Sara's Adventure -Part III

I turned to look at Alisis. When my tears blocked him from my view, I blinked and wiped my eyes. I waited for him to explain what he meant.

He took a long breath.

“Sara! The wizarding community has contributed to the growth of another evil wizard of its time.”

“What? Another Voldemort?”

“More powerful and deadly than him. You know that Voldemort made horcruxes by which he split his soul into seven that his destruction could be possible only if you destroyed all seven parts of his soul. The evil wizard of today we are talking about has stolen the invisibility cloak from Harry, and has also discovered the resurrection stone from the forbidden forest.”

My eyes bulged on listening to Alisis. I could imagine the kind of danger the world is in. The resurrection stone could bring back the dead alive. The resurrected dead would serve as the shield protecting the one who had resurrected them. And the invisibility cloak, Harry’s precious possession would allow him to move around the world hidden and protected from all charms and spells.

“But how on earth did he manage to get hold of Harry’s invisibility cloak?”

Harry cleared his throat. “It was my fault entirely”. He replied bitterly.

Alisis looked at Harry piteously. “Don’t condemn yourself for what is no one’s fault. No one could have imagined that someone would steal it”

Harry continued. “I never used my cloak after the Battle of Hogwarts. I had it safely locked. I used to give it for a try, once or twice to my children, but never allowed them to possess though I wanted to. I didn’t want them sneaking around as I  and R….”

I understood that he was about to say Ron, but I could sense how painful it would be for him to think about the past when he enjoyed his school days with his best buddy Ron.

“I mean, as we used to.. I didn’t want them to get into any danger. So it was safe or so I thought, until weird things started happening. Many muggles were killed and we were able to trace those casualties to be wizard’s work. Aurors were in search of the culprit. I went along with them until one day we spotted a muggle family being killed and massacred before our very eyes, but the wizard who was causing the destruction was not visible to our eyes. I got my doubt and hurried back to my home to check it out and I was shocked to find that it was missing.”

“But how come he came to know of your cloak?”

“Rowling’s contribution.” Winnace interjected bitterly.

I turned to look at him. “Oh!”

“Though her books were banned in our world, some how he must have acquired them.” Hermoine offered to say.

“Who is that He you are talking about?” I questioned.

A wave of fear swept through many faces before Alisis answered my question. Harry’s face showed utter disgust.

“The King of the world”

“King??”

“Yes, he is called so by his slaves and he forces people to call him so.”

“What’s his original name?”

“He is called King Nortis. You may recognize him if I use his surname”

I looked at him questioningly.

“The King Nortis. Nortis Grindelwald.”

“Grindelwald? You mean the Grindelwald who was defeated by Dumbledore? The Grindelwald who possessed the Elder wand before Dumbledore won over him and became the master of death?”

“Dumbledore never became the master of death! Here, sitting before us is the Master of death!” Alisis spoke, pointing to Harry.

I turned to look at Harry proudly. Harry was just silent. So humble as usual!

“So, is the the.. King ,the son of Grindelwald?”

“Yes! He had stolen the invisibility cloak long before, we knew not when! We still wonder how he discovered the resurrection stone!”

“How did you all come to know that he had discovered the resurrection stone?”

Harry spoke. “Nortis declared himself. He appeared before a mass on the eve of Christmas and declared himself. He told us who he was. He told us that he had discovered the stone. He proved us, by bringing back his dead friends whom he called as slaves, alive. He made the slaves kill a family of muggles in front of the group of aurors assembled to capture him. The aurors were dumbstruck and frozen on seeing the massacre right before their eyes. Before they could spring into action, he disappeared showing us that he possessed the cloak, and disapparated.”

I stared at him with horror. “How can this wizard be killed? How can the innocent people be saved?” I whispered.

Hermoine walked in. “It is not the lives of the innocent people alone that are at stake. Everybody against him, everybody opposing him and trying to kill or capture him is going to be killed, because he had invoked a powerful charm that no wizard or witch has ever thought of, which is going to end the entire wizarding community along with the poor muggles.”

I could see that her eyes were puffy, but her face was set and stern. She walked in regally. I was stunned by her beauty for a minute, before I could recollect what she had spoken.

“Charm? To kill the entire mankind?”

Hermoine shuddered.

“It is called the Doomsday charm.” Toby told me. I looked up at him and I found his voice sore with grief.

“What does the charm do?”

Alisis stood up from his seat and walked to the window from which the sunlight was flooding the room. He stood before the window and turned to look at me. “Come, Sara. Watch this.”

I moved to stand beside him. I peeped through the window and gasped with surprise.

We were in the tallest tower I could imagine. Multi storied buildings around the tower appeared like small ones. I was able to view the entire city. I could find vehicles on the road which appeared like tiny insects moving around. I could recognize a blue river in the north-west corner. I was able to see the peak of the mountains in the farthest end. The sun appeared to be very close to the place where I stood. The sun rays drenched me and I felt warm. The breeze was so fresh and energizing that I inhaled a deep breath and took in the sweet scent. While the sun rays soaked us all with its warmth, I could see black clouds covering half of the city as if it would rain.

“Do you see there?” Alisis pointed out to the far black clouds.

“Yes. It seems as if it’s gonna rain”

Alisis shook his head in disagreement. “They are not rain clouds. It is the dark cover.”

