Next day morning at Pandava's room
Prince Arjun was explaining war techniques to his brothers. He was working on it the whole night.

"Hmm.. that's looking good for now." Yudhistir said.
"Seems like you actually planned more on destroying the ploy than making one."

"Yes, when 2 sisters suggested the same thing, it can be a sign. So I thought why not try it." Arjun replied.

"What do you think Adrika?" Bheem said. Then realized she was not there.

"Yh I think I'm getting used to her. She is around so much these days." He said.

"But she just arrived yesterday bhrata bheem." Sahadev said.

"Doesn't feel like, does it?" Arjun said.

"Very impactful woman she is. Her words always full of wisdom and mystery." Yudhistir said.

"Very skilled too. I can already feel that there are going to be a very tough fight to have her hand in marriage." Sahadev said.

       Prince Nakul looked up to it. Which didn't go unnoticed by his brother Arjun.

"Let's get back to it." Yudhistir said to everyone.

Mine and subhadra's room

Subhadra returned from somewhere. I was examining people from the window.

"Where were you Subhadra?" I asked her. Which clearly startled her, maybe she thought I didn't notice her absence.

"Nowhere jiji. Just roaming." She said, obviously lying.

"Since when my beauty conscious little sister roams for almost 2 hours in sun without a reason?" I said without taking my eye off of someone I noticed.

"No jiji. Seriously. I was just roaming, then I bumped into rajkumar Arjun."

"Just bumped. That shouldn't take this long. Looks like someone has this little something for some Archer Prince." I teased her.

" Jiji... It's nothing at all like this. Its bhrata krishn for whom I was forced to meet Kumar Arjun. He gave me something for him." She clarified.

"FORCED? Then why didn't you just gave him that something when I gave everyone their presents?" This time I looked at her.

She blushed and smiled. Then her face fall.
"Jiji. He is going to lead the war. He is going to face the opposite army first. Jiji what if anything happens to him? What if he get hurt?" She asked me with worry.

"Wars are cruel. But Kumar Arjun is a good fighter. He'll manage himself well. And he has protection of his greatly capable brothers. He is not going to get hurt. (I cupped her right cheek) you don't worry." I then remembered something. "someone else going to get hurt. "

"Who jiji?" She asked.

"No one. Go and meet Dushala. she will bleam me that you forgot her after my arrival." I said. She smiled and left.

       I saw everyone preparing. Then I thought to pay a visit to pandavas before their departure. And reached their chamber.

"Can I come in my Lords?" I ask to get their attention even if they were expecting me as the servant informed them. They all looked at me.
I had my little hand knife to sharping my nails with it.

"Pranam Adrika! Come in." Kumar Yudhistir said.

"Pranam. I thought I should meet up with you and wish you luck before going. I'm sorry if I interrupted something." I said.

" No no it's nice to see you. We all missed you and bhrata bheem even asked for you." Arjun said. I smiled at them.

"Adrika. What are you doing with that knife? That's not a toy. Give it here." Nakul said almost in panic.

"It's not dangerous. Subhadra coloured my nails while I was sleeping. I'm just scrapping it out." I said.

"It's still a knife." He said while extending right hand out and left hand on his waist. I looked at everyone they all were smiling, not at all looking in a mood of helping me.

"Fine." I said defeatedly. And placed my knife on his extended hand. He admired it for some time.

"It's beautiful. It's mine now."  He said and put it on his waist.

"Aghhhh.. you stole from me!" I said jokingly.

Everyone laughed at it. I looked at Kumar Yudhistir and said

"If Kumar duryadhan wants you out just let him do what ever he wants. You fight without them is a good thing Jyesth. Please. I'm not saying you to leave him, but just don't stop him while he is leaving."

"Esa nai hoga. If it's happened, I'll do as you say." He said. I smiled.
(It won't happen)

"I pray for your victory. And be safe. Kumar Arjun everything has its own time, keep that thing in mind but don't over think it." I said. He smiled surprised.
I bowed to everyone before leaving. while returning I heard bhrata krishn talking

"Weldon my pyari behena. You are way better than I thought. You already made impact on everything. Even pandavas are already considering you as one of them." He said.

"I don't know what I'm doing bhrata krishn. Just doing without thinking about it. " I said.

"You are doing everything correctly. There is nothing I can expect more than what you are doing. Keep going like this."he said.

      I watched everything happened untill the princes left. Leaving him behind. I heard Dronacharya opposed him going as this war was only for his students. He looked heartbroken. And started walking towards forest. I felt like going after him. Talk to him. Comfort him.

"Jiji come, have something. You haven't eaten in a while." Subhadra said.

"You start eating dear. I'm just coming." I said.

