GHULAAM
A RANIKA FANFICTION
BY ANU ParshHolic

Radhika's POV
I were about to tilt the piece a little more, and slit my wrist... When a voice stopped me. This voice came from nowhere but from within me. From my...Brain? Heart?
"Be strong Radhika, always! Be as hard as a rock and nothing would scare you."
I heard the dim voice again.
I closed my eyes to hear the voice more clearly, and soon a few blurted images started to fall behind my vision as well.

I saw a little girl, of around 5, sitting in the corner of a room, probably crying.
"What happened, my child!?" I heard a voice, the same voice. It was a mature feminine voice with a warmth in it.
"I'm scared, mother!" Sobbed the little girl.
"Scared of what, child?"
I could no more see the images, but just hear the voices.
"Of school, I don't like to be there. Mother! I don't have any friends, my classmates tease me, teachers are strict. I feel terrible, I feel lonely. I don't wanna go there." I heard the little girls sobs.
"Child! No body in this world is good. Everyone is bad, you will find more terrible people and more Scary situations as you grow up. What will you do then? You wish to leave school now, will u wish to stop living then?"
"No!" Said the meek voice of the little girl. "But what should I do, mother?"
"Be strong! And fight."
"How!?"
"Just be courageous enough to face it! If you will face you fear in the eye, it won't scare you anymore."
"And what If I don't feel like going to school anymore? What if I don't feel like living anymore."
"Then find a reason, a reason to go to school now..And a reason to live. The almighty gifts us with our lives, and we are no one to reject this gift. Look deeper and you will always find a reason.
Now will stop getting scared, go back to school, be brave and over come your fear, and always keep hope?
"Yes mother!"
"Promise me, my child?"
"I promise you, mother."

"Be strong Radhika, always! Be as hard as a rock and nothing would scare you. And when you loose all your reasons..Find another. Just never loose hope, never giveup!"

Those line kept ringing in my head a few more time.
I finally opened my eyes as the voices faded away completely.
I stared at the glass piece that was still placed on my wrist, ready to slice it away.
"I'll fight, I'll look into the eye of my fear, I won't loose hope, I won't give up, I'll find a reason. I..I promised you mother. I promised you. And I kept it till date. I never feared anything..I never gave up.. and I'll still do it." I murmured to myself and threw away the glass piece away.
I looked as tears flowed down my eyes.
"I'll keep my promise, mother. I won't give up"
I breathed in, with an air of confidence.
"Veer Chaudhary! Tumhare admiyon ne..Varun Ko maar Dala. And u killed Mayra, u gave her a death..She never deserved..No one deserves it..No one!
But now, I'll make you go through what you deserve. Bahuton ke mara hai tumne. You destroyed lives and now you will pay. Ager tum sochte ho ki mai koi abla naari Hun...Toh you are wrong! Radhika Naam hai mera! Aur yeh Radhika tumhara voh haal karegi ki you will regret every second of your life, and I promise this. Aur Radhika..Apne promise kabhi nahi todti..Kabhi nahi..Never!

To be continue!