WEDDING BASH

The palace was decorated with lights and flowers and the guests going inside the large front gates in fancy cars like BMW, Audi, Rolls-Royce while the security is trying to stop the media from getting in and question all the rich families and celebrities.

"Good evening everyone! We are here standing before the Pandiyan palace which is beautifully decorated and bought to life for the wedding of the first born princess of Pandiyan family Ms.Nandika to the Wadiyar Prince HariHara Wadiyar. This union just doesn't bring two families but also two states to share different cultures and traditions" A reporter spoke into the mike as the cameraman telecasted the live.

"Welcome! King Mahadeva Raayala" Guru Pandiyan greeted Deva who shook his hand politely.

Guru Pandiyan then turned to Siva who was holding her nine months old son and took her hand kissing the back of it "Queen Sivatmika Devi, it's always an honour to see you".

"Hello! Your majesty" Siva nodded back politely.

"Please enjoy the wedding" Varalakshmi Pandiyan, sister of Guru Pandiyan said stretching her hand towards the royal guests seating.

Deva took his son from Siva into his arms as they walked towards the table alloted to the Raayala family to see his brother MahaRudra Raayala and his sister-in-law Pallavi sitting and talking with their cousin Mahima and her husband Arjun Pandiyan.

"Good thing you guys are here. I was getting bored" Pallavi extended her arms towards her nephew "Come on baby! Come to your favourite aunt".

The baby boy went to his aunt's arms willingly but Rudra took him before Pallavi has a chance to hold the baby boy glaring at his wife "You shouldn't lift weights" reminding her about her condition pointing towards her five months belly which was totally covered by her saree.

"My nephew is hardly five kgs" Pallavi protested taking the baby boy from her husband's arm and sat down feeding him the sweets.

"Don't feed him much" Siva sat beside Mahi.

"How are you?" Mahi asked.

"Really happy and busy with my little monster" Siva looked at her son lovingly.

"Your Majesty!" Prem greeted coming to the table along with his wife Gaurika who hugged Siva.

"I missed you girl" Gaurika said.

"It's been only a week girl" Mahi rolled her eyes.

"Your majesties! Can I have a picture?" A photographer asked making the ladies sit while the males stood behind their wives royally as the photographer clicked a photo.

"So how is princess Nandika coping with all this?" Siva asked.

"Well! She always expected her dad to make her wedding a business deal" Mahi shrugged making the girls nod.

"That bad huh?" Pallavi raised her eyebrow patting her nephew's back who was about to fall asleep.

"We've news" Prem said making Rudra and Deva move a little away from the ladies.

"What did you find?" Deva asked.

"Our informers found about troops being bought by someone who paid them in gold instead of money" Prem said.

"Who pays in gold these days? It's internet generation for god sake" Rudra commented.

"The one who doesn't want to sell out their identities" Deva said.

"They arrived by the ship to Tamilnadu. Three men with just one duffle bag and seemed suspicious" Prem informed from all the intel he got from the past week of digging.

"Why would they come here now? I mean it's a wedding but they had a lot of chances for the past two months to kill Guru Pandiyan since the announcement of the wedding" Rudra pointed out.

"Unless they are not here for him" Deva concluded making them frown but widened their eyes before turning towards the palace stairs.

PRINCESS NANDIKA'S BEDROOM.......

"My daughter" Guru Pandiyan proudly walked towards Nandika who's infront of the mirror.

She turned around to take the blessings of her father but he held her shoulders stopping her with a proud look "I'm so proud of you my darling princess" and kissed her forehead.

"HariHara Wadiyar is going to take care of you so well and you'll be a queen soon" Varalakshmi Pandiyan joyed as she hugged her niece Nandika continuing "Your mother would have been so happy Nandu(Nandika)".

"I miss her too aunt" Nandu tried controlling her tears.

"Now! Now! No time for crying. You'll be called down soon so be ready. We'll be waiting for you at the mandapam" Guru Pandiyan patted his daughter's shoulder before going downstairs with his sister.

Nandu faced the mirror as the door shut and saw someone pass in a blink like air behind her making her frown but she acted normally and slid open a drawer of the dressing table before taking a hand knife and turned back with a yell and striked at the intruder in her room who wore a mask.

The intruder's hand was injured and stepped back taking his knife defending himself from Nandu's continuous strikes at him "You think I can't fight you just because I'm a girl?"

"When I set my eyes on someone I learn everything about them Princess" She could hear a smirk in his voice from behind the mask making her grit her teeth and took out another sword from the wall and started striking him from both the sides as he moved back towards the balcony.

"Now....." The intruder yelled making her confused and that mere second gave him a chance to electruote her making her unconscious as an arrow shot through the balcony's wall with a rope.

The intruder lifted her onto his shoulder and put his holder on the rope before sliding on it towards the old abandoned building which is atleast two kilometres away from the palace.

"Your highness!" A maid came running downstairs startling everyone as she panted continuing "Princess Nandika is missing".

Everyone widened their eyes and started talking "Did she escape? Or elope? What if she has an affair?"

"Shut up! She'll do no such thing. Don't you dare talk about my family like that" Varalakshmi Pandiyan warned.

"What the hell are you talking girl? Did you check everywhere?" Guru Pandiyan asked.

"The things in her room are broken and there is blood too" The girl said making everyone widen their eyes.

"She was kidnapped. Who would dare to kidnap the daughter of Pandiyan family?" One of the guests spoke as the family members rushed to her room giving orders to lock down the palace and search the surroundings.

Varalakshmi and Guru Pandiyan along with Arjun and his father Veera stood in the balcony as they saw an arrow with a rope stuck in the wall and followed the rope to see three figures with hoods over their heads standing on the top of the building and Nandika on the middle one's shoulder as the trio stared at them like they are challenging the Pandiyans before they jumped down the building.