"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others."

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MANIK'S POV

Damon-" Actually, you are right I have met her already. Last week I was on my hunting spree and that's where I met her. I fed on her driver, not till death you know I can control. After which I went towards her, but when I fed on her blood something happened Manik which has never happened in my 162 year of vampire life."

"What happened? What are you saying Damon?" His words were confusing me and at the same time scaring me.

Damon-" When I dug my fangs in her to drink I couldn't do that. Like her blood burnt my throat and I literally spit out the blood. This had literally never happened dude and I was wondering from so long that why is that so. I just ran away from there and she fainted." As soon as he completed I was shocked. Yes, I was because he being a vampire could not feed on her blood.

" Maybe because she is a time traveler, dude she is the last in our circle maybe that is why, you know she is not a normal human." I reasoned out while still at the back of my mind I was shuddering that she was literally attacked by a vampire.

Damon-" Don't be insane Manik, even you are a time traveler and have you forgotten that how we met? Such a bloodied meet that was." With his words even I went back to the time when I had met Damon.

(So my lovely readers, here is the tale of the vampire meeting time traveler from the two hotties mouth)

FLASHBACK

I had been studying about some medical stuff from Dr. Sharma's medical college as I needed to know about them a bit. Though I have never been interested in science and always in business. But the situation demanded me to learn basics. Every once in a week I have these classes personally with Dr. Sharma.

Dr. Sharma's cabin

I went there only to find a guy was already present there and no one else was there other than him.

Manik-" Hello, where is Dr. Sharma? And may I know who are you?" I asked him when he turned around I saw him, he was a tall guy but some inches shorter than me and was dressed in casuals but was also wearing a lab coat. His blue eyes were the most striking factor who were right now looking at me from head to toe.

" Hey, I'm the new assistant of Dr. Sharma, Damon Salvatore. He has gone for his work and will be coming soon. Who are you?" He asked me while I moved to take a seat.

" I'm Manik, Manik Malhotra his student. He knows that I will be paying him a visit." I took my seat and made myself comfortable.

I was looking around his cabin when I saw some papers which had the Lodge's logo on them which made me curious. I moved forward to take them when I accidently kept my hand on a paper cutter resulting my palms to bleed.

"Ahh.. shit who keeps a paper cutter open in between the bunch of papers. Dammit my hand." I held my right hand while I looked at that Assistant to at least help me but when I lifted my head up no one was there.

*Where did this man go all of a sudden?* I looked here and there but then suddenly he stood in front of me while holding my hand and looking straight into my eyes.

After this I felt uneasy and didn't know what happened.

FLASHBACK ENDS

Damon-" Hahahahaha... That was because I compelled you and fed on you. There was so much of blood. You know such a treat you were to my blood thirsty throat with hands bleeding and veins at display. You were lucky enough that you didn't die that day because of that Dr. Blush."

" Hahhahhaha.... You mean Dr. Sharma, why the hell do you
always call him Dr. Blush, Damon?" I started laughing while still those memories terrifies me when he tells me.
Damon-" What wrong did I say? Blush in Hindi means Sharmana. His surname is Sharma so definitely he is Dr. Blush."He shrugged while tapping me a little on my arms because of which I squealed.

" Ahhhh.. you idiot Vampie, I have got hurt." I held my arms while he became serious looking at my wounded arm while had a little bit of blood spot because of his tapping.

Damon-" How did you get hurt?" He dragged me inside making me sit on the couch and came with a first-aid kit.

" I was shot some while back in the past. Some people attacked me and Nandini. It was good that the bullet didn't pierced inside my skin but just went touching it." I pulled my shirt off and he was dressing my wound again while I smiled looking at him who was fully engrossed now in dressing my wound.

Damon-" Stop smiling looking at me Mr. Single I have told you I'm not interested in you and it would be better if you get someone else for you. Till how long will you sleep single on that double bed of yours?" He mocked me while I threw a cushion on him.

" I was just thinking that so much changed from our first meet till now. The first time you saw my blood you pounced on me to feed on me and now you are dressing my wound." He smirked and he nodded.

Damon-" So this does rule out the fact of her being a vampire so I couldn't feed on her. Even you are a supernatural being and I did fed on you and nothing happened but with that Beauty I just couldn't do that. As soon as my fangs entered her skin my mouth got burnt." Damon sat beside me while I was also now thinking the same, Though I'm happy that he couldn't harm her but why do I feel this happy and content is still a question mark.

