Still trembling, Rishab turned to see a huge, forbidding castle. He entered inside.

Ri~hallo, main apna rasta bhatak gaya hoon, aaj ki raat kaatne ke liye kya main yahan reh sakta hoon?

“Bilkul, aap yahan reh saktay hain.”

He whirled around, there was no one in sight. Then he looked down and saw a violin with a stern, frowning face. Beside it, laid a smiling stick of the violin. He grabbed them both and examined it.

Ri~ye kaise ho sakta hai? Tum ek violin ho, lekin bejaan nahi ho, zinda ho? Aur ye stick bhi zinda hai?

The enchantress had also turned all of prince Raghav’s servants into musical objects and some into mythical creatures .

“Chhoro humein, neeche rakho, hum dono tumhare khelne ki cheez nahi hain, rakh do warna hum un ko bula denge aur wo aap ko saza dengay.”

Ri~wo kaun?

Before the violin could answer, Rishab saw a mermaid float towards him.

Ri~tum? Tum pani ke bagair reh rahi ho?

“Nahi, aisa kuchh nahi hai, aaiye aap chaliye mere saath.”

Rishab followed the mermaid to the drawing room, there he met a friendly unicorn who was also earlier a human. He caressed it showing affection towards it. Suddenly the door flew open.

“Rajkumar Raghav ke mehel mein ek ajnabee?”

The mermaid, violin and the stick, and the unicorn bowed down before him as he came into view. Rishab gulped seeing him.

Ri~jee wo main apna rasta bhatak gaya, please kya main ek raat yahan ruk sakta hoon? (Raghav tilted his head at him) please?

R~zaroor,(he walked towards him, Rishab looked on as he moved around him) hum dete hain tumhe jagah rehne ki, chalo

Raghav grabbed his arm and dragged him away from there.

Back home at the cottage, Siya heard a knock at the door and opened it.

S~(sarcastically) Viraj, what a pleasant surprise

Before Viraj could answer, Anmol came there.

An~haan na, what a pleasant surprise, yaar is ki itni beizati ki phir bhi dekh le is mein na self respect naam ki cheez nahi, yahan ghar tak pohnch gaya munh utha kar

Viraj ignored her.

V~Siya, tum jaanti ho is sheher mein ek bhi aisi larki nahi hai is wakt jo ye na chahti ho ke kaash wo Siya hoti, jaanti ho kiun? Kiun ke main tum se shahdi karna chahta hoon

S~achha? Tum mein aisa kya hai jo main tum se shahdi karoon? In fact mujh mein bhi aisa kya hai jo tum mujh se shahdi karo gay bolo? Bara bol rahay thay ke 24 ghantay kitaabo’n mein ghusi hoti hoon main, lekin tum bhi kam nahi ho Viraj, tum dimag ka keera ban kar mujhe pareshaan kar rahay ho, sorry but I just don’t deserve you

She began to close the door.

V~lekin Siya, kiun nahi kar sakti tum mujh se shahdi?

An~tum ne suna nahi meri behen ne kya kaha? Wo bol rahi hai na ke she doesn’t deserves you? Sach toh ye ke you don’t deserve her, meri behen ke liye kaheen ka rajkumar he aye ga, tum jaisa nahi, leave

She pushed him out and closed the door. Siya peeked outside and when she saw an angry Viraj had left, she went out to feed the chickens. Then she remembered that its been long time Rishab hasn’t returned and that he should have returned by now. Quickly, she fed the chickens and went to search for Rishab leaving everyone uninformed. She took her scooty and went wherever she thought Rishab could go. She even asked people on the way but they didn’t know anything. Then she saw something from the corner of the eye. It was Rishab’s carriage.

S~ye toh papa ka hai

She rode her scooty towards the carriage and saw it damaged and empty.

S~papa kahan ja saktay hain? (then she startled hearing the hooting of the wolves and rode her scooty away and fell on the way near the same forbidding castle, she looked at the castle and stood up rushing towards it) mujhe aisa lag raha hai ke papa yaheen hongay

She walked inside, and she heard voices but no one in sight. She wandered through the deserted corridors and collided into Raghav.

S~aap? Aap ne mere papa ko dekha? Wo yahan aye hain kya?

R~yahan itne saalo’n se koi nahi aya, lekin aaj yahan 2 2 ajnabee aye

He said looking at her from top to bottom.

S~2 2 ajnabee?

R~haan, ek tum aur doosre…

S~mere papa? (she smiled in relief) kahan hain mere papa?

R~hum nahi jaante wo he tumhare papa hain ya nahi, lekin hum tumhe le chalengay wahan, chalo

She nodded. He led her towards the basement. Meanwhile the enchanted objects and the mythical creatures danced with joy.

“Wo aa gayi, wo hum sab ko shraaptmukt karay gi, hum sab phir se pehle jaise ho jayengay, wo aa gayi.”

As Raghav and Siya came to the basement, Raghav unlocked the door for her. Siya saw her father inside and smiled.

S~papa!

She began to rush to him but Raghav held her arm stopping her.

S~chhoro! Mat roko mujhe! Chhoro!

R~ruk jao! (she stopped struggling) tumhe jo karna hai tum jaldi karo, kiun ke ek baar ye darwaza band ho gaya na, phir kabhi nahi khulay ga, jao

He left her arm and she ran inside to Rishab and hugged him with tears of joy. Then she released the hug and pushed Rishab out of the door and herself got locked inside.

Ri~Siya!

S~papa jaiye yahan se, yahan aap ki jagah main le chuki hoon, chalay jaiye please

Rishab pleaded before Raghav.

Ri~please ye darwaza khol do, meri beti ko yahan se aazad kar do, mujhe rakh lo yaheen par

R~bohat hua tamasha, hum ne toh tumhe he rakha tha, tumhari beti ko nahi, lekin ye faisla tumhari beti ne liya hai, aur jaisa hum ne kaha ye darwaza ek baar band hua toh dobara nahi khulay ga, chalo

He dragged him out from there outside the castle and threw him in the carriage which magically rode off, he looked back at the castle in tears.