MIRAGE OF HEARTSTRINGS

MELANCHOLIC DESTINY

WELCOME TO
SEASON 2

"this sucks!........................I miss jyeshthshree" The other presence in office of Hastinapur palace flinched slightly before looking at the whining second eldest kaurava who is still unaware of his choice of words.

As the said friend and brother of now eldest living Kaurava couldn't help but grit his teeth, remebering about the incident of four years ago.

FLASHBACK

"The carriage of Maharaj and Maharani..........there was a landslide and the carriage of Maharaj and Maharani got caught in it and now............they are nowhere to be found except for the empty broken carriage of theirs at the edge of cliff of mountains"

AT THE CLIFF

"look carefully!"

"not a single thing should be left"

All the kauravas check the whole mountain area, going down the hill and cliff, pushing past the mountain stones but found nothing but fragments of gold, wood and some ripped cloth piece which are clearly the outfits as theirs whose they don't want to assume.

Even the far living Kauravas with the close friends of eldest Kaurava and their enmity filled cousins also came with the elders but even after the continues looking-checking and investigation, they couldn't find the three.

It was already the afternoon of next day when they still didn't give up on looking their missing family but found the sky darkening before they hear from down the cliff "there is nothing left in further" that echoes in the silent atmosphere as the raindrops started falling, pattering on the ground.

The third Kaurava glance at everyone whose expression does not give away their emotion at all before glancing at the five cousins, finding their expression hard to read as he couldn't even see them clearly past the rain. But the expression of now eldest living Kaurava came out to be too easy to read, nothing but calmness on his face, though his eyes............hollow like a living statue.

Flinching at such expression, the younger Kaurava immediately look away, finding himself looking at their youngest who eyes are filled with nothing but abhor while his dirty palm with blood sweeping across cuts shows his desperation and franticness for finding his family, family that was their, family that was with them, family that was going to start and family for which eve the sky is mourning.

His eyes went towards the three best friends of 'wishfully-not' late eldest Kaurava, finding their expression to be filled with such vexation that one would be worried if that rage fall on the assailant, there is none to predict chance that the person would survive further more.

Soon after a week, slowly by slowly, everyone stepped back when forget about their body, not even their hair strand is found. It went all silent in the Hastinapur as the second eldest kaurava become the incharge of Maharaj's work after Duryodhana while the other kauravas became closed among themselves, not even talking to each other while the now eldest Kaurava only met his wife and that to at night & no one else.

However the silence didn't remain for much time when after two months, the three best friends of Late-maharaj-of-Hastinapur stepped in the royal sabha, clearly not with a good thing, judging by their expressions.

"what is this bhratashree?" The now eldest Kaurava asked upon seeing the long wrapped bundled cloth, respectfully and carefully holded into the arms of Samrat.

The said person laid down the bundled wrapped cloth gently on the ground before stepping making all the presence in there look at the three who refuse to let out any words.

Upon seeing everything silent, the second eldest kaurava signalled his wife to remove the bundled cloth who went to do it, only for her fingers to tremble before her whole body started trembling making everyone worried.

The said person's hudband immediately step towards in concern, glancing at the one bundled cloth before gently removing it from above, taking everyone's breathe as the former Maharani of Hastinapur cried out "PUTRI BHANUMATI !!"

Whole Hastinapur palace went silent, only the cries of daughter-in-laws of Hastinapur could be heard with Mata Gandhari, until the Kashi Raj speak out "we couldn't find Duryodhana's body nor.................but" before showing the small evil eye preventing anklet, making the everyone's tears fall "Lakshman"

The night came soon after the Antim Sanskar (last rites) before everyone locked themselves in their respective rooms while the third Kaurava walk around th corridor until he hear small sound from inside the burnt room of their late eldest brother.

Opening the door, the third Kaurava stepped inside, finding a silhouette at the corner of dark room, before whispering out "dushasana?"

The silhouette let out a shuddering breathe, before letting out in clearly hoarse voice "go back Vikarna?" However, expectedly the third Kaurava only stepped beside the now eldest Kaurava, looking at the illuminating moon before putting his arm around other person's shoulder.

Who at first trembled before breaking down before the third Kaurava also find himself breaking, knowing this time no one is here to put them together again as both the younger Kauravas mourn for their family, for their eldest brother's family, for their eldest brother, for their that brother who was always been their only family, their that brother who became their father-mother and everything at early age, their protection pillar and their only thread to keep binded together.

FLASHBACK END

The third Kaurava look at the eldest Kaurava who is twirling the wooden ink pen on his fingers absent mindly as he remembers his promise to their late-eldest-brother-looking-moon about their family and the second eldest kaurava

"I promise to keep our family safe...........And this will be the first and last time Dushasana will cry in sorrow"

"despite not being king. I still have so many things to do.....why? Huh Vikarna?"

Well, yeah, despite not being Maharaj of Hastinapur when he should be but that day................Oh, how could one forget that day? When it was time to decide who will rule Hastinapur, Yudhishtir or Dushasana? Or will it remain King less and will eventually come under Samrat?
That day was one of the another haunting day.

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