All the Reans were waiting for them when they reached.
Victon did not get down but promised to come the next
day morning.
Re told them everything that happened and they cheered
and clapped. The flowering plants came hopping hearing
the noise!
Re had to tell once again but when the trees arrived, he
asked Richard to explain…
Richard smiled at all of them, ‘The peace treaty has been
agreed by all the land beings and the water beings! They
will never harm you or hunt you again! They agreed for
me to be the King for Arda for both land and water! We
invited them for dinner tomorrow and Re promised a feast
fit for the King…Now we have to work!’
The trees hopped around in joy as they felt safe and happy.
One of the trees came close to Richard, ‘sure, we will
show that the land beings are no less… We will have a
feast fit for a King’
They assured that they would bring everything for their
feast!
All the plants agreed and it was the weirdest sight ever
seen! The plants, big and small screaming and dancing and
the Reans, joining them in the merriment were clear
indication of jubilation! Richard enjoyed the scene and
vowed t vo keep them happy as long as he was alive!
Te was the centre of attraction as he had to tell them the
menu.They never enjoyed any meat after coming to the
Proxima Earth and it would be really a difficult task to
prepare dinner. Te said they would think about a suitable
menu and let them know the next day morning as it was
already late!
The next day morning dawned with the beautiful Alpha
rise and Te was already on the move. He had called all the
Reans and was allotting them the work. Ro and Ge were
fighting among themselves as usual but working
excellently… Zo was talking to the plants and taking notes
of all the items that they would be bringing!
They all stopped doing what they were doing when a fleet
of orbs were seen. They landed noiselessly in the bank of
the lake and they waited. Re was little apprehensive as he
thought the guests have arrived!
Victon got down and walked towards Richard and Richard
too came forward to greet him!
Victon bowed his head, ‘Greetings! We have brought you
the fish from our farm. So many different varieties are
there… You can prepare them in your style’
Richard, ‘Thank you! You are very kind…’
He called Te and told him about the fish and Te’s response
was spontaneous and he jumped up so high that Victon
caught him in reflex!
They all had a good laugh and Re was beaming. Everyone
including the plants helped to unload the fish packages
from the orbs.
Victon said , ‘We would come before the Cynig and help
you all. The Cynig will arrive after the Alpha set!’
Then all the orbs left!
Re was really overjoyed as he knew Te’s capabilities as a
chef…
The trees brought so many types of fruits including the
fruits that could be intoxicating if one drank the juice.
Richard remembered the first day and how these plants
brought so many different plant products and they have
been using them ever since.
Richard was thinKing about the furniture as there was only
very few finished ones. He called one of the trees and he
asked if it was possible to bring some dead wooden
blocks. The tree , ‘ you want the short trunks to sit… Yes
we can bring them as nearby wood was flooded and water
logged so most of the trees died! The trunks of the trees
are there,, I will let the other trees know and will bring
them’ It hopped off with the mission to accomplish!
Richard called Zo and Re, ‘ Zo use all your Maglev
Lights… Let this area be bright as day’
Zo was pleased that he could be of some help, ‘Sure
Richard, I should have thought of it… I have many
decorative lights as well and music too! Mostly human
music but very peppy’ he left in a hurry…
Re said, ‘Richard, leadership comes naturally to you…
You already act like a King you know! I am very proud of
you… The human beings are known for their sentiments
but in the years we stayed there, some of your traits seem
to come to us…’
Richard smiled and understood what he was trying to
convey, ‘Re, go and supervise the work’ he laughed seeing
the expression on the tiny face.
Re too gave a very rare smile and left to boss …
Richard was considered a failure on Earth, but here he
could feel he has transformed into a different
personality… Authoritative, considerate, brave… well
none of these were evident while he was there on Earth. so
every human could adapt and shine provided they get
suitable opportunity!
He had been thinking of the Earth and Frank very often
but he was not able to connect with him using his link. He
tried several times since coming here, even Re tried but
they couldn’t connect with him. He hoped he would be
able to talk to him… He thought of him with gratitude as
he accepted him as his equal from the first day. He missed
only him and the old man!
The trees dragged a base of a trunk which would make a
perfect table! Richard was very happy to see the trees
seem to understand what he wanted. He could see many
other trees were bringing different sizes of the trunks. He
thought the trees here were unlike the trees on Earth and
they definitely possessed intelligence equal to some
animals on Earth! The trunks were different sizes in
circumference but not in height! So that they could be
used as tables and now must find suitable seats for the
tables!
Ro was busy making arrangement for decoration and when
he saw Richard looking thoughtful, ‘Richard, is there any
problem? You are looking troubled!’
Richard sat down, ‘Ro, we have the suitable tables and
once we decorate them with lights and flowers ,it would be
perfect! But I am wondering about the seats.. It should be
comfortable to sit and must be of same size…’
Ro thought for a while, ‘ You remember the rocks on the
farm site…they could be used as seats! What do you
think?’
The tree that was listening to their conversation bent down
…
one of the branches touched Richard and he looked up
and the tree said, ‘You can go and do something else…
We will arrange the seating… only give us the numbers…’
Ro shrugged and left the place and Richard thought that he
should stop thinking about the trees like Earth’s trees… he
thanked the tree…
He called one of the flowering plants to come near him.
