Dancing with wrong step
Dipti began her daily dance steps. She needed to practice hard for her dance performance. She knew that they expected a wonderful dance performance from her. She needed to be perfect performer like her parents. She knew her both parents were best dancer so dance talent was something expected from her. She needed to perform in her best way but it was not happening. She sensed that it was not going easy. She checked her make-up in mirror. She looked at herself. She soon sensed that something was missing. She was not looking like her Mom. She was looking different. She knew that she never looked as glamorous as her Mom. But she expected little bit like her. But she was looking so inferior before her. Suddenly her friend Rita came running inside. Rita " What happened? Why you need to keep looking in mirror like this? You are so beautiful." "No I don't think so." Rita smiled. Rita " This is stage fear before first performance. It is just common effect on each soul. Once you start performing you will start to feel happy." Dipti smiled. Rita was always her inspiration. She always kept boosting her. Her parents hardly had time for this boosting they spent entire time in training her. They worked so hard on her that if she failed then it would be such a shame. She needed to go on stage. She decided that she would look best. She was talented so she would manage in her best way. She went ahead after giving final look to her face. She was looking so beautiful. She went out on stage. She started dancing. She began to get lost in her rythem. It was perfect and she was supposed to float on music. But she was not doing it. She was just lost in her thoughts. She needed to stay with music. But her mind was drifting away. She was so confused. She wanted to be her best. But she was not that best. Her capacity was so less that her entire dance seemed totally weak. She began to feel that she was disappointing her audience. She kept doing her best but by the end she sensed that she managed to do mistakes in her dancing steps. But she kept doing it and finally she vowed to audience. Entire auditorium was quiet. She felt so confused. Then she opened her eyes. She was shocked to see fire on her stage. She managed to push one lamp by her leg in dancing which was fallen and curtains were catching fire. She screamed loudly for help. Every one from Audience started running out of auditorium. It was big chaos. Everyone was just running away. But security came running inside. They tried to stop fire quickly but it was too late. Most of the people managed to ran away and remaining people were discussing about fire. She sensed one thing from their statements that she was worst dancer. Since she took wrong step and managed to burn auditorium, she was lucky to remain alive. She was trying her best to match rythem. But she began to dance with hope of best performance. But she started dancing. She immediately sensed that she was not that good. She began to sense that she needed to give at least ordinary performance. But she kept trying again and again. She couldn't achieve much success. She kept feeling frustrated. She tried harder and harder. While trying harder she managed to get it in wrong way, her feet must had gone faster but without grace and totally wrong way. She managed to touch that lamp with her feet and by those moves she managed to get that lamp down. Oil inside that lamp managed fall on carpet which quickly caught fire and soon it started to spread. People saw that immediately. They screamed and help came but she began to sense one thing that she was cause of fire. Everyone around her was telling her that she was responsible for entire mess. She did everything in wrong way and she was paying cost of it. She wanted to move ahead with smile but it was clear that she couldn't. She did everything wrongly so she should get punishment for it now. She could clearly see that entire auditorium was catching fire. She could see that clearly with her eyes. She needed to console herself. She wanted to run away. But she didn't. She suddenly felt that her legs were glued to that floor. Then she started to dance on that stage without second thought. Her legs kept dancing and dancing. She didn't stop until finally her lung got exhausted due to smoke and she fainted. When she woke up, she was in hospital. She saw her room was nice but small. It had AC. She felt glad about it. She looked around. Soon she sensed that her room was empty. This was shocking. She always thought that one family member was compulsory told to stay with patient in hospital. Then she sensed that her Mom was talking with someone on other door. Her Mom must had gone out to avoid distrubing her sleep. She was so important to her Mom. Her Mom always took proper care of her needs. She thought that soon her Mom would come to her and started talking with her. But she just kept watching. Her Mom never came to meet her. She felt so sad and upset. She knew that her Mom was supposed to be there for her. Her Mom was supposed to give her moral support. But her Mom was chatting while standing outside. Her Mom was present just for sake of presence actually her mind was busy in her work. She could easily guess by her Mom's gesture that Mom was discussing about Mom's dance performance. Then she suddenly began to feel tense. She began to think what if her Mom was discussing about her dance performance? She shivered with fear. She still remembered how did she dance in that fire. Her feet were burning due to heat. She wanted to stop but she couldn't. It was like some crazy power took hold of her and she lost her senses. She shivered with fear even by it's memory. She took deep breath and controlled herself. She wanted to be strong. She didn't want to cry but too many emotions started to enter in her world. She couldn't stop herself. She started crying. It was her worst day first she managed to burn auditorium and now she was crying in hospital alone. But she knew that all her days were not going to be same. She hoped that she would dance again.
