Episode 36
Annapurna was seated in her cabin… She was studying some papers when she hears someone telling password to open her gate…
A voice ” Boró na bo..!! (May I come in)”
The door opens and the SSS are standing at the entrance with grim faces… The girls in front and the boys behind them…
Annapurna looks at them surprised and the papers falls off her hand…
Sanskar (sarcastically) “What happened Mom?? How come your steady grip became loose today?”
Annapurna (looking keenly and sharply at him) “Nothing… It’s just that your entry together here was unexpected… Do you have some work??”
Rohan “Yes,Anu Maa,we do have… But not with you alone…”
Annapurna “What do you mean?”
Ragini “VP Maheshwari,Plz call Mom Dad here…”
Annapurna looks at her…
Swara “And if possible,Dadi as well… If she is available and has returned from ministry…”
Aisha “And Of course… Professor Maheshwari… This cannot be done without him…”
Annapurna looks suspiciously and worriedly at all of them… She feels uneasy and their gaze seem piercing… She looks at all of them… And then at Lakshya who is standing quitely… She gets worried… She worriedly nods…
Annapurna “But calling all of them together will take time… I need your patronouses…”
They all nod…
Sanskar,Swara, Rohan and Annapurna speak together “Expecto Patronum..!!!!”
Silver coloured Doe,Snake,Eagle and Cat appear there..
Even in that situation, Ragini could not help noticing that Annapurna’s patronous cat looks exactly like Ms. Mew…
Annapurna (to her patronous) “Principal Gadodia!! There’s something wrong… The children are here together and they want to talk to us… And have requested you to be here as well… Plz reach Soon if possible!!!”
Her cat disappears…
Sanskar “Dad!! You are needed in Mom’s cabin right now!!”
Swara “Dad!! We all want to see you in VP Maheshwari’s cabin… Now!!!”
Rohan “Sorry to disturb you Professor Gadodia but you need to come to VP Maheshwari’s cabin right now… It’s important and urgent…”
Their patronouses also disappear…
Annapurna (looking worried) “Come inside and sit all of you…”
They all come in… Ragini sits beside Lakshya and holds his hand to show that she is with him… He also tightens his grip on her hand… Annapurna notices it and can’t help but smile…
She looks at Rohan and Aisha sitting together… Both have grim faces but are holding hands… And next her gaze falls on Swara and Sanskar… She is amazed and can’t help thinking that how can a sensible girl like Swara is with this mischievous Sanskar but at the same time she is little glad…
There, the patronouses have reached their different destinations…
Sharmistha listens to Rohan’s message… She sits on her chair in despair…
Sharmistha “Did they got to know it? Do they know the truth? Does Swara knows it? Will she leave me?? No!!! I can’t let this happen… She is my daughter! I won’t let her go away from me… And Ragini!! If they got to know it that means she is in danger!! No!! I can’t sit here and panic… I have to go to VP Maheshwari!”
Sharmistha apparates…
Shekhar also listens to Swara’s message… The always happy and cheerful Shekhar has a serious grim expression on his face…
Shekhar “I think the time has come… It’s the time to tell the truth… We can’t stop it from coming out anymore… And if this is right, then that means the kids have got to know a lot of things… But how much?? Only going there will answer my questions…”
He also apparates…
DP is in his cabin… Students rarely visit his cabin for they feel scared… He is not alone but with a man who is covered in shawl standing beside him… They both listen to Sanskar’s message…
The man “I will also accompany you… If the kids are calling is together in her cabin, that means the matter is something serious… And I can’t wait anymore… I have waited for 13 years…”
Durgaprasad shakes his head… He doesn’t allow him…
The man “I will become invisible and accompany you…!!”
Durgaprasad “No!! Are you crazy??? Aisha can see everything!! She is immune to the invisibility charm!! It’s not the right time to come out…”
The Man “Do something… I want to accompany you!!!”
DP thinks… He then recalls something…
Durgaprasad “How can you forgot this??? You are an Animagi!! And you can readjust your size in your animagous form!!”
The man “I Forgot for I haven’t used that power for 13 years… Thanks for reminding me…”
DP nods… The Man changes into a Bettle…
Durgaprasad “You are lucky for Beetles are the only bugs I am not scared of! Now get into my pocket…”
The Beetle crawls and gets into his Shirt’s pocket…
Parvati is also sitting on a chair… But not on a formal office chair… She is sitting on her rocking chair… She is in Gadodia Mansion… Not at the ministry… But at Hogsmede alley… Sitting on the dark… Going back and forth on her chair joining her hands…
Parvati “Till now, the message should have reached… I asked them to show the way… I am sure that they did… It’s been quite a while… I hope all is Ok…”
Just then Annapurna’s patronous comes there… She looks at it and smiles as if waiting eagerly for it… She listens to Annapurna’s message…
The patronous “Principal Gadodia!! There’s something wrong… The children are here together and they want to talk to us… And have requested you to be here as well… Plz reach Soon if possible!!!”