“Dark cover?”

“The Doomsday charm works out to emanate harmful gases that form the dark cover.”

“Oh! What does the cover do?”

“The area where this cover is emitted passes with the wind and those who inhale become slaves of the executor of the charm.”

“Oh God! Does it mean the people living in those areas have become his slaves already?” My voice shook with fear.

“Yes.” Minister Michelles came to join us. “What you see here is only a part of the city. Eighty percent of Britain has come under his control. He will be conquering Britain in another few days. Once he conquers Britain, he plans to make this the capital country of the world. He would proceed to surmount the rest of the world, once he is finished with Britain.”

“What is his objective? Why is he conquering the entire world?”

“To become the King of the world, obvious. That is why he wants to be called the King.” Madam Bones let out a sigh.

“What happens to the people who become his slaves?”

“He uses them as his army. They forget everything about their lives, their families, their desires, ambitions, friends, everything. They become soul less creatures who obey and perform what their King says.”

“Oh, my pity!” I stared at the dark cover in horror. The cover appeared to be moving with great speed towards us. I realized what would happen to me if the dark cover engulfs this tower. I remembered the poor slaves of Imhotep, moving in mass, chanting his name, to capture and kill Rick and Eveyln in the movie Mummy. I imagined myself, Harry, Hermoine, Alisis, Toby, and every one of us a part of the slave crowd and my eyes bulged in shock.

“Even .. even the wizards become slaves just by inhaling those harmful gases? Not just the muggles?” I spoke softly so that only Alisis standing closely to me could hear.

It seemed everyone heard me. “Poor muggles do not know about this and therefore they stay there, inhale it continuously and become slaves in twenty four hours. The ministry of Magic has informed every wizard about this hazard. We have created awareness among every wizard family on how to escape from this charm.” Minister Michelles told me.

“How do we escape from this dark cover?

“We move away from the place covered with darkness, and stop ourselves from inhaling the harmful gases. That is the only way we could save ourselves.”. I looked at him unbelievingly. “Yes, Sara. This is the only way we could be safe. Every wizard family has been in moving for the past one week. The dark cover was imposed last Thursday, the dark day of the year. Thousands of muggles disappeared the very next day. The event passed out as the after effects of Hurricane. The muggles who became his slaves disappeared from their countries and homes. We presume that the army is being assembled in a secret place, that we are unable to find out. We guessed that only the slaves could identify their secret place. We tried following one or more slaves but they disappeared after a particular distance. The first day we witnessed the dark cover, we refused to believe that it must be the doomsday charm. No one in the history, has ever unleashed this deadly charm. But as the disappearances increased we suspected it to be the art of dooming charm that we made a world wide declaration on the charm being unleashed. The ministry of magic is doing its best to help the wizards in their relocation and protection. The Hogwarts School has been closed and the students have been sent to their parents.”

I was frozen with shock. I turned to look at the dark cover again. I turned back to the group. “Why is he doing this? Why?”

“He wants to become the King of the world. I understand your question as to why would someone want to rule the world that only comprises of his slaves, I mean the soul less creatures? Am I right?” Hermoine spoke my mind; I nodded my head in agreement. She continued. “King Nortis is not making every human in this world as his slave. He wants to make every wizard his slave. His wants no independent wizard in this world who would oppose him. He is targeting at the employees of the ministry of magic, which comprises of the aurors who pose a threat to him. Next, the Hogwarts, where he can kill the next generation of blooming wizards. Next, the Gringotts bank, to loot the wealth of all wizards existing, by which he would become the richest person in this world. Which is why the bank, the school, the ministry have all been closed from operations and have been relocated. Though majority of the wizarding community is on the run, yet casualties are hard to prevent.”

 “After he conquers the entire world, we presume he would kill every wizard who was his slave, as he may see them as a threat anytime. He would be the only wizard existing. He would rule the world happily ever. The King, as he wanted. The King of the world.” Toby spat with disgust.

I had no word to utter. I felt so weak within. Have I come here to see the entire wizarding community being slaughtered in front of my eyes? I slowly walked back to sit near the table. I closed my eyes with exhaustion.

Tied Hands

Why was I feeling sad from the moment I woke up in the morning? Did I fight with my best friend yesterday? No, I didn’t. Did my mom scold me for not studying? No, she did, day before yesterday, but not yesterday. I had already forgotten it, as I kept my promise to study the very next day, and I know my mom was very happy about it. She had even told me that it would be nice if I continue the same routine daily. So, why was I feeling so sad? I wondered.

I wouldn’t call the feeling sad; rather I would name it helplessness. I was desperate to do something, but my hands were tied. That was how I felt. I was sitting on my bed staring through the window, consciously finding out the reason to my vulnerable feeling.

“Oh!” I exclaimed as my mind focused on the sight which my eyes were watching for a very long time, though it failed to send the message to my brain. Now I understood why I felt so frantic. Right in front of my eyes, the giant was falling. He was being slaughtered and I could do nothing. His arms were cut. His trunk was poked, hurt. His entire body was tied with several ropes and his muscles were stretched. A number of on lookers stood by, but nobody raised a voice against the injustice being done. I felt like killing the perpetrator. But, again I was helpless. I was just a poor young gal, whose feelings mattered nothing.

