OUIJA BOARD - A Fateful Night

2 : The Night Begins

(This part has almost No Horror, as the Night has only just begun - but AryLie are at their peak ghonchu phase. We also get glimpses of their respective pasts.)

A Presence could be felt all around them. Goosebumps rose up their respective spines, and a heavy dread hung in the air.

Whoever this was, She was here.

Right Now.

With Them.

"Arraeee bachoo... kahaan ho aap log ? Ae Chutki, thodi der ruk.. main bhi tumhari saath Sita Maiyya ki Mandir aa Rahi hun."

"Ji, Jiji. Par yeh bache log hai kaha ? Kuch gadbad kar rahe nahi hai, hai na ? Kal Arpi woh Board ke baare me baat kar rahi thi.. woh kyaa thi, Jiji ?"

Blue Kaaki : "Some Board with which they can speak to Spirits, Chutki. I had clearly forbidden them. Arrae sab baahar aao. Hum dono Mandir jaa rahi hai. .. Chutki, is Meethi at the Mandir now.. call Her once. Uski maa hain na.. lagta hai, woh bhi aa rahi hai uski saath. Pooja ke liye bahut tayyari karni hai ab. Kal subah chaar baje yahin bhi ek Pooja hai."

Narmada : "Jiji, woh sab Mandir pahunch chuki hu. Aur yeh do Pooja ? Ek Mandir mein, aur ek yahin bhi ? Kyun Jiji ?"

Blue Kaaki : "Zaroorat hai, Bahut din se mehsoos ho raha hai.. kuchh anarth hone waala hai."

The Gang had been listening to the Conversation, outside the downstairs hall. Maybe this must be why Badi Maa had clearly told them to Not play with the Board. But it was too late now.

Imlie : "Kunal Jiju, your Hot Girl's Ghost is here. Why don't you go introduce Her to Maa and Blue Kaaki ?"

Preetha elbowed Him on the back - she had learnt that move from Imlie in their School Days. #SisterhoodGoals.

Arpita : "It is too late now. Should we tell them both ?"

Sundar : "We ? No, both You and Imlie tell them ! You 2 were stubborn !"

Aryan : "No, we can not tell them anything right now. They were speaking about some Pooja - both in the Temple and Here. This Malini Girl would probably get bored and go away after the Pooja."

Blue Kaaki : "Ae Lulla.. wahaa kyaa gusur fusur kar rahe ho tum ?"

Imlie pushed Aryan forward, and one by one they all trotted behind Him and stood facing the 2 Mothers, who were regarding them with suspicion, and rightfully so.

Imlie : "Blue Kaaki, we haven't done anything. We were just chit-chatting there. Nothing else."

Blue Kaaki : "Aise rehene do, kachi ambiya. Tum toh inn sab me sabse zyada shararati ho. Isiliye pehle yahaa mere saamne aao, aur hath do."

Imlie : "par..kyun?"

Narmada : "Beta, Panditji tum sab ke liye 6 Raksha Dhaaga bhej diya. Tum sab yeh apna apna haath me baandho."

Aryan : "Maa.. none of us really believe in all this."

Narmada : "Aru. No. You tie Dhaaga. And No Fight with Maa."

Aryan melted whenever His Mother used broken English to speak with them. It was adorable ; but Narmada Singh Rathore, had flat out refused to use a tutor or App or any Grammar Books to correct her English. Recently She had learnt about hashtags from Preetha, and had used it in every sentence until Imlie corrected Her. Arpita had argued with Her once, after She had refused to take lessons from a New Tutor. And that was when Aryan had found out that She spoke like that so that the kids would spend time with Her, while correcting Her.

Narmada Singh Rathore was a simple woman hailing from a village in Rajasthan, with whom His Father Aryanand Singh Rathore had fallen in love with. They had quite a simple love story, after which Narmada, who was a bit backward in studies, had settled down and made a home.