Chapter 8

Recap

 

The five sisters and Harsh go to the bazaar and Bhoomi gets attacked by a dakoo but gets saved by Agni. Sia seems to like Agni from the first meeting and wants to know more about him. When Dharam gives Agni a cold greeting she is determined to know their relationship. Bhoomi convinces Agni to come along with them through the bazaar.

 

Part 7

 

Developing friendship

 

All of them set out together walking through the bazaar. They stop at a dhabba.

 

Harsh: Yeh jaga to bikul Avdhi ke mahal ka kard khaana lagta hai

 

Owner: Ji? Kya kaha

 

Ananya: Darasal Rajkumar Harsh aapkee is jaga kee taarif karahe the

 

Harsh: Ji ha. Tumhe to khush hona chahheeye ke humne tumhaare is dhaabe ko Avdhi ke mahal ke barabar samjha

 

Owner: To phir theek hai. Mujhe laga ke aap mere dhaabe kee burai karahai hai

 

Harsh: Aisa to kabhi ho hee nahi sakta kyu ke hum kisee bhi cheez kee burai nahi karte. Ab chaahe wo Avdhi ka aalee shaan mahal ho, ya phir yeh chota sa dhaaba.

 

All this while Sia and Agni kept exchanging glances and smiled as if they both were dying to talk to each other alone.

 

Owner: Rajkumar Harsh, aap mere saath aaye me aapko ek khaas jage pe betha ta hu.

 

Harsh: Are hume aisa kuch nahi chaaheeye per tum kehrahe ho to theek hai. Rajkumari Sia agar aap hame aagya de to kuch dair hum iske saath chale jai?

 

Sia: (fake smile) Shoke se jaaye Rajkumar

 

After he leaves both Ananya and Sia burst out laughing

 

Bhoomi comes and drags Agni with her to see something and Sawri follows. She behaved as if she knew the guy since a long time and he just followed her so she doesn't feel bad.

 

After some time Agni manages to excuse himself from the two girls and finds Sia sitting on a tree stump alone.

 

Agni: Mujhe lagta tha ke aapkee behno mujhe kabhi nahi chorengee

 

Sia: Ah, kabhi kabhi bari ziddi banjaatee hai. Sabse barker to Bhoomi

 

Agni: Aap kee dono chothi behne bari pyaaree hai. Kuch ziada hee.

 

Sia smiled.

 

Agni: Wese mujhe hairaanee huwi Rajkumar Veer ko yaha aate huwe dekhte

 

Sia: Kyu? Is me hairaan hone waalee kya baat hai

 

Agni: nahi, bari baat nahi hai. Wo bus… (sighs and ponders)

 

Sia: hamne dekha ke kese tumhe bura laga jab Rajkumar Dharam ne tumhaaree taraf dekhna bhi ucchit nahi samjha

 

Agni: ha…wo… (again sighs and makes a sad face. Then forces on a smile) Aap kitne arse se jaantee hai onhe?

 

Sia: Kuch ziada nahi, yehi koi ek mahine pehle hee mulaqaat huwi hai

 

Agni: Me onhe bachpan se jaanta hu

 

Sia seems shocked

 

Agni: onke saath hee pala bara hu

 

Sia: Per wo to…

 

Agni: ha, me jaanta hu aap kya soch rahee hai. Aapne jese onka wewaar mere saath dekha osse aapko hairaanee huwee hogi. Kya aap behat kareeb se jaantee hai onhe?

 

 Sia: hum onke saath sirf teen din rahe ek hee ghar me or hame wo behat hee nagawara laga. On jesa ghamudi insaan maine aaj tak nahi dekha.

 

Agni: ha kai log onhe aisa hee samjhte hai per me nahi

 

Sia: Per her koi onke bare me aisa hee kehta hai. Kisee ke mooh se humne onke liye taarif sunee hee nahi. Onka yeh ghamund hee to sab ko onke liye nafrat ka karan hai.

 

Agni: yeh sahi baat hai. Khair ab mujhe onke is wewaar se koi khaas farak nahi parta. Ab agar onko bura lagta hai jaha me hu to wo jaasakte hai, mujhe jaane kee koi zaroorat nahi.

