WHITE AND BLACK. # BOOK.1 - THE SWORD OF SILVER

THE GAME OF CHESS

"Chess?" Asked Aarav.

At that same time , Megha came into the room with a tray full of juices and weird shaped flat wooden pieces.

She sat next to Aarav. She was his age and quite   beautiful and mature looking for her age.
She came and held Aarav's hand and closed her eyes.

"Um... what're you doing?" Said Aarav.

Pranay was watching closely, he said,
"Aarav , just wait and see. Megha is awesome in such things."

Megha opened her eyes and looked at Aarav. She said,
"You got beaten up bad. What did u do to make Mayank angry?"

"Bullying requires reasons?" Asked Aarav.

Pranay's phone rang at that moment,
"Yeah? ....coming..."
He hung up and turned to Aarav , and said,
"Aarav , I need to go, will be okay by yourself?"

"Hell no.. I'm coming wherever the hell you're going Pranay . I'm not staying with these bullies.
Ow...that hurts."

Megha was putting a liquid on Aarav's wounds.
She said,
"We're not bullies. And stop shaking, are u a boy or not?"

Pranay said,
"Aarav I'm sorry buddy, but I need to go."

And without waiting for a reply, he simply walked away.

Aarav got frustrated, he said,
"Listen Megha , first of all I don't know you, and will you people stop insulting me for no reason?
I got beaten up by your friend's boyfriend for no exact reason, then I was kidnapped by your friend, and even though I didn't ask you to, you are bandaging me....."

"You know what? I'm actually sorry for what Mayank did, but to say the truth you really are weak even for a human."

Megha kept the vile of liquid down and took one of the wooden pieces in her hand and closed it.
She lifted her other hand and started circling it around Aarav's wounds.

Aarav was feeling a cold over his wounds
He was watching his wings and he saw that wherever Megha was circling her hand, the skin was mending by itself.

After all of his wings were gone he turned to get and with a mixed expression of astonishment and fear he asked,
"How did u do that?"

Megha replied,
"Rune magic . It's my ability, birthday I use it for healing , but during battles I can use the wounds that I cured as weapons."

"So does that mean you can even give back the wounds?"

She showed the piece of runestone which was in her hand to Aarav,
"This does it. It's a weapon and a healer. It does the wounds abd also can give them back"

"That's amazing... How did u learn it?"

"I told you it's my ability..... Oh, right you don't know. It runs through my family blood."

"So can u do other things with your stones?"

"I don't know much, but I want to become like my grandad, he served LORD SILVER back in his time."

She got up and went back out of the room and came back with a tray of juice and some snacks.

"Take it , you look pale."

Aarav was having the snacks when he remembered something,
"So Megha , what exactly is Chess like?"

"Well, it's basically the same as the board game. It's called Shatranj ,But there are no pawns. Max 8 pieces, minimum of 2.
Raja , Rani , 2 Ghodas, 2 Wazirs and 2 Hathis .
So first a location is chosen and whichever team takes control of the whole area wins.
And to conquer the area we need to fight head on.
Healers are allowed on the field but they can't fight and niether can be attacked.
Hathi is the defensive piece. He protects the area, in our team it's Mayank.
Then comes the ghoda , the knight, attacking piece , Pranay is the knight in our team .
Then comes the Wazir, we don't have one yet. The Wazir is both offense and defense.
Then comes the Rani , the strongest piece , that's me.
And finally it's Raja , and that's Reva for you."

"Okay....but why exactly do we win ?"

"To take control over an area in the mortal world."

Aarav's head was aching . Whatever the hell she said, he didn't care , why should he ?

He asked,
"Megha... I'll come straight to the point. Why me?"

"To survive in the mortal world , we have to battle. If u are not willing to then you are sent back to the black world."

"I don't even know exactly if I'm a black or not. That's not fair."

"If u want to live here,then you have to join our clan"

"But....I don't want to! You said it yourself that I'm weak, then why would you want me."

Megha smiled at Aarav and said,
"Well, to say the truth , we don't want you either , but those are the queen's orders "

"Who?"

"Reva's mother. Queen of the Mauryas . She isn't here , she's in the black world."

Aarav thought for a moment and said,
"Fine, what will I be?"

"Recruiting is in the evening. You will have to fight for your position, if u fail, you will be a healer or water boy. And also, don't forget, there's a feast today... Today's a very important day for our people."

"Yeah, Pranay mentioned, someone died on this day right? Lord Silver  I guess?"

"Someone's learning."

"Whatever, can I go now? I need to talk to my mother"

"Go on..."

Aarav got up and left the room. He was searching for the door when his eyes fell on a shining object in the hallway. It was a sword. He felt like he should touch it.

A weird sensation came to his mind , he was about to touch it , when he bumped into someone .
Her breasts hit him and he fell back and he saw that it was Reva.
"You did it in purpose, didn't you freak?"
She said angrily.

"Hey, you came out of nowhere !" Said Aarav.

"You're a pervert  Aarav . "

"Mind your language Reva. I don't know why you hate me so much...."

Before Aarav could argue anymore , Reva raised her arm and sent a jolt of red sparks in Aarav's direction.

Aarav's body was acting on itself. He quickly stood up and before he knew , the shining sword was in his hands.
It moved by itself and sent the sparks back to Reva .

And the next moment Reva was fallen unconscious on the floor.
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