once upon a time, there was a man named ahmed. he was a rather handsome young man, having a lean body and an intelligent look on his face. he was a very quiet man and kept himself to himself, but his day's were filled with little pleasures such as reading books and playing flamenco guitar. his main pastime was working with children, but strangely enough there were no children in his house. the only one who was usually in the house was his cat, who he had found when she was a kitten.
one day, while taking a walk in the park, he met a woman. she was beautiful. he couldn't help but stare at her face. her name was Sercan. she smiled at him, before walking past. he didn't look away until she couldn't be seen anymore. ahmed started to think of her, until she returned the next day, walking at the same pace, smiling at him. he stopped walking, stunned. she stopped walking too. looking at him again. they looked at each other for a while, until she started to walk away again. he followed her, until she stopped again. she looked at him, her hands in her coat, her eyes smiling. she was wearing a large coat that that reached her knees. ahmed couldn't help but look at her eyes, that seemed to look right into him.
ahmed asked her name. she replied, and looked around as if searching for something. ahmed asked if there was something he could help her with. she said no, and hurried after someone else. ahmed returned home and took a warm shower. he fell asleep and didn't wake up until noon.
ahmed's day's were now filled with thoughts and musings about her. something was different. he didn't know what it was, but he knew that seeking out her company was making him happy. he got a job teaching in a magic school in a small village in a distant part of the world. living in a small village is a different experience from living in a big city.
everyday, ahmed waited for her to arrive, knowing she would. where she was, ahmed didn't know. he didn't let it bother him. he had a life of his own to figure out.
one day, ahmed was walking back from a bookshop he had gone to with his cat when he saw a large van being taken away. he asked where they were going, and was told they were going to a new spell spell school in a small town in a mountainous part of the world. he asked if he could join them. he was given a job as a teacher at the school with its new spell school.
ahmed sat by the lake, trying to figure out what he should do next with his life. he was sure he was cursed to have Sercan leave him every time he dropped his guard long enough to notice her. he didn't know why she was so interested in him, but he knew it was something.
one stormy night, ahmed woke up looking at the sky, with dogs barking outside. he went outside with his cat, but found she wasn't there. he saw her footprints, with her cat following them. he followed them to the lake. he saw her, in the lake, in her coat, with her smiling eyes. she asked him why he was following her to the lake, when he had so much to do at the school. ahmed kept walking, when she started to walk away when ahmed was catching up to her, he asked her what she was being punished for, in this world to which she didn't belong. she just smiled, in her beautiful way. to which he said he would wait for her to do something that got her into that position. she just smiled.
ahmed was walking in the mountains when he noticed her standing in front of him. he stared. she asked him to close his eyes.