MAAN AUR GEET-DO JADUGAR UPDATED PT 17 PG 22

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PART 12

'Kaun hai?'Prabath shouted.'I warn u - I'm armed!'
There was a pause.Then -
SMASH!

The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges & with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor.

A giant of a man was standing in the doorway.His face was almost completely hidden by a long,shaggy mane of hair & a wild,tangled beard,but u could make out his eyes,glinting like black beetles under the hair.

The giant squeezed his way into the hut,stooping so that his head just brushed the ceiling.He bent down,picked up the door & fitted it easily back to its frame.The noise of the storm outside dropped a little.He turned to look at them all.

'Aap mer' liy' chai nahi banaasakthe?Could yeh?Mein bahu' door se aaya hoo'...'

He strode over the sofa where Dhruv sat frozen with fear.

'Budge up,yeh great lump,'said the stranger.

Dhruv squeaked & ran to hide behind his mother,who was crouching,terrified,behind Prabath.

'Au' yeh dekho Maan!'said the giant.

Maan looked up into the firece,wild,shadowy face & saw that the beetle eyes were crinkled in a smile.

'Las' time I saw u,U was only a baby,'said the giant.'Yeh look like a lot yer dad but yeh've got yer mum's eyes.'

Prabath made a funny rasping noise.

'I demand that u leave at once,sir!'he said.'You are breaking & entering!'

'Ah shut up,Juneja,yeh great prune,'said the giant.He reached over the back of the sofa,jerked the gun out of Prabath's hands,bent it into a knot as easily as if it had been made of rubber,and threw it into a corner of the room.

Prabath made another funny noise,like a mouse being trodden on.
'Anyway - Maan,'said the giant,turning his back on the Junejas.'Janam din mubhaarak ho.Got summat fer yeh here - I mighta sat on it at some point,but it'll taste all right.'

From an inside pocket of his black overcoat he pulled a slightly squashed box.Maan opened it with trembling fingers.inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAAN written on it in green icing.

Maan looked up at the giant.He meant to say thank u,but the words got lost on the way to his mouth and what he said instead was,'Kaun hai aap?'

The giant chuckled.

'True,I haven't introduced meself.Nakul, keeper of keys & grounds at Gurukul.'

He held out an enormous hand & shook Maan's whole arm.

'What abt that tea then,eh?'he said,rubbing his hands togather.'I'd not say no ter summat stronger if yeh've got it mind.'

His eyes fell on the empty grate with shrivelled crisp packets in it & he snorted.He bent down over the fireplace,they couldn't see what he was doing but when he drew back a second later,there was a roaring fire there.It filled the whole damp hut with flickering light & Maan felt warmth wash over him as though he's sunk into a hot bath.

The giant sat back down on the sofa,which sagged under his weight & began taking all sorts of things out of the pockets of his coat:a copper kettle, a squashy package of chicken legs,a poker,a teapot,several chipped mugs & a bottle of some amber liquid which he took a swig from before starting to make tea.Soon the hut was full of the sound & smell of sizzling chicken legs.Nobody said a thing while the giant was working,but as he slid the first six fat,jiucy,slightly burnt chicken legs from the poker,Dhruv fidgeted a little.Prabath said sharply,"Chuvo mat Dhruv...jo tumhe dega...!'

The giant chuckled darkly.

'Yer great puddin' of a son don' need fattening any more, Juneja,don' worry.'

He passed the chicken legs to Maan,who was so hungry he had never tasted anything so wonderful,but he still couldn't take his eyes off the giant.Finally as nobody seemed abt to explain anything,he said,'I'm sorry,but I still don't really know who u r.'

The giant took a gulp of tea & wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

'Mujhe tum Nakul bula sakthe ho,'he said.'Sab log mujhe yahi bulaathe hai.'An' like I told yeh,I'm keeper of keys at Gurukul - yeh'll know all abt Gurukul,o' course.'

'Er - no,'said Maan.

Nakul looked shocked.

'Sorry!'Maan said quickly.

'Sorry?'barked Nakul,turning to stare at the Junejas,who shrank back into the shadows.'It's them as should be sorry!I know yeh weren't gettin' yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn't not ever know abou' Gurukul,fer cryin' out loud!Did yeh never wonder where yer parents learnt it all?'

'All what?'asked Maan.

'ALL WHAT?'Nakul thundered.'Now wait jus' one second!'

He had leapt to his feet.in his anger he seemed to fill the whole hut.The Junejas were cowering against the wall.

'Do u mean ter tell me,'he growled at the Junejas,'that this boy - this boy! - knows nothing abt - abt ANYTHING?'

Maan thought this was going a bit far.H ehad been to school,after all,an his marks weren't bad.

