In Dravida:
Drisana breathed easily as finally the tension left her. She was burning the message sent to her by Dhristyadym and Dridhaksh. Both had done their part accordingly and Pandavs were safe. Dhristyadym was back on the way to Panchal and Dridhaksh to Dravida.
She went to the temple to thank God. As she finished her prayer, Daiwik came there.
"Have you seen Subhadra?" Daiwik asked.
"No. But why are you searching her?" Drisana asked instead, though she knew Subhadra was with Maharani Mangalya.
"I want to show her our garden." Daiwik replied stammering a bit.
"She has already seen that. And why are you so eager to show her everything? Don't you have anything else to do." Drisana said narrowing her eyes at him.
"It's not like that. She's come for the first time here, so I was being polite." Daiwik said scratching his head.
"It's okay bhratashree. But her fiancee doesn't like people who get overly polite with her." Drisana said smiling sweetly.
"She has a fiancee?!!!" Daiwik's face looked like the balloon that's gas got leaked.
"Yes. Bhrata Krishna haven't said anything to her though. You know not wanting to get her worried." Drisana said casually. Daiwik looked like he would cry at any moment. The first girl he got a crush on was already someone else's. Drisana felt bad for him.
"Don't worry bhrata Daiwik. I'll find a very nice girl for you." She said to console him. "I'll find one like bhabishree Aanandini." She said again smiling. Daiwik frowned at that.
"Aanandini bhabishree!!! Yuvrani se jyada kabile ki sardarni lagti hai woh. Upar se unka besura gana! Oise to Jyesth ka dimag itna calta hai, par aaj tak o unke gane se nehi bach paye. (She's more of a tribe leader than Yuvrani. Moreover her tuneless singing. Jyesth is so clever but didn't find any way to save himself from her songs.)" Daiwik said. Well, not Aanandini then.
"Okay then I'll find someone sweet and naive like Himani & Poornima bhabishree." Drisana said.
"Kuch to sharam karo. Tum cahti ho ki mere halat bhrata Dheemant jaysa ho. Adha din to unka dono ki bate jor ke samajh ne mei cala jata hai. (Have some shame. You want me to suffer like bhrata Dheemant. His half day goes on joining their words.)" Daiwik said looking at Drisana with horror.
"Shubhaprada bhabishree. Final. She's so sociable." Drisana said again.
"Itna bolti hai ki samne wale ki swaas rukh jata hai unhe dekh. Mujhe marne ka erada hai? (She talks so much that the listener's breath gets caught. You want to kill me?)" Daiwik narrowed his eyes.
"Priyala bhabish-" Drisana even couldn't complete as Daiwik started to pull his hair.
"Bhrata Devajyot ki sakal to pehle se hi kharab tha. Bhabishree ke hat ka byanjan kha ke aur sar gaya hai aab. Mujhe samajh mei aa gaya hai behen. Mere liye to Brahmacarya hi thik hai. (Bhrata Devajyot's face was ugly from before. Now it has gotten more ugly by eating food made by her. I've gotten it sister. Brahmacarya will be best for me.)" Daiwik said folding his hands. Drisana's eyes widened as he left. Did she just pushed Daiwik into taking brahmacarya?
In Hastinapur:
Shakuni was irritated. He thought if not kill Arjun and Bheem, Jarasandh would do some damage at least, but that idiot ran away at the second day of war only. Whatever, his main motive was succeeded. Yudhisthir, Nakul and Sahdev had left with a handful guards for Vrikasthala and Shakuni had no doubt they wouldn't return.
"Why the war was stopped suddenly?" Mahamantri Vidur asked confusingly.
"Sayed usko aakal aa gaya mujhe dekh ke. (Maybe he came to sense seeing me.)" Bheem said arrogantly. Arjun who was contemplating the situation looked at him with a bored expression.
In Magadh:
Jarasandh was tensed. As he had left for battle, someone had kidnapped his one and only son, Sahdeva. He had to immediately return leaving the battlefield to find his son. Later Sahdeva was found near Riksha mountain unharmed and unconscious. He didn't remember who kidnapped him or how. First the attack on him and now the kidnapping. What the hell was happening in his Kingdom?
He decided it was best to first safeguard his palace then going for battle.
On the other side Dhristyadym crossed the border of Magadh and started for Panchal unnoticed.
In Hastinapur:
Duryodhan was anxiously waiting for the news of Yudhisthir's death. Shakuni looked at him.
"Relax mere bache. There's no way Yudhisthir can return alive from Vrikasthala. He is dead already. Anytime we will get the news." Shakuni said lifting alcohol to his lips. He was pleased today as the boulder in Duryodhan's path had been removed finally.
"I don't trust my luck Mamashree. I can't relax until I see his corpse with my own eyes." Duryodhan said, tension clear in his face.
"This time luck is with us. Mardok's Maya won't let them get out of Vrikasthala and the aggressive Bharata soldiers would have killed them mercilessly." Shakuni said.
A guard came to inform them that Raj sabha had been summoned immediately.
"Look. This must be to announce them dead." Shakuni said smirking.
"Poor souls. Mardok and Bharata soldiers must have beheaded them even before they could understand anything." Gandharraj Shakuni said chuckling as they were moving through the hallways.
"Bhoot!!! Bhoot!!! Bhoooooooooooot!!!!!!! (Ghost!!! Ghost!!!)" Dussasan came towards them running and screaming.
"What happened Dussasan? Why are you looking scared?" Duryodhan asked that idiot.
"Bhratashree, bhoooooooooot!!!" Dussasan stammered.
"Mere priye Dussasan, aadha dimag to tumhara pehle se hi gayeb hai. Baki aadha bhi kahi khoke aaye ho kya? (My favourite Dussasan, half of your brain was missing from earlier. Have you lost the rest half too?)" Shakuni asked smiling sweetly at him. Dussasan's eyes widened as he looked behind Shakuni. He signed Shakuni to turn.
"What? What is behi-" Shakuni was saying while turning.
"Ammmmmmaaaaa!!! (Mother!!!)" Shakuni screamed as he got afraid seeing Nakul standing right behind him. Dussasan was half intoxicated when he saw Nakul and ran screaming as he was sure of their death.
"Parnipat Mamashree. Are you okay?" Nakul asked with folded hands and a tight-lipped smile. Shakuni opened and closed his mouth a few times, but no word came out. Duryodhan was also in shock.
"Bhrata Dussasan, why did you run away seeing me? Itna sudarsan hu mai, aur aap mujhe dekh bhoot bula rahe hai? (I'm so handsome and you are calling me a ghost?)" Nakul asked him enjoying their faces.
"We're getting late for sabha." Duryodhan gritted out coming out of shock. If Nakul was alive, so was Yudhisthir and Sahdev. But how?
Only three person had the ability to end Mardok's Maya. Vasudev, Karna and Arjun. Vasudev was at Dwarka, Karna was right at the Palace with them and Arjun was at the battlefield.
Then where the hell had an archer powerful enough to end the Maya had appeared to save them???
Even though the chapter is short, hopefully it makes up for the previous one. 😉😉😉
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Journey to the Old Era (Drisana's Mahabharat #1)
Historical FictionDrisana has always felt like she's in the wrong place, wrong time. Why? That has no answer. After her parents death, adventure lover Drisana has been travelling around the world to find peace in her heart which has always been missing. But things ta...
