Author's pov

She opened her eyes in a daze. A sudden light made her eyes to squeeze again.

"She is awake....she just opened her eyes..."

She heard a whisper around her. She felt extremely tired to open her eyes. She felt her mouth getting dry.

"Water...."

She whispered.

Immediately she felt a soft touch on her back. Someone is trying to lift her up while the other person is giving her water. She drank few drops but end up coughing badly.

"Easy...easy..."

She heard a soft voice. She breathed faintly. After few more minutes, she gain the power to look at her surrounding.

She is in a hospital.

She can't remember anything. Her mind is appearing absolutely blank. She looked at those two lady helplessly.

"I...i...."

She failed to form any sentence. It felt like she hasn't spoken for years.

"Relax... actually you were admitted here two months back..."

Her eyes got widened.

Two months!

She has no memory getting admitted here! She just remember that black cell where she has been kept for the last 1 year. Everywhere was only darkness. She was in a black hole. They only gave her food. She screamed and cried many times but they never let her out.

Panick struck her. She jumped down off the bed and straightly ran out.

The two ladies followed her instantly but she directly ran outside. She wants to see the sky. She hasn't seen the sky for a long time. She ran like a hungry person. She came outside and then she find the sky. Tears gathered into her eyes and she directly fell on the grass covered ground.

She kissed the ground madly. She touched those grasses and inhaled it through all her soul.

The two ladies has already came out. They were shocked after seeing her state.

They looked at each other in confusion. What has actually happened to her? She looks so young.

She lay on her back and looked at the sky hungrily. Tears were not stopping even for a second. She is still not believing that she is finally free from that darkness.

After a long time she smiled.

"Are you alright?"

Finally one of the lady asked her. Now she looked at them. Her mind is now working. She is getting her senses back.

"Where am I?"

She asked while standing up.

"This is an orphanage....you are admitted to the personal home of orphanage...you were in coma for the last two months..."

Her eyes got widened.

"What happened to me? How did you find me?"

She asked in fear.

We find you near the railway station. You were unconscious and wounded.

Now she held her head. Tears after tears streamed down off her eyes.

"Can...you...give...me..a mirror please?"

She asked in a shaky tone.

The ladies didn't say anything.

"We don't keep mirrors here..."

One of them replied. She gulped hard. Her heart is beating in fear. She touched her face, then her neck. She didn't feel anything. But there is something for sure. She looked here and there and then she saw a bike. She immediately ran to see her face.

"Wait....wait...."

The ladies ran after her.

She reached near the bike and immediately she looked at the mirror.

She gasped hard and a whimper left her mouth after seeing herself in the mirror.

She is looking like a ghost. Her face has scars. Her both cheeks has cut marks. Though the wounds are healed now but her face is looking ugly with those marks. She touched her hair and cried out in pain. Her hair has become so thin.

She got long and thick hair once. She was not an extraordinary beauty but her face was innocent and beautiful. But these scars has changed her face completely. She is looking like a scary creature.

She sat on the ground and then she looked at her hands. She has turned into a skeleton. Her fingers are looking so slender and malnourished.

She cried out like a kid.

"It's okay.... don't worry....you will again gain weight and about these scars, we will treat them...."

The ladies felt bad for her. This girl is so young. God knows what she has faced!

When they find her, she was covered in blood. Her face was battered and has so many wounds. May be someone tried to destroy her face.

They thought they can't save her but this girl has a fighting spirit. She survived those injuries and finally she woke up today.

"You are alive....you should thank bhagvanji for giving you this life..."

She looked at them once in a daze. Then she slowly stood up.

"Yes... I'm...Alive"

She almost whispered.

....................

"What is this place...."

She finally asked Roma who is the one of those two ladies.

"You are in Ludhiana"

She become a bit shocked. How she has reached from Kashi to Ludhiana?

"What is your name? And where do you stay?"

She thought for a while.

"My...name is....Prachi....I don't remember much"

She lied!

"Prachi, do you have anyone whom we can contact? I mean your family...."

Her heart ached after hearing this.

Her family!

"I don't remember...."

She mumbled. She can't take any risk. She doesn't know who are these people. If they find out that she is alive, they will again hunt her down and kill her.

"Okay...just take rest.. I'm sure you will remember everything...."

Roma left the room.

She laid down on the bed and closed her eyes.

"They can't find us....you will be safe with me..I will save you Rajababu...I will save you...."

She wiped her tears. How's he? Is he alright? Is he alive?

She felt like to run to Kashi right now.

"Please God...keep him safe....Please...Look after him..he is..just like a kid...."

She mumbled by joining her hands.

.....................

After 2 days she left the orphanage. She decided to go to Kashi. Roma gave her some money to travel. She thanked them multiple times before leaving.

She has probably fallen asleep in train. She saw a beautiful dream. It's not dream actually. They happened in real. She is seeing those pieces of past which actually were her heavenly days.

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Back to her Past

Pihu's pov

"Doll, are we really going to win against Baivab?"

"Yes, we will....."

I said while going inside the health centre.

"But I want to play...."

Rajababu is looking impatient.

"Yes we will...first we have to finish our duty....I told you already that this villagers are not getting treatment...they are suffering from many diseases, specially the children and older men and women...we have to find a solution Rajababu"

Rajababu frowned.

"What we will get in return? Will God reward us with something?"

I smiled.

