🔱THE FEMALE KNIGHT🔱[COMPLETED)✔

The Images

Azad POV

I woke up, my face flat on the bed. I quickly freshened up and opened the door for the old attender to place our breakfast.

"Ji, aapka naam kya hai?" I asked, drinking a sip of coffee. "Kanteben" she replied and turned around immediately, walking towards the door.

"Azad, main tumase bohot pyaar kartha hoon!" Aqil mumbled in his sleep. Upon listening to it, Kanteben covered her ears and dashed out. Oh hell!

"Wake up, Aqil!" I said throwing a pillow.

"Allow me to sleep. Im having a nice dream" he spoke in his sleep. I quickly went to the restroom and filled a pail of water and dumped it on his head. Aqil woke up like a fish coming out of a sea.

"Azad!!"he screamed and started running around the room, shirtless. Just then the door opened and Alia and Aisha entered. "What the hell are you both doing?" Alia screeched crossing her arms.

"Playing catching, you want to join us?" Aqil joked. I nudged him in his ribs and he slouched. Just then i saw, Aisha, looking at Aqil in bewilderment. Seeing that, Aqil, covered himself with the pail he was chasing after me and ran to the restroom. "We came here to check on you guys. Everything okay i suppose?" Alia asked.

I nodded.

"Anyway, i saw the horses and this time round, im going to ride it. No more obstacles. Do you all want to come?" Alia asked quirking her brow.
"But di, i thought yours erupt-" Aisha stammered.

"Aqil and I would surely come. You go first" i responded. Alia made her way out and Aisha stood there.

"Want to see Aqil huh?" I teased. "Nope, just wanted to remind you that you smiled again and behaved like a kid, like never before" she said and poked my heart when she said 'you'.

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"Woah theres a lot of horses here, Salma! Can i ride one?" Alia asked eyeing on all the horses. Salma nodded and offered to choose a horse of her preference. "Hmm...i think i will choose this. She caught my attention" Alia said pointing to a horse that was in a separate stable. "Aisha, you can ride on the other one which is smaller and remember what i taught you back in your mansion. Hm...this horse should be perfect for your height" she finished.

"Im sorry, but i cant let you near that horse. That horse is a bit rebellious and you know, it may attack. You can choose others, though" Salma suggested.

"Salma, i have tamed humans. Horses are easy. Im a knight and im sure that not all horses are bad if they are rebellious. If you dont take good care of them, they would be rebellious like what you said. Let me try" she assured. Aisha and Aqil wandered off and Salma, Alia and I walked towards the stable.

The horse neighed and stomped its hooves.

"Cool down, down. Im going to get you out and we are going for a ride. Come on! I shall name you hmm...Zakirah!" Alia said and patted its head. It quietened a bit and Alia took the opportunity to open its stable door and let it out. She didnt stop patting it and she continued to do so until she climbed up and sat on the horse.

"See, told you. You just need to take him for regular walks " she patted and rode on her new horse.

"The horse name is indeed Zakirah!" Salma exclaimed. Of course! If Alia could tame my horse and some ruthless people, why cant she tame this? And how does she know its name? Perhaps she thought of Zaki!

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"Satisfied huh?" I asked Alia who jumped off Zakirah. "Of course, it has been a month ever since i rode on a horse. This one is sure good. She listens to me and obeys me. I really like her" Alia responded, patting Zakirah's head causing her to neigh.

"Nice to see you see all here. Why not Salma, you bring Azad in and spend time to get to know more about him? And Alia, im really elated that you tamed the horse well. It has been here for very long but not a single dared to near it" Raja Imran commented.

"Azad, you go ahead. I will take care of the two of them there" Alia replied, pointing to Aqil and Aisha. "Raja, can i see your knights as well as?" Alia asked as we left.

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"So..do you have any interesting things to show me?" I asked Salma, who was looking down at her toes. "Probably my certificates. Come in!"she exclaimed and let me through a room that was filled with cupboards of books and pictures.

She showed me each and every certificate of hers. However, i wasnt interested. She studied in the same school that i had studied and she even got the same certificate as me! Feeling bored, i looked out of the window and saw the knights training. It was a vigorous training i must say.

Every knight was carrying logs that looked thrice their size and ran with it. Just then, i saw lady in hijab, standing beside an old guy,whom i assumed to be the commander. Damn Alia, have you started your job here too?

"Well, there are few photos we took together when we were young i guess. Do you want to see?" Salma snapped my thoughts. I just nodded and turned around. "So this was me and this was you. This is Zakirah. We took when we first got her"

I took a look at the picture and noticed that i was standing with a girl, who was similiar to my height. She was smiling and her dimples were visible. It was a black and white picture, therefore the details werent readable. Just then, i thought of something. Zakirah had a white patch on her t-zone, her nose, but this didnt had. I took a closer look and to my astonishment it was Zaki, instead!

"Wait this isnt-"

"Oh look at this picture, this was my 13th birthday. And theres me, my abba and this is my ma" she pointed. I looked at the next picture and saw a distinct difference from the previous picture one. She then went on to show me other older photos and some new ones that were of her teenage years. "Salma, dont get me wrong, but how old are you?" I questioned.

"I just turned 22 last month" she said cheekily. After hearing that, i lost my senses. How can she be 22? I remembered that the age gap was 3-4 years but she was 22 and i was 27. I even remembered that i got Zaki when i was 7 and my childhood friend was 4! It was a 5 years gap with Salma! Curiousity killed me and I continued to analyse the images until Maimunaji came and called us.

"So, were they interesting?"Salma asked.
"Indeed it was interesting" i exclaimed, trying to figure out what was really going on.

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I went back to my room and related everything to Aqil.

"Thats funny though. Alia was saying to me that Zakirah was very familiar to her and she felt her touch tamed her. And from what you are saying, your childhood friend should be lying or, worst still, she may not be the one whom you saw 20 years ago! We have to find out" he replied confidently.

Alia POV

"How was the ride?" I inquired Aisha who was back from riding the horse.

"It was splendid di. How was yours? You were complaining every single day!"she said and jumped off the horse.

"Extraodinary! You know its more than a month that i hadnt ride on a horse. I felt excited of course. However, i felt a sudden connection with this horse and i dont know why!" I replied, bitting my lip.

True enough, i felt different from riding this one, especially. Whenever i patted it and commanded it to go on a certain direction, it reacted really quick. To be honest, i felt as if i had a long connection with Zakirah. Wait, how did i get the name Zakirah instantly? Perhaps, i was just thinking about Azad's horse, Zaki.

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