Forces opposing

the beings of Light .A Sorcerres may or may not face Dark Forces

opposing her growth in the Path of Magic.

Reading for hours she got and went to the Balcony, gazing she saw her cousins

playing and the Son of there neighbour playing with them,Jason was a bit elder

to them all, he was tall and very handsome ,he smiled looking at Deepa.

The whole day she spent reading the book and googling for any information

on the inetrnet.

Two days later they went to edge of there large farm where a small river flowed and

sort of a Lagoon was formed with a small water fall , all of the cousins played hide and seek and

swam ,Jason having joined them was nice for both sandhya and deepa.

Hours of forlicking later ,Deepa saw Him behind a tree close to the waterfall, it was Athletus.Genty swimming she saw acroos to the other side close to the mini waterfall and

coming out of the water met Him.

“Hello Shanula , how was the book ? “

Deepa “interesting ,I am still coming to terms with this new idenity”

“You can ask me any doubts , I will be glad to help “

He led Deepa into a hidden cave where a shaft of light shone through illuminating the inside.There they sat on a stone bench of sorts .

Athletus “Deepa here heat yourself ,hot air rushes up from this crevice and heats the room”

Deepa stood close to this crevice in the ground shooting hot air upwards and heating her entire body

she felt realxed.An unique Elven Cave it was.

Talking for a few minutes, Deepa asked “do you stay here all the time in this cave?”

Atletus “ I do come here sometimes , I usually come here in the night”

Deepa “ so if I come here in the night I will find you”

Athletus “dont venture out in the dark deepa....”

After a few more minutes of chatting Deepa left swiming back to the others.

Sandhya “where were you ? “

Deepa just went for a swim.

They all headed back Home.

Mistress of the Dark.

The Little Gargoyle stood infront of his Mistress.

Samara the Dark ,sat in the Dark,She was Tall and had deathly pale skin

although she was very beautifull .She had long nails and very sharp.

She wore a long black gown and had long black Hair.Her eyes were totally Dark.

Samara was part Elf,Part Giantess and oddly Part Human, but very much the

Witch She Was.

Having learnt of what her messenger had to say.She knew she had to do something.

This new young sorcerress could become a major problem.

“Mauler she shouted “ and out of the Dark came a Large Werewolf.

“Find Shanula and kill her “

The Werewolf Howled and leapt out of the window into the Jungles heading towards Shanula.

Samara lived in the Dense Jungle about an Hours Flight from the Manor where Deepa stayed ,for the Gargoyle and he sure flew very fast.Samara's Castle was actually in a Swamp but once passing through the Jungle one would have to enter a portal to get there, the Gargoyle after a while of flying took a particular path, He had an unique Device which was a compass of sorts using which enabled

him to travel into various Realms.Unlike other creatures such as the Elf who used incantations

to travel different Realms , the Gargoyle was dependent on this unqiue device.

Training Begins

Shaluna(deepa) or Destiny met Athletus whom she had named as Dave, in the dead of night again at the Rocks Point , another place close to the estate on a small hill ,it was where a large rock protruded out of the ground ,Dave had led her there .

Dave“Shaluna I must tell you something , your main task is a very major one”

Destiny”wht is it Dave”

Dave looked grim when he said “to Kill Samara the Dark”

Dave had told Destiny all about Samara , a very powerful witch who was part Elf.

“Dave cannot I just ignore her ? And lead a normal life”

“Destiny you have no choice , either you kill her or she will kill you “

“She will first send her minions and than later come after You Herself”

“She will try Voddoo Black magic and all but the forces of light protect you from spells,hence the attack will have to be physical,though she isnt yet sure that you are such a serious threat else she would be coming after you now ,she still belives you are insignificant”

Destiny sat on a protruding rocks edge.

“Dave how will I kill her ?”

