Free New Moon 1 by Kimaya Mathew Page A

“thank
you,” I said to the man and have started walking towards the door,
when he halted me, “Tris,” “Yes sir,” I turned, “Somehow, I don’t
know why, you recall me of my son. Are you sure, you know nothing
about your parents?” “Sir,” I felt the side of my mouth lowering
down and the barricade of cold emotion engulfed me again, “I am
sure, sir. I don’t know anything about my parents,” “Very well,
then,” he said, “Kay will show you around,”
    ****
    Tris
    “ It is true,
then,” the girl says as both of us starts dragging my luggage
beside me, “You are a human?” “Why is everyone asking me the same
question?” I ask, and turn the trolley bag to slider position,
“It’s just that, humans are not particularly keen in this
institution of ours. When Alan, I mean, Dean called me and Lyn, we
were astonished,” “Lyn?” I ask and look at her bag and back both,
“Yes, my twin sister, our fellow roomie. You are going to share the
room with both of us,” she doesn’t really seem too enthusiastic
towards that part, I wonder.
    Everything about this
alien place feels odd to me. As if, I have entered a grand castle
and not a school, if one can call it a school! There are huge
stairways and beautiful, mysterious effigies of strange creatures,
mythical symbols, and magical things around me. I am forced to
acknowledge the sheer power and attraction of the place, which is
enough to lure anyone, like a spider trapping the prey in its web.
I heave a sigh and answer, “oh, great,” I am not much optimistic
about this place and don’t feel any sort of connection to it.
Frankly speaking, I am happy to be away from that terrible
orphanage, where, like some animal displayed on the zoo for the
audience to watch, all of us were there for the monthly adoption
process. I am 18, so, naturally, not many people were interested to
pay me any sort of their attention. We were bathed, dressed
properly and then, as the couples proceeded inside the rooms, we
had to be courteous and pretend that we all are pretty well
mannered children. If only they knew...”Ok,” says Kay, “memorise
this entire corridor and the way to it, alright? I don’t want you
to get lost in some weird part of the castle. Nights in the castle
are not always pleasant, you know,” she winks, and I am more
confused than before. “Every floor has 500 rooms,” I gasp and she
turns around with amusement, “What?” “That’s a lot,” I say, “What
do you people do in those?” “Hello,” she says, “We are not the only
one residing on this floor, alright? We have others living here,
too.” “Others?” I ask, “Other student’s,” she says and with that,
we come in front of room no. 500, the last one in the row.
“Welcome,” she pushes the thing inside, “to Shakti Institute of
Special children,”
    ****
    The room is so wide, with
three beds adjacent to the walls and three windows at their back.
Walls are painted blue and there is a cushiony rug under my feet.
The luxurious and fabulous look of the room is so great and on top
of that, the sunlight pouring inside is creating a simply
magnificent view in the sight. The room is any girl’s fantasy comes
true and I have never been in such an atmosphere before. “This is
beautiful,” I say, and see her keeping my luggage inside the room.
“Unpack later,” she says and keeping the thing near the corner bed,
she points out, “I am hungry and oh, by the way, this corner one is
your bed. Lyn has taken the middle one and I am on the other corner
side of the room,” “This room is so spacey,” I say in awe. She
sighs, “Listen, what is your name? Uh, yes, Tris,” she comes to my
side, “Look, first and foremost, let’s have something, lest the
mess will close,” “Ok,” nodding, locking the door behind me, I
follow her.
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    What is this
place? I have never seen such sort of school in my entire life.
What did Alan said? Humans are not allowed inside the school and