Mystic Forces

Chapter 7 (The Search)

Maria had a glint in her eyes. "Yeah, there were only seven of us in our group. If I remember correctly, we were in the second standard." 

"Yeah, Kai was a stranger to us back then. He joined our school at the second standard. We didn't trust him at first because he was very quiet and always keep talking to himself." 

"Yeah", Maria added, "We had a wrong opinion about him." 

Then, Sara continued, "And when he wanted to join our group, we had solemnly refused. He was so upset on hearing the refusal that he sat there on that same spot the whole evening. When I was passing by the school with my father at about 7 pm, he was still there crying bitterly, hands folded over his legs with his head down. I then realized that he was a very emotional boy and needed help." 

Sara took a deep breath as she recalled the past. "Then my father had asked if he was my classmate, when he saw his school uniform. When I nodded he told me to console him." "I went towards him silently with careful steps so that I didn't startle him. Then I asked him why he was crying for such a silly reason. He suddenly lift up his head that revealed a face that would even make the devils heart melt, that is, if they do have a heart at all. I was speechless to take in such a sorrowful look all at once. He answered slowly that he had absolutely no friends in this world and no one cared about him except his parents. He said that he had noticed us together on several occasions and seeing the happiness that existed in our friendship, we wanted to join us too. He said that he was very weak in communicating with people. That's why he had summoned up every bit of courage to speak up to us. He said that he was never going to be happy. I don't remember what was going on in mind at that time but I couldn't see him sad. I caught his hand and said that he could be in our group. He was so filled with awe that his eyes sparkled and thanked me over and over again. Just then, his parents arrived at the spot in a shiny car accompanied by their private bodyguards. I hadn't imagined, seeing his face that he would belong to a rich family. His parents came running and asked the reason for being away for such a long time. He stood silently without saying a word. His parents looked kind to me and they asked him if I was his new friend. He replied that we had become friends just then. His parents had tears flowing down their cheek too. Then I realized that some tragedy must have taken place in the past. I had never seen Kai so much happy. His parents handed him the burgar which they had brought along. He instead handed it to me. I refused at first because he must have been hungry, but seeing his smile fade away I gladly accepted it.  

I then realized that he was a noble boy and needed friends to take him out of this tragedy that had happened to him in the past.  

I introduced him as a new member of our group the next day and we've been the best of friends since then." 

Maria was sobbing when Sara finished. "That was a great reminiscence. Thanks Sara." 

They finally reached their destination and parted ways. Sara's mother, Mrs. Hawkins was at the kitchen when she arrived. 

She said, "Honey, fresh up and have a cup of tea. You must be tired. I'm glad you all are putting your efforts into this project." 

"Thanks mom", Sara hurried to kitchen hugging her. "We'll have to go to Egypt tomorrow evening. I hope you don't mind, do you?" 

"No, I really don't mind. On the other hand, Kai's parents have helped us a lot through bad times. They are very kind and so is their son. I know he'll take good care of you. Kai is a well-manered..." 

"Okay, okay..." She didn't let her mom finish. "If Kai was here right now, I would have been really mad at you. He gets upset because he doesn't like being praised."  

Her mom giggled. She always pestered her daughter to be more like Kai.  

Sara rushed to her room to have a quick bath. After she was done, she came to the living room when she saw her father extremely happy reading something.