A Sweet Encounter

Everyone has some obstacles in their lives which they want to remove but there is always a difference between reality and fantasy but the story of my life is no less than fantasy. It seems that my experience was just a dream because all the adventures, joy and fun I had is fading away from my memory gradually. Everyone has a time when they seem to forget about their joyous moments and important memories but my case is totally different, because it is not something to be believed. Time travelling, defeating spirits and thrilling adventures, I remember every important detail but still think I had a beautiful dream. There were bitterly sweet moments of rage, pain and sorrow. I still remember when I first saw him.                                He was the most handsome man on Earth. It was the time when I was a high school girl. I was walking towards my home after hanging out with my friends for a while. It was a holiday that day so we decided to hangout for a bit. Our group contained only three female friends: Susan, Jasmine and me (Ashma), so we enjoyed the whole day. We all went towards home riding on our bicycles before getting dark but unfortunately, I got stuck in the middle of the street due to my bicycle. Its tyre had gone flat so I started walking with it. It became dark after some time and the whole street was empty alongwith nearby streets. It was dark and I had no  flashlight but there was a full moon covered by the thick clouds that night. I was getting a feeling of rainfall. After some time, it started to thunder. Although I never felt scared before, the situation that time was scaring me. I constantly felt someone chasing after me. I raised my speed and after feeling insecure I threw my bicycle there and started running as hard and far as I could. I didn’t even look back but had a constant feeling of being chased. There was heavy thunder and lightning. In the meantime, it started raining. I was short of breath, had no energy to run and severe pain in my kidney. I hardly walked towards  the dead end. Luckily there was a trash bin so I hid myself  behind that. Because I was short of breath, I couldn’t help but make a sound. The person by whom I felt being chased was right in front of me. My heart was almost drowned but due to dark and heavy rain, I couldn’t see his face. He was dressed as a gangster and seemed as a middle aged man. He lifted his right hand towards me with a creepy laughter. I was scared to death and closed my eyes wishing for someone to save me. Suddenly, I heard a sound that he was knocked down. I opened my eyes and saw that he was shot by an arrow.I felt a huge relief and calmed myself. But, after being shot that man didn’t drop even a single drop of blood and vanished in black dust. The rain stopped, the clouds faded and left the moon all alone in the open. The stars boasted of their beauty and the one who saved me came in front of me. That was the time when I saw him, the most beautiful boy on Earth. He descended from the sky in front of me in the soothing air. Under the bright moonlight, I had a brief glimpse of him. He made my heart skip a beat and gave me an eternal feeling. The boy had a good figure, silky and smooth black hair almost long till his neck, a blue band tighten on his forehead, clear big lavender coloured eyes, handsomely cool and the rain drops dripping from his head onto his body in the moonlight made him look so dreamy. He was wearing a white t-shirt with blue pants. Only one glimpse  made my eyes fixed on him and note every detail. He looked up at the sky and as I blinked, he vanished like he was never there, leaving a chaos in my mind and heart. Then I heard a faint sound. I heard some people calling my name. “ Ashma!” , “Ashma!”, they cried separately. I came out of the dead end and found my family and the cops looking for me at some distance. I ran towards them. My mother spread her arms and I cling to her hug. Tears started running from my eyes and I felt like being freed from a devil’s cage. It was very strange to feel something like that. “I should feel like coming from the mouth of death. Why am I feeling like coming out of a devil’s cage which is worse than death?”   

    I hugged my mom more tightly and said, “Mama, it was so scary. I felt like it was the end of the world.” My mom looked so worried after hearing my words and asked, “Ashma, what happened? Did someone do something to you? Why are you crying so much? Tell me, my heart is sinking right now.” My father told my mother, “Sarah, don’t ask so many questions at once. Can’t you see she is already scared.” Then he put his arms gently on my shoulders and directioned my face towards him as I was crying with my face facing the ground. He asked, “Child, what is the matter? Don’t be scared. Just tell the truth to Papa.” I, wiping off my tears, said, “ Papa, after hanging out with my friends, I was heading for home. But my bicycle’s tyre had gone flat so it became dark in the way. I felt someone chasing me so I threw my bike there and ran to hide but was found by him. But, luckily I was saved by someone.” Mama said, “Where is that person? We want to thank him for saving you.” I said, “ I don’t know. He just helped me and vanished.” 

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