Lisa gazed at the terrain swiping quickly as she sat in her compartment. She was the only one in as the others paid for private spaces of thier own too. The train's fee was no cheap fee as the had to choose between the three classes; Lower, Middle and Upper class.
The lower class which mostly comprised of Indians were filled of people made to stand, clustered together..this part of the train had little seating provisions so it was more of a first come, first serve type of situation.
The middle class was relatively comfortable but had a problem of spacing and private space, everyone was literally up in your face.
The upper class however, was made up of compartments..filled with British immigrants, Colonisers and Anglo- Indians. And so when three non british people paid a hundred gold coins upfront for the three compartments, the surprise from the Train officials was evident.
They stared at them as the walked past the middle class and into the upper class, it was a literally eye opening experience.. The Impact of British Invasion in a country.
It was going to be a peaceful ride and the report said it would take them two days to arrive at Darjeeling at least that's what Lisa thought because not long after the Train instantly came to a halt causing a ruckus between the passangers.
Noises of Distress began to erupt, it started from a sigh from one person, to a few whispers and then into a full fleged chatter everyone, lower, middle and Upper everyone was distressed.
And like everyone in the Upper class, the trio stepped out of thier compartments.
'What's happening?' Lisa whispered to Aurora immediately she stepped out of her compartment.
'I don't know...might be a technical issue' Aurora replied.
'But it's not' Amir grunted...and they knew it too because there was an ominous scent of Evil in the air, it was consistently coming in little streams.
'But what is it?' Lisa asked, Confused.
'Its certainly not a monster' Aurora said, looking around, searching for nothing in particular.
'This energy .... definitely spirits' said Amir.
'And how do you know that?'
'Just something i picked up from my slave days, nothing new'
'Oh' The sisters toned in unison..The trio had subconsciously agreed never to visit Slavery as a topic up for discussion. As they all had a personal trauma tied to it.
Just then, the lights began to flicker, the atmosphere became chilly and the scent of evil became stronger. Whatever or whoever caused this was closing in and fast.
'It's coming' Lisa said and they all exchanged glances. Instantly Aurora and Amir dispersed..in the blink of an eye they were off to other compartments to protect the passengers.
Lisa was left back to protect the people of the first class. The scent of evil was now stronger than ever, the pressure pressing down on her...A ball of sweat trickled down her face..the spirits had arrived...she wondered whether this feeling was caused by the Spirits or was she actually feeling scared..?
Suddenly, there was noise...erupting from other compartments..screams!. Through those noises you could hear Aurora casting her spells and Amir trashing around..soon it will be the same for this part of the train.