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  THE IMPRECATION OF

  WIZARDS

  Red dream

  By shahram azad

  CHAPTER ONE

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  At a cold vernal night which the rain was falling heavily, the Green village was in complete silence. There were many gardens and homes which were near each other and their farms were outside the village. Inside one of houses which were empty, Mikhail a seven-years-old boy with yellow eyes was crying loudly and nobody was in around. At around the house just was garden and wasn’t any home. Mikhail was at the courtyard while his feet were nude and he was completely wet.

  When the lightning flashed, he screamed and ran quickly toward outside and he went out of the home. At outside the home was dark and Mikhail was moving quickly toward the outside of the village while his eyes were weepy and he had a bad feeling. After a while, Mikhail reached to the farmlands and looked at his front, it seemed that he wanted to find somebody who was very far from him. He continued his way from among a stony path which was between the farmlands. Near the way was a rivulet which was turbulent.

  Mikhail could not see rightly, but he was just running until after a few seconds, he stopped aghast because at once his visibility almost become clear as he could see his front. He saw from far away a beautiful, seventeen-years-old, girl called Linda, who was escaping with a turbid pajama while her face was ulcerous and her hair was disheveled.

  She had scared and she looked constantly at behind herself. Among the meadow, two strange creatures that were almost like human were pursuing her. They were tall and they had very ugly, hairy, manly faces and their bodies were big and hirsute like animal. Color of one of them was red and the other was black. Their legs were curved like animal as it was causing they ran fast. Their hairs were like clothes as their genital organ were hidden.

  After a few moments, Linda arrived at the rivulet which was turbulent and its surrounding ground was slippery as she couldn't run rightly and she fell on the ground, when she got up frightened and looked at behind herself, saw them who were very close to her.

  Linda ran quickly in the path of the rivulet and a few seconds later she decided to jump of the water, but when she twirled toward the rivulet, she slipped and fell into the water. When she fell, Mikhail could not see her anymore and after a few moments he heard a frightened scream sound.

  **

  Mikhail jumped from sleep as he was breathing hardly. His heartbeat was fast and his body had perspired while tears were pouring from his eyes. Mikhail was a twenty-years-old boy with medium size and thin now. He had a tall hair which had covered a part of his face. His face was cold and sad and his eyes were red. His clothes were old and patchy and it seemed that he had spent several years with those clothes as they were small for him.

  He was on roof one of house of the Green village on an old rug. Alongside his thin blanket was an old pillow and finally an old slipper completed his poor stuff. In around the home, were a few neighbors’ houses and gardens. The air was almost dark yet and the morning air was cold. When Mikhail's heartbeat became calmer slightly he got up and moved towards the stairs. But he still didn't walk one step from his place that heard a loud womanish voice from inside the courtyard, “Hey! Worthless accursed! When you want to wake up?! ”

  Mikhail sighed and he went slowly down from the stairs. An ugly, grumpy old woman was inside the courtyard. The house was small and neat. There was a small barn which how many cows were inside it. The old woman had a big, thick cane in her hand that had leaned on it and her face was like a hag. She moved angrily toward the stairs and said, “Hurry up accursed!”

  Mikhail without attending to her went toward the barn. Inside the barn were three cows and he took out them while the old woman was looking angrily at him. He opened quickly the door of home and went out of the house. Nobody was outside and he was shivering with his old dress. Mikhail was just looking at the road and he was trying to go out of the village before the others wake up. Green space of village had not any joy for him and he was like a walking scarecrow that was walking in a paradise.

  At front one of the houses, Anahita a seventeen -years-old girl with a beautiful long dress who had an innocent face was sweeping the outside of her home. Her hair was tall and she was a little shorter than Mikhail. Anahita's clothes were decent as all of her body was covered.

  Anahita with her hand was playing with her hair while had a beautiful smile on her lips. When she saw Mikhail, she left her hair and took a deep breath while had stared at him. When Mikhail arrived in the home, his head was down because he was still sad. But, Anahita became angry for his inattention and said loudly, “Hey! Miserable accursed! Wait.”

  Mikhail stopped quickly as it seemed he had startled and his heartbeat become fast. Mikhail looked at her and wanted to say something but he was in a very bad mood. He tried hardly to show himself calm and smiled. Anahita gave him the broom and while was grimacing, said angrily, “Clean here now!”

  Mikhail got the broom while was looking at her face and his heartbeat was fast yet. Anahita’s anger was sweet as it could not bother anyone. Mikhail got his head down and started to sweep while the cows were continuing their way. After a few moments, Anahita went near him with smile and after looking at her around said lowly, “Is my dress pretty?”

  But Mikhail without looking at her said, “Yes.”

  Anahita with her hand hit slowly to his head while had frowned and said, “Why are you so witless?!”

  Mikhail put his hand on his head and looked her surprisedly and said, “But I said yes!”

  Anahita said sadly, “But you did not look at me.”

  Mikhail, who already was sad, became more sad and gazed at her eyes and said, “I’m sorry. I did not want to annoy you.”

  Anahita got the broom sadly from him and put her hand on his chest while it seemed he was listening to something and soon she smiled shortly and looked at her house and took a deep breath and said loudly, “Get away, miserable accursed!”

