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Priyanka12345

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Posted: 9 years ago

Hi guys.i am new to this forum and i have loved this show since the moment i started watching it.i love the characters immensely and decided to write a short story on them.

i hope you guys give it a read and do let me know if it is worth continuing or not.

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chapter 1-misconceptions

I looked out of the window as the rain fell on the glass,tapping lightly against it and eliciting a soft thud with each drop .i kept on staring at the window,my eyes not moving an inch, as the irony of the situation washed over me.

The freedom of the rain was a mockery to my imprisonment.it reminded me of the liberation that was snatched from me not long ago and the hope it took along with it.i could feel my insides laughing at me,teasing me ,for the gray future my life was destined to have.it was as if a destructive force had taken over my life and i was not to be spared until it drew my last breath out of me.

As i pondered over my apocalypse,i heard a faint knock on the door divert my mind and smoothed my hair behind my ear before turning around and heading towards the door.

I walked with soft steps as that was what was expected of me and saw a veiled woman standing at the door,holding something in her hand.

To be honest,i found it strange as i had never seen a fully veiled woman in the palace before and i decided to be cautious just in case the need arose.

Before i could say something to her,she brought her hands forward and extended a piece of parchment towards me.

I simply took it from her and even before i could inquire about the parchment ,she ran away.i walked out of my room and decided to follow her, but saw her silhouette disappear in the dimly lit corridor and decided to do otherwise.

I wondered who it was and looked at the parchment again. I carefully unfolded the spindly sheet to see its contents when my heart skip a beat.

no...

it could not be possible

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Having finished writing my files for the day and meticulously arranged my work surface I looked at the watch sitting on my wrist.

it was 12:00.really?it didn't seem that late and i wondered if my work really made me lose track of the time.

was it really my work or my rapacious need to avoid a certain somebody,i questioned myself.

would she be awake?my brain started working again.i hoped she wasn't. should i wait for some more time.maybe another half hour...why should i?

i was being bombarded with a deluge of thoughts and it frustrated me to not be in control of my mind.

i decided against waiting any longer and made my way out of the study towards my chamber.

I entered the room without making the slightest noise and shut the door behind me,walking towards the bed, when i saw her lying on the tan colored camel back settee,with her head nestled in the crook of her arms and her feet bending towards her hips as an expression of her seemingly frigid body .

was she cold?but the room was warm.i walked towards the settee and saw her slender figure closely.droplets of water fell from her hair into small puddles on the cushioning of the settee and her saree seemed drenched in water.i could see her shiver slightly against the head of the settee and her eyes were shut tightly as if she was having a nightmare.i saw tear stains on her cheeks and her face seemed very pale against my skin.i thought if i should wake her up or not.

.i was in two minds.her lies and deceit that i had accustomed made me doubtful of her state.was she doing this on purpose?was this another one of her cheap tricks to draw my attention.what if she was feigning it.whenever it was about her i could not decide if it was the truth or one of her sick games.the mask of innocence she wore so perfectly always left me in doubt.

I looked at her again and decided to wake her up, seeing her disposition-i could not be that cruel irrespective of how cruel her family and she were,although i would have preferred to not have any interaction with her.i patted softly on her left shoulder,feeling disgusted upon touching her as she moved slightly, before jerking into consciousness and sat upright on the settee,scared,fear visible in her eyes.

was it real?i wondered

it took a moment before logic pushed itself into my brain and i instantly moved my hand away from her shoulder.

she stood up from the sofa and took a step back,entwining her fingers together and pulling them towards her stomach.

maybe it is one of her acts.the logic started talking again

i did what courtesy asked of me and looked towards the window,for i was sure i could not look at her deceiving eyes and ask her this

"are you alright rani gayatri?'i asked nonchalantly.

"yeeesss,i...i"she mumbled her words out as she wiped the beads of sweat or maybe it was water ,off of her forehead as her fingers touched her tear stains.

are you sure,you don't look alright.and you seem wet?'i asked again,pointing towards her soaked clothes, though i was least interested in making any talk with her and the only thing pushing me to say those words was my responsibility towards her.

"yes i am okay.it was raining and i was outside so i got wet.i will go and change"she said nervously,looking at her clothes ,as she made way towards the cupboard,almost tripping over the coffee table in front of her.

what is wrong with her?why was she so confused?what is she up to now?i thought

i decided to not give much thought to her crazy tactics and walked towards the bed ,finally calling it a day.

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beautiful start.loved it. do write more...

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A nice start

Rana hates gayatri and at least the veiled womannis out in the open

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A few hours earlier

I carefully unfolded the spindly sheet to see its contents when my heart skip a beat.

no...

