Disclaimer

This story is a work of fiction and the names, characters, events, businesses, events are not based on anyone's life as it completely author's imagination. Any resemblance to any real or actual person, living or dead or actual events is purely coincidental.
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Everybody comes to the earthly plane to discover one's own destiny which is formed with the individual karma in each life lived by the living being.

Have you ever felt that you are a part of game, a game called, "Life!"

Someone is sending help to save you from the maze of overlapping life paths which creates confusion in your mind and you keep looking for clarity.

Sometimes, your friends become frenemy and sometimes strangers become your family.

When we are born we are asked to lead a meaningful life without any instruction manual.

People say that instruction manual is written in a secret language, maybe it is called, "Love."

When, a little girl was born in a sweet family, everyone was happy to see her loving face.

Her parents were overwhelmed with joy as their joy knew no bounds!

The moment, Priyamita was born, her guardian angel whispered in her ears, "Discover the meaning of love through sacrifice, pain, friendship and commitment!"

Priyam was a sweet girl who knew that life is simple but not easy!

Her life was going to be an adventure filled learning experience before she moved on to the next level of existence.

Priyam was loved by her joint family who treated her like a gift of good karma. She was the apple of their eyes.

When she was six years old, her family enrolled her in their local school.

As she entered her classroom, everyone started laughing at her as she had two pony tails and had applied a lot of Kajal in her eyes.

All the children started making fun of her!

Priyam started crying as she felt like a misfit in this heartless world.

Suddenly, a boy asked everyone to keep quiet!

He was a little older than Priyam. He took her hand and asked her to share his seat.

He made a single pony tail and cleaned the extra Kajal from her eyes. 

Priyam asked him, "Who are you? What is your name?"

He smiled at her and told her that "My name is Prateek!"

Priyam asked him, "Will you be my friend!"

Prateek said to her, "I am not only your friend, I am your friend forever!"

Priyam and Prateek were each other's true buddies.

Everyone thought that they were like two pure hearts who could never imagine hurting others for their own selfish interests.

As we all know, in this world, the pure hearts are the first targets of dirty minds.

Many years passed and one day, Priyam was going to her self defence class after coming from her swimming class.

Her long hair were still wet as she was wearing a white chickenkari kurti with white leggings. 

As she was in a hurry, she dropped her head scarf on the ground and walked away without noticing it. Suddenly, someone said to her,

"Miss. White, your scarf is with me!"

She looked back and saw a handsome young boy looking at her with a besotted expression in his eyes, his grey eyes!

She went to him and took her scarf from his hands. She shivered as she touched his fingers accidentally. It was the first time in her entire life of nineteen years that she had felt such kind of strong pull in someone's persona.

She thanked her unknown admirer and as she was about to leave, she saw a tattoo in his arm, "Priya."

She looked at his tattoo and looked at him questioningly for the meaning of his tattoo!

He tried to hide it with his other hand as he looked sideways.

He went away as if trying to hide his secret.

Priyam reached her class and saw Prateek giving a lesson in self-defence to all the young boys and girls.

He asked Priyam,

"You are again late for your class! If you will not practice properly then as a detective you can never crack the cases or solve the mysteries efficiently. Always remember, a healthy body is important like a healthy mind. If you are unfit physically then keeping your mind fit mentally becomes a humongous challenge for any human being."

Next day, Priyam saw that boy again, he was carrying a rose flower for her.

As he came closer, he looked at Priyam like a thirsty and parched soul who wanted to be loved by the angel with sweet nectar called love.

She took the flower from his hands and started walking with him, as she asked him,

"What is your name?"

He stuttered as if he was talking to a girl for the first time in his entire life,

"M..my..n..n..name..is...Pri...Priyan..Priyansh!"

Priyam said to him,

"Oh, I see that is why you have that tattoo!"

Priyansh felt shy as his secret was out in the open in front of his dream girl. He said to her,

"You can call me Ansh, by the way if you don't mind, can I ask you, your good name?"

Priyam laughed as she told him,

"Priyam, it is my only name and I hope you will not find it to be too good to be true as it matches your tattoo..."

Priyansh said to her,

"My mother's name was Priya..."

His face became serious as he remembered something dark and painful.

Priyam lifted his face and felt a deep sense of affection for this sweet boy who loved his mother but maybe never got the opportunity to tell her. She came closer to him and put her head on his chest. Priyansh could smell the shampoo on her long hair as he bent towards her and kissed her!

Priyam was smitten by this young boy and promised him to meet in her friend's shop next day!

Her friend Shivangi used to run an antique shop in the heart of the suburbs. She was her friend, philosopher and guide in the matters of life, death and Love!

Priyam started meeting Priyansh everyday at her friend's antique shop.

Shivangi also liked the sweet and shy Priyansh who always brought a candy for her.

As both the lovebirds were busy kissing each other passionately, Shivangi often turned a blind eye towards the young couple.

One day, Priyam said to Priyansh,

"Let's get married, today! I can't live without you anymore!"

Priyansh became serious as he said to her,

"What is the hurry to get married but still if you insist then tomorrow, you can come to meet me at the railway station in the early morning and then we will catch a train to the capital city where we will get married to each other!"

Shivangi tried to discourage Priyam from taking such a drastic step in her life but she simply refused to listen to her best friend's right advice in the matters of heart which was  placed at the left side of her body and by default always defied anything which was said to be right!

Next day, Priyam waited at the train station but Priyansh failed to meet her.

She had stolen some money and jewellery from her home and she was carrying them in her bag.

