THE SECRET OF THE LOST FLOWER

" What in the world is happening " Someone's panic voice echoed around the area finally ringing in Emily's head .

Pure shock is evident on all of our faces as we stare at both the sides with widened-in-fear eyes .

If she is being honest with herself , she herself isn't great despite hiding her emotions well . If one main thing her Dad told her , was to always keep her emotions in check when faced with a danger situation . Her heart is clenching tightly over the thought whether they are even alive or not ( which is only confirmed minutes after ) and thinking about all these weird things happening around here has surely , left her with a headache . But the main thing is WHAT IS GOING ON ?

" Are we even alive ?" Another person questions .

" Hey , pinch me hard please " Aastha offers shaking my shoulders slightly . I nod in acknowledgement and turns to face her and innocently pinchs her hand a bit hard than I meant to ( Alright , not intentionally - the fear , you know ) .

" OW , EMI !"

" Definitely not a dream "

" Fact proved "

All of them butts in .

" Seriously , what even is going on ?" Carlos asks looking around frantically .

Both the team's are having a conversation , though we can't hear a single thing ( might be because of distance ) .One team is dressed in traditional red and gold colour while the other matches with theme of castle ,i.e blue and gold .The armed forces are readying their weapons against another team . This sure as hell looks like a war is gonna take place soon .

And that is when , I notice something after doing a double take . This is when your calmness radiates through . Their Dresses .

" GUYS , LOOK AT THEM " I shouts .

" ALREADY ARE " Liam shouts back .

" LOOK CLOSELY , IDIOT'S !"

" Emi , why are you shouting and tell us what you saw !" Mia indignantly says . Ah , the logical one ! I roll my eyes .

" Their uniforms - What season is this ?" I starts .

" Oh , I know it , I know it - Summer " Carlos says , either in excitement or fear , hard to tell .

" Thank you for making that known !" Aastha praises him sympathetically . Since I pinched her , she is totally laid back no more caring about the scene happening . Did I pinched her that hard she is mental ? No , be serious.

" Lilyanna , please continue " He says supporting my shoulder so that I can sort my priorities.

I cross my arms over my chest and starts once again " Here it is - It's Summer and the uniform they are wearing is all fuzzy which means it's winter for them which is not possible . Plus , If you look closely , there are these funny and weird coolers and sleeves in their dress which is also from a long time ago . Ring any bells ?"

" Now that you mentioned , there weapons also doesn't look of the latest century and are more , like .... ancient ones " Mia stutters out .

" Yes , you are getting it " I support raising my thumb in air .

" It means they are ...."

" Just holograms " Carlos stars however Liam finishes it off for him .

" I was about to say clowns , but that works " Carlos confirms trying to sound innocent .

Now , we all look mesmerized at the scene unfolding before our eyes . The red and gold team's captain is shaking hand with the other , while his allies terrorize the island . Soon , the team notices and ...

BOOM .

A loud thud explodes at the place , the scene was happening and it comes back to it's original habitat ,i.e. with flowers and grass rather than a war ground .The black smoke that seems to be happening at the starting ( when the flower exploded ) could be seen everywhere . Soon , the smoke clears away and The sun slowly starts to drown and a few early stars are already at place . It looks like nothing happened there a moment ago .

We all let go of a breath we didn't even realize we were holding and silently conversing with our minds , starts to walk in the direction we were originally supposed to some minutes ago . I guess , we all agrees that our mind needs time to process everything that has happened in the past 3 hours from overcoming the fears , to almost getting killed by guards , to finding the castle , to watching the war .

While sitting in the car , I ponder over how unrealistic and unplanned this vacation is going till now in my head . All the thoughts are jumbled up with no end and this is giving me an headache once again .*Internally sighs*

" I believe a conversation is in process , isn't it " Mia thoughts out loud .

" How can we just get a glimpse of a fucking war " Aastha says bitterly . Aap of our minds are wide awake at this point as we all mercilessly want answers .

" That's definitely not logical and scientific from any angle "

" If I remember correctly , My Dad told me about a related war some time ago that happened over a century ago " Liam adds in smiling to show comfort .

I smile back at him as my mom raised me to be polite and kind , and then he winks . I turn back and listen to the other's chat .

" You are saying that what we saw was past and yet we watched it as it is happening at the moment " Mia covers up everything , I have missed during my little time with Liam.

" Indeed , Darling "

" So what , we fucking travelled back in time ?" Mia questions .

" THAT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC , GUYS " Aastha says defeated and put her head on my shoulder which I pat lovingly . She is my cute girl . Like bestie ... Don't get stupid ideas .

" Everything that has happened till now , what has made sense or scientific " Mia logically says .

" That ' time travel ' thing started because of a flower -" Carlos tries to say but is cut off by Mia

" So , let's name it a time flower and wrap up the convo "

" Darling , please stop cutting me " Carlos whispers .

" Sure thing !" Mia whispers back though I am sure everyone heard them .

Liam who has been eerily silent this whole time which is so unlike him , I bend a bit to know if he is alright . Just as I do he says -" GUYS , we all are tired so let's take some rest "

" We don't need it "

" Yes you do , Lilyanna , A and Mia " He says in an authoritive tone which makes me believe I actually am tired . He starts a rap music with medium sound and opens up the windows , so the fresh wind is coming inside . The guys starts a discussion about soccer and my besties slowly drifted to their dreamland.

The feeling of cold wind in summer time is nothing less than a heaven .I close ,y eyes , savouring the feeling . I can feel the wind in my hair , tangling it and , fast but slow rhythm of wind is way too amazing to not let loose . Along with the music that calmed my brain and clears my thought away , I didn't even realize when my vision blackened and I felt into the deep slumber .

The last thing I remember is a thought poking in my head : Tomorrow is HOLI .