The story we are going to read today is set far away in the coming up future where humans are struggling to cope from alien invasions and saving their kind by taking great risks. The Humanoids (Half human, half android) are being hunted by the machines. People have forgotten, living in peace and being haunted by the nightmares each and every other second they are alive. Non-humanoids are working on removing all androids parts from the bodies of humanoids, but the procedure is life-taking and extremely perilous. In this chaos, a young man from west-southern part of Himalaya who is called Parth, has a great mind come into the picture. When he was 11, he was chosen for a scientific research which has a final goal for finding a good place elsewhere in the vastness of this universe. The facility was situated in Himalayan region surrounded by a dense forest with lots of snowfall during winters. The facility has underground stories almost 200 meters in depth from the surface where no machines can ever find it. Also, it was situated in a snowy region with fair height of the snowfall about 3 to 4 feet during winters, so machines did not bother sweeping the place for longer times. The winters are staying for longer times there, and summer comes hardly for 4 months a year. The facility had many children like him; they all were the chosen ones. He spent 7 years of his life in the facility and learned a lot about other planets and their habitats. Scientists have found so many planets with possible life signs on them, but Parth was looking for something fascinating which is yet to be found. As he was born near the Himalayan region, surrounded by pure white sheets of snow, tall standing mountains, and cold breezes passing by, and he was obsessed with finding his place in this cosmos.
Chapter 1: The Change
Everything was running around him in a rush, and he was so occupied with finding the right place but instead he stumbled upon a beauty with brains while walking the premise's gallery one day. He had so many thoughts running in his mind, yet the girl made them stopped for a moment. He took a glance at her, she was walking along with her friend talking about she had a plan to move out to new world all alone by herself. The solitude in her discussion made Parth think about the things she has been through. A few days passed, he saw her now almost all the time passing that gallery. One day he decided to talk to her but she always had a company but he had a bit of luck and she was alone for a moment standing near the water fountain gazing at it all alone. He went to her, said "Hello!" and she turned back, looked at him and said "Hi too".
Parth: How are you doing?
She: I'm all good. How about yourself?
Parth: I'm fine. Thank you for asking. What are you gazing in that fountain?
She replied, "I'm thinking about the water, the life, and these fish?" Parth stopped her right there and asked "wait a minute! Are you really thinking about all those things at once? " She giggled a little and said "Yes, all the times." Now Parth smiled and said "Me to the same!" They smiled back to each other and her friends joined her back and Parth stood there for a moment thinking about her thoughts.
The chain of seeing each other and passing smile started after that meeting. They even started to have longer conversations each time they see each other and she introduced herself saying "My name is Nainatara". A beautiful journey of friendship begins and something special started to spark between them. As the time passes by, they got to know that they both share lots of common interests but at the same time any unavoidable conflicts too. This new bond of friendship brings lots of amazing memories between the two. They both now usually started to sneak out of the facility and enjoy the outer surface with real air breezes and dancing trees in the calmness of the moonlight. Even a single crack from a fallen tree branch creates a lot of noise because everything is so quiet on the ground. They gazed stars, the moon and wondered if they ever will find a place they both dream of. The thing they didn't know that both of their dreams are about to come true soon enough. One fine night when it was full moon night, they both snuck out again unplanned and as they come outside the facility on the ground they went little farther from the sneaking out point and sat on a large stone holding hand in hand. All of the sudden a fog came from nowhere and they both felt cold and started to feel vibrations around them. More than 30 seconds passed and still they were feeling cold and vibrations around them.
Chapter 2: The Unexpected Turn
Parth and Naintara stand up holding tight hands and their hearts were racing. The fog went away slowly and voila! The scenery around them completely changed within seconds. Tall pine trees were welcoming them on the foreign ground. The wind was blowing slowly, and there was something melodious in the environment as the nature was playing music on their arrival. They took their first step together on that foreign planet unaware of where in the universe they have reached. They were feeling scared, but they have no other choice but to run and to have a look around. Parth ran towards front side and Naintara to other. They shouted as loud as they can but didn't hear anything from anywhere. They both met again wandering for a while in the jungle and started walking ahead with racing hearts. They were scared as hell; their faces were saying it all. They managed to walk for three hours straight, the gravity was little higher than Earth. They found a lake surrounded with same tall pine trees. The water was clean but they were not sure if they should drink it or not.
Parth: Where are we?
Naintara: How would I know, I arrived with you only.
Parth: Very funny! Where do you think we are? This ground and nature seems like our Earth but something different is in the air too. I can feel it. Don't you?
Naintara: Yes, something is very strange about this place. God knows where we are right now.
Parth: We must have been teleported to another place and planet, I guess.
They were muttering in their mouth what to do next and suddenly they saw a creature with 6 legs walking towards the lake. The creature was pure white in color and has a very long thick hairs tail. After drinking the water the creature went away without harming them. Naintara was so afraid, but she was already feeling thirsty, she went to the shore of the lake and drinks the water using her hands. The water was mind refreshing, sweet in taste. Then she drinks it again, and Parth joined her too. They both were feeling relaxed after drinking. They got up and sat under a very large and tall tree holding their hands tightly. They both fell asleep talking to each other in few minutes.
Naintara was dreaming about running open in wild with the animals and suddenly she woke up from a sound of thunderstorm. Parth woke up too, and they both look around, nowhere to hide as the rain was about to come. They decided to run in a hurry without knowing where to run. After running half a mile Parth saw a very large stone structure standing in a slope under which they both can easily rest. The rain started all of the sudden and by the time they reached near the rock, they both were all wet in rain. They enjoyed the rain as it was their first time dancing in the rain and not worrying about machines to come and find them. They got tired and went under the rock; the rain was not stopping yet. Although they have worn warm clothes, they started to feel the cold. Both started to shiver from cold. Their eyes met each other and they both felt like they need each other. Parth came close to Naintara, hold her in his arms and pulled her closer to him; planted a kiss on her forehead. That was their first moment they were so close to each other and what's going to happen next, they haven't no idea about. The sky thundered with huge sound, and Naintara hugged Parth tightly. They both took their overcoats off and sat over them. Both were smiling now, and their hearts were racing, stomach had butterflies. Parth took the chance and kissed her for the first time, for which Naintara reacted the same. Both were so happy, their first kiss lasted for more than a moment and they felt like everything stopped suddenly around them. The rain was still raining and they both were about to make their love for the very first time; that also on a foreign ground. Both enjoyed their time together and fell asleep in each other's arms.
Continued...
