"Ara you freaking idiot!! What did you exactly do to my I pad?" Arav yelled walking inside her room as she rolled down her bed.

"I didn't do anything. I just drew my web toon and kept it back" she stated bored.

'Ohh really then mind telling me How the hell these scratches are present on it? Did they magically appear on it?" He mocked as she looked at it carefully.

"This isn't me . I swear I kept it safely in the drawer" she said hurriedly.

"It was found kissing the floor" arav said sarcastically as she sighed.

"Wait you wanted rhea kulkarni's number right. I have it. " she said excitedly.

"You didn't had it last night" he said gnashing his teeth .

"Well desperate times need desperate solutions. " she stated cheekily as she forwarded the number to him.

"What's going on arnav?" Myra questioned serving his food.

"Nothing much mom. I am just preparing for the maths olympiad. And the preparations are going smoothly. " arnav stated briefly as manik and jai sat beside him. Myra forwarded thier plates to them.

"What about arav and ara?" She questioned again filling the plates of ara and arav.

"That's a question for them. Mom we don't even talk to each other in college. Hardly anyone knows us to be siblings. Is it not enough that we talk in this house and live together? Why should I talk to them in college? We all got a life mom" arnav exasperated as myra sighed at his words.

"Shut it . They are your siblings. You guys are triplets for god sake" myra said smacking his head.

"Mom that's the most annoying thing for them" manik and jai stated synced.

"Ara and arav get down this very instant." She yelled as both of them came running down in a disheveled state. Myra sighed as she creased arav's shirt and combed his hair. She then tucked in ara's shirt and made her pony.

"You guys are always in a mess." She grumbled as she sat back down and the two smiled cheekily at her.

"What's going on arav?" She questioned pouring his juice.

"The practices are hectic these days mom. Our team is selected for the nationals. Its really tiring" he grumbled

"Don't over do yourself. " she said explicitly.

" Ara ma'am sharma told me about you being a brat. How many times should I tell you to behave in college? I am a teacher there myself. Bunking , talking back , trespassing. What is it that you haven't done? " myra exasperated as ara smiled sheepishly at her.

"Mom let me enjoy my adventurous college life . Just because you are a teacher there does it means I should not enjoy my college life. I won't get it again. I score the highest marks in the commerce stream. If my marks go any lower. You can rebuke me " ara stated proudly as myra sighed at it.

'Good for you that you score good. In my times mom used to just beat me nevertheless " jai stated chuckling.

"No no bro. You don't remember mom's iconic broom beatings . They were real painful" manik stated reminiscing.

"That's still below then her iconic beatings with a shoe in the middle of the road" jai countered back and myra slammed her hand on the table.

"Shut it " she yelled as the two were silent in an instant." What is going on manik? You came so late last night. I can see bags under your eyes. You are overworking again . Don't you?" She questioned sternly..

"Mom the case is real bad. This sigma guy should give classes on how to commit a clean crime. We have got no clues apart from the face its a teenager doing all the shit. " manik grumbled as myra sighed at his words. This guy takes work too seriously for his own good.

"Ohh I got sigma's case too" jai mumbled with his mouth full.

"What the sigma guy came to you for consultations?" Manik questioned excitedly.

"What kind of a deranged thought it is? Its outrageous comming from a Cbi official manik. Sigma's victims came to me for consultations. 28 people came to me . Apparently that guy is a real sadist. " jai muttered matter-of-factly ..

"Are you guys talking about the guy who posts the deepest darkest secrets of teenager's?" Arav questioned intrigued.

"Yeah" jai nodded at him.

"That shit is so enticing. I love it" arnav stated gulping his juice down.

"Shut it nerd. Get spice in your life. He is just a sadist and nothing of it is enticing. Its pure torture" ara grumbled lowly.

"Shut it. No more discussion on this. I am waiting outside for the triplets. " myra stated sternly and left. The triplets followed her .

St. Xavier's college was another world for the student's. It had kids belonging to the elite people of India. It was a different world . Different from the normal colleges in India. This college unleashed madness. The insanity found her is unmatchable. Every student had a secret to protect. Everyone had shit to hide. There were galaxies of mysteries and treachery imbibed in each student reading in the school. Ara ,Arnav and arav parted their ways almost in an instant. All three of them had very different image in Xaviers. Arav is the heartthrob and jock of the college. Being the captain of the cricket team his popularity is beyond anyone can imagine. Students were crazy for the guys in the college cricket team. There was a madness among them to befriend them or make them thier boyfriends. Arnav was the nerd of the college. But the most popular nerd of the college. He is a science prodigy as the students call him. He has won so many competitions that the students have lost count of. He even backed an internship in ISRO. He was a part of a project in ISRO too. He was the ideal student of the college. Girls fawned over him like no other. Guys were always trying to compete with him. Basically he was the benchmark of success in the college. Ara was another prodigy of the college. She was considered the finisher of the college. Not even was she the ace of the commerce stream but she knew how the other part of xavier's work. Without her it would have been impossible to run it. She is the brain behind it all. Anything she puts her mind into . she gets it. She even got a funding of a million dollar for an event in the college. She got the fundings in small amounts from different investors. The college management went in an uproar seeing that. Since then she was responsible for the college functions and raising investments. She is one of those students who portray themselves to be the ideal students and then do everything they can under that cover. Her popularity is something no one could compare too. She is the bitch of the college. She is popular irrespective of gender. Be it a boy , girl , gay or trans. The whole college was wrapped around her little finger. The three didn't speak at all in college and tried hard to be away from each other. But it wasn't that difficult for the students to gauge thier relation. After all they came with a teacher together and have the similar names. They knew they were siblings and the children of Myra Singhania. It was hilarious to see the three trying hard to treat each other as strangers.

