Place : borders of Panchal
Time: few days after birth of fire borns

 
It's going to be a long day! "Sakhi dyaan se" Krishna yelled seeing his friend jumping up and down ; here and there. "Don't worry govind I will be fine. Just think about your cousin that motu woh shayad rasta bathak ja sakta hai" She teased duryodhan who was back of her when he tried to lung towards her karn stopped him and moved his head in denial making him huff a bit.

Draupadi moved forward leaving everyone behind. She was mesmerized by the view of the forest as it was her first time coming out of the palace. Her giggling sounds were spread all over the place. She followed the path deep into forest. Suddenly she realized that she lost her path.

Panic started to find its way through her veins, she tried to retrace her path back but she got stumbled upon a stone and injured her knee. Tears welled up through her eyes. She tried to yell and call her friends but her voice was not able to come out of her throat due to fear.

She clutched her knees close to her tried to calm her down, tried to concentrate on some other things. A face flashed as she tried to calm herself down her friends whom she can rely on Her vasu and govind she knew that no matter what they will reach her and show her a way out her problems

"Devi" a soft voice pulled her from her thoughts she saw a manly figure standing there in clothes of brahmin. "Devi! May I know what happened to you" he asked her softly. "I....I...Lost my way" she replied in a low voice.

"If you don't mind us can you try to stand your knee looks like its injured" another person said from his side making her nod and she tried to get up using tree as her support. He immediately moved away and came back with some leaves making its paste in his arms and looked at her seeking for her permission, she just simply nodded her head .

When that cold substance came in contact with her injured part she winced a bit controlled her yelp. "Thank..thank you" she tried to put into words. "It's okay devi, but may we know what are you doing deep inside the forest" a man who's face was kept without any emoitons but a calm feature endured eyes. "I was with my friends we came here to visit the forest but I came forward and lost my way back" she said sniffing a bit.

"It's fine devi I think you are not much far from them. May I know from which part you have entered the forest" A person with a dusky complexion asked her "We came from south as far as I remember" she said

"Oh! okay we will show you the way devi" a bulky man said making her nod with a tight smile and blinking her eyes rapidly trying to get rid of the tears.

They slowly made their way towards the possible direction. As soon as they were moving forward they were listening some noises around. Nothing in pin point but its like someone was yelling "draupadi" "Krishne" "Behena" many voices were ringing through their ears.

A large smile adored draupadi's face as she heard her friends and siblings voice. That smile caught those five men's attention seeing her smile through her tears made them smile a bit.

The path was clear there were several men and a women dressed as warriors and royals, worry was the common thing on their faces. Soon their gaze fell upon them they became alert but they saw the woman accompanied who was jumping in joy forgetting about her injured leg. She dashed directly into arms of her sister.

Tears were spilling from her eyes. "jiji" "Thank go drau you are safe you don't know how much worried we are!" she said . "what happened? where have you gone?" she asked her breaking the hug.

"I was walking inside the forest I haven't noticed when I lost my way" she sniffed a bit. "Don't do that ever again" shikadini warned her "Relax! sakhi is back right." krishna said making his way there and placing his hand on her head.

"Mahoday we are so grateful for bringing back the princess of panchal" krishna said smirking towards them. All five of them froze in the same place "You danda didn't I tell you that don't roam here and there. See because of you all are worried and even angraj and yuraj went to find you" dristadyuma said making her towards her making her bow her head down.

"We are in debt to you brahmin devta please accept out hospitality as a way to show our thanks" dristadyuma said diverting his speech towards them. Breaking out of trance the dusky skin was the person to first speak "It was our duty kumar more over we have to leave there is someone who is waiting for us back please excuse us we want to take our leave" he said

"but!" dristadyuma paused his speech when he heard horse galloping. The five of them are more than shocked to see the persons who were coming towards them. Both of them slid down the horse and ran towards crying draupadi and clutched her by her shoulders and examined her totally

"You are heart krishne" he said making her sit on near  by stone. Duryodhan flicked her head with his index finger making her puff in anger "You idiot, you donkey, buffalo, non existent creature it hurts bull" she yelled suddenly making everyone present there laugh.

But the other five were god smacked seeing her reaction "Oh! little fire cracker calm down and you to suyo don't tease her" karn warned him making draupadi poke her tongue out. Five of them couldn't see their interaction as Krishna was standing in front of them blocking their way.

"Brahmin devta" he called them out of trance. Something which caught karn's attention. He made his way towards krishna leaving Draupadi with shikandini. He just folded his hand in front of them and turned towards krishna and them constantly Krishna just gave a nod for Karn's expression. Which made karn smirk too "We are grateful to you brahmin devta. You don't know what you did by bringing krishne back to us. She is light for all of us. We are indebted to you please accept our hospitality" he said making them gulp.

"We are sorry kumar. But we are getting late, we have to return. we did what we have to there is nothing much now if you excuse us" a bulky man said. Krishna smirked and said "Sure mahodhay how ever we are going to meet again soon till then stay safe" he said making them confuse.

As soon as those five men moved away karn leaned towards krishna "they really think they are not recognisable" he whispered "Let's see till when they are going to play this hide and seek game with us bade bhaiya" krishna replied patting his back.

"What? vasudev" krishna left karn in his own confusion.

Pandav's pov

Phew that was close escape who knew that we will encounter with vasudev and angraj. But did they notice us. But when did another princess came into picture as far as i know only shikandini was the princess of panchal right. But her smile was something. She was looking like an apsarasa. Tears doesn't suit her much seeing her cry was clenching our hearts

She sways her waist as she walks;                                                                                                                                   Arrogantly crushing hearts breaking away all restrictions and boundaries.

Whenever She steps out wearing tinkling anklets ;                                                                                              the breeze offers to take her a ride.

Never make her cry is it love?

Karn's pov

seeing krishne sleep in lap of princess shikandini peacefully makes me think of the moment when we thought that we lost her. MY heart stopped for a second when I haven't seen her in front of my eyes. Her smile makes him smile. Her tear makes him to rip anything apart.

The relationship that he shares with her perplexes him at times.                                                                    
It has no force neither does it have a name, yet it is filled with depth.

Is it love?

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