“Sara! Here is your glass of milk.”

I turned my eyes to see my mom. She looked at me questioningly while my eyes dropped a tear or two.

“What happened? Why are you crying, Sara?” She voiced her question when I did not answer her look.

I raised my index finger and pointed to the scene before my eyes through the window. She craned her face to look what I was pointing to and she said. “Oh, Sara! You are becoming unmanageable nowadays. Why would someone cry for a tree being cut?”

“Ma, it’s just not a tree. It’s a living being. It has got life. Look at its plentiful strong branches. Look at the young fresh leaves. Look at its beautiful flowers.  Does it look like a just a tree to you, mom? I don’t look at it as a tree being cut, but a slaughter; a brave warrior who has won thousands of wars, a wise old man who has seen hundreds of our generation is being killed mercilessly.”

“My goodness! Be practical, Sara! Stop all your crazy talks. It’s a tree and it’s just a tree.”

“Mom!” I screamed in resignment. “Mom. Do you remember how we used to sit under it in the evenings and relax? When you women used to chat and discuss about every event that’s happening, we gals, used to play around. We would wait until dad and other men come home from their work and we would get in to resume our work. Do you remember the number of days you used to water the tree, in spite of the fact that the tree belongs to the government? Do you remember what you used to tell me when you pour the water we had used to wash clothes or vessels?”

Mom remembered her own words.

‘Why waste water? Instead of pouring it on the floor, at least the tree would get some food. It is so shady and many passersby relax themselves under its shade. Just a small service from our side.”

Mom’s eyebrows greased a bit on listening to me.

“Now our road is going to be bare with no trees. No shade. We can’t sit under its shade and feel the fresh cool air around us. People who walk on our road are going to feel exhausted under the hot sun and there is going to be no tree for them to relax. You are not going to get the flowers for your pooja. The tree is gone. It is dead.”

I saw the trunk falling to the ground with a big thud. It has taken almost half a day for the men to cut the giant tree. Men at work were tired of their hard work.

“Why would they cut it, mom? Aunt and uncle used to pour buckets of water for it to grow. Why would they cut it all of a sudden?”

“The tree has grown very big. It has overgrown. The branches have grown to hit the walls of their home. They saw it as a threat and decided to cut it off.”

“Why can’t they simply cut those branches alone and leave the tree there?”

“They have been doing that for a long time. Every year this happens that they had to cut the branches off. They are now tired of it and thought they could save money and time but cutting it whole.”

“Doesn’t the tree belong to the government? Was it not planted by the municipality? They had planted the tree only to help the poor animals dying of hot sun and the passersby. How come these people were able to cut it without the municipality’s approval? Or didn’t they go to the municipality at all to seek permission? Or has the municipality given its approval? How could the municipality do that? Can’t the government bring a rule not to cut the trees planted? Or couldn’t they at least insist people to grow five plants in place of a tree cut?”

Mom looked at me. “Ask your dad about all this. I don’t think they would have sought the municipality’s permission. Who sees it as a big issue? It’s just a tree.”

“All of us are watching it happen. Didn’t any of us question them if they had sought the approval? If all of us join hands together, we can stop them.”

“Nobody other than you is going to take this matter serious. Even Appa would not listen to you. Do you think someone would go and start a fight for such a small thing?”

“Ma, it’s not a small thing. Don’t you know the danger our earth is in? For the amount of pollution that is caused, we need to plant more and more trees to save the earth and instead we are killing more of it. Urbanization is causing deforestation and this is leading to global warming. Our earth may end, mom, because of all this.”

She let out a sigh. “Who worries about what is gonna happen to the earth as long as their home is safe? People don’t realize that their home is in the earth.”

She laughed out loud and went to resume her work. I looked out at the fallen tree. I wanted to lay my hands on its trunk and hug it once before the men could clear the place. I moved out of my home. I felt as if I had lost my childhood friend.

Sara's adventure -Part II contd...

Seven of them seated in the table looked at each other unsmilingly. Before Alisis could open his mouth, two short skinny figures appeared through the doorway.

“Elves?” I was shocked.

“Aw, yes. They are Rosie and Pinky. They would help you out in this house while you are here. The delicious food we had some time back were their specialities.”

“What??? Elves are slaves yet?” I turned to Hermoine questioningly. She smiled before she could answer. “No Sara, you are mistaken. Elves are no longer slaves to wizards and witches. They have been given freedom. A law has been passed to protect the interests of elves and any wizard or witch harming or enslaving the elves would be punished. Elves and wizards live in peace now. Rosie and Pinky have offered voluntarily to help you out.”

I understood that she was right as I saw them neatly dressed in short skirts and blouses. They smiled at me, instead of bowing their heads to the wizards in the room.

“Hi, Rosie, Hi Pinky, Thank you.” I gave them a warm smile.

They nodded their heads in acknowledgement before they left the room quietly.

“You have done a great job, Hermoine. You must have struggled a lot to free those poor creatures.”

“Not exactly, Sara. People’s mindset changed a lot after the Battle of Hogwarts. You know how wizards, witches, children, old, elves, goblins, hippogriffs, thestrals, centaurs and every other magical creature joined hands in bringing down Voldemort and his death eaters. Wizards could not have won over the dark lord without the other magical creatures’ help and that fall of the dark forces brought about the change in minds of wizards and paved the way to treat other creatures alike with love and care.”