“Destiny you are an expert martial artist , you will have to fight her ,but before you face her you wil

have to perfect spells , you know you will be facing Her in another 35 days “

Destiny “ what!!!!!, thats how long I will be here”

Dave “Yes Destiny this all will be over one way or another by the time you leave”

Destiny “I am not prepared Dave”

Dave “ You are Destiny , since you were 8 years of age you were taught Martial arts and than Meditation and Yoga and Mantras and now you are ready to learn actual spells “

Dave told her that from now on every night he would teach her the Elven art of fighting and the training began that night itself.In the day she taught hersel spells which interestingly she was learning very fast and in the night for 2 hours she was trained by the Elf.

Samara Goes to meet Het Master the Demon Lord

portal passing into the Dark Realm

The Throne turned and opend up into a passage way, Samara got of

the Throne and walked along the dimly lit tunnel.Her night vision

was perfect though she saw in shades of green in the dark.

Destiny goes to the Elven world Portal Travel

--in this world time varies that is even a Month

spent in this world will be just a few minutes in the

real world, Destiny fights along Elves there in the

Great War or maybe is trained---

Destiny spends time in the Library atop

the House looking across the woods reading.

Mission to aquire the secret Arrow or weapon

etc to fght Samara or one of her powerful minions

guarded by the skeleton soldiers or..

--the potion/weapon in the secret Buddhist type temple

Destiny's Secret Mentor Guide

Destiny and her Diary

Destiny started a Diary about her supernatural encounters .

She wrote:

The Most extraordinary experience of my Life I have encountered.Supernatural

now seems very Natural to me.Staying in my Grandparents Home ,I have have encounterted

supernatural beings.Elves Witches Werewolves all now seem very real.These creatures live

among us some can be seen when they enter our Plane,others live in there Dimension.Many of

these Cryptids or Mythical creatures are very much real.To see them in our plane one needs

to be a gifted clarivoyant or an advanced spiritual person.My encounters began with meeting

an Elf ,He is an Master Archer and Swordsman also advanced with Spells.Sarcastic and stringent

though he is ,yet a Master in his Arts.I haven't met such an unique person in my Life.

Gargoyle Poisoned Knife

Samara sat thinking in her Throne.

The Gargoyle Nastronoxlus blurted “My Queen only if I could get close enough

I could use my poision Darts or Arrows on Destiny,but as long as Her Minder's

Spell remains I wont be able to get close”

The Secret Minder of Destiny was causing Samara a lot of problems.

He or She had cast a powerful spell around the entire estate where Destiny now stayed.

No evil Dart or Arrow would work in there and no ordinary creature of the dark could enter

the ground.The last time the Gargoyle Landed on a tree it was on the highest branch he couldnt

get any lower due to the spell.The Spell was strongest about 20 feet around the House ,but it also covered the entire grounds.

Samara was thinking .” Gargoyle I think there is a way in which the spell can be broken

but you will have to use your dagger and stab her ,I will find a way for you to enter the field

around the house “

Gargoyle “but entering the house to stab her I will have to pass through the house cats!!!

and my Lady they are all protecting Destiny”

Samara glared at the little Gargoyle,her Eyes Dark as the Blackest Night.

“Little Gargoyle , You can either die here or die there , the choice is yours ,atleast You

have a choice and a chance “

Gargoyle reluctantly conceded ,Samara could be much worse.

Mauler the Werewolf

After 8 days , dave warned destiny to be carefull from now onwards.

The minions of Samara will now show there face he said.

9th Night of training.

Destiny was perfect in her fitness, she was super fit ,doing somersaults on the ground

and being able to throw a knife perfectly on target and shoot an arrow with perfection too.

She was very good with the elven short swords.

the 9th night Dave was just outside the front door when destiny left her house.

They walked in silence heading to the trees fast.

Dave' be alert and ready Destiny "

Destiny "what is it , ?" Dave was weirdly sniffing the air.

A Wolf he said , he looked grim.

Destiny " what wolf ?"

