"𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙢 𝙞 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤, 𝙞𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬?
after a lifetime spent biting her tongue and bruising her fists, alara sultan is met with an opportunity. a chance to bring an impo...
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"Some friendships aren't meant to last forever."
The saying was most often uttered by reassuring parents or social media posts meant to preach that, not every one who wanders into our lives are meant to stay.
Perhaps, it was a way to save us from the inevitable future pains of loss. Or, maybe, it's just a one-liner meant to force some kind of prophetic, philosophical contemplation.
Regardless, it didn't matter.
Because this one-liner did not apply to Arian, Ralph, and William (or Billy, as they so fondly called him for reasons they were unaware of).
The three males had met in an utterly unnatural and cataclysmic way, but it was clear from the start that whatever had formed that first day— would be a journey of epic, wild proportions to last a lifetime.
At least that's what Alara's father told her.
Arian Sultan met Billy Zabka and Ralph Macchio in New York City, 1989.
The era of big hair and punk rock, arguably the best of them all, was coming to an end. It was a nostalgic goodbye to an icon of a decade for America.
For Arian, it was the beginning of something new.
After all but clawing his way out of a war-torn home country with his wife at his side and his son on his back, he arrived to the U.S. with heavy shoulders, shadowed eyes, and an immense hope for the future. For any future at all, that could help him provide for his family.
His status— his fathers status as the richest man of the province, didn't hold merit here. The money, the land, the title, it had been buried beneath the ruin and ashes of his shattered home.
He had to start from scratch. So, he began with the only thing he knew, in the only place he knew.
Martial arts in New York City.
Luckily for him, after a karate movie that had been released five years beforehand, followed by it's sequel, it had become all the rage. It was easy to find a hiring dojo that was eager to accept him. With a job practicing the hobby he loved, he was able to build a steady life for himself.
Until a dark night in which Arian's given both a cruel reminder and blessing in disguise. The story had been shared with Alara and her siblings in an incredibly dramatic fashion, but the short of it was—
