My name is Priya Gupta, since childhood I've always been a bit more special than others, I never new my parents, apparently they died in an accident when I was a kid. The only thing they left me is a pair of glasses, simple as they may be, they are the most precious thing to me and not just because they are a give left to me by parents I don't even remember.
Most people thing I have terrible eyesight because I wear glasses but the truth is I have incredible eyesight, beyond incredible infact for a human. I can see clearer and further than a hawk but the most impressive thing is I can see things others can't like ghost.
Of course, that ability brought me a lot of trouble as a kid, the worst part is, if they know you can see them they would keep following you and pestering you, it was not only scary for a kid but tiring as well. I once saw a short ungly creature with a nail on it forehead sticking out like a horn topple a car moving at incredible speed, most likely over 80 km/h.
I later learnt this creature was a dark spirit created by a witch called Tokoloshe. It was as short as I was and mind you I was only eight at that time, yet is toppled an entire car with a single then turned around and looked at me, everybody was running around as if they could not see it, I had to pretend I couldn't see it as well which wasn't easy with my curiosity.
It was only after I started wearing these glasses that I stopped seeing them, that when I figured they weren't just regular glasses. My life after that was uneventful, I was a bit reclusive so I did not have any friends, sometimes just to feel special I would take off my glasses an gaze at the world unseen by men.
It was only when I went to varsity that thing changed, I had thought it would be like my primary, middle and high school but I was wrong. Two of my classmate were different which was both exciting and depressing, one of them seemed even more of an introvert than I am, infact it looked like he was deliberately trying to push people away.
The other one was a very beautiful girl who seem to get along with everyone, for the first week of school I could see her stealing glances at me and the dark aura boy whose name I seem to forget, I mean you can't blame for that though, even the lecturers forget to call out his name and it written on the register.
I wanted to go talk to her a few time but I always choose not to and it not because I'm too shy, yes not at all. She seemed to friends with a handsome quiet boy called Noah, the guy is..well normal, too normal. People have some sort of aura like thing coming out of them, I later learnt this is spirituality but we will get to that,normal people barely have any but it is still there.
Charlize had more of it, way more than a normal person should, the dark aura guy had even more than that, infact it was so large it looked like he was covered in black flames but Noel had nothing, even rocks had more than his and the spirituality of none living was almost zero, unless they powerful treasures, or so I've been told, or rather read.
I think I should mention that on my eighteenth birthday the glasses my parents left me suddenly released a projection with symbols and their translation, apparently these are called runes, I learnt a lot from that projection, like that there's a secret society of powerful people called the awakened.
My parents were one of them and pretty powerful ones, apparently we hail from a family of researchers and historians. From that projection I also learnt about the different ranks of awakened. I was told to wait till I reach the first rank before I learn more secret.
I also learnt about my eyes and that they part of my bloodline, yes you heard me, bloodline. Wait who am I talking to? Priya asked out loud, shaking her heard a little. I need friends or I'm gonna go crazy, she said with small laugh, anyways where did I left off, she continued talking to herself, ohhhh yeah, bloodlines.
There are a lot of bloodlines but I'm gonna talk about mine cause mine cause it super special, like me. It gives me special eyes, their basic ability is it gives super eyesight and I can see 270° around me, yes I could see all those creeps watching me from behind. I also learnt a breathing technique and chant from the projection and I've been following it instructions for a few weeks now plus a martial art training.
I also learnt that my parents actually left me a hefty sum plus I had made millions in middle school through my inventions, apparently my parents owned a tech company which they sold before their deaths and put all of that money in a savings account in my name as if they knew they were gonna die, this makes the accident part of their deaths even more questionable.
A while back, Noel and Charlize disappeared, i was worried about them, of course I would never admit this to them or anybody else for that matter, these two are not known for skipping school, especially for that long. Noel came back and he was different, he had an aura now but it was massive, almost as large as my own, it was quite a surprise.
I thought everything would be fine but then he showed up on the same day Noel came back. His name is Imani, his aura was as large as the other guy in class, the one with the dark terrifying aura.
His aura was also dark but unlike the other guy his was as if it was tainted by tar and rotten blood and was very nauseating to look at, the good thing was if she wasn't consciously using her abilities, which she has been able to do since learning the breathing technique by the way, the glasses could prevent her from seeing it.
The guy seemed to be obsessed with her, he always has that disgusting smile whenever he was looking at her. Charlize came back and she too seemed to dislike the guy, which was a relief, she was nolonger the only girl in class who has not been taken by his charm.
Recently his obsession seem to growing stronger, ever since he showed up, I always felt people tailing me when I'm going home, infact since then I haven't once went to my house, I can't let a creepy stalker like him find out where I actually live, that would give me sleepless nights, so I've been staying at a motel.
Today things escalated, he almost had a fight with Charlize, which would've been a sight. Because of my unintentional stoic face people tend to think I'm cold but the really cold one is Charlize, which is ironic cause her aura looks like blazing flames.
While I was lost in my thoughts I saw her and Noel approach me, act cool act cool, I thought. Hi my name.. I know who you are Charlize Snyman and you as well Noel Zulu. Huuuu that was so cool, and embarrassing.
They seem flustered, ohhhhhhh I see, it that awkward moment where you don't know somebody's name but too embarrassed to admit it, it seem neither of them even remember my name, this is very embarrassing for me .
We wanted to warn you, that creepy guy might be intending to do something to you, you need to be careful. If you want we could could accompany you home, make sure you safe, offered Charlize.
Thank you for worrying but I'll be fine, I said. Turning around I went to my car, opening the car door then I remembered they still did not know my name, I should probably tell them right? I turned around, by the way my name Priya, oh I should tell them my last name as well. Priya Gupta.
I went into my car and closed the door. Idiot idiot idiot, why did you decline her offer, this could've been your chance to make friends and we would've had a better chance of taking that creepy bastard down, no no no no Priya, this is your problem, you should solve it yourself.
She started driving to the motel she was living in, she had a feeling something was gonna go down anytime so she bought the entire motel two days ago and kicked everybody out, she did give them money to appease their anger and protest though.
She went to her room on the top floor, the motel was three stories tall, when she got inside, she took a shower, changed into military gear, equip a Swiss Army knife and two Glen 5 Glock19 guns with suppressors and waited.