srikrishna cn

Horror Romance Tragedy

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srikrishna cn

Horror Romance Tragedy

THE TALE OF THOUSAND PEARLS- PART-2 CONTINUED

THE TALE OF THOUSAND PEARLS- PART-2 CONTINUED

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CHAPTER:4 WHO ARE YOU??

Sheena was lying on the floor with no conscience or consciousness. Anamika who just entered the house and Malini both helped her to lift and brought her to senses. After regaining some consciousness, Sheena saw a fashionable Anamika and her mother Malini dressed in elite clothes. Her memory went on to compare them in their past and present outfits. They look so drastically different both in their personalities as well as in their fashion sense. Malini asked her whether she was fine to speak.  Sheena nodded yes and said that she tripped down due to exhaustion and tiredness. As they both left the room, Sheena was immersed in her thoughts again.” Who are you Sparsh? Are we related in any past? How could I see myself in this portrait? That too in blood stained clothes in his hands. The clothes they look so old and historical. What era does this painting belong to even? And how could I select such an ominous depressing painting that too placed in our hall room? This altered reality each and every second I am living is getting on my nerves. The deliberate appearance of pearls in every person , every corner of this house is making me grow sick even more. I must ask him that why he is doing this to me? What sort of punishing fate I am living? The life where I have no one beside me. Now everyone looks fake or quacky. I don’t need anything as per he said. I just need peace and happiness. Despite everyone said that I am rich now, I can’t really feel that. All thanks to those wicked pearls!”

Just as Sheena was about to go out, Malini stopped her. Malini approached her and said, ” have you taken the pills? Why you haven’t changed your dress? What’s wrong with you Sheena? You were just standing here since ever since we left the room. And what about the coaching class? Mrs Margaret called me and said that you haven’t attending any classes lately, for what reason you are behaving indifferently to everyone, answer me!” Shouted Malini to Sheena. Meanwhile Sheena who was fed up with this wish stuff, decided to stop everything once for all.


“ I am going out for sometime aunt! I know that I am sounding rude now. But just wait! Everything will change after my arrival” and saying this Sheena rushed to the gate and left the home with a bicycle parked near her home. Malini incessantly shouted and ran behind her in car, but Sheena quickly took the side lanes and swiftly escaped from the sight of her aunt. Malini then rang a call to the nearby neighbours to help her find Sheena. But as usual no one even responded her calls. Then one name that struck her at that moment, Malini said, ” Mohit! Will he take my calls? After so much thing has happened between us? Anyway lets just try, if not I will find the brat on my own.” 


Meanwhile Mohit was scrambling in his bed sleepless thinking hard about Sheena.” The look she gave to me, it was more like the old Sheena. Why all of a sudden she behaved so nice to me? Does it even make any sense? After so much has happened between our families. Despite our brothers in friendship, we have not been in good terms now!, ” as these thoughts circled his mind, a call woke him up late in the night and he saw it was from Malini.


On the other hand, Sheena after getting exhausted while cycling the bicycle, decided to take a taxi to lead to the forest. After reaching there in some seconds, she pushed the thorny bushes aside, that scratched her smooth skinny legs and rushed to meet Sparsh in desperation. Mohit after hearing the news that Sheena left the house on her own, reached Malini’s home to assist her. He remembered from the bus incident, (since it was the same day for everyone, but the fact is Sheena is living alternate realities each and every time owing to a change in her past incident as the wish is gradually been granted to her one by one, in the past due to the pearls) Mohit heard from his school friend about Sheena dropping from the bus all of the sudden with no specific reason that made everyone irked and confused about her. Mohit decided that something from the forest had troubled for no reason, as the forest as said before is famous in the town for its urban legends.


Mohit and Malini decided to peek at the forest area, while Sheena ran through the dark woods, only to see the dark tunnel again. “ where are you? You crazy man where the hell are you??” Screamed Sheena out of her empty stomach. Her mind was turning insane each and every moment and she decided that this time she is gonna confront him for his doings.


