Journey to the Old Era (Drisana's Mahabharat #1)

Chapter 23

In Dravida :

As the sun started it's ascend on the eastern sky, a man was offering arghya to Suryadev as per his regular routine.

"Suryadev, wherever she is, you can see her. Keep your blessings on her always. May her life be filled with love, prosperity and satisfaction."

That was none other than the King of Dravida Maharaj Drishadvat who was praying for his long lost daughter. Though he lost her, he never forgot or stopped praying for her wellbeing.

On the Palace of Dravida, Maharani Mangalya was also praying for a miracle like everyday. Though there were no lacking in this Palace, her daughter's absence spoke loudly to her. Her seven sons were known as the seven pillars of Dravida who always stayed ready to obey her every command, to fulfil her every wish. But it hurt them thinking they couldn't bring back the one person who was the apple of her eyes. It wasn't that she didn't love her sons. She did. Every one of them had their special place in her heart. But her daughter was at the centre of it. She had been precious to her whole family.

She remembered how excited her sons had been at the news of their upcoming sister. When she finally came, they used to wander around her all day.

"Mata tell her to open her eyes. I want to show her my new book." Dhritimat said.

"She'll sleep again seeing your boring book, Dhritimat." Dheemant laughed.

"I'll show her my bow and if that evil lady comes I'll shoot my arrows." Dridhaksh said this time, showing his toy bow.

"First learn to shoot arrows properly. I'll cut her hand if she dares to touch my sister." Devajyot encountered.

"Stop arguing. We'll have to protect our sister together." Her eldest, Dwijendra said to his brothers.

"Yes, Jyesth. No one can snatch her." Dhikshit said stubbornly. The rest nodded, even the youngest Daiwik too.

She looked at her sons as they all sat surrounding her, determined to protect their little sister.

A lone tear slipped her eye as she remembered the few memories she had with all of her children together. There were many happy ones later, but it was the most cherished as her daughter was also there.

Yuvraj Dwijendra was at the discussion room alone, looking at some parchments. Another treaty proposal from Hastinapur. Dhikshit would spat on it at the first sight. You didn't try to hurt family and go unharmed. That was what his anuj believed. He did too. And gladly rejected the proposal before. But this time it came from Yuvraj Yudhisthir.

He had heard about Pandav's return at Hastinapur. They were not interested in peace agreement with Hastinapur before as the previous Yuvraj Duryodhan himself was a trouble-maker and his words were for shit. Moreover, his reaction and opinion on the matter of his brothers insult wasn't hidden from Dwijendra.
Making an enemy out of Hastinapur was never on their agenda. But that monkey of Hastinapur dared to attack his brother. He was lucky Devajyot didn't severed his head. A war would sure ensue than. And Dwijendra believed if discussions could solve matters than it's better not to waste time and resources at wars.

Though the previous proposal was rejected, this one wasn't too bad a deal with Yudhisthir on the picture. That man knew to keep his words and thought with a level head. But the question was how long the Pandav's had before the Kauravs striked again. His spies were quite active in Hastinapur. The animosity between those weren't hidden so well. While the Pandav's were great warriors, Kaurav's striked from behind. And when there existed an internal conflict it wouldn't be smart to go on a treaty with them without much thought.