And to the re-readers, this is brand new, the last chapter was where it all had stopped back then. Hope you guys like it ;)

Ragini walks down the stairs searching for someone when her eyes suddenly find him, standing at a distance, a pretty good distance from her now miffed little sister. 

Sanskar is biting onto his fingernails, his eyes not letting Piya away from his vision, "I swear to god if I don- " her words are brought to a sudden halt as Veer flashes the keys in front of her eyes.

The sun rays make the key shine and the light reflects in her eyes, her lips finally curving up as she instantly snatches the keys away from Veer and pecks on them. 

Veer's face has a stupid smile filled with pride but then to his utter dismay Piya walks away "What?" his voice a bit squeaky and in disbelief "no thank you, no nothing? Where'd the manners go?"

Lakshya patted on his shoulders "thank your stars it wasn't the other two sisters or you would have been scolded for either touching the keys or maybe ruining its charm or something."

Veer turns to look at him and he nods with a sad smile "it's true."

Veer turns towards Piya who now is halted by a cute Sanskar holding onto his ears like a puppy and doing sit-ups, Piya tries not to smile "What- what are you doing?"

Veer moves in a swift behind her and whispers "in normal people's behavior dictionary it's called apologizing, one of the three good words or manners I'd say."

Piya cocks her brows up turning to look at him and he takes a step back "I swear I did not do it on purpose" and she turns back to Sanskar "if it weren't for that stupid Lucky!"

"aye- " Lakshya is stopped midway by a frowning Swara who asks "touch me not and Miss. ruined my key charm or something eh?" 

Lakshya grinned like an idiot as Swara threw daggers at him, "Stop!" Piya exclaimed and Sanskar pauses in a squat position holding his ears "did I really ask for an apology?" she queries.

He shook his head and she smiles kneeling in front of him "I was upset because my Roxy means a lot to me, he's been my family when I needed one the most but now that I have my real family back, I guess it's fine."

Piya's words caught Ragini's attention as she walked closer to them Sanskar hugged Piya tightly whispering "you went overboard."

Piya notices Ragini approaching them and gulps in fear, Sanskar rubs her back "do not look away from her, or she'll catch you."

Piya separated from him speaking under her breath "good decision, making a warrior princess a werewolf queen, I might kill you when we meet alone next."

"Na Na, no violence" Sanskar's hand was in front of his chest as he moved his index finger indicating a no.

Sanskar turned around "we made up!"

"Yea, we all saw that" Swara spoke tilting to her right almost to 90 degrees "Ragu?"

"Yes baby?" Ragini smiled not letting Piya out of her eyesight "Where are we going next?"

"Ah, that!" Piya turned to face Swara "I was thinking, too much of adventure and ancient shi- " she could feel Ragini's burning gaze on her as she twisted her word "shifts!"

Sanskar sighed in relief but then the gaze shifted to him "she's not good with words" he instantly responded.

"When did she appoint you as her Mr. Advocate?" Ragini's instant question had him in for a loss of words and Piya exhaled loudly "anyways so I was saying, we'd be going out tonight for a nice dinner, you guys and girls could play dress up, look all elegant and classy."

"Don't we look elegant and classy now?" Swara stared at Piya with a pouty face and she scanned her from top to toe in return and then shook her head.

Veer rushed next to Swara, his arm snaked around her neck "Jo khud Maasi lgta ho, use kya pata classy kya hota hain? (look whose talking, the girl who dresses up like an old aunt, eh?)."

Piya gave him a look as Swara bent her right shoulder a little and took a step forward rendering Veer's arm supportless "No one says bad things about my sisters apart from us."

Veer just stared at her as Piya turned to Ragini "I gotta go, you guys get ready and" she walked up to her and handed her the keys "you drive."

Sanskar pouted at her and she feigned a smile "does not work on me, punishment for almost losing it and making me get it back from Mr. Jerk 2.0" she turned to Veer "over here."

"Is Jerk 2.0 allowed to have food with Princess 2.0?" Piya looked at him for a moment and then shook her head in a No. 

Veer's jaw was hung open as she walked away, "Aww" Swara patted on Veer's shoulder "she did not literally mean it Mr. Handsome."

The last reference caught Lakshya's attention while Veer had a small smile of hope on his face as he asked "really?" she nodded all excited and happy.

"So!" Sanskar whispered to Ragini who turned her gaze to him asking "So?"

Sanskar brushed his hair delighted "you and me, me and you, on a dinner date? "

"You and me" Ragini repeated and he nodded all excited "Me and you, on a dinner date?" he smirked all ready to reply but she did not let him "with a lot of other people, so it's not really a date date!"

