MB FF : On the Quest || Pg. 144 - Ch.50 & Note || - Page 18

"We are back!!", shouted all of them as they entered the Secrecy. "Oh! So now all of you are finally back! Thank God!", Paarth welcomed them back. "Paarth where is Panchi?", asked Subhi. "She might be in her room. ", Paarth told Subhi. "Did something happen?", Subhi asked with a smirk. Paarth instantly remembered the incident which took place that morning, "No!", he replied. "Not much! I was preparing for test and so was she!", he gave an excuse. But Subhi knew very well that what all happened. So giving a smile at the tensed Paarth she proceeded to Panchi's room. "Paarth! Hungry? ", Vrushali asked. "Yes! Can you please! please! cook. Even rats are tired of jumping in my stomach now!", Paarth said with a puppy face. "Sure! I'll cook something!", Vrushali smiled and went straight to the kitchen. "Yudhishtir bahiya! Devika ji called from your office. She had some important work to talk about. So whenever you are free please talk to her. Okay.", Paarth known to what was the important work said with a little smirk. Yudhishtir gave a sharp gaze at Paarth. "For some reason I guess he knows!", was the instant thought that struck Yudhishtir when he observed Paarth's hard to hide smirk. "Paarth! Did you think on where did the Scrolls and the Key disappeared?", asked Vasusen. "Yes bahi! And look what I found!", he said so and ran to bring his tablet. "See! The locationer has traced some particle traces of the Key in the nearby environment. But unfortunately they are not strong enough to construct it's exact location. So we will have to wait until we get traces which can help us steadily.", Paarth informed. Vasusen nodded in agreement. "Come one you hard working people! Get a life! get some food!", Vrushali called all of them for dinner.

Vrushali was on the terrace. She was immersed in the beauty of the moonlit night. "Beautiful! Isn't it?", Vasusen said as he joined his sweetheart in the silence. "Yes! But it doesn't mean that the night should continue for ever!", Vrushali told. "What do you mean?", Vasusen asked. "Vasusen! How long will we live like this?", she asked him with a soft voice of expression. "What do you mean by - live like this?", Vasusen asked, confused. "Like this means how long will we be just lovers. When will we marry?", she asked with a smile. "Vrushali! Why such a question all of a sudden?", Vasusen asked with the ever-soft voice which he possessed. "Because I don't want to be your love. I want to be your wife. I want people to know me by your name. I want people to know that I am yours. I want them to know about our relationship.", Vrushali explained him. "My brothers know about us dear!", Vasusen reminded her. "No Vasusen! I am not talking about them. I am talking about the society. I want the society to know about us. I want everyone we know to know about us.", Vrushali expressed her wish. "Ok. dear. If you ask for that. We shall marry soon. And don't you worry, we will marry in a proper way just like a true wedding takes place.", he assured her. "I knew you would understand.", Vrushali said, smiling. "I knew you would say that.", Vasusen said wrapping Vrushali in a sweet hug. The couple stood their enjoying their time. In the beautiful full moon night they had decided about a very important step of their life.

"I understand dear!", Yudhishtir talked to his ladylove on the phone. "It has been a month since had a lunch together. It is not fair. We have to meet tomorrow. I don't know how. But we have to. We have to. We have to.", Devika was very angry now and was not ready to listen to Yudhishtir at any cost. "Okay we will meet tomorrow. ", Yudhishtir assured her. "Good! So how are you? You should look after yourself dear. You have been working hard for the company presentation. And I can already notice the tired body needs a rest. I say let us go out of a vacation for a few day.", Devika told him. "No Devika! I have to work even harder in the month approaching. So I have no time to go on any kind of vacation. Yes maybe a the end of the next month when I am free we can.", he told her. "I understand. But if we work together we will be able to finish it faster. So... You can always ask me for help.", she told him. "Sure! Now dear, did you tell anything about us to Paarth?", he asked. "No! But why did you ask this?", Devika was confused. "I guess he knows about us.", Yudhishtir said suspiciously. "How is that possible! We have kept it a perfect secret.", she was shocked. "I can be wrong too. But still I don't know why but I guess he knows!", Yudhishtir was confused at his own thought.

"Here we reach! The Chamber of the Dragon Vase!", Shakuni's joy knew no bounds. "What now? We have to defeat that guardian of this chamber. Right?", Duryodhan asked for reassurance. "Yes we have to! But I see no guardian around!", Dushshasan said. "So that is good. Right! Lets us barge in!", Shakuni said as he got ready to run into the door of the Chamber. But as he ran he hit the guardian shield and fell on earth. "I see this is the guardian. A shield.", Duryodhan said, amazed. "How will we break it?", Dushshasan asked. "Arrows!", Shakuni exclaimed as he got up. "Arrows?", Duryodhan asked, still confused. "Yes! In the Messenger Scroll it is mentioned 'to defeat whom you need arrows keen and sharp' so arrows are going to help us for sure.", Shakuni explained. "I see now! But from where do we bring the arrows?", Dushshasan asked. "Stupid! Not the literal arrows. They are talking about the arrows of wits because such a shield cannot be destroyed using metal arrows. You have to use the arrows of wits to destroy this shield.", Shakuni explained them. "But the question is HOW?", Duryodhan shouted.

Panchi's eyes opened. The howl of some verse she heard woke her up. But when she got up she saw that she was not in her own room. Suddenly some Bengali tongue ritual sound began to reflect into the room. Panchi was driven out of her wits by the sound. "What was that?", she turned around to check. But behind her was a mirror which reflected her own image. "Is this me?", she was shocked to see herself in such finery. She was covered with gold from tip to toe. "Baalis, bajuband, rings, necklaces, maagtika, and God know what else I am wearing. I am wearing more jewellery then the names I know. And this saare attire. Not even saare, an over glorified form of it! It cannot be me!", she was shocked. Suddenly classical music started to be ring in the environment.

"Ha ha hmha
Ha ha ha ha ha"

She was shocked to hear the sound of various Indian instruments at the same time. But the music she was hearing was pure Indian classic. But it was beautiful. Her legs started to move in the direction from where the music was reaching her. "Beautiful!", she said as she opened the door of her room and saw the mansion she was in. Decorated with a thousand roses and a lakh red curtains the mansion was surely witnessing a celebration. The classical music she was hearing was becoming louder as she walked around the floor she was on. But she could see no singers or dancers. Only and Only music could be heard for now.

"Hey dola re dola re dola re dola
Haye dola dil dola mann dola re dola
Hey dola re dola re dola re dola
Haye dola dil dola mann dola re dola"

"God so beautiful! Which song is this!", she was enjoying the music but was becoming impatient to see the dance. She paced with her steps to see where was the site of performance.

"Lag jaane do najariya
Gir jaane do bijuriya
(Bijuriya bijuria
Gir jaane do aaj bijuriya)

Haaye haaye haaye haaye

Chudi ki chan chan mein woh hai
(Chan chan chan chan
Chanak chanak chan
Chanak chanak chan)

Kangan ki khan khan mein woh hai
(Khanak khanak khan
Khanak khanak khan
Khan khan khan)

Chudi ki chan chan mein woh hai
Kangan ki khan khan mein woh hai

Baandh ke main ghungroo
Haan
pehen ke mein payal
Ho
Jhoom ke naachungi, ghum ke naachungi

Baandh ke main ghungroo
pehen ke mein payal
Ho...
Baandh ke main ghungroo
pehen ke mein payal

Ho
Jhoom ke naachungi, ghum ke naachungi

Dola dola dil dola dola dola
Dola dola dil dola dola dola
Dola dola dil dola dola dola
Dola dola dil dola dola dola

Hey dola re !