The Land of issoria chapter three

What is happening now???!!!

 Alia still cannot believe what is happening to her and says to herself: (How could a butterfly that was just a drawing on the wall become real and then come back and become a drawing on my shoulder?)

 Alia tried to erase it, but to no avail. She now had a beautiful blue butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. Alia hurried and changed her dress and wore one with sleeves that covered her shoulders. She did not want the villagers to see the tattoo and be frightened, so that she could be sure of the truth of everything that was happening to her.…

 After a few days, hunger and thirst began to take hold of the village, and the people became hungry and aggressive, fighting over the leftover food. Uncle Samuel was very concerned about the situation of the people of his village, and decided to go out to search for food and water. As the sun set, Uncle Samuel prepared his horse and took his sword, which he had not carried for a long time.  He set out on his journey into the unknown in order to save his village...…

 Uncle Samuel searched everywhere around the village, in every forest and in all the neighboring villages, but all of them had been damaged by the earthquake.…

 Uncle Samuel returned frustrated, with signs of fatigue and despair written on his face. He stood at the entrance to the village, but he was unable to enter and said to himself: (How will I look into the eyes of the villagers? How will I look at the children who are crying from hunger and the adults whose mouths have dried up from extreme thirst?  No, no, it's impossible for me to give up.

 Uncle Samuel turned his horse and headed to the land of Isoria and decided to enter it secretly and steal some supplies, as it is the land of good things, and he forgot that it is the land of magicians from whom nothing is hidden.…

 Uncle Samuel waited until nightfall, when all the people of Issuria were asleep, and he sneaked out, hoping to get some food.…

As soon as the sky darkened and silence prevailed in front of the entrance, Uncle Samuel crept inside, and there were two guards in front of the gate guarding it. Uncle Samuel threw some stones away, and the two guards heard the sound. They looked at each other and said: (Let's forget what this sound is.) They lit a fire with their hands and began searching.  Where did the sound come from? Uncle Samuel took advantage of the absence of the guards, and entered the fort and headed to a very large square in which there was a large, beautiful fountain with a statue of a butterfly. He hid there and made sure that there was no one. As soon as he got up and they were entering the Grand Palace, he heard a voice behind him calling him sarcastically:  (Where are you, sneaky mouse? Have you lost your way, or are you hungry and come to steal some food?) Uncle Samuel turned around and was astonished by what he saw. She was a very beautiful witch. Because of her beauty, Uncle Samuel was unable to speak and began to stutter in his words. Then he controlled himself and spoke confidently.  I am neither a mouse nor a thief. I have entered my land, and I will take my rights and go on my way. The beautiful witch laughed at Uncle Samuel’s words and said: (Listen, handsome man, if you were a witch, I would have pardoned you now, but you are just an ordinary person. I think you know the laws of Issoria as long as you entered sneaking in). Then the guards came.  We are sorry: Forgive us, Your Majesty, we did not see him when he sneaked in. (Okay, okay, come on, take him to prison. We will see about him when the governor returns from his trip.)

 The guards grabbed Uncle Samuel and dragged him to the prison, and locked the door on him. All his thoughts were, “Oh my God, what have I done? How did I come to destruction with my feet? I wish I had searched for another solution. What will happen to the people of the village now? Oh, Alia, if you knew.......In the village, Alia was picking some mushrooms from the forests and cooking them over the fire and offering them to the young children. As for the adults, she was collecting some wild edible herbs, adding the remaining olive oil to them, and offering them to the elderly. As for the water, Alia was able to clean the river water with some men from the village.  The people of the village used pieces of clean cloth, collecting river water and distilling it to make it drinkable. Thus, Alia was trying with all her might to improve the village. She and the rest would eat some worms and insects and leave herbs and mushrooms for the needy, the elderly and children.... The men were carrying large stones.  The women were searching for some clothes, food, or grains under the rubble, while Alia was searching for seeds. She went to the nursery, but the earthquake also affected it, but she continued to remove stones and search until she found a straw bag. She opened it and found all kinds of seeds in it.  Alia was very happy and ran to the people to give them the good news that God had not abandoned them. The villagers were happy and reassured that they would not die of hunger.... 

 Alia hurried to plant the seeds, while the rest were fetching water from the river to irrigate them…

 She automatically planted the seeds and sat down to rest, then she started looking around. Mary asked her little sister, “What are you looking for, sister?”

 Alia answered: “I don’t see Uncle Samuel anywhere. Where is he?”

 Mary said (some of the villagers saw him last night riding his horse and going out of the village)

 Alia got up from her place, confusion evident on her features…

 (Where are you, Uncle Samuel)

 Three days have passed and there is no news about Uncle Samuel.…

 This made Alia and all the villagers more worried about him, and after a few moments, the old uncle approached Alia and called her, saying: (Alia, my high daughter, I want to talk to you) Hesitantly: (My daughter, your uncle Samuel has gone to bring some food and drink to the village, but he has not returned yet, and I fear)  ......) Alya replies automatically (Continue, uncle Sheikh, what are you afraid of???!!)