“Still, you must have played a very important role in enforcing the law to protect their interests. Guess, Harry and Ron would have stood beside you as always. Where is Ron? I have not met him yet.”

The room went silent. No one spoke. I looked at Harry, and then at Hermoine. I was taken aback on seeing her. Tears flowed out of her eyes. She started sobbing, and quickly ran out of the room. I turned to Harry, “What happened, Harry? Did I ask something wrong? Did I hurt her? “

Harry twisted in his seat uncomfortably and he turned to face me. He seemed to reliving a painful moment of his life, before he opened his mouth.

“Ron.. Ron is not here”

“Oh! Oh, where has he gone? But why did Hermoine cry? What’s wrong, Harry?”

“He is no more…..”

“What????”

Harry nodded his head quietly.

“He is not alive, is that what you meant, Harry?”

“Yes.”

I stared at them as I understood Hermoine’s pain on my question. I looked at Harry expecting him to say that he didn’t mean what I had understood. But he remained silent looking at me. Though his eyes were on me, it seemed as if he was recollecting the moment when he lost his best friend of life.

“But how…..?” I whispered.

“He died a gallant death.” Harry’s voice came out proudly. “He sacrificed his own life for saving innocent lives from an evil wizard.”

I gaped at him speechless, wanting him to tell me the entire story.

He understood and went on. “He killed Finnacle Lestrange. He fought with one of the darkest, most cruel wizard after Voldemort’s time. He slayed that monster who was killing innocent muggles for the sake of fun. He destroyed his entire army of ten death eaters before his breath was silenced by Fectis Lestrange, before I could shield him from the advancing death spell, before Hermoine could come running to protect him…….. “

His voice trailed away.

I could feel tears hiding Harry from my view. I could visualize Ron falling, falling amongst ten dead evil ones, could see Hermoine running to save him from his fall, could imagine Harry killing Fectis the very same moment to revenge, Yet. It was all over. Ron is dead. Ronald Weasley is dead.

Tears dropped from my eyes. Alisis, sitting beside me brought his hand forward and caught my tears.

“This is why we need you, Sara. “

Sara's adventure -Part II

“Would you like to accompany us to Britain, Sara?”

“Wha…. What the…? Me??? To Britain? You mean you are taking me to your world????” I was breathless when I spoke this.

Alisis smiled. “Yes, Sara, we see that you are thoroughly excited. Can we make a move?”

“What? Now? You mean you are taking me now? But what for? Harry said he wanted my help. What kinda help? “ I bombarded him with my list of questions. I took my breath on seeing the wink Alisis gave me. 

“Calm yourself, Sara, we will let you know everything you would want to know.”

“But, what about my parents? What will I tell them? What about my friends, my office?”

“Everything has been arranged.” Winnace spoke. I gasped a bit on hearing his harsh tone.

“You tell your parents as soon as they come back that you are leaving to Rajapalayam on audit. You take a medical leave in your office. Here is your ticket. You have got your train tomorrow evening. We will be at the station to pick you up.” Harry described me the plan.

My eyes grew wider and wider as I heard Harry’s plan. I could not believe that I was going to disapparate with them tomorrow. Am I doing the right thing by lying to my parents? I wondered.

“You people know everything about me then?”

Alisis slowly nodded his head in acknowledgement.

Harry gave me a minute before he spoke again. “Can we presume that you are coming with us, Sara?”

“Won’t i? I would love to”. I smiled.

I was so restless the next day waiting that my parents noticed and questioned me about it. Though I passed it out as my office tension, I was excited and worried at the same time.  I was doubtful if all that happened was only a dream, but the ticket in my hand proved me wrong. I patiently sat in my train seat peeping through the window all the time. I got nervous when the train started moving. When I bid farewell to my parents, tears escaped my eyes out of desperation. I felt guilty on how worried my parents would be if I tell them the truth. I relaxed myself closing my eyes. As I closed my eyes, I felt two rough hands holding my both the arms. The moment I opened my eyes, I saw a blur of colors and I realized that we were moving away from the train compartment with unimaginable speed. Before I could realize that I was disapparating with them, I felt dizzy and I closed my eyes shut.

When I opened my eyes, I was lying in a cozy bed in a dark room. Bright light made my eyes glare. It took a minute for me to understand the design of the room. I was in a wide room supported by walls made of hard stone. I was in the far end where I was laid. In the middle of the room was a big window, curtained with light silk material that the sun rays came in through and flooded the entire room.  I turned my head to see a group of people crowded near a long wooden table in the center of the room. I was able to recognize the violet cloaked Alisis and black cloaked Harry seated in the far corner. Winnace was standing beside Alisis’s seat. There were four more people seated, of which one had a bushy hair pulled in a pony tail. I got up and moved my legs to get down from the bed. Though the room was scarcely equipped still I was able to see few things that distinguished the place as a wizard’s residence. In the eastern corner of the room was a dressing table on which was placed a number of colored bottles from the wrapper of which I could hear wizards calling out the effects of using them in a low voice. To the right of it was a picture of a wizard and a witch who were staring at me vividly. They turned their faces to the crowd assembled on seeing that I had noticed them. The witch cleared her throat softly, hearing which the group of wizards talking among themselves in low voices stopped short. Alisis looked at me, got up and came towards me. Slowly, the seven of them moved towards my bed. I noticed the one with a bushy hair and jumped to my feet.

