The End of an Era.....a Life!

on 21st july, at 8:30 am as I was walkin down to Bookmark on mah way to college, der was dis mixed feeling of excitement, joy n at d same time, a fear! And when I was walkin out wid hardback 604page thick harry potter and the deathly hallows, at d same time i felt an urge to sit down on a roadside bench n start readin n also a fear not to open d book....i didnt want to read it to d end! I decided do open it at college....
sittin at d college chaupal, der were girls shoutin "dis person died","dis happened"...blah blah.....i avoided der spoilers n moved to a secluded corner to peacefully sit down n open mah most awaited read! granny had given me d money to buy it,as token of congrats on mah whoppin 12th results! i deserved it.....n i opened mah reward with one o' d rare smiles dat crossed mah face since i stepped into delhi....away from home! i read thru....sumtimes goin bak n rereadin a few pages at a time....i felt as if i just dnt wanna go ahead...evry passin page was like a step closer to d end....i wanted harry's ordeal to end no doubt! but i didnt want to end d whole feeling.....bcoz i knew d closing sentence wont indicate harry's return to hogwarts next yr n d smokin hogwarts express speedin off platform 9 n 3 quarters!! now anoder tale from a silly pottermaniac eh? no its not..... it's one feeling that probably many ppl o' mah age can relate to! or even if m d only one....i hav gud reason 4 it!
i remember at d age o' 11 wen one o' mah cousins gifted me mah first harry potter(n d philosopher's stone), as i sat on mah desk readin it....absorbin evry line of it.....i just read it for fun! i felt it was a gr8 read n all but nothin beyond dat....n i took 3 days to finish d book. d next day at school, as i sat wid mah best frnd chattin, she was narratin me our first meetin n how we became best o' frnds.... it was a journey to school on d bus...we talked n became frnds....i felt a small familiarity wid wat i'd read a day b4! i dismissed it as a lame thot....den as days went by i discovered more links.... a trio dat we had,me,neha n sonam.... sonam d fun-lovin one, neha d studious topper of class n i, average yet appreciated by evry1.....an average n ordinary girl at heart whom sumhow ppl used to find worth appreciatin n extraordinary sortof....popular n sum1 who valued frnds above evrythin.....i still cud relate to d book i read days bak!
next yr,wen i was 12, i got chamber of secrets in d school library....i read on....yes d yr wen i discovered dat mah school was 120+ yrs ol'....wid four houses named after four founders.... mr.bamfield, mr.biggs, mr.roberts n mr.young! n yeah worth addin dat i was in bamfield house n mah house colour was red! mah school was a pre-independence time ol' building wid lots to discover which attracted adventerous kids like me! cudnt be just a co-incidence...
i started to read each book at d apt yr....n sumhow inspite o' d irregularities in publication, i've always read each bk at d apt age! n evry event in harry's school lyf....replayed in mine.....as if jkr sat wid d quill of destiny to shape mine!! i still remember d day wen i read bk 5 just b4 our school re-openin day....i was shocked to find dat harry was not a prefect but his best buddies were! i had more shock to face.... Dat yr i saw mah best buddies.....neha n sonam bcum school prefects n i, who'd dreamed of it since 6th std, stood der like harry.....baffled!! i resigned mah superstition to a faith.....as if i was destined to read d bk....n in a way i developed a sort o' attatchment towards d hp series dat i neva had 4 ne oder bk!
anoder incident....i remember was ron n harry's fight in bk 4! i remember i n neha had a grave fight d same yr....ultimately a patch up dat made d frndship stronger!
n in d sixth book wen dumby died....dat yr our princi who had always supported me, retired! den der was a teacher, a maths teacher we all called severus snape....we loathed him n 4 sum mysterious reason(though anoder reason cud b mah pathetic marks in maths...even harry wasnt gud at potions...lolz) reciprocated mah feelings!! n later towards d end o' mah school lyf i discovered wen i was in a serious trouble dis man saved me from evrythin...! n it wasnt a surprise wen after a few o' dis incident i read bk7 n found out bout snape!
i encountered a time in mah school lyf wen evry1 was against me! no one believed me....initially not even mah frnds but den dey stood by me.....probably as ron n hernione did 4 harry! i witnessed all dat harry did.....sum parts o' it practically n sum emotionally....i'd read each bk n i knew wat was waitin 4 me in d yr ahead....n now wen i was 17 n i read thru deathly hallows, i knew d ultimate triumph..i had it.....(4 sum personal reasons i cant mention d details o' d incident)!
when ultimately i ended deathly hallows....i wasnt cryin, but it was a heavy feeling!...sittin cut-off from d whole world 4 d past 24hrs i knew dat nxt yr i'd not knw wat wud happen to me.....I pondered over it 4 long.....how can harry's lyf just end?how can all dis end? n if it does....if it has in fact,.....den will mah lyf cum to a standstill too? d answer was sumwhere within me....NO!!! yes, it is not just d end o' harry potter books....it is d end of an era...for dose who grew up wid d books; for dose who lived thru d books(like me), it is but not d end of life.....b coz i still sumhow feel....dat in case i get into a law skool next yr....dose 5 yrs will be a rewind of mah unkown, incomprehensible n unexplainable link/connection wid d fiction called "THE MAGICAL WORLD OF HARRY POTTER!"....
now, i dunno whether u do or not, after readin dis..... but after understandin dis i DO believe dat truth indeed is stranger dan fiction!!