Barrish ki halki si smell hawa me thi. Morning assembly khatam ho chuki thi, aur students apne classrooms ki taraf jaa rahe the.
Ishu Sharma, apni books ko chest se lagaye, 11th-B ki taraf badh rahi thi. Uske steps aaj thode slow the—raat ko jo awaaz usne suni thi, wo abhi tak uske mind me ghoom rahi thi.
Classroom 12.
Wahi room jiske baare me poora school chup-chup ke baat karta tha.
Kal raat Ishu terrace par notes revise kar rahi thi, tab usne dekha tha ki Classroom 12 ki window me se yellow light blink ho rahi thi…
jabki wo room pure time locked rehta hai.
“Shayad guard hoga,” usne khud ko samjhaya.
Lekin dil me ek ajeeb si chubhan reh gayi.
Ishu ne classroom enter kiya. Jaise hi usne apni desk par books rakhi, Dipti aayi aur usse hug kar liya.
“Good morning, detective ji!” Dipti ne tease kiya.
Ishu ne eyebrow utha diya. “Kya matlab?”
“Kal tum kya dekh rahi thi terrace se? Log keh rahe the light flicker ho rahi thi.”
Ishu ne awkward smile ki. “Kuch nahi, bas… ajeeb tha.”
Dipti kuch aur bolti tabhi door zor se khula.
Sohail Malhotra.
Naya admission. Silent, mysterious.
Aaj bhi bina expression ke class me enter hua.
Woh Ishu ki desk ke paas se aise guzra jaise usse dekha hi na ho.
Par Ishu ko laga… ek second ke liye uski aankhen us par ruk gayi thi — jaise wo kuch observe kar raha ho.
“Attitude dekha?” Dipti ne whisper kiya.
Ishu chup rahi. Mann me ek hi thought —
Sohail kal raat school ke aas-paas to nahi tha?
Period start hua. English teacher Miss Sen class me aayi.
“Kal raat school me kisi ne unauthorized entry ki. Principal is concerned,” teacher ne announce kiya.
Class me halki si khusphus shuru ho gayi.
“Waise damage kuch nahi hua,” Miss Sen boli,
“Lekin agar kisi ne kuch dekha ho, please inform.”
Ishu ka heart skip hua.
Toh light sach me jali thi… main imagine nahi kar rahi thi.
Usne deep breath liya.
Tabhi Sohail ne seat se Ishu ki side dekha —
jaise wo uska reaction read kar raha ho.
Ishu ne turant nazar hata li.
Window ke bahar se ek hi cheez dikh rahi thi—
Classroom 12 ka purana lock, thoda loose…
Lunch Break....
Dipti canteen me chali gayi, aur Ishu corridor me akeli chal rahi thi. Corridor unusually quiet tha.
Tabhi ek paper slip uske foot ke paas ruk gayi.
Ishu ne jhuk kar slip uthai.
Black ink me sirf do words the:
“Stay away.”
Ishu ka throat dry ho gaya.
“Tumhare paas kaise aayi ye?”
Aawaz peeche se aayi.
Ishu ne mudkar dekha—Sohail.
Woh wall ke saath lean karke khada tha, jaise wo kaafi der se usse observe kar raha ho.
“I… I don’t know,” Ishu ne slip chhupate hue bola.
Sohail ne calmly bola:
“Ye normal warning nahi lag rahi.”
Ishu thoda irritate ho kar boli:
“Tumhe kaise pata? Tumne likhi hai kya?”
Sohail ne halka sa huff kiya.
“Agar main likhta, to tum mere saamne padh nahi rahi hoti.”
Uski voice me koi gussa nahi… bas ek mystery thi.
Ishu ne slip fold karke bag me rakha.
Sohail ne slow voice me bola:
“Classroom 12 se door rehna. Kuch cheeze waha sirf dikhti nahi… feel hoti hain.”
Ishu stunned.
“Tum waha gaye ho?”
Sohail ne jawab nahi diya. Bas mudkar chala gaya.
Woh exactly tabhi kyu aaya jab main slip padh rahi thi?
Aur uski aankhon me warning si kyun thi?
School chhodne se pehle… final twist
Ishu apna locker band karne ja rahi thi tab usne notice kiya—
locker ki chabi thodi si turned thi, jaise kisi ne khola ho.
Usne cautious tarike se locker open kiya.
Books waisi ki waisi thi.
Bas ek nayi slip neatly fold ki hui.
Ishu ka heart fast ho gaya.
Slip kholo…
Ek line thi:
“Aaj raat. Classroom 12. Sach dikhayega.”
Uske haath thande pad gaye.
Peeche footsteps aaye.
Ishu ne jhat se slip hide kiya.
Mudkar dekha…
Sohail khada tha.
“Tum jaane wali ho, hai na?”
Usne quietly kaha — jaise wo already jaanta ho.
Ishu bilkul speechless ho gayi.
Sohail ki aankhon me kuch tha —
warning? concern?
Ya kuch aur… jo Ishu samajh nahi paayi.
Episode 1 finished
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