BLACK SWAN

first sight of BLACK SWAN

In the middle of July, in Australia, Canberra, a bus stop in front of Star auditorium, two men looked like uni students came off the bus with two black leather bags on their backs. One of them sighs and checks time on his wrist watch and says to the other guy, " Why is he getting late, the show is about to start" he said while scratching the back of his head. The other guy was about to say something too but as he was about to nag about the same reason he saw something and smiled and changed his reply and said " here comes Ryan" . And a man in black trousers with white shirt tucked in and a long black leather jacket came out from the "Rio the Fello" ( a vintage music shop basically sells gramophone and phonograph records and tape ) . The first guy turned around and screamed out loud from the other side of the road " RYAN HERE" .  Ryan was checking his phonograph record which he just bought from that shop and about to cross the road while investing his record but the scream from the other side of the road Brock his revery . Ryan put that record in his bag and waved at them and crossed the road.
" Man you are late the show is about to start" one of the guys said as Ryan came. " Charlie, I'm not late you guys are late, I was waiting for you that's why I went there to pass time " Ryan said while making a sulking face . " Alright now we are getting late shall we?" The other guy said while pointing his right arm to the star auditorium.
                  Ryan along with the other two guys are students of Canberra University of fine arts. Today they are here because of their assignments. They have to make the sketch portrait of the balle show is about to start in minutes. nothing much just all the figures who are about to perform on the stage. Ryan took out his necessary stuff from his leather bag , a mould made paper clipped over a wood board and a sharp wood pencil. In minutes all lights on the auditorium went off and a pale blue colour light dropped over the stage . Ryan felt a sivar that goes down from his spine. It's not like he is doing this type of work for the first time but this time Ryan felt something is really unknown to him..the light... felt like the nature of music was torn up the blue background and about to present someone to him...an unknown person, only for him.
               A mixture of piano and violin starts to play and one by one 7-8 ballerina entered the stage wearing white tutu ( ballerina's dress) and started their performance, ryan captured their portrait as he  could , but almost 5 minutes later a ballerina entered on the stage wearing black tutu and starts her performance...and that's when... and that's the very moment Ryan couldn't move his pencil over the paper as if someone glued his eyes over the ballerina wearing black tutu, " that's the black swan" Charlie whisper to Ryan. Her moves and her expression and the atmosphere she holds on the stage didn't let Ryan move his sight from her , as if he got stoned by seeing Medusa. Ryan wants her to look at him while she makes those moves on the stage, Ryan feels a spark in his body...her dancing and the music wants him to fly over her and grab her hands and dance along with her...' what the hell is happening in me why is she so  majestic....who is she? Black swan....' Ryan thought. Almost after 20 minutes they did their best moves especially her..the black swan... and bowed to the audience and  left the stage... Ryan is still staring at the empty stage without a blink. His revery broke as Charlie who was sitting beside him pushed him over his shoulder, " hey you haven't finished yet , why didn't you draw the black swan" Charlie asked Ryan..." Huh! " That's the only sound that comes out of Ryan's mouth " where is the black swan? " Charlie asked while pointing at Ryan's paper . Ryan takes a glance at his paper without the main character the black swan and again looks at the empty stage and says " black swan"with a blurry hussy voice. And quickly put his stuff in his bag and ran over the back stage " hey RYAN WHERE ARE YOU RUNNING MANN!!" Charlie screamed behind Ryan as he ran towards the back stage .
                 On the back stage everyone is in a hurry no one asked a single thing to Ryan as they don't care...but Ryan's excited eyes are looking for something...for someone...he saw those back dancers who wore white tutu are talking, laughing at each other, few of them take a glance at Ryan but again when back to their chit-chat ...Ryan took a few steps forward and saw her
                  The black swan sitting on a wooden stool backing the mirror... looking at some Vogue  place..she is taking off the black feathers over her ear...she is so pale and her orange hair and the mole over her left eyelid and her sharp nose small red lips...she is so majestic ...and she is in black tutu and those black feathers are highlighting her out...as if she is so important in our nature...as if she is so important for Ryan ...
" Miss, black swan... it's Ryan Hemsworth..I was in the audience...may I know your name" Ryan asked with a voice mixed with excitement, suspense and fear, why fear..who knows...her glance passed away by touching his ears...as if she is looking at someone who is standing behind Ryan . She was silent for a few seconds as if she was counting every second around her and then she said " Juliette Bernard " her honey like ringing voice and the French accent is not what Ryan expected