50 word Microtales

50+ words Microtales

-Hidimba observed the man. He was huge, almost like a giant. But, he was beautiful. Hidimba could sense that behind that exterior was a kind and giving heart. She wanted him, she needed him. And she would fight the world to be with him.

Suddenly, the hunger vanished and overwhelming sense of desire engulfed her.

-Gandhari caressed her huge baby bump. Why had her children failed her? Why had her womb failed her? It has two years. Two long years of wait, two years of agony. But her Swaami's patience was dwindling. She thought of the disappointment in Dhritarashtra's voice and hit her womb.

That one hit would cause pain to not just Gandhari, but the entire Kuru kingdom.

-Amba looked at the man that had ruined her. Bhisma's eyes had nothing but calmness. She wanted to kill him. She wanted to destroy him. But beneath that anger, her broken heart just thought of how Salva had disowned her. He had not just broken her heart, but her soul.

Amba was now nothing but a broken heart filled with vengeance.

-Kunti looked at her son. He looked as radiant as his father, the Sun God. But he was a mistake, an error of her childishness. 

"Farewell, son. That is all I can give you, my precious. I am the most unfortunate mother, and, I know that my misfortune will ruin your destiny." The mother wept.

-Ulupi was fascinated. Prince Arjun was beautiful, just like some Gandharva. She felt like a person lost in a desert as she thought of the promises of love and happiness that had come into her life in the form of Arjun. After a long time, her heart felt alive.

This was her chance for a happily ever after.