Parvati smiles… She gets up and picks her wand… She apparates and reaches Hecate’s gate… She shows her wand to Ficus and he lets have in… She doesn’t apparate to Annapurna’s cabin now… She is going there slowly on her feet…
The professors gather outside the cabin… They look at each other worriedly…
Sharmistha “Is he also here Professor Maheshwari?”
Durgaprasad nods and pats his pocket…
Shekhar “Boró na Bo…!!”
The door opens… They all step inside… As soon the they step in, the SSS stand up looking at them leaving their seats for them to sit… Lakshya is not looking at his father out of shame…
The faculty sit…
Annapurna “Say now kids… What you want to ask??”
Swara “Before starting, I want to make something clear… We are not here to talk to our professors but to our parents…”
Ragini “And therefore,we expect you all to answer in the same way… For it’s time to satisfy our curiosity…”
The faculty look at each other and then at the SSS and nod…
Sanskar comes and kneels down I front of Durgaprasad and holds his hands in his…
All look at him keenly… Lakshya is unable to hold his guilt tears and so turns around showing them their back… Ragini caresses his shoulder and leans on to him, putting her head on his shoulder… They both hold hands…
Sanskar “Dad… I will ask you something… Will you tell us?? (Durgaprasad looks on) Dad… What exactly happened 13 years ago that changed everything drastically?”
The faculty are stunned… They expected something else but not this… Durgaprasad tries to remove his hand but Sanskar’s grip is firm… He looks on determined at his father…
Sanskar “Tell Dad? What happened that night, 13 years ago, in that room with you, Lakshya and… Rohan’s parents??”
Tears role down Annapurna’s cheeks as she gets the flashes of that evening… The man in DP’s pocket is also shocked…
Durgaprasad glances at Rohan, expecting a shock or questioning or accusing reaction but is himself surprised at his calm and composed reaction… He then looks at Lakshya who is turning his back… He thinks that it’s out of annoyance and anger but he doesn’t know the reality… He thinks that Lakshya told his side of story to his friends, even Rohan and of not looking at him due to his hate… He sighs…
Durgaprasad “You all know the truth… I don’t want to say anything… And I have much important things to do rather than answering your unimportant questions…”
Rohan “You have to say it Pa… How long will you keep quiet? I want to know… How my parents died?”
Durgaprasad “Enough… I don’t want to talk about anything… I am going… I have my own work which I left incomplete…”
He jerks Sanskar’s hand away and gets up just when Lakshya’s voice stop him…
Lakshya “Dad..!!”
Pitah se hai naam tera
Pitah pehchaan teri
Jiye jis sahaare pe tu
Pitah se woh saans mili
Hai pitah, rab tera
Durgaprasad and Annapurna are stunned! Even the SSS are shocked… Shekhar and Sharmistha smile… The man in Durgaprasad’s pocket stops moving for sometime out of shock…
DP looks in Lakshya’s direction… Now Ragini is standing straight and moves two steps away from him giving him space…
Ho Ishwar Allah, Jitne bhi Rab hain
Noor tera tujh mein hi sab hai
Ho Ishwar Allah, Jitne bhi Rab hain
Noor tera tujh mein hi sab hai
Lakshya turns… His cheeks tear-stained… Eyes still tearful…
Tears role down DP’s and Annapurna’s cheek…
Rab hai hai
Tu hi sab hai hai
Rab hai hai
Tu hi sab hai hai
Durgaprasad “You….. You ca— called me… You called me Dad!!”
Pitah ka mol hai kya
Paas reh ke jaana nahi
Pyar pita se karein
Ye keh na paayein kabhi
Hai pita sab tera
Lakshya nods… DP closes his eyes in ecstasy, allowing his tears fall freely… He stumbles and is about to kneel down when Lakshya runs to him and hold him by his shoulders…
DP raises his hand… They’re trembling and cups Lakshya’s face…
Ho Ishwar Allah, Jitne bhi Rab hain
Noor tera tujh mein hi sab hai
Ho Ishwar Allah, Jitne bhi Rab hain
Noor tera tujh mein hi sab hai
They instantly hug… Crying their heart out… Wiping out the huge distance created between them for over 13 years… They both have craved for it…
Pita ke aashirwad se tune sab kuch paya hai
Kya lekar tu aaya jag mein
Aur kya tune kamaaya hai
Annapurna cries and thank God…
SSS smile tearfully looking at the Father- Son reunion…
They break the hug…
Pita ke aashirwad se tune sab kuch paya hai
Kya lekar tu aaya jag mein
Aur kya tune kamaaya hai
DP “You heard Annapurna?? He called me Dad!! After 13 years,he called me Dad!!!”
