MYTH (PART-1)

ON A JOURNEY

SERIES OF STORIES [FICTION] WRITTEN BY MARI SUDHIR

CONSIST OF SIX PARTS ON ANCIENT GREEKS.

MY ADVENTURE BEGAN EARLY ONE JUNE MORNING IN THE YEAR 1751. I WAS A LAD OF SEVENTEEN. I LOCKED THE DOOR OF MY FATHER'S HOUSE FOR THE LAST TIME. THE SUN SHONE BRIGHTER THAN EVER.  ADRIAN, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM GREEK ACCENT.  HE WAS WAITING FOR ME NEAR THE CITY SQUARE. AS WE HANGOUT EVERY DAY WE WERE PLANING ABOUT GOING SOME WERE MYSTERIOUS. SUDDENLY ADRIAN  RAN TO THE HILL WHICH WE USED TO SEE FROM CHILDHOOD. I ASKED HIM "WHERE ARE YOU GOING NOW". HE STOPPED FOR A MOVEMENT AND SAID "ONCE MY GRANDFATHER TOLD ME ABOUT A TEMPLE AT THE HILL TOP". AS I WAS LEAVING THERE FOR 17 YRS I NEVER HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING UP THERE. NEVER SAW ANYTHING. BUT HE WAS SURE ABOUT IT .SO I DIDN'T UTTER A WORD AND FOLLOWED HIM AS WE REACHED NEAR THE HILL. I WAS THIRSTY BUT HE DIDN'T SHOW A SING OF TIREDNESS . I STOPPED HIM AND SAID "WAIT FOR A MOMENT,I WANT SOME WATER". HE SAID THERE IS A WATER BATHE ABOUT IN 50 METER. THAT TOO I'VE NEVER SAW   . AS HE SAID THERE WAS A WATER BATHE. I TOOK REST AND WE WALKED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, AT LAST WE REACHED HIS DESTINATION. SAW HUGE OLD ANCIENT GREEK STYLE TEMPLE. WHICH WAS 60 PERCENT DAMAGED. AND A HUGE PILLAR WHICH WAS THE ONLY SCULPTURE NEAR THE TEMPLE AT APPROX. 50 METERS.      

