PAHELI : A MYSTERY

THE CHILD

TIME CARRIES THE POWER TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. IT'S MORTAL, WHO HAS SEEN MANY EMPIRE AND RULERS GETTING VANISHED WITH TIME. NOW IT WAS THE TIME FOR VIKRAL TO TURN INTO SOIL .

“WHERE IS BROTHER, WHEN WILL HE RETURN TO THE CAPITAL” HOPELESS VAISHALI ASKED HIM. ONCE AGAIN SHE GOT THE SAME REPLY “NEXT MONTH”.

VIKRAL’S LOVE TOWARD VAISHALI WAS NOT ENOUGH TO CHANGE HER MIND. HIS FEAR WAS OBVIOUS IN HER EYES. SHE WANTED TO STOP HIM, SHE WANTED TO FREE HERSELF AND OTHERS.

SOON SHE BECOME PREGNANT AND VIKRAL LEARNED THAT HIS OWN CHILD WOULD BE BORN DURING ROHINI KAALA. AS SOON AS VAISHALI LEARNED THAT HER CHILD WOULD BE SACRIFICED BY VIKRAL SHE BEGGED HIM FOR MERCY. HELPLESSLY, SHE TRIED TO CONTACT HER BROTHER BUT FAILED. 

MISERABLE, VAISHALI WAS CONFUSED WHETHER TO BE HAPPY ABOUT BECOMING A MOTHER OR TO FIGHT FOR HER CHILD. SHE ASKED A MESSENGER TO CARRY HER NOTE TO HER BROTHER,  BUT SOON RECEIVED THE NEWS THAT HER BROTHER WAS BEHEADED BY HER OWN HUSBAND AND THAT HER SISTER IN LAW WAS MISSING. 

SHE EVEN TRIED TO RUN AWAY FROM KASHI. AT LAST, SHE WANTED TO KILL HERSELF. TO  PROTECT HIS CHILD FROM ANY DANGER OR HARM; HE DECIDED TO USE HIS TANTRA POWERS. HE  CHANTED SOME MANTRA AND LOCKED VAISHALI IN ROOM.

 FILLED  WITH SORROW, SHE RECEIVED A GOOD NEWS THAT SHE IS CARRYING TWINS IN HER WOMB. SHE ASKED HER MAID TO MAKE BLOOD OATH THAT SHE WILL KEEP THIS SECRET FROM VIKRAL. 

UNABLE TO PROTECT HER BROTHER AND HER CITIZEN, SHE ORDERED HER MAID TO TAKE AWAY HER FIRST CHILD, SASHI WHO WAS BORN DURING ROHINI KAALA. THE OTHER CHILD, CHANDRIKAA WHO WAS BORN AFTER  ROHINI KAALA WAS SHOWN TO VIKRAL WITH A HOPE THAT HE MIGHT CHANGE. BUT INSTEAD  HE RUTHLESSLY PERFORMED HIS 100TH SACRIFICE THAT NIGHT. 

AS THE TIME PASSED, VIKRAL CARES A LOT FOR CHANDRIKAA BUT ONLY VAISHALI KNOWS THE REAL MOTIVE OF HER HUSBAND. UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT HIS FIRST CHILD WAS GROWING AS AN ORPHAN  IN A CHURCH UNDER PROTECTION OF FATHER MARTIN.

   HE WAS EAGERLY  WAITING FOR ROHINI KAALA.

 SASHI CARRIES POWER WHICH HEALS HER WOUND; WHICH MAKES HER AND FATHER MARTIN CURIOUS. HE WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS. SO HE MEETS,  ROYAL MAID ONCE AGAIN, AND EVERYTHING WAS MADE CLEAR.
AND HE MADE SURE THAT THE CHILD WOULD FOLLOW GOOD PATH AND WOULD  BE A SECRET FROM  THE WORLD. 

16 YEARS LATER,

ROHINI KAALA WAS TWO DAYS AWAY, SO FATHER MARTIN DECIDED TO SEND SASHI MAGADH TO CHANGE HER DESTINY;

   ”NOW, IT’S TOO LATE FOR ANY DECISION, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU AND KASHI” SASHI SAID IN A DEPRESSED TONE. AND SOON I WILL KNOW MY IDENTITY” SHE ADDED.   

