Far away
from the city, there was a valley situated near a wild area with a sea. The
valley was nothing less than paradise with waterfalls amidst lush green trees,
creating a scenery as if a velvet carpet had been spread. Along the waterfall,
there were small wooden houses where the people of the village lived. They led
a simple life relying on the fruits and dry fruits from the surrounding area.
At night, everyone would gather around a bonfire, cooking the fishes and
seafood they caught during the day then they would perform their traditional
dance before having their meal and going
to sleep. Among them, there was a fisherman who had a son when the son was 5
years old, his mother passed away. She used to sing him a lullaby in his
childhood and its melody was so enchanted
that the listener would lose own-self in its magic. This song also
resonated with the son who later got admitted to Stanford. However, his father
strictly prohibited him from singing that song and whenever he tried… his
father would scold him severely. One night, while everyone was lost in their
merry-making, Stanford couldn’t control himself and started singing the magical
song. As soon as they heard his voice everyone fell silent captivated by the
enchanting melody. Upon hearing this, Stanford’s father became furious and
locked him up in their farmhouse with the ducks.
Late at
night, his dad brought him back to his room. There was sadness in his dad’s
eyes, to make him feel better he told him a story about a legendary snake in
their village called “ The Crimson Gemstone Snakes”.” The females of those
snakes have the power to grow to an enormous size even bigger than an anaconda
when they turn 118. When they meet their partners tattoos appear on their
bodies. The female’s half tattoo designs appear on her body while the remaining
design appears on the male’s body but in smaller size. These beautiful and
enchanting designs are in black which represents the power of thunder, blue
which represents the power of water and orange which represents the power of
fire on their red bodies. Humans internal skeleton shatters with their single
roar making the person deaf. If they look into someone’s eyes, the person goes
blind. Despite having such terrifying powers, they are not dangerous for humans
anymore because their species is now extinct”.
“Let’s go to
your bed! Hurry up!”
“Good night
dad” Stanford said with a smiley face
“Good night,
my tiger” while kissing his forehead
Many years
passed when he turned 18, he started to develop a habit of mutant and staying
by the seaside. One day, he noticed some shining waves in the depth of the sea.
To get a closer look at those waves he went down to the lower surface of the
sea. He had no fear of nothing and bravely went down to swim. As soon as he saw
the waves up close his heart and eyes were captivated by them. Stanford touched
those waves and his eyes started to sparkle. Due to the intensity of current,
he was swept away to the upper surface of the sea. When he reached there he
fainted. The villager informed the fisherman that his son had been found at the
sea surface and was unconscious. His father was very scared and took him home.
Other villagers also gathered, discussing what had happened…Hours passed, but
he completely cold with his breath sometimes light and sometimes strong. His
lips became pale due to the cold and his color started to change…Redness
appeared beneath his eyes and the veins of his entire body became clearly
visible. Upon this, his father became very worried. Despite his son being
alive, he couldn’t regain consciousness. He requested the village leader to
call the experienced herbalist, but no herbalist was familiar with his
condition, no-one understand what had happened.
One night,
Stanford’s father was crying and lamenting, wondering how he would answer his
wife” I couldn’t keep the promise I made to her…My God! Show me a way…I can’t
bear to see my son in this state”.
He was
deeply engrossed in his lament when he heard a knock on the wooden door of his
house. When he opened the door, he saw a weak-old lady covered in a cap and
shawl…she was carrying an old, tattered bag on one arm and tremblingly said,”
sir! Can I find shelter for tonight? The weather outside is very bad and I have
a long journey ahead…As soon as the rain stops, I will leave…”
The
fisherman felt pity for her fragile condition and allowed her to stay. When she
entered the house she saw a boy lying on a bed made of leaves from the tree.
“Is he your
son?” she asked.
The
fisherman replied, “Yes, he is my son, but he is not well. He is alive…but he
remains unconscious all the time. No herbalist has been able to determine his
illness. I don’t understand what has happened to him…” The old lady requested
his permission to try and help.
Upon hearing
this, “Yes, if you can do something, it would bring me great joy.” said
Fisherman
The old lady
checked Stanford’s pulse and then took out some dried herbs from her torn bag
and started grinding them. When the herbs turned into a paste, she put it in
Stanford’s mouth and whispered something in his ear. The Fisherman was amazed
at what she whispered in my son’s ear. Suddenly, the rain stopped… old lady
asked for permission to leave and thanked the fisherman for providing shelter
then she came and left so suddenly. She seemed familiar to him. Anyway, the
night passed as when the morning came, Stanford woke up fine and woke up his
father. Seeing his son completely fine… the fisherman’s heart filled with joy
and there was a wave of happiness on his face
“This is
truly a miracle!” said fisherman.