"Rajababu, we have to be selfless....You are a king and King should treat his villagers like his own son....You have power and God only gives power to people, so that they can use it for a good purpose....you have to use this power to help people...to remove their sufferings....then you will be a good king....people will bless you and believe me, These people's blessings are stronger than God's blessing...."

Rajababu was listening to me very attentively.

"Really? Their blessings are that much strong?"

He asked me.

"Yes...."

I entered the health centre. The Health officer was already present. I told him this issue.

"The main problems of these people that they are too much dependent of quacks, how can we help them mam...they never visits our health centre...they prefer to die on a quack's hand than visiting us..."

The health officer told me.

"I know...i have already talked to them on this matter...we have to do something to win their trust...they told me that whenever they visits here, the nurses and other people behaves rudely....they felt inferior and scared visiting this place....they felt safer with the quacks...."

I said.

"What could be the solution then? I don't see any solution here..."

"Sir, I have a solution....why don't you train the quacks? The villagers only believes the quacks...."

"What? It's not possible....the quacks are not that much educated for a medical training...."

The health officer replied.

"I know sir... I'm not saying to make them MBBS doctors....just give them basic training...if the quacks will be present here, then the villagers will have the courage to visit the health center and then the doctors will perform the rest of the duties...you can hire the quacks as assistants of doctors....in this way, the quacks will also get paid...they will not try to treat the villagers in an illegal way....and also the villagers will be convinced by the quacks to come here for their treatment...."

The health officer looked at me with a smile. He is now looking convinced.

"Mam, please write a letter addressing our present King...we will send this to him...if he passes the bill, then we will surely accept this proposal..."

I smiled broadly. I immediately came out. I started to write a letter to Rajasaab after returning back to our place.

I was so engrossed in writing the letter that I totally forget about Rajababu. When I lift up my eyes, i found him nowhere. I got scared.

I immediately ran out and started to call him loudly.

"Rajababu....Rajababu.....Rajababu....."

Tears gathered into my eyes in fear. He is just like a kid. He got sad when I didn't give him attention. I was so busy in all these that i forget about him.

"Rajababu..."

I quickly ran inside the small forest which is just beside our new home.

"I'm sorry Rajababu....Where are you?"

My voice shook in fear.

Suddenly my eyes fell on a tree. I can see the corner of Rajababu's t shirt. I slowly walked there. Then i peeped and what I saw make me so sad and guilty.

Rajababu is wiping his tears silently.

I sat infront of him and he immediately turned his face away.

"Rajababu..."

I tried to cup his face but he jerked away my hand. I felt so sad.

"I'm sorry....Please forgive me..."

I held my ears.

"You were talking with him happily and I was.... sitting beside you and you didn't even look at me....you were smiling with him..... I don't like it...."

"With whom Rajababu?"

I asked in confusion.

"With that mustache man...."

Now I suppressed my laugh. He is talking about the health officer. He is getting insecure just like kids. I ruffled his hair.

"But he is unknown to me...I don't even remember his name Rajababu..."

This time he looked at me and suddenly pulled me by wrapping his arms around my waist. I directly landed on his chest.

It was so expected that I felt my heart beating so faster. His hold his tighter and he is tightly holding me on his chest.

"You are my doll...You will stay with me like this....I will die, if you leave me ever.....promise me doll, you will never ever leave me....If you ever go away, you will come back to me immediately..."

I don't know why but tears gathered into my eyes. I will never leave him but he can leave me when his memory will be back. He will forget about these moments.

"What if I didn't find you?"

I asked in a shaky tone.

"Then I will find you and keep you like this...."

His voice is strong and determined. I lift up my eyes and stared at him.

"You will go back to Myra..."

I don't know why I said that but it slipped off my mouth.

"Myra is not my doll.....You are..."

He said with a smile. I closed my eyes and hugged him.

"By the way, I don't like Myra...."

He said while hugging me more tightly.

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Author's pov (present)

Her sleep broke with a jerk. She rubbed her eyes. She smiled while remembering those days. She got down off the train. She got out off the station.

She smiled when that traditional smell of Kashi reached her nostrils. This is her city. She saw the Vishwanath temple. She immediately ran inside the temple. She closed her eyes and joined her hands together.

"Keep him safe Prabhu...Keep him safe..."

She muttered.

"Everyone, please come out....we will clean the temple...Come back in the evening....Maharaj (King), will visit the temple in the evening and distribute foods and clothes...Now quick quick...."

She immediately looked back and find the Sebayets (workers of temples) are running in a hurry.

"Bhaiji...who is the king now?"

She asked in fear. Is Baivab rulling now? She got so much scared.

"Who else it could be...our King....RAJVEER KOSHAL.."

Her eyes got widened in extreme shock and she held the pillar to support herself.

Rajveer Koshal?

Her Rajababu has become the king?

This means....

He got healed!

Tears after tears rolled down off her eyes. She immediately looked back in the temple. She joined her hands and cried out in happiness.

"Girls, please go out...."

One of the Sebayet told her.

"Can I join you in cleaning? Please please.....i want to do this..."

She asked so eagerly. The Sebayet looked at her in confusion.

"But we can't pay you money...."

"I don't want money....just give me this opportunity please...."

"Okay fine..."

She smiled broadly. Her Rajababu will come. She will clean this templ

e for him.

She smiled continuously and got busy in cleaning the temple. Her happiness knew no bound today.

He will not recognise you!

Her inner mind spoke.

"So what? He got healed....That is enough to make me happy...My every pain and struggles didn't get wasted"

She said happily while cleaning the floor of the temple.