~under the shadows[the veils lie]~

CHAPTER -1 THE INTRO

•|NUPUR |•~

Nupur is a typical , cultural, superstitious and brave girl.She is a well maintained and sophisticated lady. she has black her long that reaches till her hips which compliments her overall personality.otherwise her biggest weapon to convince some are her desert brown almond eyes that go perfectly well with her beige skin tone .She is a cheerful yet introverted girl and this nature of hers attracts people towards her.She also has a lot of knowledge about demons and exorcism and all.It is because her family has a background like this . They are exorcists.

Her grandmother and father help people of her town get rid of such ghost problems and so on.

Aside from this when she had started living in indonesia. She was finding what to do at her friend's home named Ethan.

~•|Ethan|•~

A Christian with a lot of faith in Jesus.

Slightly 5'4. A girl in her barbie era. She is blonde with some pink extensions in her hair which depicts her carefree nature and an open heart towards everyone. Her clothing is not so colourful all the time because it depends on her mood. The reason for her to come at that college is just Nupur and her hometown. She is an orphan and doesn't have anyone to look after her. Nupur is her only friend since childhood but during the time of their high school they both were separated because Ehthan's grandparents wanted her to live with them only.

Both the best friends are totally opposite to each other.Ethan is a sports woman . She is a gymnast . But due to her clothing no one can say that she has a strong toned body under those baggy clothes .

Yet on the other hand Nupur is a bookworm and also an excellent chess player.

One day after lunch when Ethan was going through some college entrance forms on the internet and Nupur was straightening her hair with an iron brush.

Ethan said , " hey !! see what I got!" Nupur said , " wait, let me come".

After Nupur settled down with her .

Ethan said , " I found this college for the two of us from counselling we went to yesterday ."

Nupur nodded and replied , " Okay! then let's roll in then , it looks good to me."

Ethan replied with a confused look , "still something seems off about the surrounding . Don't you see the location?"

Nupur said in assuring herself " isn't it your hometown sideways ? '

Ehtan replied with a nodd .

Nupur continued , "then it's cool."

Ethan said giving up on the debate between them , " okay one week and will shift there ."

Nupur nodded. And then conversation between them ended after somtime they both slept.

After one week

Now they had shifted from the rental apartment the same ships now both of them was standing and front of their building it was humongous not the normal building Vibe the campus seemed old and it was beside a village covered with forest and a bit far behind the college to cremation grounds because there was also a big religious Temple with that Indonesian vibe and history of the clan they both took a bus to reach the campus and also met some of their batchmates over there were also friends.

It was a group of three boys and then the other one was just a single girl starting from the boys they were Liam, Nova and rudrang.

~•|RUDRANG|•~

He is also an indian,from hyderabad. He is tall , white skined , monolid with great black eyes and bouncy hairs.His circle glasses looked cute with those dimples under them.

~•|Liam|•~

Liam is a half indonesian. He is taller than Rudrang with a dusky skin tone. He has almond eyes long curly hairs which he ties with a tiny rubber band. Moreover , He is just an Indonesian from name otherwise all his features are peculiar to other Asian. Due to this unsimilarity he had always been bullied in school and to overcome this fear of him his parents trained him to become a fighter not mentally but physically. And now he excels in boxing. But still the trauma from his childhood still gives him panic attacks due to which he dosen't blend really well with other people. That is why he chose to study here continue his practices in private.

~•|NOAH|•~

Nova is a little bit shorter than the other boys but taller than the girls. He was beige (fair) and had ginger hair and he was always reading something. Can't save if he was actually a nerd because he had looks. He was charming but something was seriously wrong with his nature. He liked to target a person and then bully them on every single thing. He was also short tempered. Due to his temper only he was sended to study at such a remote area even after being from a wealthy family. He got into the college because of the heavy amount of donation his father gave.

~•|MITSURI|•~

She was 5'2 ft tall. She had some regional tattoos on her left arm , sholuders and neck which were like inscription , of her clan. She was from the village beside the college only. But Ehtan's hometown was another way. The temple behind the college campus belonged to her family. Moreover her appearance was rural but those bleached hairs did not seem to belong there . They looked artificial. She was a native according to her facial appearance. She was wearing nude colours which depicted her matured personality. She was also silent , and replied everything with least words but her way of talking even with short sentences did not seemed rude. But some of her replies were fishy and suspecting.

Now that they all were introduced to each other , they decided to head towards their domes. They had got the keys and room settlements but the settlements were not pleasing. According to the settlements Mitsuri had to live with Ehtan , Liam was with Noah and Rudrang and Nupur were scheduled with other students. They all decided to have a word with the arrangement staff. They found one staff and asked him if they could change the arrangements according to their will.

Ehtan , "starting the conversation said"hello sir ! Excuse me."

Staff member responded " hello students ! How may i assist you all ."

Ethan requested " can we switch or change our living arrangements according to our will"

Staff member said "that cannot happen but we can provide single rooms which are beside the alley number-6"

Ehtan nodded with satisfaction and said " we will be fine with that"

Rudrang interrupted " we need 6 rooms please get them ready"

Staff member nodded and left.

After everyone had settled in their rooms it was time for dinner. And the announcement was made through speakers which were plugged in every alley. Rudrang and Liam gathered everyone accept mitsuri .

At the table , where everyone was present and had started eating. Mitsuri came and apologised for being late. But when Nupur asked her about the reason she said that she had to do her ritual.

Ehthan " I apologise for being late."

Nupur questioned " it's ok , now come join us we have a seat for you."

After Mitsuri joined them Liam asked her " why were you anyway Mitsuri."

She replied "this was the time for our family ritual that we offer to Milaan"

Everybody looked at her hoping for her to explain her reason as they did't know who Milaan was.

Suddenly Noah interrupted mocking Mitsuri " yeah now the mysteries girl offers some lady too. Mitsuri , do you offer her your body service?"

He laughed while everybody looked at him and Liam kicked his leg under the table, signalling him to stop that bullshit of his. Mitsuri was just blankly staring at him and he continued saying " what? Did i guessed wrong? Wait is she the s**t?" He laughed really hard but others were serious.

Then Mitsuri stared at him blankly then said in her deep voice " you don't know if you belong here or not. But don't make get box booked for you." After warning Noah she said turning towards everyone " thank you for inviting me." And then left from there.

"What did she wanted to convey? Why did she reacted so suspiciously?" Nupur thought all these but then shoved the thoughts and finished her eating. After having the dinner everyone went back to their rooms. It was midnight but Nupur wasn't able to sleep properly. She was still thinking about Mitsuri statement. It made her uneasy but she slept anyway.

~...| To be continued |...~