Agni looked at Meghnath to attack after him but before anyone could comprehend anything, a decapitated head rolled on the ground and blood splashed on Rashmi.  She looked down at the scene unfolding before her eyes, the very same nightmare.  She looked up in disbelief at Meghnath, who had swung his sword but not at the Asura.  Rashmi knelt down and touched Agneya's head on the ground, away from his body, while uncontrollable tears left her eyes.

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The entire courtroom became silent because of the scene they have witnessed just now.  The future King of Pranyakta is dead and the next in line to the throne is the one who had killed him.  Samrat couldn't fathom the situation as he looked the blood oozing out of the decapitated body.  His mind thought back to the time when he had asked Abhyuday to let Agneya go with him.  And the very thought of informing this gruesome news to his parents, made him want to die.

Rashmi was still crying thinking back to their happy moments in this realm.  They had just started their relationship, few months back.  They had very little time together.  They still need to understand eachother.  Infact they have planned their life, after reaching Rakshatra.  How He will take her to the training place in the forest.  How he will help her familiarize with the weapons, without elemental powers.  How they will participate in the Annual festival of the temple in Rakshatra.  But now everything is spoiled. 

Thinking all of this, slowly Rashmi's grief turned into anger.  The anger was directed at everyone present in the courtroom as well as the God who had let all of this happen.  The Asura King laughed at their shocked faces and said, "Finally the immortal bloodline is totally wiped off.  Now no one can defeat me.  Not even you Samrat". 

Rakshatra

At the same time when Agni was killed, Abhyuday and Kalindi felt that something was wrong but they couldn't specify what that feeling is.  Kalindi prayed that her husband and son, who has went to the war, to return safely.  And then remembered Agneya and her heart beat faster.  Quickly she prayed for his well-being too.  But even then her anxiety didn't calm down.

Kalindi sat infront of the God and kept praying, hoping that all her family members are safe and sound.  On the other hand, Abhyuday was fighting the Soldiers to reach the chariot of the Mongolian King and that's when he felt an unexplainable grief as if he had been hurt physically.  After so many years, Abhyuday felt fear for the first time.  Fear of not seeing his son again.  Arunaditya noticed that his father had stopped fighting and immediately came near him to protect him. 

Abhyuday came out of his shock and continued to fight as he knew that they will lose if the Mongolians were successful in capturing him.  But his concentration was still not on the fight, which resulted in his injuries.  After some minutes, the continuous blood flow made it harder for him to fight but still he didn't stop.  Parth tried to stop him from fighting and asked him to return but Abhyuday refused to run back like a coward.

Pranyakta

Rashmi's anger kept growing by each moment and the words of the Asura King only made it worser.  While still sitting near the head of Agneya, She asked with gritted teeth, "He trusted you more than anyone else.  Why did you betray him like this?".  She looked up at Meghnath who had a smirk as if he had achieved something but soon it vanished as he received a slap on his face.  He caressed his cheek and looked at the furious Samrat who was about to slap him again but he stopped his hand and pushed him with full force, making Samrat fall down on the ground.

Meghnath used some of his dark powers to restrain Samrat and efficiently imprisoned him.  His eyes fell on Rashmi again, who was looking at him with pure hatred, which made him taken aback for a second.    The Anger cum grief was coming out in the form of tears, which she wiped harshly.  Meghnath composed himself and came near her to imprison her as well, since he knew that now Agneya's powers won't protect her anymore.

As he was coming near her, Rashmi took a deep breath and put her both hands down on the ground and summoned the entirety of her powers, which caused a blinding light to emerge surrounding her like a wall.  Rashmi opened her eyes and looked at the ground where Agni's decapitated head laid beside her.  She kept a hand on his head and the other hand still on the ground, maintaining her kneeling position.

Slowly a circle formed around her, in the shape of her soulmate mark.  Soon it took the complete shape of a wheel, similar to that of the mark, with her sitting at the centre of that wheel.  The Asura King was clueless about what she was doing as he had never seen such a show of power.  He tried to go near Rashmi as he was the only one who could see through the blinding light.

But the power emitting from the wheel didn't allow him to go near her.  Rashmi looked at the Asura King in the eye and said, "We will come back again".  After saying that, She put her full concentration on her powers and channeled all her energy and turned the wheel backwards.  Since she was doing it with one hand, while the other hand was holding Agneya's head, it took all of her energy to complete the task of turning the wheel.

As she felt exhausted, she opened her eyes to find Agni sitting beside her on the bed, in the same clothes with which he died.  She looked around to see that the sky is still bright which means she turned back time and reached a few hours before the ultimate disaster happened.  She looked at Agni with happiness and hugged him tightly.  He too hugged her and whispered, "You used your powers, again".  And then she fainted immediately.

Glossary:
Samrat - Emperor
Samragyi - Empress
Rajkumar - Prince
Bratashree - Brother
Bhabhishree - sister-in-law
Acharya - Master/Teacher
Mamashree - Uncle (Mother's Brother)
Mamishree - Aunt (Mother's brother's wife)
Bade - elder or big
Chote - younger or small

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Hi guys,

Hope you liked the twist.  I haven't even added this in the tags as it would have spoiled this twist.

I guess the twist is upto the mark.

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Word count: 1100

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SM.