After dinner...
Charumati showed Nitya her room..

She was going to be in the same room as Charumati. Charu's room was nice.
It was blue and pink... And it had flower veils... It felt as if they were sleeping in a mini flower...

Nitya changed into yellow... Charu had given her a nice crown... It was creative and lovely...

Soon the lights were out...

Nitya could hardly sleep. Not because of the change in place but because of the excitement... Dvipat had called her after breakfast to teach bharatnatyam... She giggled at the thought...

Just than someone poked her. Nitya thought she was imagining and shrugged... Just than someone grabbed her arm. She instantly opened her eyes and was ready to hit..

She turned around and was shocked to see Dvipat.. He gestured her to stay quiet.. he went out of the room and told her to follow him...

She grabbed her dupatta and crown..

Nitya(whispers)-"Kumar? Why did you call me? At this hour?"
Dvipat (whispers)-"Shush! Am taking you to show something beautiful.. I am sure you will like it."

Nitya walked behind him... She noticed his left eye was covered with a cloth... It was like a complete mystery for her... She wanted to ask about it but deep inside she felt it was a sensitive topic for Dvipat...

They both heard a voice.. Dvipat grabbed her and they sticked close to the wall.

It was Sambh's room and the door was slightly open. They could hear singing voices...

Dvipat got close to the door.. He saw Sambh was twirling with the letter which he received earlier... While singing "Ab Chen bhi tum hi ho".

He was terrible at singing.Dvipat tried his best not to laugh... Nitya covered her mouth trying not to chuckle...

Dvipat looked in, Sambh turned around and he held Nitya's hand and ran as fast as he could...

He ran and stopped near Yamuna river... Nitya tried to catch her breath. Dvipat started laughing. Nitya couldn't hold it in...

He gestured her to sit beside him..

Dvipat pointed at the river... She looked down and it felt as if the entire galaxy was floating on Yamuna river.

Dvipat-" How is it?"
Nitya-" It's- It's! I don't have words! It's so pretty... I can't describe how I am feeling right now!"

Dvipat-" I know it's beautiful.. I usually come to this place.. When no one is around.. It's only me and mother earth."
Nitya-" I see..."

It was silent... They could hear the crickets... Dvipat looked up the moon was getting covered by the black clouds... He sensed something was wrong...

Just then he and Nitya heard a loud roar... Dvipat got up he saw a giant creature it looked like a bird... But it was extremely tall and it's wings were huge.... It's roar sounded like a screech...

Nitya-" Kumar Dvipat... Wha-What is that? I have never seen something so big!"
Dvipat-" It's It's alright you are safe with me okay. You are my responsibility and I will take you back safely..."

Nitya nodded. Dvipat held her hand and before he could walk a step... Nitya felt something pull her in the water... Something caught hold on her  skirt ... Dvipat lost grip and Nitya was pulled in...

Without thinking he jumped into the water... He wasn't able to make out what exactly was pulling Nitya in...

Maybe a sea demon? How long was it in? How did it go unnoticed by him?

Thanks to krishna's training he was able to hold his breath... But then? He was used to ,to it... Not Nitya... She could probably not hold her breath long enough...

He swam closer to Nitya... He noticed a giant tentacle wrapped around Nitya's waist..she tried hitting it but in vain...

Dvipat signalled her to stop and removed his dagger... Krishna always told him to keep one for self protection...

He jabbed it in the tentacle and moved it vigorously... He gritted his teeth.. after slight struggle the tentacle seemed to have loosened it's grip...

Nitya took the opportunity to swim out.. She couldn't hold her breath anymore... Dvipat used hand signs to make her calm..

He saw two tentacles coming from opposite directions... He pushed Nitya out of range... He received a blow on both sides ....

He felt as if something grabbed his leg and with huge force he was slammed on the ground...

The monster caught hold of Nitya's leg and refused to let go..

Dvipat needed breath... He tried connecting to Banasen...

Dvipat-(thought -" Focus Dvipat connect to him .... Our minds... Our hearts .... Should be connected...)

Dvipat concentrated hard..Krishna had taught them the technique, since they were connected During birth they could connect and talk to eachother and even borrow strength.

At first it was super hard for them. By Krishna's training they were able to make this their strength...

Dvipat-(thought ... Banasen-"Jhest?"
Dvipat-"Thank God Banasen.. Now tell me what is going on outside? Hurry!"

Banasen-" Jhest there is a huge demon in a form of bird but where are you?
Dvipat-" Am stuck underwater.. with Kumari Nitya... "

Banasen-" Ah no! Do you need my help?"
Dvipat-" Yes.. Listen carefully hold your breath for a few minutes I will summon a shastra from Pavandev but for that I need to open my mouth and breathe.. Please Banasen!"

Banasen-" Don't worry jhest! I will do it!" )

Dvipat felt Air filling his lungs... And he toke a deep breath.. It felt as if he was on land...

He looked at the monster in front of him... It was staring at him with it's red eyes...  Dvipat started chanting a mantra...

He was invoking the wind God to grant the strength to blow the monster away...

White light shone around him... He toke a deep breath and blowed with all his strength...

The sea monster couldn't withstand it. As a result he lost momentum...

Dvipat took the advantage he summoned a weapon from Vishnu Dev... In no time a threw a lighting spear in the water... He hugged Nitya and acted as a barrier...

The cloth from his eye was removed it had fallen due to force.. he didn't care he wanted to protect Nitya..

He realised it he was still breathing..
There was no affect of the shock on his body... But how?

There was a Burst in Yamuna river..... It was red and Dvipat helped Nitya swim out... He gently rubbed her back so she could catch her breath... Her dupatta wasn't on her..

He immediately wrapped his shawl around her... Nitya stared at his left eye... The scar was visible..

She didn't utter a single word... They both stared at the dead monster's body... It was an octopus...

Dvipat felt a pang in his chest... But he wasn't hit... He could feel the pain...

His twin's pain....

[ Happy Holi to all my readers!! Well what is next? What happened with Banasen? Is he okay? Stay tuned!]