My Days in Indraprasth - Subhadra

Part 19

"I can see the sorrow behind your smile, the affection behind your anger and the reason behind your silence."
~ Arjun

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Subhadra POV

Morning I woke up to find Arya sleeping next to me with a small smile on his face. I smiled looking at him and stepped down to get out of the bed when I felt something pull me back. I looked back to find Arya holding my dupatta in his hands while he was asleep.

"Don't worry Arya !" I whispered softly as I pulled my dupatta from his hands. Getting up, I looked outside the chamber to see Hastinapur's army assembled outside Dwarka.

"Why are they here?" I whispered to myself. A maid entered the room who distracted me.

"Princess ! Hastinapur..." she started and I nodded. She left the chamber to inform my brothers about the same.

"What happened?" I heard Arya say as he was getting up.

"Nothing ! The royal members from Hastinapur have arrived at Dwarka" I said. "Let's go and welcome them after refreshing" he said yawning.

"Yes ! You really need to refresh !" I said giggling as I walked out of the chamber. After a quick routine, I ran upto the entrance of Dwarka to welcome them.

I was not able to see my brothers and sister there. Instead, there stood Mamashri Shakuni, Prince Duryodhan, his brother Dushasan and the king of Angdesh, Karn. I gave them a small smile to which they reacted with a small frown. This left me more conscious.

"Greetings Princess !" I heard Angraj say and I immediately greeted him back. I wanted to play around for sometime and looked at Mamashri and the Princes with a nearly blank expression on my face.

"Who are all of you?" I asked them. Prince Duryodhan and his brother looked at each other shockingly while Prince Karn was maintaining his calm expression. Mamashri Shakuni was showing me his evil smile which left me scared.

'Hopefully Mamashri is not plotting against me now !' I thought as I saw Pitamah Bheeshm and Mantri Vidur enter. I greeted them with a small smile. They blessed me and noticed the confused expressions of the trio.

"What happened son?" Pitamah asked Duryodhan who was repeatedly looking at both of us.

"Pitamah ! She has forgotten about us" he shouted. Pitamah lookad at me with utter disbelief and I had to continue the prank.

"Vidur ! I have never heard of this situation occur before" he said. I smiled and jumped up in excitement scaring Prince Dushasan to no end.

"So you are Mantri Vidur ! The most renowned genius in the entire Aryavat" I exclaimed and began clapping my hands like a small child.

He was confused of whether to laugh at my childish behavior or worry about the loss of my memory. Pitamah Bheeshm looked at me mischievously as though he understood my prank.

"Subhadra" I heard Arya call me from behind and I pouted as my plan had flopped.

"Greetings Pitamah !" he said as he took his blessings. Mantri Vidur noticed Arjun's calm behaviour and understood that it was a prank. He smiled at me and blessed Arjun who had bent down to touch his feet. I gave both of them an embarrassed look and smiled.