When it came near, ‘Could you get lots of flowers… The
colour should be only red … We may need in large
numbers!’
The flowering plant, ‘Oh yes... sure anything for you and
peace’ and it jumped to tell the other plants and all
together they hopped off…
Slowly as the time passed, things were shaping to
everyone’s expectations! The whole lake side looked so
festive! The seating for the guests and Reans were done
alternatively, so the big and small tables were arranged
alternatively. The theme of the colour was red as red
flowers adorned every possible place! The floor was
covered with red petals and the plants have used the
natural gum to stick them to the floor so they looked like
beautiful mosaic of petals. The lights were floating all
over the lake as well as in the entire lakeshore. Zo had
done wonders by creating laser fairy lights among the
tables… Richard had seen few laser fairy lights during
Christmas and he knew how they would look when it was
dark!
Richard walked down to see the tabletop and the plants
have made such a beautiful display all around the hill and
the lake shore… They definitely had lot of aesthetic sense
as they had brought all the plants with plenty of flowers!
Re came in search of Richard and when he found him,
‘Richard your dress that you wore on the day you travelled
with us is cleaned... Why don’t you wear it for this
occasion? You must look different from others and it will
be expected of you!’
Richard did not think of it! But he was grateful that Re
reminded him!
‘
Re thank you …I will do it! Why am not able to connect
with Frank? Do you think he had removed the link? I
would like to share all these with him but I have been
trying to reach him but never once it got connected!’
Re, ‘ oh I should have told you ! There is a magnetic
disturbance on Arda’s magnetosphere so our link is getting
no result… Don’t worry, it will pass very soon! So don’t
worry unnecessarily for now!’
Richard was quite relieved to hear it…Re told him to get
ready as the Alpha had already low in the horizon!
Now his attention turned to the dinner plan and as he
walked towards the cave where his personal things were
kept…
But the cave too was decorated with lights and flowers and
he couldn’t find his things. Before he could call Re, he
came in, ‘Richard I forgot to tell you … all our personal
things have been shifted to your cave in the summit.
Victon wanted to see the spacecraft and I am sure they
would like to see it and we cannot refuse the guests’
Richard just nodded his head said he would go and get his
dress.
He walked up slowly and the path was decorated with
lights and he was wondering if the guests would come out
to the summit…
He found his dress neatly packed and kept on a ledge and
he took them and walked behind the cave where his
favourite place overlooking the ocean. He changed his
dress and it felt strange and uncomfortable to wear his
jeans, shirt and shoes…
He thought the most restrictive dress is jeans, as after
wearing the sarong for few days made him comfortable in
it.
He sat there for some time watching the Alpha set! He saw
the first orb circling around the lake and few followed it.
The lights came on and the whole scene looked
breathtakingly beautiful!
The lake water reflected the lights, the decorative lights
were around the trees, the floor was lit with lights to show
the brilliant red flower petals strewn on the floor and each
table was lit with big and small lights according to the size
of the table. The highlight of the decoration was the
awesome laser fairy lights on the lake water…
Richard never expected to see these extraordinary settings
with the limited things they had! He vowed again to help
the talented Reans as much as he could!
He saw the orbs preparing to land and he walked quickly
down to meet them!
He stood in front of the cave with Re, Ro and Zo. Richard
congratulated them about the final outcome and he
mentioned the laser light show in the lake and
congratulated Zo for his innovation!
Victon and few more Aatians came and they were all
praise for the setting.
Victon, ‘we never expected to see something like this! We
were asked to lend a hand in fixing the lights as we
thought you wouldn’t have any lights as you had just
settled! But this is unbelievable … I had never seen
something like this in the entire Arda! Really fit for the
King of Arda!...’
The other Aatians also came to shake hands with
Richard… They went around the tables and one could see
how awestruck they were!
Aatians finally came back and one of them said that,
‘everything is so perfectly beautiful and we cannot think
of a single thing to improve’
Victon, ‘I stand corrected as I underestimated you’
He bent down to shake hands with the three leaders of
Reans and it was the first time the Reans were
acknowledged and they swelled with pride. Richard was
so proud to see them that he thought this would be how
parents would feel when their kids were praised!
Re’s eyes met his and he thought he saw the eyes were
moist and he just nodded his head!
When Victon left with the other Aatians, Zo started the
music. It was actually funny to hear the famous numbers
that he had heard on Earth!
He slowly walked up to the decorative plants which had to
stand still but when he mentioned it , one of the plant said,
‘
we are creating history… I am very happy that you
invited us’
The tree which was standing at the centre like a Christmas
tree bent down and few decorative lights floated away
from the tree and once again went back to the position…
‘
Hello King, you are looking like the God himself! I am
the happiest tree today… thank you for including us in this
important dinner! Our queen was so pleased to see all this’
Richard was taken aback to hear that queen had seen this
setting!,
‘
But how is it possible…? She was so far from here!’
One of the branches of the tree pointed at the edge of the
ramp where one of the prop roots of the banyan tree was
hanging from a branch! It was simply mindboggling but
now Richard was past any surprise!
He went and sat on the table that Re showed him as the
Kings’ table…He checked if his cell phone’s camera was
functioning and it was! He took few photos of the
settings…
He waited for the Aatians to arrive!
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