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Here is the fifty- fifth chapter.

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Third POV

Kunti was worried, none of her kids were in their chambers. And the guards were unaware about their whereabouts, just like the maids.
She was heading somewhere and nowhere, when she saw her Jiji.

"JIJI!" (Elder sister) she shrieks.

"Kunti? Kya Hua? Itni vichilit Kyun Ho?" (Kunti? What happened? Why are you so distraught?) Maharani asks, worry evident in her voice too.

"Mere koi Putra aapne kamre Mein nahi hai." (None of my sons are in their room.) Kunti answers, distress leaking in her voice.

"Duryodhana bhi gayab hai." (Duryodhana is also missing.) Maharani informs her Devrani.
"Aur Dwarka ke dono Raj- Kumar bhi nahi hai kamre Mein." (And the two prince of Dwarka are also not in their room.)

"Yeh saare kahan chale Gaye?" (Where have all of them gone?) Kunti asks.

"Maharani, Rani" (Queens.) A Dasi runs to them.

"Kya baat hai?" (What is it?)

"Jaldi chaliye, Shahi rasoi." (Come to the Royal Kitchen, fast.) The Dasi pants.
Worried the ladies run towards it.

"Putri Kunti, Gandhari Kya Ho Gaya?" (Daughter Kunti, Gandhari what is happening?) Pitamah asks, he had just returned from his worship on the Ganga Tat and saw his daughter- in- laws walking hastily.

"Tata shree, humare Putra nahi mil Rahe." (Uncle, we aren't able to find our kids.)
The two ladies' cry. Pitamah frowns.

"Aap kahan ja rahin thi?" (Where were you going?) he asks.

"Dasi ne humme Shahi rasoi Mein bulaya hai, kaha hai kuch zarrori hai" (The maid has called for us in the royal kitchen, says it's something important.)

"Chaliye hum bhi chaltein hai." (Come, I will also join you both.) Pitamah's instinct told him to join the ladies.

They quickly walked towards the direction of kitchen, it felt that the kitchen was miles and miles away. The ladies were in distress.

Reaching there, they were surprised to see a crowd of Dais's on the gate. Seeing the two queens and Maha Mahima they scurried away, except the cooks.

They walked in to something that they weren't sure if they should face- palm or scream at their kids.

"Kya hai, Kunti? Humare putra hai na?" (What is it Kunti? Our kids, right?) Maharani whisper asks.

"Haan, Jiji. So rahein hai." (Yes, elder sister. They are sleeping) Kunti informs.

Maha Mahim was looking at the seven princes of Kuru Vansh along with the prince of Dwarka who were sleeping on the floor, leaning on each other, he didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure there was anything left he could do or say. By looking around, he knew that they had visited for Mid- night food and fallen sleep here.

Suddenly a figure ran in to the room and stopped short on seeing the three people. The figure tried to walk away but Rani Kunti caught up with them.

"Kya Hua, Putri?" (What happened, daughter?) Kunti asks Ananya.

"Woh Maine suna, ki yeh yahan Hain, toh soocha dekhun." (I actually heard about them, so I thought to come and see.)

"Awashya Dekho." (Sure, look at them.) Maharani Gandhari.
"Dekho kaise Utah Tein hai hum, inhe." (Look at how we wake them up.)

"Main ek Tarika dun?" (Can I give a way?) she asks slowly.

"Kya?" (What?) the queens turn in her direction.

"Do hai, Ek Panni. Doosra, aap dono ki awaj." (There are two ways, one is to use water and the other is using your voice.)

The ladies look at each other and chorused together, "Dono ek saath." (Both of these together.)

The pitchers of water were bought and the two took them pouring them over their kids, "PUTRA!" (Sons) both of them shriek on top of their voice.
Ananya stifles a laugh, as Pitamah looks amused.

The nine kids on the ground, jerk awake, from the shout and water being thrown on them.
"Ma?" (Mom) Karn questions.

