《The infinite boundary》 Allies "you, have to.... Do it..... Son" A faint noise whispered his ears as he was losing consciousness "Escape this hell.... End it for good" [Alarm rings] "A dream huh?" Dragoul woke up. He is a 17 year old high school student who looks after his sister as he had lost his parents in an accident few years ago, since then he has been taking care of his little sister on his own. Dragoul wakes up at 4 am, does all the chores, then wakes up his sister Sinie at 5:30 am. "Wake up! It''s wakey wakey time sister" Dragoul softly pokes her face to wake her up "Just 5 more mins please" "Okay, I will wait for 10 mins better get downstairs by then" 10 mins later Dragoul was waiting for Sinie when she came down with her pillow "Put that pillow away or you''ll stain it" Dragoul said "Do you want suger in your coffee?" "I can do that myself" "Okay then better be quick, gotta reach school in an hour" They both had breakfast and after a quick shower they left for school after saying goodbye to their parents'' photograph. They go to the one and only school in their city which is just called school. After reaching school, both of them went into their respective classes. "Ayo man! Did u see that?" Rocus said. He is Dragoul''s best friend, he''s more muscles than brains i.e. a meathead. "No, what?" "Seriously, you are the last person in the world to know about the things going around in the city" Susie said. She''s Dragoul''s childhood friend linked by their parents'' friendship. Sewing and basic arts are her aptitudes. "You should get out of your book for a while and mess around man!" Sophie said. Dragoul just recently befriended her and became good friends. she''s really good with her computer and smart devices. "I see always as usual, the four legends of school altogether" a random student said "atleast give us some time out of your schedule guys" The reason why he said that is because all four of them are basically the ultimate squad that can do anything if together. Rocus excels at all physical activities, Susie is good at memorizing literally anything she sees, Sophie can turn any smart device into a hacking device and finally Dragoul who excels at applying maths and physics, he can recreate any thing that he sees. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. "Sorry to disappoint you but we''ve got some important stuff to feed Dragoul" Rocus said "Oh you mean the black ghost that people are seeing?" The student said "Yeah, you also know about that?" Rocus asked "Obviously, I am in the news club afterall, infact I have seen it with my own eyes, hehe" the student said. "You mean it?" Susie asked "Yeah, but it was a little too far away but I can confirm that I saw a black cloud moving around late at night" "You mean after the curfew?" Sophie asked. "What were you doing after the curfew" Rocus asked "I didn''t go out, instead I saw it through my binoculars that i just bought" "How do we even believe you?" Susie asked "Here, look I got a photo and a video of it" The student pulled out his phone and showed it to them As soon as Dragoul looked at the photo, he got goosebumps and felt a little cold from inside. The photo was taken from a high place, the photo didn''t have clarity and had too much iso but a foggy faint dark thing could be seen walking on the road and it suddenly disappeared. " It''s too blur man, it could be a black bag moving around in the wind" Rocus said "You''re questioning my proof?" "Of course because you''re in the news club, you literally want some content to fill up your pages." Sophie said "Hey that''s not an proper-" The teacher entered the class "Go back to your seat idiot" Susie said and the student left. Amongst all of the chatter, Dragoul didn''t utter a single word as if he had seen a ghost. "What was that? Why can''t I stop shaking?" Dragoul''s feet were shaking violently. Throughout the first few lectures, Dragoul was still terrified but forgot about it in the latter lectures and was back to normal during break time. During break time, all of them sat together in the library as they had special permission to use the unused room of Library as they please. Sinie sometimes showed up and sometimes didn''t. But today she came with a new friend of hers. "Who''s this girl?" Dragoul asked politely. "She''s my friend lily" Sinie said "she actually needs some help" "Yeah of course, is it study related?" Dragoul asked. "Actually, it''s regarding the ghost that some people have seen" lily said In a soft voice. Dragoul''s feet began to tremble again "I-is that so?" Dragoul asked. "She was very persistent on meeting you even when I tried to help her, she just wanted to meet you" Sinie said "Looks like someone''s on demand" Susie smirked. "Shut up" Dragoul said "When I saw the ghost, he was at my house''s front door and as soon as I peeked through the peephole, I just suddenly felt the urge to meet you and Sinie for some reason and haven''t been able to sleep properly" lily said "Say what?" Rocus asked. "Please help me" lily began sobbing "When you went past me during the morning I felt at ease for a while but as soon as you went away, I began feeling uneasy as if someone is trying to kidnap me or hurt me" "How do you feel right now?" Sophie asked. "I feel at ease" lily said. "A case of family abuse or what?" Susie whispered into Dragoul''s ear. "For now let''s do what she says" "So what do you want me to do Lily?" Dragoul asked. Suddenly the cute little voice turned demonic and yelled "KILL ME SON!" Which caused Dragoul to fall on the floor. "What happened?" Rocus asked and tried to get Dragoul back up. "W-what was that?" Dragoul asked in fear " didn''t you all hear that?" Everyone looked clueless as if nothing had happened. As soon as Dragoul got up he was even more shocked to see that lily had disappeared alongwith Sinie "Sinie!? SINIE?" Dragoul screamed in fear and ran outdoors. "Slow down? What''s wrong Dragoul!?" Rocus asked and chased after him. Dragoul went to the school ground just to see Sinie eating with Lily who was in library a few minutes ago. Dragoul was in a total state of confusion and fainted "Don''t defy the law" a faint voice echoed in Dragoul''s thoughts Brother and sister interactions "look he''s awake" Rocus said "Hm... What happened?" Dragoul asked as he woke up in class. "You''ve been asleep like a log since the beginning of the lecture" Rocus said "You are really good at physics so the