NAKUL'S POV
I was walking with bharata bheem as it was my turn but after like a good hour we heard aadhya saying "are! how did I come up here? I was walking wasn't I?" and she tried to get down but I stopped her saying "aadhya you better not get down" but she replied "why not bharata? and how did I end up here and you there?" I sighed saying "aadhya you fainted so we decided to take turns in walking so you get enough rest, and now stop asking more questions and rest for some more time" I said this with giving her a warning glare but she still said "now I had enough rest already bharata, you take a rest and let me walk" but before I could say anything, jesth bharata said "aadhya you better listen to him before arjun wakes up and you know then, you don't want that do you?" seeing her expression change me, bharata bheem, jesth bharata and sahadev started laughing knowing we finally won against aadhya.
After sometime I saw that everyone was resting but we stopped when we heard mata say "putra bheem I'm very thirsty I need water I can't bare it anymore" hearing her say this we both realized that we have went without water long enough and then bharata bheem said "mata look we can hear the birds chirping you guys wait here and I will be back with water before you know it and nakul you keep a watch on them" I nodded in response and bharata bheem kept everyone down and went to look for water where he heard the noise of birds chirping and I just sat till bharata bheem got us water as I myself have become really tired.
AADHYA'S POV
I was awaken with the feeling of being kept down and I slowly opened my eyes to see bharata bheem walking away, I got up and saw bharata nakul sitting down and I asked "what happened where did bharata bheem go?" and bharata nakul replied "oh! you are awake, bharta bheen has went to get us some water as mata is very thirsty" I nodded as a response as I my self felt really thirsty and looked at mata and saw her state and felt sad about how mata is suffering. I then looked around the vaan feeling strange about it and I noticed how there is no light entering the vaan and feeling fimilar feeling about this, after few seconds it hit me that why I'm having this strange feelings we have entered a vaan which has illusions and is made with maya, starting to think where are we actually, I then remembered pitashree telling me the story of the vaan of hidimb and how no human should enter this place I just sighed in response and saw that everyone started to wake up.
BHEEM'S POV
Finally seeing the lake I smiled in happiness and went towards it taking some water in my palms and drinking it, drinking each sip felt like I'm regaining my energy bit by bit and after drinking enough water I made a huge container with lotus leaves and went back towards mata and others.
YUDHISHTHIR'S POV
I woke up and saw we were resting and bheem wasn't here and saw mata leaning against the tree with dry lips and half opened eyes, aadhya was awake and sat with taking the support of the tree and nakul taking a rest as well, turning to look at arjun and sahadev I saw they were getting up as well and then I noticed our surroundings and felt a strange feeling and looked at aadhya and she in reply nodded making it sure that what I was thinking is right and we have entered the vaan of hidimb before I could say anything bheem came towards us with a large container made with leaves which contains water and went towatds mata and fed her some water then came towards me and one by one fed everyone water.
After drinking water I looked at them and said "it looks like we have entered the vaan of hidimb and we can't get out without defeating their king" and nakul asked "what do you mean jesth?" and I replied "this vaan is of the rakshas named hidimb and if any human enters they will be eaten by them and the only way out is defeating the king" and then arjun said "mata I think we should have a proper rest and sleep for some time" she gave me a worried look asking weather it was safe to sleep or not and I nodded in reply saying "it's safe mata nothing will happen" she let out a small sigh and went to sleep and we all lied down to have a rest as well.
AADHYA'S POV
I woke up hearing a sound of a crying women and then I turned to see that bharata arjun who was besides me woke up as well we looked at each other sharing a knowing look but then mata asked "what happened arjun, aadhya?" and bharata replied "we are hearing a noise of a women crying mata" and bharata sahadev joked "it must be bharata bheem's stomach" and bharata bheem replied "my stomach growls like a lion not like a crying girl" and hearing the voice again me and bharata arjun dashed off to the source of the voice.
