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

FACE-TO-FACE

"What is going on here? And who are you people?" Aarav heard Hector yell from the other end of the bridge. Aarav slowly carried his mother towards them . Hearing his footsteps on god-knows-what material the bridge was made of , his friends looked at him.

Megha saw the his mother in his hand , she said,
"Aarav how are you here and is that..."

"Yes , she is . But let that be. Mom , can you stand?" He asked her . She slowly nodded and he put her down , gently .

"How are you guys here?" Aarav asked them.

"We were passing through a hallway , then some blue light shone out of nowhere and the next thing we knew , we were standing in front of him..." Pranay said pointing at Hector."What about you?"

"I followed my sword light and ended up here..."Aarav told them .

"That is the power of the sword of silver..." Aarav heard his mother say ." It's not just a weapon Aarav..."

"What did you say , woman? Sword of silver?" Hector asked."You're out of your mind lady..."

"Shut the hell up Hector..." Aarav warned him.

"I know you..." Hector said, "You're the guy who was trying to stop me while I was bringing Shiba back at the Mauryan palace. I thought Justice blade killed you...Boy, you sure have guts to come back after I kicked your ass last time..."

Aarav ignored him . "Reva, take my mom and stand as far as you can . I'll bring Shiba, once I deal with this pest..."

"But Aarav..."Reva tried to protest.

Aarav didn't listen to her , he continued ."Mayank , you protect my mom and Reva , and don't leave their side even if its life and death . I'm asking too much , but please..."

Mayank didn't protest , silent as he was , he said,"That's the least I can do. Don't you worry ...Come now , your highness..."

Reva tried to get away from him , but Mayank grabbed her hand and took her to far end of bridge along with Aarav's mom .
"Aarav...be safe..."Aarav's mom said. And simply followed with Mayank behind her.

"And you two..." Aarav told Megha and Pranay,"you..."

"Shut up . I won't go and let you have all the fun."Pranay said,"I told you , this bastard owes me an eye..."

"So will I ..."Megha said," He stabbed my brother you know...Don't even think I'll stand back and watch you two take him down..."

"Ah...looks like someone's over confident over there..." Hector said acting as though they were standing in a crowd and he was searching for them. "Now , how about you tell me what that lady was saying about the sword of silver. We are in a hurry you know. Shiba , stay away..."

"Shiba come here , we'll take you home..."Aarav said . But Shiba didn't even seem to hear him . She just walked away from Hector as he had asked.

"She's too scared, that's all..."Megha said. "She'll be alright..."

"Yeah...yes of course..."Aarav said , though something was troubling him.
No , it was just a dream , He thought. But a small voice in his brain said ,
You dreamed of your mother too , and you know what's the result.

He let the thought aside .

"Megha..."He said,"Handle the defense , Pranay and I will take care of the attack..."

"With pleasure , but don't blame me if I attack at times , out of boredom..."Megha said .

"Don't you think you brats are overestimating yourselves?"Hector asked ."How about you first talk about the sword? Or maybe....Million Shards..."He said and a ball of light formed and exploded in front of him. As the name , a million or maybe even more shining blue shards were flying towards them.