"Wow", said Mina with her mouth open when she looked at a shiny thing in front of her. Then she realizes it is a barrier. It was a very thin veil hiding something. She is mesmerized with what is front of her. She has a feeling that behind the veil there is something sinister taking place.
Suddenly she realizes she is underwater as it is blue everywhere and she can see shoals and schools of fish swimming around her. She also notes that she is unconsciously swimming towards the barrier, and she seems to experience a very strong pull from it, and she feels as if someone is calling out for help from the other side of the barrier and if she does not help that someone, they will experience a great catastrophe.
Mina swims with all her might and she is swimming and swimming, but the barrier seems to be going farther and farther away. The feeling of a voice that was calling out for her is fading and the pull that she was experiencing till then is also fading.
She hears a 'Crack' from behind the veil. The crack turns to a loud bang of explosion! Mina realizes she is late and she could not save what she was supposed to save, feeling helpless she shouts on the top of her voice, "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!".
Mina wakes up startled sweating and panting. She realizes she is in her small hostel dorm room and not underwater, not swimming with the fish and definitely not where there is a barrier hiding something sinister. Then she releases a long breath that she did not realize she was holding till now. Then she mutters to herself, "Ahhh… Not again! Is it that time of the month already? Why do I dream of this same scene every full moon? Is this something that I need to figure out? Will figuring this out tell me where I come from or what my life purpose is? Rudra, please please help me figure this out and soon."
Rudra is Mina's favorite God. He is the only one she believes in. He has been the only constant in her lonely life. She trusts him to keep her strong and happy.
She checks the time on her watch kept on the bedside table and it is still 1:26 AM! She can still sleep for 5 more hours until she needs to wake up to get ready and go to school. Realizing this, she has a smile of relief on her face. She whispers a silent prayer to Rudra to let her have a peaceful rest of the night's sleep.
She was concentrating to get a good sleep and she almost fell asleep. But she felt it. That familiar feeling. She felt her presence!
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"Mina", she heard her voice! A voice that was as clear as a bell and as calm as an ocean. She heard it again. "Mina, are you awake?", this time the voice was heard from somewhere near her. There was a divinity in the voice which Mina did not fail to notice.