VIKRAAL AUR THE DREAM BIRD ISLAND(FANFICTION)

 

VIKRAAL AUR THE DREAM BIRD ISLAND

[This is Lily’s first adventure with Vikraal , after being appointed as his assistant,Gabroo was not there at that time,they met him later on]

Vikraal’s office-

Vikraal is sitting on his chair,opposite to Lily.he explains to her how ghosts are captured and kept safely in the bottle.He was giving various tips about how to assist him while capturing ghosts.

A new letter-

Vikraal- “so,Lily ,get prepared for your first case.please check the letter.”

Lily obediently collects the letter and gives it to Vikraal.

Vikraal smells it-“isme to insaan ki khoon ki smell hai.”

Lily-“Vikraal sir, kya aap letter ko smell karke sab kuchh samajh jaate ho?”

Vikraal-“sab kuchh nahi, bolo kuchh kuchh,par ‘hota hai’ maat bolna”(smiling).

Lily understanding nothing, she only listens to him-“kya sir?”

Vikraal-“ha ha ha ,joking apart.”

Now, Vikraal reads out the letter-

Dear Vikraal,

Mai ek bahat bari musibat me phaas chukka hu. Pichhle kuchh dino se mai chyan ki nid so nahi paa raha hu .Mere swapno me kuchh ajib si pakshiya aake mujhe pareshaan kar raha hai.jald se jald iska haal nikaalna parega, nahi to mai mar jaunga. baaki kahani milneke baad.....

Dr. Anuj Sharma

Mangalore .

Vikraal-“oh my God, the Dream species problem! Ye case to bahat jald solve karna parega.”

Lily-“ Sir, kya sach me aisi pakshiya hote hai?”

Vikraal-“haa Lily,ye ek magical species hai,jo insaan ke swapno me aate hai aur usko loksaan pouchhate hai. Maine Gurukul me rahete wakt iske bareme suna tha,par iska karan asaani se pata nahi chalta!”

Lily-“ye pakshiya rahete kaha hai?”

Vikraal- “ye ek paheli hai Lily,jo mujhe bhi thik se nahi pata. Par aab koi sawal nahi ,mujhe sochne do . ok?”

Lily-“ji sir.” (Nodding innocently).

Vikraal (thinking)-“the magical species ,jo swapno me aake insaan ka maas aur khoon khaa jaate hai”.

“Lily, come on, haame turant Anuj ji ke ghar pouchna hoga.”

He gets on the bike with Lily,and sets out.

They reach Mangalore ,Sharma house, in no time.

Vikraal sits beside Anuj ji ,he is lying on the bed,severly attacked by those Dream birds.

DR. Sharma-“Vikraal, mai 3 din se thik se so nahi paa raha hu.3 din pahele mujhe swapno me kuchh pakhshiya mile the.Wo pakshiya zada darabni nahi thi dikhneme,lekin ajib baat hai,ye birds swapno me mera pichha nahi chhora…. Mujhe thokar marta gaya aur mere sharir se khoon nikalne laga…aisi halat me mera swapna toot gaya… aur maine jag kar dekha ki sach me mere sharir se khoon nikalne laga hai.2nd day the same incident happened to me,and on the 3rd day ,too.Ye 

swapna ak darbni hakikat banke mujhe dass raha hai.please mera madad kijie…aisa lagta hai jaise puri zindegi mujhe bechyan bath na parega…pls mera madad karo Vikraal, pls.”

Vikraal-“ Lily,tum zara mere kit se Red Glasses nikalo”.

Lily quickly does so, Vikraal wears it and watches the whole room,there is nothing noticeable.

Mr. Sharma- “Aaj ki raat bhayanak to nahi hoga na Vikraal,kya mai puri raat jagke batha rahu?”

Vikraal-“Sharma ji aap bephikar rahiye,iss problem ka suraag to mai nikalke rahunga.”

Vikraal , Lily ,Mr. sharma remain silent for a moment.now it is night 11o’clock.

Vikraal- “Anuj ji, aaj raat mai ihaa rukh jaunga, aap araam se so jaiye.phir dekhte hai kya hota hai”….

