Roses of Doom
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Start of an Adventure
"Well now it is a busy tourist place. A famous businessman built a tourist park. Over the years many trees grew in the park and it transformed into a forest. Many people visit the forest. They go camping there. There are beautiful ponds, cottages and fun filled jogging tracks. The forest has the most beautiful birds. At one end of the forest lies the cave. They say this was where the volcano used to be." Seiya said.
"Trrrrrrrrrrrrrr" the bell rang. It was time to study math- I hated math. I was still hungry. I was so caught up in listening to Seiya that I forgot all about eating. I slowly walked towards the classroom with a heavy heart and empty stomach.
I begged Sakura to miss the class with me but she was too fond of math to do anything of that sort. She dragged me to class. She's really good at math and solves complicated sums quickly. It takes me fifteen minutes to multiply seven and nine.
Mrs. Morie gave us permission slips to get them signed from our parents.
"We're going to the Greenfire forest." She said. "Please get this permission slips signed."
"Can I skip?" I asked.
"Unfortunately, it is compulsory." Mrs. Morrie said. "Mizu, the grades of this trip will be added to your report card. I suggest you attend it at least for the sake of getting a better grade."
"I have a question." Joe the nerd said. "What is seven multiplied by three."
How dumb could someone get? Even I knew it was thirty six. I am such a genius at math only my ability is not recognized. Kaji thinks he's smart but he says seven multiplied by three is twenty one. He says when I do math, my head gets dizzy and I see wrong numbers. Everyone knows how mistaken he is.
When I reached home, mom was waiting for us. She signed the permission slip for me.
The trip would begin the following day and we would come back in three days. The notice was rather abrupt. After hearing so much about the forest I didn't want to go there but this trip was compulsory. Kaji and Akumu were not afraid of such things. They thought these stories were not true.
I couldn't help thinking about the story Seiya had said while walking home from school. All the friendly shops seemed to be hiding something. I wondered what kind of place the forest would be. I couldn't help anything except a dark forest filled with high trees where wolves howled at night and ghosts sang. It gave me shudders.
That night I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking about the forest. I had packed my bag for the next day. I carried four torches and a prayer book to exterminate evil. The bag consisted of my usual clothes and other necessities. I did not want to go to the forest but I had no choice. Somehow that endless night passed.
The next morning I was sleeping in the bus. I had not slept the whole of last night and was feeling sleepy.
"Wake up, Mizu." Sakura said shaking me in the bus.
"I want to sleep." I said. "I couldn't sleep the whole of last night."
"How could you sleep when you know we might die anytime?" John asked. I turned back to look at him.
"Eh?"
"If I were you, I'd never sleep." John said. "Do you know how dangerous these forests are?"