Annapurna nods happily… Sanskar and Rohan run to Lakshya and hug him… DP also joins them… They again part…
Pita ka rutba sab se ooncha
Rab ke roop samaan hai
Pita ki ungli thaam ke chal toh
Rastaa bhi aasaan hai
Pita ka saaya sar pe ho toh
Kadmon mein aakaash hai
Pita hai poonji, Kho jaaye toh
Phir kya tere paas hai
Lakshya “I am so sorry Dad!! I never gave you chance to explain yourself, always blamed you,said those filthy words to you and loathed you… But you never ever retorted back… And now also,you are forgiving me so easily?? How could you be this good Dad?? Why was I so blind in my hatred and half truth that I couldn’t see your good side..?? I am so sorry Dad!! I am so sorry…!!! I am the worst son ever…!!”
Pita bana na hasti teri
Naa koi tera thikana hai
Pita ke naam se aana jag mein
Pita ke naam se jaana hai
DP “No son!! You are not… It wasn’t your fault but of the circumstances… Now that you are here,back with me,I don’t need anything else… I have got back my gem… My treasure!! I missed you!!”
Ishwar Allah, Jitne bhi Rab hain
Noor tera.. tujh mein hi sab hai
Ishwar Allah, Jitne bhi Rab hain
Noor tera.. tujh mein hi sab hai
They again hug…
Annapurna “How did this miracle happened??”
Aisha “Well… Though Sanskar helped her but it was mainly because of Ragini that this idiot realized his mistake… (The Maheshwaris look thankfully at Ragini while the Gadodias smile proudly) We will tell everything but first Professor Maheshwari needs to answer Sanskar’s question…”
DP and Annapurna again have a grimace…
Rohan goes to DP “Pa… Don’t be quite anymore… It will just ruin things and then will be out of hands… Once you were quite,and things worsened… All have been set right with much difficulty… Plz don’t be quite anymore… Plz Pa…”
The faculty looks at him in shock…
Ragini “Mom,Dad and all the Professors… There are few things which you should know but don’t know… And there are a lot of things which we should know and trust us we are trying our best to know it and this is one of the try… So plz cooperate so that we can also share things…”
Sharmistha (standing up) “What do you mean Ragu? What is that we don’t know and you know? How you got to know it? What are you hiding?? I can sense that she broke the rule!! Shekhar!! Ask your daughter what she is talking about?? And tell me… You involved Swara and Aisha also with you right?? Ragini when will you understand?? This is not muggle world!! It’s our world!! And there are witches and wizards who can outsmart you! I know you cannot be harmed without your wish! But you never thought about these two girls? What would they do?? Shekhar!!! Say something now!!!”
Swara “Relax Mom! We will tell you everything… Just have patience… But before telling, Professor Maheshwari needs to answer Sanskar’s question… It’s important and very much connected to that which we know and I guess you all don’t!!”
Shekhar “That means you were with her in all this! Shona!! You never broke rules!! This girl has habit of inviting trouble for herself!! But you are elder to her and sensible!! You should have stopped her but you supported her!! I supported you girls in your many pranks but THOSE WERE JUST PRANKS!! And this is entirely different!! This was unexpected!! And Aisha!! Well,on Fresher’s night,we didn’t call you our daughter just for namesake! It had a very deep reason!! Do you know that Sharmistha and I are your official Godparents??”
Aisha is shocked… So is the rest of SSS… She is stunned and blank… She stumbles… Rohan supports her… She looks at him in shock… She then looks at SwaRagini… Ragini reads her mind and nods… She runs out of the cabin…
Sanskar “Aisha!! Wait!! Where is she going??”
Ragini “Don’t worry Sanskar… She will return just now…”
Lakshya looks at Ragini… They have an eye contact… He also gets to know it and sighs…
Aisha returns to the cabin after sometime with small slow steps with a bunch of papers in her hand…
Lakshya runs and goes to her… Aisha looks at him expressionless… She forwards him their forms!!
Though the faculty had some idea that this meeting will be related to their forms but were shocked when they saw their forms in their hands!!
SSS run to Lakshya and check Aisha’s form… They realize that Shekhar was saying the truth…
The signature column of the parents or Guardian had Shekhar’s and Sharmistha’s signature there…
Parvati reaches the cabin… She enters… The SSS and faculty look at her… Annapurna gives her her chair… She sits on it…
She looks at Shekhar… He looks into her eyes and via telepathy,he tells her everything… Parvati sighs…. Ragini notices it…
Ragini “So Dadi, I guess you know everything now…”
Parvati nods… Now Aisha speaks…
Annapurna “You all got hold of the forms!! And you all took it outside!! In such risk!! How could you all be so careless??”
