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Target for this chapter- 25 votes

100 comments.

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Subhadra pov

From childhood my mother fed me with stories of the many hardships our family had to undergo before we finally attained relative bliss and peace. Even when we moved from Mathura to Dwaraka, these were the stories we girls listened to, to remind ourselves of the tears and blood and sweat that had gone into building the palace of fortitude and love in which I had been born, whose walls sheltered and nurtured me from birth and allowed me to bloom into youth in blissful happiness. Being privy to the subtle one-upmanship between the wives of my brothers and uncles tempered any fanciful notions of love I might have had.

I was playing with my friends and cousins on the seashore when I noticed my two brothers coming towards us or more specifically me. I was ecstatic as it was very hard to spend time with them as they were busy helping our father with the administration and political work . With the Magadh king Jarasandh waiting to take his revenge on my brothers I could hardly see them, so my mind was joyful at the idea of having some time together with them.

As they came nearby, I could see both my brothers wearing a solemn expression. I realised something bad must have happened as my brothers always had a big smile when they come to meet me. I was tensed and worried about the reason behind their sad faces. I prayed to God that nothing bad should have happened to any of my family.

Brother Krishna sensing my worry asked me not to be tensed. I asked them the reason behind their expression and that's when they told me about our Aunt Kunti. I was very shocked I mean I knew that I had aunt named Pritha who was my father's younger sister.I didn't know much about her except for the fact that she was adopted by my grandfather's close friend. It seems that my aunt was Kunti who was the kulavadhu of kuru dynasty, the wife of King Pandu and mother to pandavas along with Madri. I was shocked. And she had lost her husband and co-wife Madri and was left alone with her 5 sons in a forest. Now she had to live away from her own sons. She had to abandon her own son in the river because of her fear for her reputation. I knew she had struggled a lot.

Though I had never seen my Aunt my heart went out for her and her sons.They have endured so much. I didn't notice that I was crying until I felt my brother's hand wiping away my tears. He just hugged me for a while and helped me come back to normal.

We then went to visit our father as we knew he will be the most heartbroken. I just hugged him while my brothers went towards our mothers. After a while we silently went to our own rooms.

I got ready for bed and laid down, but I couldn't sleep as my thoughts incessantly revolved around my aunt and her sons. I wanted to meet them because I became excited just by thinking of them, yet I didn't know the reason. I could only meet her sons and their shared bride right now.

I also heard they had a sister named Dhriti who was of my age, but she was as different from me as possible. She was a fearless warrior who fought on the battlefields, while I fought wars mentally while I supported my brothers and fathers. We were poles aprt but Bhaiya thought we would get along well. She never used veils while I did. But they also warned me, she can be inconsiderate when she disagrees.

My brother often told me that I am his Yogamaya and that I should always trust my gut feelings. Many people tell me that I'm lucky to be born as the sister of him and Dau as they both are considered to be the reincarnations of AdhiSeshan and Maha Vishnu but my brothers always tell me that it was because of me their Yogamaya that they have survived and succeeded in their endeavours. I just fell asleep thinking of my brother Krishna as always as it brought me peace.

The next day my father informed us that we will be going to visit Indraprasth. My brother Krishna was smiling mischieviously while looking at me and as usual I couldn't understand the reason behind it. I often find it difficult to decipher the meaning behind my brother's actions. When I question him about it he always smiles and says you should just have patience and then you will understand. I have learnt to put up with his antics and just ignore him when he does this.

But his actions today has made me curious and I couldn't wait for the arrival for my cousins and aunt and most importantly, my sister. Would she accept me? I would love company of girls who were my age, and Dhriti seemed nice. Bhaiya said that like me, she also lacked company of girls of her age.I was looking forward to meeting Bhabi Draupadi also, she was more like me compared to Dhriti. But they both were symbols of power. But stsill, I looked forward to meeting Dhriti the most.

I felt very restless and I couldn't wait to meet my sister so I kept on looking towards the entrance of the palace. My brothers were smiling at my impatient behaviour and talking among them. This is the only thing that I hate in my family. Being the youngest I was not included in certain discussions that were not for young years . But today I didn't mind them as I was busy in my pacing against the entrance waiting for them to arrive.

After a few minutes which felt like hours I saw three chariots stop near the entrance . From that came a regal girl, I knew from a glance who was she. She had a dagger and sword on her waist and only one girl in the whole world dared to carry weapons around so freely, Dhriti. I looked at her excitedly but she couldn't seem less interested.

"Dhriti!" I jumped off the chariot in a very un-princess way as I ran towards her and embraced her but she pulled back and dusted her bold black warrior clothes as if I was dust, I felt slightly offended. I noticed she wasn't wearing a lenhanga like every other royal girl but a different type of clothing I had seen worn by some female warriors, they must be custom designed for her I thought, but no doubt she looked extremely elegant, gorgeous and fierce in it.