Sanskar took a step back and acted like flipping his hair "do not underestimate the power of Mr. Sanskar Karma- "

"Does not suit you" Ragini cut him in "this jolly and flirty and happy everything suits him" she pointed at Lakshya who looked like a desolated puppy right now, then she turned her index finger towards Veer who was all gossiping about something with Swara "and also him, like not all but still a lot of it" she turned her finger towards Sanskar "But you."

He tried to not look into her eyes but failed "Me... " he gulped in taking a step back and she smiled "you look good usually with a mysterious look, all cold and hot smoking stuff but not right now."

She shook her head and so did he repeating words like a question "not right now?" she shook her head and he asked, "Why?"

She took a step forward and leaned closer to him, their face inches apart as she whispered "cos right now that look of fear suits on your face, it's good to know and actually see that you are finding it really difficult to hide stuff from me now."

Sanskar laughed out "Ha! Wha- " he licked his lips stuttering "what- what hiding stuff? Me?" she nodded "Naa!" he waved his hand dismissing her accusations "me" he pointed his hand towards his chest "me hiding stuff from" he pointed his hand towards her "you?"

"YES!" she nodded, a look of amusement over her face but only he knew how angry she was by now "Nonsense!" he exclaimed.

And then came a death glare, that was enough for him to go "Swara!" and vamp speed away from her.

Sanskar acted like he was all into the conversation going on between Veer and Swara but his eyes time and now were on her, Ragini, who was confused with her emotions at this point, not knowing what and why was everything around her happening.

Her hand reached up to her locket tightly grabbing it in her hand she closed her eyes, strangely it did not work anymore. She frowned opening her eyes she looked down at her locket, nothing worked, her anger, her anxiety, everything was slowly eating her inside and the one thing that never failed was not working today.

Piya who is standing right outside the mansion now holds on to her locket, "Bide by the law of three if you don't then forever cursed you'll be, Spirits of our ancestors it's time to be our protectors, come interfere in our lives and minds, and set our souls free."

Her eyes slightly open looked white and her face all pale, a bright light sucked right out from her chest and vanished into oblivion. Her head felt a bit lighter as she lost her balance someone held onto her "you alright?" Sanskar's voice brought some relief as she rested her head on his chest.

He caressed her hair "you need to stop stressing yourself so much, now that everything is out in the light it's time you sit back and watch a bit."

She smiled "I wish I could but those men- "

"If we had been a second late that day" his eyes dark, rage-filled in them "you know what would have happened?"

He shook his head, his wrist now near her mouth "just because your sisters are around, doesn't mean I can't babysit you." 

She opened her mouth and her fangs flashed for a second before she bit onto wrist "kids these days I tell you, all wanting to be spoon-fed."

Piya choked on the blood and pushed his wrist away "Rejecting my blood? What's with your taste?"

Piya wiped her mouth with the behind of her hand and glared at him "who jokes around when a person is eating? Kid? Babysit?" she pointed her index finger at him "you?"

He held her finger tightly replying "what's with you two sisters and pointing fingers haan?"

Piya smiled "she's not my sister anymore" he could sense the sadness and pulled her into a tight hug "rishte khoon ka mohotaaj nahi hote (relationships are not bound by blood)".

She breathed relieved in his embrace "per dilonka toh hote haina? And I ain't feeling that anymore, it's been years now and there isn't even a hint of humanity left in me."

He separated from her, "humanity isn't measured by the fact that whether your heart is beating or you are a human or not if that's so you were not a human back then too."

He turns towards the mansion "no one in there is a human too, but we've all got humanity little one, we all do."

Piya smiled looking into his eyes "preaching my sister's words aren't we?" he flushed as she continued "are you scared?"

"Of?"

"Losing her to him, she's been imprinted by him and you know there's never ever been someone who's got out of that shift."

Sanskar chuckled "you know she can't hear us right?"

"Who cares, I've got to practice any way" she rolled her eyes "thanks to your stupid vamp friends I've got all these beautiful words rolling out of my mouth."

Sanskar shook his head as she turned to leave scolding "you always manage to balance both positive and negatives, one good thing plus ten bad things, classic Mr. Vampire Karma!"

He smiled even though the farther she went, she could clearly hear his words "Always knows how to switch topics, but I'm sorry, I wish I'd never done that, I wish there was some other way Sanskar I so do."

