Story By Ankita Chatterjee
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Ankita Chatterjee

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The Forgotten Legend
Updated at Aug 4, 2025, 10:35
An archeologist discovers an old parchment paper in one of her late aunt's personal items while she was scanning the items for donation after her aunt's death. it's a family chart. She found both her aunt and mother's names in the family chart. What really caught her attention was that terms like Alpha, Luna, Beta, and Gamma were mentioned before most of the names in the family tree. Her mother had Alpha mentioned before her name. She recognised two other names - her grandparents who were Alpha and Luna respectively. Below the chart was a world map. There was a cross marked on the map, somewhere in the middle of the Antartic ocean. She fished out a magnifying glass from one of her desk drawers and focused on the cross sign and realised that it was indicating a small island, a mere speck highlighted by the cross mark. She opened her laptop to browse the unnamed island in Google Earth. At first she couldn't find anything but after moving her cursor several times across the screen, she finally spotted the small dot. It was an unnamed island. She immediately rang her mentor, Doctor Rudolph, who has a sound knowledge about the world's geography. Doctor Rudolph answered the call on the third ring. She didn't give the doctor a chance to even greet her. She literally started blabbering out her latest find. The doctor listened to her excited outburst for a while in silence and then cut her off saying that some things are best left untouched. He warned her against chasing a fool's errand. Although he didn't reply to her question about the parchment being in her aunt's possession. The doctor cut her off again saying that she shouldn't waste her time chasing it. And then he hung up. The doctor's reluctance in hearing the end of her narrative only intrigued her curious mind further. She was determined to find the truth even though the journey might end up being nothing more than a wild goose chase.
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