Udayveer was bought back from his
thoughts by the rain drops that fell on his face...Rain was pouring heavily,
and he somehow felt as if his body was drenched in the river water of the hills
of Mayong, just like that memorable day with his Chand and coming back to the
present life was becoming next to impossible. Although his body was standing
outside the house of Mr. And Mrs Chadda,
his mind was adamant to remain in the beautiful memories of the 16th
century.
After falling down from such a
height did he realise what he had done. But he just didn't regret it. His life
had always been ruled by politics and political gains. But this time it was
something different. For the first time he didn't think like a king, but a
lover.
(Writer's point of view')
LOVER!!! Did I not remind everyone
in my first introduction of Maharaj Sharuya Pratap Singh that he didn't believe
in love?...Yes I don't actually realise when he has fallen for this hysterical
illness called LOVE!.. I do call it a hysteria!..As people actually become mad
and genuinely change in this weird disease'They don't follow their mind
anymore'Mind to them is a dumb idiot, and only the heart is the wise
one!!...Its actually the heart, which will make you do things, for which you
even have to repent sometimes'And here Shaurya did exactly that"'.
"Humei Chandralekha kisi bhi halat
mei chahiye!...tum humari nahi hui to kisi aur ki bhi nahi banogi..Par who hai
kaha?..."'Shaurya somehow survived the cold water and its rush, as he was
perfect in swimming and fighting with such challenges was normal to him, but
Chandralekha wasn't..Even with all the uniqueness of bravery and artistic
qualities in this princess, after all she was one of those royal ladies, bought
up with delicate care'Never did she see such mad rage which she saw in Shaurya,
and neither did she have the experience of diving from such a height. The
thought that she was going to die had already made her mind go numb, and after
witnessing that experience, she had completely fainted even before meeting the
water. Her light and slender body moved freely with the flow of the river, only
to be thanked to the hard rocks that blocked the waves at frequent places to
carry the beautiful slender object further. Shaurya searched her madly, his
fears already building up, that she was taken away in the huge force, and he
felt like screaming out her name, when he finally saw a pinkish white colour
object floating. He soon recognised it to be HIS and immediately swam to that
direction in which it floated. Her body was blocked by two huge rocks, which
had settled in the soil water adamantly and was holding her in between them, as
if only for her lover to safely collect it. He reached the spot in no time, and
while holding her in his arms, and balancing himself in the rushed water, gave
a last glance to the rocks which had saved her, as if to thank them for
returning back, what was his!!
He tried to bring her to conscious,
but after such a shock to her mind and body, getting up so soon would have been
a big joke. Besides she was completely soaked in water, and although he
protected her by lifting her in his arms, and somehow reached the shore,
fighting and battling with the waves, which were forming endlessly by the rush
of water, still he feared that bringing her back to her senses would be quite a
difficult task. He placed her gently in his lap and sat on the banks of the
river, trying continuously to bring her to sense..He thanked the almighty for
still keeping her alive, as he could feel her breathing...
He rubbed her hands and feet but it
didn't work. He quickly bought some river-water and splashed on her face. This
made her choke and cough out the water which had gone inside her body...Shaurya
heaved a sigh of relief seeing her open her eyes and she looked here and there,
to realise where she actually was and finally when she saw Sharuya in front of
her, she screamed in fright, and tried to run, but before she could get up, he
held her tight and begged to listen to him. He apologised for his act of
throwing her to water.
"Humei shama kar dijiye
Rajkumari!..Hume najane kyu itna krodh(anger) a jata hai kabhi kabhi...Hum aisa
apradh dubara nahi dohrayenge..Ap humei jo dand dena chahe, apne rajya jane ke
baad de dijiyega. Parantu abhi apko humarei sath hi chalna parega. Apka shareer
kaap raha hai aur abhi ap kamzor hai humsei larne ke liye..Ek baar thik ho
jayie, fir jitna yudh karna hai kar lijiyega..(Please forgive me for my deed..I
don't know why I get so angry, but I will not make the same mistake again.
Whatever punishment you want to give me, you can after going back to your
state, but for now you have to come with me, as your body is shaking in cold,
and you are too weak to fight with me. Once you are fine, we can fight as much
as you can)"...He looked straight into her eyes and she could feel his concern
for her and his genuine feeling of guilt in those dreamy yet powerful eyes.