Suddenly, there was a heavy crowd on the platform and someone snatched her bag while pushing her under the incoming train!

As she was falling down, she managed to hold the arm of the culprit, on which there was a tattoo of a name called "Priya."

The culprit had covered his face with a cloth but his identity was finally revealed in front of someone who would have never believed even in thousand years that her true love would ever do such kind of thing to an innocent girl who simply loved him from the core of her heart!

As she was about to say goodbye to this mortal world, she heard the voice of her guardian angel, "Your time is not over yet! Go back to earth and heal the soul of your mortal enemy with your love and compassion!"

Suddenly, a hand came and pulled her back to the platform.

As she was about to identify her saviour, a tight slap brought her back to reality!

It taught her that everyone who hugs and kisses you is not your well wisher and might turn out to be your killer one day.

It also taught her that every who scolds you or slaps you is not your enemy but might turn out to be your saviour one day.

Her saviour was Prateek, who was looking at her with fiery eyes filled with unshed tears!

Priyam was saved by Prateek just in time otherwise she would have joined the other girls Priyanka, Priyamvada, Priya and many more who were robbed and pushed on the tracks of the train by a mysterious killer.

Prateek said to Priyam,

"Who asked you to run away from home like a vegabond. Do you know, how much pain you have caused to your loved ones with this wrong decision based on a sudden impulse to  give in to your romantic idea of a happily ever after with the boy of your dreams!

Do you know, that a killer is on the prowl who is robbing all the girls named Priya, Priyanshi, etc. before shoving them in front of an incoming train!"

Priyam finally came back to her senses as she confided in him,

"I know the killer, just give me some time so that I could nab him before he attacks someone else called Priya!"

Prateek discussed the entire plan with her and promised her that he will always be there to protect her if her plan fails somehow!

Next day, Priyam went to the place where she met Priyansh for the first time.

He was working in a garage.

She called him and he smiled at her.

She asked him,

"Why didn't you come to the railway station, yesterday!"

He said to her,

"I thought you were joking, after all who gets married like this?"

Priyam was controlling her anger but she could no longer hide her true emotions and in a fit of rage, she slapped him hard!

He was taken aback and suddenly his face changed, his eyes gave her a piercing look as they were red with anger!

He pulled her hand and took her behind the shed as he started tearing away her clothes.

She started shouting but he stuffed her mouth with a dirty piece of cloth. He tied her hands and started using his brute force against her cries for help!

He was behaving like a seasoned criminal which was a part of his multiple personality disorder.

He forgot about his true feelings for Priyam as he wanted to give her punishment for breaking the trust of her loved ones because by asking him to elope with her, he assumed that she didn't deserve to be loved by someone who loved her truly and he had a moral right to give her punishment for her crime of being in love.

Suddenly, Prateek pushed away Priyansh and slapped him tightly on his face.

He rescued Priyam just in time and saved her from the clutches of a psychological killer.

Priyansh was admitted in a mental health clinic under the close observation of Prateek and Priyam. 

She promised Prateek to help him in solving the case of a psychological killer who targeted all the girls whose name started with Priya.

After many days, when Priyansh felt much better and almost recovered from his multiple personality disorder, Priyam asked Priyansh about his past.

He told her his story,

"My mother's name was Priya. We had a small and happy family but one day, she ran away from my father's place with her neighbour. I followed her and saw that she was going away forever with another man.

As she was about to leave, he snatched her bag and pushed her in front of an incoming train.

I ran towards him and almost instinctively pushed him right in front of the train.

I went back to my father but I could never forget what I did in a fit of rage. I want to be healed but my guilt is acting as a separate self which has become my another personality which seeks revenge from all those women who run away from their homes and have names starting with my mother's initial name, "Priya." This tattoo was a gift from my mother but it acted as a trigger to search for all the girls who have this name as a part of their name and simply finish the game of deception played by them.

I just want to tell you that all the victims were saved by me as I pulled them back before the train could hit them. In your case, Prateek saved you as you were about to fall on the tracks.

I only wanted to punish them as my mother was punished by someone but I forgot that in the process of doing so, I became more like the man I hated most in my life, the man who deceived my mother by his confession of fake love and killing her in the name of lifelong companionship!"

Priyam noted down his history and shared it with his Doctor.

After sometime, Priyansh got cured and Priyam asked him,

"Will you start a new chapter in your life with me, Priyansh? Always remember that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. If you did anything wrong then you can make it right by choosing what is right for you, right at this moment, we all have the power to choose what is right for us and create a bright future as a result of all the right choices we consciously and mindfully make throughout our lives. Always remember, that your mother gave you this tattoo because she knew that one day you will fall in love with a girl called, "Priya" which is a part of my name, "Priyamita." Mothers are very intuitive and they bless us through many secret gestures."

Priyansh was too emotional to reply.

Priyam hugged him and began her new life with him. Prateek loved her but she told him,

"You are a wonderful human being and Shivangi loves you too. You both are made for each other. I want to marry Priyansh so that he learns from his past but forgives himself for carrying the baggage of past memories so that his past doesn't cast a dark shadow on his future."

When Priyam got married to Priyansh, they both forgot their bitter past as they lost themselves completely in the eyes of each other.

They started a new life alongwith Shivangi and Prateek.

Priyansh opened a car showroom and Priyam opened a reform home for all the lawbreakers so that they could start a new chapter in their lives on a positive note.

In the end, her guardian angel came to take her away to the next plane of evolution as she had experienced love through pain, sacrifice, friendship and commitment in her lifetime.
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