ARJUN'S POV
Me and aadhya rushed to the source of voice and then saw a women crying in the corner we both nodded at each other and went towards her but hearing our footsteps she started to run away and I said "wait, where are you going" and the women said "first tell me are you a human or rakshas?" I let out a small smile and said "if I was a rakshas I would be asking about how I should eat you not about where you are going" hearing that aadhya elbowed me and said "we are humans, may we know the reason why you are here alone in this vaan" and the women crying said "the rakshas ate my family members I ran away from them somehow" hearing that aadhya said "oh that's sad you should come with us, our mata and other 4 brothers are resting, we will protect you" she nodded sadly and tagged along with us.
KUNTI'S POV
Seeing arjun and aadhya run I tried to call them but I was to late, they were already out of sight, and I worriedly said "where did they both go alone like this, we can't even see their footprints!" and bheem said "mata don't worry I will go find them" I stopped him saying "no putra bheem you won't go alone I don't want anyone of us separated" and he stopped his tracks, yushidthir said "mata don't worry we will find them!" and bheem said "don't worry mata to find them I will push down all the trees!" and picked up a tree and we saw arjun and aadhya, seeing them I sighed in relief and went towards them in curiosity about the unknown women standing next to them.
ARJUN'S POV
We returned to mata and the others only to see that bharata bheem was holding a tree and seeing us they smiled in relief and bharata bheem was about to throw the tree but seeing the women he seemed to stop his tracks and just look at her, after few seconds aadhya cleared her throat loudly and said "bharata bheem you can put the tree down" making him come out of his thoughts and put down the tree, then mata asked us who the women is and I replied "mata her family was eaten by rakshas and she was alone so we brought her to you" mata nodded understanding and then told her "don't worry now my children will protect you" I went towards sahadev and said "of course bharata bheem will protect her" and aadhya said "yes yes of course bharata bheem will!" and bharata bheem replied "yes of course I will if it's mata's orderes why won't I!" hearing that well all shared a eye contact with each other and smiled teasingly.
Then mata asked her "how did your family ended up here?" and she replied "we were on trith yatra and lost our way and ended up here and the rakhshas killed my family" she finished and started crying, mata went towards her, sadly hugging her said "don't worry now you have no reason to be scared" and jesth bharata said "we should get going now" we all nodded and mata asked the women "will you be able to start a journey or you want to rest" and the women said "I'm okay I don't need rest" and we started our journey.
AADHYA'S POV
We started our journey and we all were seeing how bharata bheem and the women would share glaces at each other, after an hour or so bharata sahadev asked "jesth which direction are we heading to, we can't even feel the air how will we know?" and jesth replied "here the air flows from east to west so we are heading towards west" and the women added "yes we are heading towards west I can smell the flesh" and bharata bheem said "but that smell is everywhere" ans she replied "but this smell is of food, I - I mean the food of rakshas, now I can identify the smell easily and there is smell of some eatable fruits as well" bharata bheem amazed asked "wow you can really tell all this by smelling? Can you tell me where can I find those fruits" the women nodded and said "yes it's there" and pointed at the direction and bharata bheem said "amazing!" and they both started their staring session again.
Seeing that bharata arjun said "isn't it weird even though bharata bheem knows where the fruits are he didn't rush to get them" and nakul added "yes!, I think, like you and aadhya have won over your sleep, bharata bheem has won over his hunger" and I added "then we will have to win over our hunger as well!" and bharata arjun said "yeah as now I don't think bharata bheem will get us food" and we all laughed but mata said "arjun, nakul and aadhya stop be quiet" we still laughed a little and mata continued "putra bheem, go get the fruits" and bharata bheem coming out of the staring session with the women said "ji mata" and went to get the fruits. After he got the fruits we started eating and I sat in the middle of jesth and bharata arjun.
