Petrichor - Time Travel To Mahabharat Era

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It was decided that the Pandavas will get Khandava prastha, a barren forest and Duryodhan will get to become the crown prince of Hastinapur. Vaishnavi couldn't bear the obvious biasness towards his own son from the blinded king. She had talks with Vidur and Bhishma, but they were in vain as they both couldn't do anything as well.

Vaishnavi, who was sitting with Draupadi, was listening to all the news given by the soldier. "And, Princess, the Kingdom has been divided! The sons of Pandu are getting-", the soldier was saying, but got cut off by her, "Khandava prastha? And Duryodhan will be the crown prince! Am I right?".

The Soldier asked her, clearly taken aback, "How did you know, Princess?". Bheem entered saying, "Because if she doesn't know, nobody knows! Am I right, Vaishu?". Vaishnavi looked at him with a stoic expression, while Nakul joined him as well, "Yeah Yeah, Bharata Bheem! Vaishu is a sweetheart!", and sat beside him, giving her a sheepish smile.

She turned her head away from them, while the other three entered the chamber as well, with Sahadev gesturing the soldier to leave them alone. Yudisthir sat near Draupadi and looked at Vaishnavi, "Vaishu! What you did today, has not been done by anyone else in our entire lives! I swear! No one has took stand for us, but you! Even when that Duryodhan tried to kill us in the wax castle, you risked your life, went against your brother, and came for us, to save us! I'm always indebted to you, Vaishu! Infact we are all!".

Draupadi, hearing that her husbands were conspirated against by the Kauravas to kill them, and her sister saved them, she burst into tears. She tightly hugged vaishnavi and sobbed, "Ishwari! You have always been with me, helping me! You did everything for me, even before my birth! Thank you! Thank you so much for saving my husbands! Thank you!".

Vaishnavi broke the hug and kept her hand on Draupadi's cheek, "You sweet Mad girl. I would never leave your side! Infact", she looked at all of them, "I would never leave you guy's side!", and smiled sweetly. Nakul beamed and jumped up to go towards her, "Haa, Vaish! It's been a long time since I saw you smile! Mannn! I thought you were angry at us!", and winked at her.

She gave him a scolding look, and side eyed Yudisthir, telling him that he is listening to everything. Yudisthir and Draupadi were confused, and the eldest of them asked smilingly, "Angry? Why would she be angry?". Bheem dramatically added, "Hmm... You don't know Bhrata! She doesn't talk to us!", making her look at him wide eyed and shake her head slowly.

Draupadi asked, "My sister could never be angry at someone for so long, Aarya!", to which Arjun raised his head sharply, "Really? Your sister? Nah Nah! I don't second with that!", making Vaishnavi glaring at him, meanwhile he was trying to control his laugh. "Aarya! No way! Ishwari, tell them that you are not angry at them! My husbands would believe me!", she made a pouty face, which looked cute.

Vaishnavi rolled her eyes at her and smiled, "Guys, I'm not angry at you! At all! Seriously! Okay?", she sounded genuine. Bheem, Nakul and Sahadev started smiling widely and came forward to group hug her, but stopped as soon as realising that they can't touch her, and were stuck in hugging position. Vaishnavi laughed at them and shook her head, making them smile at her contently. Bheem said sincerely, "Vaishu! Man! I really missed you!", with the other two nodding vigorously. She became emotional and said, "Aww! Bheem, guys! I missed you too!". She looked at Arjun too, indicating that she missed him as well, but immediately turned away from him, making him shake his head.

Yudisthir asked her, "Ishwari! Whenever you are with me, I feel really happy! We, indeed, are lucky to have you! I just have a small request! Can you come with us to Khandava prastha? And stay with us for some time?". Vaishnavi smiled and nodded at her, "Sure, Bhratashree! I would love to see Indrapr- uh, I mean, you guy's place, haha!", she managed from spoiling them. Sahadev asked, "What? You were saying something? Indr- what?", and everybody else also had a similar expression.