Silverwood

The savior.

The dusty fog vanished. The ugly creatures are standing in front of me. The kid who was weeping getting close to me. He is about to touch me. 

"No!" I screamed.

Suddenly a blue smoke appeared from nowhere. It covers my vision. I can't see anything.

Something fluffy grabbed me. It pulls me hard. 

"We left them behind."

"Yes, we did."

"We should run faster."

Seriously. I can't believe it to my ears. The three wizards came to rescue me. The fat lady is very strong and fluffy. She is holding me in her arms. But the silky robe is slipping me down.

Finally, we are inside their house. They saved my life. My savior. I owe my life to them.

"Thank you so much. You saved my life." I say.

"Yes, we did." Slim one.

"Ye saved you from the trolls." The less fat one. 

"We risked our lives for you." The fat one.

This time their sequence didn't irritate me.

"For that."

"Yes, that crystal."

"We want your crystal."

A shock wave runs through me. 

"What? You saved me for this bracelet?" I ask.

"Yes, that thing."

"We need that."

"Give it to us."

They a scaring me.

"Okay."

I tried to unhook it, and it opened just like that. Wow! When I was about to die and wanted to take it off for saving my life, it didn't open. Now it does, great.

I handed it over to them. And their murmuring started. 

"What about her?"

"If anybody finds out that we gave her shelter?"

"No one should know about her."

They are going to kick me out again. They talk too loud. I can hear everything, yet they make a circle for discussion. 

They turn towards me. With a weird expression. 

"No one knows that a human break in here."

"Hm... we can hide her identity."

"That will save us as well."

The less fat lady is sniffing me. Don't do that. But I can't say anything. They saved me, so I am quiet and observing them. 

"She smells like a flower." 

"How can that be possible?"

"Am.. it's my perfume." Finally, I said it.

"It won't last long." The slim one looks like the smartest one.

My bracelet contained seven crystals. She took one and placed it in a wood-crafted stand. After the crystal got set there, it shines brighter. Nearby fireplace set on fire of blue flame. They placed a cauldron there and began to make a potion.  

With each ingredient they put in it, there is a minute blast in the cauldron, and every time a different color, light, and smoke emerge from it. They dipped a chain-like thing in that potion. 

"Here wear this anklet."

"It will hide your human odor."

"No one can find your identity until this is on your ankle."

I did as they said. The anklet looks like it is made of black metal. It is having a deer structure as a design. Will I be smelling like a deer from now on? Doesn't matter. Anything to stay alive.

"Hm... What about her appearance?"

"She can look like this. She will be considered as she is among us."

"Yes, just need to change her outfit."

 I will have to wear a robe, as they do. 

"No, not a good idea. She is magic-less."

"So what's the problem. We can not even do magic without crystals."

"Yes... all will think she is crystal-less, not magic-less."

Crystal? They need a crystal to do magic? Hell yeah. The one they placed in the stand shrunk. 

"Even though it is risky. If she got caught, all wizards will be questioned. Why she is dressed up like us? The question will arise."

"You are right."

"Absolutely right."

Are they sister of friends? Oh, what am I thinking? But they look alike. They talk in a similar way. And moving in a similar way, too. They are searching for something. Moving here and there. 

"We can make her trolls?" One suggested to the slim lady.

"Can she eat her own kind?" 

I gulp my saliva out of fear. Just imagining that gives me goosebumps. 

She shook her head.

"Mariya... Mariya." One is hoping to say something.

So the one in the maroon robe is Mariya. 

"Hm go on."

"Can we transform her into an elf?" The more fat lady said.

"Giant?" The other said.

"Meera! If we transform her into a giant here, then our house will get destroyed." Mariya said.

"Elf?" I guess they don't take seriously to the fat lady. She is suggesting one thing and they are not listening to her.

"What about a mermaid?"

"She needs to move in land."

"Elf?"

"Fairy is a good option."

"Again Meera? We can't give her wings. Remember."

"What about elf?"

She tried again.

"What about chordewa?" Meera interrupted again.

"Talk some sense okay. She had to speak too. And more of it she can't see them. They are even f*******n in many places."

"So does the elves too. But get the entry in anyways." 

"Meera! I got an idea. We can transform her into an elf. Elf got the curse and their magic is taken away. So no one will doubt her." Mariya says.

"Sister you are so smart." Meera says.

"But I.."

"Yes Mina, what were you saying?" 

She was saying the same thing. But you two didn't listen to her. 

"Elf"

"Yes, did you like my idea?"

Poor Mina. So they are sisters. Mariya, Meera, and Mina. Triple M, like triple X.

"Can I ask you something?" I am taking the initiative to get the answer.

"Oh, no human. You should go back from where you came." Mariya says.

"But how?"

"We don't know. But you have to." Saying this she gets inside. Meera followed her too.

"So we left alone," I say.

"Hmm." This is her reply. 

Okay, she knows anything I can get my answer from her. I have to hurry before her sisters return.

"So your name is Meena?"

"Yes"

"They are your sisters?"

"Yes."

"You are the youngest one?"

"We are triplets."

Wow....... Fraternal twins.

"You look different."

"Hm"

What should I ask? 

"Ah.. What is the danger if anyone knows I am a human?"

She is staring at me. Did I ask something wrong?

"A war will rise." She replies.

"War?"

"Legend says 80 years ago one human entered to our land and from then our lives went to hell."

