Duryodhan wanted to roll his eyes, as he entered the cave, darkness filled it, a huge bonfire lit the cave and in front of that fire sat a man, he had long knotted hair, that had dirt and grim in them like he hadn't had bath in years.

His body was covered in what looked like ashes, red marred his forehead, the man had a negative aura around him, Duryodhan and Dushasan's hearts thundered in fear as their palms turned clammy, they walked behind their mamashree who had his hands joined in front of him.   "What is this Mamashree?" Dushasan whispered as he looked around at all the human bones around.

Blood was splattered in various corners of the room, as its coppery smell had the younger kaurav almost gagging. "Solution to kill Panchaali."  Gandhar raj said with an evil smile, his one eye closing. Dushasan and Duryodhan looked at each other, their minds holding the same question what was their mamashree planning now?

"Pranipat Kaalk." Shakuni said with a smile, the man opened his eyes, Dushasan and Duryodhan took a step back as fear marred their faces, as they saw that the man had no eyeballs, there was just hollowness and darkness there. 

They gulped as sweat ran down their forehead, their hands trembled, what was this place and who was this man. The hooting of the owl filled the cave making the two jump in fear.

"Shakuni finally you are here. I had gotten your message yesterday, I am ready to help you but I have a condition." Kaalk said, his voice sounded hoarse like it hadn't been used in a very long times, "And that it?" Gandhar raj asked, there wasn't anything that he wouldn't give it to him, to kill Panchaali he was ready to pay any price. "In exchange for me helping you I want you to get me 20 dead bodies, 3 young woman, and 6 children." He said, Shakuni nodded while Duryodhan felt his brother clutch his hand in terror listening to his strange demand.

"Than we shall begin. Have you gotten me what I had asked to get?" Kaalk questioned as he looked at Shakuni, who nodded and handed him Panchaali's hair, a piece of her odhni and a piece of the cloth she used during mensuration, he was happy that he had gotten all this things so easily with the help of the spy in Indraprasth.

He proudly handed the things to Kaalk, who had his hand out. Kaal pulled out a doll, one that was dressed like a bride, he began to chant some mantras, Dushasan and Duryodhan jumped as they heard the screams of women, and children, loud enough to pierce through the silence and make their head hurt.

Animal sounds filled the air too, so sharp and loud, drum sounds accompanied by loud screeching. And what scared the two brothers the most was the fact that there were just the four of them present in the room.

The air grew heavier in the cave as  they felt the change in the aura, a huge gust of wind came accompanied by a loud scream, so loud that all the three royalties had to cover their year, suddenly everything grew quiet as a hologram of a mark appeared, and floated in the room,

A rotten smell filled the cave as the jhankar of the payals reverberated throughout the area, the three watched with their mouth hanging open as from the mark stepped out a figure of woman, they noticed her feet that were at an unnatural angel, the toes were facing backward while her back part of the leg faced the front of her body. She wore a dark saree, her figure was alluring, screams left Duryodhan's mouth while Dushasan fainted as the two looked at her face.

Shakuni laughed and so did Kaalk, "This is Kaleshini. She will keep Pandavas distracted plus I'll do my black magic on her with the help of the doll." Kaalk said making Shakuni laugh, "how will she distract pandavas?" Shakuni asked curious, Kaalk threw the cloth of Panchaali's odhni at Kaleshini, Gandhar raj watched amazed as she took the form of Draupadi. 

Shakuni laughed, his evil laughter filling the cave, now this would be fun. . .

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Panchaali blinked her eyes open as she looked around, her blurry eyes making it difficult for her to understand where she was. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, the dark meeting room coming in her view.

She stretched as she stood up, no one was there, a smile graced her face as she understood what must have happened, she once again mentally thanked the gods for blessing her with such good husbands.

She stepped out and moved towards her room, dark spots filled her vision as she swayed, an arm wrapped around her waist as her head hit lightly on a hard chest. "Arya?" She asked confused as her eyes met with the worried eyes of Nakul, "What happened priye?" He whispered stressed as he touched the back of his hand on her forehead to check her body temperature. "You got no fever." He informed her and picked her up bridal style. "Arya I am fine." She whispered, "Fine people DON'T get dizzy." He said as he walked to his room.

