It was evening time. The sun was ready to set for today. The sky was colored in saffron with darkness embedded in it. Meera was all set for the forbidden ritual to summon the dark lord. She was chanting some ancient unheard mantras for early preparation.
Setupati entered the room, he had brought Ketaki along. Vishwaprit and Raghav were right behind them. Ketaki glanced at them for a milliseconds while adding some holy ingredients in the fire. She was waiting for her father to join for powerful energy she needed to perform the ritual. Though her own aura was powerful enough, she felt to be extra careful.
While room was enchanted with chanting and the aroma of delicate flowers, decorated in the ritual thali, evryone felt hypnotized. Only Meera could feel the uneasiness in the air. Something was not right in the air, the winds were trying to change their flow against natural direction. But Meera's early chanting had made the protected aura around them, so that no one can feel the uneasiness except her and few others, which includes Shastriji and Setupati.
Meera asked Ketaki to sit in front of the holy fire, on her right. Evening was closing in fast, sun was going to set within few minutes. Shastriji hadn't arrived, so she asked one of the students to look for him. But Shastriji entered the room before the student could leave. Shastriji walked towards the fire and sat on left hand side front of Meera. Meera looked at her father, and she felt a lot better and relived. She started chanting mantras again and asked Ketaki to join with her. They added some ingredients in the fire while chanting the usual mantras. This continued for few more minutes. This was just the starting ritual. Real process was going to start now. For that Meera had to prepare a lot, because she had never actually performed dark ritual which was of this magnitude, and it was to summon dark lord. She didn't even know if that would work, but she had faith into herself and higher power, that it wouldn't let her down. She picked some unusual ingredients from her tray, and started to add them in the fire. Sound of burning filled the room with unusual aura, and became fully tensed and she started chanting dark mantras, which no one had ever heard before. The Sanskrit she was speaking was also had bit hard pronunciation. Everyone was genuinely curious and terrified at the same time.
"Will the dark lord going to show himself tonight?"
Everyone was wondering, but no one actually knew where this will lead.Setupati was fully 'awake' and he had sealed the gates of the mind realm to cause any interference. He looked at Vishwaprit, who was fully engaged in the ritual, and he felt at rest.
Raghav was mesmerizingly focused on Meera and this unusual ritual, he had so many questions. And he was ready to fight if Dark was going to cause any trouble. He was ready, it's just he knew it wasn't a good thing that they were summoning a dark lord, but they didn't have a choice. He knew, so he prepared himself for the unexpected chaos.
Meera stopped her chanting and, said,
"Show your hand to me, Ketaki Mathur".
Ketaki forwarded her hand towards Meera. Meera picked a small knife from the tray, which she had sterilized before, and sliced on the tip of her finger and held it in the fire. As the blood drops touched the fire, the intensity of fire increased by several times. Ketaki noticed it, she got scared a little. Everyone was on their toes now. It was starting. The unknown, the summon of the most dangerous being of this world! But how was he going to show up. In what form? Would he human, or would he look like a demon, or something else. Will he visible, or not? Would they be able to recognise him?Everyone had these questions, but no one had the answers. It looked like they had to get the answers in real now. They were going to witness the real thing.
Their only assurance was that, the Shastriji's aashram was protected and the dark lord wouldn't be able to perform any kind of treachery in this environment. At least that's was they were aware of. No one knew, what's gonna really happen.
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KalRatra (काळरात्र) A Night With Horrors
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