"Tum sab Kya kar Rahe Ho?" (What are all of you doing?) Maharani Gandhari questions, her eyebrow raised and a hand on her hip.

"Woh hum..." (We were....) he trails off. Looking at his brothers and cousins. Even Krishna was thoroughly drenched, he may be God, but who could save him from his mothers and his wife?

Suddenly, a snigger broke the eye- contact of the brothers. They turned in the direction, Ananya was standing there, she was wearing a white dress that reached her thighs and over had yellow and green flowers over it.

Only one thought ran through the mind of the brothers, 'how did she got saved?'

"Woh kaise bach gayi?" (How did she got saved?) Duryodhana asks pointing at Ananya.
Voicing everybody's question.

"Woh tumse badi hai." (She is elder than you.) Maharani Gandhari scolds him.

"Par-" (But-) he begins.

"Par abhi Mujhe koi farakh nahi pad raha." (But I don't care.) Maharani Gandhari snapped back.

The boys knew they were in deep shit. Maharani Gandhari had never been so angry before and Rani Kunti so silent, her anger was in her eyes that were spewing fire at them. Pitamah also had a look of disappointment on his face.
Ananya looked at them calmly, her eyes showing her amusement. She smiled gleefully at them when she felt their gaze on her.

"Tum Kya kar Rahe Ho?" (What are you doing?) Mahrani Gandhari asks again. "Yahan?" (Here?)

"Khanna" (Food) Bheema and Duryodhana mumbles, all of them bowing their heads.

"Sach bol Rahe Ho?" (Are you speaking the truth?) Pitamah questions. He knew they liked food but the others being here, he wanted to confirm. Especially seeing Karn and Yudhishthira.

"Aur nahi toh Kya?" (What else?) Krishna asks.

"Jo bhi tha, abhi aapsab ko dand Diya jayega." (Whatever it was, you all are going to be punished.) Pitamah says in a firm tone. "Aapki Mata dengi woh" (By your mothers.) he gestures to the queens.

"Kya saza dena hai, Kunti?" (What is the punishment, Kunti?) Maharani Gandhari asks.

"Saza?" (Punishment?) Kunti questions. "Aap do. Main in se baat nahi kar rahi." (You give it. I am not talking to them.) She glares at her sons.

The boys look up in surprise. They never knew, this side of their mom. They didn't even knew why she was so angry; they had just snuck in the kitchen.

"Kyun?" (Why?) Yudhishthira whisper asked.

"Meri chinta hai tum sab ko? Socho ki mujh par Kya guzar sakti hai? Tum sab Mein so ek bhi nahi the kamre Mein. Ek Mata ke dil par Kya bitegi nahi socha? Nahi socha yeh, kaise jiyegi agar tum sab ko kuch Ho Gaya?" (Do you guys worry about me? Have you thought what I go through? None of you guys were in your room. What would have gone over by a mother's heart, have you thought? You didn't think, how I will, if something happens to anyone of you?) Kunti bursts out on them. Tears straining her face.

The boys were shaken, they didn't knew their mother was affected so much.

Kunti crumpled down, her face in her hands, she had been worried dead.
Before anybody could take a breath, Ananya was there in front of Kunti. She half wrapped her hand around her and with her hand raised her head out of her face.

"Tu Kitni Achchhi Hai, Tu Kitni Bholi Hai
Pyaari Pyaari Hai O Maa Aa Aa O Maa
O Maa Aa Aa O Maa

Ke Yeh Jo Duniya Hai, Yeh Ban Hai Kaanto Ka
Tu Phulwaari Hai O Maa Aa Aa O Maa
O Maa Aa Aa O Maa"

She sings, as her hands wipe the tears off Kunti faces. She smiles at her Bua softly. Ananya was a lady she could guess the emotion roller coaster; her Bua was going through.
Plus losing a parent was similar to losing a child.

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Aage dekhiye-
The process further. The Dwarka Siblings leaving.

(1410 words.)

--Sxxxxx