Prakriti P.O.V

We arrived at Indraprastha, inside the Castle, Brother Krishna was there with Pandavas, everyone looked worried but when they saw us, their face relaxed a little. Elder brother face was tear stained as he was standing in front of fire. "I did biggest mistake by gambling Panchali, I have to repent to wash my sins" he said crying, Krishne has stoic expression on her face as she looked at her husband, "I forgive you, Arya" she said softly, Elder brother shook his head "But I can not forgive myself" he said turning his head towards Brother Bhima and gesturing him to burn his hands. I sighed and moved forward "Elder brother, you would gain nothing by burning your hands, if you want to focus your energy somewhere, focus it on getting justice" I said, he looked at me helplessly but stopped burning his hands.

"Prakrite is right, concentrate on how will you all going to get justice, if Duryodhana can do this to wife of Pandavas then what will he do to the normal women in his Kingdom" Brother Krishna said. Everyone looked determined now, "I will not tie my hair until it is washed with Dushasana blood" she swore, her hair flowing down on her back. Brother Bhima moved towards Krishne and stand in front of her with resolution, his fist was clenched "This will happen Panchali, I promise you, I will wash your hair with Dushasana blood" he said taking a pledge. "And, the hand who touched your pure hair will be dislocated from its body by me" I took the oath looking at her in determination. Brother Krishna sighed "Your oath will complete only after thirteen years" he said looking at us.

"Thirteen years?" I asked in confusion, why this much time, we can declare war on them right now.

Elder Brother lowered his head a little and I gritted my teeth in frustration, something happened after our departure. "GandharRaj Shakuni tricked us again in the name of Dharma, we have to go to twelve year of exile and one year of Agyatvasa" Arya responded, he looked angry and sad at the same time. I growled lowly in anger, I am done with his tricks, I should teach him lesson right now, "And we agreed on this?" I asked looking at Elder Brother now, he has dharma in his heart that doesn't mean we should do everything that appears as dharma but in reality when we knew that it is a deception. He looked at me "Prakriti, we had to accept it because Elder Father ordered us in the name of Dharma" he replied. I sighed but slowly nodded my head. 

"Okay, we will go for the exile in the name of Dharma after that there will be war" I said loudly.

Suddenly pandavas looked down altogether "Prakriti, their condition was us brothers and Panchali will go to the exile, you were not a part of the game of dice" Brother Bhima said, my eyes widened and it quickly went towards Arya. He looked at me in pain, we have never being apart from each other since we married. I can never think to be part away from him and my family. Slowly my eyes moved towards Krishne who was already looking at me with tears in her eyes. My fist clenched as I looked at her tear stained face.

"I will talk to them" I said shaking my head, I am not parting away from my family, not now, not in future. I started taking steps back when my head started hurting and I stumbled a little, blank spots appeared in my vision.

"Prakrite" I heard Brother Krishne voice entered in my ears before everything black out.

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I groaned and slowly opened my eyes, I was lying down in my chamber and everyone was around me. "What happened to me?" I asked, my voice came out as a whisper, quickly Arya came and sat beside me, he helped me in sitting position and I looked around at everyone, Brother Krishna has a joyful smile on his face and Krishne was crying but she looked happy. A glass of water came in my vision and I gulped down the water. 

"Prakrite, I am happy for you" Brother Krishna said smiling, I raised my eyebrow in confusion. He gave a soft chuckle and looked at Arya "Partha, tell her" he said to Arya, I turned my gaze towards him, he looked happy "You are Pregnant Prakriti" he said, my breath hitched a bit as I stared at him in surprise.

I am Pregnant.  

I am going to be a mother again!

A smile appeared on my face and my hand went towards my stomach "Our baby is here" I whispered still staring at Arya, he nodded his head. But then I remembered the circumstances we are in right now, my face fell as I looked at my family, my lips started quivering at the thought, Abhimanyu was born in forest, he lost three years with his own family, I still regret it but he had us, his parents, now my child who will be born won't know his father and the rest of his family. I never wanted anything like this to happen to my children. Krishne came towards me and engulfed me in a hug, tears started burning in my eyes "Vibha, why are you crying, it is such a happy moment for you, for us" she said in sweet voice. I broke the hug and looked at her.

