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THE MAANGTIKA - A nightmare

I am sleeping in the college hostel with other girls. It is early morning.

I hear the sound of anklets in the corridor. I get curious and I decide to check who it is. As soon as I go near the door the sound of the anklets starts approaching me. The door opens! I hide behind the door. A scary girl with messy hair and a long maangtika wearing wedding dress, peeps in. She looks around and closes the door . "Has she gone?", I think and stand in front of the door to look at what's happening outside the room (there was this glass thing in the door to peep out). Suddenly she comes and stands in front of the door, she stares into my eyes. I run being followed by her.

I go to the second floor and find my uncle in a priest's clothes. It is saffron in color, it seems as if he had performed some ritual. He said me - "Now you won't be safe".

I feel as if it's a Deja Vu, and I have experienced this thing before too - the ghost, my uncle and there was something else too. What was it? where is it? Oh yes, it was Mark , my comfort. The last time I experienced this, uncle helped the ghost in finding me and Mark saved me from them but where is he now? I run downstairs to the first floor. There were few guys there, I asked them about Mark and they asked me to go downstairs. I run down, but there is no one here.

Suddenly I hear the sound of the lift , it came down and is about to open. My heart starts to pound, thinking what if the ghost is in there . The door opens, a group of guys come out. It's Mark's squad! I run to them and ask about Mark. They point behind them. Mark is standing and staring at me. But what's wrong with his height? He used to be taller than me but now he's shorter. I run and hug him. Everyone assumes that I'm hugging him because I want to patch up(did I forget to mention that he is my ex?) "What happened?", he asks. "The ghost! I saw her again!", I reply. - "So? she roams in the hostel frequently. It ain't a new thing", he says. " But why me? Why am I the only girl who sees her and you the the guy who sees her? What about my uncle? Why do I feel that something is gonna happen with me? And why do I get Deja Vu of Bhangarh fort whenever I see her?", I ask. " Wait, did you really forget everything or are you just pretending?", he raised his brows." Pretending? What? What is happening?", I'm on verge of crying."Chuck, I'll tell you later. Let's go home now", he says patting my back. I hold his hand and follow him, roaming my eyes around the campus to check that the ghost ain't seeing us. I see uncle staring at us through the window . I start shivering.

Sam (Mark's friend) gets a bike and we both hop on it. They drop me at my home and go back. Mark asks me to take care and try to remember things.

I rush upstairs, and ring the doorbell. Mom opens. "I saw a ghost in wedding clothes", I say in a single breath. "Again?", she asks. "You know about this? Who is she? Why don't I remember anything?", I say. "Watch this video", she says handling me the phone. I start the video, fuck! The ghost is in the video too! "Alice! Welcome back! Do you remember this maangtika (she says holding a silver maangtika in her hand), don't forget the marriage in central hall of Bhangarh fort wearing this maangtika! I'll come back!" the ghost says with a smirk. I drop off the phone from my hands. I wake up!