Dipti's Mom Ragini was discussing about Dipti's dance performance. Dipti managed to burn many things of auditorium. Many audience even got hurt while going out. Manager said that they were lucky that no one died. In such case they might had needed to face many inquiries but still they needed to pay back amount of tickets. It was not good news for Dipti. Her first stage performance became biggest flop. It was not just flop but it was life threatening. They were lucky that media didn't pay much attention to it. Media was busy in covering some famous award function. In beginning she was so upset that media didn't have time for her daughter's dance performance. But now she felt that they were lucky otherwise this diseaster should have reached to headlines of newspaper. Ragini started to concentrate on her breathing. She needed to relax herself. She knew that she must remain calm. Her daughter needed her in such hard times. She didn't understand how could that lamp fall like that. Dipti was nice dancer. She never managed to create such a terrible mistake. But she managed. She turned entire auditorium in death trap. Entire Avenue turned into that nightmare which no one could forget. Ragini was so upset. It was not right. Dipti's entire career was destroyed. She needed to do something. She knew that she could compensate. But it wouldn't be enough. She needed to create some story. She needed to tell something convincing to people. Then she suddenly got an idea. She could tell people that it was intentional. But they saw her mistake. She knew that she couldn't convince them. But then she thought that it was worth trying. Then she started calling all. She began to call her friends one by one. She began to tell a story to them. Her friend Urvashi took call. Urvashi was queen of gossips. She knew all gossips. When Ragini started chatting with her, she soon sensed that Urvashi knew all about Dipti. Ragini decided to pretend as if she didn't know. Ragini " My daughter is such best dancer but yesterday strange thing happened?" Now Urvashi was happy and curious. Urvashi needed some powerful news. Urvashi wanted to tell something extra than what people already knew. Urvashi "What happened?" Urvashi was so willing for new addition to news that she could have believed anything. She just wanted to hear a story. Ragini took deep breath and created atmosphere. Ragini " Well we called our regular make up person. She came and did entire thing. Dipti was looking so perfect and I felt so happy. I thanked her and gave her even some extra tip. Everything was great.." Now Ragini stopped to create suspence in Urvashi's eyes. Ragini began to feel so uneasy. She was so upset. Ragini started to think about entire issue in details. She needed to say everything carefully. Then she sensed that she needed to teach this to Dipti too. Dipti needed to take rest and teaching these things could be stressful for her. But Ragini couldn't wait. When Ragini didn't continued with her story, Urvashi litarally screamed in anger " Come on!! Do you want me to die out of excitement?!!" " No..no I will tell you. Well after makeup that lady went away but soon another lady came. She told us that we must apply that oil to Dipti's foot. Dipti protested. She said she would fall but that woman convinced me so sweetly that I felt enchanted and nodded to her every word." Then Urvashi added excitedly " And you permitted her to apply that oil!!" Ragini said in sad voice " Yes." She felt so sad. She wanted to act truthful but she couldn't. She asked God to forgive her in soul. She knew that she was doing wrong thing but it was needed for her daughter. Then Rita got so excited. Ragini knew that she would now immediately started to spread gossip. She took deep breath. Then Urvashi said good bye and disconnected call. Ragini turned behind. She sensed that Dipti was awake and watching her with anger. Dipti must be upset because she was alone in that room. But Ragini didn't have much option. They needed to spread that lie. Then she turned back and entered in room. She sensed that Dipti was crying. Ragini ran towards her. But Dipti looked away. Ragini sat near her. Ragini " Honey I know you are upset but for your future we must lie. We need to create a story to save your career." Then Ragini gave story in details. She began to tell Dipti that how necessary to repeat story every time properly. Dipti nodded. She took deep breath. Dipti sensed that her Mom was just concerned about her. She sensed Ragini was planning this to hide her mistake. Ragini was lying just for her. Ragini never lied like that but for her daughter she was ready to do anything. She began to feel guilty about all. She started to feel she blamed Ragini without cause. She began to sense effect on her soul. She started to feel hurt in her soul. She finally hugged Ragini and cried. " Mom I only wish if I was dancer like you. I only wish if I had not made such big mistake!!" Ragini stopped her from talking. Ragini " Now repeat my story. It was not your mistake. Someone applied oil to your feet. Plant this in your brain as if it is truth." Dipti nodded. Then Ragini started to call someone else. Dipti knew that in few seconds every one should discussing this mysterious woman who gave her that oil. They managed to convince people that it was intentional. Dipti didn't like it but still she felt relieved since she could get another chance and another dance. This time she would be careful. She would dance in her best way. She didn't let her mistake spoil all. She would dance performance with her soul. She decided to do difficult dance next time. Dance which supposed to be done on pot and pan. She needed to even use fire but she wouldn't risk fire now. She was too scared. She began to plan all. She wanted her dance to become best. She knew that after this mysterious woman she would become more famous. A dancer whom someone tried to kill was something worth watching to all. She was object of curiosity. Everyone wanted to see her and Ragini was trying to achieve best out of it.