Sparsh was no where to be seen in the tunnel area. Instead he came from behind and made a peek a boo to her. Sheena pulled his shirt and thrashed him to the ground in an attempt to beat him. “ stop for god sake. I am getting sick of this. “ and as she was about to yell him again, she saw only one pearl glowing in Sparsh’s neck. “ what does this one pearl mean? Tell me, are you done with my wishes? Only one is left? Huh say man.?” , ” you have granted me nine wishes and what about the painting? I was lying in your arms bleeding from my stomach and the area looked similar to this forest. And as I lied in your arms, someone was standing beside us hiding behind the waterfalls in a dark cloak dress, though their appearance wasn’t that visible in that painting, the red dark eyes of the creature or entity or person made them evident in this painting. We were surrounded by plush forest and background was the waterfalls, you didn’t have this necklace before, we looked old and historical, what was that?..”


“ calm down for answers Bhoomika, you are the answer for every question you asked now!” Said Sparsh in a rather mysterious tone. He rose up to the sky as if to show some thing, and he raised his hands, blue sparks came from his hands, and they soon blazed to bright flashes that engulfed both of them. Magical butterflies with Sapphire embroiled in their beautiful wings looked so astounding and they came in thousands only to lift Sheena to the sky. As Sheena’s eyes were filled with wonders and amazement, Sparsh responded her that he is using his last pearl to make Sheena know the truth she deserved to know. 

“ I know, these pearls, they are truely beautiful, but wicked too, because they are also cursed like me. If you think me that, I am a ghost then no , I am living, still for 1000 years as a cause of punishment that I never deserved to have. These pearls are cursed ones that tied me for these long years in loneliness and crippled my neck all these years without leaving me not even one second. You must have known how owners tie dogs with band chains, like that my neck is tied by this so called beautiful necklace that crumbled both my world as well as my happiness.”


“ the painting , yes we were lovers in our past life, the difference is I am still living my past life, while you have reincarnated from Bhoomika to Sheena after many generations, for so many years, you made a promise of not leaving me in this lonely valley of tunnel, so you took so many forms for years to stay beside me, like these butterflies or fireflies, you gave the brightness that my life wanted. When we first met, I told you that I was gratified to grant you these wishes. Yes not only because that you are my past life lover and I have saved your life from the day of accident, but also for your father who made a condition with me on that day before his death. He knew that he is gonna face betrayal and death from his own family members, yet he never brainwashed or badmouthed you about them and if he had told you about them, you would haven’t lived this life that you actually live now. It would have turned worsen if you live your life resenting against someone. That is self destructive.”


Sheena who was shocked to hear the truth asked who was responsible for the curse he was carrying on and also the person who was responsible for her parents death. But before he could say something, he collapsed to the ground and was groaning in pain. Sheena crawled near to him and said, ” Sparsh, what’s happening to you? Why are you crying? Who made your life like this? Who made us to suffer like this? Please tell me, please…” and as she cried along with him. Sheena soon noticed the last pearl too disappearing into thin air. As the pearls in his chain vanished , the sapphire gemstone, soon emanated something more vile and toxic. Sensing danger from the vial, Sparsh pushed her away using his magic. “ don’t come here again, please go away, you can’t stay beside me. Theses are toxic fumes that are meant to kill me after my life purpose ends. Please run don’t turn back.” But Sparsh words turned deaf to her. Sheena was convinced that Sparsh wasn’t the person she thought of. She realised that someone near to her is actually dangerous and she decided to find the reason behind both Sparsh’s tragedy as well as for her parents. Sheena’s eyes welled with tears as she saw a portal opening in the sky that pulled Sparsh’s soul to the eternity. Sparsh lovingly glanced Sheena before leaving for the abode. Sheena realised that now the pearls are over, her life might turn to normalcy again. She saw Sparsh leaving and was curious for the questions he never completely answered . 


Mohit and Malini soon saw Sheena walking out from the forest as they reached there late. Mohit felt relieved as soon as he saw Sheena safely. As he hugged her with warmth and affection, Sheena also clasped him in tears. But behind Sheena and Mohit, some one was standing there with red dark eyes and the dark dress, the same dress she saw on the portrait, . Sheena’s eyes saw the reflection of the two glittering red eyes and she was horrified to learn the person was with them all along. A strong wind pushed them suddenly and Mohit, Sheena fell to the ground in forest. As they both dripped to the woods again, Sheena pulled Mohit and asked him to stay quiet as someone darker and sinister is lurking in the darkness waiting to kill them. But who was the person standing behind them? Was it Malini???


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