 

Sia smiled in agreement

 

Agni: Rajkumari Sia meree onkee koi aisee dushmani nahi hai per phir bhi onhone mere saath hamesha na insaafi kee hai

 

She is surprised to hear that and wants to hear more

 

Agni: Mere pitaji Aryanagar ke mahamantri the or wo Maharaj Aryavardhan kee baree izzat karte the. Onho nai apna kaam hamesha wafadaari se kiya or Aryanagar kee parampara ko baaki rakha. Jab pitaji kee maut hogayee to phir Maharaj ne mujhe apne bete kee tarha hee rakha. Mujhe wo her pyaar or izzat dee. Onho ne mere liye jo kuch bhi kiya ose me kabhi chuka to nahi sakta isee liye me bhi Aryanagar kee saina me shaamil hogaya take me bhi apne pitaji ke jaisa waafadaar bansaku. Per naajaane kyu Rajkumar Dharam ko mera Maharaj se itna kareeb hona pasand nahi tha. Jese maharaj kee tabiyat bigar ne lagee mere saath na insaafi bharti gayee or phir aakhir me mujhe Rajkumar Dharam ne mahal se nikaal hee diya. To ab me khud apne balbude pe yaha tak pohocha hu.

 

Sia: Hame to yakeen nahi horaha ke Rajkumar Dharam aise hai. Itna bura to hamne onhe samjha hee nahi tha. Onhe to sab ke saamne beech oh beech zaleel karna chaheeye take onhe ehsaas ho

 

Agni: Ek din shayad yeh ho bhi per me yeh kabhi nahi karunga. Maharaj ke itne ehsaan hai mujh par ke me kabhi bhi onko chote nahi pohocha sakta or wo bhi aise waqt jab wo apni aakhri saase gin rahe hai.

 

Just then Bhoomi and Sawri come running and laughing out loudly with each other. Agni also joins in and Sia too.

 

Sia: Tum kitne alag ho Agni Rajkumar Dharam se. Tumhe bhi wahi parwarish milee hai Maharaj se per tum kitne zameen pe ho or wo kitne oonche aasmaan per hai ke pair neeche utar te hee nahi

 

Agni: Hmm, maine hamesha seekha hai ke jo aadmi dusro kee izzat karta hai oskee izzat sab karte hai. To phir sabse naraaz rehne ka kya matlab? Meree zindagee me sab kuch theek hee hai Rajkumari Sia. Ab me ek behtareen sipahi hu, mere kaafi dost hai or phir abhi abhi aap jese acche logo se bhi to mulaqaat huwee hai.

 

Sia smiled and blushed at his comment.

 

Agni: meree aapse binatee hai ke aap mere liye zara see bhi daya na kare kyu ke mujhe koi shikayat nahi

 

Bhoomi: Sia, tum Agni pe kyu daya khaarahee ho?

 

Both Agni and Sia stare at each other wondering what to say

 

Agni: wo isliye kyu ke kaafi waqt hochuka mujhe mithai khaaye huwe.

 

Bhoomi: are yeh to bohat hee bura huwa. Beechaare tum, chalo isee waqt me tumhe mithai kee dukaan pe le chaltee hu. Chalo na.

 

Bhoomi drags Agni away and he obliges giving Sia a grateful look. She looks back at him with content that he is a good man.

 

Later all them return back to Sumaina and Agni goes back to Aryanagar.

 

Ananya's room

 

Ananya: pata nahi kyu Sia per hame nahi lagta ke Rajkumar Dharam itne bure honge. Wo onke pitaji ko kabhi bhi takleef nahi pohochne denge or wo bhi aisee haalat me. Zara socho Sia ke aisa kese hosakta hai. Rajkumar Veer bhi to wahi the per onhone to kuch bhi nahi kiya. Wo to aise nahi hai.

 

Sia: Hum acchee tarha se samjh sakte hai ke kya huwa hoga Ananya. Rajkumar Dharam to kaha kiss kee baat sunte hai or Rajkumar Veer kee to baat dhoore hee lagtee hai. Or phir Agni itna sab kuch kyu banaehga?

