Chapter 17

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"Pranipat Yagnaseni." Akrur said. "No need to be formal with me kaka." Draupadi said. The two were all alone at the garden. "How is everybody is Bhoja?" Draupadi asked. "Good but the Bhoja is not bhoja without your laughter and jokes." Akrur said. "Time surely flies fast. Well at least for me, I was born to Devaki maiya and my shadow was born to Yashodha maiya." Draupadi said.

"Looks like yuvrani doesn't want to come back." Akrur said. "A part of me wants to stay here and the other part wants to meet my maiya, baba, mami and mama." Draupadi said. "Though mama killed all my brothers before me except for dau and bhaiya I still love him as a father as he treated me like his own child." Draupadi said.

Akrur and Draupadi talked for a while and then parted ways. "Please don't say this to anybody for now deva." Draupadi said as she knew Shahadev was hiding behind a tree listening to he and Akrur's conversation. "You are a sheer, you must know what will happen right?" Draupadi asked. "Yes I am a sheer but didn't know about you being yagnaseni. How did it happen?" Shahadev asked.

"Its really messed up. I took birth in the Mathura prison to Devaki maiya and Vasudev making me the yagnaseni and my shadow took birth in Gokul, Nanda bhavan to Yashodha maiya and nanda baba. You see this shadow?" Draupadi asked making him nod. "I was born shadow less as my shadow took birth here. As I came to Gokul my shadow reunited with me and that's how I became nanda dulari. Dau and Bhaiya too are the sons of devaki maiya, they were exchanged the day they were born here in Gokul. Only nanda baba knows this secret, as a friend I request you to keep this a secret from maiya." Draupadi said.

"Okay. I promise not to tell to kaki." Shahadev promised and Draupadi went back in the bhavan. "Maharaj has invited your children to take come in the festival and take part in few competitions as well." Akrur said. Nanda looked at the trio who were staring at him, nanda knew the time had come to let them go. "They surely will!" nanda said.

"But arya-" yashodha said but was cut off by Nanda. "Yashodha let them go and have some fun. Don't treat them like prisoners, let them explore." Nanda said. After everybody went out of the room. "I am not going anywhere. I am staying with you." Draupadi said side hugging nanda. "Same here." the rest two said side hugging nanda. "Now now my children devaki and vasudev are waiting. Whole aryavrat is waiting." Nanda said. "But I am coming back! Let them be there but I am coming back." Draupadi said.

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"So when is yagnaseni going to Mathura?" Bheem asked entering the workroom along with the rest. "kaka said be will be going day after tomorrow." Draupadi replied. "So what is the yuvrani planning to do?" Karn asked. "I will not be the yuvrani. Dau is elder to me and bhaiya, he should be crowned the yuvraj. I just became the yuvrani as mama and mami are childless and as all my brothers were dead." Draupadi said.

"Why don't we go as well?" Kunti asked. "Yes bua please do come. Baba and maiya will be happy to see you." Draupadi said. "Mata?" the pandavas asked. "I know everything, ever since kanha's birth." Kunti said. "So what  are we waiting for? Lets go and meet kaka and kaki then." Nakul said. "Go and pack your stuffs then." Pandu said.

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"Prepare kheer for me after I come back, only for me." Draupadi whispered in Yashodha's ear making her chuckle. The kuru family and the trio bid a goodbye and started their journey to mathura. Draupadi was looking at everything from her sedan along with Kunti. "I still remember when I first came to Gokul I came from this way." Draupadi said.

"Chanchala?" Krishna called. "What now? Why are you here? Aren't you getting late?" Rukmini asked angrily. "Chanchala..." Krishna again said. "What now?" Rukmini asked. "Don't be angry." Krishna said. "How can I not be angry? You are going away from Gokul, Barsana, vridavan, nanda family, ME!" Rukmini said. "Where am I going Rukmini? I am not going anywhere, I am always in your heart." Krishna said. "Stop your sugary sweet words now, the history is repeating itself!" Rukmini said. "There is nothing that can separate us, Rukmini. Our love is eternal and pure and is destined to be together." Krishna said.

"I can't imagine bhaiya and bhabhi's face." Kunti said. "How does kaka and kaki look?" Karn asked. "Its been years that I have last seen them." Kunti said. "Yuvrani we are about to reach." a soldier informed. Draupadi was sitting in a enclosed carriage leading the rest. They then entered the capital, Mathura. Draupadi peeked from the curtains to see her Mathura as beautiful as ever, the rest too were mesmerized by the beauty of Mathura.

Draupadi's heart was racing as she reached near the palace as today the yuvrani of the Vrishni kingdom. The carriage then came to a halt making Draupadi's heart stop everybody got of their carriage. "Draupadi?" kunti called catching everybody's attention. "Yuvrani?" the people started to whisper. "Are we going to see the yuvrani?" "No I think the bramhand sundari Draupadi as they are from Gokul" "Maharaj claims that yuvrani is the bramhand sundari" "Which Draupadi? There are two yadav kanya named Draupadi."

"Yagnaseni Draupadi! Arrives from Gokul along with the kuru royal!" the soldier announced. "What yagnaseni from Gokul?" "Aren't they two different people?" "Looks like the rumors of the two being the same is true." "yashodha ladli is actually yagnaseni?" "nanda suta is vasudev suta?" many more whispers continues until. "Putri." Kunti said and Draupadi ascended down from her carriage making everybody go insane with her beauty.

" Kunti said and Draupadi ascended down from her carriage making everybody go insane with her beauty

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"Lets go." Draupadi said and they all went in. As they were passing by all the soldier bowed down, kneeled on their knees obviously to Draupadi as the people of Bhoja only bow down to the maharaj, maharani, maharaj's sister and maharaj's favorite his niece.

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