1 Beginning I

'Devna, Devna'

She heard someone calling, calling someone desperately. She looks around to find the source of a sound or the person whom they were calling but she found only herself in a vast land of darkness.

Then suddenly she saw light coming from a distance and in a matter of time, it grows bigger and bigger coming towards her. And in a split second, it hit her.

Druhi jolted awake, hitting her forehead at the bottom of the top bunk. She rubbed her head in annoyance and sighed deeply. Having the same dream quite often for some years really makes her tired and irritated.

It was always the same hearing someone called a name, she has never heard of and waking from the fear of getting hit by light every time. She has already forgotten the count of her head hitting on the hardwood, but the dream which was a mystery in itself never stops bothering her.

"Had a nightmare again?"

Druhi looked up to see her only best friend and roommate Nishita handing her a bottle of water.

she grabs the bottle and has a gulp of water. "Nightmare? even the nightmares aren't as scary as it is." she got up from her bed and grabs the towel on the way to the bathroom.

"This foolish girl." Nishita laughs at the way wobble your way out.

Druhi heard her laughing, only to laugh at her own self. She still remembers the date of their first meeting, both of them were quite reserved and quiet. Even being roommates they spend their time alone and silent.

But when once Druhi was in a huge problem, Nishita decided to forward her hands toward her and help her. After that, it was really hard to find silence in their room.

It has been so many years that they were together that their friendship bond was stronger and turned into sisterhood. But she knows after a couple of months they tended to go on separate ways.

They will complete their secondary education in few months and then they will have to choose their desire field for high education. And she knows they two will never end in the same school as she was somehow interested in literature while Nishita was very fond of designing.

Moreover, she even doesn't know if she can continue her higher education. She was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage since she was four years old. Weirdly she has no memory of who she really is or from her earlier childhood. The head of the orphanage thinks she was a pitiable girl, so she named her Druhi, a daughter.

She got a chance to stay in a hostel and read up to secondary education was thanks to her brain, she got the scholarship. But now she wasn't sure if she will be got a similar chance again.

Whereas Nishita was from a well-known prestigious family, she has already a bright way paved ahead of her.

"Druhi," she flinched when she felt a burning sensation on her back, then she realized Nishita standing back of her with a huge grin.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

"Nothing just planning how to beat you up." Druhi rubs her back where her best friend has given a tight slap.

"Yah, how can you plan such a thing without me?"

"Although it's about you?"

"Yes, although it's about me."

They both broke into a burst of laughter, it was always the same around them a goofy and innocent but sweet moment.

....

"Yah it's your fault that we are going to be late now," Nishita shouts from the washroom as you pack both of your bags.

"Stop complaining and do whatever you are doing fast, we still have fifteen minutes left."

"Yes, and it takes ten minutes to arrive at school and don't forget about the staircase. Our class is on the third floor, you idiot." Nishita yells doing her hair.

"You shouldn't have hit me harder."

....

When they reach their class, they were in a total mess. Lips chapped together and a few buttons of the shirt were unbuttoned. With the hair looking like a nest of a bird and covered in sweat. It just shows everyone that how fervently they were running not to get the detention for being late.

When they two reach the classroom, everyone just stops doing everything they were doing and look at them in total silence. They went to their designated seat, Nishita turns around the class to give what-do-you-want look before settling.

After some time teacher finally enters the class with a serious expression, which was usual and more like she only has one expression as nobody saw her giving any look other than that.

She glanced at the whole class before speaking in a monotonous voice. "So I've got a piece of good news for you guys. As you know your high school is going to end soon." She stopped talking when she heard the mumbling across the classroom, she loudly cough and gaze at everyone making all of them stop talking.

Then she looks at you before continuing. "This time the results are gonna make a great impact on your life. The school has decided to take charge of all higher education responsibilities of whoever going to mark the first position." Again the classroom filled with all the whispering and murmuring.

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It was a lunch break, Druhi and Nishita were sitting in a cafeteria enjoying lunch.

"This opportunity is solely for me, I've to get that first place." Druhi stabs her food with a fork full of determinant.

"Yes, yes you can do it but don't stab that food you have to eat it to get energy. Take this mine too, you should be healthier to complete your goal." Nishita starts to put some vegetables on Druhi plate.

"Yahhh, stop it. I know you don't like those so you are putting it on my plate." Druhi glared at her.

"How can it be, it's only because I care for you."

"Yes, yes you idiot."