Friday, 29 March 2013

Arnav-Khushi Saga: Journey to a destination called ...Soul

Names of places,people and anything used is only fictional. No familiarity with anything real intended. Character names are from popular indian show Iss Pyaar Ko Kya naam doon! Thanks Gul,Gautham ,Lalit and an entire team for the show. A laud applause to our Sanaya and Barun, whom we don't want seperate even in name so we call Sarun. They made Arnav and Khushi immortal.
I will randomnly change the entire plot . I am experimenting writing. I may edit the plot just because I felt so. Excuse my eccentricities. As I said I am learning to write.

Chapter 1
He walked through the open gates of his new school. He has shifted recently from Jaipur to Delhi. Admission to XIIth Standard in the reputed Ataraxia International School hadn't come easy.But thanks to his previous academic results and extra curricular activities , the interview with the authorities went well. He was instructed that his class was on Block C. He liked the calm surrounding and the silence that seemed to engulf the whole place. He took brisk steps to reach a girl who seems to be sitting on the balcony railings of the corridor to classes clutching some paper in her hands and pointedly brooding over it. He asked." Could you show me the direction to the Class XII - A" .Fortunately for him she looked up from the papers to point to the class directly opposite where she was sitting and went back to her papers. Without bothering to thank her , he walked past her to the class
She called out behind him in chirpy voice "If you are new to the class, you may want to put your right leg forward.It is considered lucky"
He put the left foot forward and entered the class.He couldn't help it, he was just being his rebellious self.
He had been early to the class and saw few girls in the class talking in groups. All of them turned around to see the new entrant. They just saw the vision they are never going to forget. Even at that age, Arnav Singh Rathode was a head turner and he knew it. After he introduced himself for the class in first hour,rest of the day went by uneventfully.He had been given an agenda by the school induction committee for his after school hour activities. Being interested in sports he had enrolled himself for Football,Horse riding and shooting which had been his interest in previous school as well. He was given the contact person for each of the activities and today was the day for meeting the Football coach.
He walked towards the Football ground expecting to meet the coach somewhere on the ground. He walked towards a man whose dressing screamed of an instructor and asked
"I have an appointment with Mr.Osborne"
"You have the right chap man, what do u want with me?"
"Arnav Singh Rathode,I am the new admission to the XIIth and was instructed to meet you for enrollment into the team"
"Do you realize the football team is one of the coveted teams in school sports? Your previous track record may not impress me as much as you performance on the ground. So are you game today? "
"Yes"
"Let us try you today and will let you know the result tomorrow"

Arnav knew he could play well. Hell, he was the school football captain for nothing. The game was his passion and he never let a chance get by to prove it to himself he was good at what ever he does. He had been carrying the school jersey since he had been informed of the meeting. He went towards the boys changing rooms avoiding the curious glances of other members in the team. It did come as surprise to them that a new guy was considered at all for the team. Someone was going to lose a post and someone else was going to win it. Arnav changed to his jersey and waited for the game to begin.

Coach instructed team on his strategy and asked one of the members to step aside so that Mr.Rathode can make an entry. The game went well and Arnav played his best. As always he was confident of the results. His team won the match with him scoring major goals.

He waited at the huge banyan tree for Akash and NK to join him so that they can proceed together to home. Akash and NK were his cousins studying in 9th in same school. Akash was his paternal uncle, Manohar Singh Rathode's son while NK was Akash's cousin with his parents settled abroad. NK's parents wanted him to grow up in India which was a land they cherished much. Arnav lived with his parents ,cousins and their family and his Nani.