" Damon, I really don't know and trust me right now I don't think that my mind will work or not as I'm completely drained out. You maybe a vampire who doesn't sleep but I'm a human and need my beauty sleep. So bye, I will think of all this later." As I got up to leave with a sigh I remembered something and turned again.

" And yes, her name is Nandini, not BEAUTY." I pointed at him while his smirking became more prominent.

Damon-" So finally I will see my brother going on a romantic date on Valentines day than slouching on this couch all day long on love day with his boring history books?" His this comment really made me throw the flower pot on this man's head but I knew nothing would happen to this Dracula. I left showing him my middle finger while I could still hear his laugh.

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Nandini's pov

Right now both me and Manik were sitting right in front of Raj uncle oops, sorry Grand Master Raj Malhotra who was seated on his seat and on either side of him sat Moloy uncle and Raghav sir. Manik insisted on dropping me home but I refused as I wanted to join the meeting. I mean come on these people as it is don't tell me everything and now will keep me away from things which I'm part of and can also be useful.

Raj-" So, Manik can you explain to exactly what you all did there and how did that attack happen?" His tone was professional exactly same which I had heard the time when I had come with Mom for the first time to meet them.

Manik-" Sir visiting Mrs. Basu was not a difficult thing this time as I had Nandini beside me who really grabbed Mrs. Basu's attention. She took Nandini along with her to have some talk while she looked very friendly. Though even this time she was skeptical on believing us but when I told her that who Nandini actually was she believed it and agreed to give us some of her blood. We bid her Audie and took the cab which was just standing outside the house. And after sometime we were attacked by 4-5 men. Sir, those people were fully armed and it didn't look like they were there for some robbery or anything because as I was fighting them their each blow was a killer one." As soon as Manik completed all the 3 people were looking at us while I gave a side glance to Manik.

Raj-" Manik as you are saying that those were not the robbers but some killers so didn't you get any hint earlier? How they looked and Nandini what will you like to add?"

" Sir, I... I just don't know who did this but all I would say is that Manik is right about that attacking thing. Those people had guns and knives. I was been asked by Manik to stay behind a bush but when he took too long for coming back I went there to check and... and what I saw was something which still gives me shivers. He was been pushed on the ground by a man while the other one was about to shot him. I warned him and then he saved himself. But some thing happened which I need to tell everyone--" As I was about to say Manik held my hand as if he got what I meant.

Manik-" Nandini, don't take it upon you I have told you right." He reasoned while all the others were looking at us. I took a long deep breath once and looked straight at Mr. Malhotra.

" I shot a man dead, the bullet went right through his heart." my this line made everyone stand on their seat right where they were while again I started shivering and the taps of my eyes opened on its own.

WHAT?? YOU SHOT HIM?? WHERE DID THE GUN CAME FROM??" I heard all the 3 people shout together.

Manik-" Sir, Nandini shot the guy to save me, he was the same one who was about to kill me. The gun was mine which was lying on the floor while fighting with them. It all happened in the heat of the moment and that too merely for self-defence." He stood beside me again putting his hand on my shoulder in order to console me while I lifted my teary eyes to look at them.

Mr. Malhotra took his seat but with a worried face and his left palm was curled in a ball resting on his lips and his right hand fingers were tapping the desk in front of him.

Raj-" This meet was suppose to be the most safe one with no problems or attacks. We did checked everything while setting this date as your meeting with Mrs. Basu. Today you both got saved but what if something would have happened to you? We need to check where we went wrong. There was no unnatural activities taken place that day."

Moloy-" Wait a second, how can I forget this?" Suddenly Moloy uncle got up and went outside the meeting room and came back after some time with a huge book and placed it right on the table and started searching something.

Moloy-" Look at this Sir, from where I had picked up Manik and Nandini in our time that route does not go to the church in fact its a complete different route. And back in that time 1952 there was a news of some attack happening and also as Manik and Nandini said that there were 5 people so even according to this report there were 5 people found, out of which 3 were unconscious but 2 dead. But none got to know who was behind that and people of that time didn't search much and the case was closed. Here is the news clip of that." He showed the file to us while even Manik and I took a look of it.

