The Original Seer
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Have you ever experienced something.......which accelerates the fear in the winds, the chills that run down the water, the tension coursing through your veins, the authority effusing in the atmosphere.

Something so powerful and strong that it's mere presence forces you to go down to your knees.....surrendering to its utter dominance. It's dynamism conquers your entire being into its own whirlwind and consumes your soul. So much so that it no longer belongs to you.

People say that fear is not real, it is a product of the thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real. But fear is a choice.

But what those people who say this doesn't understand is.... that fear might be a choice, but sometimes the thoughts behind it are so strong and persuasive, that it no longer remains a mere choice, rather comes as an inbuilt ability.....much like a character trait of the very person, who sports the fear.

So one can only imagine, what fear might be like.... for those who were under the rule of a mythical being, who was believed to be part dragon and part.......something!!

Despite being one of those historical notorious myths themselves , who were believed to be non-existent , millions of years ago.....one can not even come close to imagine, how their ruler would be like, if such show of fear was coming from these very people.

These people...... The Dragon people, living in the dragon world, where fear, dominance and power were synonyms to.....the man to whom the throne belonged and rightly so!!
The man who conquered the top of the hierarchy in this special world with quite ease!!
The man who was born with the title of the infamous Dragon King.....who was believed to be the rarest of the rare hybrids....special himself !!

The man who, in the mortal world came to be known as THE MANIK MALHOTRA....the whole and sole owner of the chain of multi billionaire industries which constitutes the vast MALHOTRA EMPIRE......reaching great heights, some known and some unknown to the mortals.

The atmosphere was deathly silent , giving it a dark and eerie vibe. So now....as all the employees of Malhotra industries stood or more like shook on their places, holding their breaths, fear and nervousness painted on their pale faces, heart thudding like a crazy ball inside their ribcages, waiting.....for their SUPREME BOSS.

So You See, it all comes down to this....one couldn't have it in his heart or mind, for that matter, to think of fear as only a Choice and not a necessity...even if they want to....not when their boss happens to be the most dangerous thing, to ever walk the face of earth.

The bulky, masculine guards flanked either side of the stone pathway that lead to the huge, classy main gates, standing attentively looking straight ahead with their chins high, following the code of security. Their bodies clad in tight skin fit uniforms, guns tucked in the waistbands of their pants.

Leading all these people, in the front stood THE VICE PRESIDENT , Cabir Dhawan accompanied by the CEO's P.a Susan Jones. In no time , five black sleek, expensive cars entered the gates one after the other. The car in the middle stopped exactly in front of the stone pathway , with two cars stopping in the front and two cars stopping behind it.

As soon as the cars came to a halt , the doors to the other cars flew open and six huge men clad in formal uniforms with guns in their hands , jumped out of the car taking their positions, in a protective stance all around the car in the middle.

One of them opened the door of the car in the middle and as soon as the door opened the authority and tension in the air trippled in its intensity. The authority so frenzied, that it loomed like a dark, thunderous cloud, over the pale, horrified crowd.

Strong waves of extreme dominance and supreme power charged the air like electricity, making its presence known and stand out all together. It felt as if the nature itself is following the command of this unique and almighty aura.

And as if on cue, the man carrying such compelling and dynamic demeanor stepped out of the car. As soon as his feet touched the ground beneath, every single person standing their bowed deeply in front of him.

The man who stood before the bowing crowd was an embodiment of a Greek god. His rugged, masculine, herculean built making him look like a majestic warrior. His every movement graceful, like a skillful leader. His Titan like shoulders looked like they could carry the weight of the entire universe .

His defined jawline sharp like a blade, cutting through your heart. His deep intense eyes swirling with thousands of emotions and yet none.......could blind anyone into ecstasy. His Delphic orbs carried raw and fierce fire.....both symbolically and realistically.

His personality so authoritarian and bewitching, making him look like every bit of the king he was and a sex appeal so colossal that even the most beautiful of the angels in the heaven would go down on their knees begging for his attention. He was everything and so, so much more....

