FLASHBACK
"bhrata karna"
"hello Dushala, you seem to be very much happy today"
"any problem?"
"what!? No! I just-"
"calm down. I was just kidding bhratashree"
"......................congratulations, you succeeded"
Dushala burst of laughing seeing karna's done face who also couldn't hold his smile as he sighed saying "it seems you are staying too much with those brats" making Dushala nod before she waved to karna who left from there as she turn aorund to leave too but stopped when she saw a eagle flying above, and it seems the eagle has lost it's way or either has gotten confused.
Dushala raised her arm, immediately giving the signal to Eagle who came to sit down on her arm as she gave the eagle water before her eyes caught the tied letter on the eagle's leg. She look around cautiously before gathering the courage to open the letter only to have her eyes widen by the first word on it
Karna
The letter is for karna, knowing this made her take a deep breath while she contemplate over if she should open it or not. It would be a bad idea and this is not a behaviour of mannered kid................but a little peek won't hurt right? Thinking to herself, she opened the letter completely which is small, not much is written on it too.
Karna, I have found the root of that
poison thing. You can come to take it.Dushala became confused over the word poison but shrugged knowing she won't get to find out about it anyway before an idea came in her mind of pranking karna by replying to this letter as she sneak inside duryodhana's office, taking the ink to write the reply below it.
Why should I come? Don't you
know I am a King. Come by yourself
and give me.Giggling to herself while reading the reply, Dushala rolled the letter but before she could tie the letter to eagle's leg, the eagle grabbed the letter from it's mouth before he flew from Dushala's shoulder as a bright light came from it
only for the eagle to vanish while Dushala to panick. No way, she really sent that reply. What if the person complained to karna? What if he get angry on her? What if the person got angry on her?
Dushala felt her sweating from fear as she turn around to find herself confronting duryodhana who just entered his office only to find his dear sister making him smile but it soon vanishes when he saw a fearful expression of Dushala's face.
"what happened Dushala?"
"n.....nothing bhratashree"
But duryodhana didn't buy it as Dushala immediately left from there before duryodhana could ask another question making him confuse and worried at the same time but he still let it go cause - first, Dushala has grown up now, so she does not need people to look after her beside she wants her own space too and second, Dushala never hide anything from them, so if there is something concerning then she would definitely tell him or anyone other.
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"what should I do now?" A certain prankster muttered, biting her lips while right foot continuously tap on the ground as she stand in between in her room after pacing around for more than an hour.
The panick and worry didn't left her as she waited for karna to knock on her door anytime but it didn't happened not until the time she went to sleep when she hear a knock on her window making her panick, why window?
Expecting it to be a person or anything else which has gotten thrown on the window, she opened the door but got surprised when she saw the same eagle from morning as she step back to let the eagle enter who immediately sat on the window.
Confusingly, Dushala went to take some water and fruits for the eagle which eagle ate before she notice another letter tied on the eagle's leg. Swallowing thickly, she took the letter opening it, ready for an angry response or war challenge for next day but what written inside the letter, astonished her.
Looks like the letter went to
wrong bird.It was supposed to be concerning how the person knows that the letter didn't reached to karna but again if the person knows Karna then he must be some big personality too or a warrior and if the person knows karna then they definitely know how karna usually reply, so it makes sense but the reply............it is definitely surprising but it doesn't mean it didn't made Dushala more playful about as she wrote the reply under it again.
How dare you say that!
Don't you know how to behave!?Giggling softly, Dushala covered her mouth as she gave the letter to the eagle who again grabbed it from its beak before disappearing magically again. While she went to lay on the bed, thinking if the person is going to reply again or not but still it didn't failed to make her excited thinking of, if the person replied then what will it be.
AT THE MORNING
Waking up by the blessing of Suryadev in the form of warm sunlight is the best start of the day as Dushala yawned, starching her arms before rolling over the bed to find her dupatta before her hands felt her silk dupatta with heavy thread work on the border. Satisfied, Dushala opens her eyes finally only to flinch back scaredly when the first thing she saw after opening her eyes is the eagle from yesterday before she sighed chuckling before getting up to read the tied letter.
I apologise for my misbehaviour Devi.
I didn't mean to be rude, just saying
you are intelligent.Gasping Dushala look at the letter wide eyes, How does this person knows that it her? Though it is her but how does the person that it her not him?..........is that person near? Dushala look around before glancing at the eagle who is calmly sittting on the open window......Oh, she didn't closed it yesterday.
"putri"
Hearing her mother's voice from outside Dushala panicked, looking at he letter then at the eagle before she grabbed the ink from night table as she right the reply-
It is no problem, good sir. Though
I know I am intelligent.-which the eagle took, immediately vanishing as Dushala also hurriedly grab her dupatta, fixing herself before opening the door while thinking about the letter. If the person assumed it is her then there won't be any problem if she assumed that it is him, right?
"ji Maa"
"you aren't ready. Go get ready fast"
Dushala laughed at her mother's scolding finding it cute that she (Mata Gandhari) doesn't seem serious before Dushala ran inside to get ready while getting excited to read the reply.
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