"Don't!" She bit out with disdain as she adjusted her clothes.

"I am sorry." I whispered as I tried to show I was not hurt by her behavior. Even my both brothers looked shocked by her behaviour.

"Remember to not mess with me or see" she pointed to her black clothes and continued "Because I am already dressed for your funeral." She said and left from there.

After that two boys came who looked slightly older than me came, next to the youngest looking boy was a boy who looked big for his age and I was a bit intimidated by him. On the other side stood a boy whose stature and appearance could attract anyone towards him immediately. I could my heart flutter when he made eye contact with me, but I immediately looked aside as I suddenly felt weird. He had to be the best friend Bhaiaya Krishna talked out, cause they must mingle well with my brother Krishna as they were similar in attracting the attention of ladies. Next to them stood an older boy who is I guess is the eldest among the brothers. He had a beautiful golden kundal and kavach.

After the formal introduction among us and gaining the blessings of the elders we were all sent to the garden so that the elders could interact without disturbance.

I now knew the names of the five brothers. I couldn't help but notice the actions of the MadhyaPandava as he was the most intriguing one to me.

"Where is Bhaiya Yudhishthira and My Sakhi?" Krishna asked when I narrowed my eyes, they were 6 brothers not 5. I had not realised that till now, I was just 5 of them casually chatting with us. All of their faces fell at the mention of the former.

"Bhrata Yudhishthira is unconscious, he was badly injured in a death attempt." This took me by shock, their love for their brother yudhishthira was obvious in their eyes.

"And my sakhi?" Bhaiya Krishna asked?

"She is in Panchal, she had to go." Karn said.

We continued hatting casually as I kept stelling glances at Arjun. I don't know what was happening to me.

Bharata Krishna just smirked as he asked arjun to drop me to my chamber.

I could feel his hesitation before leaving me alone in the room but immediately left once he caught the eye of his elder brother, Karn.

Once inside the garden I saw my dau explaining mace fighting to Brother Bheema while brother Krishna was walking towards Arjuna. Both Arjuna and brother Krishna, they were attached to each other and were laughing together. I felt very happy seeing them like that and kept staring at the MadhyaPandava brother until I caught my brother Krishna smirking at me and I immediately turned away. I was left with the younger siblings Nakul and Sahadev with whom I decided to play hide and seek. I noticed that the eldest brother was praying to the sun god so we did not disturb me..

But one thought was disturbing me, how are they all going around so freely and laughing when heir one brother was unconscious?

Maybe, because it helped them push the thought to a side.

I also became good friends with the younger princes. Prince Nakul was naughty and had the eye for prank whereas Sahadeva was wise and silent but soon he warned upto me. It was his turn to find me and Nakul so I decided to climb up the tree whereas Nakul had his behind the bush near brother Bheem. I noticed brother Krishna and Arjuna coming towards the tree. I tried to hide myself better so moved but I somehow lost my balance and next thing I know was me falling towards the ground. I couldn't even scream as I was filled with fear and just kept whispering my brother's name. I then felt two arms holding me securely and heard a familiar laugh.

I opened my eyes to see the secure arms of my Dau hold me while my other brother just laughed though I could see the worried expression in his eyes.My brother helped me standup before he started scolding me for giving him a scare like that. I just stood there feeling guilty and sad for making them worry.

Then I noticed all the my cousins including the middle pandava brother looking at me which just embarrassed me a lot, I just wanted to run inside but I couldn't do that as it would embarrass me further. Sensing my discomfort Arjuna just led his brothers to the other side of the garden with just looking at me worriedly to which I have him reassuring and thankful glance.

After that my brothers just gave me tight hug and left to join the pandava brothers. I went to my chambers to change my clothes which were torn during my fall , all the while thinking about Arjuna who just understood me without even being familiar with me. Though I was confused about it I couldn't help but smile when I thought of him.

After getting changed I went in search of Arjuna to thank him for his help before. I saw him coming toward my side with brother Krishna who just went ahead sensing my need to talk with his friend.

I just stood smiling at him with a little hesitation but then then I gathered my courage and thanked him to which he just smiled and kept looking at me.

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Arjuna's POV

I just couldn't help but stare at the girl in front of me. From the moment I noticed her I just got this feeling as if I have known her my entire life and she made me feel happy with just her look. She was always cheerful and happy making others around her happy too.

I felt thankful to her when she became friends with Nakul and Sahadeva and made them smile and play happily with her. We all just lost our father and mother but they both were affected very much and they weren't back to normal with the incidents back in Hastinapur just adding to our misery . So I was glad to see them normal and happy after a long time.

