The tale of thousand pearls- part-3 continued

CHAPTER-6 THE UNEXPECTED REVELATIONS AND THE UNREASONABLE TREACHERY: 

Sheena and Mohit clasped their hands together and they were hiding behind a bush covering a large old banyan tree. They were horrified to see the other side of Malini, the side either Malini never wanted to show to anyone or Malini herself didn't have any idea of her behaving like a monster. Malini walked like a demon with red eyes glaring and shining in the dark woods. She looked like a predator which is looking for its prey. Malini scrambled randomly through the bushes and started screaming from her heart and soul. Her noise actually scared the riders who were driving on the other side on road. Malini flicked her hands and she actually rubbed her hands so much that her palm turned blood red and her hands had become swollen. The heat she produced while rubbing looked enough for her. So much inflammable was her magical power. She created a thunderous flame using that small quantity of vaporising heat and started burning everything to ashes. Sheena and Mohit joined hands and started crawling slowly unknown to Malini. But the noise of the bush movement alerted her and she soon started emanating her flames towards the banyan tree with a wicked smile on her face. She said," I know you brats are cowards like them, this flame within me, the volcano of my feelings which I have kept dormant and silent for a long time has finally come to an end. Now it's time to perish everyone. With Sparsh dead by now, I think it's better you two also join him in his journey to heaven. I don't need any heaven to cater to me. Rather I can make my own paradise with my powers. Such are my magic and sorcery, that you earthlings won't even reciprocate it. Die..." screamed Malini in anguish and fuelled her fire of resentment and revenge.

As she shouted and expelled all her powers and decimated the forest with fire, Mohit and Sheena had no way to escape from the burning hell." Die..." was the word Malini repeated to them. Sheena was devastated and felt that her aunt was the traitor behind her parent's accident which Sparsh mentioned before his disappearance." Sparsh saved us from her... I don't want to live seeing this treason. I don't want to see the worst side of my aunt whom I had cherished since my childhood and had even fought with you for her side. Her difficulties that she faced, then what was that? Why she is double-faced? I don't want to live... Mohit please run away, please I am begging you, I am totally confused about this chaotic mess, the past the painting, my visions of me getting struck by an arrow or something, the poison that infiltrated into my veins in that scene and perished me to death in Sparsh's arms. I can't understand anything, and my father what he had told to Sparsh before the accident day, my uncle hriday, him suddenly not coming nowadays, has aunt did something to him? Did she kill our uncle too? Then what would be our future if our past is already rotten and tragic,? Mohit what should I do? What have I done to you? My wishes though granted my reality is burning into ashes, if I had done something to you, please accept my apology, I myself have no idea of the events around me! Everything is occurring so fast that I am unable to even realise and experience them." Mohit shrugged Sheena towards him and with a teary eye he vented his feelings for her." Sheena Though I might sound crazy now, but even if we have no way to escape from this hell, let's die together, I can't bear the emptiness in my life without you. Either we must escape together or die together, somewhere deep in my heart, it is feeling relived for disclosing my feelings for you, the visions which you told me, it's happening to me also since my childhood, we both are connected with the Sparsh you are speaking about, our lives they are all interlinked and tested by the fate, we must battle our fate of tragedy together, and I am s

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ure we will win!.." Mohit hugged her saying this and they ran as faster as possible from the ambushed forest.

But the forest was beyond repair. The pedestrians and the drivers on the road witnessing the forest fire called the fire department for an emergency. It was really a storm both inside and outside the forest again like before. The fiery and blazing storm in everyone's life. Even though the massively outpoured gallons of water in the forest side, the fire wasn't to be put off. Because the fire itself is magical and powerful. Malini outcasted her malevolent side destroying the forest. The ways were trapped and the destruction started to begin from the roots. Mohit and Sheena stood helpless with no one to save them. The cries of the fire department weren't audible to them and the situation went bad to worse. Just then everyone lost hope, all bad things are controlled or vanquished by something that negative people consider trivial. Malini thinking that Sparsh had died from loneliness and due to the cursed pearl necklace and was overconfident in killing her sister's daughter too, saw a small blue sapphire butterfly flapping its wings on a branch. She ignored it and continued her tyranny. But it didn't last for long. The butterflies and fireflies which were actually the form of Bhoomika who had died earlier in the past gathered in thousands and their brightness were enough to glaze the darkness spreading. Sheena and Mohit who were running frantically in fear were surrounded by these beautiful marvellous butterflies that accumulated together and shone even brighter than a blazing fire.

Malini who stood confused started screaming," No, they will die by my hands for making me eternally suffer along with Sparsh in this lowly human realm. They were the reason for my frustration and my resentment. Bhoomika, Mohan mark your dates in the calendar three days from now, everything will change, mayhem will soon erupt and you people will be the sufferers again. The tragic fate will repeat again. Sheena beware of Mohit for now, he will become your reason for death soon." These words echoed Sheena and Mohit and they stood there speechless. The forest which was crumbled by the fire, soon came back to life after thousands and thousands of butterflies and fireflies which were the form of the dead Bhoomika sacrificed their souls to ashes in dust and turned the forest once again into a magical grove straight out from a fairy tale. Sheena and Mohit who were witnesses to these events were amazed by how nature will reverse the effect it had caused through someone like a miracle. After this hiatus, Mohit and Sheena who has prolonged their stay in that toxic forest fire fell unconscious and they were miraculously saved by the rescue team.

On the other hand, Malini stormed through their home. This time she herself saw her dress covered with dirt and mud. She ran to her room and wept needlessly. In the mirror, she saw herself and shouted at her existence. " Go away Mohini, go away from my family, I beg you to leave Sheena. She had already faced so much in her childhood. I just want her and the people around her to be happy. You have committed so many crimes through my body. Take my life, I plead you to leave those innocent souls, and those words what you have you said, reverse it!' 

Mohini in the mirror gave a vicious look to Malini," who are you to order me? Just wait, I am also helpless, I actually wanted an opportunity with your sister's daughter, but alas, this time also like before Mohan or Mohit whatever he is will be manipulated or forced to do that again, and her death will also end my existence here in this human realm and make me escape to the eternity, the place that I yearned for decades to go!"

Malini stood there weeping and helpless regarding the tragedy they are expected to face now.