GOOD AND EVIL

Praveen Kumar

Rohan Kandhari

One fine morning, John set out for Lyonnesse. He was surprised to see a Mermaid (Matskanya) who was coming towards him. In a few seconds she was near him. He saw a very strange sight that the fins of the Mermaid were injured. She was full of pain and weeping. He thought to help her. He said Where had you come from and who are you? She said that- I am a Mermaid and I was one of the members of Lyonnesse Parliament. So, why are you here?. I was the chief of the Lyonnesse Parliament. One officer and the head of L.P. was planning to destroy L.P. and rule over the sea. They were in a secret room but thank god, I was passing from outside of the room. I heard all the plans of them. But its my bad luck that they saw me. They said You! Chief! What are you doing here? I have heard all your plans and now I am going to tell the members of the L.P. When I was going to tell all the members. They reached before me and they told the members of L.P. another story, against me and all of them decided to kill me. They attacked on me and I ran for my life. Meanwhile the guards of the gate attacked on me but I was able Ito get out of it. But they injured my fins and now I am here. Can you help me? But how can I help you? Do you know where have you come? Yes, I know I have come to Lyonnesse. But do you know the secret of this place. There is an Underwater World but only the chosen ones can see it. You are one of those chosen ones. This place is named after the Great Sir Tristram. Sir Tristram who is this man? Havent you heard of Sir Tristram? He was a legendary fighter of Lyonnesse. He was killed by those corrupt officers. They were called by the name Beasts. Sir Tristram fought very bravely against the beast. Being after ditched by one of his man, he fought but died. After his death, his legendry body was divided into fur pearls- RED, GREEN, BLUE and WHITE. Those are being hidden in this very Lyonnesse.

It is said that If these four pearls are combined together then these pearls would turn into Sir Tristrams legendry sword. And who so ever can get hold of those four pearls would become the most invincible person of the world. But it is very hard to find those pearls. Each one is defended by some kind of puzzles. Then John said- But how can I breathe underwater? Those Pearls are the solution. Every pearl has its own special power. White Pearl is for breathing underwater. Green Pearl lets you swim very fast. Blue pearl gives you extreme strength And Red peal is the key to combine all the pearls to form the sword.

After combination of all those four pearls, you would get the sword. But to find all these four pearls you have to get a MAP of this Lyonnesse. But Where is the Map? And how can we find it? Lumia said that, she has heard that, where the first pearl means the white pearl is hidden. The map is also hidden somewhere there. The good news is that the pearl is hidden on the land near this Lyonnesse valley and you are supposed to find it. After listening the story of Sir Tristram, he said that he will try his best to find the white pearl. Lumia said the-Best of luck! And soon he started his quest to find the white pearl. He looked all around the Lyonnesse valley. Suddenly many kinds of Shrews (Chunchundar) started following him. Then he hid in a cave. He had watched many films in which, the key is where the difficulties start to approach, and surely the white pearl is somewhere here. There was a cave nearby. He went into the cave. He started searching in the cave. Suddenly while searching his foot was placed on a tilted rock and from there the wall of cave started moving. He just pushed the wall and it fell down. Alas! His quest for the white pearl was over. It was in front of his eyes. But that was not too simple. A cracked passage led to the white pearl, he risked his life and ran towards the white pearl. The white pearl was in his hand. But when he faced backward the bridge was broken. He remembered Sir Tristram and a new bridge near him appeared. He ran quickly and however he crossed the bridge. He was very happy that he got the first pearl. But

the happiness was not too long. Now they he had to find the map in which there is the key to find the rest of the pearls. Lumia said that the map is near the white pearl. So, he began looking here and there. There were four caves near that cave. He thought that these four caves are related to the map in some way. He was totally puzzled. He remembered the phrase that- Jo dikhta hai woh hota nahin, aur jo hota hai woh dikhta nahin. Then he raised the white pearl and a type of light started emitting from it. He was able to see some marks on these four caves. He quickly drew these marks on a paper. Then he started looking like a map. Then he got hold of the map and the white pearl. Now he said that- Lets begin the Journey to find the rest. Hope for the best. He wants to reach his destination. So, he went to sea-shore with the map and the white pearl. He remembered that Lumia said- When I have the white pearl with me I can breathe underwater. So he went to the sea. And the wonder happened. It was easy for him to breathe. Then he began looking for Lumia and he found her resting near a reef. She askedHave you got the map and the white pearl and the ma. John replied- Ya! I have got both the things. Now what to do next. She asked to show her the map. Nice but he cant understand the map. She said that you cant but I can. He said that now lets find the other pearls. According to the map the second pearl means the green one, is hidden in this Lyonnesse. The Green pearl lets you swim faster. As it is hidden in the cursed ship. It is hidden in the depth of Lyonnesse No one has ever seen that ship. It is very hard to discover it. Now lets move it. He began searching for the ship. In frustration he hit one of the coral reefs and it started falling. There was a space or we can say a hole. He and Lumia went through the hole and reached to the cursed ship. All around there were green pearls and they had to decide which one of them was real pearl. They were all emitting green light. He took one of them but he was amazed that they started to increase in number. Then he watched the white peal. It had a mark in the center. He saw that none of the green pearls had that mark. They all were fake. And he had to find the real pearl. He cant check it one by one because
theyll increase in number. He threw the white pearl in the heap of green pearls. It got stuck with one of the green pearls. He took that green pearl that got stuck

