The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Monster Awakens

A stony monster rose from the mountain in the twinkling light of the stars.

Sisa could not understand how it could possibly be Amarun.

The monster had the head of a snake and the feathered wings of a bird and a long feathery tail.

It looked like a statue of the feathered monster from the tales told to children to scare them.

Slowly she moved towards the stone figure.

The play of the shadows and light made it look alive and moving.

Like it were still breathing.

She touched the stone and for an instant it felt like feathers in her hands.

She heard the sound of the drums that Kuyllur was playing.

His brother, Lusiru, sang in a monotone voice and danced around the stony monster.

He was smoking a cigar made of fresh tobacco leaves and puffing the smoke over the figure.

The waving and weaving of the smoke over the statue made it look even more alive.

Like it was breathing smoke from its nostrils.

Sisa shivered and grabbed the stone harder.

Again she could feel the feathers and the beat of a large heart.

Scared she kneeled in the earth next to the monster and waited for what would happen.

Lusiru took a large swig of the bottle he had in his hand and sprayed the alcohol from his mouth over Sisa.

He kept chanting and waving the branches in his hand.

Dispelling the smoke and strong alcohol around in the night.

Weaving his footsteps to the beat of his brother’s drum he danced closer to the statue and puffed more smoke over it.

Then he took another swig of the alcohol and sprayed it over the stone monster.

He waved the branches in the air and urged the monster to wake up.

Urged Amarun, Sisa thought.

It was not a monster, it was Amarun.

Finding courage from the thought she stood up and walked to the stone figure.

Slowly she touched it again, feathers, warmth and a strong heartbeat.

She climbed to its back and grabbed hard.

Lusiru screamed to the air and hit the monster to the head with his branches, urging it to wake up.

Sisa felt the monster shaking under her.

Then it raised its huge head to the sky and roared.

She grabbed harder and got hold of a handful of feathers.

Opening its wings Amarun leaped to the sky.

To be continued...

This is the thirthieth part of the story.

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 fourteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 14

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

To read the seventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 7

 To read the eight part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 8

To read the ninth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 9

To read the tenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 10

To read the eleventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 11

To read the twelth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 12

To read the thirteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 13

To read the fifteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 15

To read the sixteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 16

To read the seventeenth part, go to the The Queen With The Frozen Heart 17

To read the eighteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 18

To read the nineteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 19

To read the twentieth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 20

To read the twenty first part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Night Of The Black Moon

To read the twenty second part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - To The Enchanted Night

To read the twenty third part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - At The Mouth Of The Cave

To read the twenty fourth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Visiting Star

To read the twenty fifth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Time To Leave The Home

To read the twenty-sixth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - A Suitable Wife

To read the twenty-seventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Down In The Dungeons

To read the twenty-eight part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Savouring The Chicha

To read the twenty-ninth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Flying With The Stars

The Queen With The Frozen Heart - A Suitable Wife

From touch of air in the butterfly’s wings, Sisa summoned the wind.

Her magic stretched itself and danced playfully among the jungle trees.

- Come now, she called it, and the magic obeyed.

In a strong gust she rode the wind through the jungle, to the queen's palace.

There the magic deposited her gently on the roof, next to the regal woman and the magical being that were waiting for her.

- Here she arrives, Lusiru smiled at Sisa, the flower that will save us all.

- But she is just a girl, Queen bursted.

- Like you once were yourself, Lusiru raised his eyebrows, take a look at her magic and tell me how she is just a girl to you.

The queen appraised Sisa, looking at the magic swirling around her.

- How are you able to control so much, she finally asked, you are stronger than my son!

- And she already loves your son, Lusiru nodded, don't you?

Sisa nodded back, she was afraid to trust her voice.

- You wear your pacha still on your left shoulder, the queen challenged Sisa.

- Yes, Sisa swallowed, I have not yet known a man.

- But you claim to love my son; Queen looked straight to her eyes.

- He spent just a moment in our village, Sisa whispered, and he promised to wed the boa princess for their help. But since the boa people left him alone after he turned into a monster, he is free again.

- I must say I'm rather glad for their treacherous actions, the queen smiled tightly; I would not enjoy having a boa for daughter-in-law. Even if she were a princess!

Sisa did not answer; it was not her place to comment who would be a suitable wife for Amarun.

The two women stared each other in silence, appraising their strengths.

- It is almost dark, Lusiru woke them up from their thoughts, and my brother will be waiting for us with Amarun. And there is still a lot to do before the darkness falls tonight.

To be continued...

This is the twenty-sixth part of the story.

