The Queen With The Frozen Heart 16

Faster and faster Amarun flew until; finally, it reached the lonely mountain.

It could not see Iluku anymore but the air was filled with vultures.

Reaking, disgusting vultures that tried to tear his snakes away from him.

Through the air the snakes flew, throwing themselves on the vultures and landing on them.

Rapidly they coiled around the huge birds and strangled them to death.

They were so fast, getting into the nests and devouring the eggs and strangling the little birds, too.

It was death on wings, death with scales, death in the night, and not one of the vultures was left.

Amarun could not understand what was happening, he could only feel his two natures fighting.

The call of his new nature to kill, but there was no one left to kill.

He landed on the cold stone in the moon's light and roared in frustration.

The world stood still and the air trembled. 

The boa people turned themselves into humans and their leader closed himself to Amarun warily.

- You have helped us to get rid of our most fierce enemy tonight, he bowed deep.

- It has been a pleasure to aid you in killing the vultures, he thanked, because now we know that we are safe from their claws and they will not bother us anymore.

- But I cannot keep our word anymore; the leader drew rigid, for you have become what we hate the most in this world, part bird yourself. And I cannot give my daughter to someone like you. You are alone now, you and that giant bird. I’m certain that you will be able to get rid of the jaguar men without our help and free your father.

After he finished his words he turned back into a giant dappled boa and slithered into the dark forest together with his men.

Amarun screeched and roared, and the mountain shook around him.

- Kill, his nature told him, kill them all! Crush their bodies and drink their blood!

But there was no one to kill.

In the villages people hid and wept, and in the castle the queen paced in her room.

She was certain there was a spell to get rid of the Great Rainbow Snake, her forefathers had already once done it.

But she did not know how to do it, since they had taken that knowledge together with them to the grave.

- I must kill it, she declared to her guards.

- It must be destroyed before it destroys us all, he explained to her court that was hiding in her room.

Trying to feel secure near their queen.

- And, one of her maids raised her trembling voice, and if you make it sleep? Will it go away then? At least for a while.

Queen ran to the door and slammed it open.

She could hear the terrifying screeching and roaring from the distance, like the end of the world.

She threw away her slippers and stood on the grass with her bare feet, she raised her hands to the air and let the rain was her hair.

Standing there, alone with the world, together with the earth, the air, the sky, and everything that made her kingdom to be.

She asked their help, and asked for them to make the feathered snake to sleep.

Sleep in a magical dream, until she could find the way to rid their country of it.

To be continued...

This is the sixteenth part of the story.

If you want to read the first part of the story, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 1  

To read the second part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 2 

To read the third part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 3. 

To read the fourth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 4. 

To read the fifth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 5.

To read the sixth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 6

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