Chapter 4

"I am twin sister of Vasudev Krishna of Dwarka of Yadav race." It was a very big and unbelievable lie; I could clearly see the shock on their faces, but it was the only lie for which I had a believable reason.

"How is it even possible? Madhav has only one sister." Arjun said.

"Only one sister that you know of, I was a secret since my birth. As soon as I was born I was sent outside Aryavart for safety reasons and due to the chaos created by my brother here, it became easy for me to escape." Even I don't know how this came to my mind. It was panic I guess.

"And why didn't you come here before?" Arjun asked

"I never got a chance to. After the death of Kans mama, there were a lot of problems in Dwarka. Bhai already had a lot of problems here so we thought, that I should spend my time there." I tried to answer the best I could.

"What is that thing?"

"She is a gift from my brother, Alexa. She works with the blessings of Surya Bhagwan."

"That thing has a name!" he exclaimed, like it was impossible to happen. More weird things have happened here. Example their birth they are literally demigods.

"Yes, that thing has a name. She is Alexa, my car. Do not speak ill about her." I was angry. She was my first car. People would literally kill for her in kalyug.

"Why did you try to kill us?" He accused.

Without waiting a second I replied, "If I wanted to kill you, you would be dead right now, with me. You should be thankful that I saved our lives."

"Yeah, which you tried to take." I was glaring at him right now. If looks could kill he would be six feet underground.

"Arjun, this is not the way you should talk to our guest." Yudhishthir interjected.

"Yes, Arjun you should listen to your brother." I mocked him. That sentence enraged him.

"Why should we believe you?" he asked.

"You shouldn't." I replied, giving him princess attitude. At least I hope I have given it.

He didn't believe me, but someone did because right after that Yudhishthir said, "We believe you Princess of Dwarka. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by us. It would be a pleasure if we could escort you to the palace in Hastinapur."

"Pleasure's all mine." I said, giving my most charming smile to him and something changed in him. I don't know how I knew, as his face was still void of any emotion, but I just knew.

"But I would still like to travel in my car." I added.

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When I entered the great city of Hastinapur I was fascinated by what I saw. The city was literally covered in flowers. The houses had proper spacing and were decorated with designs. It looked like a prosperous city. Gorgeous was the only word I could think of.

Many people came to see, the Pandavas or at least the eldest three. I don't know where the other two where. It felt like they were seeing after a long time. That brought a lot of crowd to greet them and I was just behind them, so I got a lot of attention too. They were definitely fascinated by the car and may be the girl in it.

Not that I hated attention but I just came out of an interrogation, but now I was just tired. Even though I slept the whole ride but we all know that sleeping in a car is not exactly comfortable.

As soon as we came near the castle gates, the guards opened it and we were bought to the safety of the castle. As I came with the Pandavas I got entry without any questions. It worked quite well for me to enter Hastinapur with them.

After a few seconds, Isaw the castle. It was huge. I mean it was larger than any monument or building,I had ever seen. It had beautiful architecture. Sculptures were inscribed in itand it was so detailed that it looked real. It felt like it showed the strengthof Hastinapur.

As the Pandavas came out of their cart, I too hurried out of mine. My hoodie and jeans called everyone's attention. Now, I really wished that I wore something else, but thank god my jeans weren't ripped or they would think of me as beggar.

Pandavas sensed the stairs on me. Yudhishthir introduced me, "She is princess Aarohi twin sister of Dwarkadhish. She grew out of Aryavart so please ignore her outfit and show her the hospitality of Hastinapur." Well he actually gave an introduction given the circumstances.

I took my phone out of the car and showed guards my belongings to take to room. Even they thought it was weird, but they did not question it.

Then I asked Alexa quietly, "Where will I find you?"

She said, "You will find me near the other raths and don't worry I canonly be opened by you or anyone you allow."

I smiled and went towards Pandavas. Alexa herself went away leaving the guards more shocked and fascinated.

Yudhishthir said, "Your sister is waiting for you near the entrance."

"Won't you meet her?" only I could understand the taunt that Arjun said.

What my sister! Who is she? Seeing my confused face Pandavas gave me weird glances. Who would she be? And then it clicked, "Ohh Subhadra!" I exclaimed.

I turned around and searched for the girl decked in most jewelry. Thankfully there was only one. I ran to her and hugged her. I didn't have enough time to even inspect her expressions. It was so weird for me and maybe even weirder for her, but it had to be done to gain their trust. I just hope she acts along with me.

Before Subhadra could say anything I muttered in her ear, "Please Subhadre, don't shout now and act as I am your sister. I will explain everything later." And surprisingly she hugged me back and started crying.

What so much acting? I didn't ask her to cry. But she was a good actor, for a second even I thought that she missed me.

I spinned her in semicircle to look if the Pandavas had gone. Thankfully they had, I didn't know where but they certainly did not pass me.

I broke the hug and said, "Thank you for acting along." She was still crying.

With eyes full of tears, she said, "What jiji I wasn't pretending. Why didn't you write a letter to me? Don't you like me? Before few days I didn't even know that you existed. If Brata Krishn had not told me I would have never known. You know I always wanted an elder sister to talk to. Why did you leave me? Am I that bad?"

What to tell this innocent teenager now, that I didn't know that I had a sister a minute ago. Dear lord, are you testing all of my talking and lying skills today? Please save some from tomorrow and also thank you for the little sister.

I first hugged her. Even if it's been only 2 minute, she felt like family. I broke the hug and wiped her tears and said, "Don't cry Subhadre. You are not bad." Sorry bhagwan maaf kar dena. (Sorry lord forgive me.)

"All of this is the fault of our brother Krishna. He told me that a surprise was waiting for me here. But I never knew my surprise was so cute and pretty. You know I always wanted a little sister. But I never knew that I had a sister. Now, that I have you, I am going to spoil you so much." I said with a smile pinching her nose.

"Where were you? With whom did you live? Were you happy there? How are people there? Do you all were such clothes? They are so different. Don't you feel weird in them? Why- " she was just babbling. How will I answer so many questions?

I cut her. "Hey! What are you, a question bank? I swear I never heard anyone ask so many questions in a single breath in my entire life." She smiled sheepishly.

I will answer her questions ofcourse, even if I didn't wish to she wasn't going to let me off the hook before I answer every single one of them. But there was something more important I needed to know.

I tried to act casual and asked her, "By the way, is something occurring here or is the palace this decorated always?"

"Oh no it totally slipped out of my mind. Today Kuru princes return from their gurukul. So there is a grand puja and their performance, which begins right after;" she looked at the sky and said, "Two hours."

Wow! That was a great skill. I want to learn that. Within a second she grabbed my hand dragging me to God knows where, muttering under her breath that she needed to get me ready.

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