Sa'eed - The Warrior

The blast

Shehzada climbs out from the cupboard after a long day with Hazrathji. He undresses and falls down on the bed and goes to sleep instantly.

"Akhi! Akhi! Wake up! It's time for Isha!", says Shehzada Firoz Shah as he tries to wake his brother.

Sher Shah sits up shocked.

"I overslept!" He jumps out of the bed and runs to freshen up. 

"Ali!", he calls after returning.

"Yes Shehzada Sher Shah"

"Hasn't Saeed come yet?"

"No, she hasn't"

"Looks like she might be late today. Let's go for Isha Salah at the Shahi Masjid. She can wait for us if she returns"

Shehzada Firoz Shah looks at his brother bewildered.

"Even you know Saeed?", he asks open mouthed.

"Do you know her as well?"

"Yes, she saved me when I fell in to the fountain. Did she save you as well?"

"I guess, you could say that", says Sher Shah as they walk to the masjid together hand in hand.

"Is she coming here?"

"Yes, she will"

"Can I stay back and meet her?"

"If you want to", says Shehzada Sher Shah.

"Yay!" Firoz Shah jumps up and down with happiness! 

After salah both the brothers settle themselves comfortably in Shehzada Sher Shah's bedroom.

"Why isn't she here yet, akhi?"

"I don't know Firoz. She must be caught up somewhere. Tell me how she saved you while we wait"

So he tells him the entire story with his cute gestures.

".......and Malak dropped me off near the tree after giving me the locket. From there I ran to Maa and told her what had happened. But she didn't believe me, nor did anyone else"

"Do you still have the locket?"

He nods pulling it from below his vest to show Shehzada Sher Shah.

"Didn't your Maa ask you from where you got it?"

"She did and I told her Malak gave it to me. She thought I was making stories and that I had picked off the locket from somewhere in Harem"

"Have you used the locket on anyone yet?"

"No I haven't".

Firoz Shah climbs on his brothers shoulders and sits there fiddling with his elder brothers hair and giving him funny hairstyles while Shehzada Sher Shah rests his back on a cushion.

Sher Shah's stomach grumbles loudly.

"Akhi, are you hungry? Your stomach is very loud today", observes Firoz Shah.

"Yes, I am Firoz. I have been living on water the whole day"

"What a naughty boy!", says Firoz Shah sliding down from his brothers shoulders and standing in front of him with his hands on his hips. "Don't you know it is a bad habit to stay hungry? Do you want to fall sick?"

Shehzada Sher Shah smiles at his adorable speech which he was copying from his mother. Firoz Shah walks to the fruit bowl which has some custard apples and places them before his brother. "Eat! Or the monster will carry you away during the night"