A Quest For The Sleep Relief Flowers

Oğuz Kandemir

Monica's parents were captured for involvement in dark magic, which was not true. Her parents have magic, but not the dark type of it, instead to save people.

She was given a task by the king to go fetch The sleep relief rose with a brown colour and a fine aroma evolving from it in the forest. She must go just to save her parents from the hands of the King who does not understand his people.

“My king, I will embark on the journey, but remember that my parents did nothing wrong, but your people whom you failed to understand did. They have been the ones filled up with dark magic, instead, you captured my parents for what they did not do. Notwithstanding, I will embark on the journey to the scary forest just to save your son from meeting his demise”, Monica said as tears rolled down her face.

“Prove me wrong, and then you shall have your parents saved”, the king said, without thinking of the deepest sorrow that lies in the forest.

She proceeded on the quest. She got to a place where she saw people dancing with their heads. Furthermore, she could not say a word as her parents had already told her the ins and outs as well as the pros and cons of the forest. Likewise, she maintained her stand and left them without making a noise.

Not only that, but she proceeded further and got to a place where she saw people surrounded by wicked venoms. Furthermore, she was a girl with great training. Immediately she saw this, her feet were shaking, but then she was a strong girl. She immediately remembered what her mum had told her about this kind of situation, “You must not get afraid, instead dip your hands inside the dust beside the basket. Rob your face with it, and then you are good to go”. She did that and left the scene without being noticed.

The third arena was filled with lions. She was unable to get a picture of how her mum described the solution to get out of this place. She began to rack her brain just to get something done, but could not come up with a solution. “Does this mean I would be left on my own from here? How am I going to make it alive in this forest?” She thought to herself, as she was only left with the thought of saving her parents. Monica immediately drew closer to the lions in a queue, unknowingly to them. She said, "I wish I would have the resources to command you all to sleep” Before she turned, the lions were already sleeping. “Wow, what a coincidence”.

As she left this scene, she saw a yellow door left on its own. It was just waving in the air without bricks or pillars holding it. The door was not leading to a house but was just in the vacuum. “The sleep-relieved rose with brown color and with a fine aroma evolving from it must be here”, she said. But to enter it was a problem. She was only seeing the door from a distance. As she moved, the yellow door moved. The door kept shifting backward and at a distance from her. No one had told her about the existence of the yellow door, and even her parents did not.

As she spoke a word loudly, “I command you to open '', she only said it with faith and without knowing the powers she had within her. The door swung open. She was still at a distance from the door. “How am I going to get to where the door is”, This was the question left with her. “You have the power to command things, Why can't you command the door to stop moving backwards”, a strange voice said to her. She was in shock, as her head was bigger than her body at that moment.
“Who are you?” Monica asked.

A strange breeze blew across her face and she was dosed off. “Say it within your mind, and you will wake up”, the same voice said, just as if she were in a deep dream. She said it, and immediately Monica found herself on the floor awake.

This was when she noticed she had the power to command things. “I command you yellow doors to draw closer to me”, Before blinking her eyes, the door was at her feet. Monica entered and saw so many flowers of the same color. Inside the door was so beautiful. They were all brownish and were of the same look. “Which one would I take?* As she was just thinking within her, she saw another set of lions. They were moving closer to her and roaring. She became afraid without saying a word. No power would be able to work while one has crossed the yellow door.

She tried to command the lions to sleep, but they were not, instead were running so fast to her just as if they wanted to tear her down. As they drew closer to her, they knelt before her. The birds, the dangerous snakes, and all the other animals knelt before her. She heard a voice saying, “Our queen is here”. This got her perplexed. “Another voice said, *We know why you are here. Just take it and go save your parents”. She was shown where the rose was. She took it and another voice said, “My queen, step on that white stone beside you”. Likewise, she was shaking and shivering, “Don't shiver, you are our Queen and no one would harm you”. Not only that, but she stood on it and found herself at the gate of the Palace, holding the brown rose.

“This is what you asked of me, the king was surprised as no one with dark magic can survive the forest and even no normal human can survive it.

The king took it from her, and his son rose again from a deep and deadly sleep. “Now I believed you. I think my people are the ones behind my situation”, the king said. He ordered a quick release of Monica's parents. They were happy to see their daughter alive. Monica was made the priestess, who later abdicated all the evil men and women behind the downfall of the community.