She
got up slowly with his help but didn't utter any word and looked straight to
the front, confused as in where they were going. But her mind was too weak to
work that time, and think of anything and any place. She just let him take her,
as somehow her heart believed that he was not misleading her or would not take
any advantage of her.
(At such a state, when mind fails to work, and body is
too weak, it is better to leave things on people who are helping you and who
seemed to care for you...)
The people in the trip were really
tensed thinking about Manyata and Professor Shaurya and it was announced to
everyone that till Manyata and Shaurya didn't reach Mayong, they would not
start their research work. The party decided to wait for a day for them as they
were informed by Shaurya after reaching Mr Chadda's place that both Manyata and
he was safe and would leave the very next day for the destination. But tension
was just a simple consoling word, and the more common and dominating word was
JEALOUSY!!..Both Professor Reeta and the main culprit Princess Sangeeta were
spitting poison on Manyata and her lucky stars. Sangeeta was cursing herself as
her plan had not worked, and that instead of making her sister go far from
Shaurya and her family, she came more close to him. Reeta on the other hand
thought that how on earth, after sitting with her dream guy for such a long
time in the bus, that he didn't miss out the bus with actually her. She
couldn't make out, how he met Manyata there, and why did he have to behave so
responsible for a student.Both were cursing Manyata and her lucky fate
continuously and just waited for her to come to the destination.
Jealousy and evil schemes have always
disrupted peace of true lovers, and these lovers of our story is no exception
as we can already see in their present life.. But the loss that the schemers
and conspirators of the yester years had done was too much in comparison.
Kurwaki was eyeing them both from a
distance, she could see them in a hut, where a fire lit the place..She wanted
to go there and stop both of them and separate them immediately. She wanted to
complain everything to her father that Shaurya had tried to kill his beloved
daughter, how he was alone in a hut with her. The entire Naugard Riyasat had
gone wild with tension and fear at the sudden disappearance of the princess.
The king had sent search army to different places in search of them, but still
she was nowhere to be found. Kurwaki knew if she gave the king his daughter's
information, she would also have to give many more reasons as to why she didn't
try to save her. Why did she let her go to meet this king who called himself
her' Premi' and she would not have any answers. She couldn't believe herself
that she didn't stop Shaurya from throwing her best friend in the river. Yes
she was her best friend, then what was wrong?...Problem was that she started
liking Shaurya!..Liking him from the first day she saw him. She even liked him
more, when she knew he too had some supernatural powers and that she couldn't
control him, like she could do with the others.She feared that if she went to
the hut, he would be able to smell all her evil intensions, how she actually in
some part of her heart, wanted to get rid of Chandralekha, and thus didn't stop
him from their fall even after carefully watching all their actions and fights
from a safe hidden place. She cursed her fate and still felt helpless at the
moment, but still smiled at whatever happened, deciding that she would soon
find out a plan to separate them and make Chandralekha, hate him all the more.
Chandralekha could see the intense
care that he had for her. He kept on rubbing her hands and feet and made her
warm by placing her near the fire. She almost forgot how many times, he
actually apologised for his action of diving like crazy, and she smiled seeing
all his mad actions. She herself couldn't believe that she had started liking
his strange and mad actions, which he called his love for her.He had somehow
arranged for so. He fed her food and water and sat by her and kept on looking
at her till she fell asleep.
It was hard for him to stop staring at her
beautiful face, which he knew, he would not be able to see again after they
left.He relished the fact that how beautiful she looked while sleeping, when she actually kept quiet...He could never be mad on this innocent face. He was guilty for what he did, and so he didn't want to ask her hand
again, but still his heart craved for her. His heart was still adamant in
making her his, and loving her forever. Suddenly he decided for something,
which he knew was all planned by his heart and not by his mind. He didn't give
a second thought to it as he felt thinking again would mean, stepping back from
his actions.
He lifted her up in his arms,
before assuring that she was in deep sleep, and carefully made way near the
fire. The fire was lit in the middle of the small room made of mud.He knew
exactly what to do.
"Humse bohot bara paap hua hai.
