Neeta's Story

Hi. I am Neeta. Currently, I am sitting in the living room, getting bored. In a flash, I got an idea. I prayed to God that my other friends would be there too.

I speed off to mine and Rehaan’s room. I hurriedly searched for my VR box. I cursed under my breath. Why does my annoying brother always have to touch my things?

After a lot of searching, I found my VR box. Relieved, I quickly wore it. A screen flashed on it. CODE PLEASE. I typed the secret code (sorry can’t tell you – it is confidential). Everything blacked out. I was so excited at that time, but I had no idea what I will see in my city – Lomarf would impact my life tremendously.

After a few restless minutes, I finally reached Lomarf. Almost everything was the same here. The lush green forests, crystal clear skies, birds chirping all around, and at last the best view. My dearest friends. I looked down to see who was I this time…I was myself. Finally! It was rare that one gets to become themselves in Lomarf. Kind of like the game of Jumanji but here we become different people. Not no imaginary characters but people playing this game.

As soon as I saw them, I rushed forward to meet them. As if danger always awaits us, the loud noises of greetings were drowned by an ear-piercing screeching sound. “Chiiii”. Instantaneously, we were beamed out to another place, the castle of Lomarf. All of us were very happy to see this place again. But, something seemed different here, It was no more a dreamland that every person would like to go to. No more of a place in which you would feel safe. In fact, it was more like a prison, just enlarged. All of us thought the same thing, Lomarf had been invaded by someone. The place screamed danger.

A voice out of the blue then spoke, “Welcome, welcome, welcome, the fabulous five as the people here call you”,

“ You all are nothing but pawns for me. It is hard to believe that this stupid group is the saviors of this world. Is this what Lomarf could really provide me”, the person laughed.

“ Oh yes…Flamingo, We are what Lomarf could provide you, and trust me we are more than enough for a person who does not even have the courage even show himself”, said Kartik in a mocking tone.

“ As overconfident and impulsive as ever, Kartik Agarwal. Seriously haven’t you changed over time?”

“How do you know his name? Who are you?”, asked Nisha.

“Me? You will find out soon enough. But for now, goodbye to all of you”

As soon as the voice said this, we have beamed down again to a cellar. A power-proof cellar.

We all sat down after trying every single way to get out of the cell. We were nothing without our powers in Lomarf.

Elena started the conversation. “So, our new villain has the power of the castle and the power of bemorof. We even don’t know his/her gender. Looks like he/she doesn’t even want us to see his/her face. Must be really ugly then. Great….just great!”, said Elena completely piqued.

“Relax Elena, there is a solution to every problem. The largest of the problem like ours has the simplest of solution all the time”, analyzed Rhea.

Then it just clicked.

“Nisha, remove all your belongings from your bag please”, I said.

“ Why so? Are you really hungry at this moment of time?”, asked Kartik.

“Shut up!”, said all the girls including me.

Nisha one by one removed all the things from her bag. Finally, we found what we wanted, the “heatometer”.

We generated enough heat to melt down the cellar, thanks to heatometer. Then of course, getting our powers back we raced back into the castle.

As soon as we entered the castle, the voice spoke

“Well, I underestimated your team, Neeta. It seems like I will have to deal with you myself.”

We all knew what to do next. The mysterious person came out. Within moments, all of us cornered him/her. I quickly removed his/her helmet.

We were shell-shocked. All of us were silent for a while. It was….me, Neeta Nair. A time remnant.