ON THE DAY OF ROHINI KAALA VIKRAL WAS GOING TO SCARIFY HIS CHILD, IN KAAL MOUNTAIN, ONCE AGAIN VAISHALI BEGGED HIM FOR MERCY. BUT HE SACRIFICED HIS CHILD IN FRONT OF HER.

FILLED WITH ANGER SHE SHOUTED “YOU CAN'T BE HUMAN, YOU WOULDN'T BE MORTAL AND THE EMPEROR OF WHOLE WORLD. NOT WITH THE SACRIFICE OF MY CHANDRIKAA”.

“I AM THE ALMIGHTY AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS MINE; WATCH I’M THE ALMIGHTY, MY LADY”. BUT THE VOICE OF JOY SUDDENLY CHANGED INTO PAIN AS SHE STABBED HIS LEG WITH SWORD.

“YOU LIED TO YOUR LORD, WHERE IS THE CHILD WHO WAS BORN THAT NIGHT” VIKRAL YELLED. 

“THERE IS NO SUCH CHILD VIKRAL, IT’S ALL YOUR KARMA THAT DECIDES YOUR FAITH NOT A CHILD BORN IN SOME KAALA” VAISHALI SAID GIVING AN UGLY SMILE.

WITH ANGER OF BEING BETRAYED HE DECIDED TO KILL ALL THE CHILDS  WHO HAD TAKEN BIRTH THE DAY WITH CHANDRIKAA. 

AND LASTLY KILLED HIS WIFE IN ANGER FOR BETRAYING HIM. BUT BEFORE VIKRAL COULD KILL HER, SHE HAD ALREADY SENT A MESSENGER TO THE CHURCH, SO THAT SASHI COULD KNOW HER IDENTITY. 

THE NEWS OF VAISHALI  MADE FATHER MARTIN MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT SASHI, AND AFTER REVEALING THE TRUTH TO SASHI.

“I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO HANDLE IT. YOU HAVE TO BE SAFE, UNTIL YOU TURN 18” AND MADE HER PROMISE TO LEAVE KASHI .

BUT VIKRAL HAD ALREADY GOT THE NEWS OF MIRACULOUS CHILD WHO CARRIES POWER TO HEAL IT'S WOUND ITSELF, HE RUSHED TOWARDS THE CHURCH. 

HE ASKED FATHER ABOUT THE CHILD, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION.

   HIS GREED WAS INCREASING
DAY BY DAY AND AS ROHINI KAALA WILL BE AGAIN AFTER 34 YEARS, SO HIS RAGE WAS UNBEARABLE.

 HE THREATENED FATHER AND ASKED THEM TO HAND OVER THE CHILD TO HIM.

 IN TEMPER HE CHASED A SPELL ON HIM, BUT UNKNOWINGLY THE SPELL NOT ONLY BURN DOWN THE CHURCH  BUT ALSO THE CHILD. 

VIKRAL HAD KILLED HIS
OWN CHILD BEFORE ROHINI KAALA, THE CHILD WHICH WAS  HIS ONLY WAY TO BECOME POWERFUL AND IMMORTAL.

BUT BEFORE DYING THE CHILD SAYS IN A PAINFUL VOICE “I WILL BE BACK, I WILL BE BACK. I WILL MAKE EVERYONE SUFFER. ALL HAVE TO PAY FOR THERE DEED”. 

“REVENGE IS NOT THE RIGHT PATH MY CHILD, ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BE READY TO FORGIVE” FATHER SAID TO  SASHI IN VOICE FULL SORROW. AND SHE DIE IN HIS ARM.

THIS IS HOW THE PROCESS TO BECOME ALMIGHTY REMAINS INCOMPLETE AND NOW  BOTH VIKRAL AND FATHER MARTIN ARE IN WAIT OF THE CHILD, & IN WAIT OF SASHI TO REBORN.