I just stood there for a second, behind the door. I looked at the guy who had just walked out, turning a corner and disappearing behind the walls. I glanced back at the head teacher inside, scribbling through notes and muttering something to himself.
I think I am thinking too much. I am not sure if they were talking about me or not. They were talking about the forest. They said, dangerous. What's dangerous? The forest?
There is only one way to find out.
I walked outside the rusted gate again, around the fields and reached a small pathway. Is it the same path which leads to the hostel? I couldn't see any other pathway around. But all I could see ahead of this one were vines tangled and bushes over another set of bushes. No sunlight reaching the ground. Darkness. Complete darkness.
I decided to move on ahead, but couldn't. Something stopped me. Something like a magnetic force stopped me. Too easy to snap but move ahead but too strong that it made me think about what I am doing. I am not sure what is in there. All I can see is darkness.
What if I get lost? What if I - ?
I am being paranoid. I need to get to the hostel. I took a look at the suitcase, at the cornering fields, at the bunch of students everywhere ' and I knew I was not in danger. Headteacher said it's just a 10 minute walk. It should be easy enough. Sigh.
I took a step forward. Two more steps. I glanced backward. I could see the sunlight, feel the heat. Two mote steps. Ducking under the bushes. Two more. More bushes. Now I was in complete darkness. All I could see were rays of light creaking through gaps in the thick undergroW*H. But they were enough to guide me. So I took steps slowly..slowly. But, what I saw next was enough to shake the wits out of me.
A guy was standing there, with his back to me. There's nothing scary about a guy, but a guy standing In complete darkness, and literally glowing sure attracts attention. It was like light was radiating through him. He didn't look anything ordinary. He looked like a angel stepped in the realms of hell.
He turned around. He must have heard me. But I wasn't prepared for what I saw next.
His eyes. They were brown. Not just any brown, but the same shade of brown I saw in that guy ' in the headteacher's office. He had the same muscular jawline, the same cheeks.
But there was one difference. There was no magnetic pull here. No boring gaze making me uncomfortable. When I looked in his eyes, I didn't feel like giving in, I didn't see' anything. They were blank. Empty.
''Hello there''
I was momentarily shocked. The voice wasn't quite similar to what anyone would expect by looking at his eyes. They looked like he needed some sleep, but his voice.. It sounded like chimes of bell ringing. So magical. So hypnotic. Not in the attractive sense, just the dumbfounded shock.
I stared at him for a second. And before I could say anything, a whoosh of wind splashed past me. All I saw next were in whirs and flashes.
ABHAY'S POV
I rushed outside the headteacher's office. I needed to find her. That girl.
I still feel this is ridiculous ' and I think I am right. But this was no time for a unnecessary fight between my heart and my brain. All I knew was I had to stop that girl from going into that forest ' fast.
I knew it the moment I looked at her. My dad told me that it would play out like a scene straight out of the silver screen. Without the Violin music and gushy wind. You would look in her eyes and you would feel something you have never felt before. A sort of magnetic attraction. And I felt it. I felt it when I looked in her eyes.
I knew it that she is the girl I had been waiting for since last 200 years.
I curse myself for momentarily getting lost in her that I couldn't figure the conversation out. She was going to the forest. Alone. And I had to stop her. Before he sees it.
By 'he', I mean kabir. My step brother. He is just like me. But only in resemblance. He attacks any human that passes through the forest. He cant control his thirst. And I cant blame him. Cause it's not in his hands.
But I couldn't let him attack her. I couldn't even let him sense her. He would know right away. That's the problem with us. We can sense who is what, and what's so special about who. He would know that she is special for me, and he would kill her.
I ran past the winds and bushes. I should be able to sense her now. I run 100 times faster than any human. I can smell her presence, but her location. I don't know. Has she even been here? Or has he - ? No, I don't want to even consider the alternative.
I caught a whiff of something that made me stop in the path. Blood. Human blood. Has he sensed it too? Has he seen her? Has he caught her?
I ran double the speed I was running at. And came to a halt when I saw kabir. Moving toward her.
BACK TO PIA'S POV
I only caught it in whirrs, what happened next. It felt like a whoosh of wind so strong it almost blew me away and swept me off my feet. It headed straight for the guy. And the next thing I know, the brown eyed unmagnetic guy was not in front of me. All I saw was smoke.
END OF PART 2.
I am gonna PM all of you in a second. :) Edited by Akanksha0701 - 14 years ago
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