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 fourteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 14

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

To read the seventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 7

 To read the eight part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 8

To read the ninth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 9

To read the tenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 10

To read the eleventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 11

To read the twelth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 12

To read the thirteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 13

To read the fifteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 15

To read the sixteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 16

To read the seventeenth part, go to the The Queen With The Frozen Heart 17

To read the eighteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 18

To read the nineteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 19

To read the twentieth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 20

To read the twenty first part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Night Of The Black Moon

To read the twenty second part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - To The Enchanted Night

To read the twenty third part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - At The Mouth Of The Cave

To read the twenty fourth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Visiting Star

To read the twenty fifth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Time To Leave The Home

The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Night Of The Black Moon

It was a night of black moon.

Iluku had shed her feathery form and stood on a glade, clothed as a woman.

Waiting for her husband, Killa the Moon, to arrive.

The glittery light of the stars lit the deep forest around her.

It was hard, she lamented, it was still so hard to see the sky and know of her husband’s betrayal.

To see the proof of his deceit and dalliance with another woman written in the stars.

Every night, at the wee hours of morning, she would watch the two brothers rising from beyond the horizon.

Announcing the morning and causing her to flee from the pain.

Her husband’s sons, with another woman.

- Are you still angry with me, Killa embraced her and tried to steal a kiss from his wife.

- After all these years, he sighed when she turned her face away from him.

- No matter how many years pass, Iluku answered, they still remain your sons. They still shine on the sky and tell everyone the story of your love affair with my own brother’s wife.

- That is a story for another night, Killa reminded her gently, Didn’t you have some humans to save? Or something?

- Don’t you try to make me forger, Iluku’s voice was filled with rage, We shall save them, yes, we shall. But you shall also remember that a woman scorned is a dangerous foe and not one to underestimate.

Killa sighed.

No matter how many hundreds of years passed his wife never seemed to get over that one little slip of his.

- Where have you left the warriors that were with you, the Moon looked around him, are the hidden somewhere? Or do we have to save them too?

- I have hidden them in a cave, Iluku shook her head, behind the magic of a petroglyph stone. The jaguar men will never be able to find them.

- Then we will have time to make up for my mistakes, her husband sweet talked to her.

- My mistakes won’t make up for yours, the answer was frozen, there is a King waiting for us. And he won’t last forever.

- Come, let’s save the King and his men, Killa finally answered, and then I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you to forgive me.

Iluku did not answer but turned around and entered the jungle.

Together, but apart, the walked through the dark forest, like two beams of light.

Barely touching the ground, floating and darting, sidestepping and eluding the obstacles on their way.

- What are we to do, my only love, the Moon inquired.

Only silence answered him.

- How are we to vanquish the jaguar men, he questioned, am I to attack them with my bare hands and win them with my charm.

Iluku laughed.

- I do wish to be alive still tomorrow night, she finally answered, I have everything ready. You shall soon see!

Women, Killa shrugged his shoulders, he would never understand them.

And never be able to live without them, he sighed while admiring his wife’s beautiful form.

The mountain loomed over them when Iluku finally stopped.

She bent over to retrieve something under a pile of old boards.

 When she stood up she held few garments of old clothes in her hand that she showed to Killa.

- What are those rags for, he asked with a laugh, are you going to wipe the dust from jaguar men’s cave?

- No, my beloved and noble husband, she giggled a little, these are your clothes. The ones that you are going to wear tonight.

Killa looked at the horrible old tattered garment that Iluku held in her hands.

- Do not worry, she nodded her head, they are quite clean. Unlike what they look.

- And you, the Moon stuttered, will you enter looking like that? What a fine pair will we be. The beastly beggar and the young noble girl.

- That wouldn’t work at all, his wife shook her head, I have a spare clothing for myself too. Just wait and you shall see.

Iluku hid behind a boulder and after a moment an old beggar woman in rags emerged.

She hobbled over the rocks in ungainly way.

Her back bended, face full of wrinkles and with a hair that had lost its shine.

Hanging from her head with a band, she carried a large wowen basked, filled with mysteriours things.

But even though the Moon was of curious nature, he just hadn't time to indulge himself in wondering what an old woman could be carrying around in the jungle in the middle of a night.

He peaked at the fast but could only see the banana leaves covering the basket.

- Dear granny, Killa asked politely, did you happen to see my wife back there? She is taken an unseemly long time and we really do have to hurry up.

- And what does your wife look like, the ancient woman inquired with her weary voice.

- She is a beautiful young woman, the Moon answered, just like you must have been granny. She was wearing a beautiful blue pacha but she was supposed to change into some old rags.

- Like the ones I am wearing, the granny swiveled around.

Killa felt his face burn and his mouth drop open.

The change was incredible, there must have been magic involved.

To be continued ...

This is the twenty first 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

To read the seventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 7

 To read the eight part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 8

To read the ninth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 9

To read the tenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 10

To read the eleventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 11

To read the twelth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 12

To read the thirteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 13

To read the fourteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 14

To read the fifteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 15

To read the sixteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 16

To read the seventeenth part, go to the The Queen With The Frozen Heart 17

If you want to read the eighteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 18

If you want to read the nineteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 19

If you want to read the twentieth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 20