Musée du Ben

A lonely gypsy wagon was stranded in a deserted road amid the Arabian sand. Cactus rising towards the sun for their food and snakes hide inside brown crystals waiting for their prey. Far across the barren land, a strange little girl was approaching the gypsy wagon.

WHAT’S MY FUTURE?

    Green velvet curtains were pushed to let few light rays inside the old Vardo (Romani Wagon). The black lined eyes watched the shining ornaments showcased over the wall. The gypsy fortune teller took a small cloth and dusted her bird carved furniture and walked to the crystal ball gracing her fingers over the surface to emit glowing light which fell on her face. She slowly moved towards the jewel showcase and picked the silver chain containing red painite pendant in it. The sun rays dropped on painite and reflected in her pupils. She planned on trading the chain to get a new wagon and leave the place forever.

    Knock! Knock! A small girl shadow was seen past the hard glass. The witch opened and invited the dark little girl inside the wagon. The strange little girl wore a ragged white frock and her right eye shined blue. Witch’s pupil dilated seeing this mysterious girl. She made her sit near the glowing crystal ball and looked deep into her future. The burning red flames filled the ball and she was struck with agony to find the girl inside the blaze reaching her hand out for help, and she noticed something glistening inside her palms. Soon, the ball went dim and dark. The witch looked for the girl, but she was nowhere to be seen. Deeply concerned about her life, the witch turned her glance towards the showcase and find the place where she kept painite chain empty!

PURSUIT FOR THE SHINING

Shocked by the sight, her face turned purple. She looked everywhere in the wagon and it was missing. Vision on glistening material in the little girl’s hand sparked in her mind, slowly she realized the material was painite chain which the girl stole from her and died in the flames holding it. Furious by the thought that her hospitality has been ruined and her dreams have been burnt to ashes, she pulled a black robe over her face covered, with eyes left free and took a walk towards the village to hunt down her.

The villagers have a hatred for witches since they find them unusual and satanic. The witch has a dark past in this village, as when she was 5 her mother (a gypsy witch) was burnt by the villagers and also expelled her daughter outside the village. Since then, the little witch went through a lot of pain growing.

Now, the witch in her black robe walked past the eyes of villagers who looked at her suspiciously. She can still see burning flames in their eyes. Suddenly in the crowd, he saw a little girl walking fast. The witch tailed her like a snake hunting rat. The little girl entered a hut and the witch also went along inside and shut the door.

FLAMES OF DESIRE

    There was no one in the hut except a shining diamond which glowed like a star on a table. The glare lit up her face. Within a few seconds, she heard footsteps surrounding the hut. Blood rushed through her veins. Scared by the thought that she has been caught by villagers. She took rushed to pick up that glowing diamond and ran towards the door. But the door was locked and there was fire emerging from the roof covered with palm leaves.

    It has become clear to her that the visions from the ball were not little girl’s future instead hers! She knew it was her end. The burning flames crawled over her body and the skin melted. She was confused about whether the girl is cursed or the diamond. The villagers and saw the witch burning to ash. She reached her hand out and dropped the diamond. Her life dropped along with it! The whole area has been turned to ash. A hand took the diamond from ash and the crystal was reflected in blue eyes.

A month later..   

Knock! Knock! The door in a stranded gypsy wagon was slowly opened. A little girl with painite pendant on her neck entered smiling.