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chapter 4 : it isn't fun now !
what do you mean by --- *YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE ? okay i have had enough of this .. first i witness a murder scene and then i saw a stranger who talks about war or something like that and then you tell you are not the only one with a sword here . i don't understand anything ! ... i shouted and the doorkeeper stared at me as if i just killed someone , he couldn't understand anything was my guess . very little people speak hindi over here you see.
he took me inside the tent . it was a big tent .. bigger than any other tent in the caravan .. royalty maybe ...
i mean that others have weapons as well . hidden thou ... and BTW who told you about the war ? he said as his eyes went wide open .no one .. i just ... just heard about it somewhere . but wait you know about it as well ?
hmmm ... yeah ...i don't know everything but from what i have heard is that 2 main tribal groups are supposedly mobilizing their men . enough to ring the danger alarm .
its just a tribal war right ... not a big issue .. we aren't in danger ... i spoke .. al thought i already knew the answers .. YES ! this war was dangerous cause if it wasn't Vardhaan sir won't get involved in it . he wasn't the man interested in local politics or anything . still i asked because sometimes in life you are so nervous that your brain stops working and you ask silly questions .. in that matter the desert heat could also have played it's role .
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it isn't a war of GOOD vs EVIL ... it's a war to maintain the local power centre .. such wars tend to last long .. since good people are at both the sides .. he said calm and cool.. i wonder how he isn't afraid of anything ...
which side are you in ? i asked ...
the stretch between good and evil is wide and many people can fit in it without being either . ..
as usual i did not understand what he told .. some wise abstract thought maybe . .. but i had very little energy and will left with me to argue . i looked at him .. he had a strange aura , a field , his eyes were serene and calm with depth . who could have thought that this man could also kill ? when they say appearances can be deceptive they are hell right .
why do you kill ? i asked .
you don't know anything about here.. do you ? he said sternly ..
well i know that killing people is wrong at least .. i wanted my answer i could not let him go with that ...
defending yourself isn't ...
what do you mean ...
that day if i hadn't killed that man he could have killed both of us . desert is a dynamic place and desert people are capricious . you have to fight for everything here , for means are limited and resources scarce . only the best survives ..
so you kill ? so as to reduce the competition.. that is not acceptable at all ... my eyes wide open with horror .. how could people do this ? even in 21 st century ..
we aren't like you people sanyukta .. we don't have the luxuries of a peaceful and serene atmosphere .. here there is always a smell of blood in the air . desert is always a dangerous place and now it's even more dangerous .. i don't know why you people are here .. no one ever comes to this place .. i don't even remember the last time i saw town people like you .. he said .
so you mean we are stuck ? that we are in danger .. that i can even die any moment i choked ..
i assure you that nothing will happen as long as you are a part of this caravan ... though i don't have good relation with my father i still have people in here who are loyal to me . but for now , please promise me that you won't tell anyone about it . i don't want my people to panic .
he spoke in a tone which meant --- yes you are in danger . i did not know how to react to this . he could have told everything is okay and all this was a joke ... it would have meant lying but when s a lie soothes you it isn't that bad i guess .
okay.. i said ... won't tell anyone ..
i walked out the tent .. i did know why but this place felt creepier than ever ..i saw the doorkeeper .. near his waist , around the robe , was a sword hung .. you could have not seen that if you weren't careful .. i walked towards my small yellow tent . i thought about how much my life had changed since i left FITE for this contest ... how much sammer , ankit and dad will get annoyed when i don't return back in time .. i giggled .. what if i never return at all . will they forget me ? will they come here to search for me . stupid thoughts ! but these are the thoughts you get when you are traumatized to death
i turned back and saw parth standing near his tent ..
it was you who brought me here isn't it
he nodded in acceptance
whoo he saved my life ... this man could be trusted !
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i saw randhir sitting near the bonfire and watching a mother trying to make her little baby sleep...i went up and sat down beside him you all right ? i enquired , tucking my hair behind my ear .
i knew he wasn't .. for i was among the few who knew the equation that randhir shared with his mother .. but when a girl asks a guy if he is al-right , he can never admit he is not ! and here we had no *ORDINARY* lad it was mr . randhir singh shekhwat ji himself , he would never ever ever tell a girl that he isn't alright -_- ...
yes i guess ... no sarcasm in that .. so for sure he was not okay .. for randhir ji never misses a blow of sarcasm on me ..
i wanted to stand by him but maybe he needed some time alone . i wanted to tell him about the war and about the danger that we were in .. but i had promised someone and i had to keep it .. i stood up and saw vidushi , sahil , kaustuki , jiggy and yoyo coming towards us . they looked happy and calm .. they were laughing and chatting .. ever so merry ..
ignorant is really a bliss ... i thought .
guys ... kaustuki caught up to us .. this place is freakin' awesome .. i am in love with this .. i don't wanna go home ..
maybe you won't ... i thought .. i could not tell her .. it wasn't the promise that was keeping me from doing this it was because i did not wanted my best friend to get tensed .. let her smile and laugh as long as time permits .
we laughed and chatted until midnight ... then an announcement was made and we were to continue our journey ahead .. we climbed up our camels and started off..
the desert was all sand in some stretches and rocky in others .when the caravan was blocked by a boulder it had to go around it .if there was a large rocky area they had to take a major detour.if the sand was too fine for animal hooves then they took a path which was more substantial .. in some places the ground was covered with salt of dried up lakes . the animals balked at such places , and the rider had to dismount some weight , the rider themselves had to carry load at such treacherous footing and then reload the camels again .
all this happened for one basic reason , for no matter how many adjustment and detours they made they moved ahead in same compass point . when the stars shined bright , they knew they were on the right track . near palm trees , houses , and other people and of course towards a life which was less dangerous .
they travelled till mid - day . it was a long and tiring journey . now the sun was the brightest and they could not travel till midnight . the caravan stopped , tents were dug in and exhausted people retired to sleep .
randhir helped me to dig in my little yellow tent .
you know how to do it ? i asked
boy scouts .. it was terrible then but it helped me out of here .. he laughed .
thanks i mumbled and went inside ...
not so welcome he said and went away .
i was too tired to even stand and slept immediately ..
sanyukta ... sanyukta ... i heard someone calling me ..
suddenly some one jerked me up .. it was kaustuki .. see what i got from vardhaan sir's tent .. she handed me a letter kind of something ...
kaustuki ... what were you doing in sir's tent ?
i did not yoyo gave me this ... he was searching for something to eat in sir's tent and got this ..
i opened the letter .. it was written in another language ..
i don't know how to read this .. kaustuki said .. so i thought you can help maybe ..
i don't know how to read it either .. i said .
leave this ... i'll go and keep it in sir's tent ... kaustuki said .
no no ... i'll do it myself .. you take rest .. you look tired ...
yes .. thanks sanyu bye ..meet uh in the evening ..
i exactly knew what i had to do right now ... take this to parth .. i did not know why but somewhere i felt that this was important letter and maybe parth could help through this i was convinced that he could be trusted ... he had already saved my life twice .
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what was written in the letter .. was it important ... ... was it something related to the war ? ... will parth decipher the message ? to know more stay tuned !
phew ! that was a LONG part i guess
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aashima khanna
Edited by maths_geek - 11 years ago
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