Rudra was slowly walking through the forest. He felt something strange but he was not ready to look back. There was only one worry inside Rudra that someone might have done something to his wife. Even if he had found out something about his wife, he was still ready to give his life for her.
It was late night. The moon was at its peak due to which a unique light was spread all around. Rudra was able to see everything in front of him very easily. The light was so much that Rudra could see his own shadow clearly.
As Rudra was moving forward, the sound behind him became louder. Now he started feeling that maybe someone was really following him. "I have seen you" Rudra suddenly said turning back but when he looked, there was no one there after which he touched his head and turned back and walked away.
"There is something strange in this village, like if a girl goes to a temple alone like this at night, then any man can easily question her, but they did not pay any attention to her and did not ask her any question that where is she going at night" Rudra was thinking in his mind.
Now Rudra was moving forward when he heard a voice from behind "Stop Rudra, stop" Hearing that voice, Rudra's heart started beating fast. After which he remembered his grandmother's words who used to tell him that if someone asks him to turn back at night, then he should not turn back or else they will control him. Believing all this, Rudra kept walking straight.
Slowly the voice was getting louder and Rudra's fear was also increasing.
Now suddenly a girl came and stood in front of Rudra. "I have been calling you since a long time and you are not stopping" the girl said angrily.
Now Rudra saw that the girl was none other than Meenakshi. "Oh Meenakshi, it is you! Actually I was thinking that in this dark night some ghost might possess me, that is why I was not stopping", said Rudra fearfully.
"By the way what are you doing here so late in the night". After which Meenakshi started looking at him and pointing towards a direction said "Let's go there, you will know everything that what I am going to do".
Saying this Meenakshi started going somewhere through the forest quickly and Rudra also started following her. After some time she went deep inside the forest.
Rudra also kept following her without thinking anything. Now a place came where the whole forest had ended. Ahead of him was a field spread far and wide.
Rudra was surprised to see that field, even though it was night but many people were still working there. Rudra was able to see clearly in the moonlight. When Rudra looked around, he saw that light was coming from a distance as if there was a fire somewhere. Rudra was standing at a much higher height than all of them.
"Why have you brought me here, what is there here?" asked Rudra in surprise. "Wait for a while and then see," said Meenakshi softly.
Rudra was feeling like yawning after seeing everyone there but then he saw that the light was coming towards him. Seeing that, Rudra could not stop himself and started looking for some other high place nearby, after which he saw something made of wood for surveillance and then Rudra quickly went on top of it and stood up.
There he saw that a man whose head was on fire was coming there sitting on his horse. As he was moving forward, the body of every man he passed by caught fire and he started screaming in pain.
"Who is this and why is he burning everyone?" asked Rudra in fear. After which he did not get any answer. When he looked back, he found that there was no one behind. Meenakshi was missing from there.
Not finding her there, Rudra got very scared and quickly started hiding himself under the straw. Rudra was still watching everyone burning slowly. Whoever that devil was looking at, that person was burning. Rudra was just praying to God that the devil should not see him.
People were burning to death and Rudra was watching them. Slowly that devil was moving towards Rudra. Now as soon as the person closest to him started looking at that devil, Rudra felt that maybe he has seen that man somewhere before. After which that man also burned to death.
Ash from the dead bodies of all the people started flying towards that devil and started sticking to his body. Maybe I have seen him somewhere, I don't know where, I can't remember" Rudra thought after seeing the devil. Rudra was thinking when the devil saw Rudra and started coming towards him at a fast pace. Now Rudra got very scared and got up and started running away from there. Rudra was running ahead but he was not moving ahead.
He was standing at one place, after which as soon as he looked back, he saw that the devil was in mid-air and was about to attack Rudra. To save himself, Rudra put both his hands in front, after which there was a big explosion and Rudra became unconscious. When Rudra regained consciousness, he found that he was near the bus station and a man was sprinkling water on him. Rudra was surprised that how he reached there, after which he asked that man also but no one knew how he came there. "Are you from here?" Rudra asked.
Rudra asked the man. "Yes, I am from here", the man replied smiling.
After which Rudra started asking him about the forest and the fields. Hearing his words, the man started smiling at Rudra and said, "Which field? This is Bhangarh son, there is a forest here but no fields and even if there is, it is not as big as you are saying".
Rudra argued a lot with the man on this subject but in the end he felt that this might be his bad dream. Everything was quiet again but then the man looked at Rudra and said, "By the way, how did your hands get burnt?"
Now after listening to him, Rudra looked at his hands and he remembered the devil from whom he had put his hands forward to save himself. The burning of Rudra's hands was the proof that whatever happened to him last night was true.
Rudra remained quiet and said softly to the man, "They got burnt while doing something". Many more questions had come to Rudra's mind now "Who was that girl and who was that devil, what relation did she have with Rudra?" Carrying the burden of all these things with him, Rudra boarded the bus and left for his home where he had to find out whether Meenakshi was speaking the truth or a lie? Who was that girl who took Rudra to that devil, where is Seema, was there a curse on the village, did someone really kill Seema? Thank you
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