The Fallen Queen~[✓]

ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 48

This time, all the rays were fiery orange, with strands of icy blue flickering through them. I lay on the ground, sticking to it as much as possible to avoid being struck by them. The light almost blinded my eyes and they strained from exposure to such high-resolution light with a pitch-black background. I felt a sudden welling up of energy in me, my body warmed up, tensing each of my muscle and blood rushing furiously through each of my nerves and veins. They throbbed against my skin violently at different places. I felt fire engulfing my soul, and then suddenly an icy breeze amongst swept through me. I yearned for it to pass again, but it didn't. Instead, I started getting comfortable with the heat.

I woke up with a loud gasp.

Ryan shifted in the makeshift bed on the floor. 'Kashi? You okay?' He barely managed to say groggily. I leaped from my makeshift bed and gave him a small peck as I assured him it was nothing he should worry about. He went back to sleep almost instantly.

It had been a long time since I had thought about anything else except the Fallen Queen and Etis. The eerie quietness of the entire village was so peaceful, that I could finally move my brain in the direction of other thoughts. I stepped out of Ryan's cabin. The air was slightly warmer than usual, but it was pleasant. I walked through the unlit bonfires and trees. It felt calming, the village. It was the true representation of beautiful Nature amongst technology-driven Enchanted Islands.

My mind wandered through the thoughts of my best friend, Ahana, whom I had not talked for over five months now. My family, I hadn't laid my eyes on. I gave a small grin as I started thinking about what they might be doing now.

They had a son and they were probably in one of the best hotels in Mumbai or a resort in the countryside, partying. Ayum would be there too; completely deprived of my existence. Not that I was of much importance. Mom had no one to doubt over, Grandma had no one to complain about, Prateek and Dad didn't have their 'pouty princess' anymore.

I remember how cool I and Prateek were together. He loved me so much. He said that he would never leave me alone. I loved him dearly too. I felt a pang of hurt, thinking about life back on Earth. How at least my problems were of a different arena.

And Ryan? I still hadn't told him about the kiss. I still didn't have the guts to. But I decided I would do it as soon as possible. The way our relationship was running smoothly, I didn't wanna disturb it, but I had to. The thought of losing him also killed me. But it had to be done.

Self-realization was something that always came late to me. I wasn't the best person with the best belief in myself. I generally hated my life, I realized, no matter what.

But was it my fault that it was so full of dangerous turns and unexpected twists?

I focussed back on my life in Mumbai. How I would be preparing for my ninth grade exams now if I were there. I hated math, which I didn't do here anyway. I mostly studied all my textbooks except it so that I don't feel like I dropped out of school. Deisy helped me with Science too, although I greatly ignored physics.

I smiled at the fact that how lucky was Karishma, most of the kids around my age waited for their grade eleven to arrive, so that they could leave all the subjects they loathed and how lucky I was, I had the privilege to do so. How lucky I was to not be sitting at our very very hot classroom.

It felt really peaceful to remember the mundanity of my life before Etis, and as I defeated eagles that attacked which I didn't bother to count, I couldn't help but think about alternative theories on how my life could have gone completely differently from that it is now.