The next day, Everyone was awake by 6AM and Isha, Meera, Saanvi and Ara were very nervous.
At the Rajvansh palace
Adithi got ready very quickly and left the palace without even having her breakfast. She convinced her parents and grandparents that she was going for shopping with her friends and would be fine. After, great persuasion from her side she was allowed to go without her bodyguards and also take her car without the royal sigil. She got lucky as Ekansh and Jay weren't present at the breakfast table as they had some international conferences.
Adithi reached the place near the mall as she was waiting for her companions.
At the Rajput Palace
Dhruv and Amaira also convinced their parents with the same reason and headed out in hurry without the car with the sigil and their bodyguards. They quickly thanked god and left.
At the Chauhan Palace
Ishaan told their parents and grandparents that he was going to look into some showrooms to get his sports cars customized. They agreed as they knew he loved racing and his cars. Without any further adieu he left for the designated location.
At the Rathore Palace
Ishitha and Arnav also informed their parents and grandparents that they were going to shop with their friends and they agreed hesitantly as they were requesting no security guards to follow them. After convincing their elders they quickly left.
After 10 - 15 mins, Dhruv, Amaira, Ishaan, Ishitha and Arnav arrived at the place Adithi was waiting just then Ara also arrived. All of them except Ara quickly parked their cars near the mall (the mall was in the outskirts of the village and was a very busy place) and quickly got in Ara's car and went towards the forest. (Rajasthan does have many forests but, It has only 9.5 % of total geographical area recorded as forest.). As they went deeper into the forest they stopped at a house or more like a mansion that they had found when they were on their way to meet Amba to learn the truth back then. It was surprising that it was clean and well maintained All of them got comfortable and none of them had their phones with them except a burner phone with Ara to stay in touch with Isha, Meera and Saanvi as they were in a forest and moreover it was an unknown creepy place.
The youngsters plan was to portray that they went missing, hoping that their grandparents would unite in order to look for them. Isha, Meera, Ara and Saanvi didn't want to hurt their grandparents but, couldn't help give in for their happiness even though they knew they were doing wrong by supporting the youngsters.
The day went on and it was already 5PM in the evening . Slowly, everyone in the palaces started getting tensed as their children hadn't returned back to the palace from morning and even weren't answering their phones and no one had the guts to inform Ekansh, Vihaan, Aarav and Ansh about it as they knew they would lose their temper.
At the Rajvansh palace
All the elders were in the garden worrying about their children when Ekansh and Jay entered the garden just then after completing their work. A single look at the elders faces Ekansh knew something was wrong.
Ekansh asked in a calm manner " Kya hua dadu ? Aap pareshan dik rahe ho " as he has never seen his grandfather getting tensed unless it was extremely serious .
(Translation - What happened dadu? you look worried.)
His grandfather replied " Kuch nahi beta, abhi thak Aditi ghar nahi lauti "
(Translation - Nothing son, Aditi hasn't returned home yet )
Jay said " to uska bodyguards ko phone karke pata laga lenge"
(Translation - So call her bodyguards and ask them)
Before Jay could call his grandfather stopped him saying " koi faida nahi hai, woh akele gayi thi, uske persnol car mein"
(Translation - There is no use, she went out alone in her persnol car)
Jay lost his temper and said " aap log usko kyu janne diya akele, security aur bodyguards ge bhagair "
(Translation - Why did you guys let her go without security or her bodyguards?)
All this while Ekansh was calm was but, there was rage in his eyes, his jaw was clenched and his hands were fisted. He finally spoke " pehle usko dunthe hai " and started making calls.
(Translation - First let's look for her)
At the Rajput Palace
The atmosphere in the garden was tensed as the moment Vihaan and Reyansh learnt that their siblings didn't return home they had lost it. It was a similar situation like the Rajvansh Palace.
At the Chauhan Palace
Aarav was trying hard to control his anger as anger and was trying on methods to find Ishaan as he wan't picking his phone and hadn't returned back home.
At the Rathore Palace
Ansh was getting emotional and was worrying for the safety of Ishitha and Arnav but, he was trying to mask his emotions (Note - trying to ). He was making hella lot of calls.
Everyone was seated in the garden avoiding the negative thoughts clouding their mind. Just then everyone looked around as they were somewhere deep down blaming themselves for that situation and suddenly all of them sensed that they were all in the same situation. just a look at themselves the 4 friends broke down as walked as fast they could and the four grandfathers , Abhiraj Rajvansh, Abhimanyu Rajput, Abhimaan Chauhan and Abhijeet Rathore embraced each other after decades. It was a heart-warming moment and that hug held so many emotions that they had wished to convey, so many answers that they had longed for but at the same time they were really distressed for their grandchildren whom they loved dearly and that fear of something happening to them united them once again through all the odds.
The grandmothers too hugged each other and were looking at their husbands with a glint in their eyes as they were finally back to their old selves but, they were very worried for their grandchildren. (Their gardens were connected and one could easily move among the four gardens which were interconnected). Ekansh, Vihaan, Ansh and Aarav were feeling a different kind of pain, one that cut even deeper. Alongside their hurt and anger, they were burdened by self-blame, tormented by the thought that they had been unable to protect their siblings. Guilt gnawed at them, as they questioned whether they should have done more, said more, or acted differently to prevent this situation from unfolding. The weight of responsibility for their siblings' well-being bore down heavily on their shoulders, and they couldn't help but feel like they had somehow failed in their role as a brother. This self-inflicted pain added another layer of anguish to an already difficult situation, leaving them grappling with a complex mix of emotions.
Then the grandparents noticed their inner turmoil and asked their grandsons to come near them as they settled on the couch in the Rajvansh garden. Ekansh, Vihaan, Ansh and Aarav were some what surprised but did not say anything and did as they were told. Ekansh, vihaan and Ansh, Aarav were working as two separate groups but their grandfathers said " get them back safely, make sure you guys work together in that way you will be able to find them much faster" at the same time. The guys agreed as all of their priority at the moment was to find their siblings they started working together to track the location of their personal cars.
Isha, Meera and Saanvi were in their rooms looking at it all. A small smile made it to their lips not to evident but, it was there. They were beyond elated that their grandparents reconciliation and there was another reason for their happiness and that was because of the unity they saw between Ekansh, Vihaan, Ansh and Aarav and they felt like these 4 will also share a great bond of friendship in the future. They started a conference call and added Ara to it, they updated all the youngsters and Ara about the happenings in the palace. They were beyond delighted and suddenly Ara's call went dead. Isha, Meera and Saanvi got anxious and tried to her again but couldn't and some unknown fear clenched their heart. They decided they would go there and get them back themselves.
All of them came down in the same clothes they were wearing. Just then, Ekansh, Vihaan, Ansh and Aarav had left in the same car to the traced location of their cars. Isha, Meera, Saanvi left too informing their elders that they too would look for their siblings and left hurriedly. Isha was driving the car in high speed, at that point all she cared was the safety of her family. All three of them were praying to god asking him to keep their siblings safe.
After 15 mins they reached the house in the deep forest and the sight in front of them shocked them to the core.
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What do you think they saw that they were so shell - shocked ??
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