Important Notice: Don't read before you have completed the story as these parts contain spoilers.
Act VI: Death of the Time
It has 4 to 5 possible endings, or more, based on reader's interest. Open ending for the readers.
Possible endings
"Sadaf woke up to the obscurity of time."
1) This line in the last chapter means Sadaf finally took her life and her death woke her up to the mystery of time that she could not understand until her last breath, and she gave away her life for it.
2) Sadaf woke up from just a bad dream. It all has been a dream from the very start and she finally woke up from her slumber to the obscurity of time.
It's totally on the reader to decide if they want to believe it's a dream or she actually killed herself.
"'Maybe I am not from this time,' Faizan smiles."
1) This line means that Faizan was just teasing Sadaf as such moments exist between an adored couple.
2) Faizan in 1980 was her son from the future which she left to Zain. If it is the case then Faizan is great grandfather of himself.
Faizan (1980) > Sarah (1984) > Zain (2004) > Faizan (2039) > Faizan (1980) > Sarah (1984) > Zain (2004) This will be the cycle if this is the case.
"'Not again', Sadaf groaned."
1) It means Sadaf in 1980 is not actually 1980's Sadaf and she somehow traveled back to this time, back to Faizan without the knowledge that this Faizan is her future son and she won't let this happen again.
2) It means that she said this line to Faizan's weary "Maybe I am not from this time" line in a playful manner.
*It solely depends on readers how they want to connect these important dialogues and perceive the ending based on their satisfaction.
A TABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE IN THE STORY
Act V: The Leaden Prophet
Zeeshan was actually the guy Sadaf killed in the first chapter when they evacuated Zain from the warehouse.
Zeeshan is the brother of Sultan and Adara.
The goon that apprised Adara of Sadaf was one of the guys who were assisting Zeeshan that night. He stayed alive and remembered Sadaf vividly.
The Ravagers are credited for giving birth to The New World. They are the reason behind the start of The New World after The Red Flu.
NOTES
- Sadaf after moving to the future realizes that she de-ages and moves backward in time instead of moving forward with everyone else.
- Her time restarts every year which answers why she disappears from everyone's lives and cannot be found in the future years except past where she is heading. Hence it proved how she is younger than her daughter in 2024.
- Her doings are already conducted in the past and future Sadaf has to face the consequences of past Sadaf.
- The Red Flu is an infection that takes over the world in the end of 2019 and there has been no vaccine for it.
Symptoms: Severe fever. Breathing issues. Destroyed cells. Contagious. Bodyache. Reddened eyes.The title cover of the story also holds the ending and others possibilities for the ending, and you have to scrutinize in order to find it. Best of luck!
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A Moment in the Courthouse of Time
General FictionAn unprecedented event unfolds when a fierce yet feared Sadaf lost in time tries to reconnect her past and future, while staying entangled in the sea of timeless endeavors. Sarah finds her mother after a very long time just to find out that she is o...