The Cursed Princess (Chapter 1)

384 19 4
                                    

It was one fine morning . Sipping on her cup of coffee, Anu searched in the net :

" Best places to visit in India"

Lots of ideas popped up in her mobile screen. "Hmm...Lets see what we have here" she went through each of the web links when she saw a heading :

" Rajasthan : The lands of Maharajas"

" Interesting !" she exclaimed. " What do you think Riya?" she looked at the girl sitting in front her. "Well I've never been to Rajasthan so you know , We can have a short trip ." Riya replied. "So......" they exchanged a few glances " Next destination! Lands of Maharajas!!" they exclaimed  happily.

The girls finished the all the required formalities and took a cab from Jaipur International Airport. "You know what, this is the first correct decision you have made " Riya said admiring the view outside the window " The trip to Rajasthan ". "Yeah you are right!" Anu replied "Wait, Did you just say I always make wrong decisions?!". "Like you don't know?" Riya looked back at her angry friend. "You.." she hit her hand playfully. Soon they reached the hotel. "Yes ma'am, ok here are your keys to room 306! Have a nice stay" the receptionist greeted them with a warm smile. " This room is so cozy!! I would love to sleep here all day and night" Anu jumped into the bed. " What?! No you lazy kitty, last time you spent the whole Goa trip in sleeping ....Don't you dare !" Riya glared at her. " Ok angrybird I surrender" Anu raised her hand. Suddenly they heard a knock at the door. "I'll see" Anu got up . She opened the door and a familiar face greeted her "Bhoomi!!" She cried out of joy . " Good to see that you remember me " Bhoomi laughed . "How could we forget you. Come in " Riya smiled. But some uneasy feeling was hidden behind that smile. " So you guys came here for first time?" Bhoomi asked . Riya nodded. "Yeah same for me too" She smiled. "In that case we could plan the trip together!" Anu added. "Well that's a great idea " Bhoomi smiled. "My room no. is 309 call me up whenever you want"  She got up and left.

Everything was going normal. Recollection of childhood memories, Visiting forts together, Joy and laughter. But then came the Bhangarh Fort . They told them that after sunset they are not allowed to stay in the fort. That was weird for other forts didn't have this rule. When asked why they got an answer. "There was a princess name Ratnavati who lived in this fort. A beautiful lady

But her beauty turned up to be her curse

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

But her beauty turned up to be her curse. A wizard fell in love with her. But he was sure that she will reject his love. So he wanted to trick the princess. He chanted some magical spell on her perfume so that on using the perfume, she will fall in love with the wizard. But Ratnavati got to know about his trick. She threw the bottle of perfume . The perfume hit a heavy rock and that rock fell down. On whom? The wizard who was passing by. He died but before his death, He cursed that the whole kingdom will fall down, everyone will die, but there souls will be trapped within these walls of the Bhangarh fort. Soon after the wizard's words came true. The princess died , the kingdom fell down and this Mahal became lifeless". "Sounds like a fairytale to me " Anu laughed. "Rubbish" Riya stomped her feet. "Living in this generation you believe in ghosts!! What was the name of that princess again?" "Ratnavati " Bhoomi replied. "Whatever!" Riya rolled her eyes. "So what we do now?" asked Anu. "We will find out what's wrong" Riya replied. "We will enter the fort few hours before the closing time and we will escape before sunrise". "Ok I know a place to hide and we can escape from the window" said Bhoomi. "Ready for some exciting adventure?" Anu jumped out of excitement "Or staying at an old fort for a whole night just like that" Riya added sarcastically.
Time says it's 7pm. The girls were roaming around the big fort. Riya was filming the whole incident. She said "If we are able to capture the ghost in camera, u know this video will go viral". Suddenly they heard a big noise.
It seemed to come from the princess's room. They ran up to that room. A beautiful perfume bottle was shattered in pieces. A beautiful smell emerged from it. The smell was so magical that they remained silent for a minute. "Guys you ran so fast" Bhoomi came running from behind."Huh" both of them seemed to come back to earth. "Oh lets go it's not safe here I guess" Anu added. They escaped from the window. On there way the suddenly saw an old man sitting in one corner of the streets. Suddenly he noticed Bhoomi and got up. "Who is he ?" Anu asked. He bowed down and shouted "Jai Rajkumari". Bhoomi said in a cold tone "leave him, some mental patient you see" and she left the place.
Next morning Riya and Anu started the video. The video was quiet normal. "See nothing is wrong there.. rubbish! This was a waste of time only" Riya said in a annoying tone. "No" Anu started the video again. "Look closely.... Did you see Bhoomi even once?" A serious look appeared on Riya's face. Yes! Where was Bhoomi all the time?!. "Anu room no. 309 quick" the girks ran up to the room. They knocked the door a million times. "You stay here I'll go and talk to the receptionist." Anu ran up there. "I'm sorry ma'am but room no. 309 is under construction so we have locked it up. And today the workers have taken a day off." He smiled. Anu started shaking. She went back to her room "that room is under construction" Anu replied. " Well have you noticed one thing?" Riya asked. "What?" Anu asked. "Ratnavati and Bhoomi means the same they are the names of Mother Earth". Anu sat down in the couch. "So next destination ?" Riya asked. "Home" she replied.

The Cursed PrincessWhere stories live. Discover now