~ 🄾🄲🅃🄾🄱🄴🅁 25, 2021 ~

Vindhya groaned in frustration. It was the night before her birthday and much to her "luck", she was stuck at a relative's house, sleeping on the mattress next to her mom, in a room cooped with ladies of all ages except hers. She had been dragged by her mother to attend this marriage event when all she wanted to do was laze around at home after a hectic week. They were supposed to return by night but the pouring rains not just made it practically impossible, but they also washed over her happiness and enthusiasm of getting home by night to hopefully walk into a surprise, FamiliaDeYUDKBH would have planned for her. And added to all of this, to make her situation worse, she had forgotten her charger at home! She cursed herself for the umpteenth time as the blank screen of her phone glared up at her. Now she couldn't even get to read the wishes which would be sent for her in the birthday wishes channel.

Placing the phone aside, she rested her head against the pillow and closed her eyes, hoping to catch up on some sleep. She knew if disturbed, her already irregular sleep cycle would ruin the next day, which she really didn't want. But her luck wasn't at all in her favour. Even after 15 mins of tossing and turning, she was unable to fall asleep. And the loud snores of a few ladies around her wasn't helping much as well.

"Uggghhh" she whisper yelled, completely frustrated. Sitting up on the mattress, she looked here and there like a lost kid, unable to figure out what to do. She couldn't even move out of the room since this wasn't her house. So she just stood up and moved towards the small balcony attached to the room, treading carefully to avoid waking anybody up. Stepping out into the balcony, she closed the door and leaned against the railing, watching the moon and stars glittering and shimmering in the night sky. That calmed her a bit. The cool breeze outside helped her relax all the more and she closed her eyes, feeling much better.

"The weather's really good, isn't it Vindhya?"

"Hmm yes" she replied. A moment after, her eyes jerked open as she looked around alarmed. But there was nobody in sight. To whom did she answer then?

"You're just imagining things Vindhya" she said to herself and went back to her previous activity, looking at the stars in the sky. And then, as she watched the dark canvas, the stars seemed to align in a particular pattern. She looked on intrigued, as the entire constellation formed, shaped itself into "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" A wide smile broke out on her face even as elation bloomed within her.

And just as it had come, it disappeared and within a matter of seconds, the sky transformed into a wide screen with all the community members visible, waving at her, the entire sight something similar to a Zoom meeting screen. Each of them wished her a happy birthday in their own ways, making her extremely happy and emotional as well. With the screen display still up, magical steps appeared infront of her which were basically tiny, shaped white clouds.

"Hop on Vindhya." All of them yelled and she immediately hopped on. The stairs led her to each window where each community member handed over the gifts they had brought for her. After this was done, all of them waved goodbye and the screen disappeared. But she was still standing on the cloud.

Nothing happened for an entire moment. She thought it was all over. But the moment this thought came in her mind, in the very next second a pink mist spread all around, transforming her simple dress into a nice flowly royal pink dress. She looked at herself, awed by the transformation.

Just as she lifted her eyes, she saw a letter floating by. She picked it up and just as she did, it jumped up from her hands and opened out like a scroll, startling her.

As she read through the contents, she was a mix of emotional, ecstatic and surprised. And why not, when the magical scroll had wishes and autographs of all her favourite celebrities along with a golden opportunity to meet them all.

The cloud floated higher till she was dropped off at a huge pink cloud decorated with candies and goodies, with a table in the centre. All around, the gifts she had received so far were piled up. As soon as she stepped onto it, a burst of hues of colours showered upon her, drenching her in a light that seemed ethereal and heavenly. It was then that the cake came into sight along with the wishes and singing of the Happy Birthday song of all the people she had met so far and also her favourite writers from Wattpad. She blew the candles and cut the cake. It really tasted heavenly, especially since she had a sweet tooth.

She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around instantly, only to find Preeti beaming at her.

Vindhya rubbed her eyes in astonishment as Preeti took her in a hug and wished her a very happy birthday and apologized for being extremely late. Vindhya felt extremely excited. Preeti was someone she always wanted to meet and her wish had been fulfilled. Their wavelengths matching just added on as they explored the seemingly endless cloud, chatting endlessly.

Samaina's Hanuman also rattled out on many more instances of their journey and the two laughed and enjoyed it thoroughly and throughout!

Just as she had finished waving a goodbye to Preeti, the pink mist that had come earlier enveloped her again and before she knew it, she was in the balcony and back to her normal settings.

She sighed ecstatically. Satiation took place her insides as she realised this was something extremely good, but like all good things come to an end, this too had to. But like each time it comes to an end, it's inevitable to feel sad, Vindhya felt the same too. She looked up at the sky again with a smile and it was then that the stars aligned yet again to say

"Picture abhi baaki hain mere dost!"

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