"Arya please put me down. I am okay. Servants are out, they'll see arya."  She whispered as he tightened his hold on her, "And that's a problem because? I'm carrying my wife, who is mind you sick. I married you Panchaali, I didn't kidnap you so what does it matter if people see us?" He asked, making her role her eyes, "What would they say?" She asked, "That Rajkumar Nakul is such a carrying husband and you know what all the maidens would pray to get a husband like me, handsome, caring, loving, passionate. You, My highness, are the luckiest to have such a husband." He said in a cheerful manner, she rolled her eyes, this man was a handful, always so bold and always so passionate, he never cared what others thought just said it, he never failed to express how much he craved her not just emotionally but physically too.

The other pandavas showed it through their actions but Nakul, he would always say the naughty stuff out loud making her embarrass yet a part of her craved him. She suddenly got emotional, as tears filled her eyes, yes indeed, she was very lucky to have them all. "I love you." She whispered as a tear traced down her cheek, "Hey, what's wrong? Why the sudden the change princess?" He asked now even more concerned, one moment she was normal and now she was emotional, the sudden mood swings confused him.

"I love you." She whispered making him smile down at her, "I love you the most my little butterfly." He said as they entered his room, instead going to hers he brought her here. He laid her cautiously on the bed and pulled the quilt over her, till it reached her breasts. He sat next to her, his hand cupped her cheek as he wiped the tear.

"Your tears are the most precious to me little love, don't waste them." He whispered earnestly making her heart jolt in her chest as it fluttered with the feeling of love that overpowered her, at times she felt like all she could was love them, that was the only truth of her life, they were her everything.  He wiped another tear and questioned,  "What happened?" His voice soft.

"I just felt dizzy." She replied as he took her hand in his wrist and checked her pulse, "Panchaali?" Arjun asked concerned as he entered in with the rest of his brothers. "Maa maa."Prativindh gurgled in the arms of Sahadev.

"What happened?" Sahadev asked as he gave his son to Bheem, who instantly took him. His eyes watched his wife with concern, Sahadev rushed to her and took the other side of the bed. "She got dizzy." Nakul replied to Sahadev's question, "Did it happen before?" He questioned as the pandavas patiently waited for her answer. "Just a few times this week." She whispered, as she shut her eyes knowing very well that they would chastise her for her behavior.

"Excuse me?!" Bheem asked incredulously, as the other pandavas gave her a stink eye, "yes, you heard it right, it happened a few times this week." She whispered, biting her lip nervously waiting for the shouting she knew would follow. "And you didn't tell us because?" Yudhisthir asked, his voice laced with a subtle anger, "um because I thought it was nothing. I didn't want to worry you all."  She whispered making the others glare at her, Nakul groaned, "You want to have this talk again? Really? How many times have we told you this? How many times?! Really Draupadi? This is intolerable." He shouted as he stood up, he paced the room,his hand running through his hair as he pulled at it.

She lowered her head, "anything else out of ordinary?" Sahadev asked, his voice curt and his eyes looked her in a way that said that you better not lie. "Um just some vomiting, light backache, and at times my breast ache too." She whispered lowly, her cheeks heating, as sadness filled her heart, she didn't mean to hide it. The pandavas said nothing as Sahadev nodded, "When did you get the recent dizzy spell before Nakul got you?" Sahadev asked, she shut her eyes, knowing they'll be furious with the answer.

"In the bathroom this morning." Her voice was the softest, but they heard her, their anger skyrocketed as they fisted their hands. "So let me get this straight here, you're telling me that you got dizzy right early this morning in your bathroom, and right afterwards you carried on with your daily tasks, where we like idiots made you run around the damn room to help us get ready, all the while you pretended like everything was okay? Is that what your telling me?" Arjun asked, his voice furious, she kept silent, "answer me Panchaali!" He shouted making her jump in fear.

"Control yourself!" Yudhisthir shouted, as Sahadev pulled her in his arms, she wrapped her arms tightly around him and sobbed in his chest, guilt flooded the pandavas chest as they moved on the bed and sat there while she cried. "Shhh priye I'm so sorry."  Arjun whispered as tears filled his eyes seeing her cry, he pulled her in his arms, her hands wrapping around his waist as she hid her face in his neck and cried.

"Shhh little one. I am so sorry." He whispered as he caressed her back lovingly, "we know we are a little over protective of you..." he was cut off by her as she looked up at him, she pouted cutely as a tear traced down her rosy cheeks, "a little?" She asked, raising her brow at him, the pandavas chuckled at her cuteness, "okay we are over protective, way too much." He said making her giggle, "That's like my girl." Sahadev said as he kissed her cheek, " We love you so much princess." Arjun whispered making her smile, "Love you all so much more."  She whispered making them smile, as they all hugged making her heart ease and thank the gods above for such a loving family...

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