Chapter four- Mahrajan

Over the next few months, Ashlyn hadn't remembered anything at all. No headaches, nothing. She had decided on just living her life like normal, but she didn't know what normal was. Everything felt wrong, she felt out of place. After hearing she had no rukh at all, She wasn't sure what she was. Human or some freakish monster that had suddenly appeared in Sindria.

"It reminds me of that one anime...Parasyte, was it? Where those weird monsters suddenly arrived on Earth and ate humans..." Ashlyn spoke blindly to herself. Wait what?

Ashlyn sat up in her bed and looked around, "What the heck am I talking about?" Ugh...Looks like the stupid headaches are back. Why now? What's happening? She could hear the townspeople of Sindria cheering and shouting excitedly outside.

Ashlyn stood and left her room, searching for a general or someone who knew what was happening. Finding no one, she headed in the direction all the commotion was in. She looked around more, struggling to maneuver through citizens of Sindria.

Just as she made it past the crowd, several people ran past her holding large pieces of fabric. Ashlyn looked to the sky and gasped as very large slices of meat fell from the sky, followed by Sharrkan who landed gracefully surrounded by the meat. "Did he just serve that?!" Ashlyn exclaimed, noticing the head and other inedible parts of some monster land nearby.

She looked around for Sinbad and the generals, finding the king talking with Alibaba and Aladdin. Oh right, Sharrkan and Yam are gonna be Aladdin and Alibaba's teachers. At this point, Ashlyn wasn't even surprised she already knew.

Ashlyn walked a bit closer to the group as she remembered more, "And now Yam and Sharrkan are gonna start fighting..." Her head throbbed, but it was tolerable. Seconds later, the two generals began bickering, as usual. That's not anything out of the ordinary though. Anyone could guess they'd start fighting.

She began chuckling as Yamraiha and Sharrkan grabbed their new pupils -Aladdin and Alibaba respectively- and declared a competition to see who's disciple is stronger. Typical Yam and Sharrkan...

"Hey, Pisti, what's going on?" Ashlyn walked up to the shorter general as the citizens began moving the meat.

"It's Mahrajan!" Pisti smiled excitedly.

"Mah-what?" Ashlyn furrowed her brow.

Pisti chuckled, "It's the harvesting festival. We'll be celebrating tonight!"

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Ashlyn walked around Sindria, completely stunned at how beautiful everything was. People were dancing and handing out flower necklaces, everywhere you looked there was food, it was better than she'd ever imagined.

She walked around blindly, barely noticing when she bumped into someone, "Oh! I'm sorry! Are you alright?" Ashlyn stopped and turned toward the person.

"Yes~ I'm fine, dear. Hehe..."

Ashlyn's eyes widened at the sound of this man's voice. I've heard that voice before! "W-Who are you?" She couldn't see his face, it was covered by a dark hood. The only thing she could see was his stark white teeth as he flashed a sadistic grin. Ashlyn jumped nearly a foot as someone placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Ash? Who are you talking to?"

Ashlyn jumped away and turned to the blond male, "S-Sorry Alibaba...It...It was nothing." She looked around for the man again, but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Are you sure you're alright? Did those headaches come back?" The teen gave her a concerned look.

"Yeah, they did, but I'm alright." Ashlyn forced herself to smile reassuringly. She had talked with the metal vessel user and his friends a lot since they had arrived, all of them forgetting when Ja'far had pulled her away. "Enjoying the festival?"

"Yeah! This is great!" Alibaba smiled at the change of subject.

"Rawr!" Both teens jumped as someone hiding behind a scary looking mask popped out at them. "Hah! Did I surprise you?" The person removed the mask, revealing Aladdin smiling cheekily.

"What?! It's just you Aladdin!" Alibaba laughed.

"Here! Where this mask! It's the mask of the 'God of the Seven Seas'!" Aladdin handed Alibaba one of the masks.

Ashlyn smiled, these idiots are so cute... She jumped -again- as another person approached her, grabbing her arm and telling her to follow them.It was a woman this time, dressed in exotic clothing. "Come, all the women wear this tonight."

"Really?!" Ashlyn exclaimed excitedly. I remember Morgiana looked so pretty in this outfit! She excitedly got changed into the exposing outfit.

"Here, young girls hand out flowers." The woman smiled as she handed Ashlyn a bunch of flower necklaces.

"Thanks! I'll hand them out now!" Ashlyn returned the woman's smile.  

She began walking around and passing out the necklaces to anyone she saw without one. Everyone smiled and thanked her as she passed by, some complimenting her dress. I wonder where Alibaba and Aladdin went... Once she ran out of necklaces, she began searching for the boys.

"Hey, Morgiana!" Ashlyn called as she noticed the female Fanalis, dressed in the same clothing as she was.

"Hello, Ashlyn." Morgiana greeted. She was holding a large plate of food in both hands.

"Are you having fun?"

"Yes." She nodded.

Ashlyn smiled, "Come on, let's sit." Morgiana began rapidly eating her food once they sat down. Ashlyn chuckled as she overheard Sharrkan and Masrur talking nearby, Awwww. Masrur soo likes Morgiana... "Have you seen Aladdin and Alibaba?"

"I saw them earlier, but I'm not sure where they are now." Morgiana replied between mouthfuls.

"Hmm..." Ashlyn thought for a while. What happened after this? She didn't want to force herself to remember. I think I should try and find that man again...He was creepy, but I want to talk to him. "Ah, Morgiana, I'll be back in a bit. There's something I want to check out real quick."

"Alright. I'll wait for Aladdin and Alibaba, then." Morgiana agreed as she continued to eat.

Ashlyn nodded and waved to the Fanalis as she left.  As she walked, she became more and more troubled. It's weird...I feel like I know everyone here already, like we're close friends, but they don't know me. I can even predict the future! Although it makes my head hurt... I'm like some weird super-human! It makes no sense though...Maybe that man knows? I can't find him anywhere...He seems familiar....But I've been saying that a lot lately, huh?

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