Ancillary Narrative 2

## **ANCILLARY NARRATIVE MICRO-STORY #2**

**TITLE: "A Tale in Kashmir"**

**CORRESPONDING MACRO-STORY BEAT:** This story takes place in the background throughout our story-world's timeline. Events from this story shows how the world is in the far eastern dome, especially to kids and young adults.

**LOGLINE:** Abandoned after an accident, baby Aarav is raised by an old couple, in the lands of Kashmir. Being the curious kid he is, he gets himself in situations and places he is not supposed to be in, but that's where he finds the truth he is never supposed to know.

### **SHORT STORY SYNOPSIS:**

**Act 1:** The story starts with flashes of an accident that takes place in a science lab. Flashes of an explosion and few scientists being forced to create something that's dangerous and not supposed to be created. After the explosion, the story quickly moves to a little playful kid, Aarav Panchal, running around the city of Srinagar in summer. A very mischievous kid that gets himself in trouble everyday. A lot of people often send complaints back home to his step-parents, the old couple, Raghuram Panchal and Shruthi Panchal. The heat rises during an argument, when Aarav asks his step-parents why they are too old while his friends' parents are not. The couple looks at each other and realizes it's time to let Aarav know that he is not their child.

**Act 2:** Aarav tries to understand that he doesn't have parents like his son, which hurts him a lot as a kid but a couple of years go by and he moves on. He is in his late teenage when he finishes high school. He takes a pass on college and decides to find out about his parents instead. He starts from the scratch by asking his step parents how they found him. Which leads him to a quest. He visits the adoption centre, but since he was adopted 18 years ago, they had lost the file with his information. But it leads him to another person who is supposed to have the file, but when Aarav visits the person, he is already dead. When he asks the dead person's wife about the file, she tells him it was stolen from him. Meanwhile, Aarav hears the news that his stepdad passed away.

**Act 3:** Aarav gets back to his quest after the funeral of his stepfather. He is obsessed with finding his whereabouts. He goes back to the dead person's wife who used to have the file, to ask about the person who stole it. All she remembers is a name "Raghunath" and a science lab. He visits the science lab but last he remembered as kid, it was in pieces. He sees a huge portrait of a scientist who looks familiar. Under the portrait, says "Shrisha Bhat". He looks at everything in the lab and reaches a room where he is not supposed to be. He learns everything about the explosion and what they do in the lab. The alarm starts ringing so he has to run away. He gets stopped by Raghunath and his army outside the lab and they lock him in a prison. Aarav is getting interrogated while Raghu is standing outside the door watching. Aarav looks through the glass door and tells he knows everything about them and accuses them of killing his parents. He knows he is not strong enough to face them alone. This is when the rebels infiltrate and start attacking the prison, thanks to Aarav's stepmother's influences. A huge fight happens, but more soldiers get dropped in so the rebels have to back up. Some rebels believe Raghu was shot dead. But Aarav knows he is not. Aarav knows Raghu's death is in his hands. They plan a whole attack on the lab and the prison, map it out and execute it. There are a lot of obstacles that stops their plan from how it's going, they lose a lot of rebels. But in the end, it's Aarav and Raghunath, face to face. After a huge fist fight, Raghu is vulnerable. Aarav spills kerosene all over the place and lights it up. The whole place blows in pieces.

**GENRE:** Sci-fi/Action/Thriller

**PROTAGONIST: Aarav Panchal**

**ANTAGONIST: Raghunath**

**MAIN SUPPORTING CHARACTERS W/DESCRIPTIONS:**

1. Raghuram Panchal - Stepfather of Aarav. The Indo-China dome war veteran(2061-2063)
2. Shruthi Panchal - Stepmother of Aarav. She was a war medic and has a lot of rebel influence and support.
3. Ritesh - Adoption center owner, former science lab worker.
4. Nisha - Aarav's sweetheart.

**PRIMARY LOCATIONS WITH DESCRIPTIONS):**

1. City of Kashmir: Where the whole story takes place, the centre of the dome in the border of China and India.
2. Aarav's house: Where he grew up with his stepparents.
3. Science Lab: Where the dome's experiments take place.
4. Prison: The common prison in the city of Kashmir where usually rebels are jailed.

**ADDITIVE COMPREHENSION:** This story majorly focuses on the dangerous experiments that takes place in these labs and how it affects scientists and the future. It's a good way to reach a good amount of science fiction readers that crave a good story. It attacks the audience in a personal way even though it's our own storyworld.

**TARGET MARKET:** Kids to Adult / Ages 7-30

**THOROUGH DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MEDIA HABITS: This is majorly aimed at the readers' market.**

**PLATFORM:** Book

**MEDIUM:** Self published Novel

**WHY IT WORKS IN THIS MEDIUM: The current generation is a lot updated on the entertainment aspect. They require stories that feel reel but in the fantasy world we create. This platform will be a great way to stretch to readers.**

**WHY IT WORKS IN THIS PLATFORM: Readers count are reducing. There are still a lot of people that love to read. This would be a great way to reach the science fiction audience as well as readers.**