Dave " a werewolf "

Dave " I have two silver tipped arrows no more and you shouldnt miss OK ,I will confront it

and lead it into the clearing in the centre of the garden and you must kill it with the arrows"

Dave " only two shots,dont miss "

They entered the trees silently,unseen two large eyes watched them.

This creatures sense were even better than that of the Elf.Samara the

Dark had enabled the werewolf to assume form on any night or even day ,

no need for a full moon, the Dark Power of Samara.The confrontation would

be a crucial test for Destiny.

They reached the centre of the clearing both of them had there arrows drawn,a Vague Mist

crawled across the grassy grounds beneath.The mist was broken and thin, the Elf knew a

thick Mist and there chances of Victory would be Minimal,though the Elf would have immeditaly

climbed a tree and took destiny with him.But climbing meant hands of ones weapons and thats

all the Werewolf need , just a trifle of en error and one would have to pay with one's Life.

They were dealing with powerful creatures now,hell bent on doing the dreadful.

Elf Dave “ Crouch and be still if you can be..”

Destiny thougt ' the elf could be very sarcastic at times'

Dave “Position back to back stance crouching arrows drawn,remember you

only have the silver arrows that will kill it, normal arrows only harm but dont kill

a werewolf” his voice was barely audible.

They crouched and stayed still .They waited for more than 15 Minutes.This

waiting made Destiny edgy,she focused on her breathing .Battle was also

a sort of a spiritual exercise ,she used her Meditation skills to remain calm.

There in the middle of the clearing the Two Archers crouched breathing as one.

Dave kept his mind clear of any thoughts as he usually did before a Battle,but he couldnt

help but wonder why the were wolf hadnt attacked them in the dense foliage as they passed throught it to reach the clearing,the only reason the Elf thought was the Were wolf was being

wary ,maybe even scared that it maybe confronting ~Destiny~ ,the one who was to kill

Samara-the-Dark.Though the Elf was unsure of Destiny Himself.WEll He thought

this would be a real test now taking on the furry Monster.

The Silence in the clearing was eerie,just the Mist moved ever so slowly ,but no Animals stirred

no Bat or Owl or an Insect, like everything had frozen still.Nothing happend for the next 20 Minutes,than a large outline moved very fast beyond the trees.

Dave “ Passed me ,its circling “

a second later

Destiny “passed me”

The circling continued clockwise and anticlockwise the Beast checking them out.

Elf “ Fire if you see it “

They both shot arrows as they saw a blur of a fast moving object dart around the clearing beyond the trees.The trees were more than 50 feet away.Both of them were randomly shooting judging

the creatures movements based on its speed and direction.This continued for another 10 minutes.

Elf “Destiny it is trying to exhaust our arrows ,so shoot only if sure “

They had 60 arrows each ,now down to around 50 .The beast circled but with no arrows

flying around it ,it stopped.

Elf “it will attack now!! “

Finally at the far end two large eyes .

Destiny “ spotted two eyes “

She shot two arrows but hit nothing and the eyes were gone .

Two arrows wasted

Elf “its changing tactics “

My its fast thought the Elf. After a while Detsiny saw the Weerewolf half way atop a tree

and she again shot and hit nothing.The werewolf's initial trepidation had now vanished,and

it choose to provoke Destiny more than the Elf,she was losing arrows fast.

Elf “stay your Bow Destiny let it enter the clearing “

Now again silence fell for sometime.Finally the beast charged Destiny .

Both of them shot arrows ,but the Beast easily leaped over there heads and vanished into

the Mist.

Elf “damm its fast and smart making us losse arrows “

The werewolf was proving to be a master warrior chossing to wear out

its opponents rather than charge like a mindless beast.It was well versed

in the Art of Warfare.Making a qucik attacking forays tiring

the enemy and than making an even quicker retreat,and in this case also

depleting arrows.

Final Battle in the Castle of Samara