Yudhishthir-" Putra what is this? How did this happen??"

Chitrasen and Prativindhya look at eachother...
Chitrasen -" Maharaj actually what happened was ......"

Flashback

Indraj-" We will now start the swayamwar!"

Rudra-" The rules are simple... Every prince will get one chance to throw the spear as far as he can , the one who throws it further away wins Vatsala's hand in marriage. I request everyone to wait patiently for their turn and pleased do not create a ruckus. We will start with the first prince , the prince of Maghada ."

Vatsala slowly looked up too see who it was , the prince of Maghada was incredibly huge and seemed to have a lot of power , he threw the spear as far as he could, though the second prince suppressed him. Vatsala looked around taking a good look at all the princes. She ignored the one who looked at her with lustful eyes just then in the midest of all them , the prince of Indraprastha caught her eye , to her suprise he was also looking at her , their eyes meet and she looks down with a blushed face , Prativindhya had a red tint and looked away, Chitrasen was dreaming about the things he would do with Vatsala after their marriage but then the glances and gestures shared by Vatsala and Prati , saddened him , if she loved Prati would she be happy with him?
The pain in his ankle increased adding more stress. He massaged it a bit .
Prativindhya -" Are you ok? Is the pain still there?"
Chitra-" Not really, it's nothing!"
Prativindhya-" Well then , seems like our chance is quite away, I can't wait to win the swayamwar and take her home with me , maa would be so happy! "

Chitrasen smiles indeed she was a gem .... His mind drifted off into deep thoughts. Prativindhya was closely observing him , ofcourse he didn't know Chitrasen very well , but then his actions showed that he was nervous and definitely in pain. He had folded his hands, sweat tingling from his neck and he moved his leg nervously.... Probably something was wrong. But asking him now would distract him ... It took forever for the Princes to hit the target... Finally it was Prativindhya's turn he rose from his seat , the took the blessings of the elders and gave Vatsala a "just look at me" look. Chitrasen was actually rooting for Prativindhya....

Prativindhya took the spear in his hand, and with a fine run he sprang , his posture was clean and his spear landed the furthest!

Indraj-" waah! Waah Kumar waah ! Is anyone here left who can compete with that ? Anyone?"
Most of the princes gave up but then among the rats was a lion .
Chitrasen-" I can . I can compete with that mark ! "

All the eyes turned towards Chitrasen, Prativindhya gave him a no nod but Chitra didn't pay any attention. He walked his way towards the spear.
Indraj was confident that a sut putra's son couldn't compete with someone who is a kshatriya as good as Prativindhya...

Unknown place

Person -" It's time now ."
Abhimanyu -" time for what?"
Dvipat-" bhojan?"
Person(Laughs)-" No , not for bhojan but for your practice!"
Dvipat-" But I was hungry!"
Banasen-" Not now Dvipat!"

The voices get muffled and the person turns around...

[ Sorry for a small chapter but I wanted to dedicate a whole new chapter for Chitrasen because he should develop as a character and then we will get a clear picture of him . Well then I will keep the suspense on !!!]~author