  Mikhail smiled and moved quickly toward the cows while Anahita was looking sadly at him until he became far from there. Soon Mikhail’s smile disappeared of his lips and his face covered with sadness again while he went quickly after the cows. They were walking slowly and he could find them soon and led them toward outside the village.

  At the way a thirty-three-years-old man called Gary came toward him with his dog. The dog ran toward Mikhail and stopped beside him while Mikhail was looking at him and sat beside the dog. Mikhail was caressing him and the dog indulged himself a little and ran toward the cows. When Gary reached to him, smiled and said, “Happy birthday, I get something for you, as usual.”

  But Mikhail only said coldly, “Thank you.”

  Gary sighed and said, “Please don’t think to your nightmare.”

  Mikhail got up and stared at him and said, “It’s easy for you to say!”

  Gary wanted to say something, but Mikhail left him. Gary sighed and went. In the continuation of way wasn't anything and Mikhail without any problem continued his way but he was just walking because he was at his mind as wasn’t attentive his around. When he went out of the village he arrived to the farmlands. There was a lot of farmland which exactly was like the same scene that he had seen in his dream.

  Mikhail was moving from the black stony path between the farms and he bewared that the cows did not enter in the farmlands; of course, Gary's dog was doing it. After a few seconds, they arrived at a rivulet which was passing between the farms. The rivulet wasn't very deep and wide but Mikhail stopped quickly while was looking at it with fear and hatred as his heartbeat become fast again.

  The cows passed slowly of the water and they continued to their way. But, this action wasn't easy for Mikhail
, because his legs was not moving and his breath had become hard, but these were not his main problem, because suddenly Linda's scream reverberated in his ear and it became loud and louder as was annoying him.

  Mikhail pressed sadly his ears but it wasn't useful and the scream was torturing him as he started to cry. Mikhail went a little back and he jumped over the water and went after the cows. When he became far from the rivulet the scream was becoming less and less in his ears. Mikhail was crying like a child and was moving quickly.

  Mikhail continued his way until after a while he went out of farmlands and arrived at a great, verdurous land. There was very useful for grazing, but he didn't like to stay near the village so continued his way. The sun was coming up slowly from behind the mountains. Very soon starvation feeling dominated to him, but it wasn't a pain that he couldn't tolerate it.

  After a while they arrived at a great, arid land which was like a circle and a very small village was in the center of it. The hamlet was abandoned. But everywhere was green in around the arid circle. The hamlet had earthy houses which were half-ruin.

  When Mikhail looked at the hamlet stopped. Four old men were near the hamlet as a very long chain was on their feet and their hands were tied like the prisoners. All of them were looking at the hamlet with fear and their chain had extension from there to the green land where three unknown people were and Mikhail could not see them.

  Those old men were walking very slowly and even one of them was crying. When finally they entered to the hamlet, suddenly they disappeared as the chain was moving slowly yet. But when it reached to the hamlet, it was disappearing. On the other hand, Mikhail wasn’t surprised at all and he just sighed and got up. Mikhail followed quickly the cows while they weren't entering the arid land.

  After a while they arrived at a big stone that many beautiful flowers were around it. He looked carefully around there and went toward the stone and inserted slowly his hand into a hole which was under the stone and he brought out happily something from there. In his hand was a beautiful ring which its jewel was a white flower.

  The ring was womanish till be manly. He put the ring in his right finger and stared at it. The color of ring changed and its jewel became slowly blue. Then a strange feeling emerged inside him which was very pure and pleasurable so that at once all his sadness disappeared. Mikhail was relax now and had changed completely his mood. He kissed his ring, something that was very valuable for him.

  After it, he took a deep breath and inserted his hand into the hole again. He brought a girlish glove out which a flower design was on it. The gloves were old but Mikhail looked at those gloves with smile and he wore them. He sat on the ground and put his hand on his face for a few seconds, and then he got up happily and moved toward the cows.

  Finally Mikhail arrived at a location after an hour that there was his ideal. There was a great, verdurous valley that a small room was in the center of it. He after entering in the valley left the cows and he moved toward the room. The room had a wooden, thin door which was made too simple and its lock was a rope which had adjoined to the wall.

  He after opening the rope entered the room. There were a barrel of water, a small basket full of the fruit and a small cake. On the cake wasn't any candle or text. He was very hungry and he went toward the fruits and removed some of those. Mikhail ate the fruits and he after removing the cake went out of the room.

  Mikhail went toward a place which was sunlight and he sat on the ground to rest. Watching the half cloudy sky in the pleasant spring weather was calming him. Mikhail in silence stared at the sky for an hour. Next, he got up and went toward the room. Near the room's wall were some big and small stone. He laid the big stones in a row and he became far from there and started to hit the big stones with small stones.

  He was doing it with hate and much anger and he had acquired much skill in throwing stone. Mikhail was doing it at various distances so far as he could hit all the stones without mistake from top the valley. But it couldn't spend more than an hour of his time. After it, he went toward the other side of the valley and took out a notebook and a pen from under the grass. Mikhail went under the sunlight again and he started to draw. He was skillful at it as he drew Linda’s face while was pouring tears slowly, but at the same time, he was smiling.

