The Storyteller - Chapter 7

The Storyteller

 A Novel 

By Paul McCann

Chapter  7

The Fourth Dimension

It was a warm summer’s night and all around Heroes Bay was the sound of waves  crashing down upon the shore  . The storyteller layback there on the soft sands looking up at the moon and stars over his head thinking about the place where he was and at the same time wondering what else could also be occupying that same space in the fourth dimension .

The existence of other people and other worlds was real although at this moment in time it was still unseen . The fourth dimension was all around him yet invisible .

His ability to cross over into that dimension was something out of sight almost like a flame in his heart that burned with a passion to be travelling to those places in an unknown universe .

Suddenly the gold medallion on the necklace began to glow filling his mind with  wonder and with no thought of fear and in a complete sense of peace he watched a pillar of light appear from nowhere .

A tall slim figure stepped from the light and waved to the storyteller urging him to come over and step into the light . He got to his feet and as he started to walk towards the light when . Suddenly he was drawn to the light as if by some magnetic force . As the tall being spoke the storyteller could see pictures developing in his mind . The language spoken was a new experience for the storyteller who could understand through his senses was being said ,  He could  see , feel , hear , smell and taste  everything that was being communicated to him .         

Once inside the pillar of light the ocean disappeared and now he was within the fourth dimension .

As it was his first time travelling between dimensions he had been given a guide   

To explain and answer any questions he might have .

As they walked towards a waterfall he noticed that the water running upwards instead of falling down . All of the trees stood there on the ground with their roots in the air and all the people there were walking backwards .

The guide explained to the storyteller that everything in the fourth dimension was the opposite of what would be happening in the third dimensional world .

Some people were sitting down of the grass having a picnic . They were laughing and talking as they sat beside a stream . A fallen tree trunk lay there like bridge across  both sides of the stream .

The storyteller instinctively knew that the reason for his visit was to share a story with these people who were gathered there .

So he immediately went and sat himself down on the tree trunk and introduced himself to everyone there .

“Hey , hello , if you can hear me and I hope you can , I have a story from a different dimension that I’d like to share:

Everybody there stopped what they were doing and looked up at the storyteller sitting on the tree truck .

On each side of the stream people began to gather . They all walked hand in hand ,

with each other . Many of them sat down on the banks fo the stream to listen to the storyteller . One of the people in the crowd called out ,

“You’re very welcome here in heaven . Please share your stories .   We would all love to hear them.

Everybody there started clapping and cheering .

As the storyteller began to speak a large screen descended down from the sky above for everyone to watch and speakers rose from out of the ground to provide sound and other device appeared to add taste m smell and supernatural effects to the experience , Every word spoken took shape as the story was instantly adapted into a feature movie  .

He began to share his story .

“ Once in the heavenly realms there was a war . There were those who wanted to rule and occupy the cosmos and everywhere in between all of the dimensions within reaches of every known dimension that was and is and ever will be .  The uprising failed and all those who had rebelled were banished forever from the heavenly realms . Those who never took part in the battle were guilty of not taking sides and because of their inactive response were sent to the third dimension to live but were not banished . Their claim to return to live in heaven is still being decided with a  consideration to be approved by the great Creator of heaven and every known and unknown dimensions . These refuges of heaven are supernatural beings known as Leprechaun’s and fairy folk . So I’m here to tell you about a place called The Emerald Isle where fairies and leprechauns all live together with people like myself between the dimensions that exist , These creatures have magical dreams and the bring ands give gifts to mortals who for a moment would capture them but as soon as a gift has been given then the mortal has no more hold on the leprechaun or fair who is then free to go. “

 More and more people arrived to watch the movie being shown on the giant screen by the banks of the heavenly stream .

He continued the story ,

“This story is all about the hunt for the King of The leprechauns by the hound of Ulster who was also known as the Hero Cú Chulainn who had supernatural strength but no power to travel between dimensions . King Brian who is the leader of all the Leprechauns’ on the Emerald Isle has the ability to grant wishes if he is captured and so Cú Chulainn wanted to be given the ability to cross over between dimensions . The problem is that Cú Chulainn has a wild temper and could possibly change the mood and energy to whatever place he would visit . So, there was a danger of sorts that Cú Chulainn could bring trouble with him .  It was a grand day on Taras Hill and King Brian was out with on horseback with his fairy cavalcade chasing after the wild foxes around the Glens . It’s been said that the King has been chasing foxes for thousands of years to help out the farmers who have been loosing many of their  hens to the foxes . So on this morning in May Cú Chulainn sat in waiting for the Fairy Cavalcade to come running towards Taras Hill . Oh well sure enough didn’t that happen in an instant but King Brian is a crafty old fellow and didn’t  he see the hero Cú Chulainn lying in wait so he turned himself into a hare . Now in that field were maybe fifty or more other hares so Cú Chulainn couldn’t tell which hare was King Brian and the terrible thing is that for a moment he was so mad that he shook the land with a thud of his foot upon the ground and in that moment every rabbit and hare all over the land jumped out from their burrow and hole and scurried off in fear to the forests and hid for long time  . King Brian himself decided to live for a while in the forest and every now and then he has been seen between different dimensions so I’m just telling you all here to keep an eye out for him  . His name  mis Brian the bold leprechaun who comes from the Emerald Isle “

The gifted storyteller had the audience intrigued  and as things would often happen a magical moment came when out from a shaft of light King Brian himself appeared to the surprise of the audience . King Brian spoke with a lilting voice .

“Hello Sean Mc Kay , sure now aren’t you the man with the magic voice bring stories here there and everywhere . So you’ve been talking about me again my old storyteller friend “

As the audience applauded  and cheered . King Brian laughed and sang uand brought happiness to everyone that was there .

At that moment the storytellers gold medallion on the necklace started to glow and he knew it was time to go back to the third dimension  . A pillar of light fell from the sky and the storyteller said goodbye to all those who were gathered  there on the banks of the heavenly stream . Once inside the light everything around him started to disappear and once more he was back on Heroes Bay under the light of the moon .

 ‘

End Chapter 7

The Storyteller

Link to chapter 8

https://www.abctales.com/story/mcscraic/storyteller-chapter-8

By Paul McCann