” Welcome Mia, hasn’t been that long has it? And you are already here. ” The Tree of knowledge spoke as Mia stared at it with wonder.
” No, I am not here. Not yet. I mean I am here, I don’t know how. But it isn’t time yet for me to come to you. ” Mia was looking around trying to figure out what why she ended up there.
” Oh! You say you are not here yet. Alright. Then why are you here now? ” It asked.
Mia looked with no answers. ” Perhaps you needed some answers, ” It pressed.
Answers. Yes. She needed a lot of them. Mia immediately moved forwards. But as soon as she opened her mouth to ask about the thing that had kidnapped her, Mia remembered she only had one more question left from last time. And that she had saved it for the mer-people . She immediately backed off .
The Tree of knowledge seemed to have sensed her hesitation and laughed out loud.
” Don’t be scared. This isn’t in the reality. We do not need to adhere by rules here. You will still have that one solution left for yourself when you do visit me physically. In the real world. ” It said.
” Then is this in the Dream dimension? ” Mia asked.
” No it’s not there. ” Was the blunt reply.
” But…. “, Mia was going to ask more about it but remembered she had other urgencies, ” What is that thing that captured me? Where is it keeping me? ”
” Umm, that thing is someone very very close to you. If you could think properly, I think you will have the answer yourself. ” It said.
” I know it looks like my father… But…. ” Mia was going on but quickly changed the topic as she was starting to feel and hear a familiar sound of grumbling that came from the one that had captured her. ” Just tell me where it is keeping me and how do I get out of there? ” Mia asked in a hurry.
” It is keeping you inside it’s lair. In it’s tower of isolation. ” The tree answered. It seemed like it too could sense what Mia was sensing. It too seemed uneasy at the soft growl like grumbling, slowly getting near.
“As for how you could get out of there Mia, I don’t have an answer. However you could try looking in that Mirror Glass over there. It is said to reflect ones true strengths. Their true selves. Perhaps it might be of help to you. It will sometime till we need again Mia. Till then take care. ” The scenario in front of her changed immediately and the Tree of knowledge vanished from her sight. She went forward in the direction the Tree of knowledge had instructed and came face to face with the Mirror Glass. It was neither a mirror nor a glass. It was a wooden wall that stood in between nowhere like a door. Mia looked carefully at both it’s sides. Nowhere could she find a mirror of anything that reflected. The light in the place was also dim, unlike where the tree of knowledge was, bright and lively. Mia
started running around it in circle desperately trying to find anything as the growling in the background grew louder.
Then suddenly as of tearing the sky, a light from within her struck the clouds above. It reflected on the wooden wall and then back on Mia. Right at that moment, something magical happened. The light refracted into a thousand shades and engulfed the area. The wooden wall slowly turned into a reflective surface and Mia could clearly see herself inside it. At first she could see just a reflection of herself . Then the reflection divided into two. There was now two Mia staring at herself from the wall. One of it had distinct wolf like features. Mia stared at her in amazement. It looked very much like Roe. Sturdy and agile. Then there was the other Mia. As she looked at it, it’s fish like features became more and more prominent. It morphed until it resembled the mer-women Mia had seen in the vision, shown by the mer-boy inside the waters. Mia had her jaws wide open. What was that supposed to mean. Why did she look like the mer-women. Mia went forward to touch it. She stretched her hands and so did the mer-Mia. They touched their hands at the surface of the Mirror. And immediately Mia was pulled back from her hypnotic state.
Before Mia could open her eyes, she felt the hot breath of her loathsome captor. His filthy smell chocked Mia as she held her breath. It hovered over Mia like a canine smelling it’s prey. It’s dirty, slimy drool was falling all over Mia’s clothes. Mia could not belive somebody with a human like appearance could actually behave in such beastly manner.
She could feel her hands going cold and and heat building up at the back of her neck. There were sweat droplets forming over her upper lip line , her nose and forehead. The beast now was touching her fingers with it’s. Almost pressing it hard enough to break it. But Mia dared not make a sound. She could not bring herself even to open her eyes and face it. It placed both it’s knees over Mia’s outstretched thighs. Mia let out a scream in pain. But she closed her mouth , biting her own tongue as she realised it was amused at her pain. It was enjoyed when Mia showed sign of weakness. It enjoyed Mia’s agony. And Mia wasn’t willing to give it that. The beast presses harder over her thighs as it bent over to force both of Mia’s hands backwards. Mia bit harder down her teeth trying to stop her howl from coming out. As if the jaws biting her legs weren’t enough, now the beast was mauling her thighs with its knees and was about to break her hands as well. Mia tightened her chest and clenched her fists, bracing herself for what was inevitably coming.