Despite feeling scared out of their wits on acknowledging his strengthy and overwhelming presence , the women in the crowd didn't forget to gasp in pleasure and swoon on his sex god like features , giving him lusty stares.

Manik stood in front of the bowing crowd, his face stoic and emotionless,  giving nothing away. Giving the bowing crowd a single glance he made his way inside, with Cabir and Susan following him.

As soon as he made his way inside, the atmosphere which was charged with tension and power, a second ago, making the people look strained, cleared off almost immediately and all the employees stood straight releasing a sigh of relief and got back to their works.

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Cabir entered inside Manik's cabin to see him busy working on his laptop. He stood in front of his desk feeling mixed emotions.....for he knew that everything concerning the PROPHECY was very hard for Manik, not only as a king but also on a very personal level. He knew, that the person who was concerned here was not only important to the entire kingdom but was very close to Manik himself.

But no matter what, he had to do it. So clearing off his mind, he cleared his throat gaining Manik's attention. " King " Cabir addressed Manik , making him narrow his eyes at him. " Cabir!! How many times have I told you not to acknowledge me by my title , when we are alone. We've been friends since childhood.", Manik said seriously making Cabir smile. " Sorry, I won't again." Cabir said making Manik nod in approval.

Cabir again fidget in nervousness, on how to break the news to Manik , that they have finally found a clue about the prophecy. Their beloved king's temper can be a little.....well surprising, sometimes.

Any which way, Cabir took a deep breath again and finally decided to tell him. He cleared his throat once again and look towards Manik to see him looking at him already. Manik crossed his arms across his chest, picking up on his strange behavior and very calmly asked or more like stated ,  " Cabir, you have something to tell me. " , Cabir nodded and spoke " Yeah, I just....I-I....The noble seer is coming today to see you."

Manik was stunned , as it was very rare for the original seer to pay him a visit and not to forget, whenever he did pay him a visit , it was a matter of great importance. After the shock passed, a deep frown settled itself on Manik's forehead.

" Why???....why so suddenly?? Is something wrong ?? ", Manik asked and looked at Cabir. Manik could tell that something was off. So it confused him more.....Cabir was very laid back and on the other hand one of the strongest dragons in his kingdom, not easily defeated , there was a reason , why he was his second in command and to see him like this was a little.....surprising and disturbing altogether, even for him.

Manik narrowed his eyes at him and he could see the hesitation in his actions,  as if restraining himself. He knew there was something,  which had his strong willed second in command so deep in thoughts.

Manik kept looking at Cabir demanding for answers , while Cabir felt uncomfortable under his scrutinizing gaze. Finally letting the fear of his king's reaction go, Cabir spoke looking straight in Manik's eyes " King !! We found it.....finally!!.......After so long , we found what we seek.....We found- " 

" the clue. We found the prophecy's clue, my king . ". Both of their heads snapped towards the voice which completed Cabir's sentence, only to see THE ORIGINAL SEER, himself standing on the door.

As soon as Manik registered his words, his eyes went wide in unparalleled shock and unbounded astonishment. He gasped in disbelief and in the next moment, it was, as if someone has opened the flood gates.  He started to see all the events that took place on that dreadful night, as if it happened yesterday.

The pain, the loss, the agony....the emptiness.

The night which took his everything.....

For a moment, his usually cold and empty orbs showed thousand of emotions swirling in their depths, pain and hope standing out the most.....Hope which he couldn't get himself to believe on for such, such long time.

First time in past eight years, he felt happy....a little , but happy

After such a long time, he could finally feel  his dead, cold heart start beating...

First time in past dreadful eight years, he could feel hopeful......

to be able to bring her back....

to be able to see her again....

to be able to touch her again....

His beloved mo-

Manik was still lost, stuck in his haywire intensified emotions. Cabir was looking at him worried and the seer looked at him with knowing expression, understanding swirling within his eyes. Both of them knew the turbulence of emotions, their king was facing.

The seer walked towards him and kept an assuring hand on his shoulder, squeezing it a little, bringing Manik out from his reverie.

