Memories, Tears and Love...

Chapter 1

Scene: Neelum valley, azad Kashmir, 5:00am :

"Remarkable beauty" she said as her rosy lips moved and her blush cheeks had dimples. Her deep dark chocolatey brown eyes were shining for they couldn't handle such beauty of neelum valley . Her straight, long, black hair were resting on her back and she was in another world ; in an imaginary world, mesmerized. This was her dream! This was what she've wished for all these years but the only difference was that she was here without the ones who loved her beyond the whole universe and she couldn't imagine living without them. "Zainab". That was the name her father gave to the beautiful princess. Her father used to say "you are my Zainab and when you grow up, I want you to be just like Hazrat Zainab (R.A), brave, loving and forgiving". At that time Zainab was not mature enough to understand what her father meant, but now she knew. She was the only daughter of her parents and had one brother, Abdullah, who was 3 but now she had no one. She was alone, like a lonely bird in the sky finding her lost family. It was 2 and half years since her parents and brother left her alone in this world. Since then she faced selfish and unloving hearts and cried numerous times. She moved to her "Chacha's" house after the death of her beloved ones. Zainab was now 17 and was going to start college. These days she was here , in Azad Kashmir with her Chacha Chachee and their children who came here for their summer vacations but unfortunately Zainab's Chacha was planning to settle her permanently and Zainab was worried because now she only had her Taya and Tayi and their daughter "Irum" who was Zainab's best friend. but they were in Lahore, her hometown.

Zainab used to wake up at Fajr to pray , so as usual she offered salat and she thought to go outside on terrace to see the beauty of neelum valley as everyone was asleep. As she was standing there mesmerized and recalling memories of her past, she wiped out a tear from her deep eyes. These eyes, which cried in pain all these years. When she was little she used to say to her father to take her to Kashmir and her father promised her to take her when she will secure highest position in her matriculation. There she was! Few months ago her matric result came out and she have secured 1090 out of 1100 and topped in Lahore. "Oh god, why you took away my eternal happiness from me?" She said as tears came rolling down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away and went to wash clothes, after all, a long and tiring day was waiting for her....