'I know some things,'he said.'I can,u know,do maths and stuff.'
But Nakul simply waved his hand & said,'Abt our world.I mean.Ur world.My world.Yer parents world.'

'What world?'

Nakul looked as if he was abt to explode.

'JUNEJA!'he boomed.

Prabath,who had gone very pale,whispered something that sounded like 'Mimblewimble.'Nakul stared wildly at Maan.

'But yeh must know yer mum & dad,'he said.'I mean they're famous.You're famous.'

'What?My - my mum & dad weren't famous,were they?

'Yeh don' know ... yeh don' know ...'Nakul ran his fingers thru his hair,fixing Maan with a bewildered stare.

'Yeh don' know what u r?'he said finally.

Prabath suddenly found his voice.

'Stop!'he commanded.'Stop right there,sir! I forbid u to tell the boy anything!'

A braver man than Prbath would have quailed under the furious look Nakul now gave him; when Nakul spoke,his every syllable trembled with rage.

'You never told him?Never told him what was in the letter Tripaati left fer him?I saw Tripaati left fer him?I saw tripaati leave it Juneja!An u've kept it from him all these years?'

'Kept what from me?'said Maan eagerly.

'STOP!I FORBID YOU!yelled Prabath in panic.

Pammi gave a gasp of horror.

'Ah,go boil yer heads,both of yeh,'said Nakul.'Maan - yer a wizard.'
There was silence inside the hut.Only the sea and the whistling wind could be heard.

'I'm a what?'gasped Maan.

'A wizard,o' course,'said Nakul,sitting back down on the sofa,which groaned & sank even lower,'an a thumpin' good'un,I'd say,once yeh've been trained up a bit.With a mum an' dad like urs,what else would u be?An' I reckon it's abou' time yeh read yeh letter.'

Maan stretched out his hands at last to take the yellowish envelope,addressed in emerald green to Mr M.Khurana,the floor,Hut-on-the-rock,The Sea.He pulled out the letter & read:

GURUKUL SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

Headmaster:Dayashankar Tripaati
(Order of Merlin,First class,Grand Sorc.,Chf.Warlock,Supreme Mugwump,International Confed. of Wizards,Special advisor of the judge of the Supreme court of Delhi in Magic branch)

Dear Mr Khurana,
We are pleased to inform u that u have a place at Gurukul School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September.We await ur owl by no letter that 31 July.

Yours Sincerely,
Professor Mittal
Deputy Headmistress

Precap-Maan-kya hum yeh sab yahan khareed sakthe hai...?"Nakul said,"If u know where to go...!"

Edited by geetsrir.maan - 13 years ago

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6n6s6k6i6r6a6n6

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Posted: 13 years ago

#45

so Maan got a call from Gurukul...

Nakul is the keeper Hoggard...

awesome update...

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Tyro

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Posted: 13 years ago

#46

maan finally knows...

continue soon...

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mysteriousmilli

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Posted: 13 years ago

#47

lovely part...
waiting to know the next...

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sapna sharma

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Posted: 13 years ago

#48

awesome update

loved it

update soon

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renjini263

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Posted: 13 years ago

#49

Superbbb update...

finally Maan came to knw dat he is a wizard!!!!

plzzz cont soon!!

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maaneet0887

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Posted: 13 years ago

#50

PART 13

Bahut saara sawaal utha Maan ke man mein like fireworks and couldn't decided which to ask first.After a few minutes he stammered,'What does it mean,they await my owl?'

'Gallopin'Gorgons,that reminds me,'said Nakul,clapping a hand to his forehead with enough force to knock over a cart horse,and from yet another pocket inside his overcoat he pulled an owl - a real,live,rather ruffled looking owl - a long quill and a roll of parchment.With his tongue between his teeth he scribbled a not which Maan could read upside down:

Dear Mr.Tripaati,

Given Maan his letter.Taking him to buy his things tomorrow.Weather's horrible.Hope u're well.

Nakul

Nakul rolled up the note,gave it to the owl,which clamped it in beak,went to the door & threw the owl into the storm.Then he came back & sat down as though this was as normal as talking on the telephone.

Maan realised his mouth was open and closed it quickly.
'Where was I?'said Nakul,but that moment,Prabath still ashen-faced but looking very angry,moved into the firelight.
'Woh kahi nahi jaa raha!'he said.
Nakul grunted.
'I'd like ter see a great muggle like u stop him,'he said.
'A what?'said Maan interested.
'A muggle,'said Nakul.'It's what we call non-magic folk like them.An' it's ur bad luck u grew up in a family o' the biggest Muggles I ever laid eyes on.'
'We swore when we took him in we'd put a stop to that rubbish,'said Prabath,'swore we'd stamp it out of him!Wixard indeed!'
'You knew?said Maan.'Yow knew I'm a - a wizard?'

