soulmate - hima (best summer reads of all time txt) 📗

cares about your safety. That's why she didn't give time for goodbyes" he said.

"I don't blame anyone except for myself." I said smiling.

"I'm sorry for what I did to you. I didn't mean to." I murmured.

"It's fun to see him like that."Kenny said. [Kenny is the younger one.]

Andy punched him on the back. I smiled at them. I introduced Helen to my cousins. I can see that Andy is flirting with her and Helen is responding in a positive way to his flattery.

"Hot chick for Andy." Kenny murmured to me.

I smiled. We pretend not to notice, though there are frequent remarks from Kenny and me bursting into laughter. After sometime I heard a musical laughter ringing right from the leads table. That's when I first saw JESSE!!!!!!!!

He is good looking, tall and muscular. His skin was translucent and his hair is little ruffled and falling into his eyes giving him the ted look. He is my type I thought. As if reading my thoughts, he gazed towards me. I dropped my eyes down on the salad. When I'm sure that he is not looking at me anymore. I asked Kenny who he is.

"He is one of the leads." he said curtly.

"Leads?" I frowned.

"I got to go." he said and left hurriedly.

"See you at dinner." he called me back.

I turned to look at Helen. Andy is busy shoveling the beans down into his mouth.

"Who are leads? Mr. Harry hasn't told us about them." I asked Helen.

"They are different from us. They have powers." she said.

"We too have powers, right?" I said sheepishly.

"We have power, only one thing that we are gifted with but they have powers, they are magical beings who are able to perform magic." she said.

"Can't we perform magic? If they teach us?" I asked.

"Magic is not taught. It comes by birth."

I nodded, though it's confusing to understand all that she said. I poked Andy and asked who he is, pointing to the guy that I saw before in the leads team.

He looked a little taken aback but he dropped his voice low and whispered.

"That's Jesse." he said.

"If I were you, I wouldn't think about him again." he added.

"Why? Is that because he is a lead?" I asked.

"NO, it's because he is both gifted and magical and such things happen very rare." he said.

"He is powerful mind reader. He collects everyone's thoughts and turns them according to his wish, they say." he added.

Jesse gave a crooked laugh, the same time this is being said. He is still alluring to me. I turned my attention on what Andy is saying to stop looking at him.

"I'm having a class. I need to leave, see you at supper."Andy said winking at both of us.

I remembered something that I forgot to ask them.

"Andy, are you a healer?" I asked.

"NO. Is that what you are? Your cousins are fighters’ babe." he shouted back to me.

2.More surprises

I'll find answers too many questions today which have been nagging in my mind for a while I thought. We have only 4 hours daily, morning session two and in the noon two. My first class is history, second is brewing medicines, third is simple combats and fourth is life skills.

History of saviors and the invaders, this is what I have been waiting all along. The classroom is no different from the regular classrooms, the only change is, instead of board we have white screen.

Ms. Harriet is like a moving library, she poured on us all the information about the history. Saviors’ was established 50 years ago when they first found the invaders on our land. At first they agreed on a treaty, invaders can stay in our lands as long as they mean us no harm. Saviors worked to see the treaty is followed peacefully. The unexplained disappearances of humans were brought to the notice of saviors, which is when the whole motto of establishing saviors was changed.


Ms. Elisa, Mr. Harry and Mr. Rupert were the people who laid the foundation to new motto in saviors. They are the prominent members of Council of magic, a government body that is responsible for the regulation of laws. The rest of the class is on, the years of laying laws and the laws itself, the biography of some the important people. I found the biography of Elisa and Harry's interesting. Elisa because they say that she is the most powerful woman in the world and is the queen of magical beings. Harry, because I think it's our Mr. Harry who sorted us into different houses.

Brewing medicines is really gruesome task. We need to use right portions of all the things or else the medicine will have drastic side-effects. On top of it the horrible smell that ejected from others cauldrons. One funny thing that happened was while Mr. Paul is instructing us the ingredients, we need to use. There is a bang at my back table. Mr. Paul hurried in the direction of the sound and a boy covered with smoke said sheepishly that he thought he knew the ingredients well, so he went on adding them without listening to the instructions.

It is exciting to see all my favorite dishes on the table. Andy and Kenny saved us a seat at the front row, near the leads table.

"What's your power, Andy?"Helen asked blushing.

