I remembered the days of my schooling. As a part of
“beyond daily chores” program, they (teachers) used to teach us extra
activities like computer lessons, drawing/painting, Multilingual skills (any two
among Dutch, French, Latin and Spanish) etc. I opted for the two extremities. I was
certainly good at Spanish (not mastered though) than Dutch. There were weekly two
sessions on these languages and the semantics of these two languages had
fascinated me, and this erstwhile adrenaline made me to do masters in philology
in these two languages.
Spanish did really help me in deciphering this
phase. The inscription says “Fate drives
everyone”. For a while I thought about why this had been written and the
purpose of it at the moment albeit it is an axiom. I pondered over it for a
long time, but couldn't come to a point, why it had been labelled in rubric on
the very right corner of the grave. The carcass was putrefying; I was unable to
bear its fetid smell. I should leave this place as soon as possible: muttered
myself. I walked by the tomb in such a way that as if it was not there. My mind
was still insisting me towards the inscription. After walking for some meters, I
saw an incarnate creature-and its silhouette suggesting me that it was an
anthropoid. It was stationary for a long time as I had been. Thoughts kept
crossing my mind. Whether anybody is also isolated from the rest of the world
like me? After some time it started approaching me. A ray of light illuminated
it partially, showing its black robe and blanched face and I came to know that
it was not a human being but a phantom. I was completely drenched in sweat in
that coldness (<10C temp) after confirming that it was a spectre. I had prayed for almost all gods
whoever came to my mind at that moment. In that placid ambience, it came to me…
I suddenly woke up from the heavy sleep that I had
and screamed NO. My roommate also woke up suddenly with a jerk. He too screamed.
OMG that shit nightmare! Had gulped a half bottle of water in hurry and slept.
Note: This is totally fictional and has no resemblance to anyone. If so, it is a mere coincidence.