Manik looked at the seer and breathed out in shock with a hint of ecstasy " H-How ??". The noble seer and Cabir exchanged glances, before telling him everything.

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" So it all comes down to this. We need to follow the correct mechanism, which will lead us to the final clue. Much like how we climb step by step on a ladder to reach our destination. We need to follow the steps here too. Now as per the spell goes, we need to start with the sacred DRAGON'S MOON.", the seer concluded and looked at both of them. Manik was deep in thinking while Cabir frowned in confusion.

" But how are you so sure, that the appearance of the Dragon's Moon will commence this whole mechanism. First, we need to be absolutely sure that the Dragon's moon is indeed THE FIRST STEP in this process." Cabir said to the seer in worry and uncertainty. Manik too looked at him for confirmation.

" Lord Cabir !! Let me ask you a question? Have you ever heard of the first rule of the book WORLD OF SPELLS." , asked the noble seer , smiling at them. Cabir and Manik exchanged looks with each other frowning, not knowing where the noble seer was going with this.

His calm and wise demeanor oozing waves of knowledge, composure and experience , confusing them even more. Cabir nodded his head in negative totally clueless while Manik thought for a second deeply and then uttered looking at the seer, " WORLD OF SPELLS..... isn't that one of the seven sacred books of Witchcraft and Wizardry ?? "

" Ah, yes...your knowledge is precise my king. I was thinking, why is it taking so much time for you to figure it out. Afterall, Magic runs deep inside your ancestral bloodline itself, doesn't it ?? For they do say....Not everybody acquire a witch for a sister." Noble seer said in his calm and pleasant voice and Manik looked at him catching up on his indication. He then turned towards Cabir before saying, " Now to ease away both of your dilemmas. The very first rule of the book WORLD OF SPELLS says -Looking for that clue, which will quench your thirst
When it comes to magic, it will always be the first."

Cabir and Manik were listening to him in awe, quite attentively. Nonetheless, the seer continued " Do anyone of you know what meaning this rule holds outside and inside the world of Magic ?"

Manik and Cabir nodded in a no albeit giving him their full attention. The seer smiled and explained to them, " Well to put this in simple language, the first rule means that whenever a spell will be performed to find a particular clue for a particular prophecy, then, whatever vision the spell gives you the first time, will be the beginning step for that particular prophecy, like a curtain-raiser."

Manik and Cabir looked at him in incredulity. They knew that the Noble seer was one of the most experienced and smartest people in their world but having a face to face with his knowledge was all together a different story.

" Now seeing as the very first vision, the spell showed us was of the sacred Dragon's Moon...that means that only the Dragon's Moon will be able to lead us on to the next step in the prophecy.", the seer completed.

" So According to this theory of yours, for starting on with this CLUE HUNT, we need to wait....for the Dragon's Moon to appear. ", Cabir asked the noble seer, air quoting the term "clue hunt". But before the seer could answer him, Cabir cut him off by putting forth another of his query, " And even if the Dragon's moon makes its appearance.....Just how are we supposed to know what to do to seek the next clue ? "

Manik and Cabir both waited for the seer to give some sort of explanation, worry etched onto their features. The seer hmmed in deep thought thinking about Cabir's very valid question.

All three of them stood thinking deeply. But before they could jump to any conclusions, another question made its way into Manik's mind and so he voiced it out in doubt, " Also, even if the dragon's moon appears, How will we know that in what way, it will help us to lead us on to the next step??"

All three of them glanced at each other, disappointment, unsurety and tension clear on their faces. They thought deeply about every possible scenario.

After a while of thinking, joked with a mocking chuckle looking towards Manik and the seer, " Maybe the GRAND WHITE WITCH could help us since she was the one who prophecied  this prophecy. She must know the whole damn journey. "

As soon as he spoke, the seer's head snapped towards him in realisation and wonder, while Manik snorted, irked on Cabir's lame conclusion before taunting him," Yeah, that definitely would have helped , the only problem being.....SHE.IS.DEAD. Now if you could only communicate with spirits too, Lord Cabir.....that would be great. !!"