 

Ananya: hame lagta hai ke tumhe yeh Agni kuch pasand aane laga hai

 

Sia: (give a shy smile) shayad hame pasand aane laga hai. Per Ananya kise pasand nahi aaehga wo? Itna accha insaan hai ke sab oske saath dosti karle.

 

Ananya: phir bhi hame lagta hai ke ospe itna bharosa karna theek hai kya?

 

Sia: kese na kare hum bharosa Ananya? Itne saaree baate baatayee osne or phir humne bhi to apni aakho se dekha hai ke kesa hai Rajkumar Dharam ka rishta Agni ke saath. Humare paas na bharosa karne kee waje hai hee nahi.

 

Ananya: (sighs and comes and sits next to her) Yeh sab maana mushkil to hai or samajh me nahi aata ke kya sahi hai or kya ghalat.

 

Sia: isme or soch ne kee koi baat nahi. Hume pata hai ke kya sahi hai or kya ghalat or yehi baat sahi hai.

 

Ananya doesn't probe further as she knows that Sia won't listen to her anyways so she leaves it at that.

 

Few days later

 

All the five sisters were blessed with unexpected visitors. Agni decided to drop by to Sumaina with his friends and they all grouped up and went out. Bhoomi and Sawri were ever ready as a group of young boys just excited them and they didn't care who they were or what they were. Ananya and Sia were hesitant to just let them go off but then Agni assured them that his friends were harmless and good by nature and would take care of them two. Sia wanted to go alone with Agni but Harsh decided to accompany them.

 

He was being his usual boastful self.

 

Harsh: Kya tumhe pata hai Agni ke Avdhi ke mahal ka ek ek pathar itna bhaari hai ke ose 100 aadmi lage the uthaane me.

 

Agni: 100 aadmi? (pretends to be surprised) phir to wo bohat hee bara hoga

 

Harsh: bara bhi to kitna bara. Ab…

 

Agni: To iska matlab ke Maharaj ko itnee saaree bari jage kee zaroorat hai

 

Harsh just laughed as he thought it was a joke

 

Ananya comes running towards them.

 

Ananya: shukar hai Rajkumar Harsh aap hame yaha milgaye. Hame aapkee bari zaroorat hai, balke Avantika ko ziada. Osko ek kitaab me aisee cheez milee hai jo sirf aap hee ose samjha sakte hai

 

Harsh: per hum to wo…

 

Ananya: yeh bohat hee zaroori hai or aap to yehi karne aaye the na yaha?

 

Harsh: agar yeh baat hai to hum zaroor chalenge.

 

As he is leaving he keeps smiling like a clown towards Agni and Sia. Then finally he is gone Agni stares at Sia in amazement.

 

Agni: Rajkumar Harsh mujhe kaafi dilchasp maaloom parte hai

 

Sia: tum baree acchi tarhase kehrahe ho Agni. Hum jaante hai ke wo kitne bewacoof hai.

 

Both of them walk together through the garden

 

Sia: hame yeh batao Agni ke Rajkumar Veer tumhe kese lagte hai

 

Agni: me onhe ziada nahi jaanta per jitna jaanta hu osse kehsakta hu ke wo bohat hee acche insaan hai. Hamesha dusro ke baare me sochte hai or hamesha dusro kee madad karne pohoch jaate hai

 

Sia: sahi kaha tumne. Pata nahi onhe Rajkumar Dharam kee asliyat maaloom hai bhi ke nahi. Or agar hai to phir onhone yeh anyay roka kyu nahi?

 

Agni: shayad Rajkumar Dharam ke aage wo kuch bhi nahi karsakte. Rajkumar Dharam hamesha wahi karte hai jo onhe theek lagta hai. Agar insaan onke barabar ka ho ya bara to hee onkee baat sunte hai.

 

Sia: onhone tumhaare saath itna sab kuch kiya phir bhi tum onke liye itna bura kabhi sochte hee nahi. Maana parega tumhe

 

Agni: Maine aapse pehle bhi kaha tha Rajkumari Sia ke mujhe ab onse koi shikayat nahi.

 

They walked further in silence and then Sia remembered about Sakshi.