Lily-“Ji ha Mr.sharma,Vikraal sir ko hote hue koi chinta nahi.”

Vikraal-“come on Lily ,hum ghar ke bahar intezaar karenge”.

Anuj ji dhire dhire gaheri nid me chala jata hai.kuchh der baad ghar ke andar uska chikh sunai deta hai.

Outside the room- Vikraal and Lily is waiting.After hearing the scream ,they enter the room,Vikraal shakes Anuj, he wakes up ,sweating a lot.

Anuj- “aab mai kya karu Vikraal, lagta hai maut mere sar pe khara hai”.

Vikraal-“aaj swapno me aap ne exactly kya kya dekha?”

Anuj-“wo bhayanak pakshiya ek saath mera pichha kar raha hai,aur mai bhaag ne ki koshish me hu,wo pakshiya tufani gati se meri taraf aa raha thaa.”

Vikraal- “ok Anuj ji,aap ko mujhe do din ka wakt dena parega, pls mera intezaar kijie.”Lily, come fast ,haame Guruji ke Ashram jana hoga….”.

Guruji’s place-Vikraal meets him-“Guruji ek aisi aafat aagayi hai,ki mai aap se milne sidha ashram chala aaya”.

,” aur ye hai Lalita,jinko maine Assistant appoint kiya hai.”

Vikraal introduces Lily to Guruji.

Guruji-“Achha, tum dono ka safar haamesha surakshit rahe.”

Lily touches Guruji’s feet-“Vikraal sir ne mera naam Lalita se Lily kiya hai..”

Guruji gives a mystic smile (as if he is foreseeing the future).

Vikraal(anxious)-“bas Lily,Aab kaam ki baat karenge…”

He narrates the story to Guru Satyacharya.

Guruji-“ Ishwar tumhara raksha kare.”

“Aisi aafat ka samna to tumhe us aadmi ki swapno me jakar hi karna parega”.

Lily(astonished)-“ swapno me ja kar?”

Guruji-“ha Lily,mai Vikraal ko ek mantra deta hu.jab wo aadmi nid me chala jayega,tab usko chhuke ye mantra parna hoga,uske baad kya karna hai wo to paristhiti par hi nirbhar rahega……” “OM SWAPNAYO NAMAHA”.

Lily-“lekin swapno me janeka koi khatra to nahi hai na?”

Vikraal-“khatro se larna hi mera pesha hai Lily, daro maat, Guruji ke ashish hai hamare saath.”

Guruji-“aur jab wapas aana ho to bolna hai…. “SWAPNA TOOT JAAO,SWAPNA TOOT 

JAAO,SWAPNA TOOT JAAO”.

Vikraal- “ aab hum Mangalore wapas chalte hai Guruji,pranam,”Lily also bows down ,her hands closed together.

It is night 3 o’ clock.

Now Vikraal along with Lily returns to Sharma House,Mangalore .

Anuj ji (scared)- “Vikraal, kya koi haal mila?”

Vikraal- “aab aap so jaiye,uske baad jo karna hai wo mai karunga.”

Actually ,Anuj ji feels very sleepy,it is for 4 days he suffers from Dream phobia.He takes some medicine and finally goes into deep sleep.

Vikraal, Lily await the perfect time. Now Vikraal Touches Anuj and chants the mantra 3 times-“OM SWAPNAYO NAMAHA”.

Vikraal feels sudden jerk in his body,Lily was standing at the door, she suddenly rushes in and touches Vikraal by hand,she also feels the jerk and both disappear.

Within a second they appear in Anuj sharma’s dream where Anuj ji is again attacked by those birds, 

He runs here and there ,crying out– “ Vikraal banchayo mujhe.”

Lily is constatntly there by the side of Vikraal. Vikraal points the crossbow towards the flock of birds,but his arrows fail to kill even one of the birds,because they are the dream creature, in reality 

the arrows can do the job but not in dream.then Vikraal throws his boomerang towards them,but to no avail.

Anuj ji hides himself behind a tree, those birds now about to attack Vikraal and Lily,Lily closes her eyes,hides 

behind Vikraal grabing him from the back.

