Panchaali sat in front of the horse as Arjun held on to the reigns, "Don't you think we are going a bit too slow?" She asked, looking up at him a smile on her face, "Hm so what if I am?  I never want this journey to calm to an end. Here like this with you in my arms,I feel complete." He whispered as he looked intently at her making her heart thump in her chest as she looked up at him, her cheeks heated as shyness filled her soul.

He smiled, his heart thudding in his chest as he pressed his lips to her cheek, "Adorable." He whispered making her heart thump harder as her cheeks turned a brilliant shade of red.

They enjoyed their small moment as she rested her head on his shoulder enjoying the feel of him. Panchaali could feel the calmness, she didn't know why but every moment that she spent with him felt like something very special, she felt something that she never felt before, usually all she felt was coldness and hatred from her parents and sister but with him, she felt a warmth, he illicit a emotion that she never really felt before, she couldn't name it, just feel it and she didn't know how to feel about it. Everything was so new and so different, though things were just like the way they were before he came, sun rose before too but she was never really so excited for a day to begin before the way she is now, an unknown excitement, an unknown thrill, that she will spent another day with him and everything was normal, yet she felt nothing was, she felt everything was magical, what do you call this feeling? She really was curious, how do one name something so special? Is there even a name for this feeling? Maybe yes, or maybe no, she just wished that this feeling never got over, that he never left her.

He looked down at her, one person, one simple person and your entire life revolved around them, too many emotions and at the center of it all was this one person with whom your day begin and ended with. Everyone should fall in love once, like he had, he like many others out there could never really understand the hype of love, like why do people so go crazy about just talking and thinking about it? He could never really understand, until now, until she came to his life. Everything felt so dull and deary but the moment she touched his life, it was like a magical spell that was cast, suddenly everything thing was so beautiful and magical.

As a warrior with all his training and wars that he had been too, he had seen life end, it get destroyed, the hate, the dispute that lead to the destruction of many, but she showed him that life can be beautiful, or how beautiful life really is, life is more than his gandiv and his archery, life is having that one partner who would be there with you through thick and thin, life is having that one person whom he loved more than oneself, life is having that one person who can love you more than anyone before, life is love and love is life. We all search for love some where or another, in our imaginations, in our surroundings, sometimes even in the pages of the books, but this search doesn't end, not until we meet that one person, the way he had, knowingly or unknowingly he had always searched for love, like all the others who did before him, who still do, he had found his and he really wished that everyone found theirs, because he believed that, without love people just exist but with love, you learn to live your life in true terms. . .

He smiled as he pressed a quick kiss on her forehead and sighed in content, he looked down at her and smiled, he was doing that a lot now a days, smiling without a reason, being happy without really a cause, her close proximity to him was enough to make him happy.

He felt the horse come to a stop as he gazed at his surroundings, something was strange, something was just not right, all the happiness and calmness that he felt just disappeared. His hand moved to his Gandiv as his other one tightened around her. She felt the tension in his body making her look up at him, "What happened?" She asked, her eyes gazing up at him with worry shining in them.

"No matter what happens don't leave my side." He instructed as he looked down at her, she gazed up at him her heart now beating, an arrow came whistling to the air, she watched as it's shiny pointy tip moved towards her, at an unbelievable speed, her heart beat wildly in her chest as she shut her eyes bracing her body for the pain to come, but it never did. She looked up, her eyes widening as she watched her fiance's strong had wrapped around it, her heart galloping in her chest as she looked up at him, her heart thudding even more widely at his expressions.

Suddenly she felt his arms wrap around her waist, she squealed in shock and surprise as her body jerked and  jolted he tumbled down the horse, she braced herself for the fall but he turned them mid air, so his body hit the hard ground taking the burnt of the fall, she fell on his chest so she didn't really experience any burnt of it. Before she could even blink he was already standing in front of her, like a wall in between her and the danger. His Gandiv in his hand as an expression of thunder and concentration on his face, his muscles taut as he pulled the string of his dhanush, her mouth nearly fell open as an arrow appeared on it out of no where.

Men jumped from the trees, their faces covered by the loose end of their turbans, she stood up, fear thrumming in her chest as she moved closer to him, her hands on his waist, they trembled.

There were at least a hundred men with all different sorts of weapons that looked lethal enough to kill,  "You dare trespass our territory!" Shouted a man who looked like the leader of the territory, "Listen! We had no idea that this is your territory we are just here to visit the shiv temple!" Arjun shouted back, he didn't want a brawl, he didn't want to expose his enraged side to her, she was too innocent, she didn't completely understand him yet, he however held his bow in place, ready to shoot, though he was talking to the leader, his eyes and senses were well attuned to his surroundings, he was well aware of his surroundings and this people.

Their body language screamed over confidence and egotistical ways, two things that he knew would lead to the war, one against, hundred odd man with highly loaded weapons, the odds against him were bad.

"Run when they attack!" He whispered to her, she looked at him with shock, "me?" She asked, her voice wobbly as her heart thundered in her chest.

"Run!" He shouted as the men in front of them rushed with a loud battle cry, her heart thundered in her chest as terror zapped through her heart but he on the other hand just began shooting arrows making her heart thunder in her chest, his face hardened, she watched as screams and cries filled the air.

Death seemed to be doing its elegant dance, embracing everyone in their arms. Blood flowed like river, one man ran towards her with a huge sword, a scream left her mouth but it was cut short as an arrow pierced through his neck. Tears filled her eyes, "Run!" Shouted Arjun, his voice laced with so much anger that it had her turning and running.

Her heart was hammering in her chest as terror sunk it's talons in her heart, what was happening? Her mind was struggling to understand, first time in her life she had seen people die, just a moment ago they were alive and than dead,  her heart was hammering crazily in her chest as dread and terror threatened to pull her under it's dark sea, she tried to fight it as she ran, tears flowing down her cheeks, her heart throbbing with pain and terror as she pushed her legs harder to run, she could hear footsteps running behind her making her run harder, her feet burned with the strain but she didn't stop, her eyes widened as she saw the cliff in front of her, her speed lowered as she swirled around. The men surrounding her began to laugh, "Now where would you go?" One taunted, "Don't you dare move closer to me!" She shouted as she looked at them her hand in front of her in a stopping motion.

They moved in front making her move back, her breathing coming in short pants, her eyes widened as the men screamed, arrows piercing through their throats, blood flowed down their throats, terror jolted through her making her stumble back in fear.

Arjun's eyes widened, terror like never before zapped through his body, "PANCHAALI!" Her name tore through his lips as he watched her stumble back and fall off the cliff. . .

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