Bully

Bully, was one big bully. He was a typical one- He was the leader of his gang and his gang largely consisted of younger or much younger minions. In fact, smaller was the criterion to get oneself recruited. Still, Bully was not entirely bossy; he had two friends of his same age- Malchus and Malcolm. Bully lorded over the two and they together over the group. Bully lay morose on the bed. He had not slept all night. He had had an advice session the previous night with his dad. Bully loathed advice, but as one can clearly see his behaviour always resulted in long, unperturbed hours of advice. Oh! How Bully hated such sessions with Papa Shark- Oh! Let me introduce- Bully was a red sea shark. Papa had advised Bully the previous night regarding turfs. One family of sharks never swam into the other nor did they hunt in the other. Sharks kept to their turfs. Bully on the other hand had tried to barge into another turf (a smaller one at all costs). Along with Bully, Malchus and Malcolm were also caught red-handed by the watch shark. The watch shark made it sure that Papa knew about it. And, blast it! Bully had the advice session. However, as usual or habitually it was of no avail. Bully was reclining on the seabed with his cronies. After two long mind-racking hours, Bully came to a decision- a plan. They had devised a plan to cross to the other turf unnoticed. They planned to sneak from behind the watch shark, swim fast against the current and get into the other turf. Nevertheless, they had two impediments: Bullys parents and the watch-guard. As far as they could visualize, all would-become impediments were taken care of or planned. Before parting for the night, they went through the plan again scanning for possible loopholes. The plan seemed fool proof. Bully went to dine and Malcolm and Malchus swam to their houses. Bully had an uneasy time dining with his family. Following which, he went to sleep early. They had planned to execute it in the first watch of the night. Bully tossed and turned for two more hours. Finally, it was time. Half an hour before the first watch of the night, he got up from his bed and mumbled a word of prayer. The first step was to swim to Malcolms without waking his parents. Bully rose a little higher and sensed the current. Yes! Exactly as he wanted, it was in the direction towards the other turf. Bully mumbled a prayer of thanks. Now having got the first problem solved, the second was not a problem. Bully being on the side along the current, it was impossible for Papa shark to smell Bullys absence. (Papa had seemed curious on Bullys actions the other night.) The second step was to get Malchus and Malcolm from their houses. As it swam towards Malchus home- Malchus already stood there! Malchus seemed to share his surprise. It whispered hurriedly, Unusually Dad has gone to sleep over at grand pas and about mum, well the currents in the other direction. I had no trouble coming either! replied Bully. Cmon lets go get Malcolm They swam over to Malcolms. Malcolm was a heavy sleeper. They had arranged that his fin be tied to a long string and its other end stretched and hidden among the weeds. They went near cautiously and tugged the end of the rope. There was no response. Malchus jerked it even harder the second time and Malchom stirred. He was up and in five minutes, the trio was swimming. As they were moving, Malcolm started, Unusually the currents along the opposite dire.. .

Shhhh! Youll wake the whole ocean whispered Bully. Bully felt assertive and confident and swam on assuredly. The three swam silently ahead. Now, the only obstacle left, the fourth and the last: The watch guard. The drift pushed them on faster and very soon, they were near the watchtower. They grew cautious, they slowed down their pace and swam silently. Just one more push and theyd be in the other turf. They mutually agreed to swim in on the count of three. One Two Three Suddenly a strong east wind blew over the ocean and the direction of the current got reversed. The three were fiercely pushed over. They tried battling against the wind desperately, but it was of no avail. In the next few seconds, the current overpowered them and they were taken along in the currents direction. After a few seconds, it stopped. Bully was totally shaken and turned imploring at Malcolm and Malchus. Malcolm looked back at him bewildered as Bully, but Malchus It seemed was in a supernatural world. His eyes were fixed ahead and his mouth was opened wide. Bully looked on, curious. Malcolm did the same. Bully gawked. He had never come across any such phenomenon in its life. A wall of water had been formed in front of them and a wide gap lay on the other side of the wall which continued to quite some distance and then there was an other wall and the ocean continued. Malcolm tried moving further, but couldnt. Then as the three kept watching the sea wide-eyed, a tall creature walked in ahead in the wide gap. It had a staff in its hand. It walked with the help of it. A little later, a huge mass seemed to follow it. As bully watched intently, it realised that there were many of the creatures, as many as the sand on the seashore. A portion of the mass was richly adorned in glittery articles and every creature, except the smaller ones in comparison, held bundles. carried heavy bundles. As it looked on a pillar of cloud moved over to the rear of the group. It gave light to one side and darkness to the other. Finally, bully realised- they were HUMANS. It was only a few days ago, when Bully heard Papa mention something about certain beings called humans. Bully had refused to believe that were other creatures. It had been about a strange phenomenon that, in Egypt- a place where the humans lived, all the water had been turned to blood by a man of God, as a sign. Even in natural water bodies smaller than theirs, the water had turned into blood. Suddenly the trio heard the sound of a huge rush and saw further more humans who were positioned in big things that moved. It seemed, they were after the mob. The three watched ahead wordlessly. During the last watch of the night a huge commotion erupted in the group that was chasing the mob. All the moving things collapsed and they had difficulty moving on. After few hard moments, the man who led the group beckoned them frantically to turn around and leave the place. In frenzy, the group turned around and tried to flee. Just then, the waters roared and converged filling the gap. Immediately, Bully craned to see further and saw that the man who led the mob held his staff over the sea. The whole group had drowned but the mob that followed the man, walked on in dry ground. Now in the chasm, the rear was filled over but the front still held the gap. Neither in the mob went near the other all night long.

In the wee hours of morning, the water flowed back. The procession had gone- the angel and the cloud had gone too. Bully, Malcolm and Malchus turned back towards their own turf. The sea was all calm and quiet, but the three retreated back to their turf. Neither spoke a word to the other, nor left the turf. Ever. A little guess work?