A boy leaned out, giving out his hands to me. I couldn't see his face properly as the sun shone bright on my face.

"Get up, Dhaksha!" he pulled me up.
"How do you know my name? Who are you?" I asked.

He gave me a bright smile, pulled me by my wrist and started running towards the lake.

"Who are you? Let go of me," I shouted while coping with him.
"Look!!!" he pointed out my reflection in the lake.

What the fuck?

"When did I get this young?" I stared at my reflection.
The boy laughed at me and splashed the water on my face.

"Bhaiyaaa?" I took a step back.
"You are so dumb. Took you so long to realise it!" he laughed at me.
"What is going on?"
"We travelled back to my youth" he rested his hands on my shoulder.
"What? Another Time travel?" I exclaimed.
"Yes, my dear Dhaksha."

He sat on the rock near the lake and patted a rock beside him.

"Why are we exactly here bhaiya? My family's out there to wage a war. Draupadi's all stressed out. At this time why are we here?" I sat beside him.

"I just wanted to feel my youth again. I thought I would take you along with me too. No particular reason." he smiled. " Now get up let's go. I want you to meet many people."

He grabbed my wrist and dragged me.
"Bhaiya, slow down."

We reached a place full of small huts and busy people everywhere.

"Wait, is this?"
"Yes, Dhaksha. This is where I grew up." he pointed to the place.

Oh, my fudge!!!

"Bhaiyaaa!!" Kanha called out loud.
"Haa Kanha?" he called out back.

I turned to see a teenage boy who looked familiar.

"Bhaiya, he looks familiar."

He walked towards us slowly. The more close he came, the more familiar he looked.

"What happened now, Kannaiya?" He asked.

Again. Oh, my fudge!!!

"Vasudeva... this is my brother. He's my Chim Chim. He's my Manuel." Tears rolled down my cheeks.

He looked just like my brother when he passed away.

"He's my bhaiya. He's Balram." Kanha introduced him to me.

Why does Balram na look like my brother? What's going on here? Mahabharata can't get more mysterious than this.

"Who's she, Krishna? Wait, did he tease you something, or did you fall in love with his flute and him." Balram na asked.

I was still shocked to see my brother's face after a very long time. I stood still, without even answering.

"She fell in love then. I'm sure of it," he said again.
"Wait. No no, I'm not in love with him. I mean I do love him." I zoomed back.

"What?" he exclaimed.
"I mean. He's my brother, Shri Balrama na." I replied.
"Shri Balrama??" he exclaimed again.

Balram na whispered something to Kanha na.
"No no, She's all normal." Kanha laughed back.

"What's your name, little one?"Balram na bent down to my height.
"Ah. I'm Dhaksha." I smiled.
"Alright!!" he smiled and gave me a pat on my head.

He's just like my brother!

"I wanna take a nice bath, Bhaiya."  Kanha stretched his body.
"How about we go to the lake near our home and take a nice bath?" Balram na suggested.
"Sounds good. Isn't it, Dhaksha?" Kanha smiled at me.

Did Balram look like my brother or is my Kanha playing tricks with my mind?

"I'm not playing any tricks!!" Kanha looked at me.

"Sounds good, Bhaiya." I faked a smile.
"All right come with me." Balram na dragged me.

Dragging people by their wrists runs in their blood.

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"Looks like the entire lake is occupied."  Balram na pointed at the bunch of women bathing in the lake.
"Krishna, Don't you ever think of doing what you are thinking right now!!"

"What are you thinking, Bhaiya?" I asked him.

Kanha ran fast to the tree branch which was full of their clothes.

"What the.. bhaiya noo" I ran towards.
"Don't go there, Dhaksha. You'll be the one who will get into trouble." Balram na shouted.

I ran towards Kanha na who was walking towards me, carrying all their clothes.
"Kanha, you are indeed God of mischiefs." I crossed my hands.
"Arrey yaar. Move from my way." He tried to push me.
" No!!! Keep the clothes there!!"
" Achaa? Here keep them yourself." he gave me all the clothes.

"Hey!! You!! Did you take our clothes? Aren't you ashamed of being a girl and doing this?" a lady shouted from the lake.

Again. Again. What the fudge!!

" No, I didn't take this. This boy. Krishna took it."
"There is no boy near you," she said.
I turned around to see no one around me. I had no other go except to walk toward them and hand their clothes.

"You'll pay for this. " she picked my ears.
Arreey yaar. This KRISHNAAAA!!

"Yes dear," I heard Kanha laugh.

" Let her find my lost chain now, in this lake as a punishment." another lady shouted.
Chain? In the lake?

"But, I can't-"
"Do it or else you gonna face the consequences." another lady shouted.
"I didn't even do it. It was Krishna. Yashoda's Krishna." I shouted.

"Ah? Yashoda's Krishna? He is such a good boy. He always helps my husband." the lady replied.
"He helps my husband too" another lady raised her hands.
Good boy?Seriously?

"Are you trying to frame an innocent boy like Krishna for stealing our clothes?" another lady said.
"He's not innocent!!!!" I shouted.
"I'm going to count till 10. Get inside the lake." the same lady replied.
"But Krishnaa-"
"One.. Two.." she started counting.
"He must be here somewhere-"
"Three. Four" she continued counting.

This Krishna always gets on my last nerve.

"Alright, I'll get inside." I walked inside the lake.
"Dhakshaa," Balram na came running. " Don't do it."
"It's all right, Balram na. Let me do it." I kept walking.
"Be careful. I'm right beside you." he pats my shoulder.

Oh, my Manuel. I miss you so much!!

"Tell Krishna that, he's going to die in my hands." I kept walking to the lake.

I slowly walked inside the lake and held my breath to put my head under the water. The water was not clear. All the algae and other things floated inside.

I put my head up in the air, as I couldn't breathe.

"Don't go anywhere. Search in that area." the lady pointed to the particular area inside the lake. "Yeah sure," I swam to that area.

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Balram's Pov

"Search in that area," the lady shouted.

Dhaksha put her head under the water again.

"Let her search for the chain," she swings the chain in the air and they walk away.

Dhaksha got fooled.
"Dhaksha come out of the water. You got fooled."I walked towards the lake.

She didn't even come up for like 2 minutes. Something's is definitely wrong.

"Dhaksha!!" I jumped inside the lake.

I swam all over the area but I couldn't find a single trace of Dhaksha.

"Dhaksha!!! where are you??" I shouted. "Are you hiding somewhere?"

I put my heads under the water and kept searching for her all the over area and came up.

"Bhaiyaa? What happened?" I heard Krishna.
"Dhaksha is lost. It's all your fault, Krishna."
"What? My Dhaksha is lost?" He jumped inside the water.
"I searched everywhere. She's nowhere." I nodded my head.
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Dhaksha's Pov

I put my heads under the water again and started to do the most stupidest thing ever!! Searching for a chain under this damn lake full of waste.

I noticed a bright light shinning from the bottom of the lake. I started to swim towards to the bright light.

Again. Again. Again. What the fudge!!!

To be continued

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