An Arcane Escapade

Lost in a tenebrous forest,

I was flustered and devoid of rest,

There I saw a man quite stern,

Who was guarding a cavern.

I went to that old bloke,

And very vigorously, I spoke,

Can I get a shelter for night?

Suddenly, he disappeared in a flash of light.

Thereafter, I found myself in a wooden creek,

Where I saw a lady in bleak,

She looked like a crone,

And tried knackering me with a stone.

Thereby, I fell on the ground,

And saw many witches abound,

They were all coming near to me,

Yet I  tried my best to flee.

They fettered my hands and locked me in the cage,

Which was surrounded by a gargantuan sage,

Alongside, there was a Lucifer,

Who was feeding a heifer.

The Lucifer came nearer to me,

He unbarred my hands to set me free,

He came yet closer and said,

"You've to fetch a Jasper from the sea-bed"

As I had helped you in the Age of Vice,

Hence, You have to pay me a price.

"What can I do", I asked him in delirium,

He said:- "Do your bit for reinstating my imperium.

You have to save my bacon too,

And aid me without a delay or ado,

Thereupon, I acceded to do him a good turn,

And Also furnish credit of his help in return.

He revealed:- "Jasper is kept in the box of foam,

Which is guarded by a gnome,

His power can be dwindled by a Jade,

A gem buried under ebony trees in the glade.

All my powers are confined in the Jasper,

Unless you bring it, You shan't scarper,

Being beshrewed, I can't bring the stone,

Hence, you have to do it all alone."

Thereby, I began my escapade,

Which was the quest of Jasper 'n' Jade,

So I went to the forest of Ebony,

Where the bushes were quite thorny.

I dug the ground using a spade,

And As soon as I found the Jade,

I ran along the sea-bed,

And did exactly what the Lucifer had said.

I had raised the Jade so high,

That it coruscated the dark sky,

The gnome tried snatching Jade from my hand,

But it dropped down in the sand.

The gnome morphed into a hound,

Being flabbergasted, I fell on the ground.

He mutilated me by flinging away the tinders,

And further cursed me to turn into cinders.

I pleaded:- "I abjure not to come here again",

As long as you don't punish me with this bane,

He replied:- Troth to forget this adventurous plight,

And I'll extricate you from the malediction of  tonight.

So I agreed to shroud the hunt of Jasper 'n' Jade,

And that's how it became an Arcane Escapade,

Next Day, as the sun diffused it's gleam,

I woke up from my chimerical dream.