SURVIVOR: written in blood

1. Reincarnation

Aarunya's pov

 "haah", I woke up with a start and looked around, I can breathe, i touched my neck warily while looking around the room-this is not heaven... I was executed at the age of 26, my head was chopped and i felt breathless, how did i survive? i thought

as i looked around-i recognized my old room, from my parents house. i saw my Sakhi (maid) woke up because of the noise and start crying, "madhi?" i asked puzzled.

"yes, princess" she said getting up and checking my body for fever, "you scared us all-wooo"...but madhi died five years ago, how is she alive? i look at her crying face puzzled

 "what year is this," i held her shoulders with excitement- ignoring her cries..

  madhi replied " it is 1615 Princess"

 "What?" i roared 1615?, isn't this 1625? was that a dream a nightmare or a past life that i have failed to live properly? i squirmed on the bed in tension....i had a weird knot in my stomach

what should i do? did i go back in time? was what i saw true? how could it not be-i can still remember the feeling of a sword against my neck.

"my parents-what about my parents?" i just remembered 

 "i will inform them of your awaking princess" madhi ran down to call them, that means they are still alive right? she said she will call them-they will be here-i can look at them.... i prayed to god that this is the truth and that i actually came back in time...that i can live my life without regrets this time. i promised myself i would fight for my family. 

in my past life, my elder sister died of unknown reasons in her in-law's house- my father, uncle  were defeated in war. my husband threw me into a separate palace shielding me from knowing anything about my remaining family where i died of assassination. i heard my younger sister was made in to a prostitute, i only heard she was raped and killed in our own kingdom.my youngest sister was married to the new king, but unexpectedly died-actually she killed herself. 

where did it all go wrong? why did our neighboring king attack us? why did my husband throw me away...i will find out all these secrets and safeguard my family! 

my parents ran over to my room while i was thinking all this sitting on the bed in daze..."aaru, how are you feeling?", my mother held my face in her palms- tears pooled in my eyes looking at my father and my mother.

" You fell into the pond". my mother said and i touched the bandage on my head. it was wrapped with some mulika's (herbs) tightly.

i don't remember clearly but i think, i  fell into the pond when i was 16, so i should be 16 now-i came back in time to 10 years ago...i don't know how much longer i will stay here or if i will be dead after today...if this is a dream or not.... i want to look at my parents one last time, my family, my sisters that i miss so much and the people of kampilya that i serve . god please give me the strength to protect my family if i end up staying here.

Aarunya chakrika kampilya is my full name i am one of the four princess of kampilya kingdom-the second one to be exact.

i have always taken life in an easy going way...so i never thought i would end up resenting that kind of  life after my death.

how did i die? i was assassinated while i was asleep- i woke up to the footsteps sound in my chamber-'no one is allowed to enter my chambers...it is fishy' i remember thinking and before i could even scream, my head was cut off.

"i feel okay now, mother" i replied trying to push the past thoughts away and heard my parents sighed out of relief.

"okay, madhi go and bring some food for aaru" she ordered and madhi went out in bowing stance.