 (I fear, my daughter, that he did not find what he was looking for, so he went to the land of Issoria, and I fear that they caught him there and that something bad might befall him)

 Alya looked away...and fell silent

 Then she turned to Uncle Sheikh and said to him: “Can you draw me a map to the land of Issoria?” Uncle Sheikh’s answer was yes, my daughter, but... so she interrupted him automatically, “I will get you a pen and paper and start drawing immediately and without but

Then Alia said to herself, “What are you, O land of Issoria, that you take from me my uncle Samuel, my father, who raised me and took care of me? I am coming, witches. Wait for me and let whatever happens happen.”

 Uncle Sheikh finished drawing the map and Alia took the paper and hid it in her pocket. Then she went to her uncle’s wife and took her to the side and held her hands (I know that you have never had children, but I have always considered you as a mother to me and my sisters. I have great hope in you and I hope you will not reject me. I will leave you alone.)  My sister, Amana, is with you. I will go and I do not know if I will return, so please take care of them. If you cannot, I will have to take them with me.) The uncle’s wife smiled and said: (Since you considered me as your mother and entrusted me with your sisters, I will also consider them my daughters from now on, and whatever befalls them will befall me.) Alia called the people of her village and said:  (My dear people, I will go to the land of Issoria and save Uncle Samuel. I will try to return as soon as possible. Do not worry or despair, there must be some solution.)

 Alia rode on a white horse and said goodbye to her sister with tears, sadness and pain.... Then she set off quickly and never looked back, and she was carrying with her nothing but that map.…

 It crossed the mountains and forests, then night fell upon it, and it stopped for a while until dawn.…

 As soon as the darkness dissipated, Alia continued her journey to the homeland of her ancestors... Alia finally arrived in the land of Issoria. She found the gate open and a large crowd of people gathered, and everything was decorated with flowers and beautiful lanterns spread out and hung on the walls. Alia got off her horse and tied it to a tree.  She continued walking until she reached the gate and entered it without anyone noticing her or asking her anything.

 Alia arrived at the large square and stood looking at the fountain that had the same butterfly tattooed on her shoulder.

 This made her even more astonished and confused. Alia was walking around the gardens of Issoria, full of roses and butterflies that were circling around her. She was amazed by the beauty of Issoria, walking and watching a world she had never seen before in her life....”

While she was playing with the butterflies and without noticing, she collided with something, and she would have fallen had she not been caught by a tall, handsome young man who was clearly a resident of the kingdom. Alia fell into his embrace, and they looked at each other for a long time. The young man was smiling, contemplating Alia’s features, but Alia was frozen in place.  The young man spoke to her, saying, “Hello, you who has long eyelashes.” Alya jumped up and remembered Uncle Samuel. She stood up and ran away from the young man’s embrace and said, “Are you a magician?

 Alia was confused and knew that her question was not intelligent. She looked at the young man and then was about to leave. He grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled down her sleeve and he saw the butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. He said, “Look, you are a witch too.” Alia answered him with concern, “Am I a witch too?” The young man saw the sincerity and fear in Alia’s eyes and realized  This girl has a big story, take her by the hand 

 He said (Come with me)…

 He took her behind the castle to a safe place where there was no one, but Alia took his hand from hers and said to him angrily, “Who are you, that you should grab me by the hand and drag me here?” There, the young man grabbed her by the shoulders and pinned her to the wall, and approached her face until Alia could feel his breath on her face and smell it.  It smelled like cinnamon,

 He looked into her eyes and said (Do you know that if you asked anyone in Issoria what you asked me, what would he do??) Alya said what??!

 (He would have investigated you whether you were human or a witch) Alya said, “What if you were human?” The young man said, “But you are not like that.” Alya replied, “What if you were like that?”

 The young man replies: If I were human, I would be... and looks at her eyes that made his heart melt for him, and at her hair and the wind that scattered it, and at her shiny lips, and at her rosy cheeks, then he says to her (You cannot be an ordinary girl), and she jerks up automatically and pushes him away with her hands (Come on, get away from my face now.)  ...it clung to me like an insect...oh this..…

 The young man replies, “Oh, this??? Well, I have a name. My name is automatically interrupted. I don’t want to know your name or anything about you. Let me go..…

The young man replies: “Okay, you with the long eyelashes, you are free.…

 Alya looks at him with a look of gratitude and returns to her search for her uncle Samuel..…

 As soon as Alia enters, she sees people gathered in the square with a noose hanging, and people crowding among them. They will hang Al-Bishri. They will execute Al-Bishri. Alia panics when she hears that and rushes to.............to be continued.