Lakshya “No Mom! We didn’t take the original forms… They are still in your cupboard,safe!! And not for a moment we have left it lying here and there… It was safely kept… Aisha just brought it from there…”
Rohan “We know… If our forms are kept with such cautiousness at the most safest place,then there must be a strong valid reason for it… So how could we have been careless regarding it??”
Annapurna “This isn’t safe anymore!! You all breached it!! Being kids and amateur in the world of magic!! You sneaked into my cabin twice and got your forms!! Your first attempt was unsuccessful so you did it second time!! How?? And why??”
Sanskar “Trust us mom we will tell you everything… Every single thing… But let one Matter get sort out first!! It’s becoming a mess!!!”
Swara “How can Mom and Dad be Aisha’s Godparents?? When they met her only at the Fresher’s??”
Aisha “I don’t know how it happened… Godparent are selected by the biological parents… And you signed as my godparent on the most important document… My college form… Even ministry cannot refuse this document!! It means my parents selected you!! You knew my parents!! You all know them… Still you didn’t tell me!! (She takes out the photograph) I have the proof!! They are here… With you all!! In this picture… (All except Lakshya look curiously at picture… The man crawls out of the DP’s pocket and looks at it… DP doesn’t realize it being engrossed… Even Aisha doesn’t notice it as she herself in a turmoil… She is crying) This was kept with our forms!!! Coincidentally I found this there… Rohan, you were right!! I would be able to solve all my mysteries today!!! And see… The biggest mystery of life is unveiling itself!! I got an information about my parents!! They are related to the glorious faculty of Hecate College of Witchcraft and Wizarding!! (She joins her hand in front of the faculty) plz… Plz tell me… I beg off you… Plz tell me where are my parents?? What happened to them?? How they disappeared mysteriously?? How are you all related to them?? And if you both are my Godparents, then where were you both all these years?? When I was being attacked? When I needed you? When I lost my everything?? Why didn’t you helped me out?? Tell me… Plz… Else I will die of this stress and pressure… Plz tell me?? Why didn’t you reach me all this time??”
Parvati speaks for the first time “Are you sure Aisha that there was never any help given to you?? No one ever reached you?? Are you sure that no one ever saved you whenever you were attacked?? No one ever helped you?? Just think and tell us… Are you sure??”
Aisha listens to Parvati… She goes quite and thinks… She goes into her past… Whenever she was in trouble,help reached her somehow or other… Even for her smallest need,she never really had to struggle… She was an orphan! She didn’t earned till she was 16 but she never had to starve… Even when her Nanna was dying,she spoke something touching her locket! The evil witches and wizards were about to attack her but a bright white fog formed between them and Aisha was able to run to save her life… Ever since then,she always had that feeling of being looked at,but she never really fall into any trouble… Some people eyed her weirdly where she used to live for two years and were suspicious to look at but their one suspicious activity and the next day,they vanished… She used to get good monetary amounts every month,and was told that her parents had saved them for her so she never hesitated but she never really thought that how even after frequently changing her location,the money used to reach her timely!! And when she had to buy her books and other things for college and had to shift to Hogsmede,that month,the money was quite more than regular… But she was so engrossed in herself at that time, that she never noticed it and after joining Hecate,too many mysteries never let her remember these facts…
Now she understood… The Gadodias always had their eyes on her… She was always under their shadow… In their protection… She looks at the Gadodias tearfully…
Aisha “I am sorry for accusing you all… But please tell me… Tell me about my parents… What happened to them?? Where is my Mom?? And Dad?? What happened to him??”
Shekhar “I am sorry… I can’t tell you that… It am bind by your Dad’s word… I am not suppose to reveal anything to you… ”
Aisha “If not you the who??? Who will answer my questions?? Who will tell me??”
The Man changes back to his human form but no one notice it due to current situation… But he intervenes… He could not wait more… He showing his back to everyone and is covered in shawl from top to bottom…
The man “I will… I will tell you everything… It’s time you should know…”
The SSS look keenly at him… DP is surprised as he didn’t realized when he went out…
The man drops his shawl and turns around slowly… His face is revealed…
He is none other than Shashwat Mehta!!!!!
SSS feel groundless beneath their feet… What has happened to their day?? All the dead ones together got only this day to be found alive on Earth!!!
Aisha (murmurs out of shock) “Dad!!!????”
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Ok… Ok… I know… You all would want to kill me for this boring chapter as I have made a mess of it but this confrontation and truth is going to take time… Not more but definitely some… You see,the mysteries are opening and everything is coming to light slowly as promised… So I guess one or two chapters more and this track will be over… And after that,I am planning to write a +18 chapter in this story… If you guys aren’t comfortable then I will skip this chapter on this site… So do let me know about it… And yes… I don’t care if it’s negative but I want it… Do post your reviews in the comments section… Happy reading ?????? love you all?????????