with the white pearl. That green pearl was the real one. Then he was able to swim very, very fast. He did some fun with Lumia in the sea. But then came the question? How to find the blue pearl? Blue will give John extreme strength. Lumia said that the Blue pearl is located in one of the fast streams of Lyonnesse, where many ferocious sharks live and protect the pearl. Many attempts have been made but no one could dodge those fast or fastest sharks. Lumia said- You should find this pearl on your own because she cant swim that fast to enter the stream. Then john said hell try his best. He moved with Lumia to that place then she said that go on. Lumia said that the pearl is guarded by many sharks. He moved into the stream and entered the place. There were many sharks guarding the Blue pearl. They were moving very fast and John was not able to move a little further. He saw that a very big shark was moving around the blue pearl. He moved towards it but the sharks threw him back. He again tried to move through them. But there was the same result. In frustration he started to move around the sharks. In a very short time he created his own whirlpool. The sharks were felling unconscious. But for Johns surprise the big shark was still there guarding the pearl. He got very angry and he moved towards the Blue pearl and threw the green pearl on it. Then both the pearls came back to him and the shark was still moving there. John left that place and went to find Lumia. He began searching for Lumia. Meanwhile he also tested his new power of super strength. He lifted big rocks and broke them into pieces. Playing away he found Lumia. John expressed his happiness of finding the Blue pearl. Then they set quest for the final stage for finding the red pearl. They started looking into the map. He saw that the Red pearl is hidden in a well. John became very excited. He moved very fast and forgot about Lumia. He was swimming very fast and suddenly he just hit a big rock. That rock was powdered, but the wonderful thing that happened was that he fell in a kind of Library. He wandered here and there. He picked up a book under a very big pile of books. The title was Secret of the Pearls. John read it thoroughly. He came to a point in the book, it was written that, if the four pearls are combined together then it will turn into the Tristram sword. But the owner will not be able to use it. As the sword formed is of Sir Tristram so only he could use it. Its forbidden is someone else would use it. When the sword is formed, it should be handed onto Sir Tristram body. The power of pearls would make him alive. And thus the vengeance will return for revenge. When John got out of the Library he found that Lumia was searching for him. John went to Lumia and told all the things that he read in the book. Then they went to the well. They were so tired that they slept. When they awoke, they heard a voice. The voice sad-I have the red pearl! But to get it you have to throw the most precious thing in this well of yours! Lumia and John

started thinking, what is the most precious thing that they have? Then John just got the answer. Without asking Lumia he quickly threw the three pearls he had. The pearls just fell into the well. Then they were astonished to see the Tristrams legendary sword coming out of the well . But the beast and his partner were following them from the beginning. They got hold of Lumia and wanted the sword to be broken. Beast said- Give me the sword or else Ill kill Lumia! Lumia said- Dont worry just go and put this sword on Sir Tristrams body. John quickly moved towards Tristrams body and threw the sword on it. When the sword touched Tristrams body, magic happened. That place became very lighted, all around there was light. He was unable to see a thing. Then there he is, the Legendry Fighter of Lyonnesse the one and only invincible, Sir Tristram. When this all happened the beast had killed Lumia. He went to see Lumia and Sir Tristram just started to take on the beast. Beast transformed into its real form, an one horned ox. Who just ran to kill Tristram but mighty Tristram just pierced the Beast away. And that was the end of my great quest, which was very sad, as Lumia died. Sir Tristram became the head of Lyonnesse Parliament and John was awarded with those powers forever. Then he was sent to his world and Sir Tristram said- Use your powers wisely!