Arcania

Chaitra's Pov

Chaitra's POV
The next day we woke up to the knock on the door.  Muktha went and opened to find Alisha. “Good morning my lady. Your classes will start in around an hour. Chaitra ma’am’s class starts in 2 hours and Lady Kanchana  in one and half hours.  I’ll come ten minutes early to the dining hall to take you to your classes ma’am” “Ok. Thanks” Muktha replied. “Ok ” and with that she left. “ I’ll go get ready .” Muktha said as she went to the bathroom. I was half awake but was in no mood to get up. I just wanted to sleep on bed forever!
“Kanchana, Kanchana, KANCHANA, WAKE UP!  Your class starts in an hour. Go get ready” Muktha yelled until she replied. “Fine, fine. I’m awake. Give me five more minutes” She said while still rolling on bed. I woke up to see Muktha wearing a light pink gown with few gold accessories. “Omg! You look so pretty!” I exclaimed as she was busy putting heels matching with her gown. “Thank you! Ok then, I’ll go have breakfast and then get going with my training” Muktha said.“Ok. All the best” I wished her. “Same to you” and with that she left. I went back to sleep until Kanchana got ready.
   “ Where is Muktha ?” Kanchana asked as she came out dressed from her walk in closet. “Her class will be starting now.  So, she went that time itself to have breakfast” I answered. “Oh ok” She was wearing a blue colour gown with beautiful prints. Wow. She looked so cute. “Leave your hair down. It'll go with your gown really well” I suggested. “Ok” she agreed. “Even I’ll go have breakfast and then go to class. When will yours start ?” she asked. “In an hour” I replied. “Wahh lucky girl” she whined. “Yeh yeh, now go. All the best” “ Same to you” I should take a shower quickly and eat soon.
     Whoa. I wore this brown colour shiny gown which looked so damn pretty on me. I got ready and rushed towards the dining hall. I saw three men dressed nicely leaving the dining hall. Who are they?  Ugh I don’t care right now. I’m hungry. I ate few pancakes and then went to the 3rd floor library as Alisha directed me.
     “Hello , I’m Regina.  I’ll be your tutor for the next week” a middle aged woman greeted me. “Hi, Chaitra” we shook hands and sat.“Ok, so shall we get started?” she asked. So soon? No much introduction is it? I agreed. “So, in today’s morning session we’ll be completely learning about the geography of this kingdom” she went on and on and on about the geography. It was kind of interesting though. Maybe because it was completely different from the ones which I learnt earlier. This planet is made up of half land and half water. Even though it’s just half land it had almost all types of landscapes , deserts, plateau, evergreen forests , grasslands etc etc.  And we'll even get to see snowfall and rain during different times. Even in the water bodies there are different varieties. I mean the water body is only one ocean, but in that ocean itself the water density varies at different parts and gives different colours to the water. Interesting... I felt someone’s presence behind me. I looked around but didn’t find anyone. I felt that constantly for almost 30 minutes. Strange. Anyways, it was almost lunch hour by the time she finished and then I said bye to her. “Chaitra, let’s meet up at 3pm sharp” she said. “Ok” I said with a smile and left the library.
     Muktha and Kanchana were already there at the table but hadn’t started eating yet. “ Hey” I greeted them. “Come fast, I’m hungryyy” Kanchana said with a pout. I Laughed and joined them. We started eating. There was a variety of rice items today. Nice. “Where did you both have classes today?” I asked while eating.  “Garden” Kanchana said . “Fourth  floor library. What about you?” Muktha asked. “Third floor library. Did you both also have geography?” I asked. “ Yes” they replied in unison. We just randomly spoke  until we finished our lunch and then  went back to our room to take some rest before the next class started .
     Our next class was basic science. All we had learnt from the past few years on earth.  Soo boring.... It got over at 5 pm and then I said bye to Regina and left . It was actually exhausting. “ Hey” I saw Muktha coming down the stairs from the 4th floor. “Shall we roam around in the garden? I need some fresh air” I suggested and she agreed. We went down.  It was a beautiful garden with many species of trees and plants . There was also a pond filled with lotus, a special variety which gave purplish blue flowers. We sat there for a while to enjoy the greenery and went back to our room later. Kanchana was already there and we spoke for a while. We had our dinner and slept early since we were tired.
    For the next few days we had the same routine. Wake up, get ready, attend classes, eat and sleep. The only difference was the subjects. We learnt about law and how the court runs, basic math, the kingdom's traditions, different forms of art like dancing, painting etc. We were asked to take up a major subject. So I chose to learn about court affairs, Muktha chose traditions of the kingdom and Kanchana chose music and dance.
    There was a knock on the door when we were having a break in the afternoon. Muktha opened it and gasped “Denzel?” we both went near the door. “Where the hell have you been?” Kanchana asked. “We didn’t even find you during our tour of Kingdom” I said. “Exactly and why are we even here when the people here are living so damn peacefully?” Muktha asked. “Ma’am, the kings are awaiting your presence. Please come” he said and started to walk away. “ I think he’s been under surveillance.” I said and they both just nodded without asking anything else. We followed Denzel to a huge room with three guys. Oh they were the same people I saw that day leaving the dining hall. “Isn’t that Derek?” Muktha whispered. “Who?” I asked. “The one who used to do beat boxing at college and went missing a few days back” she said. “Oh yeh. Our Kanchana’s crush!”  I said in a husky tone. As her face turned red, we both started giggling and controlling ourselves.
   “Hello lovely ladies” one of them spoke “ I’m Nolan.” “This is Ryan” “ and I’m Derek. I'm pretty sure you know me” he said. “Yeah” Muktha said. “Before coming to the actual point, I would like to clear your doubts” Nolan looked straight at Muktha. “The people here are having a peaceful life. But even we are from Earth just like you, so we really don’t know the exact purpose of us being here but every community needs a leader right? That’s why we all are here” he said. “So even you two are from Earth?” I asked them and they nodded. “Oh, from how long have you been here?” Kanchana asked. “From almost 2 months” Ryan said. “And a month extra” Nolan answered. “Ladies, we’re actually busy handling the Kingdom’s affairs. We just wanted to meet you once formally before all our informal meeting separately. I’m going to marry Muktha” Nolan answered and Muktha’s eyes widened. “ I’m going to marry Kanchana” Whoaa.. lucky one to marry her crush.. “ And I’m going to marry Chaitra” Ryan said with a grin. Not bad. He looks cute, but the rest about them is yet to be known. After that we left the room and went back to our room silently. We just randomly spoke and teased Kanchana. We had our dinner and went back to sleep.
    After some time I suddenly woke up when I felt like something was poking me in my neck and someone’s presence near me. I gasped as I opened my eyes to see a man covering his face, except his eyes, with a black cloth and holding a knife against my neck. I was about to speak and Muktha interrupted “Chaitra, don’t speak. He’ll kill us. Just get up and follow them”  I saw that Kanchana and Muktha held by two other guys with their knives. I woke up slowly and followed them.