"From where?" She asked. I looked down at him and said

"To meet the worrior who left behind." She looked at the direction my eyes were

"That's him, who insulted Kumar Arjun. Angraj karn. Do you think you should meet him?" She said.
(Angraj: king of Ang)

"Angraj karn is an adept Archer. His compitative feelings towards another Archer who is said to be the best of his time is understandable. And about that evening I can clearly see it was Kumar duryadhan doing not Angraj karn. I'll be back." I said. She smiled half heartedly.

           I went to the direction he went, into the wild. I asked bhrata krishn about it before reaching.

"Am I wrong bhrata krishn? I had this thought of helping and comforting him arise in my mind. I just wanted to know if I'm right."

"You can't know something is right or wrong without doing it. And if you think you should talk to him, I'm with you." He replied.

        I thanked him and reached at where Karn was standing facing the pond. I couldn't just go and talk to him. He wouldn't listen. Then I had a plan.

"That's water, worrior! An element of mother nature. It won't go anywhere scared, doesn't matter how hard you stare at it." I said loudly.

      He turned around to look at me. He was very well structured man with a unusual glow on his face. He looked at me confused, I went near him having a fake frown on my face. I stood in front of him and said

"Besides it's my place of anger. You should go and find your own." He looked more confused.

"Who are you? You don't look like you are from here." He asked.

"I'm living in the palace. As a royal Guest." I answered short to show him that I'm angry and didn't wanting to talk. He nodded and started to walk away.

"Seriously. Injustice everywhere in this kingdom." I murmured, but surely loud enough for him to hear me. And he did.

"What injustice happened with a royal Guest?"he asked.

"Rajmata Kunti. Don't know what she thinks of herself. Denied me to take part in the competition." I said, sitting near water and throwing rocks at it.

"If she denied you, then there must be a reason behind it." He said.

I smiled at this, unknowingly a son was defending his mother.

"You don't know anything. Sit down I'll tell you the whole story." I said gesturing the place right besides me. He looked puzzled.

"Sit down. Looking at how you were trying to intemedate the water, you don't have anything better to do." I said and continued throwing rocks. I felt him sitting.

"Hmm" he said indicating me to go ahead. I turned to face him.

"Ok. So Mata kunti taught how to make a special curry to Dushala and Subhadra. Today they are making it all by themselves to see who learned it better. I know how to make that special curry, but Mata kunti said I can't participate as she never taught me. I may have know to do it perfectly but it's for both of them only as Maa wants to know how she taught them. So unfair." I complained. He smiled and said

"What's unfair in it? It's for her students, as she never taught you, you shouldn't feel bad for not participating." I pouted my lip a little more like a child before saying

"But I know how to prepare it. Maybe better than both of them."

"You surely may have known better, but it's not about an competition, it's a teacher wants to know how well her students learned her teaching? How capable her students are? Who is best among them? She didn't mean to not acknowledge your ability. Just your ability is not given by her so she can't take credit of that if you seem best. Understand highness It's simple." He said.

My fake frown and childish expression left my face all of sudden. And my usual expression took their place. I could see a visible shock on his face as he noticed this change.

"If it's that simple then why are you here talking to an unknown woman in the middle of the forest Angraj Karn." I saw realization hit him. "Understand highness It's simple." I repeated his line and started walking into the wild. I wanted to spend sometime in wild. I heard him calling me.

"Wait."
"Your highness."
"Listen to me."
"Wait."

I finally stopped. I saw him came running to me. I looked at me without saying a word.

"Yes my Lord?" I asked.

"Who are you? The way you made me realize these things, you can't be a normal woman." He asked.

"Yadav shresth Krishn basudev's younger sister Adrika Idivita is greeting Angraj karn." I said smiling and jointing my hands. He smiled astonishingly.

"Pranam Yadavkumari."

"Please address me as Adrika."

"But you are a royalty. I can't say your name without your designation." He oppose.

"An individual first. And I want to known as myself than as a princess of a kingdom." I said calmly before walking into the forest once again.

"Way to palace is in opposite direction. You are going inside the forest." He called out.

"I know. I don't want to go to palace now. What am I gonna do there? My friends are at war and Subhadra my sister is making special curry. Don't have anybody to talk." I said. He came running behind me to walk along side with me. I looked at him. He said

"My friends are at war too." I nodded.

"I heard so much about your bhrata krishn basudev. About his knowledge and wisdom. Now looking at you Im realizing, knowledge can have this kind of face as well." He continued.

"I'm nothing Infront of him. We don't have any comparison."I said.

"But mahamahim bhisma said, you are known as his shadow." He said. As much as I wanted to know when Mahamahim bhisma talked to him, I decided against it.

"Just this. Mahamahim bhisma didn't say anything more?"

"No. So much about you he said." I stopped at his words and looked at him.

      We spent the day talking, roaming, collecting berries. When I returned home I had berries for subhadra and a time changing friendship for me.