NandhininKarikalan PART- I

Message From the Future

Kadambor palace,
Morning,

It was Nandhini who woke up first. She didn't remember anything that happened last night.

She woke up with Karikalan's hand on her waist, she frowned and slowly lifted his arms off her and kept them on the bed.

She went and stood in front of the mirror, she rubbed her eyes to see her face.

Her eyes widened, seeing herself in the mirror.

Her bindi was fully smudged, her saree's pallu was a bit torn, and her hair was fully messed up, she looked around the room in shock.

Her and Karikalan's ornaments were scattered all around the room.

" No, no this cannot happen" Nandhini started to panic.
Karikalan woke up hearing Nandhini's voice.

" What happened, Nandhini?" Asked Karikalan as he rubbed his eyes and looked at Nandhini.

Nandhini turned towards Karikalan with bloodshot eyes, Karikalan's mouth widened on seeing Nandhini's state.

" What happen Nandhini?" Karikalan slowly whispered as he got up and walked towards Nandhini.

As soon as Karikalan came near Nandhini, she got hold of the collar of his upper cloth.

"What didn't happen!? Everything happened!" Replied Nandhini shaking Karikalan.

Karikalan tried to get off Nandhini's grip on his collar but couldn't.

" What are you saying, Nandhini?" Asked Karikalan.

" You took everything from me!" Screamed Nandhini.

" I didn't do anything! " Protested Karikalan.

" Oh, so what is this ?" Asked Nandhini pointing at herself.

Karikalan's eyes widened. " I am so sorry Nandhini, I-I was was drunk" replied Karikalan.

" You promised me that you won't drink ever again right?" hissed Nandhini, hiding the fact that even she was drunk.

Karikalan looked down in shame. " What is the point of regretting after doing everything?" Questioned Nandhini.

Karikalan still couldn't stand Nandhini's rage and kept looking down.

Nandhini started to cry, "We will leave for Thanjai today" informed Nandhini as she ran out of the room crying.

Karikalan lifted his head after Nandhini left. He kept his hands on his head and pulled his hair cursing at himself.

He threw the jug on the mirror causing it to break into a million pieces.

Karikalan huffed and continued to regret what he had done.

The jingling of Nandhini's anklet echoed all around the palace, as she ran out from there.

Nandhini constantly kept wiping her tears as she ran, she had no aim at where she was running.

After what felt like an hour for Nandhini, she reached the bank of a river.

She saw a middle-aged woman who had come to fetch some water.

Nandhini could stand she immediately fell to the ground, the woman came rushing towards Nandhini.

" Amma are you alright.?" enquired the woman, keeping her hand on Nandhini's shoulder.

Nandhini shook her head and continued to weep.

The woman sat down beside Nandhini, " I know that something is wrong, maybe I could help you ." suggested the woman.

"You can't change fate," told Nandhini in a broken voice. "But we can try to mend it." Told the woman.

"You can't," Nandhini told. "Why do you think I can't?" asked the woman.

"I have let fate run half of my life, I don't think it will leave me to go on my track." Told Nandhini as she wiped her tears.

"But you still have half-life left to live, maybe you cannot change the way, why don't you make your way?" suggested the woman.

Nandhin looked at the woman with hope in her eyes. " Penne, life teaches us everything, good and bad, It is us who are to choose the path of good or bad. If we have chosen a good path, we wouldn't have to change ourselves. If we have chosen the wrong one then it is not late, change yourself, it is better late than never." Said the woman.

" how do we find out if we are On the right or wrong path?" questioned Nandhini.

" The same fate will make us realise it." replied the woman.

Nandhini half-heartedly nodded," But is it wrong to punish the bad people ourselves?" Asked Nandhini in a whisper.

" It is, if we decide to punish everyone wrong, ourselves, then this whole world would be empty, there is both God and Devil inside us, we can't say that a person is always bad, if he is then there will be a very big reason behind it." The woman advised.

The woman opened the end of her saree and gave her a small packet packed with palm leaves, gave it to Nandhini.

Nandini got the packet and looked at her confused, the woman understood Nandhini by seeing her face.

" Oh, it is just a mixture of herbs, it will help to heal your feet." The woman told as she pointed towards Nandhini's feet.

It was bleeding, with stones and thorns stuck in it.

"How do you have this ?" Asked Nandhini.

" I don't use any footwear, I get these often so I have it ready with me. But now it seems like you are going to need it." the woman told Nandhini

Nandhini pursed her lips and nodded," Amma, can I come with you ?"

" so penne, I will have to go back to my house, no not today, but that day is not very far." The woman told as she got up and fetched some water.

Nandhini brought her palms together as the woman walked away smiling at Nandhini. " Amma, what is your name?" Asked Nandhini.

The woman turned towards Nandhini smiling, "I will tell to you the next time we meet. Hope to meet you again if the thing you believe (fate) brings us together."

This woman's words had brought some kind of change in Nandhini's mind.

Nandhini was very much confused by the woman's words.

Nandhini's inner consciousness told her that she was going to meet the woman soon.

Nandhini wiped the rest of the tears and got up, she walked towards the river and bent down, she took a hand full of water and splashed it on her face.

Some soldiers walked towards Nandhini, Nandhini felt a presence behind her and turned to look at them.

They took a step back seeing her condition. A brave soldier came to the front and informed.

"Ilavarasi, Iravaraser has asked us to bring you back to the palace. "

Nandhini stared at his face for a minute and nodded, started walking forward.

She got into the palanquin and gestured for the soldiers to start the palanquin. Nandhini opened the packet, she winced as she applied it.

Don't forget this woman, she will play an important role in Book 2.

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