Recap

Stella & Leo found their way to the mystery land through an old man and met columans Alberta and Cealie and their troop. They got to know about the prophecy of finding their siblings and rescuing their mom Stelliana and Leonardo, when they were kidnapped at the cliff by the Aurogans. They received a letter every time they met They also realized that they could mind read each other as they were twins. Alberta and Cealie helped them in rescuing Leo and followed with them to meet Betasy, and Uncle John. They moved further to find their other siblings Glacia and Aquilo and met them in the ice cold city. As they moved further to meet their fifth sibling Coventina, they met three more siblings Briar, Terriana and Acorus in their family house having pictures of their mom and dad. Finally they all started towards the cliff when they met Shayyana aka Shay, another freak mind reader who helped them reach the portal. All the seven siblings opened the portal over the diamond fountain with the help of their orbs and reached into a newer world.
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As we moved past the new land, we saw all fresh things...an air of freshness breezed through us...and we found ourselves amidst tall pine and cedar trees. The crickets were making that chirp chirp sound, it felt it was part of the air now. There were vines spiraling around the trees and the flowers blossomed around. We all were tired and decided to make a halt at the beautiful serene lake.

"It is truly one of the most beautiful lakes I ever saw in my lifetime!" I thought.

"Me too, feel the same!" said Leo from my back.

This is so calming, lovely lotuses sprawled around and the lake sides covered in soft moss. In a moment, it felt as if this is the place of nirvana and we should relax here till eternity.

"Time for food!" said Uncle John as he came up with lots of fresh fruits and berries. It was a joy for all of us as we were all tired and hungry by now.

"It tastes so yummm!" said Briar who was overtly enjoying Mangoes and Gooseberries.

I thought "how come they have all kinds of fruits at the same time, doesn't this place have a change in season!".

'No! they don't. This place got the elixir of being green and fresh throughout." said Shay.

"I have to be alert in thinking now, Leo reading my head is okay...he is my brother, but I am still unsure about Shay, she is pretty good in getting into my head".
"Ahh..okay! this means this place remains the same as it has been since ages?" I immediately reciprocated with a question and got my answer with her head shake.

All were resting, I was staring into the pond, watching a little lotus bloom into full and spreading it's leaves, just when I was interrupted by a small frog that sprung right in front of me. A slimy yellow frog with black spots all over him and shiny black eyes, reminding me of the Poison Dart frogs.

"Don't you worry! I won't harm. I think I saw you earlier" spoke the frog.

"mmmh.....you can talk?" I fumbled..hardly a word from my mouth, I saw him jumping back to the waters.

Before I could reach back to my other gang, I saw him back with his partner and a small shiny gold box with painting of a lotus on it.

"Hi, I am Cerberus & she is Claviger. We are the keepers of this lake. I assume you are Stella" said the male frog in his thumping voice.

"Yess...I am. But how come you know about it?" I asked.

"We know a lot, you are Stelliana's daughter and you look so much like her. She came here before the Aurogans took her away. She was with one little girl who was very fond of waters".

"Coventina!!!" I exclaimed before he could end.

"Yes! she was Coventina, a lovely charming girl with blonde hairs and blue eyes like shiny clear waters" said Claviger.

"Well, so here's the final charm that your mother left with us to hand it over to you." Claviger & Cerbrus handed me that golden ball box telling me that it is the final key to reach her.

Thanking them, I came out of the marshy lake area to my siblings and uncle John, Betasy, Shay, Sophie, Alberta, Cealie and other columns.

"Here's the key!" I said and everyone started staring me.

"What's this? Looks some artsy Christmas ornament" Leo thought.

I saw him and smiled and told everyone about the lake, Cerberus & Claviger and how this is the key to reach out to Coventina and Mom.

"Let's open it!" shouted Briar and Terriana.

"This looks hard to crack, seems some code need to be entered" Aquilo said while inspecting the ball.

Acorus and Glacia started trying some codes, some alphabets which were inscribed on the shiny round rim of the ball to get the answer.
"it's a 7 letter word...what i could be...killers...secrets...mystery...hmmm...what was so close to mum..." Leo was overthinking, when it struck to me.

"Us! yes...we are the one who are so close to mom. We are 7 here..and so is the no. of alphabets in the word." I exclaimed on my discovery.
I recalled what Uncle John said when we opened the portal "All of you are together now. Stelliana knew that was the only way you guys could save her. There's nothing to worry about" and so we are the answer to the hidden code.

I immediately took a twig and started writing our names on the moist ground. Took all of our initials and wrote it:
Stella Leo Aquilo Gracia Briar Terriana Acorus - SLAGBTA
All the eyes widened when me and Leo ended up writing all the combinations we could make from these 7 letters...I started scrambling through the list when my eye stuck on one...
"STAB GAL"
It was as if it was telling me to stab someone...to kill someone...I picked this combination and tried it on the golden ball.

All were eagerly waiting to see what happens next..a little cluck sound and here it opened up with a lotus bloom and in the mid was the letter....

My dear lovely kids!
This is my final letter to you. final...why? I am off to the land where only you can save me from and then we can reach out to your dad. You must be worried about not finding Coventina...but don't worry as she was with me. We were together till the time the monstrous Galvano....the king of the dark Aurogans, whose kingdom is all dark and warm, caught her. She was playing in the lake, when his people kidnapped her. I was out to get some food and when I came back she was gone. You have to find her where the rainbow ends over the waterfall. She has put a mark there and anything once done in this place remains, it dosen't age. Once you all are together, your orbs will shine and lead you to the place I am. I can not write further, as I am now lost in this world of illusion.
Eager to see you
Stelliana

This letter brought a relief to my guilt that we have left Coventina behind. She is waiting for us to release her...I could still see her in my visions, struggling with the chains, crumbling into pains.

With this in our heads, we all planned to move into the deeper jungle to find the waterfall...
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A/N
MLB998 has full permission to copy this story on her account for 'The Writing Game'
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Writing this chapter was fun, as I tried fixing in real term names and meanings and mystery of anagrams to it. FYI, Cerberus and Calviger means keepers, Galvano means dark/hot/galvanic current underneath and there are real Poison Dart Frogs. I hope I am able to add a imagination to your reading visualizing dark jungles with lotus lakes and cricket sounds. In the end I would like to thank MLB998 for giving me the opportunity to become part of this first-ever kinda book on wattpad and the previous authors for laying so imaginative storyline for me to work on. I wish all the future authors a very good luck and I wish this becomes the most read book on wattpad ever!
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