The secrets of Dorta

by prakhar vyas

making mismanagement,there were twelve names as it was prescribed earlier.

  "Priyansh agal ,Sam Houston ,Vandana Gill,...Priyanshi,"as I go through the name there was a feeling of happiness in me,I kept on reading it,"Harry,that Gilani’ and then my hands stopped,not because of seeing our names there but because of the place which was remained empty and some dashes were kept there,

  " Shrey” and in the way I completely read the whole list,the winds of sadness were passing through my mind, for a while I even didn't know that I was standing in between so many people,I was alone.

  "Come out"Goku was pulling me from behind,and I separated myself from the crowd,there was the same feeling in Farhan also,his face was also quite sad.

  "There would be some another chance in the future".

  "No there would not be"I said.

  "What rubbish they had done,that foolish Harry has been selected, he even don't know how to behave within the people and...it's completely stupid, I will complain about it to the administration"Farhans anger was now coming out like a bursting volcano.

  We had good food that day but our tongue was not ready to have a taste of it,Priyanshi was looking at us, I was sure that she would come to us and will give some another lecture but she didn't even after we were moving out,that day we studied a lot,there was a different feeling within us which remained for the whole day,but it was only for some time, the next day we were expecting to have the same unwanted time table.

  "Farhan would you please tell me that what would be the reasons according to you for our failure?"I asked so suddenly and directly without any topic that for once they kept looking at me.

  "We should not think about the past much ,care for the tomorrow,that will only matter"Goku said.

  He was having a book in his hand, on looking at it I got that at a single glance,it was “The major crimes of nineteen sixty,the year of falsehood ".

  “I had read that book it's useless there would be nothing in the exam's from this,"I said changing my topic itself.

  "I am not reading it for exams ,I thought that I would get something in it about Mr Ashlesh but I think they had forgotten to write about him,"Goku said.

  "He is not such a person who can be included in the books, he would be there if he would have got success in catching that Satyendra Bose"I said.

  “He is a great detective I don't know why, but my mind is saying that there is something which we and the world doesn't know something which is only known to Mr Ashlesh and may be to Yaseen sir,"Goku said.

  "I am simply not understanding that why you're thinking about him only,he is not having any connection with us ,so forget about him,"I said.

  There after we didn't speak anything for some time as if we are thinking about something.

  "I don't know what the thing is going all around ourselves but it will be more fruitful for us if we concentrate our minds in study, it's the only thing that will ensure our future,"Farhan was first time saying something which I considered good,then someone knocked the door again today.

  "It would be Gilani only I don't think he would have got disturbed with us now, we are talking so lightly"I said and moved to open it.

  There was a man standing straight whose face was hiding behind the big cape which he was wearing on his head.

  "May I help you in any way?"I asked.

  "Yes you can"the voice was very familiar to us ,it was Mr Yaseen who was there behind that cap .

  "Sir?"

  I was astonished so my voice was not usual, Farhan and Goku also joined me.

  "Sir you, at this time"Goku asked.

  "Yes, I didn't found any another favourable time to have a talk with my students if you are not busy with your studies as you are not usually, then we should have a walk to the bridge,"he said looking at our surprised faces.

  "Sure sir"we said at once and closed the gate .

  There were so many things running inside our fresh unused brains,he didn't spoke a single word until we reached out where that black Nigerian man was sharing heat of the burning woods with the Japanese fellow, I was sure that we will have to give the answer's of their question but as we reached near the gate they stood up and opened it for us.

  "Thanku friends,"Mr Yaseen said looking at them with smile.

  "You are welcome sir,"came the reply from the another side.

  "So are you selected for the trip?"our teacher was putting salt on our injuries.

  "No ,sir"Farhan replied.

  "I was expecting it ,there selection criteria is not completely accurate, they just kept aside the other qualities and include only the study level,"my hands were willing to hit each other in the favour of that man who had said such a great thing,but I some how stopped them.

