Siara looked around her surroundings and was trying to figure out how to get out of there.
Siara talked to herself,'No lass no,you cannot let yourself cry anymore,run anymore,fear anymore and feel mental pain anymore.'
But yet,she still couldn't figure out how to get out of there. She tried moving forward and backward,left and right without looking into the river again.
She crossed her hands and started thinking about a solution to get out of that place. Eventually she started roaming around.
After 20 minutes
"I can't believe that there is not a single way out" Siara bursted at the situation.
She calmed herself understanding the weakness of the situation and started thinking about a way out again.
"Why that damn power is not activating now? How did I get here? How to get out of here?"
More than hundreds of questions were revolving inside her mind.
Eventually half an hour passed,she sat on the invisible barrier over that beautiful river sparking like space with numerous stars.
She even fell asleep just after another quarter of hour.
After 10 hours of sleeping, Siara woke up in her same teared frock.
If it would be any normal situation, sleeping for this long would be very inappropriate for a girl like Siara,but call it occurings of sudden changes,mental pain in Siara's heart,the stress she endured or even the portal journey, all the things tired Siara's body and mind. The soul didn't remain unaffected either.
She maintained herself in an appropriate position over the invisible barrier.
She sat thinking of stories she knew.
There weren't anything else for Siara to think or any clue to get out of that area.
The first story came in her mind was the of the legendary king, the story of king Arthur pendragon.
King Uther Pendragon had a son with radiant eyes unleashing mysterious power of faith. After the mysterious death of the King, his imperial advisor Merlin a mage hide Arthur Pendragon the biological son of King Uther Pendragon to a normal family that was not associated with the nobles.
After many years Arthur grew to become a beautiful youth with his radiant eyes giving vibes of shelter and faith.
When Arthur reached his adulthood, the mage of the royal court and a loyal subject of the last Pendragon king, Merlin set up a trial. A sword stuck in a stone. Anyone who pulls the sword would rightfully called the true king of kingdom.
After pulling the Sword, Arthur pendragon was said to be chosen by gods.
He later fought numerous battles and became meritorious at end of each battle.
He set up the round table of 144 members with 12 main knights sitting around the round table.
In the story it was also revealed that the sword in the stone was a scheme set up by Merlin to prove the legitimacy of Arthur Pendragon. He also bestowed his magical powers to king Arthur for which he became a victorious king of his era.
But Siara was not satisfied with the story.
According to her,all pieces were pawns of Merlin. He arranged Arthur's escape, Arthur's succession and even handled some of the matters till Arthur became an adult.
Siara thought,'So he just wanted a pawn to play right? Because if he was really so powerful he could also have supported king Uther Pendragon.....and were all the nobles really too foolish that they showcased their consequences of internal matter to the public?'
According to Siara it all was set up by Merlin for a hidden motive which only Merlin knew.
Thinking deeply she said,"Now I have plenty of time to think about these. I think Merlin was just trying to get his own benifits out of the Kings. And to think more about it, King Arthur was a pawn through whom Merlin implemented everything he wanted to. Maybe the previous ruler have defied Merlin because all other rulers remain for a period but King Arthur who followed Merlin greatly and known for his Lion like grace and courage ruled for a relative longer duration than any other previous king."
Siara even thought that Merlin had used some kind of spell on nobles because most of the nobles are trained to handle extreme political pressure and know quite about politics,when to act and when to stop.
Apart from these conclusions, Meriln was also a figure who just had randomly appeared since the story of legendary king Arthur started. He has no background,no one knows his age and no one knows anything about him except he was the royal advisor of previous king Uther Pendragon and he have contacts with nature spirit and spirit of divine pool.
From all these facts Siara always thought that mysterious figure Merlin was the real culprit or a hidden player with ulterior motives in that story.
Just when she thought about the conclusion she shifted her thoughts to a newer story.
The tales of Nine tails fox.
She remembered some glimpses of the story. A long and I mean literally a long time passed since she heard that story.
On the other side, Leon was sitting on a magnificent throne in a jaded hall. He was wearing a completely different attire. A full black suit with matching shoes and gloves and a black half cape attached to his left shoulder. The Cape contained flames like design that were red and blue in colour.
His outfit was designed in such a way that it tells about a scene where blue and red flames were countering each other prohibiting each other from spreading more.
Leon was holding a glass of wine. But it didn't contain any intoxicating material. Leon was actually drinking a red glowing liquid which contained many star like particles. After finishing the the glass Leon's eyes glowed in bright ruby like red colour.
He saw Siara after his eyes gone red but his vision was not totally clear. He saw Siara through a red haze sitting,he couldn't figured out on what she was sitting or where she was but he just saw her.
"Found you!" Leon murmured.
Just the moment Leon was going to look at the mysterious river with space like liquid with numerous star like particles, Leon's potion's effect dissipated.
Leon grinned and called her maid. A beautiful lady with jade like skin and coal like black eyelines wearing a white gown came towards the throne. If anyone sees her he would definitely think that she is a saint yet she was performing maid duites for Leon. She brought a tray with her. Leon's smile widened and he put down the wine glass on the tray.
Leon was sitting on his throne with this new black attire, his maid came and stood behind her throne putting her both hands down and crossed. She glared at ground without any expression.
Leon yelled,"Call that bastard!"
Siara was getting bored after recalling several stories. She was a smart girl so recalling the stories didn't take much time.
When she was getting bored and regained her sanity that she was still a human,she suddenly felt a growing hunger inside her.
It was not astonishing thing as, at first she ran out from a party,then escaping thugs she lost her blood and awakened a dragon,she travelled a portal which is considered a soul damaging factor, and at last she even ran out from the great mansion where she was offered food.
If someone observe closely, Siara despite being a smart girl can't handle all problems, instead she is running from every problem she faces.
To escape her fate she ran out of her own world and to escape harsh reality she escaped from Leon to an unknown place she doesn't know.
And now she's been stuck she can't even run from here like she ran from all her past problems.
Siara also started to thinking those same things and she started to feel a kind of guilt. Yet she was totally unconvinced that it was all her fault.
She remembered that in the river she saw the moments of her life. She tried again.
But this time she saw only her own reflection. Her face was gloomy,dark circles around her eyes,once a bright face now pale with sickness.
Her body begged for rest and she eventually accepted the request.
After an hour of rest she stood. Although she was looking sick,fragile,weak and pale, she had quite stock of energy.
She walked forward towards that beautiful river. After walking a good distance she looked down. But what she saw was nothing she expected. Even her own face was not reflecting on the surface of river.
Previously atleast she was seeing her own image on the river surface but this time she saw the river and the river only.
Broken down by situation she mustered her all pieces of courage remaining and started going back. She even past the position or probably past the position she was standing. Then she looked down at the river.