Raghav-" So that means that the half completed past came to full with Manik and Nandini's visit. One of the member was killed by Nandini while other by Manik. Well we know the reason now so no worries. But who the hell were those people? How didn't you people see the wrong route the driver was taking?"

Manik-" We did see Raghav sir, but by the time we could ask him we were attacked. I think even that cab driver was a part of it from the start and I'm 100% sure it was those two behind this attack." He jittered his teeth while saying this.

Raj-" But we don't have proof Manik, nor any link which can tell us that they are behind this. And how did they got to know about your visit in the past and its exact time when we ourselves decided it sometime back." It was all going up my head but I couldn't say anything.

Raghav-" There can be only two possibilities here, either something else had happened which coincidently led to some goons to attack you both or there is someone from our own time who is backstabbing us and helping them in giving all the information to those traitors in the past." His last line ended on me while I gave him a confused look. What does he think that I'm the traitor who is helping the people in the past? I may be new to all this and don't know everything but definitely I won't ditch these people by being a fool.

" You people were warned earlier but then you didn't believe it. Visions maybe incomplete but are never wrong." There came a voice which made all of us turn to its side. A beautiful girl was standing and beside her stood Aliya who smiled looking at Manik. Its been a week I met Aliya, after that vision she saw in my room and the meet with the Guardians next day she just vanished like she always use to be but this time the place was not this but somewhere else. Now looking at her with this new girl's words just muddled me up.

Raj-" What do you mean Elena say it clearly." Raj uncle stood up and stood in the center while both Aliya and Elena came inside. I saw Manik who was continuously looking at them I nudged him a bit and asked him that who is she to which he just kept a finger on his lips asking me to keep quite.

Elena-" Sir, I got to know about the attack which happened on Manik and Nandini and that is why I'm here to tell you people that you have missed a major thing which would have prevented them from any damage if the things were taken care of. Do you people remember that last week Aliya saw a vision which now if put into this scenario fits perfectly well."

Moloy-" What but how is this possible? She just saw some bits and pieces and only saw Nandini after which she forgot."

Elena-" I know Mr. Banerjee, she saw a vision which was not clear as it came abruptly to her without her knowledge. But then it showed major parts of what exactly it meant to say. When Aliya came to me I made her meditate and focus on things again after which she saw those things again. Aliya please tell everyone what you saw." She motioned Aliya to speak who looked at everyone and then again looked at Elena.

Aliya-" There was a big house, an ancient haveli and 2 people came out of it. After which I saw some people attacking a raven while a Lion is bein caged. At last I just saw Nandini who was running to save someone but a bullet sound came." She told us while it came as a surprise to me as I could decode this. Mrs. Basu's house did look like a haveli.

Manik-" Wait a minute, this does make sense, my power sign is lion while Nandini's is a raven. She was attacked while I was being held up by those goons but I freed myself. It does make complete sense. Aliya didn't see us but metaphorically it did depicted us." He looked at me while I nodded my head in agreement.

Raj-" We couldn't decode it then but now we did. It was a mistake from our side and you both had to face its consequences. But Elena how is this possible, how can Aliya know something like this? As far as I know none of the ancestors from Basu family knew this vision power."

Elena-" That is because Mr. Malhotra Aliya has inherited from her father's side. The Saxenas are a known family in the WICCAN BRIGADE society. ALIYA IS A WITCH. She may not be the traveler but even she possesses some powers- power to see future happenings but in bits n pieces." She told us which again came as a shock to may of us. My family really is filled with supernatural people. Mukti and I use to make fun of Aliya and call her a witch but never knew that it is really true.

Manik-" And now welcome a witch in our team. Superb what else is left to see." He mumbled to himself But I heard him as I was standing next to him which made me chuckle.

Let's see what else is left to unfold.

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Hello lovely readers,

Here is your next chapter. So how did you find today's chapter??

How did you find Manik and Damon's meet?

Aliya is a witch, will she be useful for our MaNan?

A new character added, Elena who is she and how will she help the LODGE?

I will meet you people soon with the next chapter till then keep loving the book and keep sharing with others also if you like.

Be safe, be happy and spread positivity.

TOODLES!!!!!!!

With love,

Satakshi (Neha)❤