Uttara

The Beginning of the End

The next morning everyone was preparing to go fight in the war, Uttara came with a puja thali to all the Upapandavas and her brother

"All of you need to stick together okay? Listen to jyesht, he knows what he's doing" She turns to Abhimanyu and Uttar "Don't be impulsive, that's what the other side wants and it's something that you can't let them get"

Panchali looks at this interaction from afar and smiles to herself, but her dread was too strong, she knew that Uttara's smile will diminish the second that Abhimanyu is no more, she couldn't bare to think of it, her son, all 6 of her sons will leave her after this war, but she gave herself hope 'No Panchali... It won't happen, Govind always meant something more, your sons won't leave you' she tried assuring herself

The men left for war, proudly, with confidence that they would come out victorious, but there was still a slight fear in their hearts, not for themselves, but rather the woman they left at camp, thier mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, if they died all of them would be devestated

They tried not to think about it and let it hold them down, they reminded themselves that all the women they left at the camp were as strong as them, maybe even stronger, they know what to do without them

"Putr Abhimanyu?" Krishna calls out to him "Are you going to be in a daze during the war too or are you going to fight?"

"My father started training me to fight even before I was born Mamashree... of course I will fight, even if it's the last thing I do" He says, his thoughts constantly going back to Uttara

"Look, even a kid who has a wife wants to fight, now all of you stop worrying, "

Pragati was crying holding her twin close, both of them lost their love... Pragya lost Uttar and Pragati lost Dhrisketu, Rajkumar Dhristadyumn's son

Uttara comes to them crying at her brother's death... all the memories of them together replaying in her mind, tears filling her... she didn't know what to do, she felt helpless

She learned sword fighting and archery for what? She couldn't even save her own brother... she wasn't even allowed cause of those cowards

She looked at her brother's body, the memories of them bringing tears to her eyes

"Bhabhi why did he need to leave me?? Why?!" Pragya says hugging Uttara, but she didn't have an answer... she had the same questions as Pragya, but no one could answer them, and she was sure no one would

She got up still in a trance and goes outside, but every one of her memories with her brother slowly coming back to her... him teaching her archery and sword fighting, him not letting anyone even say a word about her when she messes up

Her hands cupped her nose and mouth and all she could do was sob, she wanted her brother back so desperately, she was ready to do anything to get him back

Abhimanyu saw Uttara's state and rushed to her hugging her close knowing how broken she would be after what she witnessed just on the first day, she sobs into him hugging him like he might disappear too if she let go

She tried to stop crying, to think of what to do next but she couldn't, losing her brother broke her, she didn't know what else she could do

After what seemed like forever Uttara looked up at Abhimanyu "Who did this to him?" She asks firmly

"Devi... I-"

"I asked who did this to him! Answer me Abhimanyu! Who did this to my brother?!" Uttara yells catching the Pandavas' attention and they come to see the commotion

"Devi, you need to calm down, breathe okay?"

"No! You wouldn't be reacting like this if this was one of your brothers right?! You would've killed the person that would've killed them by now!! But now you won't even tell me who did this to him?!"