Manik glared at Cabir and he flashed a nervous smile at him in return. All this while, the seer stood deep in thinking, analyzing something. His eyes cleared as if coming on to a result. He cleared his throat, gaining Manik's and Cabir's attention, before speaking " Hmm....very well Lord Cabir, you sure have got a great mind there. This could be of help."

Cabir and Manik looked at him with wide eyes, like he just turned into a monkey. They both looked at each other and then at the seer, weirdly. Cabir cleared his throat and said carefully " Noble seer, I don't think you heard, what the king said. We can't meet the Grand White Witch because......well, because she's kind of........Dead !!!". He completed with a nervous laugh. The seer smiled at him shaking his head in amusement, while Manik quirked his eyebrows at the seer in question and mirth.

" Oh, Don't you worry Lord Cabir, I heard what the king said and you are right we can't fix a meeting with the dead, now can we. But what I meant to say was, that even though the Grand White Witch can't help us, but.......her only descendent surely can", he finished all the while smiling and Manik and Cabir looked at him flabbergasted. As they were not even close to think of the Grand White Witch's descendent.

Manik asked him feeling shocked and a little hopeful " The Grand White Witch's only descendent, that means........Witch Serena!! " , the seer nodded in positive and replied, " That's right. As the only descendent of the Grand White Witch, Witch Serena was passed on with every bit of power and every belonging which was possessed by the Grand White Witch. So she must have something, which could help us."

" So now we have to go and meet up with her to seek her help."Cabir stated making both of them nod at him. Manik stilled for a second in realisation and grumbled frowning " Correct me if I'm wrong....but doesn't Witch Serena live in the famous NOCTURNAL ALLEY , which is located in the WEST SIDE WITCH COVEN. "

The seer nodded in approval suddenly feeling somewhat nervous and Cabir who was listening to them questioned suddenly , " Wait, why is it called THE NOCTURNAL ALLEY ? That is such a weird name." Manik and the seer looked at each other and then towards him.

" Well,  as the name itself suggests......it's called Nocturnal alley because that alley opens only at night. There is no DAYTIME for that alley, it only experiences the NIGHT TIME."
Manik finished making Cabir's eyes widen the size of tennis ball in bewilderment and he breathed out in shock, " W-What ?? But.....But how's that possible ?? How can there be no Daytime in that alley ?"

The seer smiled at his expressions in amusement and replied " For the Mortal world and speaking phenomenally, yes it's not possible. But aren't you forgetting Lord Cabir, these are witches and magic we're talking about and in the world of Magic , EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Coming to this particular alley, it's very much possible seeing as the NOCTURNAL ALLEY IS CURSED."

Nocturnal Alley

Cabir felt another wave of shock run down his body, when Manik spoke up, worried, " And speaking of witches and magic, there is apparently another problem in the way. " The seer looked at him understanding his worry, while Cabir frowned in confusion again and so asked looking at both of them, " And what's that ???"

The seer turned towards him and replied " Well, the problem is, that, only a witch or someone who is accompanied by a witch, can enter the alley. Since there is a Special Spell, which needs to be chanted to open the gates of the alley and coming further only a witch can know the spell or by any means perform it, granting the entry inside. No other species can enter the valley,  atleast not by themselves. "

Manik and Cabir both were awestruck at this piece of information, since Cabir knew nothing about this and Manik only had a little bit of knowledge regarding this. So it came as a shocker to both of them.

The seer albeit continued enjoying their stunned expressions, afterall it's not everyday , that  two of the most powerful and dangerous men in the Dragon world are caught feeling utterly lost." So now all we need....is a witch to enter the alley. If you know what I mean."

The seer smartly and clearly pointed towards a particular person. And Manik and Cabir had just about an idea, who could that be. So all three of them shared knowing looks with each other.

" And since it is a witch who is needed here, that means, only one person can be trusted with this important affair." Manik painted the thought going on in all of their minds with his words. Cabir and the seer looked at each other and nodded at manik agreeing with him.

All of them looked at each other in intensified apprehension before speaking in unison with firmness and finality in their tones........

" MUKTI "

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