"You want to see?"

He asked her to extend her hand and he closed his hands over her cuff and removed it after a few seconds. A bracelet made of ice is present on her hand and it's really pretty with heart shape at the center. She turned red and exclaimed over and over that it is beautiful.

"Kenny, what's yours?" I asked trying to distract their attention.

"I'll show you when time comes." he said.

"Do you know? Who cooks food for us?" I asked.

“For what?" Helen asked.

"It's just the food is delicious and i think it's proper to thank the cook, for serving us delicious food every day." I said.

She shrugged her shoulders as if that it wasn't her concern.

I was heading back to my room, since there is still an hour for the simple combats. Helen said that she has some work in the main building and left after Andy. I doubt if that was the real reason.

After a few minutes’ walk through the corridors I realized, someone following me.

"Are you stalking me?" I asked but I left the words drop in the midst.

Guess who is my stalker? It's Jesse...

NO.

I heard his voice in my mind. Is he dumb? Why can't he say it aloud I thought .His musical laughter chimed around the entire hallway.

"I'm not dumb," he said still laughing.

Shut your thoughts away from him. I thought, irritated to know that he is reading my mind.

I walked away from him a few steps, when he came running after me.

"Didn't you say that you wanted to see the cook?" he asked.

"Yeah!"

"I'll take you to him but promise me, that you will not stare at him." he said.

"Why will I stare at him? I know its bad manners." I replied.

"Just a word."

He led me through a couple of passageways, until we reached a flight of steps, leading us to the underground.

At once the air is filled with delicious smell. I moved further in, there are hundreds of workers. When we went through, they all greeted Jesse happily. We walked through a series of columns, until we reached a small cabin.

"Come in, Jesse. I know it's you." A hoarse voice replied when Jesse knocked on the cabin door.

We walked in and there, in the chair is a man. NO...I don't think he is a human. His skin color is pale green, as if he is sick. His ears are pierced and long .His eyes were round and big, dark green in color and two small slits, in the place of nose, a tiny curve below that, I think it's his mouth. His head..This is when Jesse tugged me and repeated the words in my mind.

"DON'T STARE."

I realized, I was staring, so I dropped my gaze.

"This is rose," Jesse said introducing me to the person. That is the first time, I felt that my name sounds really good.

"HI, you do look like a beautiful rose." he said. His accent was thick, as if English is a foreign language to him.

"Thank you," I said smiling.

"Don't flirt with the only girl that has ever come to see you."Jesse said smiling.

That green creature coughed only it was a laugh.

"I just wanted to say thanks, for the delicious food you make for us." I said.

"Oh!"

He brought two cups of hot chocolate milk and brownies and gave them to us.

"Don't you want to know my name?" he asked conversationally.

"My name is crack head." he added.

I looked at him, as if he is cracking a joke. What kind of name is that? When I turned to look at him, I saw what he meant, his head was slight open, as if someone cut through it and a small part of what I think is brain, is visible. I was dazed by the sight of it. Jesse caught me by the arm and said that he has to hurry to the class and rushed me out of the room.

After a few minutes of silent walk, I regained my conscious.

"I'm sorry," I murmured.

"You don't have to be sorry. You really managed well, until the end." he said.

"What..? Who is he?" I stammered.

"An invader from the frying pot planet." he said.

"What from another planet?" I screamed.

"Of course he is. Isn't he?" he added.

"Does that mean invaders are creatures from other planets?" I stammered.

"Rose, are you nuts?" he said irritated.

"How foolish I am. I didn't know that when Ms. Harriet mentioned invaders, I thought they are from far off lands but not from the far planets."

"How come you are here, without even knowing what we are fighting against?"

"Didn't your parents say?" he added.

"My parents..." I stammered tears filled my eyes. If only they were here...

"They are dead." I moaned.

I ran away from him to hide my tears.

I went to my room and slumped on the couch. Kitty purred but as soon as it saw my face, filled with tear stains. It curled and sat on my lap, staring at me. It's a strange feeling, as if it feels my pain and is concerned about me. I thought about mama and papa. Granny said that mama left me while I was a baby and papa went after her and never returned. A few years later, someone brought the message that they both are dead. Why did mama leave? How did they die? These questions were never answered, granny just ignored, when I questioned about them. I never saw them not even in photos.