While eating jesth fed me a fruit which I ate happily and then I fed bharata arjun but when bharata arjun wanted to feed bharata bheem he didn't even see him, bharata bheem was having fun admiring the women and eating the food so I took bharata arjun's hand and fed my self the fruit and said "he is to busy to even look at you, feed me today" then I looked at bharata bheem and the women who now had started a eating competition and then I told at bharata nakul and bharata sahadev who were shocked seeing someone that too a women trying to do a competition with bharata bheem and how she was able to keep up with him and I couldn't help but giggle at that and their oblivious self. After eating we all decided to rest again, jesth bharata and bharata arjun got the duty to guard us while we rest.
THE WOMEN'S POV
We all were having a rest but suddenly some vains pulled me away from them and it turns out it was my bhai the king of this vaan "HIDIMB" and I asked "what happened bhai why you called me here" and he angrily said "what happened to you! What's taking you so long! You have never taken so much time before! Why now!" and I hesitant replied " it's just they are way to intelligent bhai that's why it's taking me long" and bhai suspiciously said "is it because of that! Or you have fallen in love with the huge guy which I have targeted for my self, if that's true remember I will kill you with my own hands remember a rakshas can't have any relation with humans!!" and I scared replied "bhai it's nothing like that, I will being them as soon as possible."
While talking to bhai we heard footsteps and came to know it's one of them, I panicked because I didn't want him to be killed as bhai was ready to attack him but I hurriedly transfered us to a little far place and bhai angrily said "why did you do that" and I said "I will get them to Houston anyways! Don't worry bhai I will go now or else they will get suspicious" and nodded and said "do remember what I said about falling in love with that guy! And be quick, bring them to us fast with your maya" I nodded and went back to them.
Soon after resting for a enough time we reached near the entrance of our village and I started to hesitate as I didn't want them to go in there! How can I do that to such pure souls they were so nice to me even though I was a unknown women to them, they protected me and treated me nicely and bheem! How can I do this to a person I love and to his family!!! I stopped my tracks and said "wait! STOP!!!!!"
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Chapter 25: SURVIVING THE ODDS
AADHYA'S POV
We all started our journey towards our first home but mata got tired so bharata bheem picked her up and soon we reached a small village where we were able to find the cloths of tapasvi's and after staying there a day we continued our journey towards our home and after two to three days we reached there the place were it all started, where we were born, where we grew up and where there was only laughter and joy looking around I remembered every single golden memories we spent together and I turned to see the others they were having the same feelings as I was feeling.
Not wanting to go to the sad part of our memeories I asked them "when are we going to eat!! i'm hungry!" and bharata nakul said "i'm surpried that bharata bheem isn't the one saying this" and bharata bheem keeping mata down so she could rest replied "well everyone knows i'm always hungry so let's not waste time here talking and start working" and bharata sahadev said "oh wow bharata bheem is talking about work and not about eating" earning a headlock attack from bharata bheem and jesth bharata said "okay okay stop let's divide the work" we all getting a little serious nodded.
Jesth bharata continued "aadhya your work is to get water, sahadev get wood for cooking, nakul and arjun go search for food -" jesth bharata was interrupted by bharata bheem who said "jesth let me search for food" and I giggled replying "we need food for everyone" and bharata arjun continued "so it's better you don't search for it as we all are sure you will eat more and search less" and jesth bharata tagged along saying "and bheem you will have to make a good space for us to sit or lie down so we can rest as there are many heavy boulders so you move them" after having a good giggle we all nodded and started to do our assigned work.
ARJUN'S POV
We both returned from getting the food and saw eveyone how jesth bharata is trying to sharp a long stick and got hurt, how sahadev was breaking the stick with his knee casuing them to bleed and bharata bheem who was moving those huge bolders and then I saw mata she was sad and lost in thoughts. Bharata bheem noticed us and said "are!! you guys are here okay let's eat! I will be happy as long as I have something to eat, duryodhan can take everything from me but not my teeth and stomach haha" we all sat down besides mata but I didn't see aadhya yet but I was sure she will join us soon.
