The Diary : Holy War

Chapter 1: The Beginning. ; I: "It all begins with little curiosity, isn't it?"

It was past 15 minutes class time and Khaled was late to class again, as he was rushing towards his Occult class,

he was still in deep thought about the fight he had with his girlfriend Inayah the previous night and Inayah called an end to it,

you can just say by that boy he was in a terrible mess and Professor Hamad wasn't going to spare him this time.

As he slowly tried to sneak he saw professor was not in class and there He took a sigh of great relief

"Boy, this would have been my last day if Professor caught me late for class"

murmured Khaled to himself,

he didn't think of wasting time near the door looking like an idiot and headed straight to his seat,

on the right corner, he sees Inayah doodling in her notebooks, Khaled thinks of calling Inayah but Professor rushes into class

"Sorry guys, I was just held up to gather a few stuff for today's topic, trust me you'll love this one"

said Professor Hamad, with excitement brewing from his brows,

students were influenced into curiosity except for Khaled who was still in his thoughts.

Professor pulls out a pen-drive and a few charts from his bag and he starts his class

"Today we will be discussing an incident that occurred in Palma de Mallorca, Spain "

and this topic was different for all students cause usually professor's classes would be boring to everyone,

but this time it was different,

the professor seemed unusually enthusiastic about this topic and there was a different air surrounding him.

He continued,

"This is the story of  a young teenager named A'anaa Saltzman and her diary which is considered to be cursed by her death and tragedy which was a mystery all along to decades and remains a mystery but it is said that key to this is also written in her and even about her death"

As the professor was going deep into his topic the curiosity in class was getting higher and this even caught Khaled's attention as well.

In the middle of the professor's explanation, Sabrina raises her hand to ask her question, Professor

"YES Sabrina, may I Know what your question is".

; Sabrina with a little hesitation in her voice asks,

"Professor My question is Does this Diary still exist?? Do we have any clue how it looks?"

this question created a little tension in class,

Sabrina was always a little extra attentive in Occult class,

for she takes all topics as personal and she has always wanted to explore paranormal events by herself,

so getting back to the question,

Professor smiles at her then says 

"It always begins with little curiosity, isn't it?"

unsure of what that means, students wait for professor's answer,

, professor says,

"Yes, this diary exists, it is said to be locked up in the archives of Lebanese, unlike other artifacts or any other mystic objects this is kept separate from public accessibility by that I mean.."

Professor leans forward and with a mischievous glint glimmering in his eyes; says,

"Nobody is allowed to read that or take a glance at it!"

this makes the class a little curious about the professor's Answer.....

the professor then says;

"Relax I'm Just kidding, it is in the archive but I managed to get pictures as my cousin Scott oversees the contents of that archive, here are some pictures of it"

students take a sigh but Sabrina's face tells how much she wants to solve this mystery of Cursed Diary,

Khaled noticed Sabrina's expressions, her eyes filled with questions,

her face was still but her mind was running laps around the case and she was planning out the questions that she needed to be answered this all showed how badly she wanted to solve this,

but stuck in his misery Khaled ignores that for now and pretends to be listening to Professor Hamad,

he changed the slides and showed pictures of the infamous cursed diary which had caught everyone's attention and also a mystery unsolved for decades.

its covers were made from some kind of leather and also have a few pages burnt and damaged,

it was evident that someone tried to erase that diary or maybe 'destroy' it,

but failed to do so not wholly but partially,

students start to murmur and start discussing this and Zeenath shakes up Inayah from her doodling art and brings her attention to class,

unbothered about the class Inayah looks around and notices Khaled constantly staring at her,

Khaled waves at her, and Inayah just ignores that pretending she didn't notice him,

feeling more hurt Khaled tries to walk toward Inayah,

but as soon he got up, the class bell rang Inayah rushed out of class and Khaled just stood still with a blank look on his face and it was obvious, that he looked Heart Broken.

Professor starts packing up his things and he drops off his pen-drive,

Sabrina sees professor is unaware she takes this an opportunity for her mission and she grabs that without anyone noticing,

but Khaled sees Sabrina picking up professors pen-drive, but acts as he didn't notice this.

By this time Sabrina herself wasn't aware of what she was getting herself into,

nor she was aware of the consequences that would catch up to her.

But all this goes as the professor said
"It All Begins with a little curiosity, isn't it?........"