Infighting amongst voters had started to erupt all across Ortania, and though some were minor skirmishes others were planned attacks carried out solely by the SOM, the SOM were no longer a political entity as fanatics of the party had now started to commit violent crimes against the voters of other parties, Zulqarnain and the rest somehow made it back, they ran straight to the throne room where Ashhad was seated on his throne, as they entered the room their pale and frightened faces caused Ashhad to stand up and ask
Ashhad : guys, what's going on?
Zulqarnain : SOM voters have turned violent.
Hussnain : we narrowly escaped them a few seconds ago.
Ashhad : oh dear, that's terrible.
Nizaam : thankfully, we're all safe.
Zulqarnain : Ashhad where are the girls, we need to stay indoors at all cost.
Ashhad : don't worry, Kainaat, Aliza and Alyne are in Alyne's bedroom, they've been their for some time now.
just then Hussnain asked
Hussnain : hold on where's Humzah?
Ashhad : I haven't seen him after breakfast.
Zulqarnain : maybe Kainaat knows where he is.
Ashhad : right let's go ask her.
the five men made their way to Alyne's room, inside the room Alyne and Kainaat were discussing how Aliza didn't remember a single thing from her past as Kainaat asked
Kainaat : ok so let's talk about the basics, Aliza how many rooms were their in your house?
Aliza : I don't know.
Alyne : ok, which school did you go to?
Aliza : I don't remember.
Kainaat : any hobbies?
Aliza : I don't know.
Alyne : did you have any friends?
Aliza : maybe.
Kainaat and Alyne looked at eachother in confusion as Kainaat whispered
Kainaat : I think she's lost her mind.
to this Alyne whispered back
Alyne : maybe she's in shock or in some sort of stress.
Kainaat : ok I'll ask her something really basic.
Alyne : what?
Kainaat asked Aliza
Kainaat : Aliza tell me the name of your mother.
Aliza sat blankly, she couldn't remember anything, just then a knock happened on the door and Alyne asked
Alyne : yes, who is it?
from outside Ashhad replied
Ashhad : Alyne it's me Ashhad we need to talk to you it's urgent.
hearing this Alyne immediately opened the door and all five men entered the room as Kainaat asked
Kainaat : what's going on?
Hussnain : have any of you seen Humzah?
Alyne : why, what happened?
Zulqarnain : me and Asad were on a walk when a mob of angry people appeared and started attacking us, had Hussnain not arrived with that horse we would've been doomed.
Kainaat : wait, Hussnain is he talking about my horse?
Hussnain : yeah but, don't worry your horse is fine.
Kainaat : I'm not worried infact I'm happy that my horse helped you in your time of need.
Ashhad : that's all great but we still don't know where Humzah is.
Alyne : Humzah came here earlier today, he asked me and Aliza about the things Kainaat liked so we told him that you like crimson roses, so he went to get some.
Kainaat : he went to get them .... for me?
Aliza : yeah I think he has a crush on you.
Kainaat began to blush as she said
Kainaat : really?
Ashhad : that would mean Humzah's still outside.
Hussnain : he could be in danger.
Ashhad : seems like we'll have to go on a mission.
Zulqarnain : I'm coming with you.
Ashhad : alright, let's move.
as they were leaving Kainaat said
Kainaat : wait I'm coming to.
Ashhad : no Kainaat, it's to dangerous.
Zulqarnain : we are putting our lives in harms way by going outside.
Ashhad : it's even more dangerous for you cause you're a .....
Ashhad stopped midway as Kainaat said
Kainaat : say it, I don't even feel offended by it anymore.
Kainaat went and sat in a corner as she said
Kainaat : it's even more dangerous for me cause I'm a girl, just a weak and pathetic girl.
Ashhad : hey don't say that you're not weak and definitely not pathetic.
Kainaat : then let me come with you.
Kainaat looked at one of the palaces windows and said
Kainaat : he went out to get crimson roses for me, they're my favorite, I want him to hand me those roses himself.
this sudden change in Kainaat's attitude made everyone sure of one thing, Kainaat to was in love with Humzah as Ashhad took a deep breath, he looked at Hussnain and said
Ashhad : Hussnain take care of the palace while we're gone ok.
Ashhad turned around and as he was leaving he said
Ashhad : the world is a cruel and dangerous place, I can't defend myself alone but a minister chosen specifically for that purpose can.
just then Kainaat stood up and asked with great surprise
Kainaat : you mean it?
Ashhad : fly like a butterfly but sting like a bee.
Zulqarnain : and when they say that it could be dangerous for such a beautie to travel with us, tell them that this beautie is the danger.