KUNTI'S POV
I was in deep thoughts still thinking about what have happened and why it happened and thinking how my children have to struggle because of all this but then I heard a voice calling me and I saw that my putras were sitting around me and I saw how they were all having bruises all over them and arjun interrupted my thoughts saying "mata serve us food" and bheem said "yes I'm very hungry" but looking around I didn't see aadhya anywhere so I said "let's wait for aadhya" but a voice came from our left saying "no need to wait mata I'm here!" we all look towards her and saw how she had some small cuts and bruises on her body yet she smiled like nothing has happened and this was just a regular day.
My poor putri how much she has to struggle instead of resting I couldn't take it anymore seeing all my children like that and a lone tear escaped my eyes but seeing that aadhya got tensed and asked "mata what happened why are you crying?" hearing her say that everyone turned to me and arjun said "mata please don't be sad" and nakul said "yes mata we all are okay and we are more strong then you think even aadhya is I don't want to say this but aadhya is stronger then me so don't worry" aadhya sitting besides sahadev said "bharata nakul don't worry you still have something I don't" and nakul asked "what?" and aadhya replied "you are still more beautiful and handsome then me and even I can't match that!!" making us all giggle and nakul reached her but before he could grab her she hid behind sahadev and I stopped them saying "okay okay stop I'm serving food now" they all happily nodded and I started serving the food.
When I finished serving the food arjun asked me "mata suddenly I remembered the time when we had our first meal in hastinapur, pitamah gave us a riddle to eat our food without flooding our hands, can you give us the solution for that?" I looked at them confused and aadhya said "oh I remember what you are talking about bharata arjun" but not knowing the answer I nodded my head as a no and saw all of them offering me a bite of food making me realize the answer I smiled at them and ate the food offered to me one by one and in return fed them a bite too.
While eating nakul suddenly said "we all are going to feed bharata bheem turn by turn as I alone can't do it everyday" we all let out a chuckle and aadhya said "are bharata nakul don't worry we will feed you too" and extended her hand to feed nakul and surprised arjun asked "are wah aadhya you showing nakul so much love what's the reason?" and nakul said "I'm sure she wants to be more beautiful so she thinks showing me more love will help" and my putra's laughed and aadhya pouted in return and said "oh! bharata arjun I'm not as bad as you guys think and bharata nakul I love myself how I'm".
Folding her hand back Aadhya said "now I won't feed you" after saying that she turned her head ignoring arjun and nakul and said "bharata sahadev eat this and feeding sahadev said "at least someone appreciates my love not like certain bharatashree's I know" and sahadev tagging along with her saying "when mata and aadhya feeds us the food it tastes so much more delicious" and then bheem tagged along saying "oh aadhya feed me too!!" when she was done feeding bheem, bheem said "yeah it does taste more delicious and it feels like I'm half filled" then yudhishthir said "oh won't you feed your jesth bharata" to which Aadhya smiled saying "of course I will!!" and she fed yudhishthir.
She looked at arjun and nakul making us look at them and we all giggled seeing the face of guilt and regret and aadhya smirked indicating that she would and they were just looking at her regretting what they said aadhya looking at their faces laughed and said "Don't worry I will never be angry on you and fed each of them a bite and they smiled eating happily and soon after eating they all started doing the remaining work and even tho I offered to help they refused and said "you should rest mata" making me smile at them with pride.
Our days here just went like this struggling to find food or do the work, planning where we should head next to and which place will be safer.
NO ONE'S POV
Soon the news of the death of pandavas reached the whole aryavart and the people who knew them personally were sad about the news and the ones who didn't know them that much still gave them the respects and wished them peace.
KRISHNA'S POV
Everyone in dwarka knowing the news was sad subhadra even cried a little for her Sakhi's death and how she won't meet anyone of them again. Me and rukmini were having a walk at the seashores and rukmini said "it's very sad that the pandavas died I won't be able to meet aadhya and bharata arjun again plus my wish of touching mata kunti's feet, taking her blessing and meeting the other pandava's will always remain a wish" I smiled and said "rukmini look behind what do you see?" and she answered "our foot prints" after hearing her reply I said "see the foot prints washed away but the foot prints washing away doesn't mean the one who made the foot print isn't alive" and she excitedly asked "so are pandavas and mata kunti alive!"