'Knew!'shrieked Pammi suddenly.'Knew!of course we knew!How could u not be,my dratted sister being what she was?Oh,she got a letter just like & disappeared off to that - that school - and came home every holiday with her pockets full of frog-spawn,turning teacups into rats.I was the only one who saw her for what she was - a freak!But for my mother & father,oh no,it was Nisha this & Nisha that,they were proud of having a witch in the family!'

She stopped to draw a deep breath and then went ranting on.It seemed she had been wanting to day all this for years.

'Then she met that Rajeev at school and they left and got married and had u, and of course I knew u'd be just the same,just as strange,just as - as - abnormal - and then,if u pls,she went and got herself blown up and we got landed with u!'

Maan had gone very white.As soon as he found his voice he said,'Blown up?U told me they died in a car crash!'
'CAR CRASH!'roared Nakul,jumping up so angrily that Junejas scuttled back to their corner.'How could a car crash kill Rajeev an' Nisha Khurana?It's an outrage!A scandal!Maan Khurana not knowin' his own story when every kid in our world knows his name!'
'But why?What happened?'Maan asked urgently.
The anger faded from Nakul's face.He looked suddenly anxious.
'I never expected this,'he said,in a low,worried voice.'I had no idea,when Tripaati told me there might be trouble gettin' hold of yeh,how much yeh didn't know.Ah,Maan,I don't know if I'm the right person ter tell yeh - but someone's gotta - yeh can't go off ter Gurukul not knowin'.'
He threw a dirty look at the Junejas.
'Well,it's best yeh know as much as I can tell yeh - mind,I can't tell yeh everythin',it's great myst'ry,parts of it...'
He sat down,stared into the fire for a few secs & then said,'It begins,I suppose,with - with a person called - but it's incredible yeh don't know his name,everyone in our world knows -'
'Kaun?'
'Well - I don' like saying the name if I can help it.No one does.'
'Why not?'
'Gulpin' gargoyles,Maan,people are still scared.Blimey,this is difficult.See,there was this wizard who went...bad.As bad as u could go.Worse.Worse than worse.His name was...'
Nakul gulped,but no words came out.
'Could u write down?'Maan suggested.
'Nah - can't spell it.All tight - Voldemort.'(Guys u r thinking that I didn't change his name to a desi style becoz I didn't get any scary name for him than this name so he's still voldemort and am portraying him as foreign wizard who came to KM to kill Maan's parents for his survival becoz trying to frame this story in India as the original story revolves around the London only.)

Nakul shuddered.'Don' make me say it again.Anyway,this - this wizard,abt 20 yrs ago now,started lookin' fer followers.Got ' em,too - some were afraid,some just wanted a bit o' his power,'cause he was getting himself power,all right.Dark days,Maan.Didn't know who ter trust,didn't dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches...terrible thing happened.He was takin' over.'Course,some stood up to him - an' he killed him 'em.Horribly.One o' the only safe places left was Gurukul.Reckon Tripaati's the only one You-know-who was afraid of.Didn't dare try talkin' the school,not just then,anyway.

'Now yer mum an' dad were as good a witch an' wizard as I ever knew.Head boy an' Girl at Gurukul in their day!Suppose the myst'ry is why You-know-who never tried to get 'em on his side before... probably knew they were too close ter Tripaati ter want anythin'ter do with the dark side.
'May be he thought he could persuade 'em ... maybe he just wanted 'em outta the way.All anyone knows is,he turned up in the village where u was all living, on Dussherra 10 yrs ago.You was just a yr old.He came ter yer house an' - an' - '

Nakul suddenly pulled our a very dirty,spotted handkerchief and blew his nose with a sound like a foghorn.
'Sorry,'he said.'But it's that sad - knew yer mum an' dad,an' nicer people yeh couldn't find - anyway -
'You-Know-Who killed 'em.An' then - an' this is the real myst'ry of the thing - he tried to kill y,too.Wanted ter make a clean job of it,I suppose,or maybe he just liked killin by then.But he couldn't do it.Never wondered how u got that mark on yer forehead?That was no ordinary cut.That's what yeh get when a powerful,evil curse touches yeh - took care of yer mum an' dad an' yer house,even - but it didn't work on u,an' that's why yer famous Maan.No one ever lived after he decided ter kill 'em,no one except u,an' he'd killed some o' the best witches an' wizards of the age - the Maalyavanshi,the Chopras,the Chauhans - an' u was only a baby,an' u lived.'

Something very painful was going on in Maan's mind.As Nakul's story came to a close,he saw again the blinding flash of green light,more clearly than he had ever remembered it before - and he remembered something else,for the first time in his life - a high,cold,cruel laugh.

