Mahal

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Dipankar caressed Piyali's head and said, " dear be very carefull, don't get scared.
We will wait for you.
Remember to take the oath" he said and She nodded in yes.

Ira is observing everything from distance.
" guruji said, I will meet her on the day of her life's biggest occasion,
What will be more biggest occasion to her, than this."
She slowly started to walk to them.

Prabir looked at her sister proudly, while Barkha and Jaggu are feared for her,seeing the burned forest.

" Piyali, return soon" Barkha said.

Ira cleared her throat to gain their attention.
" Nomoshkar " she said.
Her hand stick glowed brightly as Piyali is just few inches away from it.

Ira eyed at Piyali from head to toe and became happy to find her alive.
" my assumptions came true, Piyali is the birth mark girl" she thought.

Dipankar and Prabir instantly recognized who she is, as she had came to their house and read the book about Varnika clan.

" Nomoshkar" Dipankar greeted her.

" so this is Varnika forest?" She asked hiding the glowing light from the gem, trying hardly, he nodded in yes.

" and she is?" She said eyeing at Piyali.
" she is my daughter Piyali" he said and signaled Piyali to take Ira's blessings.

Piyali is about to bent but Ira stopped holding her shoulder and tapped her cheeks gently, " Piyali dear, really you've a great responsibility " she said thinking about the curse.
The light seems to glow more with Piyali's presence but before Piyali can ask about it, the glow stopped.

" how do you know about her responsibility towards Varnika clan?" Dipankar asked As the glow stopped abruptly.

Ira quickly replied, " I studied in Varnika book, also your Wife Hiral is from Varnika clan and she is the matriarch, now your daughter Piyali will behold those responsibilities know"

Dipankar nodded in yes,
Ira eyed at Piyali, " why she is living with these people, why she didn't returned to Mahal when she is alive?" Ira thought With a little frown.

" zamindar Dipankar, when I first visited you, she is not with you then, you said you lost both your wife and daughter isn't it?" Ira asked To clear her own doubt.

" yes, indeed at that time I don't know my daughter is alive, but after few days I came to know she is alive and he is Jaggu, he is the one who saved my daughter from big accident and united us" Dipankar said pointing at Jaggu to Ira.
She understand that Jaggu might had saved Piyali, but she doesn't understand why Piyali didn't went back to Mahal.

" it's time walk inside Piyali" Dipankar said.
" find the fire and first add wood and next ghee" he instructed her and she carefully heard everything.

She sighed and hold the plate tightly in tension.
She started to take steps towards the forest.

As soon as she stepped inside the forest, the scared fire flames raised up unknown to anyone.

With her each passing step she is getting out of reach of everyone's sight, and within few moments she completely vanished from their view.

She stared at her surroundings and find the burned trees still intact, the ashes of burnt grass and the soil, drenched her heart with sorrow.

But she is becoming clueless as where to head, as the forest is seeming never to end.
She stopped to choose a path, in which direction she have to move forward, as there are three passages laid infront of her.