Abhigya Short Stories

Bewitched : Part One

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Based on most of your choice, I am posting Bewitched here, after that it will be Lemons & Lemonade:) Hope you guys will like it. And thank you all for voting and commenting on the previous story.

Pragya looks at her Nani and Disha, and then she turns her attention back to the pen on the table.
"Just concentrate, Pragya." Disha gently guides her.
Pragya takes a deep breath and wills the pen to levitate.
Rise... no... no... I should imagine the pen rising... Okay... imagining the pen rising... okay imagining... imagining... why is the damn thing not rising? Is it because it is heavy? Or is it because I am a useless witch without any witchy powers?
"Concentrate, Pragya." Nani tells her.
"I am concentrating." Pragya replies as she stared at the pen.
Now rise. Maybe I should have used a feather instead of a pen? A feather is light weight, it would have risen easily. Or a bird maybe? That would have risen by itself... birds can fly and I like birds... maybe I should keep a pet... hmmm interesting... maybe I should keep a pigeon... hmmm how about a parrot?... a parrot would be really interesting... it will talk to me... and we can be friends... maybe I'll name it Tutu...
"Are you concentrating, Pragya?" Nani asks suspiciously.
"Yes, Nani." Pragya quickly replies realizing she had stopped staring at the pen; she resumed glaring at the pen.
Rise you stupid idiot... if it was Tutu it would have risen long back... wouldn't have disgraced me like this.
"You are not concentrating, Pragya!" Nani says angrily.
"I AM!" Pragya says offended.
"You are looking at the foot of the table instead of the pen." Disha tells her.
Pragya sighs dramatically, "I can't do this. I am not a good witch."
"You are still a witch." Nani reminds her.
"I have never done any magic in my life, so for all you know I could be a normal human. After all I am not born out of true love!"
"Your mother loved your father, so you were born out of love. And you have done magic before. I've seen you do magic when you were a kid."
"You keep saying that, I don't remember doing anything." Pragya tells her irritated.
Nani stares at Pragya's eyes and suddenly Pragya's mind is filled with images of a toddler Pragya levitating things.
"Fine... fine! I'll try once more." Pragya tells her wanting to stop her Nani from evading her mind; she didn't like anyone roaming around inside her head.
Nani turns to look at the pen and the vision vanishes from Pragya's mind.

"I give up!" Pragya says tired from staring at the damn pen. She hated that pen, if it was Pintu, as she had decided to name her parrot Pintu instead of tutu, would have been flying around saving her from all this torture.
Nani and Disha sighs giving up.
"I'll just get married to the next guy I meet and lead a normal life." Pragya tells them walking off then stopping at the door, she turns to Disha, "Maybe Disha Maasi, you can teach me about the spell of staying young... not now, maybe when I turn 29... I am already dreading 30s." Pragya tells her grinning.
Disha was nearing 50 but she didn't look a day older than 28. "Aging naturally is a good thing, Pragya. When you stop your growth at an age, you tend to give up on your life and friends. You need to keep moving as people don't get suspicious about why you are not growing old." Disha tells her.
"You regret it?"
"I should have listened to my mother." Disha says looking at her mother.
"Can't you reverse the spell?" Pragya asks her curiously.
"I can but then from 28 to 52 overnight is not a good transformation and it is kind of a depressing thing." Disha tells her sighing.
"You should never misuse your powers." Nani gently tells them.
"That is why I am not using my powers to even lift a pen." Pragya cheekily tells them and walks off.

"Do you think she meant it when she said she is going to marry the next guy she meets?" Disha asks her.
"I do believe she meant that. Being a witch and not able to perform magic is taking a toll on her. It is kind of making her feel as if she doesn't belong." Nani says sadly looking at the door Pragya just walked away.
Disha remains silent for a while and then shouts "PRAGYAAA!!!"
"Yeaah?" Pragya says as she come back frowning.
"Sit next to me." Disha tells her. Pragya sits next to her and Disha quickly takes hold of her hand and goes into a trance.
"What is she doing?" Pragya asks Nani in a whisper.
Nani shrugs in reply.
"Okay... Go." Disha says coming out of her trance.
"What were you trying to do?" Pragya asks her frowning.
"Read your thoughts." Disha replies shrugging.
Pragya gasps in outrage, "You can read my thoughts? Did you?"
"No... I am just learning. Maybe I need more practice."
"Well... practice on someone else." Pragya tells her pissed and walks off.

"What did you see?" Nani asks when Pragya was out of earshot.
"She will get married but to a man who would be like her father." Disha tells her.
"No!" Nani says in dread and horror.
"I can't let what happened to Sarala happen to her."
"There is a great love for her but it is not in her destiny. Her soul mate is there but she is never going to cross path with him." Disha tells her.
"She is not going to marry her soul mate?" Nani asks.
"No they are not going to meet ever." Disha replies.
"I won't have what happened to Sarala, happen to her daughter also." Sarala had married Raghuveer, and was in love with him and they were happy too but when he found out that she was a witch he had abandoned her and their unborn baby. Sarala could never come out of it and her life was ruined because of that.
"What are you going to do?" Disha asks suddenly worried.
"I am going to change her destiny." Nani says determined.
"You say we shouldn't misuse our power."
"Protecting my grandchild's life is not misusing my power. What is her soul mate's name?"
"Abhishek Prem Mehra."
Nani nods and then she goes into a trance as she chanted changing their destiny.

Meanwhile at Abhi's office

"Purab is so in love with her, he won't believe me when I tell him that she is a gold digger." Abhi listens to his mother sniffing on the phone. "He is going to ruin his life."
"No, Mom. I won't let him ruin his life. I'll prove to him that she is not as innocent as he thinks." Abhi promises her.
"What are you going to do?" Radha asks him.
"By hook or crook I'm going to save my brother's life." Abhi says and hangs up the phone.

Abhi was on the phone when Raaj walks in. "Sir, I got the girl's address and photo." Raaj says in a whisper as he offered him a photo.

Abhi points him to keep it on the table. Raaj takes a last look at the address on the back of the photo to read the details, Aaliyah Sharma, Flat No 803, Skyscrapers Apartments and confirming again all the details were correct he keeps it on the table and leaves. Abhi hangs up the phone and was about to take the photo when wind blew it away to fall on the floor. Abhi turns to look at the window furiously wondering who had opened it and sees it closed. He frowns wondering where the wind had suddenly come from; maybe the AC was acting weird. He gets up from his chair and retrieves the photo. He looks at the photo of the beautiful girl, no wonder Purab is so smitten, she is so beautiful and looks like an innocent girl. Then he turns over the photo to read the details of the gold digger who was out to get his brother. Pragya Arora, Villa No 16, Royal Enclave.

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