Aarti's POV
I slowly opened my eyes and saw blurry faces. After some minutes I gained my senses and managed to sit.
"Mohtarma aap thik toh he na?" Rohit asked as soon as I sat. I slightly nodded.
I started feeling hot so I took off the coat.
"Kya ho gaya tha tumhe Aarti?" Diksha asked in a worried tone.
I narrated all the story.
"Ohh... toh yeh hua tha" Zaan said.
"Aur vaise bhi yeh coat itna bhi warm nhi he. Waha kuch zada hi thand thi" I said remembering the place.
"Ab toh aap thik ho na?" Rohit asked.
"Haan... me thik hu. Tum logo ko kya mila?" I asked.
Rohit told me about the stalactites and stalagmites.
"Me jab us path pe gayi toh waha mujhe lava ka lake mila! Temperature bhi bohot zada tha! Maybe ham volcano ke paas he tabhi esa lake dekhne ko mila" Diksha said.
"Ab hame saudhan rehna padega, kyunki ho sakta he ki aghe bhi ese hi lava ka lake mile" Zaan suggested. We nodded.
"Lagta he ab mere vale raste par hi jana hoga... vaha koi khatra nhi tha, infact waha par toh bohot sare trees the" Zaan said.
"Toh phir chale kya? Time waste nhi karna chahiye" I said.
"Arey arey! Kaha chale? Halat dekhi he apne apni? Kahi nhi jana... ap pehle aram kijiye phir chalenghe" Rohit scolded me like a ten year old kid. Zaan and Diksha laughed.
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After resting a bit we went in the path that Zaan described. It was actually true. All was the same as Zaan described.
"Ab shayad hame bahar nikalne ka rasta mil jae!" I said.
"Lekin kisine socha bhi he ke ham Boss ko kya jawab denghe? Unko toh dinosaur ka fossil chahiye tha? Kya karenghe ham?" Diksha reminded.
"Arey hamari yaha jaan chale jayeghi aur tumhe fossil ki padi hui he! Ham unhe samjha denghe kisi na kisi tarah. Ab tum is problem par dhyan do" Zaan said.
We continued walking and walking...
"Kya yaar! Ab toh hamari kismat me chalna hi likha he!" I said.
"Arey! Shukar manao ki ham chal rahe he aur zinda he... pata nhi kab tak rahenghe ham zinda. Yeh gufa bohot zada mysterious he... pata nhi kaha se kuch nikal ae..." Zaan said terrified. We all laughed.
Suddenly Rohit stopped.
"Arey waha dekho! Kutiya" Rohit exclaimed pointing somewhere
We looked in that direction. He was right there was a kind of house made of wood.
"Yaha par yeh ghar kaha se aya!" Diksha said.
"Haan yaar, tu sahi keh rahi he... daal me kuch safed he" I said.
"Woh kala hota he idiot!" Diksha corrected me. All chuckled.
"Yaar sachme... mazak mat karo. Sach me kuvh gadbad lag rahi he... chalke dekhe kya?" Zaan asked.
"Yaar tum hamesha risk kyu lena chahte ho? Agar waha kuch ho gaya toh?" Diksha again started. Really, she worries a lot.
"Mate... calm down... kuch nhi hoga waha" I tried to explain.
"Lekin agar kuch hua toh?" She said.
"Yaar me keh rahi hu na kuch nhi hoga! Ao mere sath!" I said grabbing her hand.
We all started walking slowly towards the house. We reached it.
"Darwza khole kya?" Zaan whispered. We rolled our eyes
"Nhi nhi... saari umar yahi guzarni he! Kholo na!" I whispered back. He rolled his eyes and opened the door.
It was old and stinky. Nobody was there.
"Yaha toh koi bhi nhi he... ab kya kare?" Diksha said.
"Chalo... rehne ke liye ek ghar toh mil gaya" Rohit said smiling.
There were two rooms and that's it. We entered in the other room. It wasn't that much big, but two people could sleep there easily. There was a table in the corner. Many papers were there.
We went there.
"Oh my God! Yeh dekho yaha ki map! Ab ham asaani se bahar nikalne ka rasta dhund sakte he!!!" Zaan said happily picking up a paper.
"Agar koi bahar nikalne ka rasta hoga... miya jaldbazi mat karo...pehle thik se nakshe ko padh lo" Rohit said. We nodded and started looking at the map.
Ok... it wasn't easy. The cave was soo big. We couldn't imagine that. There were so many boxes and in the boxes there were written many names. Let's say that we just saw one third of the cave. There were names like: fruit chamber, lava chamber, home, ice chamber, the big hole, lava chamber 2,3,4,ect...
"Yeh nishan kesa?" Rohit said pointing to the left of the map. There was an × drawn on a chamber. The chamber was more bigger than any other. It was nearly the triple of the others.
"Pata nhi... kuch bhi ho sakta he waha..." Diksha said.
"Lekin ham us jagah se kafi dur he hame kuch nhi ho sakta" I said.
"Haan lekin woh exit bhi toh ho sakti he na?" Zaan suggested. He was right.
"Toh ab kya kare?" I asked.
"Pata nhi..." Diksha said.
"Bahar dekh kar ate he... kya pata kuch mil jaye" Rohit said.
"Haan... ese karte he. Rohit aur Aarti, tum dono bahar ghumne jao... I mean bahar dekhne jao, aur me aur Diksha yahi pe rehte he, jaise hi kuch mile please wapis ake bata dene" Zaan said.
We nodded and left. We started walking together. There was an awkward silence between us.
"Toh tumne bataya nhi ki tum kaha se ho?" I tried to start the conversation.
"Ham Bhatinda se he... lekin ham jaldi hi Mumbai aa gaye the padhai ke liye, phir hamare pitaji ne hame England bhej diya hamara bhavishya banane ke liye. Hamne zyada wakt apne ghar me nhi guzara kyu ki hamare mata pita nhi chahte the... jab bhi ham unhe puchte the iske baare me woh kisi na kisi tarah se baat ko taal dete the. Hame abhi two nhi pata chala ki woh esa kya chupate he hamse..." Rohit narrated.
"Toh tum shahi khandan se ho?" I asked a bit curious.
"Haan... ham wahi se he... lekin jese hamne apko bataya hamne mahal me itna wakt nhi guzara"
He said. I nodded.
"Ap apne baare me kuch bataye na" he said.
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The Journey To Sterkfontein
AdventureDiksha, Zaan and Aarti are normal people and live a normal life like everybody does. But something's gonna happen that will change their lives. Is this twist good or bad for their life? What's going to happen? What is this twist? How will everybody...
