Sumedh's POV
We finally left the jungle.

As we left, wind started blowing.

"Tufaan aane wala h" Mirza said looking at the dark sky.

"Us gufa me chale?" Razia asked pointing towards a cave. We nodded.

It started raining heavily. We ran towards the cave.

It was dark inside. We managed to lit a bonfire.

It was getting cold. Everyone fell asleep there. Mahima and I were still awake.

Thunders and lightning were making the situation worse.

Mahima's face was telling how scared she was.

I went and sat next to her.

"Dar lag raha h?" I asked.

"D-Dar? Aue mujhe? Oh puh-leez!" She said.

"Okay" I said and stood up to go back to my previous seat. Suddenly we heard thunders again.

"SUMEDH!!" Mahima shouted holding my wrist.

I burst in a laughter. She made me sit next to her.

She hugged me tightly and I hugged her back.

"Boht hasi aa rhi h?" She asked punching my chest. I chuckled.

"Yaar mard ko bhi dard hota h, thodi nazakat se maaro" I said.

"Nazakat geyi tel lene! Aur nazakat ka matlab kya hota h by the way?" She asked breaking the hug.

"Mujhe kya pta!? Kabir se suna tha ek baar" I said.

She nodded.

I signed her to rest her head on my shoulder.

She held my arm and rested her head on my right shoulder.

"Sumedh" She said.

"Hmm?" I said.

"Ham wapas kab jaenghe? Me thakk chuki hu in sab se" She said. I took a sigh.

"I know...mujhe bhi wapis wahi normal zindagi chahiye" I said.

"Normal!? Tumhari normal kaha thi? Normal zindagi to meri thi!" She said.

"To tumhari bhi special krdu?" I asked.

"Kese?" She asked looking at me. I smirked and winked. She understood.

"Krdo" She said in a low voice.

"Huh?" I asked.

"Krdo" She said confidently. I was surprised by her answer.

"Tum jaanti ho na tum kya keh rhi ho?" I asked.

"Haan me jaanti hu!" She replied. I smiled.

"Zada khush hone ki zarurat nhi h. Mujhe tumse koi lagav nhi h! Mujhe to bas Pratapgarh ki Yuvraani ban'na h!" She said. I made a poker face.

Seriously Mahima??

She burst in a laughter.

"Chehra dekho apna! Baba mazak kar rhi thi me!" She said. I rolled my eyes.

"Chalo Pratapgarh ki Yuvraani to tum vese bhi ban hi jaoghi...bas mera vansh aage badha dena please" I said. She widened her eyes.

"Issh!! Sumedh!!" She said hiding her face behind my shoulder. I chuckled.

"Kyu vansh nhi badhana aage?" I asked.

"Shut up! Mujhe neend aa rhi h, chalo sote h" She said.

"Accha tumhe abhi sab krna h? Mahima, sanskaar naam ki koi cheez hi nhi h tum'me...shaadi takk ka to wait kro" I said teasingly.

She punched my arm. I chuckled.

We fell asleep.

*******

The next morning when I woke up, I found Mirza, Razia, Kabir and Dimpana staring at me. I cocked my eyebrow.

"Miya lagta h kal raat kucch hua tha" Mirza said teasingly.

"Kucch zada hi" Kabir said with a smirk. I didn't get it.

Razia and Dimpana signed me to look on my right. I found Mahima sleeping in my embrace.

Oh damn! How embarassing was that!!

"Mahima!! Mahima utho na" I said tapping on her cheeks. She woke up with a jerk.

"Esa kucch nhi h" I said shyly.

"To kesa h?" Dimpana asked.

"Kesa bhi nhi h!!" Mahima said as we stood up.

Everyone chuckled.

"Ab mausam thik h, hame nikalna chahiye" Mirza said.

We left the cave.

We were walking behind Mirza, who was you can say our 'leader'. Suddenly he fell.

"Arey Mirza! Kese gire aap?" Razia asked running to Mirza.

"Yeh patthar...yaha...?" Mirza said looking at a stone on which he tripped over. It was looking odd, so he moved it from there.

As he moved it, everything started shaking. It seemed like it was an earthquake.

"Sab sambhalke raho yaha dharti fat rhi h!" Mirza shouted.

We nodded but everything was really confusing.

We suddenly fell in the cavity.

It took sometime to reach ground. We were just screaming.

Finally we landed somewhere.

We looked around us. It was weird place.

"Kaha h ham?" Mahima and Dimpana said in unision.

"Uss hi kabile me jiski baat Sarkar ne ki thi" Mirza said standing up.

"Aapko kese pta?" Razia asked.

"Mohtarma dekhie apne aas paas, har jagah murtia h, kiski? Naago ki...yehi h Naaglok" Mirza said. We nodded.

"To ham yaha kya krenghe?" Kabir asked.

"Pehle yaha k log...matlab naago ki chaal dhaal dekhte h. Fir pta chalega k aage kya krna h" Mirza said.

"Chaal dhaal kiski dekhe!? Naag to koi h nhi...murtia hi h har taraf" Razia said.