I couldn't stop the feeling of horror and fear when I saw her fall from the tree and was just able breathe a sigh of relief only after I noticed brother Balram coaching her securely. I looked worriedly at her while she looked embarrassedly at us so I just called my brothers and went aside leaving a final glance at her which she returned.

Now she stood in front of me with a smile and thanked me for what I did but I just smiling at her. Sensing her discomfort I just shook my head saying it was not a problem.

We then walked towards the dining hall in silence as we both didn't know what to talk. I was actually a bit surprised to see her silent as she was normally very talkative from what I observed.

I was mad at Dhriti from the way she talked to her before, but I could not say anything, she was the only person bhrata Yudhishthira completely opened to. Him being unconscious had affected her the most, none of us had a heart to heart conversation with her yet, so she had no one to lean on. I knew I heard her cry holding Bhaiya Yudhishthira's unconscious hand yesterday at night when I was practicing in the dark.

Bharata Yudhishthira, he had been unconscious for 4 days now, I missed him, I missed his calm smile, his protective smile. I wanted him and it was killing me seeing him unconscious.

But this girl, she was doing something to my heart, I did not know what it was, but it was pleasant and ... I Liked what she did, her simple nature, her soft gaze, I wanted more of it. I was falling for her and I wanted scream it at the top of mu lungs but something prevented me.

I could not tell if I loved her from the first moment I saw her, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at her walking towards me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with her.

She was still silent beside me and it irked me, I wanted to listen to her mesmerizing voice. The moment I saw her, a part of me walked out of my body and wrapped itself around her. And there it still remains.

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Subhadra's pov

What was he doing to me? He did not get butterflies in my stomach but the whole jungle. That led me to wonder something, If we get butterflies in out stomach during such 'situations' do butterflies get humans in their stomach during such 'situations' for them?

As soon as I looked up, his eyes clicked onto my face. The breath whooshed out of my body and everything froze for a second, as though I was looking at him through my camera lens, zoomed in all the way, the world pausing for that tiny span of time between the opening and closing of the shutter.

I wanted this silence with him but we had reach the dining hall and I could feel smirks being tossed around pointed towards us.

After dinner, I went to my room as they all went along with dhriti to visit their unconscious brother. Surprisingly, Dhriti and I had not had any interactions during dinner.

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Author's pov

They reached the heavy ornate doors of their brother's chamber as Dhriti took a deep breath as she pushed the door open and the 6 of them stepped inside. Karn went and caressed yudhishthira's hair as the rest touched his feet and settled beside him.

"Bhaiya.." Nakul whispered softly as he massaged his brother's arms.

"I am worried for him." Dhriti said as she massaged the other arm.

"He will wake up. Won't he?" Bheem asked as his lower lip quivered and tears threatened to break through.

"Shh!" Karn calmed him. "He will, he has to, Mathura needs him, we all need him!" Karn said as the others just looked down.

"It is just getting more complicated, the mixture of remedy Dhriti gave was not enough compared to the amount of poison in the dagger, I can't say anything about what will happen." Sahadev said as he drew out some of yudhishthira's blood and handed it to nakul in a vessel to check if the poison has stopped spreading.

"Do you have any more of it Dhriti?" Nakul asked as Dhriti shook her head negatively.

"That was all I had." She whispered but everyone heard it.

"Do you know where can we get it?" Krn asked as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder at which she shook her head again and all of their faces fell.

"I don't." she said again.

"It is the third day we are seeing you like this, just wake up Bhaiya, why are you troubling us like this?" arjun said addressing to yudhishthira directly in a broken tone.

"Day by day, we are loosing hope of him-" sahadev choked on air as nakul finished his sentence "waking up." With tears in his eyes.

"It can't be, it just can't be!" Bheem thundered dangerously.

"Bheem, yam won't be so cruel to his own son. He will never show yudhi suffering all life long and on the first ray of joy, bring his death." Karn said as he embraced bheem.

"But isn't that what is happening? "Arjun said the words everyone dared to not say as the whole atmosphere.

"Each night we pray to god because desperate people find faith. Please god help us!" Arjun added as he shivered and his gandiv appeared.

Even dhriti got up and unsheathed her sword. "I will end the world if he dies." She thundered as arjun and bheem nodded in agreement. Karn, nakul and sahadev sighed, the 3 hotheads, karn, arjun and dhriti were at it again.

"Ending the world won't bring him back if he dies." Sahadev said as he shook his head in disappointment.

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So in this chapter I focused on Subhadra, I wanted to build upon her a little.

Did you her meet with Arjun?

What was up with Dhriti being rude to Subhadra?

What is happening to yudhisthira? Will he ever wake up?

I think I am dragging the plot a lot, so now I will hurry a little. Are you all ok with it?

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