Dipti started working on her dance as soon as she entered in house. She didn't even took rest of one day. She knew that it was precious for her Mom now. Ragini lied just to give her chance so Dipti wanted to dance. Dipti wanted to prove that she was best. Her Mom deserved it. Dipti must work hard to prove Ragini that she was her daughter. Dipti began to dance. She felt so happy. Suddenly she began to feel strength of bird's wing in her feet. She began to feel that she needed to dance. She started to move with grace. It was so wonderful. She began to match with rythem. She didn't understand how could she missed that rythem on that stage. Today she got it perfectly. She began to dance with it. She started to feel so happy. She began to feel entire world was in that dance. In her heart only that dance existed on that point. Other things were not existed. She began to feel that she needed to dance every step. She began to sense life in music. She needed to survive with it. She needed to enter in dream world which showed new hopes. She started to think that she was nothing but that dance. Slowly that dance began to show new world to her thoughts. She took deep breath of happiness. She kept dancing and dancing until Ragini didn't call her. Ragini " Rita came to meet you." Dipti suddenly stopped dancing. Rita was only person for whom she could stop dance. Rita was her true friend. Rita always stood with her on every moment. She still remembered when she got hurt. She still remembered that accident. But she never discussed it. She just kept avoiding it's mention. In that accident they lost Charu. She still remembered Charu. Charu was best dancer of acedamy where Dipti learned to dance. Dipti was good dancer but Charu was best. On that day everyone managed to get ready for their performance. They were going one competition. It was going to be big competition. She still remembered discussion about it's winner and everyone was pointing towards Charu. They all were discussing. " Only if it is about influence then Dipti would win but if it is genuine then Charu would win. She is so much better. In fact she was greatest dancer in this locality. Whenever she began to do different steps with music, she seemed to dancing on air. Her entire life started to look hopeful. Every hopes started to grow with hope. She began to see different dance as positive way in life. She is angel." They were whole time admiring Charu. Dipti felt so frustrated about entire thing. She began to shiver. She wanted to scream on them but she didn't. She still get upset at that memory. It was so horrible. That memory was creating fear in her soul. She kept feeling nervous. They were going in bus. Dipti was so upset that she decided to shift in chair which was far away from Charu. She kept sitting alone on that chair. She kept watching out side. Their bus was going ahead in smoothly for long time. But after sometime she sensed that bus was not moving as properly as they wanted. She began to feel so confused. She began to feel that she didn't like the way bus was moving. She sensed that many times it was coming to corner of road which was too risky. Sometimes she felt that it might fall in valley. She could sense it. She decided to go to driver. She stood up and went near driver's cabin where she immediately smelled alcohol. She shivered with fear. She sensed that driver was drunk. It was evening and they supposed to reach to their destination by night. She looked around. It was getting darker and darker. She needed to be alert. She kept looking around. She wanted to stay on track of road. But she knew that if driver was drunk then it was not possible. She shivered with fear. She wanted things to be safe. She came back and looked around. Then she located her teacher. She slowly went towards her and told her " Madam I feel our driver is drunk." Teacher looked shocked. Teacher " But he was perfectly sober when he started driving?!!" " He was but I feel he must had drunk when we went eat lunch in that small dhaba." " Yes you are right. He was sitting in separate room. He must had ordered alcohol there." Teacher started to feel confused. Teacher " We can't tell him to stop bus in evening like this. We need to reach destination." " But what if he did accident before it. I want to dance Madam!!" " I know. We all wanted to stay alive too. But we are stuck here too. We can't escape." Teacher went towards Driver's cabin. She smelt alcohol too. She shivered with fear. She came back and she slowly began to inquire to everyone. She wanted to know that if anyone knew how to drive bus. But finally it turned out that no one knew driving of bus. So they went ahead. But soon Dipti sensed that it was their biggest mistake. She understood that bus was going to fall in valley. She had limited time so she just decided to jump out of it . She looked around. She didn't see anyone who could be helpful. She was not ready to stay in that death trap. Her friend Rita was not dancer so she was not on trip otherwise she should have advised her something. She felt so hopeless. She took deep breath and took decision. She went to bus door Then she just jumped out of bus without second thought. She began to strong wind then she sensed horrible pain in her legs. She understood her mistake. She might managed to break her leg or she might get paralyzed due to this fall. But she didn't care. She wanted to stay alive. She started to feel so helpless. When she jumped, her screams of her friends who were telling her not to jump but they were last time when she or anyone heard their voices. On next turn bus fell in valley and everyone died. She was lone survivor. But her legs were injured. She needed to work hard to take them back in shape. During entire time Rita was with her. Rita encouraged her every bad step which finally lead to her good steps. Dipti needed to do forget that accident and dance her best now. She started dancing.
