Chapter 2

Marilyn woke up in the morning and found that she was not in the cave but in her room in the house at the village. She was confused, how did she end up in her room when she was in the cave. Did she even go the cave of was it all a dream ? Were the questions she kept asking herself over and over in her mind.

She left her room in search of her daughter. Masha her last born was her world, she was born weak and has always been sick hence is always worried about her. She reached her room and was surprised to see that she was not there. She looked around the house but could not find her. She was getting worried her heart was racing in her chest. She was fearful and her entire body trembled at the thought of anything bad happening to her daughter's and her sister.

She wondered where they could have gone. She waited until midday before she heard footsteps coming into the house. She rushed to the door to check who it was. She was disappointed to find that there only a couple of neighbors who must have come to say hello. The people of Narvia are very friendly and she was more than happy to attend to them.

Her way came a man and three beautiful teenage girls. They came inside and sat down with waiting for her to invite them inside. At first she thought that maybe that was normal in Narvia until one of the girls spoke.

"Mommy did you prepare any breakfast ? We are so hungry as father made us work the entire morning in the farm." Said the girl clearly referring to her. She looked at them and wondered what in the world was happening, that is when she noticed the photo frame on the wall that used to have a photo of her, her daughter's and her sister now had a photo of her and the four people seated in her living room. Even the photos from many years ago had changed, everything else in the photos changed except for her and the background.

She was confused as she couldn't understand what was happening. She clearly came here with her family in order to find a way to save her daughter's life then what is going on and who are these people and where are children, where is her sister ? Immediately she finished asking herself these questions in her mind, her head started aching and she fainted once again.

She woke up and opened her eyes she noticed that it was dark and knew that it must be night. She realized that she had new memories in her mind, the memories were not necessarily new but in all of her memories instead of her sister and daughters she remembered the girls from this morning and that man they called father. She living with them in the city before moving here because her husband's distant relative died and left her inheritance to him.

They moved here about a year ago and have become members of the peaceful community of Narvia. She couldn't believe what was happening or how it happened. All she knew is that something must have gone wrong in that cave that changed everything and in order for her to change it back she had to back to the forbidden.

She left very early in the morning and went to the island with a borrowed boat. She arrived her steps from the last she was there and found the cave in no time. She entered the cave, walked inside and tried to find the pond with the two fishes. She walked until the place where she saw the pond yesterday but the pond was gone and in its place was an opening. She went through the opening and came to a beautiful lake that seemed so peaceful. If she was not worried for her family at the moment then might have taken her time to enjoy the scenery.

She walked to the lake lost on what to do, her family was gone,the fishes were gone and she had no idea how to get either of them back. She fell to the ground and cried in her hands as her entire body shook with fear of the unknown. She had no idea what happened to her or where the strange people in her house came from. She screamed at the top of her lungs disturbing the peace of the lake.

She heard footsteps coming towards her and turned around to see who it was. She found a very handsome young man with alluring features walking towards her. He was wearing a robe that was half white and half black. His hair was dancing beautifully in the window as he walked. He was barefoot as he walked but aura was that of another world, he extremely exceptional. He walked right passed her and went to the lake, he dropped his robe before entering the water but not before Marilyn could enjoy the view of his perfectly sculptured body. His body looked amazing under the sun, she couldn't take her eyes off him.

"Didn't anyone tell you that it is rude to stare." He said without even turning around to look at her. Marilyn found her composure and approached the man whose looks can compare to that of a god. She was nervous of approaching him but did it anyway.

For no good reason she poured her heart out to the man and told him everything that happened. She narrated the whole story to him and he listened patiently to her. When she was done she looked at him expectantly but if you asked her what she was expecting she would not tell you because she herself had no idea of what she was expecting from this perfect stranger.

"According to what you have told me I think I understand what happened to you. You see the magical pond fulfills the wishes of the heart and not the mind, you came here thinking about your daughters health but in your heart you've always wished for a complete family. You have always wanted a perfect family, a husband and beautiful daughters who are well mannered so the pond fulfilled your wish. It had rewritten your whole life and replaced your previous family with the complete family you wanted. Your family does exist they are just not related to you anymore and yes now that she is no longer your daughter I would assume Masha is perfectly healthy. So in a way all your wishes were fulfilled. You should know that magic always comes with a price." He paused and finally turned and looked at her.

"And you have paid a very expensive price for your wish."

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