Aditya suddenly wakes up.
His breathing is heavy, and his entire body is soaked in sweat.The dream felt so real that it's hard to ignore.
He slowly sits up on the bed and looks around his room.Everything looks normal.
"It was just a dream…"he says softly.
But still… something feels different.
He looks at his hands.They feel heavier than before. Stronger.When he clenches his fist, the muscles in his arm tighten more than normal.
Confused, Aditya places his feet on the ground and stands up.
His height… feels different.
He walks toward the mirror.His face is the same, but his posture feels more stable.More balanced.
Aditya shakes his head.
"I'm just overthinking,"he says to himself.
The Next Morning
Aditya reaches QI High School.
As soon as he enters through the gate, he feels that strange sensation again—as if the world around him has slowed down slightly.
He enters the classroom and sits at his seat.
Pulkit and his gang are already there, laughing loudly.The moment Pulkit's eyes fall on Aditya, his smile turns into a cold stare.
Pulkit whispers something to his friends, and all of them start looking at Aditya.
Aditya can feel their gazes.
Normally, at moments like this, his heart would start pounding.
But today…
It doesn't.
He doesn't know why, but he feels calm.
Lunch Break
During lunch break, Dhruv quietly comes and sits beside him.
Dhruv:"Be careful. Pulkit has been watching you since morning."
Aditya:"Is he always like this?"
Dhruv gives a faint smile.
Dhruv:"This school runs on fear.And Pulkit controls this class."
Aditya stays silent.
Somewhere deep inside him, something stirs—but he doesn't know what it is.
After the Last Period
While Aditya is packing his bag,a shadow falls over his desk.
Pulkit is standing there.
Pulkit:"New kid."
Aditya looks up.
Pulkit:"Meet me behind the school after classes."
Dhruv's face turns pale.
Dhruv (whispering):"Don't go."
Aditya pauses for a moment.
The dream flashes through his mind.
That muscular man.His words.
"I AM IN YOU."
Aditya slowly stands up.
Aditya:"Alright."
Pulkit smiles and walks away.
Behind the School
As Aditya walks toward the back of the school, his heartbeat keeps increasing—not from fear, but from anticipation.
He doesn't know why…
Deep inside, he feels that this courage isn't really his.He knows he's a coward by nature.
And yet…he feels like he has to teach them a lesson.
He doesn't know how.He doesn't know why.But he keeps walking anyway.
When he reaches behind the school, the atmosphere is dark and shady.There are blood stains on the ground,and a strange smell lingers in the air.
A voice comes from behind him.
Pulkit:"So you really had the guts to come here alone."
Aditya:"What do you want from me?"
Pulkit and his friends say nothing.
They suddenly rush toward him to attack.
But then—
They all stop.
Standing in front of them is Aditya,in a fighting stance.
A strange aura is emanating from his body.
Pulkit scoffs and says to his friends,
Pulkit:"Why are you scared of him?Didn't you see what we did to him in the washroom?He must've learned this stance from some YouTube video."
Aman (Pulkit's friend):"But his eyes…"
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Pulkit looks and sees Aman lying unconscious on the ground.
SMACK! THUD! BAM!
Pulkit watches as his friends keep falling one by one.
And finally—
A powerful punch lands straight on Pulkit's face.
Everything goes black.
Aftermath
When Pulkit opens his eyes, it's already evening.
His friends are lifting him up.
All he remembers is his friends collapsing one after another—
and just before the punch landed…
Aditya's pure red eyes.
TO BE CONTINUED....