Taani was feeling a little unsettled since she left for college. She was having an uncertain feeling making home in her stomach causing her to be snappy throughout the day, she snapped at Swayam, Rey, Sharon almost everyone who met her in the morning. Her bizarre behaviour worried the twin and the soulmate.
"Guys, where's Naina?" Kriya questioned for the fourth time as the dance team and Taani sat in the canteen having their lunch, all the time before this both the couples ignored the question but now it was getting on Taani's nerves, the fact that Kriya had never spoken to Naina and not shared even one single lecture with her best friend, the sudden interest in Naina's whereabouts that Kriya had developed, got Taani suspicious.
Swayam once again decided to change the subject, but before he could voice out anything his womb sharer spoke up. "Why do you care?" She inquired as she gave Kriya a stingy eye. Her eyes studied Kriya's tensed demeanour while Taani herself played with the fork in her hand, her edgy behaviour now surfacing and there was absolutely nothing that was gonna back her down form this conversation, not even Rey's palm on her knees that was trying to distract her.
"Well, I just asked out of curiosity..."Kriya answered as she stuttered a little. Her eyes not meeting anybody's curious gaze. "Well, I would like to warn you Kriya, to keep my family out of your curious nature, cause you might have heard the saying haven't ya? Curiosity killed the cat!" the daughter of the family threatened.
Taani skipped her way out of the canteen after throwing her fork on the table, creating a dramatic effect to her threat the fork landed straight in front of Kriya, who blinked twice at the girl leaving the table.
"Did she just threaten me? what a freak!!"Kriya mummbled as the rest of the dance team agreed with her. Swayam sighed in dispair and Sharon just looked around not knowing what to do. Rey was the first one off his feet, his jaw clenched and his shoulders tensed as he stomped out to the direction where his girlfriend has just left; every sane thought in his minded clouded by the words of his friends.
"She's a freak!"
"Taani, has temper issues."
"What the hell is wrong with her?"
The irony was that the boy who didn't seem to care about what others thought about him, was the most affected and sensitive about what others thought about her.
Upon reaching the fire escape, he closed the door; and turned to see his girlfriend sitting there with her head in her hands, her shoulders tensed and her stance stiff.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked in a low tone, he eyed her as he stood in front of her his hands folded against his chest.
"I.. I don't know, it's just.."She didn't know what to say, cause she herself didn't understand what is wrong.
The feeling of something wrong happening around her kept making home inside her and there was absolutely nothing she could do about it. It kept eating her alive, she couldn't put a finger to it.
"No, Rey you don't understand!" She said as she tried to blink her tears away she tried to get a hold of him as the feeling doubled and was soon replaced with panic, her breaths heavy, her hands sweating and her eyes travelling around the compact passage of fire exit.
"Yes, ofcourse I don't understand! I don't understand the need you felt to threaten Kriya, what the hell is wrong with you? You cannot have a justified reason for that! You can't just give life threats to people!!" He exclaimed as he eyed her, her expressions were varying every second eyes not fixed at any where in particular her her eyes red witg the tears she had bottled up inside her, he knew her better than that she wouldn't cry; especially not in front of him.
"Taani, you are coming with me and you are going to apologise to Kriya, right now!" He demanded his tone sharp and strict, jaw clenched as he warned her not to retort to his demand.
"No.." She whispered she sat down on the the stairs once again, Rey was right here it was obvious that it wasn't Rey who was in a problem, what was it that was fearing her so much... What was calling for her? Or rather who was calling out for her?
"Alright, then stay like that and let people assume you are a freak!Come talk to me when you have got some sense of how to react in public." He stormed out of the Fire exit and went straight home. He couldn't bare listen to the dance team bitch about his girlfriend. He wanted to defend her, but he knew it was her fault; irrespective of what you thought of a person, giving someone a life threat is a big deal.
Taani closed her eyes as her tears dropped one by one. She didn't need Rey now, she needs to know what is wrong so she can fix it. It's like she is losing someone important. She can feel it, it's her magic that is trying to break all of its boundaries to reach where it is needed the most. But where? Who needs her?
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Swayam searched his sister everywhere, he knew she needs him.
He ran like a mad man in the 3rd floor of the college building looking around all the abandoned classrooms, but to no vail.
"Swayam!" Sharon's sharp call made him stop in his tracks as he heard her heels clicking at a running pace behind him, he turned to see her run towards, "Taani is in the Fire exit;2nd floor, I saw Rey storming out of it!" She informed all breathless.
"Thanks, love! I want you to go and attend the lectures like nothings wrong alright? I'll see you, later!" he mumbled as he once again ran down from the direction where his lady love had ran towards him.
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"Arjun, we have lost a lot of people to this war! And many more are going to go... There might come a time where you'd think that its all hopeless and that you want to give up, but trust me; son you have to fight, you and your siblings are our last hope. And we will support you no matter what! And remember of every innocent soul lost to this war, more 10 darker souls are added to be demolished in our list!" the old man with grey hair mumbled in his thick voice but his varying gaze not fixed upon the youngblood untill he reached the part where he spoke about the innocent souls.
Arjun still couldn't focus on anything being said, he quietly sat down in a room foul of Sheilds with his head down and his foot tapping the wooden flooring in continuous rhythm. He just wants to run back home, something feels wrong about being her.
He ignored the old man, and closed his eyes to focus on his magic, to show him the right path. His magic and his blood both wanted to break there barriers to reach somewhere and he needs to know exactly where...
Upon closing his eyes, he saw her happy face smiling and talking to his mother.
"Naina beta, are you sure you don't want to know the gender of the child? You know Swayam can tell us, in a matter of seconds! Huh knowing him, he already knows the gender!" his mother asked affectionately.
"No, mum I and Arjun have spoken about it, we want it to be a surprise and I'm glad that Swayam hasn't yet disclosed it to us!"Naina smiled gleefully.
An unplanned small smile grazed his own lips. He concentrated again as he felt a wave of horror hit him.
His attention and magic not coordinating well with each other as the sudden panic started to increase. As he felt his magic and blood revolt against himself. He stood up abruptly as all the fellow members of the sheild eyed him questionningly.
"I beg your pardon my fellowmen, but I have to go.. I believe..there are some urgent matters that I need to look into. So if you'll please excuse me! "
"Like father, like son. Shekhawat men, wouldn't forget their etiquettes even in life threatening situations." The old man grumbled as he saw the young wizard leave the small cottege.
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"Taani, are you okay?" Swayam asked as soon as he reached his sister who sat there her feet shaking and her hands literally uprooting her hair.
"Swayam, something is wrong. My magic, its reacting to something.. Something is wrong!" She said as soon as she felt her brother's calm demeanor next to him.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know Swayam, you are the smart one, tell me what is going on with me?" She screeched.
And that's when they saw it, a wild cat in an misty form. The wild cat floated on the top of their head before disappearing in thin air.
"Mum.." the duo brokenly whispered befored conjuring their wands out of thin air.
Taani was the first to leave and Swayam left the next second before magically typing a message to Sharon.
Going home, something terrible has happened...
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