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Though it was his birthday, a day celebrated by both, his family and more than half of the population of India but Shivansh was sad. He was feeling very depressed as the few memories of his parents that he has, were causing him pain. He was hurting because his parents were not by his side. He lost them when he was just a 7-year-old kid, it's been 23 years since then, everything has changed but the pain is still the same. He only got to know about his parents from his grandparents and great-grandmothers only.
Oh! How much he wished that he could be with his parents, grow up with them by his side, witness their love, their silly fights, their takkar ki ishqbaaazi! But it could never be possible. His parents were dead.
Tears fell down his cheeks as Shivansh cried himself to sleep.
Shivansh woke up to the sound of something breaking followed by the sounds of his grandmothers yelling at each other. The few seconds of happiness that he felt about his grandmothers having arrived vanished the moment he heard them shouting.
Worried he hopped off the bed and ran out of the room to see his grandmothers, his PD and JD (Pinky Dadi and Jhanvi Dadi) exchanging insults while his Kalyani Dadi (KD) kept crying standing at a corner.
"Arre! Aap log lad kyon rahe hain? Kya hua? Dadi, what's happening?!" Shivansh said as he came to stand between his two grandmothers.
"Shivansh tu hat beech mein se! Aaj toh jethani ji ne limits hi cross kar di hai! Inki himmat kaise hui yeh kehne ki main apne Shivaay ko sells off kar rahi hoon?!" Pinky pushed Shivansh aside and grabbed Jhanvi's arm, "Arre khud k sons toh kuch kaam k hai nahi, mere son k baare mein aise comments! How dare you?!"
"Dadi aap yeh.."
"Arre ab bas bhi karo tum dono! Roz roz ka yeh jhgada, tum logon ko sharam nahi aati!" Dadi cried, Shivansh came by her side and held her close. "Can't you let me live in peace?!" Kalyani Dadi leaned onto Shivansh for support. Though it was a regular thing in their household but every argument, every fight broke her heart just more and more.
Pinky pushed Jhanvi back and went away while Jhanvi shook her head in annoyance before taking a sip of the alcohol from her flask before apologizing to Dadi and then she as well went away, leaving Shivansh and Kalyani Dadi alone.
"Kaisa parivaar hai yeh mera?" Kalyani Dadi cried, "Mere poton k beech mein itna pyaar hai aurr unke maa-baap k beech utni hi nafrat."
Dadi looked up Dada Ji's huge portrait, "Yeh toh mere Shivaay, Shivansh, Omkara, Rudra aurr Priyanka hain jinhone iss parivaar ko jode rakha hai, warna yeh parivaar toh kab ka toot jaata."
Shivansh who was equally worried didn't pay heed to what Kalyani Dadi had said, "Par KD hua kya? PD aurr JD toh usually best friends ki tarah hi rehte hain. Maine toh unhe kabhi jhagadte nahi dekha, phhir aaj kya hua?"
KD looked at him as if he had grown a set of horns on his head and before he could ask why she was looking at him like that, he saw the most unbelievable thing that he could ever imagine.
"Dadi?!"
Shivansh's eyes widened comically as he saw himself or better his doppelganger standing in front of him and by his sides were his Bade Papa and Chote Papa looking young as if they were still in their 20s.
"Dadi? Kya hua? Why are you crying?"
Shivansh felt his throat go dry and knees weaken as he stared at the man in front of him.
"Shivaay..." KD cried and went to hug his doppelganger.
Shivansh's heart started beating fast, sweat covered his body as he witnessed the scene in front of him. His father was there in flesh and blood and very much alive. How come this happened? And why did they look years younger than they actually were? What was happening?
And that was the last thought that came to Shivansh's mind before he fainted.
"Hey..hey! Wake up, you can't sleep here." Shivansh felt someone poking his ribs.
"Arre! Wake up I said!" he heard the girl again but Shivansh didn't want to wake up. He wanted to stay like that and in the awesome dream that he was having. His father was there with him, his Bade Papa and Chote Papa were there as well. Maybe if he stayed there he might get to meet his mother as well.
"I know you can hear me. Wake up or else.." the girl threatened.
"What?" he asked as he cracked open his eyes and once again his eyes widened like saucers when he noticed his surroundings. Shivansh found himself in this weird place where beneath he was surrounded by fluffy clouds all around and there was this huge ass waterfall that was moving in the opposite direction, "Fhat the wuck? Yeh main kahan hoon?" he stood up and started rubbing his hands all over his body to check for any injury.
"Am I dead or something?" he asked the girl. She was dressed in a plain white dress, had her long hair styled in a messy hairdo. She was wearing a diamond tiara, small diamond studs and a diamond bracelet for jewelry and had minimal make-up on her face.
