Trying to stand

Flash of lightning wet with rain, body soak with blood kneeling on the ground hair loose dripping mix with blood and rain. The body that got beaten up with cut marks when it rains on those wounds the body curls up with pain and agony. Tenak was left there to die, but somehow he had enough strength to kneel on the ground, trying hard to stand and walk. He tried hard putting every strength he has on his arm trying hard to stand. His legs hit by an iron rod he couldn't even move an inch. He shouted but no one heard him on that dark rainy day.

In the realm of water serpents Tenak was the last siblings of the water serpents family. They lived underground. He was mighty strong willed heart, his brother too was strong. They don't live together like humans families, they have one lakes or river for each one.

Lying on the ground crying he remembers the smile of Jimjim. She was considered ugly by humans. But to him she was the nicest person he ever met.

He remembers his parents teaching that it was taboo for serpents and humans to mix. His harmless eagerness led him to such a situation and even put Jimjim in such a horrific condition.

The lake Tenak occupy was a huge lake but it was near the human occupation. Many villagers come to take baths and wash their clothes there.

Niora was a beautiful girl along with her friends she often comes to the lakes to take a bath. She was tall, beautiful her long lustrous beautiful hair was her pride, many girls would talk about her hair while bathing together. Her giggle laughter was like music many boys from villages around loved her, many even proposed to her. She was like the pride of Nenak village.

Under water Tenak would hear the girls bathing and laughing. He used to hear both girls and boys talking about Niori's beauty and he would hear Jimjim's ugliness also. He wanted to look at both of them Niori's beauty and Jimjim's ugliness, "what is considered beauty and ugly in the human realm".

Tenak parents have taught their sons never to mix with humans. They were warned from the beginning not to show themselves not to go near them. It was like taboo for serpents to mix with humans. Tenak also remembered those reaching but somehow in his mind he felt that it was just sightseeing I'm not going to hurt them I'll just look and be gone he thought to himself.

Tenak lying on the ground wanting to stand up falls down again and again, with every strength he wants to run into the village and wants to see Jimjim. But all his strength and all his energy gave up on him and he suddenly fell into deep sleep lying on the ground but somehow in deep sleep he felt someone slowly dragging him into the lakes. He felt someone making him say something which he couldn't make out he just slept knowing nothing.

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