Origin of the Guide-2

The touch of that hand was rather gentle. When Hnaw opened his eyes, to hos surprise he was in the front of the village instead of behind a bush in the deeper forest. Hnaw was not sure about what just happened. He racked his brain many times but situation but couldn't find an answer to why he was there suddenly. At last Hnaw decided to discuss this with his mother, he hurriedly rushed into the village to tell his mother about it. But the next thing Hnaw noticed was that it was already dusk time, it was also a noticeable thing as for Hnaw, a minute ago it was dead noon. The time also changed which made Hnaw sure that something definitely happened in the time he didn't knew.

But the thing that was more surprising to him was that there wasn't a single voice of human being in the villages. He could hear the animals groaning, but he wasn't sure that what happened. When he was passing by a house he suddenly saw blood spoiled on the floor running out of below the door's gap with floor. He was shocked, he instantly opened the door and the scene he saw was beyond his belief. There was a pile of corpse in the middle of the hall of that house from which the blood was running through. What frightened Hnaw more was that inside that pile were familiar hands that he regularly saw, but as he couldn't saw the face of the corpse he didn't believed that it could ve his mother and grandmother. He fell on the floor and was unable to move.

Still he mustered courage thinking that it wasn't that he saw. His mother could be at home waiting for him. He gathered himself, stood up and ran towards his house. He was crying and shouting his mother's name throughout the way. He reached the front door of his house, but he didn't have the courage to open it.

'Mom are you there, I am back. Mom! Answer me mom, I am here. Ain't you going to ask what happened to me, why I am crying, why did I come back early today? Mom! Please, please don't scare me it isn't funny mom." said Hnaw sobbing. He then opened the door, the wasn't locked, and again he saw a horrible scene, a pile of corpse. This pike was different, it was rather small but more horrible for Hnaw. This time Hnaw could definitely saw the faces of all the corpses, they were his family members. A pile of five. That moment he knew that he was the only one remaining. He wished it could all be just a nightmare but all the things were too real. He was confused, he again ran to the neighboring house, opened the gate, and he saw the same scene again. He rushed to every house, but there was not a single person alive in the village.

He then went to the first house again, that was the house of the village head, where the largest pile was, he pulled his dead mother's hand out of the pile. After many efforts he was able to separate his mother's dead body from the corpses. His mother was holding firmly a book in her hand. That book was mysterious but Hnaw didn't notice it. He also pulled his grandmother out and by efforts took them to the yard of their house along with other family members. Then again he started crying.

The next evening the remaining villagers returned and they saw their beloved ones lying dead. Their world shattered and they were unable to think anything. All of them started crying. The village was in a mess. Hnaw was sitting motionlessly in the yard. Then a man come, it was that man in the forest, at fist he was furious but when he saw Hnaw he calmed down. He walked towards Hnaw when Hnaw saw his feet he knew that it was him. He said to the man, "You are here to kill me right, I knew that you would come cause everyone knew that I am the only one who would save a prey's life. As you are here just kill me, I won't retaliate, but still just bury me and my family together. I wasn't able to dig a grave for them. I am just a good for nothing."

That man didn't say anything. Instead, he started digging the yard. He dug seven graves and said to Hnaw, "Your dying won't change anything anyway just let them rest, they all died together so their souls would so be together. They long left you alone, even if you die now you won't be able to chase them. But still if you want to die just dug your own grave. "

Tears stated falling through Hnaw's eye silently. It was a full moon night. He remembered that it was the most awaited night in the house. As his father was able to slightly move in the moonlight. His father promised him that on this night he will feed him with his own hands. But Hnaw cried and said "Why didn't you fulfilled your promise, just why did you all left me alone, how am I supposed to live now?"

After hours of crying Hnaw stood up, wiping his tears, he started to bury them in the graves. That man was also sitting there, when he saw Hnaw he helped him. Hnaw thanked him and also asked about the rumors. That man told him that the whole village hated his father for some reason, but his father was strong so no one dared to go against him but when he died they wanted to release their frustration on him, they wanted to kill him but little did they knew that man was many times stronger than his father. As they attempted to murder him he was merely defending himself, but he suddenly fainted and when he came to himself half of the village was already slaughtered. He didn't did it but no one believed.

That man handed over the book Hnaw's mother was holding in her hand to keep it as a memory of his mother. Then he returned to his home. Hnaw saw that for that very fisrt time, but when he touched the book it felt familiar to him. After racking his brain many times he remembered that the book gave a familiar feeling similar to the hand that touched his head in forest. He opened the book out of curiosity but he was sucked into the book. When he opened his eyes he was in the space, which was completely new for him.

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