"Hi ara" zara squealed running towards her.

"What's up girl?" Ara questioned giggling at her actions.

"We are late Ara. We have a seminar to attend. All the students of batch 2021 irrespective of the stream. " zara stated pulling her towards the hall.

"Well what's the occasion ?" Ara questioned as they sat together in the auditorium.

"I don't know much but its kind of the inauguration of Xavier times second series. Also the Xavier radio team is going to get appointed today. " zara explained briefly.

"GoodMorning Students. I hope all of you are doing well. So today we are here to inaugurate the second series of Xavier times. " Mr Mehra stated energetically.

"Goodmorning respected father , teacher's and my fellow peers. Today we all have assembled to inaugurate the second series of Xavier Times. In this series we are striving to provide all kinds of news analysis needed for our students in a precise format. There will be an academics part in this series where you will get the news about the college achievement's ,upcoming exams or tests and about the upcoming competition's of the college. Then there will be a sports section where the important sports news from around the globe will be analysed and written for you. A political science section where all the news relating to the current dynamics of the country and the world will be analysed briefly for you. There will also be a fashion and media section for the students of mass communication and fashion designing. All the important news regarding thier stream will be analysed carefully. There will be also a criminal studies section where the reported crimes will be analysed too. The Xavier times will be well drafted by our editing team member's and we hope that it becomes as much as a success as the first series. " Ishaan announced confidently .

"So now lets see the member's of the editing committee of xavier times. I would like to call our Principal Reverend father vincent Pinto to come up and honour the team with the batches. " Ishita Mishra announced ludicrously . The principal walked up to the stage and stood beside the members.

"The first member is our teacher Mrs Myra Singhania who is the head of the committee . She will be assisted by Mr Raghav Shukla who will be the co-head of the committee. Then we have Ria singhal from the commerce department .she will be the head of the commerce and business section of the paper. A team of five students will work under her. Then we have srikant mehra who is the head of crimes studies with a team of 8 members. Next is Ansh srivastav who is the head of sports section with a total 10 members team. We have Aadrika singhal who will be heading the team of 8 members of the political science section . we have Rohan Rathore who is the head of media and communication section with a 12 member team. Last but not the least our teacher Mr Shehkhar Mahlotra will head the academic section with a team of 7 members. " Ishita stated in a prefectural manner. The principal made them wear the batches and also the members of their teams were given thier batches.

" I would request Reverend Father Pinto to say a few words. " she requested as the principal walked towards the podium.

" Good Morning Students. I hope that the Xavier times this time also does wonders as it did last year. I want the overall growth of my students and Xavier times is just a step of the process. I hope all of you strive to be the best versions of yourself and unleash your potentials to the maximum. " the principal announced.

"Ok so we will have the assembly and then you guys can leave for your classes. There will be another assembly tomorrow for the radio crew" Mr desai announced. What followed is a prayer and then a choir song. The prefect reciting the thought of the day. With the students singing the college anthem and the national anthem.

"The assembly was so long" ravi exasperated

"Seriously man . I am relieved they didn't honour the radio crew today. I would have fainted seriously" kunnal exasperated dramatically.

"Ohh drama queen . Shut it we have a maths class already. My head will just burst from torture" arav stated smacking his head as they entered thier classes.

"You must have been so tired arnav. They wasted so much of your time" priya stated in a flirtatious way.

" Not really but you are. We should get to the physics class. Mind giving me the way" he said jerking her hands as she felt embarrassed. He left to his class leaving her frustrated. How much will he ignore her?

"What the hell is this ?" Zara yelled in surprise. In an instant all the phones in the corridor pinged. Ara immediately opened her phone to read the message.

There were videos of three students consuming drugs in Xavier. Her hands trembled reading the message below it.

"Sigma's next target is Xavier's. The elite kids now its your time to pay for your sins"

"What the hell is happening?" Ara grumbled as there was a chaos in the corridor already. The students were in an uproar. Nobody knew how to stop that freak. Everybody feared for themselves. They were ready to give everything away to protect what's thier's .The madness had just begun. Sigma is going to drive the insanity of Xavier's to next level. This is going to unleash the monster's .