Chapter 7: An Unexpected Visitor
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The Indus,
Northern Arvayarta
Charmeine keeps on playing her harp named Harmonica. The sound of her voice along with the instrument she played reverberates and reaches the other side of the Indus, where the shadow was hiding. The beautiful angel was closing her eyes, and she hasn't seen what's happening around her.
The leaves of the trees are swaying back and forth to the tunes of her voice and the song she sang. The flower seeds and the seedlings she planted began sprouting, then slowly dances as it grows. The clouds were even moving back and forth, too, giving her a fine sunny day in the land of the Indus. As she continued singing the song she sangs, so is the shadow who made its tune.
Charmeine's song:
As flowers blooms,
As leaves swaying,
A love for you,
I keep on waiting.
I know it's hard,
To live alone,
But what's matter is,
I love this song.
Na na na na
La la la la.
Da da da da.
Ra ra ra ra.
To you, I'll wait.
As mountains soar,
As skies are blue,
The water's roar,
When I'm with you.
How can I leave?
If I'm alone?
Waiting for you,
Until I bloom.
Da da da da.
Na na na na.
Ra ra ra ra.
La la la la.
…
As flowers blooms,
As leaves swaying,
A love for you,
I keep on waiting.
I know it's hard,
To live alone,
But what's matter is,
I love this song.
Na na na na
La la la la.
Da da da da.
Ra ra ra ra.
To you, I'll wait.
As mountains soar,
As skies are blue,
The water's roar,
When I'm with you.
How can I leave?
If I'm alone?
Waiting for you,
Until I bloom.
Da da da da.
Na na na na.
Ra ra ra ra.
La la la la.
I like the way you move,
I love the way you show,
your hips sways to and from,
here and there, I'm almost out of tune.
How could a mere angel, like me,
sing and dance to this kind of song?
Show me how,
And I'll show you how.
Da da da da.
Na na na na.
Ra ra ra ra.
La la la la.
As flowers blooms,
As leaves swaying,
A love for you,
I keep on waiting.
I know it's hard,
To live alone,
But what's matter is,
I love this song.
Na na na na
La la la la.
Da da da da.
Ra ra ra ra.
To you, I'll wait.
As mountains soar,
As skies are blue,
The water's roar,
When I'm with you.
How can I leave?
If I'm alone?
Waiting for you,
Until I bloom.
…
The Shadow's song:
Your voice is sweet,
How can I resist?
The melody,
Who will hate?
I like your voice,
I love your song,
If I can stay,
It would be long.
Do do do do.
Ra ra ra ra.
Na na na na.
La la la la.
I want to see,
You personally.
I want to know,
Such rare beauty.
I know it's quick,
But I don't care.
I fell for you,
I hope, you, too.
Dum dum dum dum.
Ra ra ra ra.
Na na na na na.
La la la la.
Don't make me wait,
Oh, please don't stop singing.
I love your voice,
I like the way you sing.
It hits my heart,
It can break someone apart.
Please — do keep on singing,
Until I am tired of thinking.
What should I do, to make me fall for you even more?
Dum dum dum dum.
Ra ra ra ra.
Na na na na.
La la la la la.
I want to see,
You personally.
I want to know,
Such rare beauty.
I know it's quick,
But I don't care.
I fell for you,
I hope, you, too.
…
Both keeps on singing on the other side. One on the angel's land while the other one is on the demon's land. The nature keeps on lauding both of them. The trees, the flowers, the plants, the other creatures hiding began showing themselves as both voices clashes while the singers did not realize that they are clashing each other. When Charmeine ended her play with Harmonica and stops singing, everything went back to normal.
The female angel residing in the Indus is glad, singing the song she just composed in her mind. And it made her happy. Her heart keeps on beating with joy and happiness. The feelings she wanted to keep and to continue.
I'll bid goodbye, oh Harmonica.
Until then, I summoned you to come back.
Thank you for playing with me and make my heart glad.
The harp she uses slowly disappearing from her hands and Charmeine stand up. She stretches her hands, then starts doing what she loved. Then, she turned herself watching her house and make some changes. The barrier she created was invisible, and she can't feel any intruder's presence at that time. Thus, Charmeine is calm and compose, getting ready for her chores once again.
The shadow standing on the big tree also stop singing and watches Charmeine from afar. Then, decided to jump up high to fall down two meters away from her home.
“It's about time to show myself to you, beautiful lady.”
The shadow instantly disappeared from the trees and jump higher. Then, he found himself slowly falling down two meters away from Charmeine's home. And that time, the female angel, and the only resident in the Indus, saw his presence. The shadow panic and changed himself into a homeless one where clothes are tear off and full of dirt and bad smell.
“Please, my lady. Help this homeless man. I have been walking around as long, and I need to drink a cup of water. I beg you, my lady,” he said, pretending to be a beggar or homeless one.
Charmeine stops what she has been doing. She saw a homeless man slowly walking towards the fence of her house, where she was surprised because the barrier she created has no effect on him. It made her suspicious, but it seems the man she was looking at was indeed homeless.
“Stay where you are, young man. Let me get you some fresh water for you to drink,” she stops him from walking towards her and told him to stay behind. She immediately went inside and grab a pitcher of fresh water and a glass.
The man who pretended to be homeless like a beggar silently smirk and grin after seeing the woman entered her house to get his request. His plan succeeded. The woman did not even suspect him. Or that's what he thought. Few minutes later, Charmeine returned and walk closer to him and give him the empty glass and poured a fresh and cold water. The man immediately drink the water and ask for another until he finishes a pitcher.
“You really is thirsty, young man. What brings you here? Are you lost somewhere?” Charmeine ask after seeing him quenches his thirst.
“I am sorry to interrupt what you were doing earlier. I saw you stare at me and I almost panic. Yes, I was lost in the forest and I can't find myself back home,” he replied without changing his stare at her.
The way he looks made Charmeine wary, and stops looking at his eyes. “I see. Do you need a bath or are you hungry?”
“Was it too much if I ask for that, by the way, you seem pretty and kind, of course. What is your name, lady?” he asks Charmeine after asking him if he's hungry or wanted to take a bath.
“Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Charmeine. And you are?” she introduces herself and ask him.
“Glad to meet you, Charmeine. My name is Anwir. Thank you for your kindness,” he replied and bowed in front of her. But she stops her from kneeling.
“You don't need to do that,” Charmeine stops him and help him get up. “I'll bring this stuff first inside then I'll prepare some warm bath for you then I'll cook, so we can eat. What do you think?”
“If it's not too much, Charmeine, you can do that. I'll wait right here outside,” Anwir replied, trying to hide his face from her. He just couldn't resist staring at her beautiful and innocent face.
“Then, wait for me here, and I'll be back.”
Anwir just nodded and watches Charmeine walk back inside her house while he was left alone watching the surroundings of her house.
“She's one meticulous woman. Everything is in order. Even the garden she put up in front of her house was beautifully landscape. The house she built is far too attractive to describe. Full of lavenders and peaches colors, and the surroundings smells like fruits I haven't tasted ever since.”
Anwir commented what he saw in his mind and smiled on the things he saw and smell for the first time.
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