THERE WAS ABOUT HALF A DOZEN OF STONES WHICH WERE REALLY GREAT SEAT TO SIT. BIRDS WERE FLYING SO HIGH I WAS SWEATING,MY WHOLE COSTUME WAS WET AND SMELLY (RUNNING FROM CITY SQUARE TO THIS PLACE ON A SUNNY DAY,I THINK THE TEMP WAS ABOUT 40^). THEY WERE ROCKS BUT IT WAS NOT TOO HARD. I SAT NEAR A TREE WHO'S BRANCHES PROVIDED ME WITH COLD BREEZE. ADRIAN SAT ON STONE WHICH LAIN 5 METERS APART FROM MINE. SUDDENLY A CIRCLE SHAPED ROCK STARTED ROLLING FROM A ENTRANCE WHICH WAS  IN FRONT OF ME AT ABOUT 50 METERS. I DIDN'T NOTICE ADRIAN SCREAMED "GET OUT OF THERE" I REPLIED "WHY". HE SAID "LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU STUPID". I TURNED MY HEAD AT AN ANGLE OF 45^. AND I SAW THAT "SHIT". I PUSHED MY LEG ON THE GROUND AND STOOD UP JUMPED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF ME WERE ADRIAN WAS STANDING. THE ROCK HAD A BIG CRASH ON THE TREE. SUDDENLY WE FEEL DOWN FROM A BIG HOLE WHICH WAS BELOW  THE ROCK ON WHICH ADRIAN WAS SITING. WE WERE FALLING FOR 10 MIN,FROM THE SURFACE. AT LAST HE MADE A HEROIC MOVEMENT. HE STRETCHED HIS HANDS TOWARDS THE INNER SURFACE OF THE HOLE. THERE WERE SO MANY CLIMBERS (PLANTS). HE GRABBED ONE OF THEM. I DIDN'T KNEW HOW DID HE MANAGED THE PAIN ON HIS SHOULDERS. HE SETTLED IN THERE WITH HIS LEFT HAND GRABBED ME WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. MY HEART CEASED FOR A MIN. HE DROPPED ME SAFELY ON THE GROUND AND HE GOT OFF THE CLIMBER. MY MIND WAS BLANK, DIDN'T KNEW WHAT TO DO. BUT ADRIAN HAD SOME PLAN. I WAS LOOKING AROUND SAW A OLD ANCIENT CARNIVORES SKELETAL STRUCTURE. I TOUCHED AN UPPER CANINE OF THE BEAST (TUSK LIKE THING). A NOISE RAISED BEHIND ME I TURNED BACK. A HUGE  PIECE OF ROCK MOVED AROUND AN ANGLE OF 90^. ANOTHER ROCK CHANGED ITS SHAPE INTO A HUGE PIECE OF DOOR (MYSTERIOUS). WE WENT THROUGH THE ENTRANCE. WE SAW A DEEP WELL, DARK INSIDE WE JUMPED INTO IT . IT WAS ONLY 40 METERS(APPROX).  JUST ANOTHER GROUND FLOOR. WE WALKED, I GOT A WOODEN TORCH WHICH WAS MADE BY WOODEN PIECE. IT WAS THE ONLY THING SHINING AND WAS FRESH OR.....NEW IN THERE. WE SAW ANOTHER ENTRANCE,WHICH LOOKED SO AWESOME CAUSE THE DOOR WAS MADE WITH FINE COPPER. THE DOOR FRAME WAS DECORATED WITH THE FINEST GOLD AND SILVER MIXTURE. WITH TWO SNAKES INTERLOCKED STRUCTURE. WITH ANCIENT MAMMOTH ON THE DOOR. IT'S TUSK WAS ABOUT 1 METER LONG (JUST THING ABOUT ITS SIZE "WOW")(HOW DID IT COME THERE, ENDANGERED DURING ICE AGE!!!). ADRIAN OPENED THE DOOR HE COULDN'T CAUSE IT WAS SO HEAVY. WE BOTH USED OUR WHOLE STRENGTH. THE DOOR MOVED A LITTLE LESS THAN 30^. WE TOOK OUR WHOLE BREATH AND WENT THROUGH THE LITTLE GAP BETWEEN DOOR AND THE FRAME. AS WE ENTERED THE PLACE WAS BRIGHT AS WE VERY UNDER THE SUN BUT WE WERE NOT OUTSIDE. THE ROCK BUILDING WAS LIKE ANCIENT ROME BUILDING. IT HAD A HUGE DOME WHICH HAD A LOT OF COFFER, THAT TO,THE COFFER HAD STEPPED LIKE STRUCTURE INSIDE. BUT AT A PART OF THE DOME WE SAW A DUMP OF SAND. ADRIAN WAS TAKING A LOOK AROUND. I SAW SOMETHING WAS GLOWING BRIGHTLY. I CALLED ADRIAN HE CAME AND SAW IT. HE STRETCHED HIS HANDS AND CLEARED THE DUST AND IT WAS A STATUE AND.........WAS THE STATUE OF GOD OF GODS "ZEUS" WITH A SHIELD MADE UP OF DIAMOND AND GOLD. HE WAS VERY FURIOUS TO SEE. (WAS LIKE HE WAS ANGRY).

OTHER HAND WAS WRAPPED WITH AN OLD CLOTH. HIS EYE WAS GLOWING. ADRIAN UNWRAPPED THE CLOTH, IT WAS SOME KIND OF A STONE, WHICH WAS BLUE IN COLOR. THE CENTER PART WAS MADE WITH SOME KIND OF METAL LIKE   SOME  OF THE  RAREST METAL ON THE UNIVERSE OR SOME GAS. I TOUCHED THE STONE WITH MY RING FINGER. AS I KEPT MY FINGER ON THE STONE ,THE PLACE STARTED SHAKING LIKE THAT OF A EARTHQUAKE ABOVE     POINT  7. WE LOST OUT BALANCE AND FELL DOWN. ANOTHER DOOR OPENED (DIDN'T KNEW WHERE IT CAME FROM). AS THE DOOR OPENED FULLY THE SHAKING STOPPED. WE WENT INTO AND SAW................................................      

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