~ 🄵🄴🄱🅁🅄🄰🅁🅈 18, 2021 ~

18th February was a day Vansika would wait for with excitement each year, as it happens to be her birthday. And this year too she had the same enthusiasm despite the pandemic. She was happy with cake cutting with her family and receiving b'day wishes from her school friends. But the one thing which made her sad was that not even one member of FamiliaDeYUDKBH had wished her! This hurt her slightly as she considered all of them close.

"What if this is all a part of their surprise? After all they did plan for Navya and Dona's birthdays. So it's obvious they would have done for mine too." Vansika thought and a smile formed on her face.

"But aren't all of them busy with their exams and work commitments? How can you expect them to have taken out time for this? For all you know, they wouldn't have even remembered." Her brain said, making her smile drop. Her brain was right. She shouldn't be expecting anything actually. She did have a good time with her family right.

Lost in these thoughts, she soon reached the library. Picking up Chetan Bhagat's One Arranged Murder, she settled at her usual spot.

But just as she was about to open the book, her eyes caught sight of something shaking amidst the shelves. She blinked her eyes, even rubbed them twice but she could still see the shaking book. She stood up carefully and approached it with slow silent steps. As she neared the book, she could also see some light coming out of it and the book started shaking more vigorously. She stood contemplating whether to touch it or not for she was a bit scared. But her curiosity overpowered her fear and she neared to take it out, but the book flew out of the shelf and opened on its own, floating in the air. A few flowers suddenly emerged out from the book with beautiful butterflies and it all flew into the air.

And the very next moment, she was pulled right into it! It was so quick that she couldn't get time to even register anything or scream.

And within seconds, she fell down somewhere. It was completely dark all around. Vansika looked here and there frantically, scared as she did not know where she had reached. It took her eyes some time to adjust to the darkness but as they did, she could vaguely make out it was some old building. Building? Woof! It was a hell giant palace. She slowly moved forward, her hands gripping the sides of her clothes tightly as the place emanated an eerie aura. A gust of cold breeze blew next to her which felt like an eerie whisper of some entity making her shiver. And then all of a sudden she heard some whispers and could see the torches held by whosoever they were. She immediately moved behind the closest pillar and peeked out to see if they were humans or not.

The whispers soon became clearer along with the now audible footsteps. "Hume Jana ko dhoondna hoga jaldi. Aur Stree se bhi bachkar rehna hoga. Jaldi chalo." She heard somebody speak. The voice felt really familiar and so did the words of the dialogue. She bent her head to again peek out and see who it was. What she saw left her shocked entirely!

She rubbed her eyes, blinked twice and pinched herself as well but the scene infront did not disappear. She carefully looked here and there, all around in the palace and her eyes widened as realisation dawned upon her, making her realise that she was actually witnessing all of it for real!

"Omg! I have reached the sets of Stree? But how? How is this possible?" She asked out but dint have any answers. Instead, her loud voice grabbed the attention of the people with the torches.

"Udhar khambe ke peeche koi hain. M-Main dekhta h-hoon zara.'' Rajkumar Rao, who was playing the character of Vicky, said bravely, though shivering on the inside. But then, since Shraddha Kapoor's character was right there, he had to put up a good impression.

He advanced towards Vansika with slow steps but she too chose just that time to step out from behind the pillar thus ending up coming right in front of him making both of them scream!

"Arey chup hojao tum donon! Stree ko bulana hain kya?" Bittu whisper-yelled making both stop.

"Yeh tum ho Vansika! Mujhe laga Stree hi aagayi." Vicky said keeping his hand on his chest to calm down.

"Aa.. aap mujhe jaante ho?" Vansika spoke out, completely bewildered.

"Arey birthday girl ko kaise nahi jaante? Sorry Vansika. Woh Jana ko dhoondna zyada zaroori tha isliye nahi ruke tumhare intezaar mein. Happy birthday to you." Vicky smiled and shook Vansika's hand who could do nothing, but nod. Bittu, Shraddha and Rudra Ji also wished Vansika and she thanked everyone with a wide smile.

"Vansika! Happy Birthday." an eerie whisper was heard. All of them turned to see Stree standing right there! Witnessing this, all of them stood rooted to the spot in surprise and shock. Stree moved towards Vansika and repeated her birthday wish. Vansika managed to nod her head.

"Bittu, Vicky!" They all suddenly heard a voice call out.

"Jana!" They said together and rushed towards him to engulf him in a hug. Before anything else could be said or done, Stree vanished and Vansika felt a blue mist envelope her.

She felt herself floating in the air, and the next minute, as her feet found the ground and the mist cleared. She found herself in a cricket stadium and right in front of her was none other than M.S. Dhoni, her favourite sportsperson. Her mouth dropped open in surprise and overwhelming happiness.

"Muh band karlo warna makkhi ghus jayegi!" She heard Raksha's voice say.

"Happiest Birthday Vansika❤ Stay happy forever and may you get whatever you wish for.😄💕" RRao_13 wished her with a wide smile but Vansika just stood there, still in a daze.

"Ab khade khade mera muh kya dekh rahi hain? Thank you toh bola nahi mujhe. Aur MSD yehi khade hain. Autograph nahi logi kya?" Raksha said when Vansika was still staring at her. This made her finally snap out of her trance and she nodded vigorously.

