Abhayankara...

Everytime she would scream in fear of her dreams i would be the one to hold her. She would cry in my heart while holding my cloth as her very life. I was there till her so called sister came into the picture. Honestly why should she come when i was there to take care of her. 

What was i even thinking ?? 

Suddenly realisation hit me hard. What was i thinking ?? I need to collect my strength to make sure i can defeat the enemy and take my country back not to have any kind of feeling for myself for a fragile girl who was screaming on her top of her voice for just a mere dream. Shaking my head i walked out of the house and entered mine just to find Dhushyanth speaking with Megnath. 

"Where were you ??" Dhushyanth asked me making me speak but he cut me off with a new found information. I just nodded my head and he held my hand tight. "We need to leave for few days." he said and i creased my brows in confusion. 

"Why ??" i asked him while he exhaled big. Dushyanth was fighting within himself while Megnath was quite disappointed. I stood there with my hands clasped. "The king and his court men are coming to visit the village. And us being here would make our soul purpose go waste." Dhusyanth said and my nostrils flared. "And you want us to run away like a  coward ??" I snarled at him. He shook his head and saw me with his pleading eye. I kept my anger at minimum. 

"Speak..." i ordered and he nodded his head. "We need you to be safe until we form the base of our army. Let us use this in our benefit Abhyankara please understand it is just for our own benefit not a cowardly act." he literally begged. I wanted to yell at him. Before i can even think Megnath placed his elderly hand on my shoulder. His eyes looking at me and his wrinkles of experience of life made me close my mouth for some time to listen to him. 

"Even i hate this thought but rather than being here and having ourselves  on the needle let us keep you safe from him until you can be sure to take him down. Until that time you are my responsibility child. You need to be strong for your country for us Abhyankara. 

I was about to argue but he shook his head and made me sigh and accept the thought. " When are we leaving and for how many days ?" i asked them making Dhushyanth to smile big and show his pearly teeth. I chuckled. He is after all my brother who knows how to take me down with his gesture. "Today after the sun goes down. We need to head east for three days and then we can reach the other side of the forest and from there we need another day for us to reach the village and we would be staying there for a week time then we would head home. " he said. The word home felt new to me yet i nodded my head not wanting to make anything big again. Walking in i packed few dhotis and angavastram for my journey and a tight woolen shawl for the night. It would be better for this season. He tied the knot in his old dhothi the cloths which are required for him and i placed my pile there next to him. Megnath has gone back to his house and now it was just us waiting for the night to raise. 

A front door burst opened and i snapped my head to see who that was but it was none other than the trouble maker Vaidharbhi. I sighed and walked away when she saw me. I care none for her , i have a country to take care off who are the one i have to care. 

"Are you going away for two weeks ??" she asked her Rama and he sighed. Her voice were covered with fear and pain. "Why ??" her voice broke in the end making me finch in an unknown emotion. I closed my eyes but even in that darkness i saw her teary eyes. This is pathetic. I need to walk away. I dashed out of the house and took a walk in the main streets. I sat on a small rock and saw everyone there. Everyone there was enjoying the weekly market. A small boy was been kept on the shoulder of his father and the little boy was over the entire world. He was happy. It was something i always felt when my father carried me on his shoulder and i would laugh big.

"Father... father... "i called him while he was busy with his official work. Behind me was my little sister who would just follow me like a shadow. His head snapped from his work and his usual king's aura changed to a soft father's smile. He was not a king when he saw us. He was our father just like others. He stood from his royal seat and walked down and we ran to his protective hand. He threw me up in the air and i yelled in happiness. He laughed with me making me smile. I held him tight and so was my little sister. 

"So how was your trip to your grandfather's place ??" he asked us while taking my sister in his arms while holding my hand walking to his seat. He made her sit on the lap while making me sit on his table "That was great father. You know i started to learn swim. Grandfather taught me. She started to learn how to plant flowers." i said and he laughed. 

"It is not planting flowers it is planting plants." he corrected me ruffling my hair making me pout. I shook myself and i never noticed the ink bottle was open and  the royal ink fell down and it was all over his silk dothi and half of his body and my sister was painted with the ink and some on my face and my teeth was covered with those colours. "Abhyankara.." came his voice making me finch in fear. 

My eyes welled up in tears and i closed my eyes for the punishment from the Maharajah. But nothing came. I slowly opened my eyes and saw him pressing his lips and trying to suppress his laugh. I huffed and the anger was now high. He is teasing me. Rubbing my fist along my lips i damped the ink from the table and plastered them on his face making me smile big and i ran away. 

"Come here you little prince..." he called me in between his laugh making me scream on top of my voice to run to my mother's chamber. The wing where we live is something mesmerising. Screaming on top of my voice i found many of my family laughing at us when father was chasing me and behind him my sister was following us. Suddenly i was been engulfed by his strong hands making me scream on top of my voice. 

"Summon the painter to paint my son who has this dirty tooth..." he spoke in his mischief glint voice. 

"No... " i giggled while he held me in one hand and placed me on the shoulder as a sack. "Father...." i complained. He turned to me and kissed my cheeks and i kissed him back with my painted lips. He smiled at me with painted cheeks not bothering that i made his elegent face dirty. 

Tears were unstoppable. My life was perfect. I had everything in my life.  A kingdom to rule , a father to guide, a mother to lean on, a sister to cherish, a life to rule but everything was ruined. My father was been murdered by these vultures. Closing my eyes and gulping hard i gulped my pain in. My every cell of my body was screaming for blood and i am not going to loose the battle no matter what. 

I didn't know how long i sat there but i just saw the sun going down for the day. It would have been much better if only my family survived just like mine. My heart pained when i remembered how my sister cried in the hands of the soldier and that one last smile. With my eyes closed i let the pain to take over me. 

"Mukundh..." a small voice made me drench in the coldest river. A voice that held such power which i never knew before. I snapped and turned to my right and there she was the one who is so innocent to this world. She placed her hand on my shoulder and the breathe which i was holding for so long which i never knew i let that out. 

"Here i have got you the food for two days. I think you can survive for the days you are going out. Just stay safe, the path you both are taking are bit dangerous. It is not safe in sun and now it's moon time. It is even more worst. Always make sure you take the steps with caution. There are many dangerous and poisonous beings are in the forest. So please take care and come back safe." Saying that she walked away placing my cloths and a pack of food for the journey. 

When i thought i have no one here this soul is taking care of me and instructing me what to do. 

"I will..." i spoke to her retrieving form. She nodded her head and walked back home. 

I didn't know what i will but i know i will.... 

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This plot is making me crazy to write none stop. I am so much in love with them.

So so so... here is the next part. Apologies for late update.

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