The
fisherman introduced his son to the villagers and went around telling everyone
that my son is fine now! An old lady healed him, she has magic in her hands!
The news of that woman spread throughout the village…
That night,
the weather became extremely bad seeing the huge sea waves, the villagers got
scared that our homes might get destroyed…darkness covered the seaside with
dark clouds and lightning flashing intensely, sea waves kept getting higher and
scarier with each lightning strike…witnessing such a terrifying scene, a sense
of dread filled the hearts of the villagers, fiery waves started appearing from
the lower surface of the sea making weather dreadful throughout the night.
When morning
came, it was hard to tell if it was morning already as a deep shadow of dark
clouds and wild fog covered the valley…the villagers had never seen such
weather and scene before. Everyone was frightened wondering what was happening
… as they watched, the sea waves became very strong forming a tornado-like
structure in the sea. From within it, a creature appeared causing the entire
sea water to splash around. The creature was rising from the water accompanied
by thunderstorms. It had taken control of the entire sea with fiery waves from
below and a thunderstorm surrounding it as if it had the power to control all
these elements…
Everyone
screamed and shouted “This is an ancient Crimson Gemstone Snake! Run, save your
lives, hide yourselves! Its powers are very powerful and terrifying!”
The village
was in chaos with people running here and there. The snake in anger threw water
from her tail that splashes towards the village causing a heavy flood and
terror in villager’s hearts. Stanford, who had heard about this snake in
childhood stories, wasn’t as scared as he thought…Instead his eyes started to
sparkle and he began walking towards the seaside as if the sea as calling him.
His dad tried to stop him saying “You couldn’t
go near it as it had a dangerous aura and I didn’t want to lose you after your
mother!” but Stanford didn’t listen and climbed u a small hill. Standing on top
of the hill, he started singing the song… as the snake heard his melody, her
anger started to fade and the waves calmed down… the whole area seemed
enchanted. The villagers started whispering among themselves,
“How is he
able to control it? Doesn’t he value his life?”
The snake
didn’t do anything with him,, it let him come closer to the sea. He was playing
his own melody and getting closer. His eyes were sparkling and his body started
to feel cool…as he approached the shape-shifting snake, light scales started to
appear on his body. The villagers were amazed saying, “Stanford doesn’t look
like himself anymore!”
As he got
closer to the snake, his body began transforming into that of the snake… on
seeing this, villagers were filled with goose-bumps wondering if this boy was a
shape-shifting snake who had been among them all along with their knowledge…
the villagers started questioning Stanford’s dad. In that moment, the Gemstone
snake said to boy,
“Come with
me! My son. Your home is not on the land, but in the depths of the sea.
As she
picked up him in her hand, he transformed completely into a red colored snaked.
“Actually,
Stanford belonged to the Royal linage of the Crimson Gemstone Snake, the
specialty of their specie was that only females were born among the Royals.
Stanford was the first male there , so was kept hidden at birth. His mother
feared that if this fact was known in the kingdom, he would be killed because
he was male but was born with a full human body having no tail which was
unacceptable to her kingdom. So, a Dai was entrusted to bring him into the
human world, he ended up in a village, home of a fisherman. Since the couple couldn’t
become parents, they were quite worried. One night, the Dai came and gave the
baby to them and left. Couple waited anxiously hoping that he would be taken
soon. They waited for a long time, but she never came. The couple decided to
adopt the baby as their own and raised him like their own son. When he turned
5, his mother passed away. She had made a promise that Stanford should never
find out that he wasn’t their biological child. So, his dad never told him
anything . When Stanford went to the sea for the first time, his snake mother
had a feeling that her son was alive and sensed his powers when he touched the
sparkling waves. That’s why an old lady came back to their house to find out.
When old lady went and told his real mother about his son, she went to the
upper deck to bring her son back.”
In his
father’s heart, a fear started to grow. He understands that today this secret
would be revealed, but he still couldn’t believe that his son was a snake and
he raised snake. Stanford never looked back even once as if he was a stranger
to them. He didn’t even turn to look at his stepfather and walked with his
mother to the lower deck of the sea. Snake mom had no concerns about the
villagers, she just want her son back as soon as she found her son, she took
him away . On the other hand, his father was in state of sorrow and despair, he
had lost everything he had… and left empty handed…
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