Petrichor - Time Travel To Mahabharat Era

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"Ouch! Vaishu! Be considerate!", Balram feigned being hurt. Vaishnavi gave him a look and started to attack him again. They were practicing swords, mace and spear. Vaishnavi got very better at all the weaponry she learnt from Balram in the past two years. And also her awakening helped her in becoming more powerful. Krishna and Subhadra were watching her practicing with her elder brother.

She successfully pushed Balram down on the ground, after a long 3 and a half hours of practice. "Ha! I won!", she said and extended her hand to help him get up off the floor. He looked at her and said, "you really have a great improvement! And it's not just good, it's so great that for a normal human like you to get hold of all these in a little span of 2 years is not a normal thing!". She looked at him derisively and said, "Who told you I'm a normal human?", and threw the wooden sword for him to catch it and ran away from him dragging Subhadra along.

He just looked at her bewildered and broke into a smile, contented that his little sister was back to him. He went towards Krishna and said, "Kanha! I am worried that she will go into that mindset again! So, I'm asking for a favour from you!", he asked while both of them were going inside the palace. Revati gave Balram a towel to wipe off the sweat, and got involved in the conversation as well.

Krishna nodded and asked him to go on, "Kanha! I want you to take her outside of Dwaraka for some days! I know she is capable of taking care of herself alone. But, I'm just afraid. Think from an elder brother's perspective! You are also her brother, right! I can't leave her alone, only for few days. Once I get sure that I can leave her alone, I will. And the only person I trust, is you Krishna!", he finished, by then, they entered the hall area, where everyone except Subhadra and Vaishnavi was there.

They all heard it and agreed with the eldest among the brothers. Vasudev said, "He is right Krishna! Take her somewhere for her mind to get clear". Krishna looked at Rukmini, who nodded at him. Smilingly, he told everyone, "Don't worry guys, I know exactly where to take Ishwari!".

"Where are we going?", Vaishnavi asked him, who was accompanied by Subhadra. Krishna looked at her and smiled before saying, "I will introduce a new friend to you!". She looked at him smilingly confused and asked, "Who?". He gave her an amused look and told her, "Ishwari! We are going to Panchal. Kampilya to be precise".

She immediately went towards her mother, who was feeding her Jalebis, her favourite dessert, and said with a stuffed mouth, "I already have a friend there, Ashwathama! I must say he is an idiot, but a good guy! Haha!". Krishna just kept his hands on his hips and started at her with an 'You are impossible' look. She stopped chewing at his expression and started thinking about his words. Then she realised what he meant. "Oh! Ohhhh! Panchali?".

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"Kanha! You are god right? Why don't we just teleport instead of travelling all the way?", she asked him while sitting on Simba, clearly exhausted. She didn't understand how people from this era used to travel between kingdom's like they wander in their house, that too without getting tired. Krishna told her, "There is a saying in english, Ishwari. Be a Roman in Rome! Am I right?". She just gawked at his fluency in English and soon closed her mouth to agree with him.

'Ofcourse, he is God! He would know every language in this world! Duh!!!'

"Duh!", he said too. She looked shocked at him, but laughed. "You are impossible, Kanha!", she told him. He gave her a side eyed smile. Krishna asked her, "You said you didn't need any guards, i agree! But, why did you bring your musical band with you?". She looked at him gasping dramatically and said, "Haww! Kanha! I have to practice my music. I have a talent bro. I have to hone it to perfection!", she said and patted her shoulders in pride. He gave her a look and said, "Hmm! How? By singing all movies songs! Am I right, Sakhi?". She just gave him a sheepish smile for that biting her tongue.

"How faarrr!!! We have been travelling for 3 daysss!!", she sang with closed eyes hanging onto Simba, clearly annoyed at the distance. "We are here, Ishwari!", he pointed his hands at a certain direction. She immediately opened her eyes at that and looked in the direction.

There was a celebration happening all over the city. The king of Kampilya was announcing that he finally had a son. "tch! Patriarchal society to be honest!", she shook her head looking at him. The King said, "On the occasion of my son Dristadyumn's birth, each one of you are getting 100 gold coins!!!", to which the crowd cheered. She spoke to herself, "Drishtadyumn? Then he must be Drupad! Isn't he?", to which Krishna nodded. "What the hell, Kanha? Why wouldn't he announce about his Daughter? where is she?", she asked searching for Draupadi.

Krishna looked at her with a little sad pouty face and shook his head. She looked at him bewildered, "This dude's got no chill man! He left her alone all by herself, not caring about her! This guy is such a...", she kept on rambling. A purple glow appeared around her and she joined her hands to shoot him with that. Krishna stopped her in a hurry and said, "Hey! Hey! Control! Hahah! By the way, wasn't it golden initially? When did it become purple? Hahah!", he asked her, trying to deviate. She looked at her hands and said, "Ah! This changed colour when all my chakras got activated and everything merged, forming a purple. So since then, my powers have purpl- but why are you asking me this, Kanha? You know everything right? Oh yeah! You were trying to deviate me because of that dude. Just let me shoot him once and then I'll show him who I am!".Krishna sighed and tried to control her anger by saying, "Huff! I'm tired. Let's go get some water from a nearby lake over there?", to which she nodded.

As they reached a nearby lake, they both got down of their horses and went to drink some water out of the lake. "Really! Such misogynists should get punished! How can he leaves his just born daughter just like that! If I get that Drupad on my hands, I will make him fall on his knees and..", but she got sharply cut off by a woman, who voice sounded like she was crying for a long time.

"Hey! Don't you dare say anything against my father!".

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