teacher didn''t ask us to wake you up while you were asleep" Susie said Dragoul looked around in confusion as he couldn''t remember anything. "What time is it?" Dragoul asked "It''s time to go home" Rocus said as he lift his bag up. Without giving much of a concern, Dragoul ignored the dream or whatever he saw/felt and went along with everyone. "How''s your project going?" Sophie asked. "Yeah man, you didn''t give us any update since last month" Rocus said "I totally forgot, by the way did you bring the materials I asked for Susie?" Dragoul asked. "Here, four plastic strips bent around 30 degrees that can withstand a load of kilogram." Susie handed over the blades to Dragoul. "What''s that?" Rocus asked. "I don''t know, I did what he told me to" Susie replied "These are called propellers, they will help my drone lift above the surface" Dragoul said. "Honestly I think that it''s a bad idea to try to cross the wall to be honest, don''t you find it even a little bit risky?" Sophie asked. "Shh.... We haven''t left the school yet, can''t let anyone hear us" Dragoul said in a soft voice. "Dragoul! Let''s go" Sinie approached Dragoul as they reached the school gate. "Sometimes I wonder if your sister really is an introvert" Sophie said "See it as a sign of trust, once she gets to know someone she starts opening upto them" Dragoul said. "I''m really hungry, let''s go get something to eat" Rocus said. "Me too let''s go" Susie and Sophie agreed. "You all go, I don''t feel like it today" Dragoul said. "That''s not fair, I don''t wanna go alone with two girls who''ll probably kill me the chance they get" Rocus said. Dragoul then gave Rocus eye gestures towards Sinie as Susie and Sophie were cursing on him. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. Rocus understood something was wrong so he left with the two. Then Dragoul and Sinie began walking towards their home. "Hey Sinie, what''s with the dull face?" Dragoul asked. "So you noticed, hehe" Sinie said "I have been feeling uncomfortable since I heard about the ghost everyone was speaking about" "Not you too, how many times I told you that ghosts are not real" Dragoul explained "ghosts are usually a explainable phenomena that happens at night. It is due to the lack of vision, people consider things like flying garbage bags or clothes as ghosts and als-" "It''s not just that, I feel like it''s coming for me, I can feel it getting closer and closer to me as the day passes by" Sinie held Dragoul''s hand tightly. Realising that explaining is not the best solution, Dragoul changed the topic till they reached home. [Evening] After completing all of his work, Dragoul began working on his project which is a Drone. He has been collecting different parts from trash and things such that no one can notice what he is doing as the government places chips and trackers on everything. Finally it was going to get its final touch i.e. the blades that will allow it to fly upwards. He has actually failed twice before and now he is taking the last chance or else he will quit. The purpose of building a Drone is to attach a camera on the drone and get a glimpse of outside world as the invisible wall wouldn''t let anyone pass alive so Dragoul thought why not use a ''unalive'' thing to pass through the walls and get a glimpse. As he was working on finishing off the drone, he hear a faint whisper "I can''t sleep" which startled him as he was too focused. "Whoa it''s just you Sinie, what do you need?" Dragoul asked. "I can''t sleep" Sinie spoke softly. "Don''t tell me that you are afraid of that ghost thingy" Dragoul said which made Sinie look embarrassed. "Alright I will be in your room in a minute" Dragoul said and continued working on his drone. Even after a few minutes Sinie didn''t leave and observed him while sitting on the bed "I''m done now" Dragoul said as he packed everything up "you are still here?" Sinie didn''t say anything and simply stared at him. So Dragoul tuned off the light which made Sinie go into panic mode. When he turned on the lights she was lying on the floor with her pillow stuffed on her face which made Dragoul laugh. But to his surprise, Sinie was actually scared and began crying causing Dragoul to feel guilty. "You are so mean" Sinie sobbed "you know that I am scared of the dark and you still did it" "I am sorry Sinie, get up now I am here" Dragoul tried to pick her up. "Don''t touch me!" Sinie ran into her room. Dragoul was left speechless as it was the first time Sinie showed such behaviour. As Dragoul felt guilty in his room Sinie came back after a few minutes. Dragoul couldn''t speak after what he did and simply looked at the floor. "I am sorry Sinie" Dragoul lift up his face just to realise that Sinie was still embarrassed instead of angry. "Please.... Come to my room" Sinie spoke softly as she still couldn''t sleep without him by her side. Dragoul felt relief and went to her room. Sinie held onto Dragoul''s finger as she tried to sleep. As Dragoul gazed upon her little face he recalled how smaller she used to be just a few years ago. "Hey Brother" "Yes" "Why do you work so hard?" "What do you mean?" "You study hard, work hard to earn money and also you work on your projects till late night. You possibly can''t be enjoying your life, probably because you have a extra mouth to feed-" "Shh.... Don''t you dare call yourself and extra mouth sis, YOU are not extra. You are everything that I have, you are the only one that I can call mine with pride" Dragoul spoke in a little agitated manner "and the thing about fun, the time that I get to spend with you at home, the time I spend with Rocus, Susie and Sophie at school and the time I spend making my project, it''s all fun for me. Literally everything." "I guess I could never be like you ever" Sinie seemed down "You don''t even have to be, because I am Dragoul and you are Sinie, we are not the same person. Don''t try to be like me, just try to become yourself. I will always accept you for who you are" Dragoul encouraged her "Always... You promise" "Yes Sinie always and forever, I promise" Dragoul promised Sinie. They continued chatting till Sinie went back to sleep. After confirming Sinie was asleep, Dragoul called Rocus, Susie and Sophie. "You guys up?" Dragoul asked on call "Yup" "Then reach the north-easternmost shop." "I hope we don''t get caught by the curfew patrol" Dragoul locked all the windows and door and left with his drone in hand.