“Her…Hermoine Granger??”

She smiled at me. “Hermoine Weasley. Welcome Sara, pleased to meet you.” She offered her hand. I was so thrilled to give her my hand that I stumbled. She came forward and caught me before I could fall. I stood straight and relaxed myself before I could turn to see her.

“Sorry, I am so excited. Hermoine, one of my friends who is as crazy on Harry Potter as I am, would die of jealous if she happened to know that you offered your hand to me.”

Hermoine laughed. The other wizards smiled too.

“We are perfectly delighted by your amazement and friendly attitude towards us, Sara. Let me introduce you, Mr. Henry Michelles, the Minister of magic.” He pointed to the short, plump wizard standing beside Harry. He bowed his head a little and I smiled at him.

“And this is Ms Marie Bones, the head of the department of Magical Law enforcement.”

“Hello Sara”, said the pale, skinny witch who appeared to be in her eighties.

“Hello, Ma’am! Are you by any chance related to Susan Bones?”

Marie laughed out aloud looking at Alisis. “I am surprised. Now, I believe your word, Alis, she is a natural. Yes, I am, Sara, I am her aunt. Amelia’s sister.”

“Oh, nice to meet you”

“And this is ….” I gasped on looking at the wizard who hid himself behind the others. I looked at his oily greasy hair. “Snn Ss Snape…?”

“Aw, you are amazing, Sara, yes, he is related to Severus. He is Severus’s cousin. Mr Toby Marvin Snape.”

Toby came to the front and winked at me which did not get along with his appearance. I imagined Severus winking at a muggle and I laughed.

“What is so funny, Sara?” Toby asked.

“I was just imagining your uncle winking at a muggle like me and I was unable to control my laughter. You are so different from your uncle. “

“Yes, I am. Because I am a muggle, Sara. My father was born a brother to Severus’s muggle father Tobais.”

“Oh, I see! I am pleased”

“I apologize for your inconvenience while we disapparated, Sara. Now can we have our breakfast? My friends have been waiting patient enough for you to recover. Please.” Alisis led to me to the table. I walked after him and took my seat. I looked at the table to find different food items in golden bowls placed in the center. Different sized silver plates were laid before each seat. My plate had veg noodles, potato chops, apple, banana and tomato sauce. A brass glass filled to its brim with delicious smelling milk was kept beside my plate. My stomach growled with hunger as I had not had food properly the whole day out of excitement and restlessness. I waited for others to settle down before I could lay my hands on my plate.

We all ate in silence. Though I could sense that everyone except one (Alisis) in the table had their eyes on me, I involved myself in eating. As soon as I finished my noodles, hot cheese toast and capsicum appeared. They were followed by another dish which looked very much like chicken, appeared in my plate out of nowhere. I hesitated staring at it.

“They are cauliflower fries, Sara. Rest assured. We know that you are a vegetarian.” Hermoine who was seated beside me smiled at me.

“Oh, thank you. I am surprised at your hospitality.”

As my stomach filled in slowly, I slowed down eating and spent my time glancing at the portraits hanging in the wall and examining the chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

When I finished off with my milk, all plates and vessels disappeared.

“Cool!” I muttered.

“You may rest, Sara. This house belongs to the ministry of magic. Feel at home.” Alisis smiled.

“But, you haven’t told me anything yet. Why have I been brought here? Why only me? Harry said that he wanted my help. What kind of help are you expecting? What kind of help would I be able to offer?”

Sara's adventure -Part I

Upon the welcoming response I had received from my dear friends, here I give my next one, which I had tried to make it as interesting as the first one.  (lolzzzz!)

My second blog is a contribution to two of my friends, both of them who wanted me to write a blog like the one given below.

Here you go!

“Sara! What are you doing sitting here like this, staring at the wall?”

I was able to hear mom’s voice, but I didn’t even turn to answer her, as my mind wandered around the dream I had this morning. My grandpa often says that early morning dreams come true. If his words were real, then I must find three people barging in through the wall near my compu. Therefore I was sitting right near the compu staring at the wall where exactly I had seen three unknown people dressed in long skirt like dresses, I should say cloaks, coming in to my living room and standing still as statues before me.

I knew that my mom and dad would laugh at me if I tell them why I was sitting there right from the moment I woke up. But the vision I had (I wouldn’t call it a dream, it was so real) had me so excited that I rather expected it to happen in reality, though I would be dead scared if someone were to come in through a wall.

“Sara, are you going to brush your teeth or not? It’s ten already. Don’t you want to have your breakfast?” Mom was screaming.

I was getting into mom’s nerves.  She hates indiscipline.

“Sara, go, have your shower. Mom and I are leaving to aunt’s home. We’ll be back in an hour”. I nodded to dad without looking at him. I could hear mom’s grumbles about me when she walked out with dad.

