Outstanding Stories » Lusiya And The Wizard Of Doom!

“Lusiya And The Wizard Of Doom!” is one of the outstanding stories (sub-junior) of the second biannual International Short Story Contest 2018 written by Anvitha Rao, GIIS PG Smart Campus, Singapore.

Lusiya And The Wizard Of Doom!

Once upon a time, near a deep dark jungle, there was a city named Sapphire & there lived a girl named Lusiya. She was the daughter of the king and queen. In Sapphire, only the king and queen were given respect. The prince or princess earns the royal respect based on their own hard work. Until so they were treated like ordinary children.

Lusiya was a very kind hearted, hard working, friendly and helpful girl. She was an ordinary girl still at the age of 12. One fine day, the ‘Wizard of doom’ and his men cast a spell on the city. No one knows the other name of ‘Wizard of Doom’ until now. He had put a spell called “death the deadliness”. If the spell is not removed in 1 week using secret weapon all people of the city would die. Lusiya was the only girl who was safe in the entire city because she was out of city when the spell was cast.

As soon as Lusiya came to know about this, she made a dash to the neighboring city. And that was where the secret weapon was. When she told her friends about what had happened, they were shocked. They told her that the secret weapon is “Sapphire Chain” and it was with Ball-Man but now it was taken away by the “Wizard of Doom”.

They went to Ball-Man’s house and asked him where the wizard of doom lives. “Oh, I’m so sorry my children, but he took the ball and without that I can say nothing,” said the Ball man. Lusiya was disappointed. But she didn’t give up. After a while she and her friends were headed to the detectives for clues. Lusiya asked, “Mr. Thomas have you any idea where the wizard of doom lives?” Thomas replied, “I only know that he lives in the land of Evil. And remember if you go there, there are many traps and wicked people.” Lusiya said thanks and went out with her friends.

They headed to the masterchef’s home. They asked him, “Have you ever cooked at the wizard doom’s palace before?” He replied, ”Yes Children, yes. Why did you ask?” Lusiya replied, “We have to go to his place urgently but have no idea of where he lives.” Masterchef replied, “His palace is invisible. But he keeps sparks to let him identify it.” That spark can be seen by everyone. Later they went to the magicians to get the things they needed. The magician gave them trap removers that removes traps and a spell to get them faster to the place they needed to go.

After reaching to the ground of spells, they first made sure that they have all the things. Jelisa read out the clues. “Tent, Land of Evil, Wicked, Invisible, sparkles, Traps, Spell, Trap Remover”. They were ready to go on a long journey. So, they changed the spell together, ”Take us to the land of Evil for the chain of Sapphire”

No longer, they were landed in the land of evil. They put a trap remover for every 2km until only 2 were left. They got worried because if they use any more, they might get caught in one of the trap near the castle. They looked around for traps until something caught Lusiya’s eyes. She asked Jelisa to read out the clues again. Jelisa said, ”The castle is invisible, but sparkles can be seen.” Then Lusiya realized that the castle they were looking for was right in front of them. She told everyone about this and put a trap remover leading into the castle and started their way.

When they reached the castle door, they had to tell the name of the wizard of doom to enter inside. But none of them knew. They told all sorts of names until Jelisa said Hauntly. The door in front of them opened. They all were amazed to see such a kind of castle!! Still something frightened them, creepy noises, wicked spells, unknown rooms etc might be inside. No longer had a man come running towards them. He took them inside a room. They were scared about what might happen to them.

The man said, ”My name is Lazar, I’m the servant of the Master here. Why are you all here? What are your names?” Lusiya replied, “He-l-l-l-o sir... M-m-my name is L-L-..Lusia. These are my friends. I’m here to find the Sapphire chain. Please don’t hurt us.” Lazar said, “I will help you all. I knew you were coming here as I saw it from the ball the master stole a few days ago Oh is it! Are you kind?” said Lusiya. He took them to the dressing room and gave them clothes that look like evil fortune tellers. They followed him to the master’s room in disguise. There was the master – the Wizard of Doom!!! Lazar said, “Majesty! These are the fortune tellers. They told me there will be a huge storm that will vanish all invisible stuff including your castle!!!” Oh really! said master, frightened! What can be done to stop it! Lusiya, dressed up as fortune teller, stepped forward and told ”The SAPPHIRE CHAIN” is the key to stop the storm! Its all yours! Take it and Stop the storm I command you! said the master.

Lazar took them to room and read out another spell. It turned out that a word was wrong and all except him and the girls in the castle died immediately. He then corrected the word and read the spell again and the sapphire chain came out. Lusiya and friends were ecstatic and they rushed towards the city, just in time to save everyone. Lusiya wore the chain and recited the magic words. In next 2 minutes she went into deep sleep. When she woke up everyone was cheering her name. She had saved life of everyone in the city and rightfully earned the respect as part of royal family member. They all finally lived happily ever after.