Mahal

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Ira Majumdar is sitting on her swing chair and thinking deeply, but she got startled by the sudden screeching of an Eagle.
It gave a high pitched sound which made her to shut her ears unable to bare the sound.

" what's going, how this eagle entered my house!" She yelled and tried to run from there but that eagle blocked her way, in her every step.

It is the same eagle which is guarding the door in the Mahal which she doesn't know at all.

" oh God, save me!" She prayed and suddenly the gem on her hand stick started to glow.
Her eyes became wide, " huh!",
Amusement would be and understatement for her.
She is having this stick with her since she attained the responsibilities of her family.
Never in her life time she saw it glowing.
No only that she never saw it glow, either when it was with her father aswell.
The handstick was passed through generations.
Only the family head attains it.
Her father's words ringed in her ears, " Ira, do you know it is believed that the gem stone on the head of this stick glows when it want to lead us some where.

My father said it to me, he waited his entire life to see whether it will glow but he died, I also waited to see but it never glowed in my rein aswell,
Now it's your turn, if you are lucky you will see it glowing not only that, you will find where it leads you to"

But she never believed the myth around the hand stick, instead assumed it as a family's possession and respected it.

" glowing, it's glowing. Oh God, I can't believe it, dad you're right
" She cried out of surprise like a child.
She grabbed it in her hands, and caressed the glowing gem with her shivering hands.

By now the eagle calmed down, and landed infront of her,
She blinked away her happy tears and stared at the eagle which is looking at the gem intently.

The eagles eyes turned into the color of gem, purple.
" what!" Ira gasped, she is unable to shift her eyes from the eagle.
The gem stone started to flicker, and the eagle flapped it wings and take off.

" wait!" Ira shouted at the eagle and started to run behind it.
The eagle kept flying, it exited her house and started to fly towards the west, Ira didn't missed the eagle even when her legs are giving up to run due to her older age.

She followed it until it stopped near an old building ruins.
" what's this!" She gasped looking at the sight, and the eagle flied away leaving her alone.

She stared at her surroundings, which is completely secluded and covered with trees.
" where I have been brought!" she sighed, and the gem stone glowed brightly and she understood she is in correct place.

She thought for a while and said looking at the stone, " should I go inside the ruins?"
The glow increased indicating her to do so.
She immediately stepped inside the ruins and observed her surroundings.
" who lived here?" She thought.
The emitted rays from the gem fell towards her right, she walked to her right until the rays stopped abruptly, glow flickered.

She frowned, and looked forward, a huge statue of an eagle, carrying a big gemstone on it's back and with it's beak open, is find completely carved out of a rock.

She moved towards the statue in awe and the stone glowed so brightly that she closed her eyes.
She felt a vibration in her hand and opened her eyes only to find the gem stone moving in its groove.

She placed her hand over the gem, and it came into her hand much to her shock.
" oh God!" She startled.
Rays from the gem indicated her towards the eagle's beak.
She gulped down and placed the gem inside the eagle's beak with her shivering hands.
The gem perfectly fitted in its beak, and stopped glowing.