"Aye! Tu mare nahi ho, bas behosh ho gaye ho." was her reply, "I had to do so, so that we could talk."
"Main behosh ho gaya hoon?" Shivansh looked confused, "Why so? And what is this place? And who are you?" he asked.
"I am Mannat, your guardian angel. And we are in the garden of dreams." the girl replied.
"Ah, what?"
"Let's not waste time on this unnecessary stuff. Sidha mudde pe aate hain, aurr mudda yeh hai ki, I am a fairy and your guardian. See, what happened is that when I got to know that your parents' death was unplanned, something that shouldn't have happened, I got mad and I felt really bad that you, my person, had to grow up like that. I was like why, why did they do this to you?! Being your guardian angel it was very painful for me too when you were all sad and hurting." Mannat explained while Shivansh who was still utterly confused and was now completely flabbergasted could only nod.
"So I had decided to commit something forbidden for you, I reversed the time." Mannat had that look on her face that clearly indicated mischief and trouble.
"You did what?"
"I reversed the time, it's kind of like rewinding a movie. Like pressing the rewind button to start watching the movie from the start again." answered Mannat.
"But isn't that against some rules or so? And you did say that it was forbidden." Shivansh reasoned.
"That's the good thing about it!" Mannat grinned widely, "I was able to do so because it was actually a mistake on heaven's part as what happened with your parents' was supposed to happen anyway. So the heaven people aren't mad at me. I just got away with 6 months of repentance stuff." Mannat said in a go.
"You mean to say that it was you guys mistake that my parents' death happened. And if that wasn't the case then I would have my parents by my side, my whole life?"
"Yes."
"You crazy people! How could you do this to me?"
"Arre tabhi toh maine time reverse kar diya. Ab your parents will meet again like before and fall in love and live a happy and long life with you and your siblings." Mannat looked at him with a huge grin on her face and winked at him.
"Okay I get it, lekin main yahan kaise? How did I end up in the past?" Shivansh asked.
"Yeh tumhari aur meri galati hai actually. Well I think, the situation is at fault here. Actually kya hai ki we guardian angels have this obligation to grant our persons their most prominent wish when they turn 10 or it's multiples. Like at 10 your most prominent wish was that your Badi Maa (Gauri) must have a daughter, as you wanted to have another sister. So I had to convince Lord Brahma to replace the boy baby with a girl one and gave you Ragini." told Mannat. And Shivansh was reminded of the time when he would sit in front of the home-temple all day and request/pray for a sister.
"Then when you turned 20 you wished to be an actor, a world famous one. I was so scared when I went to Lord Vishnu to talk about your career goals. You know you were supposed to be a lawyer actually! So Lord Vishnu had this test for you to see if you can act and all which I am glad that you have got so much talent for acting so it was easy for me to grant you the wish to become an actor." Shivansh remembered his struggling days. Though he was an Oberoi but he never used his name to enter the industry. He had started with supporting roles before he got to play the lead.
"And now at 30, your most prominent desire was to be with your parents. So what happened is that this time rewind and your wish situation got mixed up, they overlapped each other and you came here." Mannat said as she gave him a sheepish smile.
"So you mean to say..." Shivansh narrowed his eyes.
Mannat nodded in positive confirming Shivansh's doubts, "As the situation is, we had to make you your father's brother here. You are Shivansh Singh Oberoi, an actor in this timeline as well but this time you are Shivaay Singh Oberoi's brother and not his son. You are Shivaay's twin and elder to your uncles, your brothers now, Omkara and Rudra."
"This is a very f**ked up situation!" Shivansh huffed out a breath as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Arre look at the better part no! You get to witness your parents' extraordinary love story and you can as well help them come together. Do not worry you will live a long life here along with your parents."
Shivansh thought about it for a few seconds and as the seconds passed his smile grew bigger, "This is going to be sooo much awesome!" he yelled in happiness and hi-fied with Mannat.
"Wake up now, it's time for you to live your new life." Mannat said.
Shivansh hugged Mannat and kissed her on the cheek, "Thank you. But what about your punishment? How are you going to repent?" he was feeling bad for her. She had done so much for him and now she was going to get punished for it.
"Aye! Don't worry! You will get to know about it tomorrow. But for now, you have to go back." Mannat placed a hand over his shoulder, "Close your eyes and think of your parents and you will be there." Mannat said.
Shivansh did the same and within seconds he found himself back in his room and surrounded by his family. His father, his uncles (who were now his brothers), his aunt Priyanka (now his younger sister) and ofc his KD.
"This is going to be awesome indeed!" Shivansh said grinning like a fool.
Precap : The New (Old) Family!
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