Nakul was watching him sadly.
'Took yeh from the ruined house myself,on Tripaati's orders,Brought yeh ter this lot...'
'Load of old tosh,'said Prabath.Maan jumped,he had almost forgotten that the Junejas were there.Prabath certainly seemed to have got back his courage.He was glaring at Nakul and his fists were clenched.
'Now,u listen here,boy,'he snarled.'I accept there's something strange abt u,probably nothing a good beating wouldn't have cured - and as for all this abt ur parents,well they were weirdos,no denying it and the world's better off without them in my opinion - asked for all they got,getting mixed up with these wizarding types - just what I expected,always knew they'd come to a sticky en -'

But at that moment,Nakul leapt from the sofa & drew a battered pink umbrella from inside his coat.Pointing this at Prabath like a sword,he said,'I'm warning u Juneja - I'm warning u - one more word...'
In danger of being speared on the end of an umbrella by a bearded giant,Prabath's courage failed again;he flattered himself against the wall and fell silent.
'That's better,'said Nakul,breathing heavily and sitting back down on the sofa,which this time sagged right down to the floor.
Maan,meanwhile,still had questions to ask,hundreds of them.
'But what happened to Vol - sorry - I mean,You-Know-Who?'
'Good question,Maan.Diappeared.Vanished.Same night he tried ter kill u.Makes yeh even more famous.Taht's the biggest myst'ry,see... he was gettin' more an' more powerful - why'd he go?

'Some say he died.Codswallop,in my opinion.Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die.Some say he's still out there,bidin' his time,like,but I don't believe it.People who was on his side came back ter ours.Some of 'em came outta kinda trances.Don' reckon they could've done if he was comin' back.

'Most of us reckon he's still out there somewhere but lost his powers.Too weak to carry on.'Cause somethin' abt u finished him,Maan.There was somethin' goin' on that night he hadn't counted on - I dunno what it was,no one does - but something abt u stumped him,all right.'

Nakul looked at Maan with warmth & respect blazing in his eyes,but Maan,instead of feeling pleased and proud,felt quite sure there had been a horrible mistake.A wizard? Him? How could he possibly be? He's spent his life being clouted by Dhruv and bullied by Pammi & Prabath;if he was really a wizard,why hadn't they been turned into warty toads every time they'd tried to lock him in the dark basement?If he'd once defeated the greatest sorcerer in the world,how come Dhruv had always been able to kick him around like foot ball?

'Nakul,'he said quietly,'Mujhe lagtha hai ki tumhe galathfami huyi hai...Mujhe nahi lagtha ki mein eki jadugar hoon...!"
To his surprise,Nakul chuckled.
'Tum jadugar nahi ho,eh?Never made things happen when u was scared,or angry?'

Maan looked into the fire.Now he came to think abt it...every odd thing that had ever made his maasi and maasa furious with him had happened when he,Maan,had been upset or angry...chased by Dhruv'v gang,he had somehow found himself out of their reach...dreading going to school with that ridiculous hair cut,he'd managed to make it grow back...and the very last time Dhruv had hit him,hadn't he set a boa constrictor on him?

Maan looked back at Nakul,smiling & saw that Nakul was positively beaming at him.

'Dekha?said Nakul.'Maan Khurana,not a wizard - u wait,u'll be right famous at Gurukul.'

But Prabath wasn't going to give it without a fight.
'Tumne sunah nahi woh nahi jaa raha hai!'he hissed.'Woh jaa raha hai mere school mein aur uske liye woh maan rakhega...Meine uske chitti padi hai aur usse woh kachra chaahiye - spell books and wands and - '
'If he wants ter go,a great muggle like u won't stop him,'growled Nakul.'Stop Rajeev an' Nisha Khurana's son goin' ter Gurukul!Yer mad.His name's been down every since he was born.He's off ter the finest school of witchcraft & wizardry in the world. Saath saal ke baad woh apne aapko pehchaanega bhi nahi.He'll be with oungsters of his own sort,fer a change,an' he'll be under the greatest headmasters Gurukul ever had,Dayashankar Tripa-'

I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!'yelled Prabath.
But he had finally gone too far.Nakul seized his umbrella & whirled it over his head.'NEVER -'he thundered, '-INSULT - DAYASHANKAR - TRIPAATI - IN - FRONT - OF - ME!'
He brought the umbrella swishing down thru the air to point at Dhruv - there was a flash of violet light,a sound like firecracker, a sharp squeal and next second,Dhruv was dancing on the spot with his hands clasped over his fat bottom,howling with pain.When he turned his back on them,Maan saw a curly pig's tail poking thru a hole in his trousers.

Prabath roared.Pulling Pammi & Dhruv into the other room,he cast one last terrified look at Nakul and slammed the door behind them.

Precap is same.

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