Arranged Marriage

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There was honey brown eyed  girl, in beautiful golden colored knee length gown, with waist length dark wood colored locks,  exactly right in front of me so close. Staring me, continually, all confused and lost.

Her forehead had a frown, lips parted and cheeks glowing pink with the coldness. I tried touching her hand, as her hand too came to me and that was the point when we touched, the girl in front  waved  off in water and a new reflection came of the same girl in golden dress, now pouting.

It was me, in middle of forest, in this bitten cold, the ice all around me, kneeling in front of river. Kind of lost in my way and not at all aware what's my journey or destination is.

I walked from there pulling my gown a little up from my feet, searching for any human trace if its there in this jungle but to my disappointment, I was here all alone.

I kept walking for what seems  hours, tired and hungry.  Then after few more steps, I heard faint music coming off. 

Is it me hallucinating?

That was familiar. It was the music I think I heard at an exhibition. I squared off my shoulders, shrugged off all my tiredness and my heavy dress didn't help much but I carried on with it, following the music.

The music kept getting loud and under my feet I felt the rose petals are marking my way. It was like a red carpet, full of red roses and so beautiful, so eternal. I walked and walked until I saw kids playing at my both side and crowd increasing. There were people from my school, college, office, my relatives. They passed me a smile and a good luck and I nodded at them confused, still walking alone on rose carpet, clueless. At least I am now not alone, I was contented with their presence.

At last of crowd, my parents were there hand in hand, in white dresses, hugging and laughing and talking just like old days.   They did see me, waved their hand, directing towards the stage in the middle of crowd.

I walked to the circular stage surrounded by people, stepped up to it's three stairs, only to come in front of the back of a man in a white suit standing in the middle of the stage. The air around him help so much power and energy that it made my breath choking. All the crowd cheered me up, hooted and whistle, while the man looked unfazed by it. I swallowed the lump forming, from the nervousness, excitement and curiosity.

Slowly the distance between the man's back and mine faded away by my little steps. I saw back at papa, and he nodded at me while engulfing mumma in a back hug. I looked back at broad shoulder of man, and finally lifted my hand kept on his shoulder.

He was cold! So cold that I froze in my place and a dangerous shiver ran through my spine! He was insanely cold that was impossible for any human to bear.

I was about to take my hand back, but I felt his icy cold hand engulfing mine and slowly he started turning to my side.

I gulped and my heart seemed to come out of my chest. I wasn't sure why I am scared or so nervous. My eyes just kept glued to him, to his back. And then he turned.

My eyes widened! So widened at his look that I was now literally frozen to my place, unmoving, nearly forgot to breath.

"Sh-Shivaay" I stuttered seeing his ice cold blue eyes, so cold that it seemed to froze the whole ocean with his one look and his skin was pale white. He didn't look the Shivaay I know but different. And not a good different it was!

He looked like a satan. Hell of a satan! Had that weird little red horns on his head, his eyes cold yet a mischievous glint was there. My hand came back to me in a heartbeat and he just laughed off at my expressions showing his razor like teeth. His laugh so loud, so wild that it could only be of a devil.