The Night Walk

Chapter - 5

I was in my room, sick.
Since the start of the day things weren't well.
Somehow I had managed to keep myself busy on Facebook.
I was checking everyone named Riya.
I was sure that I hadn't dreamed about meeting Riya.
It was a real incident.
Yesterday's incident.
Still a lot things were running in my mind.
First was how did I reached home.
I felt like talking it with someone, but it too needed me to be sure what had happened.
I scrolled down more Riya named users.
"Waaaake me up when it's too late....." phone rang.
It was cousin Devesh's call.
"Hello............ " the usually conversation started.
I was least intended in his talks.
"Hey, I got to say something "he said.
"You are already saying "
"Ya, but this seems important to you, and your friend Riya." He said.
What did he just said Riya how did he came to know about him.
"Riya, how do know about her??"
"I head our mom talking. The main and important thing you must know about your friend is...."
"Yes, what's it" I said when he took a pause and was silent.
I tried to hear what was going on the other side of the phone.
I could hear my mom talking.
They exchanged few words.
After a long wait Devesh came over phone and said he is coming home and will talk everything at home.

That was a long wait.
After 30 minutes, disconnecting the phone, Devesh was in my room.
Mom was in kitchen, busy cooking something for Devesh.
"So what was the important talk??" I asked.
Devesh started narrating every thing that happened at his home.
My mom had been his house, her sister's.
They were talking Riya.
Devesh thought it was something interesting so he overhead the conversation, but was shock when it came to end.
They talked that, Riya was a good and nice girl, but villagers didn't liked her.
They said and believed that Riya was indulge in black magic.
" WT* " came out of my mouth I heard this.
According to villagers, she used to worship a devil.
This reason was enough for the villagers to dispatch her family from the village.
You being her only friend, was also not treated well and that made you leave the village.
After you left the village, the same night Riya vanished and no one know were, not even there parents.
Her room was searched, and various black magical ingredients were found.
The condition of her room revealed that the night she vanished, she had performed some magic.
"What nonsense are you talking....." I said as Devesh was narrating the story.
Yes, it seemed like some story, a flop story.
Well, Devesh continued.
When all such unusual things were found, villagers called aaghori, and according to him the last spell she performed the last night before vanishing was of time control - something like time traveler.
I laugh aloud as he got over his story, but he didn't gave a smile.
"You really believe this nonsense?? " I said laughing, I wasn't able to control my laugh.
Devesh moved form bed towards the Computer table, with the same serious look.
He didn't said a word.
Mom came to my room with a plate full of fried chips.
I looked the plate and started eating as devesh was busy using my pc.
"Come here.." he said, getting off the chair and taking away the plate from me.
I sat before the pc.
I read the article that was open.
It wasn't joke anymore.
I was serious.
My face had turned sweaty.
I walked back to my bed and said Devesh to wake me up after 1 hour and he agreed.
I wanted to have rest after reading the article over net.
It was about time traveler and it's traveling.
The article was written by someone I don't know, but article was about my village and about my childhood friend RIYA.