THE MYSTICS

THE ENCOUNTER

"Okay! Boys! Everyone gather around"the coach of  the football team echoed.

"I'll one by one announce the names of the team members."

"Believe it! I'm gonna make it for sure."Ricky mumbled to himself.

He had scored two goals consecutively during the first half.

The stadium was packed with almost half of the school. Football was the number one sport of Dream Star .

Ricky was in an awe at the response. It was like they were playing for finals!

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The coach was about to call the last name now. Ricky's name wasn't called yet. He was  desperately waiting for his turn. 

"And the last name is Hiro."the coach ended.

" With this the selection process comes to an end. I want every single member of the team to be on the ground at 4'o clock. Is that clear?"

"Yes sir!"the members approved.
Soon the ground cleared and footballs were taken away.

But Ricky stood on the ground in dismay.He was in a gloom and  shot to pieces. He started blubbering. He felt as if his life was over . He grew up with the ambition of becoming an ace player. His dreams were practically shattered.

He came across his greatest fears . Fear  of incapability.

He was average in studies but still was capable to compete with Leon. He was good looking but still incapable to compete with Hiro. He belonged to a middle class family and incapable to compete with any wealthy and rich student.

He mournfully  wiped his tears and started to analyze what went wrong.

Was he really incapable ? Weren't the  2 goals enough for his selection?

On the other hand, Hiro who had taken the least efforts and scored nothing was selected!?

Was status more important that capability?

This was the very first time that he felt inferiority  complex.With his broken dreams he headed to his dorm.

The world seemed motionless to him. As he sauntered through the path,he heard a soothing melody.

Wait,soothing? It was more like a melancholy to him . Someone was playing a flute.

A flute? At this time of the day? That was totally unusual.

He perceived and made his approach towards the sound.

"Mystery!" Ricky exclaimed to himself.

Ricky's pov

I made my way through the trees. The sound was ringing in my ears. It was making me desperate and curious. The melody reflected that someone was in pain and expressing their regret through it.

As I reached there , I was totally astonished to see that figure.

What? How's that possible? And most importantly WHY?

I was in a fix. Should I make my way there? Will that be okay?

Or just neglect it?

Why should I even bother about others sorrow? But I desperately wanted to know the reason.

I made up my mind. I'm going to unravel the reason.

I walked ahead with confidence as I approached the musician.

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"Sofia Casterwill? What are you doing here?" Ricky asked with the slightest hesitate.

The music ceased and she turned towards Ricky.