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Thursday, May 03, 2007

The Castle of Red by Qi Long

At the centre of the Pacific Ocean, was a small island. On the island, there was a kingdom. Not many were aware about this secluded kingdom at that time. The people lived peacefully there. There was a prince called David who was the third son of the king. He liked exploring most because he liked to collect curio.

One day, he went to the red-leaf forest alone. He had heard about a treasure in this forest. Followed what the elderly told him, he found the place and started to dig. After one day’s digging, he found a small crystal container under the biggest tree of the forest. There was some red liquid in it. He was very curious and satisfied. He brought it home and put it in his locker.

Time passed normally as usual, David continued his favorite pastime and explored many places. Three month later, the prince fell ill. It was like a fire was racing inside his body and he would explode at any time. Suddenly, he could not control himself. He started to run, because he wanted consume the massive unnatural energy inside his body. He ran around the castle continuously. He did not stop running until he fell dead from exhaustion. Then his whole body turned red.

His death became a mystery. Everyone believed that his death had something to do with the evil spirits. There must be a ghost in the castle. Because the king had banned the speculation about David’s death out of sorrow, no one dared to talk about it. However, just two months after David’s death, the people in the castle died one after another. They all had the same phenomenon as David before they died and their skin turned to red after they died. People started to suspect whether there were really some ghosts in the castle. Why did all the victims the same way die in? Finally, the king had no choice but to leave the castle. From that point onwards, the castle was known as “The Castle of Death”.

For the next three years, people stayed away from the castle. The residents of this island dwindled in numbers through the three years; even the king had left this island eventually.

It was said that there were ten people who wanted to explore the castle and look for the real reason for the death. They are a group of investigators form overseas. They had heard this many days before. All of them were very curious about it. Thus ten of them met each other under a very special situation. And after their decision, they prepared for ten days. They just bought some food and drinks simply, and the necessary tools. After that, they started their risk.

The whole castle was rusty in red. Under the grey clouds, one could see the four high red walls. It was all dark inside the castle. The cold wind was beating upon them, and they could hear the crows from the dark forest warning them about the danger. The lightning had lit up the whole sky, the thunder never arrived. The explorers were not frightened by these. They decided to camp in this castle to wait for the so-called ghosts.
One day…
Two days…
Three days…

One month had passed, and they did not detect any supernatural forces in the castle. So they went back and told their friends that the castle was not haunted at all. The red deaths of the prince must be untrue. Someone in the past must have created this story to scare others. It was not true.

This news spread the whole island suddenly. They all gathered to cheer for their ten heroes. And also they held a big feast to celebrate the big discovery by their ten heroes. This celebration lasted for three day as they were really happy that they do not have to be scared every day. However, behind the celebrations, what was waiting for the ten so-called heroes. Did they really succeed?

Two months after the celebration, the ten heroes died one after the other. They also turned red after they died. Many people believed that they must have been killed by the ghosts. And the evil ghosts really exist inside the castle. No one dared to explore the castle after that. And most people of the kingdom left this island. This kingdom disappeared from the world map from then on.

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