I was still reluctant to leave the chair beside the compu. Finally when ten slow minutes passed on without anything happening, I decided to go and have my shower and stood up from the chair. As soon as I turned, I could feel some movements in my back through my side glance. I was alarmed and immediately turned to face the wall. Lo! Three people with cloaks around their body, large enough to cover their heads, stood before me. The very same vision I had this morning. They showed no sign of movement or reaction on seeing my shocked face and bulging eye balls. I was frozen for a few more minutes before I could move my jaw muscles. They stood calmly still as a statue.  I slowly looked behind them to see if the wall had broken. I was surprised to see that the wall was as good as it would be, without even a crack. Who are these people? Why have they come here? I slowly turned my glance towards them.

The person in the right attracted my attention. His face seemed familiar. Fair, five feet tall, skinny, wearing a black cloak, jet black hair with one or two grey hairs, his eyes showing a green shade. The person in the middle was taller than the persons on his sides. He had a long beard, almost white, wearing a half moon shaped spectacles. I gasped on looking at his violet color cloak, as my mind quickly arrived at a conclusion. I quickly glanced at the last person with a similar black cloak, sturdy, and tall. I searched for what I was searching, and of course, I found the wands, neatly hidden in their pockets. My goodness!

“Ahem… Ummm…..”

I cleared my throat. Still they made no effort to move, talk or show any kind of an expression.

“Ummm… Are, are you.. hmmm… are you all wizards?”. I managed to choke out.

The middle one with the long beard winked at me. I stared at them incredibly.

They still spoke no word, while I gaped at them.  “Ahhh… “ I pinched myself.

All the three wizards standing before me, looked at each other and smiled.

“H… Hhh.. Harry!” I called hesitantly. The wizard in the right looked at me, his face surprised at my revelation.

I turned to the old wizard in the middle. “Dumbledore????”.

He shook his head denying me and spoke for the first time.

“Awww… My appearance easily misleads many. People call me Alisis Aberforth.”

His voice, which was younger than I expected took me by surprise. The more I was surprised on hearing his surname. “Ab Aberforth?” I stammered.

“Yes, you are right, Sara. Aberfoth Dumbledore was my father.”

“Was???” I didn’t miss the past tense.

“Yes, he is no more. “ Alisis hung his face sadly.

“I don’t recognize you” I spoke to the other wizard, a bit courageously.

“You knew him not. Let me introduce him. He is one of our best Aurors, Winnace Shacklebolt.”

“Shacklebolt? You are kingsley’s son?”

Alisis smiled at me. “We are amazed by your memory and interest towards our community, Sara”.

“What is all this? Are you all real? I mean, do wizards exist in reality? I thought you were all characters in JKR’s book. Am I having a hallucination? I can’t believe this… I can’t….”

“Ms Rowling had done a wonderful job, no doubt. No one knew that she was portraying the real incidents that were happening in our world. Her wand was broken, she was expelled from our community, and she was living in mourn, until we realized that her artistic work had only earned humans’ amazement and interest towards us, and did not pose any threat to our secret existence.”

“Wh.. What??? You mean, she was, umm, she is a witch? She belongs to your world?? “ I blurted out.

Alisis smiled again. “You are too quick, Sara. Yes, she is a witch. She was one of the toppers of Hogwarts. But, alas, she was too poor to make a living and she decided to make a writing on our community to enlighten the muggles on existence of the magical wizarding community. She would have served her life time in Azkaban for revealing our existence if my dear uncle, Albus had not interfered. Her work was after Voldemort’s demise and as our Winnace’s father was the minister of magic, my uncle saved her from the wrath of our community. Until now, we did not realize that her work is the one that is going to save our community now.”

I was too shocked to speak that I slowly fell to sit on the chair. The room was silent for a few more minutes after which I got my voice back. “You mean this is all real? Harry really killed Voldemort? Oh my! No one is going to believe this. “

I let out a sigh. I stood up again excited.

“You mean many wizards like you really exist? Hermoine, Ginny, Ron, George and all of you?”

Alisis chuckled. “You are so much like your uncle”. I smiled at Alisis.

He was encouraged by my smile. “We did not expect you to take this so easily. You seem to be thrilled and excited, young lady.”

I was. “So what is all this about? Why have you come here? And what did you mean by JKR’s novels is gonna help your community?”

Harry spoke for the first time. “We need your help Sara!”

I looked at him. “You are graying. How old are you?”

Harry seemed to be puzzled by my question. He cleared his throat before he spoke. “I am nearing forty.”

“Oh god! Hmm, ok. What did you say? You need my help? Why would a great wizard like you need a helpless muggle’s help?”

Harry smiled at Alisis. Alisis spoke. “Sara, if you would allow us to explain, I would answer every question of yours!”

I waited expectantly.

My Craze- Epilogue

Epilogue

Dear Friends,

Thanks for the welcoming response you had given my first blog. Crazy fans and readers of twilight would be able to appreciate my blogs better. For the benefit of others, here I give an outline.

My blogs given here are based on the four novels written by Stephenie Mayor namely, Twilight, New moon, Eclipse and the breaking dawn, popularly called as the “Twilight Saga”. Three of the above have been filmed starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. The story is about a gal Bella Marie Swan who comes to live with her dad Charlie Swan where she falls in love with a vampire called Edward Cullen. She meets his entire vampire family who had turned vegetarians (they hunt only animals and do not drink human blood). She faces danger from other vampires existing in the world due to her relationship with the Cullens. Therefore, Edward leaves Bella hoping that she would move on without him, which leads Bella to meet Jacob. Jacob serves as a healer of Bella’s wounds (wounds formed by Edward’s departure). Bella ends up knowing that Jacob is a werewolf and that werewolves and vampires are natural enemies.

