BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY....

ALL celebrations were over.Mysery had fallen over the kingdom.

"DOCTOR! how is my father,is he alright?" prince Hans asked the imperial doctor as he walked out of the King's room.Till now everyone was of the view that the king would have fainted because of the shock,of the missing prince but that wasn't the case.

"Your highness, please forgive me,for my incompetence,i apologize." Saying that the doctor ,fell on his knees infront of the prince.

"Your highness, i ..i am unable to identify the cause of the King's ilness.The king has rashes all over his body with a high fever.I have never seen such a disease before." exclaimed the doctor.

The prince was getting anxious now,how would he manage all of this on his own,There was no news of his brother,no clue of what kind of ilness his father had encountered.It was a mysery.

"OSCAR!" he called out to the loyal chamberlain.

"contact all the other doctors and physicians immediately!!!" ordered the prince.

"Yes your highness" oscar replied.

"you should rest a little now,the kingdom cannot afford,if anything happens to,you must take care of yourself,you are now our only hope." oscar suggested.

The prince nodded,and walked towards his room.

All of the best physicians and doctors of the kingdom were called upon to identify the King's disease.The best doctors from the neighbouring kingdoms were contacted,but...all in vain.Nobody could understand what kind of disease or illness it was.

Two days passed,The king's health was getting worse,the rash had spread all over his body,his fever wasn't going down.

The third day,prince was sitting beside his sick father,he was devastated and alone,everything in his life had suddenly changed.

"Wake up father please... sobbed the prince.

"thuk thuk thuk......" the door knocked.

"who is it?" the prince iquired.

"your highness its me ,oscar ,a german healer has come,claiming that he has a cure for the king."

The prince stood up in rush.

"call him immediately!!!" the prince ordered restlessly.

There seemed a hope,after every doctor had refused to treat the king,this healer only seemed to know about the king's treatment.

"your highness ,i need to talk to you.....alone*** the healer required quickly as he enterwd the room.

"oscar leave us,and close the door." ordered the prince.

The healer rushed towards the king and picked up his hand.

"Its cold,Your majesty's hands are too cold""***.the healer exclaimed.

"How many days have passed since he is sick like that?"asked the healer

"Its been two days,his fever is not going down" the prince said."***you can treat him right,you know the cure,dont you?"

"I can give you anything you want,any ammount of money you want,i can provide you ,but you have to cure the king***. said the prince.

The healer looked at the prince.

"The cure,your highness doesn't lie in my hands.you must prepare for the travelling." the healer said

"what do you mean?" asked the confused prince.

"To the west,is a forest,you must go there." explained the healer.

"whats there,of my use?" asked the prince.

"There you will have to find an AVALANCH ROSE,the nector of which should be fed to the king to treat him.The nector is believed to cure any ilness or a disease even this unknown disease of your magesty" the healer explained

The primce listened carefully,paused to think.He called out to the chamberlain.

"Oscar prepare for our travel,and inform the gaurds." ordered the prince.

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