Short Stories

OPHIUCHUS: The Healer

Elaine, at the age of 20, is a brilliant trainee surgeon in St. Mary’s hospital. She is a big fan of a famous singer who is also her patient. She receives a VIP pass for his upcoming concert. On her way to the concert, she gets to know that there will be a rare Ophiuchus meteor shower on the same night. Unfortunately, she encounters an accident and unknowingly enters the Zodiac world. She falls into a pool where a water sport is being played. When she is about to be drowned, a man saves her who happens to be the emperor Capricorn and also the leader of Earth signs. He has the superpower of making people unable to move. He suspects Elaine to be an assassin as her looks don’t match the world. The second prince Aquarius, who has the superpower to see the future, predicts that Elaine has a deep connection with the future of zodiac. To save her, he identifies her as the dancer in his court. Aquarius is the leader of air signs and also the military. He and Capricorn have always been against each other as he thinks that Capricorn is not capable of being the emperor. The other day when Elaine regains her consciousness, she finds herself in the palace of the second prince. While trying to run away, she realizes that she has entered an unknown world. She pleads with Aquarius to let her meet Capricorn as she mistakes him to be her idol. Meanwhile, Capricorn suspects Aquarius to be lying about the identity of Elaine as Aquarius never involves himself with girls. He orders his brother Pisces, the third prince with the superpower of replication, to bring Elaine to his court. Elaine, unknown of the fact runs away from the palace and hides in the city. She finds that the people of Ophiuchus have been mistreated in the city. They are deprived of food and shelter. Ophiuchus is the thirteenth sign of the zodiac. Ophiuchus murdered the late Emporer and hence he was killed. This resulted in the removal of Ophiuchus from the board of zodiac signs and his people were mistreated. Ophiuchus has the power to heal people but they can also absorb the superpower of the other signs. Pisces who is searching for Elaine finds her at a food stall and takes her to Capricorn. She thinks that like her he also got stuck in the zodiac world and agrees to help him to obtain the military from Aquarius. Aquarius asks Capricorn to complete two tasks if he wants the military. In three days, Capricorn has to collect ten thousand people to support him. Only after this, Capricorn can launch a competition between four masters of constellations: air, earth, fire, and water signs. Elaine uses her methods of publicity to gain the signatures of ten thousand people within three days. Capricorn appreciates her help and befriends her. In this process, she learns that Capricorn is not the famous singer as he remembers his childhood in the Zodiac world. Despite this, she continues to help him and realizes that she has fallen in love with him. Elaine makes many friends in the palace. Cancer, the daughter of the minister of revenue, becomes her best friend. Cancer has the superpower of invisibility. Elaine is appointed as the Royal Physician due to her medical skills. There is only a month left for the competition. Capricorn and Elaine visit the city for inspection. They get trapped in a pit during their return and are saved by an Ophiuchus child. Elaine helps her return to her village. An old man from the village tells Elaine that she is the last Ophiuchus leader. When she refuses to believe him, she is told that there is an Ophiuchus sign on her shoulder. He also tells her that she can heal any disease with her superpower and also revive the dead. But if the power is overused, she will die. She returns to the palace but hides it from everyone. After a month the competition is held. Capricorn wins the competition as well as the military. For the celebration of this victory, the whole city is summoned to the palace. But someone poisons the celebratory wine and the whole city gets poisoned. Elaine can detect the poison in the wine and stops Capricorn from drinking it but it is too late. She runs to the village of Ophiuchus and asks them to revive the city from the poison. The Ophiuchus under the leadership of Elaine cures the people. Elaine cures Capricorn and the other Constellation heads. The Ophiuchus, including Elaine, disappear due to the overuse of their power. Elaine returns to the modern world but misses Capricorn. A month later, Elaine receives a call from an unknown number. The caller is none other than Capricorn.