  When Mikhail finished his work, kissed it and said, “Hi sister, I love you very much. Do you love me?” Mikhail smiled and said, “I know that. I just wanted to spoil myself.” He became silent a little and said happily, “Oh honey! Of course I make it for you! ”

  Mikhail kissed his sister and got up from his place and he hid the notebook under the grass. He went up slowly of the valley and looked at around there and when he became sure nobody is there, turned his head and looked at a field full of the flowers which was near the valley. He took a deep breath and went happily toward the flowers. Mikhail took out his gloves while was in his dream and he started to pick white flowers that were there. He with special attention picked the flowers and returned to the valley.

  Mikhail sat near the room and started happily to make a wreath. He was doing it very professional while a nice smile was on his lips. After it he lied down on the grass and stared at it. Seeing the wreath with a beautiful background of the half cloudy sky was delightful for him. Mikhail was in his dream that got up with hear a sound of a motorcycle.

  Mikhail brought out quickly his ring and he inserted it inside the ground and went up from the valley. When he saw Gary, his mind became comfortable and stopped. Gary moved slowly toward Mikhail as a big, red, old envelope was in his hand and said, “Follow me.”

  Mikhail with Gary entered the valley while he was staring at the envelope. When they arrived to the room Gary stopped and said, “I want to tell you a very important thing that I had hidden from you, because I had given promise. But you're twenty years old today, and I can tell you now. Soon, your life will change.”

  Mikhail said surprisedly, “What do you mean?!”

  Gary took a deep breath and said, “Do you remember what your father said about this?”

  Gary showed him the envelope and Mikhail realized to his purpose, and he said again, “Your father had given it to me thirteen years ago. I was intending to send it earlier, but I had promised. But don't worry; I am hopeful she can help you. ”

  But Mikhail was just looking at him with wonder as his mouth was open. Gary smiled and said, “Just wait. I will take it today to your aunt and I will speak with her.”

  Finally Mikhail said hardly, “I can't believe that!! You knew my aunt?! But you waited all these years!!! Why?!! ”

  Gary became sad and said, “I swear, I was very sad, but your father implored to me! He had insisted to me that I must wait until this day! I don't know why! Believe me, I hate from any promise! But you will know later. Now, I should go.”

  Gary went toward his motorcycle as Mikhail gazed at him and he was still aghast and he stood there for a few minutes. Mikhail’s mind was perfectly confused as he could not think at all. He took a deep breath and moved toward the ring. He removed the ring and cleaned it and put it in his finger. When the ring became blue he kissed it and lied down on the grass. Soon his mind became free and he could to think.

  It was near the noon and Mikhail entered the room and he drank a little water and ate some fruit while he was thinking to Gary’s speech. Next he went out of the room and looked to the sun which was at the center of the sky. He lied down on the ground and suddenly his eyes became close and he slept soon.

  **

  Seven-years-old Mikhail was playing happily with his seventeen-years-old sister inside a green plain which had beautiful flowers. His eyes were yellow. After a while they ran toward their mother who had sat on the hill. Mikhail arrived to his mother sooner than Linda. Their mother was a beautiful woman called Mary, who with a kindly smile looked at them. Mikhail kissed his mother and lied down on the ground and put his head on his mother's knee and his mother fondled kindly his hair.

  Soon Linda arrived to
them and she after kissing her mother sat beside Mikhail. Mikhail said as had stared at his mother, “Why was father so angry?!”

  His mother smiled and said, “Your father hates of Key Holder; he does not like to spend his time with Key Holder.”

  Mikhail, “Why?!”

  His mother sighed and said, “We all hate him. But you must not tell this to anyone. You will understand when you become grown up. ”

  Linda said angrily, “Key Holder is a very bad man, you always must be afraid of him.”

  Mikhail, “Why should I fear?! I am not scared of nobody. ”

  Mary kissed him and said, “I know baby; but you must promise me to get away from him.”

  Mikhail, “Why?!”

  Mary, “One day, you will be understood.”

  Mikhail turned his head toward his mother's belly and said: “I never get close to Key Holder; I'll stay with you forever.”

  Everywhere became dark and became bright again. Seven-years-old Mikhail was playing happily at his father's room and his eyes were yellow. His father's named was Kenton and he had sat on the chair at the corner of the room and he was writing something inside a paper which was on his desk.

  Mikhail was jumping happily up and down on the bed. His father with a loving smile was watching him at the time of writing and he was writing again. A wedding photograph of Mikhail's parents was on the wall. The other devices were simple and ordinary. A very small library was at the corner of the desk which a small photograph was at the corner of it which Linda and Mary and Kenton were at it.

  After a while Mikhail went toward father's desk and with curiosity looked at the paper and said, “Dad, what do you do?!”

  His father fondled him and said, “I'm writing a letter.”

  Mikhail, “For whom?!”

  Kenton, “For your aunt.”

  Mikhail said happily, “Do I have an aunt?!”

  Kenton, “Yes, my dear. But you can't see him now.”

  Mikhail said with surprise, “Why?!”