MIRAGE OF HEARTSTRINGS

TUG OF FATE

"Maa"

Kunti heard her sons voice making her turn around to find her son's coming inside the hut as they touch her feet taking blessing before she says "how are you all? I was worried"

"sorry Maa"

"we are all okay, though how are you?"

"I am okay too putra, we have to back now"

The sentence was enough to make Pandavas confuse ad they ask kunti "what do you mean Maa?"

"Mahamantri Vidur ji has arranged everything for us in the palace, he said we can come now"

Feeling the ground sleeping under their feet, Pandavas nodded, not sure why they are not liking the idea of leaving Anga's palace. How did they become this much attached?

Nodding silently yudhishtir said "we will leave then...............after we tell ,if you don't mind Maa?"

"of course I don't putra. You can go"

Looking at each other they nodded as Arjuna left the hut, going towards the palace to find avyaan talking to the kids outside the palace before his eyes caught Aadav's figure as he says "hey Aadav!"

"hello Avyaan, is Maharaj inside?"

"actually, no. He left urgently so"

Aadav nodded before he took a deep breath as he says to avyaan "we are going to leave the job"

Blinking for a moment Avyaan opened his mouth before closing it without saying anything as he again open his mouth, hesitantly saying "I see, of course you can leave, I will tell Maharaj and Vid ji, you don't have to worry about that..........I think I got close to you all"

Seeing tears pricking in avyaan's eyes Aadav can't help but to become sad as he patted avyann's shoulder lightly before turning around, leaving but taking some remembering memories.

"let's go, Maa" Arjuna says as they all left the hut, walking towards Hastinapur while occasionally taking breaks in between to eat and bath.

"hmm, the sun is brighter today....................must be because of bhrata- Angraj" Nakula muttered looking at the morning sun as he muttered while stretching his body before he rub his arms, stopping when he felt a slender thing wrapped around his arm. Looking at it, he found it is that marriage bracelet only to get suddenly reminded to Duryodhana, feeling a rush of something inside himself as his neck hair stand before he shook his head, going towards his brothers and mother.

FEW DAYS LATER

AT HASTINAPUR

"Kunti, why didn't you come here if you were okay? How much worried we were"

"sorry jiji, just wanted to take a look around the Rajya. We are okay, now"

"I see, meet Draupadi, my daughter-in-law, Vikarna's wife"

They watch the beautiful lady beside Vikarna as they both take blessing from kunti until their eyes caught dushasana watching them while leaning against the pillar, far away, not even coming to greet as his eyes meet theirs before he left from there.

"we should go back to Indraprastha now" Yudhishtir said before Mata Gandhari stopped him by saying "not this fast, stay for a while"

"works are pending there, mata" Yudhishtir said, as mata Gandhari nodded before saying "at least eat here"

"ji" After yudhishtir agreeing, they all went towards the eating place as they notice none of the Kauravas are here, nor even the ladies as Mata Gandhari and Mata Kunti went to eat among themselves with draupadi.

"I wish I could help you all, my children" They hear Pitamah saying but this time, no warm feeling come inside them as they nodded except yudhishtir before finishing their food silently as went towards the palace gate to leave with kunti.

"we will leave now, jiji, Tatashree"

"take care you all and take care of your mother"

"ji Mata. Pranipat Tatshree" The Pandavas says, touching Dritarashatra's and Gandhari's feet as they both gave blessing to the five children before they took blessing of Pitamah with the twins who went to take blessing of Vikarna and draupadi as they both gave their blessing too.

The Pandavas watch kunti and Gandhari as they look around the palace until yudhishtir look up to the window finding duryodhana leaning towards the window with his eyes down on the people before his eyes meet yudhishtir's.

Looking Staright into his eyes, yudhishtir felt his fingers quiver a little as he notice duryodhana giving a light head bow as a greeting before going away from window making yudhishtir eyes stuck on the window until he felt a light shake from behind. He didn't forgot to give another glance at the window for no reason but the unknown disappointment did spread inside him when he saw the window empty as he climb the chariot, leaving from there with his younger brothers and his mother to their own Rajya.

ONE MONTH LATER

"putra karna has not visited from a month nor has any news of him came"

Duryodhana hear his mother saying as he also felt fear crawling inside him at his best friend's sudden absence making him send a letter to Panchala to ashwatthama only to get a reply of saying karna is not in Anga instead he left to find Maaya sarovar a month ago.

The fear that was once crawling inside him, starting visible on his face as he look at his brothers saying he is going to find karna and they all should wait here before he write a letter, putting it under his pillow which no one touches, leaving to find Maaya sarovar.

"this rain has to start now" Duryodhana grumbled, looking at fierce rain which does not look like that it is going to stop soon and it is not even one day of him coming to the jungle to find his best friend. Looking around here and there, duryodhana found a dark palace. Walking inside, duryodhana found it completely empty as he opened his tied hair to let his hair dry while he walk inside the palace more until he hear a crashing sound from behind making him turn around only to have his eyes widen when he notice who the person is in front of him with candle in their hands.

"Sahadeva!!"

Until he look behind sahadeva finding all the wet pandavas from rain looking at him with same shocking expression..........Good, very Good. First karna's absence then this rain and now his rain partners.............GodDamn!! Can it get any worst now!! He is lost in this jungle inside an unknown dark unusually creepy palace with no caretaker or any people even near the palace and he has to stay here until the rain stops..............with his five Enemies............Truly Fuvking Great!!!

Duryodhana cursed his life from all the things he knows, unknown to the chaos going in Hastinapur.

"where is duryodhana?"

"you? What are you doing here?.........he went to find you"

"find me?........when?"

"in the morning, bhrata karna!"

"you better be kidding me, no seriously, duryodhana!!"

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