"Hell?"

"We leave in fear. Fear that the lord can anytime take any of us to feed himself. We have to be according to the rule provided by the lord."

"Oh. So how is that related to a human?"

"Don't know. But I know who can tell that. He has every answer."

"Who is he?"

"Gyan, the librarian."

"Where can I find him?"

"He is a giant. He can be found in... wait."

Now she is gone too.

Oh, here she comes. She is holding something. 

"This is the map of our Silverwood." She points to a place on the map. "Here you will find him."

I knew she is the smartest of them.

"Can I take it with me?"

"Ammmm don't know."

"Please."

"Okay. Take it. I will get another one."

"So can he tell me how can I go back?"

"Hundred percent sure."

Fine, I have to find them and I will get the answer how can I get back. Then I will make sure to punish my rivals. 

"Here take this." 

Wow! She is giving me fruits.

"This?"

"You are going on a quest of finding the Giant Gyan, right?"

I nod my head.

"The route is very long. You must have some food with you."

How sweet of her. 

"One more question. Why did you feed me your blood?"

"Oh that. We thought you were a fairy so."

"Faires likes blood?"

"Yes, they are our protector and for that, they need every so they consume blood. It gives them the energy to fight with witches and cordewas."

Again? What is this chordewa?

"Blood gives them energy. Like the crystal gives you?"

"No, crystals are our source of power. A power that is essential for any kind of magic. No spell will work without a crystal.

"Oh."

"We submitted our fortune to the fairies. So that they protect us."

She was about to share more, but her sisters appeared. 

"Hm... let's make a potion." Mariya says in a dramatic way. 

Mariya walks near the cauldron. The flame is on. The ingredients Meera is holding are not looking trustworthy. 

Meera is assisting her in making the potion. 

Wow. This time I am getting a scary vibe. Purple light flashes, then green, brown, then the black smoke is coming out.

She pours the potion into a shot glass. I used to drink tequila in this kind of glass. Oh, I miss tequila shots. I need them the most now to tackle this situation. 

Oh, the drink looks black and smells awful. 

"Drink it."

I stared at the glass for a minute. God save me.

I grab the glass, closed the eyes, and gulp it down in a fraction of a second. Yaik....

My whole body gets a current run-through. Opened my eyes. They are looking so small, and the room is so congested. 

 "This is not an elf." One says.

I looked at my arm. It is muddy brown and hard as stone.

"No!" My voice. It turns like...... a troll.

"Oh no. Let's make another one." She began to prepare another potion. 

My body feels so heavy. My precious gown is fallen on the ground, completely torn apart. Wait, that means I am n***d? I am freaking out. Tring to move my arms to cover myself, but it turns out that my every movement is breaking something from their house.

"Calm down!" Mina shouted. Her hand is up and the palm is upward like we calm the animals. 

She brought another glass. It is really difficult to hold that tiny glass with my massive fingers.

"Show your palm." 

I did as Mina suggested. Mariya placed the glass on my palm and anyhow I drink it. I feel like I am stinking. Finally. Ohhhh they are getting bigger. I shrink too much.

"Hey!" My voice is like a chipmunk. 

"Oops,"

"What is she?"

Even they are confused, what they turned me into.

"One more try."

"Need to put another crystal."

One more try and my body stayed as it is and my neck stretched too long. 

Another try and I am on my four limbs.

Rabbit plus fish, I transformed into that fusion. Sheep. "Mehhhh"

A snake. "Shhhhh" All I can see is the huge feet of them.

I lost count. I got transformed numerous times and into terrible things.

Please give Mina the chance to prepare one. Or at least use a book. 

"Meow" Great a cat and... can't see my tail. Maybe something unique I am turned into. I bend over to look at my tail. Round round round, I can't see it.

"Try this one."

"Meow" No... no more.

"Woosh!!!"

I don't dare to open my eyes.

"Hey girl, what's her name?"

"It worked."

"It did."

The sequence is altered, but I guess I can open my eyes. Finally, they are at my same level. 

"It really worked?" My sweet voice. It is back. 

"Yes..." Mina wants to know my name.

"Devi."

"Devi, look at the mirror." She says.

The other two seem very happy with the success. They are preparing more. 

"If it's a success, why are they still cooking?" I ask.

"Preparing more for you. The potion works for thirty-six hours." Mina replied.

Thirty-six hours. Damn, I have to calculate every day.

I appeared in front of the mirror. I see a purple me. And a nude me. 

"Am... can I have anything to cover?"

"Yes sure."

It's better no one is watching me. My face cut didn't change, nor my physique. Only my ears a long and pointy. She brought a robe for me. Seriously! Don't you have anything else. They are too poor in fashion. 

"Thank you." I say.

"Here you go." They bring me fifty tiny bottles filled with the potion.

"Don't forget the time. Just before sunrise every day, drink it. Or else your real self will appear." 

"She said it takes thirty-six hours?"

"Yes, one whole day."

Okay! This word has a day of thirty-six hours instead of twenty-four hours.

"We can help you out only up to this. You have fifty days in your hand. Figure out the way till then. Or else, we can't do anything." 

They look rude, but still, they helped me a lot. They said they helped me as a deal for the crystal. But they used most of them for me only.

"Thank you so much. You are my savior. I will never forget you in my entire life." I thanked them with all my heart.

"Look how much your life span is," Mariya said sarcastically.