  "Yes sir" we replied,we all were thinking that he will be aware of everything but, the way he was talking was making our assumptions completely wrong.

  "That foolish Harry is also selected,"Farhan said,"no he is not selected,his father is a rich man and so the administration is at service,at just few dollars"as he said this our eyes remained opened.

  "And he was pretending in front of all that he himself is capable of that,"I said making a face.

  "It is because, he doesn't know the truth of behind the stage,he is taking it as his success,he didn't know that his father has buyed the teachers and that rubbish principal,it had not happened before ,Ashlesh sir was really very strict about these things, he never allowed such persons in the campus,"Mr Yaseen said with a brimming smile.

  "And now the status of this college will be constantly decreasing"Goku said.

  "Now coming to the point "he said so suddenly that we looked at him in a very awkward manner.

  "You all three are going there "he said.

  "But.....but how sir,you know that we are not selected"I said, there was a hot wind of happiness blowing in myself when I heard these words from him.

  “Yes, you are not but I didn't read a single book of your course which is saying that one who is not selected can't go to that place".

  "Which place?"Goku said.

  "To dorta "he said.

  "I had heard about that and if I am not wrong then that place is completely haunted,even the residents live there because of some mysterious reason about which they normally do not tell to anyone"I said.

  "Leave that thing aside ,sir that is not a rule, if we will be catched,"Farhan exclaimed.

  "Rules are made for breaking,and if you had the fear of failure then you would never be able to move forward, some time's we have to do the things for the mankind which are wrong,"he said.

  We were having a conflict with our mind that it is the only person who always give emphasis on following the rules.

  "So how we will go sir?"Goku said.

  "With the others only,"till now we were standing on the boundary of the bridge, beneath us was blowing the fast river.

  "You will join them as servants,every year we took four servants with us,the principal will be accompanying us if I had heard it rightly ,you change your dress up so that no one can identify you, take care may you will be between the world class detective's who are in a habit to find mistake in the every single step you move forward,so if you want to escape from them then think in a way they did",he said."

  We were getting his words,"we will do it sir but just answer my one question"Goku was quite serious when he said this.

  "If I would think it worthwhile to answer than only I will,otherwise the time will tell everything."

  “Why you are favouring us so much,we are having a very bad record also so...".

  "There would be some reason behind it".

  "We want to know that reason only sir ,you are breaking rules for us,taught us the theory of guns ?"Goku was now not ready to leave him unanswered.

  "The same time..."

  "The time is now sir,"Goku stopped him in between ,Yaseen sir didn't spoke anything for a minute,the silence broke only after some time when few dogs barked seeing us at night standing there.

  "Bec
ause you're the only one who can do the work for us which we wanted to complete, to catch Robin".

  "Robin Steel?"I shouted.

  "Yes Robin Stell,if we are right then he is hiding there only,the town is haunted as you had said now so very few people like to go there,we believe that there is nothing like that ,these are only the work of that Steel who wanted to keep everyone apart from it."

  "But sir a lot of research has been done on these mysterious phenomena's,the faces which appear there on the floor, the sound of horses neighing at the night,these all can't be his activities though that disappearance of ships from the path can be concluded in his works but sir the plane which became unknown from their, hides all the other assumptions,the pilot in his last sentence clearly stated that there is something,moving very close to him and then the signal got cut"Goku said.

  "So you are having a quite good knowledge about those facts,from where did you get that?".

  "From books sir,many books have been written about that town,though the government is trying to keep it away from the eyes of local people but Mr Costello has been successful in publishing his papers of research".

  "Yes he is, but you know these are only some of them from the hundreds which happened there,and we are going there not to do a research but to stop them, so that people can live there peacefully without any fear,"Yaseen sir was very quite when he said it.

  “That's why you said it"for the favour of the man kind"?

  He only nodded his head on Gokus words.

  " But why we only sir,there would be thousands who are capable of this"Farhan said.

  "Because......,the reason I can't tell you now it will be known to you