Ashhad : watch out SOM here comes the thunderstorm!
with that the 3 left, not far from the palace was a patch of crimson roses, here Humzah was picking out flowers for Kainaat, with every flower Humzah took he would see another one much prettier than the last and he would pick that out to but not without complementing it
Humzah : such delicate and fragile creation of nature but even your beauty pales in comparison to that of my lovely Kainaat.
Humzah continued on, on the other hand Ashhad, Zulqarnain and Kainaat were looking here and there for Humzah and it was also starting to turn dark, in a desperate effort to find him quickly the friends started screaming his name in every street they walked through
Ashhad : Humzah!
Zulqarnain : Humzah where are you!
Kainaat : Humzah!!!
but this proved futile, after gathering a good amount of roses Humzah started heading back home but on his way back he saw that, his way was blocked by men and women holding pitchforks and torches, Humzah however remained unphased and kept walking as he passed by the group of people they all started staring him angrily, Humzah didn't understand why they were doing this but then he saw that this group had gathered around a pile of corpses, seeing this Humzah's heart sank, he started running and the crowd gave chase, with an agility never shown before Humzah kept running, the number of attackers kept in increasing to, they would appear out of nowhere and try to jump Humzah but time and time again Humzah dodged their attacks and soon the palace had gotten in his sights, this was where Ashhad was, Ashhad was walking through the streets shouting Humzah's name
Ashhad : Humzah! Humzah where are you!!
but then Ashhad saw smoke coming towards him and when he looked closely he realized that this was Humzah coming towards him and right behind were enraged attackers, seeing this terrified Ashhad, he somehow gained the courage to draw out his sword as he screamed
Ashhad : get away from my friend!!
Ashhad ran right towards Humzah and when he ran past Humzah, Humzah thought to himself
Humzah : (thinking) their's literally an army coming after me but he doesn't care for his safety, he just wants to save me, truly Ashhad you are my best friend.
Ashhad ran right into the attackers and using his blade critically injured several attackers, the attackers retaliated but Ashhad dodged their pitchforks with ease and with no regard for his wellbeing continued his attack, one of the attackers aimed an arrow towards Ashhad and fired it but before it could hit Ashhad a Trident came flying and broke the arrow mid air this was Zulqarnain, Ashhad continued fighting head on, eventually the attackers began to run as none of them were able to deal any damage to Ashhad but these escapees were stopped by Kainaat, seeing the fair beautie one of the attackers asked
Attacker : who are you?
to this Kainaat replied in a very badass way
Kainaat : danger.
then in a flash of an eye Kainaat attacked them and in minutes she relentlessly murdered all escapees, finally when it was all over, Ashhad placed his sword back into its cover and turned around, not far from him was standing Humzah who asked
Humzah : Ashhad are you alright?!
Ashhad : alright, I'm feeling awesome!
Humzah giggled as Kainaat and Zulqarnain approached them, Kainaat asked
Kainaat : see I told you I'd be useful.
Humzah : who even were they anyway?
Zulqarnain : SOM fanatics.
Ashhad : we'll have to keep an eye out for attacks like these in the future, for now let's go back home.
Zulqarnain : right.
Zulqarnain and Ashhad left as Humzah saw them leave Kainaat asked
Kainaat : so Humzah, is their something you want to give me?
Humzah : oh yeah, here.
Humzah handed her a bouquet of crimson roses as she said
Kainaat : aww, thankyou.
Humzah : these flowers are beautiful but even their beauty pales in comparison to yours.
Kainaat smiled and said
Kainaat : I may look like a flower in reality I'm just as sharp as a needle.
Kainaat touched Humzah's chest with her index finger and said
Kainaat : so be careful otherwise you'll get hurt.
Kainaat ran away giggling, Humzah smiled and followed her and as the day came to an end all the ballot boxes dissapeared and a central ballot box appeared outside the royal palace, all party leaders except the SOM gathered outside the palace and soon Ashhad came out as well, he opened the ballot box and took out the results, all the friends watched from a distance as Ashhad read the result
Ashhad : the results of the elections are as follows,
* on 6th place is the OWA with 1% of total votes.
* on 5th place is the APO with 4% of total votes.
* on 4th place is the AOF with 5% of total votes.
* on 3rd place is the FPO with 7% of total votes.
* on 2nd place is the CLO with 14% of total votes.
* on first place with the most votes is the PRO with an impressive 69% of total votes.
a roar of claps erupted in the royal palace as Hussnain shouted
Hussnain : let's go we did it!
Alyne : congrats everybody.
Asad : hmm impressive.
Ashhad walked up to all the leaders of the other parties shook their hands and said
Ashhad : thankyou very much for partaking in these elections, I as leader promise to make Ortania into a great nation.
all the leaders seemed pleased and from here everything went smoothly, all the other leaders left without any objection or opposition to the results, the friends also went back inside and since it was night time they decided to get some well needed shut eye.