Chapter 1: Beauty is the Beast (Part 5)

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[CONTD.]

“You have no idea what you have unleashed, King!” said Hema to herself. “My curse will extend over a thousand years from now!”

Hema looked through the time-portal as Devika held a strange object to her ear and said, “Hello... yeah, yeah, I’m so sorry... Oh, don’t ask... I’ll be there in five minutes... Five minutes, I promise... Yes, see ya!”

Then she applied lipstick to her lips. She was searching for something else in her bag and she appeared to be disconcerted.

“Where the hell is the mirror?” she said.

“Huh! Right behind you!” exclaimed Hema, in a sly tone, excited.

Devika seemed to have heard her. She hesitated a moment and looked back. She looked right through the portal into Hema’s eyes and Hema saw a gleam in her eyes which thrilled her more. She saw Devika’s pretty face and her perfect get-up. “Beauty, there you are…” she said in a hushed voice. “The special one!”

Devika could not see any portal; she thought she might have imagined something and turned back again. She began walking away running her fingers through her hair.

Hema raised her hands and began chanting a spell fanatically. She could feel her own excitement as her spell began to work. The portal changed colour and a strange sucking sound began to be heard. “It’s happening!” she thought.

The portal materialised in Devika’s time and she could hear the sucking noise behind her. She stopped abruptly, waited a while and then turned back quickly.

Devika stood staring at a whirlpool of lights of different colours in front of her. Amazed at the sight, she dropped her bag and a can of pepper spray.

Out of the whirlpool, emerged an ugly looking lady whose eyes were blood red. She held her right hand out to Devika’s face, and then, everything became dark.

[COMING UP NEXT: NEW CHAPTER]

Read the wrap-up of Chapter 1 here.

Chapter 2 begins here.