 

Sia: kya tum Rajkumari Sakshi ko jaante ho

 

Agni: ziada nahi kyu ke wo bhi Rajkumar Veer ke jese hee mere saath ziada nahi rahee. Or wese bhi Rajkumari Sakshi Aryanagar se bahaar hee rahee hai kahi waqt se. Bachpan me onke saath kabhi kabhi me khel ta tha or maza bhi aata tha. Bari pyaari thi. Ab wo bhi Rajkumar Dharam ke jesee hee hogayee hai. Aap to jaan gayee hongee ke kese. Ab meree onse kabhi mulaqaat huwee hee nahi. Jab wo bara saal kee thi tabse wo Avdhi me hee rehtee hai onke chacha ke saath, Maharaj Dayavardhan. Mere khayaal se ab wo chauda saal kee zaroor hogayee hongee, aapkee choti behen Rajkumari Bhoomi ke jesi.

 

Sia: Bhoomi to abhi tera saal kee hee hai.

 

They have reached the group with Bhoomi and Sawri and they see how the two girls are enjoying themselves and they also just smile upon their happiness. Then both of them turn around to walk back.

 

Agni: ek or baat hai jo aapko pata nahi hai Sia. Devghar kee Rajkumari Antara sirf Rajkumar Dharam kee acchi dost hee nahi hai, balke onkee hone waale mangetar bhi hai

 

Sia: (bedazzled) acha?

 

Agni: ha onka rishta to bachpan me he teh hogaya tha. Ab jese hee Rajkumar Dharam ka raj abhishek hoga, on dono kee shaadi hojaaehgee.

 

Sia: (laughs about it) Sach me ek dusre ke liye hee bane hai. Per phir bhi hame Antara ke liye bura lagraha hai ke ose zindagee bhar ke liye Rajkumar Dharam ko jhel na parega.

 

It makes Agni laugh too and both of them soon reach the mahal again.

 

In the evening

 

Nivi: Ananya! Sia! Avantika! Sawri! Bhoomi! Sab kaha ho jaldi aao!

 

All the girls come running towards Nivriti in the hall.

 

S.M: kya huwa Maharani? Aap aise kyu sab ko bulaarahi hai

 

Nivi: (can't control her excitement) are baat hee kuch aisee hai ke me apne aapko rok hee nahi payee. Tum sab sunogee to tum bhi khushi se uchal parogee. Tum to khaas karke Ananya.

 

Ananya and Sia both are surprised and give each other a confused look. Sia can feel it is something related to Veer.

 

S.M: ab aap bataengee bhi ke nahi

 

Nivi: abhi abhi Aryanagar se sandesh aaya hai ke chaar din baad Rajkumar Dharam ka janam din hai to oskee khushi me Aryanagar me bara mela lagne waala hai. Bohat bara utsav hai kyu ke osi din onka raj abhishek bhi hone waala hai. Wese to hame onkee khushi me jaane ka koi shoke nahi hai kyu ke wo iske laayak hee nahi per yeh nimantar hame Rajkumar Veer ke or se aaya hai. Onhone hum sab ko khaas kar ke bulaaya hai or chahte hai ke hum sab waha pe is afsar pe ho. Me to itnee khush hu ke bus nahi

 

S.M: ab afsar hee aisa hai to khush to hona hee chaheeye.

 

Nivi: Rajkumar Harsh aap ko bhi hamare saath Rajkumar Veer ne nimantar bheja hai

 

Harsh: yeh to onka upkaar hai jo onhone hame bhi yaad kiya

 

Sia: Per kya aise mele me jaanese aapkee shaan me koi takleef nahi hogi

 

Harsh: Aap hamara kitna khayaal rakhtee hai Sia, per aap bhool rahee hai ke yeh Aryanagar ka mela hai to osme hame jaane me koi dikat nahi hogi. Or wese bhi aap sab hamare saath hongee to hame or bhi koi dikat nahi hogi. Khaas karke aap Sia. (gets up and pleads to her) kya aap hum par upkaar karengee or humse waada karegee ke is mele me aap hamare saath hee rahengee

 

He kept snorting which made Bhoomi and Sawri laugh especially because poor Sia got stuck with the old fool again. Sia just groaned and huffed as there was nothing else she could do but to agree as the guy was just not going to leave her alone.

 

End of part.

 

Precap: All of them attend the mela and Sia is busy looking for someone when she runs into someone unexpected.