Vikraal-“Anuj ji come here, haame aab dream world se bahar jana hai,Anuj ji comes to Vikraal, touches him…

Vikraal says-“SWAPNA TOOT JAAO, SWAPNA TOOT JAAO, SWAPNA TOOT JAAO”.

Now the 3 appears in Anuj’s bedroom.

Vikraal is much anxious,he deeply thinks what to do….

Lily-“ sir, aab kya hoga,Swapno me to koi haatiyaar kaam nahi karega?she too looks anxious.

Vikraal-“ha Lily,haame dusra kuchh upay sochna hoga…”

“Anuj ji,I am very much sorry, aapko aur ek din jaagna parega,uske andar mai iss problem ka haal nikal lunga.”

“ come on Lily,let’s go back to office”.

In the office Vikraal searches for some books, he finds one old book written -“SWAPNO KI DUNIYA”.

Vikraal turns the pages,he finds there is a chapter written about magical dream creatures-“ jo sirf insaano ki 

swapno me aata hai,iss se agar larna ho to swapno me ja kar uss praniyo ka rahane ka jayaga dhunna hoga,aur 

uhaape jaake uske saamne koi bali daan dena parega,tabhi ja kar ye creatures aapna khaufnak iraade chhorke uss inssan ki zindegi se aapna kala saya hata lega.”

Vikraal reads the page aloud.

-“Aab kiski bali charaenge uhaape?”

Lily-“itna khaufnak duniya hai ye sir,kya haame phirse woha par jana hoga?”

Vikraal- “ha, par iss bar sirf mai jaunga,mujhe aab gaheri nid me jana hai, jo mai barso se nahi gaya hu.”

Lily(doubtfully)-“lekin sir aap kiski bali charaoge uhaape?

Aap ko koi loksaan to nahi pouchega na?”

Vikraal-“ Pahele mai uss jayaga se hoke wapas aaunga tumhaare paas, phir bali charane ko sochenge.I promise…”

Lily-“ ji sir aaiye mai aapko sula deti hu, gaheri nid me!”

Vikraal-“Sach me? Kya tum mujhe sula payoge?”

Lily-“Kiyu nahi sir? Mai to gharme aapni bhatije ko sulati hu!”

Vikraal-(smiles faintly)-"you are so innocent ,Lily,kya Vikraal ko gaheri nid me bhejna itna asaan hoga?”

Lily-(flashing her cute smile)-“sir, mai aapko lodi gaake sunau? Iss se aapko nid aa jayegi!”

Vikraal-“to chalo, koshish karneme kya burai hai?”

Lily feels interested,she starts singing, Vikraal sits on the chair,laying down his body on the back of the 

chair.Lily’s innocent voice creates the atmosphere, Vikraal is asleep now.

He looks most simple and charming while sleeping.Lily is singing,intensely looking at him,sitting on the table.

There is a faint dim light lit in the office room.

Now Vikraal is in his Dream world.He is standing near a sea,an island is half seen from the shore where he is standing.

He is conscious about his duty,it is his miraculous will power that makes him a special one.

He steadily looks at the island-“mujhe woha jaana hoga,lagta hai,wohipe koi raaz chhupa hai.”

Vikraal is now with no weapons and is not wearing his leather jacket.

He goes straight and dives suddenly into the water, swims towards the island. Reaches there ,Slowly he enters the island.he is very alert now,what will happen next…..

Suddenly he stumbles with a big stone erected in his way and stops.

There are long grasses almost covering the stone.there is some inscription on it-

-“ Aap ne khoon se sicho ihaa aapna naam .

Palak jhapakte pura hoga tumhara adhura kaam”

Vikraal touches the stone,he feels some vibration within it.

Vikraal-“Isme to jaan hai”…

“to shayad yehi hai mera upay ,aab mai apni khoon ki bali charakar aapna kaam pura karunga” now he scratches his skin with a thorny branch- red blood comes out, Vikraal stretches his hand on the stone –“Sorry Lily ,tumko mujhe jhoot bolna para. aapna kaam hote hi mai laut jaunga”-he utters in his mind.