He smiled sensing her face fall "I know little one, I know you always wished for the best things to happen but then if beggars were horses wishes would ride."

She laughed her heart out as he brushed his hair embarrassed, "If wishes were horses- "

"I know beggars would ride" he interrupted her as she turned to face him one last time "if I were right always, then how would you and that monstrous sister of yours get that satisfaction of being the corrector?"

Piya was about to point her finger but then he was gone, vanished in thin air making her stomp her foot on the road frustrated "always vamp speeding after saying stuff!"

Ragini was seated in front of the dressing table, gazing at herself in the mirror, her cellphone started ringing "Papa!" she chirped picking up his call "where have you been?"

She heard him laugh and pouted cutely "I missed you so much and you, you mocking me? Your little daughter?" 

She heard him speak patiently and his words brought an instant smile to her face "you always know how to get your daughters to smile back, don't you?"

As he spoke her hand reached up to her locket, and something struck her mind as she looked at herself in the mirror again "Yes, acha papa" she gulped in "today something weird happened."

She nodded "I was feeling all hype and anxious like I used to in childhood- " she shook her head "I so did, I held onto it and closed my eyes taking deep breathes but nothing helped, it did not help me."

She sensed the tension in his voice "I am totally fine now Papa, lucky was right there and Swara too but I don't know, it does not feel like Mumma any more" she gazed at the locket sadly.

"I miss you, Papa" she sighed.

"Ragu!" Swara knocked on the door so loudly that Ragini jumped up in her place "Papa" she grabbed her purse "I gotta go before Swara kills me for being late, I love you."

He laughed as she cut the call and opened the door, Swara frowned at her "So sorry baby" Ragini grabbed her arm and pulled her along "Papa was on the call and you know na how much of a big bak bak machine he is."

Piya was seated on the driver's seat "Roxy, what do you think? Will it work?" 

"Roxy thinks, Little Missy is thinking too much, everything will work out just fine!" Sanskar's arms rested on the car door "Don't be so hyper expressive, or you'll be caught at the hands of Big Missy."

"Completely ignoring the fact that there's a super big missy eh?" Piya referred to Swara and Sanskar looked away "still not forgiving her?"

"More like not forgetting what happened" he replied, "I might not ever be able to trust her, ever."

Piya smiled a little "Completely understanding why and not at all arguing or trying to reason" she pinched her own throat slightly saying "Promise!"

Sanskar smiled "Good girl!"

"Now tell me, you met her long long back, you've been with her all this while and yet- "

"Managed to stay away from her somehow, succeeded in breaking her heart for no reason at all" Sanskar nodded at himself turning to look at her "Not bad, a certified jerk I am after all."

"That you are" the duo turned to find Ragini approaching them along with Swara "having secret chats with my long lost pichle janam ki behen?"

Sanskar gazed at her and his lips curved up instantly, a dreamy smile as Piya exclaimed "My my, someone's looking... "

"Beautiful" he completed a now amused Piya who had propped herself up on her seat with the help of her knees, "I was gonna saw Hot!" she reached up to him and turned his face in Swara's direction "to her."

"Oh... " he did not realize what she was trying to do "you look... nice..." Swara smiled at him as Piya turned to Ragini "Copy paste to Ragini from me."

Ragini ignored both of them and opened the front seat door harshly, pushing away Sanskar in the process "Move."

Piya stared at her and she repeated "Am I not audible or am I not clear?"

"I don't know what you are not, but you are rude, pretty clearly rude right now." Piya nodded agreeing to her own statement.

"You want me to be physical much?" Piya shook her head and instantly scooted back to the driver's seat as Sanskar protested "that's my seat!"

Ragini sat down and feigned a smile "Did you label it with your name?" he shook his head "then Get Lost!"

Piya jumped on her seat a bit and caught her car keys as Sanskar turned towards the back seat "You ain't coming in this car."

Sanskar tried to speak and that's when another car stopped a few meters away from Roxy, Sanskar turned to Ragini with a pout "Why can't I come with you guys?"

"Because there's no more space left" as the words left Ragini's mouth, Swara propped her legs in front of her covering the whole back seat, and chirped "Sorry!"

Sanskar scratched his head and walked towards the other car like a lost puppy "What did I do?" he wondered as Ragini patiently tapped on to her watch.

She loved him and he loved her back, 

When she was gone, he had her back,

Love was there but with a broken heart and utter despair...

They thought they knew her tale, but then did they really know it all?

P.S. Tried my best to bring it to the mystical magical shift that I had thought back then, hoping the magic returns sooner. Until next time, 

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