PRESENT:-

Hi, I am a ghost! Just landed on Earth from the 'Death house'. I am here because some of my wishes had not been completed, so I have got no choice but to complete them in the form of 'ghost'.

I am from a middle class family. Well, my family is very big. I stay at City Orphanage. I also have my own NGO. This was all my past. I used to introduce myself like this before I died. So, that kinda stuck.

My name is Shreya and my intention is not to hurt anyone, but yes if anyone comes in my way, I'll have to take serious actions which can include killing them. In fact, this is my first day on Earth in the astral form. It's a little chilly in here, despite of hot summer. Summer is connected to many sweet memories. Chilling on the beach, Eating Pani-puri and ice golas, I loved Rose flavor while Vikram had Kala khatta as his favourite. It all seems like yesterday!

PAST:-

"Gone! Everything's gone forever!"My first thoughts after dying. It was weird experience all over. I actually saw my body lying there lifeless, eyes open, still wet with unshed tears. My body was surrounded by blood all over. This all happened actually! It was hard to believe that I was dead, watching Vikram screaming, crying, scratching. God! That was too much to take.

It all started with a 'call'. I and Vikram had decided to meet at a restaurant just a day before our wedding. Ours is a love marriage, sorry 'was' a love marriage and it didn't even took place. Anyways! We met at the restaurant, had food, talked peacefully. My house was on the other side while his was on the opposite side, so we had to part our ways. Somehow, it felt sad leaving him despite of knowing I was gonna spend my whole life with him.

While bidding all the goodbyes, suddenly my phone rang. I burrowed my eyebrows as I didn't recognized the number. I picked it up and realised it was a wrong number. I turned back to see Vikram as usual, who also had turned around to see me. Just then I turned back! BOOM! Darkness surrounded me! My vision was completely gone, my hearing became unclear, only thing I could feel was pain. When my eyes opened, first thing I saw was Vikram desperately trying to wake me up, while a damaged car was just lying there few steps away from me. I smiled at Vikram after finally able to see, but Vikram was not alone, a masculine figure with a tremendous frame and shady features stood besides us. He looked like some mythological character, he also had a fully grown black bull standing besides him. He came closer and my eyes widened at his strong gaze. It was God of Death, Lord Yamaraj himself.

Slowly my body felt light as feather and I felt like I was floating. I looked down to see my own body in Vikram's arms. Tears started flowing endless from my eyes, there was nothing I could do. Soon there was a huge crowd and after some minutes some police men came along with their jeeps with red light on them.

"Your time has come." A strong, harsh and stern voice fell on my ears. It was Lord himself speaking to me. I touched his feet and he raised his hand to give me blessings.

"Lord! What happened?" I asked

"Child, you just now died in his arms. I have come to take away your soul with me." Lord gave me a cold reply.

"But, why? Why me lord? What am I gonna do?"

"Why? Where? Who? are not the valid questions right now child. I face these questions daily. You people clearly know about us very well, but one mistake you do is to, to listen and forget, thinking it to be a story, or what you call 'myth'. When your time comes, you all blame it on us in return." He said tightening his gold shiny rope in his hand.

"But Lord, I was about to get married tomorrow! Now what will my family do? My Vikram! Look at him, I've never seen him this helpless." I asked.

"I am just doing my job child, and my job is to bring justice, peace, and stability." He said.

"I only demand the reason of my untimely death lord!" I cried out.

"Death never sees time or place child. I am here because of your sins in your previous birth." He said calmly.

"Sins! What sins?" I asked.

"Its better to show you rather than telling you." Saying this, Lord whipped the golden rope in front of me and opened a small portal like entrance. We went in that portal and I saw a very old house there. It was almost reduced to rubble.

There lived an old woman, alone in that house. She was too ill to move.
"That's you child." Lord said.

"What?" I exclaimed.

Suddenly the old woman started crying loudly, and calling almost all God's names. She started speaking, "Oh lords! Please give me death! I cannot bear this pain now. Please take me away!"

"Why is she crying Lord?"

"Wait and watch, how a successful woman turned into this old wrench." He said taking me to another portal.

A pregnant woman, was walking down the steps slowly, and steadily. As per her condition, she looked around 7 months pregnant. Her family was seated down on the Royal mattresses. She lived with her husband and her mother-in-law. As she took another step, her foot slipped and she fell from the stairs, injuring her unborn baby in that process. Her husband rushed towards her, while her mother-in-law was just staring with shock. The poor woman cried in pain as she realized she has just had a miscarriage. Soon there was a pool of blood under her, she cried in her husband's arms as well her husband too grieved for the loss of their unborn child.

"Oh lord! That was so tragic! Was that me?" I asked.

"No, you are her mother-in-law."

I glanced at the old woman who was smiling secretly. I was shocked at her inhuman behavior. She just lost her grandchild and she was smiling. What a bitch!

"Why is she smiling Lord?" I asked.

"Because she got what she wanted. She wanted a grandson, while her daughter-in-law was carrying a girl child. She wanted to kill the foetus, so she had poured oil on the steps on purpose, and her daughter-in-law fell prey to it." He said while I kept quiet.

"That woman only cared for money rather than relations which in return, repelled her from all the valuable relations. She had all the riches except the support of loved ones. When I came to took her soul, she was prepared to be sent to hell, that was obvious because she killed an innocent and that's the biggest of all the sins. She told me that, if you give me a chance to live once more, then I will do anything for the welfare of the people. So I agreed to reincarnate her as a human again, and that's how you were born." He almost gave me this long speech.

"That explains! I am inclined towards my social services. I have actually done many things for people who are needy. But despite of my good deeds in my current birth, why did I deserve death?" I asked.

"You see, I didn't grant her blessing to reincarnate, just like that. I had demanded her soul in return of a promise. The promise was you will never experience the joy of true love, marriage, relations. You on the other side was going to marry one of the richest persons, Vikram loved you despite of knowing that you are orphan, indeed it was a true love." He said tying the golden rope in my hands taking me towards the 'Gate'. I was absolutely stunned by his revelation.

As I walked towards the 'Gateway'. There stood two gatekeepers. One to Heaven and other to Hell. I stood exactly in the middle. I wanted to speak so much to Lord Yamraj, but some thing was stopping me from even breathing. I was scared to death when the gatekeeper announced my name. I went there with my hands and legs tied with the golden rope.

"So Shreya! I see, you have done very good deeds in your current birth. Comparatively, your behaviour has improved unlike your previous birth. But since, your good deeds are more than your bad deeds, I would like to offer you a blessing. Any one thing of your choice, except giving your life back. Take time to think! Go stand there! I'll come back to you in a while." The gatekeeper declared.

I stood there thinking, what do I want? Vikram's crying face flashed in front of my eyes and that's when I realized that I can't live without Vikram and even he can't live without me. Vikram was my true love and with that thought I decided to make it my final wish. My final wish was to be with him, or bring him here with me. So what, we didn't got chance to spend our lives together on Earth, we could surely do that in Hell, or Heaven or God knows, what place!