"Yeh le bat. Ispe sign kara le. Ab yeh bhi kisiko batana padega kya?" AngelineDsouza_7 said as she extended a bat towards her. "Happiest Birthday Vansika✨❤ May you achieve whatever you desire. God bless you with good health and joy. A good soul like you deserves immense happiness. Enjoy your day to the fullest!🥳 Only today because you have your boards😜 All the best for your exams as well.. You will succeed.. And if not remember the hard work you did rather the results. Once again Happy birthday💖💞"

Vansika thanked her and moved ahead with the bat. MSD wished her signed the bat as well, making her beam in extreme happiness.

"Thank you so much guys! This was one of my best birthdays!" Vansika squealed in excitement and hugged both of them.

"Arey picture abhi baaki hai mere dost." pahul_gpk jumped towards her out of nowhere. "Many many many happy returns of the day Bengali Nanaji. Have lots of fun, lots of good food, lots of blessings from everyone and yes, enjoy your day with us.💛"

As soon as Vansika thanked her, the same blue mist enveloped them all once again. They all landed in a place which seemed very familiar. Vansika's eyes widened when she recognised the place to be Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir!

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY VANSIKA" she heard the super six shout!

"Thank you so much all of you! I..." Vansika started to say but then all of a sudden, everybody disappeared from there!

A screen dropped down startling her for a second. It lit up with candid shots of Vansika with Vicky, Bittu and Shraddha's character, with MSD, with Raksha, Angeline and Pahul. After this, wishes from Members of FamiliaDeYUDKBH were displayed.

The very first wish is from Dona Miss_Dona
"Happiest Birthday Vansika... Many many happy returns of the day! I wish you spend each n everyday be just like your birthday - Special n Loving ❤
Wish you loads of Love, Smiles, Prosperity in your Life! May all your dreams come true❣
Happy Birthday!
Party Hard!🎉
Have a Blast!🌟"

And then came the wishes from both the Nandinis of the community.

Happy Birthday Vansika! Have a blissful day, with lots of cherishing moments. May god bless you with bundles of joy and take away even the slightest feeling of glee from your life!! Enjoy!! 💝💝

Love,
Nandini Nandini_001

Happy birthday Vanshika! Hope you have another awesome year and a wonderful day today❤️.
May you get all the best of wishes and cake, as well as a lot of joy!

Love,
Nandini Yudkbh_7617

Next in the line was ajmera_navya's birthday wish for Vansika

Happy Birthday, beautiful! ❤️❤️
Be safe, have fun, take pictures, and enjoy every minute of this exciting time in your life.🥳🥳
Hope your special day brings you all that your heart desires! ❤️

A few more candid shots of Vansika with Stree and super six were displayed and then the chain of wishes again continued.

Wishes from bhsh22  and __wandering__ appeared together.

Happy happy birthday Vansika🎂
Wishing you a day full of happiness and love. Have a great day and a wonderful year. God bless you.

My birthday wish for you is that you wake up with the same zest for life every morning as you did when you were a child, unaware of the anxieties of the world. Happy birthday❣️❣️

naivedya_2004 and anushkaraj020's share of wishes also emerged.

Wish you a very Happy Birthday Vansika
Stay Joyful and Happy Always
Enjoy your day to its fullest❤️❤️

Happy Birthday Vansika🥳🥳🥳🎂 🎉 🎊🎈💐 🎁
I hope your all wishes come true. And I pray that you'll score 95% and above in the board exams. 😉

But the next wish on the screen made her smile the most as they were from her favourite Wattpad writers, singhniki27  and _yesha_jain_

The screen went blank for a minute after which it lit up again with Vansika's childhood photos! Tears of happiness filled her eyes watching all of it. This was indeed the best birthday because all those who claimed to be the busiest had taken time out for her and made her feel so special and overwhelmed.

It was then that Khamoshdil  came from behind and wiping her tears, lovingly wished her, "Forget the fact that you are aging, and let us start celebrating! Happy birthday Vansika. May your all wishes comes true asap. And best of luck for your exams."

With the chorus of Happy Birthday, all the members of FamiliaDeYUDKBH
entered the hall along with the b'day cake on a trolley.

"Wish you a very Happy Birthday Vansika! May God bless you. May you achieve whatever you want to. Keep smiling always 😊❤️" Psr1403 said placing the candles on the cake.

They were about to cut the cake when a voice stopped them. "Arey ek minute! Mujhe bhul gaye sab? Maana maine last mein join kiya hai but meri wishes bhi to important hain." Everyone turned around to look at the owner of the voice and found issabella_8 standing there with a new badminton set in her hands.

"Birthday is the only day your parents laughed when you had cried. That is why its such an awesome and auspicious day in your life. May the lord grant you the boon for everything you wish. 🤗 Loads of love, best wishes and happiness are on your way this day. ❤❤❤
Enjoy it to the fullest and have a blast🥳🤩 Hope we get to know each other in this journey. Sending you lots of smile and positive vibes☺️☺️☺️
Once again, Happiest born day!" With this, Issabella handed over the badminton set to her and they shared a warm hug.

Within next few minutes, everyone cut the birthday cake together while Raksha and Pratyusha came forward to put a crown over her head. She looked at them through misty eyes as the three of them shared a hug and Vansika went into her own zone of recalling each and every special event that took place in her life since the morning.

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𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛: vansika2233
𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚢: Psr1403