"But my child won't know his family, my family will miss his childhood" I said in low voice, Its already hard for me to be away from my family but now my child and little warrior will be away from their own family. Even Krishne children will grow without their mother, their father. She wiped my eyes "Prakriti, I believe in you, you will let them know about us and I know you will give them the love from all of us" she told me and hugged me again. 

"Krishne" I murmured in pain, saying things is easy but I can clearly see the pain in her eyes.

"Prakrite, remember this is a test for your family, it is the step towards dharma" he stated. 

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Third Person P.O.V

All the Hastinapur was drowned in darkness, Queen Gandhari ordered every lamp to be extinguish. Duryodhana was confused by his mother act so he went towards his Mother chamber "Why all of our Kingdom is in darkness?" he asked to his mother, she scoffed as she turned towards her son, she can't actually see him but she know where he is standing. "Can't you see, Hastinapur future is in darkness right now because of what happened today" she said crying, she knew that Pandavas will come for her children after thirteen years. Shakuni entered in the chamber "Because you have blindfolded yourself sister that's why you can't see the light, now is the time for celebration, your son won a kingdom" he said with cunning smile. Gandhari scoffed at her brother words "Fortune! can't you see its a misfortune, Pandavas will come for my sons and they will kill them, you don't understand the pain Brother, I have kept them in my womb for two years, how can I hear the news of their death?" she questioned helplessly.

Shakuni opened his mouth to respond to his sister but someone else beat him to it.  

"You will have to hear the news of their death, it is your fate Queen Gandhari" A voice said from the darkness.

"Who is there?" King Dhritarashtra asked looking startled. Prakriti walked out of the darkness and stand in front of them "What are you doing here?" Duryodhana asked in surprise. She chuckled and looked at them, Shakuni looked afraid remembering the last encounter of them. "I warned you about you deeds but you still didn't understand" she said blankly.
"Are you trying to scare us again?" Duryodhana said gritting his teeth, he is afraid of her now, he saw what she did in the sabha, she burnt the whole place down, they had to run out of the place to save themselves, Karn even tried using his celestial weapon to extinguish the fire but it was impossible. Prakriti smiled at them, "I am here to tell you about the future, you have thirteen years to live your life after that your whole kingdom will cry tears of blood" she growled, smile disappearing from her face. Because of these people she has to stay away from her family, her children has to stay away from their family.

"Your exile won't be complete" Shakuni said trying to sound confident but it was all a facade. He saw his death in front of his eyes in the sabha. 

"Are you sure about that Gandhar King" she made a tsked sound and looked at him in the eyes, his body visibly started shaking. "You and your whole kingdom will burn down under my Krishne humiliation" she said staring at everyone. Duryodhana scoffed at her "Nobody can do anything, not you, not your brother and not your family" he growled in anger. Prakriti chuckled at his  delusional thought. "Enjoy your life for now" she said at last and within a blink she disappeared in the darkness leaving emptiness and hopelessness behind.

Prakriti P.O.V

I was sitting in my room alone staring at the window mulling over my thoughts. Arya entered in the chamber and sat beside me. "Prakriti" he murmured touching my hand. I turned my head around and looked at him "I don't want you to go but I can't stop you, when Kshatriya made promise, they fulfill it" I said taking his hand in mine. "My heart belongs to you, we are not parting away, we are always together because we are two body one soul" he said softly and pulled me in a hug, I sighed and put my head on his chest feeling his heart beat. "Our little warrior will miss you so much" I whispered, I heard a sigh from him as he hugged me tightly "He will understand, I am sure of that and our littlest warrior here, is he fine?" he asked putting his hand on my stomach, I nodded my head "He is fine" I muttered putting my hand above him "I know he will be just like you" I gave a soft chuckle, Arya shook his head "I want him to be like you and he will be" he stated with adoration smile on his face. I sighed "But you will miss his and little warrior childhood" I said sadly, I want our Abhimanyu and our unborn child to have his father by his side but now it is not possible. 

He put his hand on my cheek and wiped the tear away which escaped from my eyes unknowingly "He will know me in you, he will remember me in you" he said lovingly, I sighed and nodded my head "He will know you and our family".

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Author Note:

That's a alternate time line of our Prakriti if she didn't end up with Pandavas in exile. It's not a part of the story, it was just a view and idea from my side and the unborn child of Prakriti and Arjuna will be a girl or boy.

It is a suspense!

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