Part :1 The Whispering Trees
Sonapur ek chhota sa village tha jo ek ghane aur rahasyamay Jungle ke bilkul paas basa hua tha. Jungle itna gehra tha ki din ke time bhi uske andar andhera rehta. Gaon ke bade- buzurg kehte the ki Jungle zinda hai uske ped bolte hain, hawa raaz batati hai, aur raat ko kuch aisi awaazein aati hai jo kisi ko bhi dara sakti hain.
Is village me rehta tha Aarav ek 14 saal ka ladka. Aarav normal bachhon jaisa nahi tha. Jab baaki bachhe cricket ya mobile games khelte, Aarav adventure books padhta. Lost island, hidden treasure, secret maps- ye sab uski duniya thi.
Aarav ka manna tha,
"Har kahani ke peeche ek sach hota hai".
Uska sabse achha dost tha kabir- thoda sa motu, hamesha jokes maarne wala, lekin dil ka bahut achha. Kabir jungle se darta tha, par Aarav ke saath ho to kisi bhi danger ke liye ready rehta.
Aur teesri thi Meera - smart intelligent aur har cheez ko logically sochne wali. Wo village school ki topper thi aur usse history aur mysteries me bahut interest tha.
Ek din school ke baad teeno purane bargad ke ped ke neeche baithe hue the. Ye ped Sonapur ka sabse purana ped maana jaata tha.
Kabir bola,
"Yaar Aarav, tu hamesha Jungle ki baat karta rehta hai. Wahan sirf jaanwar aur danger hai".
Aarav muskuraya.
"Wahi to adventure hota hai,kabir ".
Tabhi Meera ne dheere se kaha,
"Tum dono ko pata hai... mere dadaji jungle ke baare me kuch alag hi kahani batate the ".
Aarav or Kabir dono ek saath bole,
"Kaisi kahani ?"
Meera ne aas - paas dekha, jaise koi sun na le.
Phir boli,
"Unhone kaha tha ki Jungle ke andar ek Lost Jungle hai - jahan ek purana shehar chhupa hua hai. Wahan ek aisa treasure hai jo sirf gold nahi,balki knowledge aur power se bhara hua hai".
Kabir ki aankhen badi ho gayi.
"Power? Matlab superhero type ?"
Meera ne aankhen ghumayi .
"Stupid. Matlab ancient knowledge".
Aarav ka dil zor - zor se dhadakne laga.
"Did your dada leave any proof?"
Meera ne apne bag se ek purana kagaz nikala. Wo kagaz peeli pad chuki thi ,kinare phate hue the , aur uspe kuch symbols aur half map bana hua tha .
"Yeh unka diya hua map hai ," Meera ne kaha.
"Unhone kaha tha , jab time sahi hoga, yeh map apna raaz khud khol dega ."
Achanak hawa tez lagne lagi . Bargad ke patte zor se hile. Aisa laga jaise ped kuch fusfusa raha ho .
Kabir ghabra gaya .
"Guys... mujhe yeh bilkul pasand nahi aa raha".
Tabhi map par ek symbol chamakne laga - bilkul halki si roshni , par clearly dikh rahi thi.
Aarav almost shout kar diya ,
"Did you see that ?!"
Meera ne haath kaanpate hue map pakda .
"Yeh normal nahi hai ".
Us symbol ke niche likha hua ek line dheere - dheere clear hone laga.
"Jab teen saath hon ,aur dar peeche chhot jaye ,
tab Jungle apna raasta dikhata hai".
Kabir ne gulp kiya .
"Teen ...matlab hum ?"
Aarav ne map band kiya aur determination ke saath bola ,
"Yeh sirf kahani nahi hai .Yeh invitation hai."
Us raat Aarav so nahi paaya. Jungle se aana wali hawa ne kuch alag tha . Jaise koi unhe bula raha ho . Subah hone se pehle hi usme decision le liya.
Wo Jungle jaayega .
Agle din subah , teeno jungle ke edge par khade the . Saamne ghana andhera , peeche safe village .
Kabir ne last time kaha ,
"Abhi bhi wapas Jaa sakte hain ".
Aarav ne ek kadam aage badhaya .
"Adventure me kabhi peeche nahi mudte ".
Meera ne map khola .
Pedon ke beech ek patli si path khud - ba - khud ubhar aayi .
Jungle ne unhe accept kar liya tha .
Aur jaise hi teeno us path par chale ,pedon ke patte phir se fusfusaye
"Khel shuru ho chuka hai ..."