Humne apko marne ki koshish ki hai, apka pariwar aur riyasat hume kabhi shama
nahi karega. Jitni nafrat apke pitah abhi humarei rajya se karte hai, ajke baad
aur bhi karenge!...Parantu hum apse bohot prem karte hai Chandralekha. Apke
bina jine ka sochke bhi humarei praan tarap uthta hai!..Asal mei to aisa hum
kar bhi nahi sakte..Ye humara pagalpan nahi humara prem hai apke liye!..Humei
shama kariyega. Parantu aj hum apko apna banake rahenge!..Ap pura ek din ghar
se bahar hai, ek paraye purush ke sath, ye janke, apke pitashri waise hi apko
shama nahi karenge. Aise mei kewal ye Vivah hi apko aur apke rajya ko
shamrindagi se bacha sakta hai. Hum kuch bhi galat nahi kar rahe hai...(I have done a
severe crime of trying to kill you. Your father will hate me all the more after
learning this but I can't live without you. The thought of living a life
without you shivers my composure, and if I actually have to do such a thing I
will die. This is not my madness, its my love for you. Forgive me once again
but today I will make you mine and this is the only way to save your family
from shame and insult. You have been away from home for a day with a man, and
this deed will be pardoned by our Marriage today. I am not doing anything wrong
in this)..."
He went on saying this to himself,
to make his conscience understand what he was doing, while he also took the
pheras around the fire. He had completed five rounds with Chandralekha still in
his arms asleep, when she suddenly wakes up slightly, due to the growing heat
of the fire, as they were so near to it.His heart wanted to jump out seeing her
wake up. He stopped suddenly not knowing what to do next. He knew it was all
over.
"Kya ho raha hai ye..Ye apne humei
is tarha kyu uthaya hua hai...Hum agni ke itne paas kyu hai..Humei niche
rakhiye..Ye sab kya hai.." She felt in her sleep as if someone was whispering
to her and also that she was moving round and round from a long time. What was
wrong and she could see him getting nervous and looking at her without
blinking.
He finally spoke boldly, after
thinking a lot, and trying to wake up the lion in him, which never let him take
his steps back. He was adamant in completing the pheras and he couldn't see his
dream being shattered..."Hum apse Vivah kar rahe hai Chandralekha. Aur do phere
baki hai..fir ye vivah sampan ho jayega!!..Ap ek paray purush ke sath ek raat
bitayi hai, kal apne rajya jaane ke baad apke mata-pita prashan karenge ki ap
kaha thi. To apke jawab dene ke liye koi to hona chahiye. EK bar humara vivah
ho jaye, fir kisiko koi apati nahi rahegi!...
(I am getting married to you
Chandralekha. Only 2 more pheras are left, after that this marriage ritual will
be complete. You have spent a night with a man, so tomorrow when you go back to
your parents, someone should be there by you to answer your parents questions. After
we get married, no one will have any problems.)"
By then Chandralekha was wide awake
and was trying hard to figure out, what was happening!..She could not believe
that she actually was in the middle of her own marriage rituals. She knew he
would not let her go, and somehow deep down her heart said, that everything
that was happening was right..Her mind was still numb due to her sickness, and
she desperately wanted to listen to her heart, although knowing, that after she
would be in complete sense, she would repent on what would happen next...
"Humei nahi pata, ap jo kar rahe
hai use hum kal manenge ya nahi..Kal ho sakta hai hosh mei an eke pashchat humei
ye vivah swikaar na ho..Parantu aj jo bhi ho raha hai, humara hriday kehta hai
ki ise hone de aur yaha na thehre!...JO karya adhura hai humara adesh hai isse
pura kare!...Agar aap sara jiwan isi tarha humse prem karte rahe to hum apki maharani
banne ke liye tayaar hai!...(I don't know whether what your doing now, Ill will
accept it tomorrow or not. Maybe after coming to my senses completely tomorrow,
I will not abide by this marriage but my heart says not to stop whats happening
today. So whatever your doing don't stop here and just complete the marriage.
If you love me like this for your entire life, I am ready to be your Queen!..)"
He could believe what he
heard..This was so dreamy and he blinked his eyes twice to actually understand
that he was not dreaming, and that she had atleast for now accepted him. He
immediately smiled and excitedly completed the marriage with the last two
pheras and then, pierced his thumb to pur some of his blood in her maang to
mark her HIS forever...He kissed her forehead after this and placed her gently
on the bed..
"Aj raat hum apko humaari maharani
sahi mayno mei bana ke rahenge(Tonight I will make you my queen in the true
sense) " saying this he smiled at her and prepared to get into the bed slowly,
leaving a blushing newlywed bride anticipating her husband's approach"...
Precap: Sharuya-Chand union(hot)
...
"Hey where do you think you are going?..."..He fumed with anger at the way she just marched away without a reply...