The Lost Quest

“Finally! Life seems good.” Yannic woke up with a grin, in his king sized bed. Moon light falling through the window, near the door, had brightened up the whole place. The first night of the spring, seemed like the brightest night of the year to Yannic. Beside him, laid beautiful Tiara, love of his life. He could see her curvilinear waist, in the light of moon. Her brown curls that was falling upon her face covering her pouty lips and elegant nose making her look prettier than ever. He got closer, gently brushed away the hair and placed it behind her ear. How pristine she looked, in deep sleep closing her hazel green eyes, with languid eye lashes of black velvet. “What might she be dreaming, is it me?” wondered Yannic. She was there like a lying goddess in her golden night attire, looking beautiful more than any dream. How many hurdles had this girl been through, how many tears she had cried. How long she had waited for them to be together. He took her hand on his. He looked at her cumin red finger nails which seemed to bring colors into his dark life. Her long slender fingers. There was their bond for eternity, their wedding ring, which made them each other’s forever. He promised not to let a drop of tear roll through her cheeks, not to leave that girl alone ever again. He promised never to let her down and always protect her. At that tranquil hour of night, all he could hear was deep breaths of his wife and the ticking of his grandfather’s clock opposite to the bed .He raised his head, it was quarter past 2. Feeling the immense peace and satisfaction in his heart, he looked at his wife, looked at the night, and all that seemed was perfection. He wanted to capture this moment and treasure it forever.

All his thoughts got hindered by a sudden beep in his mobile. He soon reached the mobile and switched it to silent mode, made sure his wife ain’t awake. In the screen appeared an unknown number. Yannic decided to ignore the call, at that hour of night. The mobile beeped again as he ignored it again. The mobile beeped for the third time, the same unknown number on the screen

“Must be something important,” thought Yannic and received the call.

“Hello”

“Hello, Is that Mr. Yannic,” (Youthful girly voice)

“Yeah!”

“I am Saisa. I study with your brother Aiden. We came to a college trip and had been camping on Tilaurai together.”

He remembered Aiden excited about his trip.

“He has been missing since dusk. We saw him head towards woods but hasn’t return yet. We’ve searched for him everywhere. We couldn’t find him. So we thought, it would be better to acknowledge his guardian about it.”

Yannic freaked out. The young enthusiastic lad of 21, his brother had been missing. He calmed himself up and asked

“Was he alone? Did you try his cell?”

“Three other of our friends have been

missing with him. We’ve tried to contact them but all of their cells are unreachable. We’ve informed their guardians.”

(With a sigh)

“Okay, I’ll be there soon,”

(Hung up the phone)

He dialed the number of Aiden. It was unreachable. He had to go, find his brother. He soon got dressed. Picked up his coat from the hanger. Beautiful Tiara, still asleep looking like a goddess. He didn’t feel right to wake her up.

“Will be home soon.. I love you!”

He left a note on the lamp table beside the bed. He kissed her forehead and headed towards the door. On the way, he took a peek out of the window. He saw a huge cluster of black cloud grumbling towards the moon. The beam of the moon vanished in the shed of the cloud. The beautiful bright night turned dark like the lurking darkness in his placid heart. He still could hear breathing Tiara. Ticking of clock in that immense silence of night. Then he suddenly heard screeching owls and a wolf howling somewhere deep far from the woods.