MEETING HIDIMBA

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!!!!!"