Bella slowly heals while Jacob falls in love with her. Edward comes back into her life, and puts Bella caught between her friend and her lover. More dangers come into Bella’s life. Read out the books to find out what happens to Bella, Edward and Jacob. (Ah… It’s a big story, difficult to explain the four parts in just few lines. So friends, kindly read out! Lol)

PS: (Deeming Provision) I request the readers to deem that the blogs appear in font “Comic sans MS’. (I was in a hurry while posting the blogs that I failed to change the font. Please bear with me!)

My Craze -final

Time passed so quickly that I barely noticed that I had written my finals and expecting my results. Hari was there with me all the time, morning, noon, evening and night. Hari was a vampire fifty years old. He was converted into a vampire at the age of 25 and so he had frozen at 25 forever. He was bitten by a vampire, of whom he remembers nothing, when he had gone to Brazil on a vacation with his parents. He knew nothing of what happened to his parents after he was bitten as Vimal, his foster father had carried him all the way to India, where they lived for the past fifty years. He lived in the north, in a village near Manipur and it was Hari’s idea that they visit the southern part for a change.

He had laughed when I asked him how he could walk in the sun as his skin would glitter in the sunlight.

“It is a myth, Sara. Not all that Stephenie had written are true. She had used a bit of her imagination too.”

Hari sought my parents’ permission to marry me, to which they heeded after a long argument (in which Hari used his charm to convince them) and a discussion. They could not think of a reason to reject him. He had joined CA with me (though he had already finished of his MBA, of which he informed my parents, and a degree in engineering in BITS, a degree in archaeology, a degree in medical science and many more all these years). He came to the classes with me. He accompanied me to my guitar classes and yoga classes. He came to see me in the night when I studied in my room alone (of course, without my parents’ knowledge, as my parents were not aware that he was a vampire. They would die of fatal heart pain if I tell them what he was. So far, so good).

We have not discussed of my future and the options available as Hari had banned that topic until I am 25. I agreed.

Our life would have gone smoother and I would have been the happiest person in the world, if I had not gone to that hilly forest area somewhere in the eastern part of India that Hari and his parents visited every Sunday for hunting. I had forgotten to mention that they were vegetarians as the Cullens. They hunted only animals. No human blood.

Hari wanted me to come with him that day as he was eager to show me a water fall in the middle of the forest which would mesmerize the onlookers. I went along with him telling my parents that I was visiting my friend in Mylapore, as Hari had promised that we would return before Sun fall.

The water fall was indeed mesmerizing, stupendous that I lost myself there. Hari’s family left for hunting while I sat on a rock beside the running river. I let my legs half drenched in the water while the wind blew pleasantly.

Suddenly I felt a cold breath near my neck and a cold touch almost breaking my wrist that I turned, guessing it to be Hari. I gasped of horror when I saw an unfamiliar face, with bloody eyes staring at me. Before I could shout aloud, I saw Hari behind him in a flash his eyes wide with anger, ferocious, with his hands breaking the new male vampire’s neck. Before I could even realize that they were more of those vampires, I saw two more figures approaching Hari from the back.

Before I could yell to warn him, they were on the top of him, his both the hands hold stiffly by the new comers. The male vampire, holding my hand still, proceeded towards Hari who was made to bend by the new comers. I whimpered out of fear, not knowing what to do. I looked around hoping for Vimal and Vinaya to come. Before I could even turn my eyes back to Hari, I heard a deafening crack. Hari had broken one of the arms of the female vampire who held one of his hands few seconds back.

The male vampire left my hand now to spring upon Hari while the other two did the same. I froze out of shock and fear as I watched helplessly my beloved being attacked.

Another crack.

“HHHaaarrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiii……………………………”

My vision blurred. My body hit the floor with a loud thud.

“Sara, how many more times do you want me to yell at you? Don’t you see that it is already ten o clock in the morning?”

I opened my eyes in confusion on hearing my mom’s voice. How on earth did she come here? What happened to Hari?

What I saw ahead of me took me by surprise. There was the calendar with a puppy hanging right in front of me. My book shelf was to its right. This is my bed room. How did I come here? I was sitting on the floor as if I had rolled out from my bed. I blinked my eyes twice. I saw my mom’s feet beside me. I looked up to see her.

“Sara! What is this? Why do you keep staring at me like this? Did u dream?”

The word ‘dream’ caught my attention. Was it all a dream? I stood up, as my mom moved away grumbling. I looked around and I started laughing.

Oops! It was all a dream! So much for my craze on twilight series. Oh, Stephenie! What have you done to me?

My Craze Part II

It all happened so quickly that I wondered later how I was able to recollect all that happened. I remember walking away from him in the station without giving him another look though my mind was racing to sit with him and hear his version of the story on why he wanted to talk with me. When I went into the stand to retrieve my two- wheeler, I caught my breath. He was there, sitting on my two- wheeler, casually playing with my keys. Two things came to my mind. How was he here before me? I remembered him standing there still as a statue when I glanced a look at him before mounting the stairs. There was the other way out of the station, but he had to walk a long road to come to the parking stand which he could not have done within five minutes. Therefore he should have crossed me to come here before me. But I knew he came no where near me until here. Another thing was how graceful he looked sitting there. My heart missed a beat when I realized where all my observations were leading me.