I replied "they should be as the people who came to do a great deed on earth won't die and if they are alive I will have to meet them soon" to which rukmini asked "why don't you give me a specific answer?" and I said "look around you rukmini look at the whole aryavart it's time for a change, the normal people who gives us so much things like food, diamonds and what not doesn't get anything in return but the king does and it's time to make them happy and think about them it's time for a better change and I will have to go to panchal as my meeting with the pandavas will happen there in panchal" and rukmini asked "why in panchal arya?" and I replied "because soon there will be a birth of such a power that will change the whole dharma of aryavart and I will have to go there to protect her" and rukmini asked "to protect her? But from whom?" and I said "from the one who is going to give her birth"
AFTER SOME DAYS
BHEEM'S POV
We left our home and started our journey towards the west but soon everyone started to get tired and mata couldn't walk anymore so I carried her and then one by one everyone started getting more tired and couldn't continue so I carried them one by one and when I was about to carry Aadhya she said "it's okay bharata bheem I can still walk" and I said "don't overstrain yourself aadhya you know na I will never get tired as I received the boon" and aadhya replied "yes bharata I know and if I won't be able to walk I will tell you for sure" I just nodded not having any choice and we continued our journey.
AADHYA'S POV
We walked for a while and I couldn't take it anymore but I kept repeating to myself that I have to keep walking no matter what as I can't give bharata bheem more trouble and it will be uncomfortable for bharatashree's and mata as there is no space so thinking this I just kept walking with every bit of my strength and all I knew was that I had to keep walking because if I stop now I won't be able to walk again without a proper rest and slowly I started to lose consciousness little by little.
AFTER FEW HOURS
SAHADEV'S POV
I woke up seeing that aadhya was still walking behind bharata bheem making me worried as she didn't look that well and I felt that something isn't good and then I felt bharata bheem stop and say there are fruits here let's stop for a bite or else no one will have the power to even move we all nodded and then bharata bheem kept us down one by one but then we saw that aadhya kept walking ahead so bharata bheem called her saying "aadhya where are you going we are resting here" but she just kept walking and feeling something wrong I went towards her and kept a hand on her shoulder and called her out.
To my surprise she kept moving her legs and I held her shoulders to stop her and she started to fall down making me call her name a little loudly and I caught her in my arms before she fell down and saw that everyone was looking at aadhya with worried expression and jesth bharat asked "what happened sahadev is aadhya alright" and I sighed sadly and replied "jesth bharata she was walking almost unconsciously And she fell down as I put a hand on her shoulders and now she is unconscious" hearing this they all just gave a sad look towards her and bharata bheem sad about this said "I told her that I could easily carry her but she said she can still walk, why she is always like this."
Bharata arjun said "I guess she thought bharata bheem carrying all of us together will be uncomfortable for all of us" and nakul said "well she wasn't fully wrong it would have been uncomfortable for mata and all of us" we all sighed and jesth bharata sugessted "let's take turns till we reach a village and let Aadhya rest, one of us well walk with bheem till we get tried then the other one will start walking in the place so it won't be uncomfortable for other and I will be the first one to walk" well all nodded hearing the plan and I kept aadhya besides mata who was now sleeping and bharata bheem went to get the fruits and soon came back with the fruits.
Nakul woke up mata saying "mata you should eat something" she slowly pulled the strength to get up but seeing aadhya asleep she asked "why haven't we woke her up" but not wanting to worry her bharata arjun said "she just fell asleep mata she ate some fruits let her rest" mata nodded her head hearing this and we all started eating.
NO ONE'S POV
After eating they all started their journey and since the forest started to get dense step by step they didn't knew where they were heading to and heading towards a distraction which was going to change their life.