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

BREAK-IN

"Where were you two and Why the hell are you all flushed red?" Megha asked Reva as they were ascending the steps to the hill-top following the other bored looking lazy guards who didn't even care to look at them , but yet they maintained their distance.

"Flushed red? Me? Not at all . And about the late....well , we were just having some...couple time."Reva said while Aarav avoided Pranay's weird gaze.

"You two love birds..."Pranay sighed ."Reva, teenage pregnancy is not good..."

"You asshole..."Reva said as she knuckled his head."We didn't do anything like that."

"Uh...shouldn't we go? We're getting a bit late don't you think?"Aarav said , turning red as a tomato.

With every step , the trident was becoming clearer in view , though it was dark . It was really huge , almost the size of the Mauryan Palace. As the building closed in , Aarav couldn't believe his eyes,
"How can it be?"

"How can what be?" Pranay asked.

"Its just...no , nothing." He said .
You're thinking rubbish. He told himself.

When they were almost 100 steps from the guard post , the huge compound came into view . Aarav was shocked .
"How the hell can that be true?"

"You alright? You're talking to yourself...."Pranay said.

"Yeah, its really nothing..."

"Mad in love that's all..."Pranay muttered.

"So , how exactly should we get in?" Reva asked."We can't follow the guards , that's for sure..."

Aarav remembered what he had seen . "Follow me..." Aarav told and didn't wait for their response .

"Aarav wait ..."

He started running as fast as he could through the grass grown beside the steps ignoring his friends' calls. He ran till he reached the compound and looking around for guards he started tapping his legs near the bottom of the walls. His friends were running behind him , none understanding what he was doing . But he didn't care what they were saying .

He searched hard but couldn't find it , then he remembered ,"The cliff..."He said and started walking towards the other end of the trident . He stopped at a corner and looked around for guards , and waited till the guy went away . He quickly reached the trap door and tapped his foot .

"This is it..guys don't ask , just get in..." He said and slipped through .

Just as he had expected , he was standing in front of the building numbered 7. He looked back and saw Megha coming in , then Reva , Pranay and last Mayank who need a hand to be pulled out from the door. Aarav was about to get in the building when a hand jerked him backwards.

"What the hell is going on?"Megha asked, "How did you know there was a trap door to get in? I doubt even my brother or father knows about it..."

"Listen ..."Aarav told her holding her shoulders ," I know its absurd and it was a hunch , but i saw all of this in a dream , just this morning."

"What ? Dream!?" Pranay asked.

" And going by the dreams i get everyday , my mother is here..."He told them.

"But isn't your mother at my place in Kamhaan?"Reva asked.

"Not mom , i mean the mother who gave me birth..my real mother , my mom's younger sister."Aarav's blood was pumping high , he was highly excited and at his heels .

"But..."Reva tried to say. But Aarav had already headed towards the back door of the building .

"Let him go. "Megha said."He's being selfish for the first time . And besides , i'd do anything just to see my mom. His mother is alive , atleast, and he's finally going to meet her , just by a jail break-in. Where my mother's gone , its far more difficult. Let's go."