“Yes, you are absolutely right, Sara”. I froze. Can he hear my thoughts? Is he gifted like Edward?

“Yup, I am!”

I slowly moved away from him in my bewilderment, while he started walking towards me. His face showed a shade of pain on seeing my reaction. I stopped short. He looked at my face and smiled calmly.

“Sara, listen to me. Don’t panic. Believe me. Trust me. I came here two months back and I have been watching you since a month. The moment I saw you, my heart told me that I have met my soul mate. I have been looking for the right moment to appear before you. Two days back when I heard you talking to your friend that you would love to have some one like Edward in your life, I decided to walk in…..”

That is all I was able to hear. My eyes darkened and my senses became dull, and I fainted.

I regained my hearing sense first. I was able to distinguish three voices, one, his voice, and the other two, unknown.

“Do not worry, Hari. She will understand you.” On hearing the male voice comforting him, the one called Hari, I opened my eyes slowly. I was in an unfamiliar room, on a large bed, while three of them were standing around me.

“I was too worried. Are you feeling better, Sara?” His voice came with a sense of relief.

I sat up on the bed, and pinched myself. So called Hari, laughed a quiet laugh. I stared at him in disbelief.

“Am I dreaming? Is this all real? Are you.. are you…a  a …”

“Voice it aloud Sara. You have nothing and no one to fear”.

I hesitantly looked around.

“Oh, sorry! This is my Dad, Vimal and this is my mom, Vinaya.”

I showed no reaction when they smiled at me. I turned back to Hari, and he smiled too.

“Are you really a  a a vampire?”. I spoke very softly.

“Yes, Sara and I love you!”.

My Craze - Part I

I was grumbling all the way when i walked to the nearby vegetable shop. My mom never asks me to go, buy vegetables or groceries as appa takes care of all those. Granny was visiting suddenly, so mom wanted to make hot rotis with veg masala, and as appa had gone out visiting my athai, i had to go. I as busy chatting with my age old friend in Facebook and had to say tata to her, much against my wish. so came the grumbles.

It was when i turned to the main road off our street, that i started noticing the surroundings. It was two in the noon, pretty hot and the roads deserted. I slowly walked to the vegetable shop just two steps ahead. I got the potatoes and green peas mom had asked for and started towards my home. After a minute or two, i had a strange feeling of being noticed that i turned back to see if someone was following me. My hunch was right. A guy of my age, a tall one in clean jeans and a white t shirt adding to his already fair complexion was right behind me with his eyes on me straight. I was a bit surprised that he didn’t even move his eyes off me though I was staring at him. I chose to ignore him and continued walking. But I kept my ears open and the sound of slow rhythamic foot steps kept coming behind me until I reached home. When I turned towards him while closing the gate, he kept walking straight, but his eyes on me. I turned away and moved on. I thought he must be a rogue or a moron to behave so indecent. But my mind reminded me of his dresses and his looks. He definitely was looking like a super model, as Bella of twilight would think of Edward. I laughed a bit on my comparison. I told myself to forget him and continue with my FBing and studying after that.

I was shocked when I saw him again the next day in palavanthangal station.  He was sititng in the seats where the ladies compartment of the 12 car train would stop, just exactly where I board my train daily on the way to office. As yesterday, he was staring at me, no no, not staring, looking at me as if he would swallow me the very moment. Oops! Again I was talking like how stephenie described Edward. “Sara! Hold yourself. Maybe  he resides in nanganallur too. Maybe you met him accidentally. But why would he stare at you like that? Ignore him, ignore him!”. I got into the train and relaxed a bit as I escaped from his gaze. When I got down at guindy, I was shocked again to notice him getting down from the first class compartment adjacent to the ladies compartment. Oh goodness! I realised that he had all along been noticing me from the adjacent compartment. I was confused if I should lead him right to my office now and give him a chance to visit my office often or move around here and there, lose him and escape. When I waited a bit deciding, I let my eyes around to spot him in the crowded station. I was relieved when I could not spot him. I continued to my office happily.

My day went on very busy and I was relaxing myself listening to my favorite songs on the way to home. When I got down from the train in my station, a long hand grabbed me and took me near the seats. I gasped in fear, while the same hand covered my mouth, while a sweet voice said, “Cool! Don’t be afraid. I just wanted to talk to you.”.

I slowly raised my eyes to see his blue shirt neatly tugged in and his fair face. It was him! Oh god! My eyes widened in shock and fear. My fear increased when I started feeling his cold hand on me. I looked down to see his hands which were extraordinarily cold, while my mind quickly collabarated this with Edward’s hands again. I shook my crazy thoughts while I quickly realised my position in front of him. I straightened and looked him directly on his face. “Mr. What do you think you are doing? Is this the way to talk to unknown girls? By the way, why would you want to talk to me?”

I was surprised that I did not faint on looking at his charming smile he gave me in turn. Such an angel face. Oh my! Am I getting an edward in my real life?