Vampire comes to India(#YourStoryIndia)

Chapter 12- Meeting Shamaya

Five days later at Suraj's house

It buzzed so much. Why are there so many bees? Who is got honey? Ravina..yes she herself is one. Just see how she is licking it of her fingers one by one, slowly but surely and the way she is looking at me. It's like I am next.

"Rise and shine!" announces Ravina as she fluffs the pillow putting it back on my bed.

"Emm I am up..." Suraj begins to drawl with half open eyes and hears his phone buzz on the bedside table. So, that's where the buzzing was coming from. He picks up the phone his sisters name "Namrata" flashes on the screen.

"Hello..Ya ...sure. No, problem! Anything else you want me to pick up on the way? Uh huh..ok fine see you both in the evening!"

Ravina looks at him expectantly.

"They are on their way back. Their train will arrive at New Delhi Railway station around 6 in the evening. Sara wants home cooked food so we need to go .." he falters as Ravina engulfs him in a hug.

His body begins to hum in an unfamiliar way and he automatically hugs her back loving the feel of her body wrapped in his.

She pulls back and smiles widely at him. Her semi wet hair hung loosely around her beaming face. She looked so young and fresh that it was unbelievable that she is a Mum of a 96 year old vampire.

"I can hardly wait. Let's hurry. I want to help you in cooking too!" Ravina says cheerily.

In a few minutes they lock up the iron gates of his small bungalow and seat themselves in his black BMW.

They arrive at a nearby mall and head straight to the grocery section. Suraj moves slowly from one aisle to the next, mentally checking his list.

Ravina tries not to appear too shock at his choice as he had filled his cart mainly with vegetables and fruit. Her daughter doesn't eat meat? We are termed as flesh eating monsters, blood sucking beasts.

"Ahem..is she a vegetarian?" she just had to confirm.

"Ah yeah...sorry I forgot to tell you that. My sister tried to make her as much as possible like us and that includes her diet."

"What the hell!..How can she eat grass? Ever since she was born she has been sucking life out of animals..mostly even hunted by her. She used to enjoy grinding and sinking her teeth into the soft flesh before she bled it dry..My poor baby.." wailed Ravina clutching her heart.

"Is everything all right Miss?" they both hear a young man inquire seemed totally puzzled as to what they had been talking about.

"Ya ya..she is an amateur dramatist just acting out one of her dialogues, Please carry on.." Suraj requests him.

The young man makes a weird face but leaves.

In a hush tone Suraj sympathizes with Ravina.

"Look Ravina..I have already told you. There was a lot at stake. We are witches and we know when there is amongst us who are not our kind. Despite this for the last 80 years your daughter has remained safe and unharmed only because we changed her entire lifestyle to suit what was best for her."

"But..she was not like this.."

"Ravina..were you always same? Can you seriously say that you have not changed? Don't you enjoy eating normal vegetarian food? All those chats and snacks we had yesterday.." he reminds her.

"I never thought about it that way..I guess I was trying to hang on to the old memories... Oh my it is her..Shamaya ..look!" Ravina points to a woman in a long deep purple Kurta picking up a jar of pickles, hardly seven steps away from them. She turns slightly and Suraj immediately recognizes her.

"That woman...I know her...she is Mira," stammers Suraj as he looks at Ravina with frightened eyes.

She has never seen anyone scared as much as he was at the moment. He begins to sweat furiously and before he could pass out, Ravina catches hold of him and tugs him to a nearby corner.

Suraj must have realized that he is away from any harm as his face flushes with some colour and he begins to appear more normal.

"What's wrong..what happened back there?" Ravina asks him worried.

"I will tell you later..please here take this card and make the payment for the groceries and meet me in my car. You can find your way to the parking??" Suraj hands her his credit card and rushes out without even hearing Ravina's response.

This is just so wrong. He is calling her Mira and fleeing as if there's a ghoul on the loose out to get him.

She goes back to their cart and pushes it towards the payment counter. She grabs some candy bars and adds them to their cart.

"I never took you to be the kind to snack on chocolate bars...Ravina," she hears a frail voice behind her and knew that it's Shamaya. She turns her face to meet hers.

Shamaya looks just as she did the last time she had seen her. Her deep blue eyes were highlighted with thick black kohl and lips painted deep shade of blood red. Her porcelain skin appear so smooth as if she has just stepped out from a model magazine. She smiles and Ravina noticed that her teeth too were as ghastly and nearly rotten as she remembered them to be.

"Helloo Shamaya...I never thought that I will see you again...let alone here in Delhi," Ravina tried to sound casual but knew that Shamaya will pick up that something is surely up.

"Why my dear..I have been travelling quite frequently for quite some time now..But feel the need to settle down..You know what they say about turning 500.." she tells her in a hush tone, eyes shining bright.

Yes, Ravina was well aware what will happen when Shamaya turns 500 just as what had happened when Ravina turned 200. She will be declared as a Queen of Witches the one and only sorceress who in the coming time will be so powerful that even Ravina may fear her.

The cashier requests Ravina to come forward with her cart and she hastily starts pilling up her groceries on the counter.

"Oh has it been this long really Shamaya..you do work magic with your skin.." Ravina tells her smoothly. She is not going to let this old hag get under her skin. No, way!

"That's correct dear..I really do. Here, take my card..I have a Yoga set up here in Delhi. It's quite famous. Drop in and see me anytime you want. And yes..tell Suraj...that he should not fear me. If I wanted him...I would have him," the sound of threat in Shamaya's voice triggers off Ravina's anger.

"Don't you dare.." she tries to threaten back and is met by an icy cool stare of Shamaya's.

"Ravina..we have been friends. Don't spoil our relation for some male witch who doesn't even know the a,b,c's of witch craft. You will only burn yourself..think about it.." she warns her and leaves with a small hand wave.

The mall shakes a little as if hit by a sudden earthquake and Ravina leans on the counter to hold her balance, watching Shamaya as she walks off without showing even a hint of uneasiness as people around her fall trying to find their foothold.

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This is the end of Chapter 12. What do you think about Shamaya? What will happen next? Hope that you have enjoyed reading this chapter. If yes do consider to vote and comment. Look forward to hearing from you guys.

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