THE LEGENDARY STORY OF INAMORTA ?

THE NIGHTMARE WHICH CAME TRUE

ONCE upon a magical time, there was a heavenly place in the floating mountains of Inamorta. It was inhabited by a variety of beautiful and happy creatures, from normals ( Humans and Animals ) to mystical creatures . The unity and prosperity among them was unmatched in any other place.

The creatures of Inamorta loved and respected nature, and their greatest Kung Fu teacher.. The one and only "Grandmaster Shifu". After the great war, Shifu had retired back to the mountains and from that time since, he had dedicated all his life and learning to teach all those who were willing to learn the ignitious art of Kung Fu. It was here in this sacred land of Inamorta that the hero of this story was born (trumpet sounds). For years he had been under the care and training of the Grandmaster. The hero was the best warrior after the Grandmaster, as Shifu himself had aspired to make him ever since he had a vision once. He had seen that one day evil would break out roaring with rage for vengeance and except the sword and the true warrior, no power in the universe, not even himself, would be able to stop it. Aiming for that particular dreadful day, the Grandmaster had prepared the hero with intense Kung Fu and magic training.

One thunderous night, Shifu awoke from his sleep to a spine-chilling devilish laughter coming from far off the woods from a cave beyond the floating boulder bridge which connected all the floating mountains together. He looked at the clock striking midnight. 'Who could it possibly be?'. With this doubt in mind, Shifu dressed up warm for the night, took his staff and lamp and went out to investigate.

( You see, this is the same problem with every other creature in this world. If we find anything that's way too curious or mysterious, then, no matter what the consequences may be, we simply can't control ourselves and go to check it out, hence falling into everlasting trouble. Shame that the same thing happened with the Grandmaster too )

Shifu crossed the bridge and reached a humongous cave. The echoing after effects of the laughter still hung in the air. Slightly trembling with both midnight chills and the mysterious laughter, Shifu entered the cave.......CRASH!!!... The water cup kept on the table fell down and broke into pieces. The hero, Grendale, had been having very bad nightmares for the past few years ever since he followed his master and saw him disappear into the cave. His sleep broke due to the crash and he got up panting slightly. Beads of sweat had covered his face and chest. Grendale splashed water onto his face near the sink and closed his eyes. The same horror scene danced before his eyes, the one where his master went into the cave and the only thing that came out was brilliant blood-red lights. Unable to forget the incident, Grendale splashed some more water onto his face, dried himself and went out to clean the mess.

Looking out of the window he realised that the night was exactly like the same one on his Master's disappearance. He had been trying to search for Shifu for many months now but was always unsuccessful. Due to this, he started having nightmares about reaching till the cave, but some invisible power pushed him out of the cave not letting him enter, and then out of nowhere a whispery voice like his Master's calling out to him from inside... "Grendale......Grendale..... Grendale....". Grendale thought that come what may, for the sake of a final try, he'd go again in search of his master. He gathered up his weapons, put on his armour and went out into the moonless night. When he came nearer to the bridge he saw a very old sage sitting on a rock under a tree in meditation. He approached him slowly and bowed to him silently so not to disturb him, but the sage opened his eyes and smiled at him.

" Grendale, I can sense that your mind is troubled for some reason. It looks like you are going somewhere despite the late hours. I can't stop you as destiny desires you to come across many things that could help fulfill your prophecy, but I must give you some advice. Listen to me very carefully Grendale ", the sage spoke solemnly. "The path you are traveling on is a very dangerous one. You will face lots of obstacles and death defying dangers on your journey. But always remember one thing. Never lose faith. Always believe in yourself and be brave. Never forget Shifu's teachings." Grendale bowed to him in respect and promised to do as he said. He was about to turn to leave when suddenly the sage's face flew upwards, his eyes dangerously white and in a hoarse whispery voice he started,

" THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO DEFEAT THE KING OF CHAOS HAS COME..... THE LONG FORGOTTEN BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD SHALL ONCE AGAIN ARISE....... THE INOCENTS WHO'S SOULS ONCE, BY THE HANDS OF EVIL WERE SLADED.....SHALL REUNITE WITH THE CHOSEN ONE AND THE SWORD OF MAG-BLADE..... THE CHOSEN ONE WITH THE POWERS OF THE SWORD UNLEASH....SHALL DEFEAT THE EVIL AND BRING BACK TO THE UNIVERSE THE GOOD OLD PEACE ".

Thus foretelling, the sage's head went down as if he had slept and he woke up abruptly and looked around confused, muttering about having dosed off a little. Grendale stood stunned by what had just happened. Unable to believe his eyes and ears at what he had just seen, he was about to ask him about what he meant by that, but thought the better of it and went on his way to the caves. On reaching the cave he shivered a little because it felt very gloomy and scary for a second, but immediately he recovered from it and made up his mind that come what may he would go in there to search for a clue about his master. He lit a torch ( fire torches as batteries weren't invented at that time ) and went inside the cave. Surprisingly, the cave didn't push him away like always, as if it was expecting and allowing him to come in. Once inside, Grendale started searching for any sign that could lead him to Shifu. While he was searching, he went a little deep into the cave and came across a skeleton draped in rags. He lifted the lamp near it's face. It seemed vaguely familiar. When he was looking further, he noticed something seeing which threw him back in shock.

What did Grendale find? Is his life in danger? Was this a trap set by evil?

All the answers in the next episode.

Stay tuned.