8TH JULY 2023(4:00 AM)

"Definitely! That's why we have come here, right? Now, please don't say that you are scared, You were being very fearless back then, what happened now?" Sanjay is very confident and fearless.

Two boys talking in front of a very old and spooky temple in early morning.

"Yeah, I know but I didn't know that you'll really come here, have you not heard that this temple is cursed and many ghosts live here. Huh?", Rishi in very cute voice beacase he is afraid of dark and rumours about this temple.

"Hey! Don't be afraid, Rishi, you know there is nothing like ghosts? And also, I'm here with you Don't be afraid, ok? We have to complete this task, come on, let's go", Sanjay tries to allay Rishi's fears. He starts going inside the temple after walking for a while Sanjay  realizes that Rishi is not coming with him.

"Hey, you are really not coming?"

 Rishi shakes his head in no, in a very cute way.

"Ahh(sigh)! You're really cute. (Comes to him and kisses his forehead). Ok then, you wait here I'll go".

Sanjay reaches at the main door of temple. The door is very old and dusty. He opens the door and steps inside he goes inside but it is very dark here, he opens his phone's torch But then there was a sound from the idol of God. He  goes to check there and finds two cages in which two birds are imprisoned and those cages are wrapped with kalawa( a holy thread).

"Oh! No!  who did this? This is so strange, who imprisoned them in this old temple. Whatever, These birds also deserves to be free", Sanjay starts unwrapping kalawa from those cages But as soon as he removes Kalava from there, both the birds immediately fly away from there, pushing Sanjay away, faster than lightning. Sanjay screams very loudly and falls on the ground.

'8TH JULY 2023,8:30 A.M'

"gasp...gasp...gasp.. No, no, no no no no. This can't happen, someone broke my magic, I kept them imprisoned for so many years, no one went to that temple for so many years, then how did they become free today. i have to do something.", An old man wakes up with a jolt, mumbling in his bed in a very badly maintained room with no furnitures just a bed and table, by looking at him you can tell that he is very sick. He is frightened by the fact that those evil monsters would do anything to grant those powers as now they are free. "They will come to find me and other pearls, I have to hide these last two pearls in a safe place before they come here. Now it seems I have to go to both of them, to warn them of the impending danger.", 

He immediately picks up the box placed next to him and after a while reaches in front of a house. He rings the door bell and a very beautiful lady comes out and opens the gate.

"Yes? Who are you" Tina asks to the old man. Tina* is very modern and educated.

{* If you don't know who Tina is, please read introduction chapter of the novel}

"I don't have time to explain, where is your child?" The old man asks Tina, he is very worried. But Tina suspects that he is some kind of fraud.

"What? What do you want from him? Does he know you?"

"No he doesn't, but I do. He is in danger, please tell me where is he?" He is very worried about her child.

"What? What danger? What are you talking about? Can you explain please?", after listening to the old man tina is a little worried beacuse Rudra is very precious to her and she loves him so much.

"Okay!(sigh) I don't have much time, come with me." Old man garbs her wrist and pulls her with him.

"Huh? What the heck? Where are you taking me? Release my hand." Tina gets very annoyed and starts going inside.

"You have to trust me please come with me this is very important, your son's life is in danger, please, for your son, come with me please." He begs her to come with him. She turns back and finally decides to go with him.

"Ok, I'll come with you" She goes inside and after some time comes with the lock, and locks the door. 

Then both of them reach Ashitesh's house. The man rings the bell. A woman comes out from the house, middle aged & very pale, Ashitesh's mother is not very educated but she is very humble and innocent. "Yes?" She asks them.

"Where is your son, Mrs. Singhania?" Old man asks Shashi. "Hey, why are we here?" Tina whispers in old man's ear.

"He is in school right now, what happened, did Ashitesh do something in school? I apologize to you on his behalf",She is a little worried about Ashitesh because Ashitesh is very mischievous(naughty).

"No, this is not about his school, but About his life".

"The lives of both your sons are in danger." He looks at both of them with a very worried face.

"What the heck are you saying?, Please say clearly." Tina asks him.

" who are you, By the way? And how do you know all this?" Shashi asks him.

"You may have forgotten me but I remember you both, That night, when it was full moon night, but because of those demons, it became the darkest night ever, for their selfishness, they killed many people that day, the same night, both of your husbands were there and on that same night Rudra and  ashitesh were born", He tells them about past in very spooky voice. "Huh? When? You mean 18 years back?"

"What happened that night?", Shashi.

"Can we talk inside? I don't want them to listen to us."

"Who? Who'd hear us? You're saying nonsense. I don't believe you, i'm leaving" Tina thinks that he is trying to fool her and don't believe him.

"No, please believe me, you have to believe me, Don't go." He requests to her.

"I have many household work, I don't have time for your nonsense." She looks at Shashi but she is standing very quietly and is scared. "And you should also not listen to him, why are you so queit? Say something? Do you believe him? *Sigh* Well I'm off", Tina starts walking to her home.

"Stop!", Shashi grabs her hand and says "I think he is right and I also saw something that night but I ignored it back then I think we should listen to him, this is for our children, please" she also requests her to stay.

"Fine" Finally Tina agrees to listen to him.

"Come in" Shashi invites them inside.

Rudra's school

"I know, who did this.", Rudra is very angry right now.

"You know? tell me who did this? and what photo was he talking about?" Mohan asks Rudra.

" It must be him, Earlier when he was here he did not let me live in peace and now he is hell bent on ruining my life even after leaving here, I'd kill him if I could" He screams out of frustration"ahhh" and starts breathing fastly.

"Calm Down rura, calm down", Mohan hugs him again. "We will do something together, we will find some solution, we can complain to the police?, What do you say?" Mohan asks Rudra.

"No no, we can't do that, if I file a complain to police then I'll have to tell them about me, I don't want that, please", refuses him to do this.

"Okay, if you don't want that, we can do something else, you know his house?" he holds his hands.

"No" in very low voice. he's holding back himself from crying." I just want to go home now, I'll talk to you later, can you please take my bag frok classroom?" in low voice to mohan.

"Are you sure you can go alone, I can come with you if you want?" Mohan is concerned about him. "No, it's okay, I'm fine, and you should not leave your lectures for me, I'm fine trust me" Rudra convinces him to stay in school. Mohan gives Rudra's bag to him nad hugs huk very tightly and says " Don't worry and take care I'll come to your home right after school okay?".

"Thank you so much, Mohan"

Ashitesh is walking on the footpath, he is feeling better now, Rudra is also walking on the same footpath, but he is coming from the other side, they both are slowly moving towards each other, The weather is also very nice , Ashitesh is walking, but when he sees that a puppy is standing on the road but a bike is coming from the front, he immediately goes towards that puppy and takes it and jumps towards the footpath.Ashitesh's head is about to hit the pavement but a boy comes and saves Ashitesh from hitting his head.