Dipti was so happy when she got second chance due to Ragini's story. Her Dad supported too but he was too busy. Her Dad never got much time to stay in home. Her Mom always managed all. She kept arranging things. But many times when Dipti saw her friends with their Dad she missed him. She wanted her Dad with her but it was not possible. She felt so sad. After all she needed to help financial help too. They had large amount to hospital and her curing. She finally started dancing. She began to feel confident regarding dancing on stage. She knew that Ragini did so much to get this second chance. She watched from stage. This time they had more audience. She was so happy. She looked at people. She smiled and she started makeup again. She watched in mirror. She was looking so great. She kept observing her every look. She started to see her image. She could see that she was looking so beautiful in mirror. She kept feeling hope from inside. She knew that she could do best on that day. Then Rita came in room. Rita observed her carefully. Dipti " What happened?" " Why did you dress same way like last time? I saw even that lamp?!!" " Ohh remove that lamp." Rita nodded and went away. Once again Dipti started going on stage. She was so happy when she noticed that lamp was not there. She smiled and then she began her performance. She was so happy and confident about everything. She sensed that she could adjust with music but then suddenly something changed she began to sense fear in her soul. She started to shiver. She knew that something was wrong. Her performance was no longer up to the mark. She could sense audience began to chat. She started to feel scared. Audience might wanted to flop her show. She knew that her skill was not enough but she could compensate it with speed. She started to dance as fast as possible. She could hear their screams but she didn't stop until she didn't sense that floor was missing under her feet. She fall down from stage. It was horrible fall. Audience came running towards her. Security was called. She was screaming with pain. Many people from audience were talking about curse. They all began to feel that she was cursed some way. She have much pain. She couldn't understand what was happening. Finally she landed in hospital for second time. It was horrible for her. Ragini was so tense. She didn't understand. Then her mobile rang. Urvashi was calling her. She took her call. Urvashi " How is your daughter? Everyone saw it. They all feel it's supernatural." " What?" " Yes. Everyone is saying she pushed to corner by some invisible hand. Tell me otherwise why did she went there?" Ragini was confused. She didn't believe in supernatural. But she knew that Dipti was suffering from accident again and again. Dipti's every performance was turning into one accident and it was not normal. Ragini " I don't understand ..." " Do you remember last time she had accident?" " Yes." " She was sole survivor and now they are trying to take her back with them. Those souls want her to be dead like them." Ragini shivered with fear. She didn't believe it. But she was confused. She didn't want to take risk on her daughter's life. After that she began to contact all people who could keep that ghost away. Dipti was so upset. It kept happening for long time. But then soon Ragini sensed that she needed to act with logic too. Dipti was getting more and more upset by all these people. They needed to find some solution on those accidents. Even after getting better Dipti was no longer interested in dancing. Slowly Dipti shifted to accounting. She took job and she was happy. But then suddenly one day she got another opportunity to dance. It was in office annual function. Dipti felt that it was not professional performance so she agreed. Once again she got ready. She told everyone to keep lamp out of stage. They made such decoration that she couldn't fall from stage's corner. Now this time everything was perfect and she began to dance. She started performing . She began to dance as fast as possible.This time audience was of simple people so no need to get tense. She began to dance happily then she suddenly sensed something was missing in her dance move again. She suddenly went in wrong way. There was pillar of decoration. She managed to hit it with her hand and entire decoration started falling. Audience started screaming. She still didn't able to get hold of herself. She kept dancing like nothing happened. Finally security personnel pulled her out of stage. Entire stage was destroyed. When Ragini was called, she came running. Ragini " I don't understand what is wrong with you? Why don't you able to give normal dance performance?" " May be I am cursed?" Then suddenly a woman came from audience and said " No I feel you need psychiatrist. Go to Doctor or one day you will manage to kill yourself this way!!" Dipti shivered. On that day Ragini took appointment of psychiatry. Dipti went to talk with him. Dipti told all details. Psychiatrist listened to all. Psychiatrist " You are not cursed. It is post traumatic symptoms. Your subconscious is blaming you for not saving Charu. You feel you have not done it because you were jealous." Dipti screamed " But I tried." Psychiatrist " I know but still your subconscious is punishing you." Dipti took deep breath. Then she started crying. Psychiatrist patted her on shoulder like father and said " Don't worry we will manage." For first time since that accident she felt that she was truelly in safe hands. She knew that she could get over it.
The End
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