Chapter 1

In the peaceful village of Narvia there was a legend of a magical well that was located deep within the forbbiden. It is said that very well has the power of granting any wish made with atmost sincerity and inside the well lies a lot of treasure. The treasure was kept inside the well as a dying wish of the only man who is said to have successfully made a wish at that very well.

The forbbiden is an island that is rumored to harbor dangerous magical creatures that eat the souls of any human who dares to step foot in the island.

It is said that many who have gone into the island have yet to return. And none of the people who have gone in search of this well have lived to tell the story hence you would often here a mother threatening to send her children to the forbbiden when they misbehave.

After many years have passed the story of the magical well still lived in the hearts of the people of Narvia. And every once in a while they see a brave soul go in search of the well and not return. Over time it became normal.

No one knows where the legend came from or who it was that started it. Whether it was a true story or not nobody knows and no one is brave enough to try and prove it either. So the village was divided into believers and none believers but they all lived peacefully together in the village.

The people of Narvia are mostly farmers, they grow crops and rear animals. Almost every family in Narvia have lands and cattle. The poor people of this village live in huts, middle class people live brick houses while rich people live in manors and mansions. Despite the difference in social class the people of this village tend to get along with each other quite nicely.

They are very kind hearted people and are always there for each other in times of need.They were friendly with each other. They lived in peace and harmony with their neighboring villages.

Once in a while they would travel into to the main town but all in all Narvia has remained to be the most peaceful village around.

The children were seen playing around on this faithful day around the village as that adults went about their business without a worry in the world. They all welcomed this day with bright smiles on their faces. That was until a truck came into the small village, everyone stopped what was happening. As it was very rare for such cars to come to the village unless they were delivering things to the rich people of Narvia.

Everyone was curious as to who had come to Narvia. They were surprised to see a family moving into town, a family of five with two adult women and three girls. They moved into old man joe's house as he had left with his family and went to stay in Marcia the nearby town. He sold the land to people from far away land, who had decided to renovate the house before moving in.

The villagers helped them in unloading the truck and even helped them in moving in. They helped them in arranging the furniture in the house and in just an hour the entire house was properly furnished. The villagers brought them gifts to welcome them,grains such as wheat and maize, legumes, fruits and many other things. By the time they had finished welcoming them the store room of the Quinn family was full to the bream.

Marilyn and her family moved into the house, they thanked the villagers for all their help and retired to rest and called it a day. Marilyn's daughter Masha was very ill and she needed to find a way to save her. Her was incurable and that is why she has come to Narvia to try and find the magical well and save her daughter.

At night after everyone had fallen asleep she went to the river bank with a small boat and sailed in the direction of the forbidden. She arrived at the shores of the island and went into the island without hesitation. To say that she was not scared would be a lie, she was beyond terrified but her love for her daughter gave her the courage to keep going. She walked around the island before reaching a small cave that had engravings and a warning for people not to enter. She entered the cave, she saw drawings on the walls of the cave, the drawings were telling a story.

It looked like a love story, the story of the moon and the sun and the jealous stars. It said that the moon fall in love with the sun and started chasing after him but before she could reach him the stars who felt of the sun and how it was able to win over the moon's heart without much effort. While they work all night to please the moon but she never noticed them. They felt jealous and did everything they could to separate them but every once in a while the manages to give the sun a kiss and that is during an eclipse.

The sun together as one and complete their love story on this faithful day. When the sun and moon united in the sky then a wish of the heart is fulfilled at that special moment if sincere. Marilyn proceeded on her journey and went further and further into the cave. The more she walked the longer the cave became but she kept on bearing her daughter's condition in mind. The kept walking until she grew tired, she a pond in that wide and went to take a drink. She drank to her fill but noticed the well was divided into two.

Both the ponds had fish in it, one pond had clear fresh water while the other was dirty and had turned black. She felt pity for fish in the dirty and helped it, she picked up the fish and placed it in a pond with clean water. She wanted to turn around and leave when she noticed both fishes started glowing as they swam. One's glow was pure white while the other glowed in pure gold color. They chased each other and one could see a reflection of the stars in the pond. The fishes met at the center and merged together before separating again. The fishes color returned to normal and the fish she helped returned to its previous side of the pond. She was dazzled by what she saw.

Once everything went back to normal Marilyn felt dizzy right before she fainted.

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