Manik and Nandini rushed home
"I need information about Darla quick"..he ordered one of his men and holding nandini hand
He pulled her to his room and closed the door
"Should we tell Daniel?"..nandini asked as manik slowly sat down on his bed ..
He remained silent
"Daniel is not my own brother ...not any of the other three ..
I met him when I was 11-----
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Flashback)
'Everything looks sick ..
Why does this have to happen ..
There are mountain of corpses in the back yard ..
People are burying them with expressionless faces..
Aren't they cruel
Aren't they inhuman
This looks so bad ..
Why doesn't no one want to be with me ..
I am not killing anyone
I am not a murderer ..
Just because my family is..
What does that have to do with me .."
(Walking outside the mansion gate )
"I feel like running away from here but mom cries of i do that ..
I am soo lonely .."
(He sat on the ground suddenly crying )
"Are you okay?"..manik heard a voice and turned back to see
A small boy who is shorter than him with brown messy hair ..
All his clothes were torn mostly
His dress is covered in mud
The boy widened his hand and manik took his hand and stood up
The small boy searched his pockets and took a small candy out of his pocket and gave it to manik
"Eat it and smile okay?"..he said with a smile ..
This is the first time ..
Any kid spoke with manik without fear
The boy left from there but manik was captivated by him ..
He was feeling so happy that he can finally have a friend ..
He started following him without being known
He wanted to make the first move of asking to be his friend but his pride is too much for him to do that
But he finally mustered his courage and with a bag of chocolates he thought of approaching him
He saw that small boy was working on streets every small work and buying his own food and living on the streets
He was always following him but expect the thought of being friends with him ..
He observed nothing about him ..
He was ashamed a little to think only about himself ..
"We meet again"..he said to the small boy who was polishing a shoe of a person ..
"Ah that boy who was crying before".
He replied ..
"I was not crying"..manik shouted being embarrassed .
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They both became friends
"Anyways what's your name what about your parents ..
Why are you living here?" ..manik asked
And that boy became sad
"Did i never say my name ?
I am Daniel
I have no parents ..no place to live ..
The money i try to earn will be enough for food...
My mom was a slave ...
When she have me she ran away from there and came here to this place ..
She started working various jobs to keep me safe and healthy
And the overworking killed her ..
No maybe i killed her .."..he said and gone silent
"Anyways, I started living alone here after she was gone and as you know I made my first friend too that is you "..he said with a smile..
"Wanna be my brother?"..manik asked and Daniel was shocked
"I have a large house and many servants ..unlimited food and money
But what i never have is friends or a brother to play along with me ..
My parents are always busy ..
I don't want to pull you in before telling everything about me so let me ask you
Do you know the dragon clan ? "
He asked and Daniel nodded
"The second biggest clan right ..
I heard when others are talking about it .."
"I am the grandson of the dragon clan leader ..and the heir next to take the clan to myself ..
I can put you in so much danger
You might die someday too ..
But still want to come with me as my brother and a protecter ?"..manik asked with a smile widening his hand
It was almost sunset and as the orange sunlight fell on manik ..
Daniel felt like manik is glowing..
Daniel nodded with tears in his eyes ..
Daniel was so lonely
After his mom died
He was thrown back into the roads by life
No money
No food
No person to talk to or depend on
He was almost starved to death
But then realised he has to livebon like this
He have no choice
He is lonely and alone ..
And he can't change that ..
Manik was the first person to held on to him
Who offered to be a friend, a brother , a family , a support ..
It was more than happy for him
It was like a blessing
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Daniel was taken to the mansion and manik announced to everyone along with his parents and his grandfather
That Daniel is the brother of manik and he will be living in the mansion from now on ..
Daniel learned fighting and all the special techniques required for him to be safe and also to protect manik ..
Although everyone feels Daniel is like a scapegoat
Manik and Daniel , the only one who feel like they are brothers ..
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"We didn't want the days to change ..
Practicing
Eating
Playing
Going to school
Not being alone anymore
Is what we wanted but everything changed when our parents died"
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Maniks grandfather was always selfish
After he split up with his friend the Titan clan leader ..
He was so furious ..
In the spur of anger and the moment .
He created the dragon clan
He was always doing everything by his own means ..
Never caring about anything nor anyone .
Maniks parents are different ..
They never wanted violence
They both are doctors ..
No matter how hard they tried to keep manik away from that place and that clan ..
Maniks grandfather was too stubborn to listen their cries and give up the heir to the clan
That's what drove the death of both the maniks parents ..
They were shot infront of him
