AISHA: The Cursed Name

Chapter -10 The Restless Night

The Restless Night

Aisha threw herself into her bed and closed her eyes. Breathing deeply, she allowed all her thoughts to creep into her head. It had been a day in this new world. She somehow survived it. A tear found its way out of her left eye as she tilted her head.
Voices were echoing in her head, the way she was being teased, the conversation of her parents and the accusations at the ceremony.

'She is cursed!
She is not a normal human!
She doesn't belong here!
She has that cursed name!
She is a monster!
Tell her what a devil she is!
She will become a known threat!
Miss Nameless!
She will become what you would like to kill to live!
She is not a human!
And I would not like a reply from an egoistic, cursed girl who has no magic but is still here!
You are no less than a traitor!
Is she a true devil?
She is cursed!
A devil!'

And she got up, breathing heavily, and she placed her hand on her ears to stop the echoes from eating her soul. She wiped her tears, trying to relax and said,
"No! You can't break down Aisha. You shouldn't be crying; it's your destiny. You need to accept yourself the way you are. No one, no one, is so powerful to break you."

She was speaking to herself when she felt a piercing pain in her left hand. Glancing at it, she discovered a small cut behind her thumb. It seemed to look fresh, and she had no clue where she got it. Little blood dripped out as she quickly went to wash it. Placing her hand under the cold tap water, the injury was well visible, and the blood was cleaned off. She ran her finger over it and then pressed it lightly. She felt a pinching pain.

Searching her room for the first aid box, she found it in her wardrobe. She was puzzled and unaware of the medicines placed in the box. Yet she figured it out and medicated her wound.
"This place is giving me tremors! I don't know how long it will take for me to learn to live here."

She changed her clothes and quickly slipped into her bed. She carried a book she had issued from the Astrology class. And tried to understand the basics of it. She spent the next two hours poking her nose into the book when she started to feel sleepy and tired. She placed the book on the side table and then pulled the blanket over her. However, as her eyes fell over the hovering fireballs and lamps, the light soon vanished to allow darkness.

"Good night, Aisha!"
She said to herself and soon fell asleep.

The weather out was cold. There were strong winds and a slight downpour. However, it was pleasant.

...............

Aisha was leaning against the window of her room. Her room looked the usual, nothing different. Few cars and bikes passed in front of her house, and she looked at them with a little amusement. It was day, but suddenly as she turned away from the window, the sky abruptly started to weep, the yellow daylight became a grey mourning of nature. Her room began to crumble in front of her eyes, and the beauty of her room was reduced to ashes without fire within a few seconds. Her eyes could only watch it with surprise, shouting out to her parents, but no one came to her rescue. The mirror next to her cracked and then broke into pieces. 

Shortly, her doorknob started to rotate, and it fell on the ground when the door blew away in ashes. 

"Are you calling out for my parents?"

Aisha's eyes fell upon her sister, Aditri, who was today not looking at her with her cheerful eyes, but the same expression worn by every Mayavi in Maya Lok. Aisha looked at her with disbelief, pointing towards her room.