But all on a sudden, some blood drops down over his forehead,he looks upward, a female hand is shedding her own blood on the stone..

Vikraal –(stands up)- “Lily, tum yah?”

Lily smiles with pain-“tell you later,pahele aapna kaam ho jaaye.”

Vikraal-“lekin tum aapne khun ki bali kiyu charaogi mere hote hue.”

Lily just holds Vikraal’s hand and stretches it towards the stone along with her own hand.Now both of them are shedding blood on the stone,After a few minutes the stone is totally wet with young blood.

It’s twilight now-

One Antic looking species now appears before them-

Vikraal ,(holding Lily’s hand)-“Aap kaun ho?”

The species-“ mai tum dono ki mile hue khun ki balidaan se bahat khush hu”..mai hu swapno ki duniya ki pakshiyo ka raja KHECHARAMBHU.

“iss pakshiyo ki raksha ke liye mai bana hu.”

“tum dono kaa haat aab tum dono ek dusrese aapne paas le sakte ho.aab aur khoon bahane ki zarurat nahi hai.”

Vikraal, Lily is safe now, blood shedding has been stopped.

Vikraal-“kya mai ek baat puchh sakta hu?”- “Anuj sharma kaise thik honge?”

KHECHARAMBHU-“ Aapne khun se rangi hui mitti yaha se lekar jaao,unke sar pe lagado, phir unko aisa swapna nahi ayega.”

Lily-“lekin Raja ji ye sab hua kisliye, kya mai jan sakti hu?”

Vikraal looks at her face- she looks tired.

KHECHARAMBHU-“Agar kisi insaan ke Vansh me, koi gahera paap Kiya ho to uske anewale prajanma me kisi ka aisa haal ho sakta hai,ye shraap uss insaan ki khoon ki bali charha kar hi samapt Kiya ja sakta hai.”

“Aur agar wo insaan aapna khoon na de paate hai,to kisi aur par ye zimedari aa sakta hai, jaise tum dono par aya.”

“Anuj Sharma ki Pitaji ko shikaar karneka bara shakh tha,unone ek baar aisa swapna dekha tha jaha unko ajib si pakshiya mile the,to unone kisi jadui haatiyar ka issamal karke hamare pakshiyo ka jaan liya tha, uske zindegi me samasya nahi aaya lekin ye shraap banke itne dino baad uske bête ko das raha tha.”

Lily-“Par unko wo jadui hatiyaar mila kaha se?”.

Vikraal-“bas Lily ,ye raaz hum Anuj ji se jaan lenge”.

“Alvida khecharambhu, aapke madad ke liye shukriya”.

Vikraal takes some soil wet with their blood and says-“SWAPNA TOOT JAAYO(3times)

Vikraal along with Lily is now back to office.They now set out for Anuj ji’s house ,again.

Reaching there Vikraal spreads the red soil on Anuj ji’s forehead , tells the whole incident, as asked by Anuj ji.

Vikraal-“ Anuj ji ,kya mai puchh sakta hu, aapke Pitaji ko wo magical weapon mila kaha se .”

Anuj-“ye to mai thik se nahi janta,par itna bata sakta hu ki mere Pitaji zada dayaloo insaan nahi the ,aur aaj unhiki bajese mujhe saza bhugat na para.”

Vikraal and Lily now bids goodbye to Anuj sharma.He is also thankful to them.

They are now on a happy ride,with their bike….returning to office.

Lily-(in a hushed voice)-“ Sir, meri paheli adventure wakehi bahat romantic raha,..aise hi mai aapka saath nivate rahungi..”

Vikraal(with a sigh)- “par jadui hatiyaar ke bareme pata nahi chala”.“Achha Lily,ye batao tum Dream Bird Island me pouchhi kaise?”

Lily(with a naughty expression, speaks very fast)-“Sir, aab jab so rahe the, maine aapko chhu liya tha, bas, wo mantra parke,aur aapka pichha kiya.”

Vikraal-“Aur agar kuchh ho jata to?”

Lily-“Aapke hote hue?” never,never ,never….”

They laugh heartily.

The End