It could not be possible

I could not mistake that handwriting for anybody else's in the world.The deep marks of the ink,the overly rounded o,the neatly curved syllables,the punctuation symbols,the scent of the paper could not belong to anybody else.I didn't have to read the letter to know from whom it was.his name was engraved in my heart,his smell was buried in my soul and his being resonated in me.it was him and him only.

he had written a letter to me.my gloominess was soon replaced by enthusiasm,though in the back of my mind i knew receiving a letter from him wasn't the safest thing in the world, but i ignored my inhibitions and made sure no one was around before sitting on the divan at the far end of the room.

a smile spread across my face and i started reading the letter in front of me.

Dear Gayatri,

I know the circumstances are not how they used to be and maybe I no longer have the right to send a letter to you,but i must tell you that it is only after a series of strong yet failed deliberations that i have been forced to write this letter.i remember my promise of never contacting you again but i simply cannot slash my feelings for you.

I love you Gayatri and i cannot stop myself from felling that way about you.my life has come to a halt without you in it.everything around feels wrong.i cannot find myself doing anything but think about you and how you must be surviving in that grotesque place.i know you are unhappy too ,but knowing you and your self-sacrificing attitude., am sure you would be mum about everything.

I want to meet you my love,even if it is wrong,for i know that is what we both want.i am going to be at the palace a week from now for the grand fest and i hope to meet you there.

I love you Gayatri with all my heart and the prospect of meeting you is the only thing i look forward to.

Yours only and always

Gautam

I couldn't get a word out of my mouth,my brain stopped working and i could only feel Gautam's love surround me.it felt so real that it almost hurt to realize my reality.not a day had passed in the last two weeks when i had not thought about him.it was so hard to contain my overwhelming feelings and this letter certainly broke the frail wall i had built to give me strength.

i can never be with him.we both cannot have a future together.i knew that but i didn't want ti believe it.i knew i would break if i believe it but fir how long could i fool myself,for how long could i deny the truth.

my heart felt like it would explode into a million pieces and unabashed tears started rolling down my eyes.i pressed the letter to my heart and rushed towards the door.

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"I am not at all happy with gayatri's behavior .Who does she think she is?and what were you thinking when you gave your approval to this wedding?' badi rani maa yelled at Raj mata,disapointed with her daughter-in-law's irrational behavior

"you know why i did it.there was no other way out.people have been talking about the unstability that lingers around our kingdom and if i didn't do what i did,it wont have been long before the surrounding states would have targeted us for power" Raj mata tried to justify her action

"don't try to teach me politics Raj mata. it isn't through child's play that my hair has turned gray..i know more about this poison than you do.you know that is not what i am asking.why did you choose her ?"Raj mata replied in a stern voice

"what do you mean by why did i choose her?she is an excellent match to Ranaji .she is more educated than any girl in Amerkoot, possesses more virtues than anyone else and comes from an affluent family as well.what more do you think i could have asked for?"raj mata replied confidently.

"we both know education is a queen's worst enemy and as far as her riches her considered,i am sure that there are quite a few who stand at that level.and more over,considering your former reason for fixing this marriage,do you think ranaji will ever let her come close to him.he will never even touch her let alone impregnate her".badi rani maa said more annoyed then before.

"don't you be so certain of that,badi rani maa. rana ji may not want to touch gayatri now but it wont be long before he does. gayatri is beautiful and her presence wont be ignored for long.after all its only for so long that a man can cling to his past.i know ranaji. he will not stay astray for long."raj mata said victoriously as a wide smile plastered her face.

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the rain fell violently on the ground soaking me from top to bottom as i stood in the aangan,still unable to face my reality.

i loved gautam and i knew i could never forget him.more so,i didn't want.my stay in the palace,in the last two weeks, made me realize how unwelcome and unwanted i was.the person i was married to hated me terribly and any exchange of words between the two of us was a forced formality

In a way it was nice as i didn't have to reciprocate any feelings that i didn't feel and i could spend my entire day -well most of the day-alone in my room.i had been worried though,the day i had first entered this house,of submitting myself to a man i didn't love.it felt i would be betraying gautam and i couldn't bear to do that.i was thankful though,for no such situation arose.

i was surprised however, but decided to not think about it.as more days passed i realised the animosity that my husband bore for me and it hurt to not know the reason for it.we have talked little since the day i was wed to him,and i am unsure if we will talk more ever.most days pass without even seeing him and even when he comes to the room-at night- i am asleep.he leaves before i wake up and then i am left alone throughout the day with my books.i did not told anyone about this as i didn't want to hurt anyone,especially my mother.

the letter from gautam made it dawn upon me that there was a life standing nit far frim where i stood but yet too far for me to ever live it.

i cannot meet him.if somebody sees us then my parents would be subject to a lifetime of humiliation.

i was torn between my parents and my love.on the one hand my parents reputation was at stake and on the other,Gautam's love.

i didn't know what to do and decided to procrastinate my decision till i could.

i walked back to the room, sat on the settee and it wasn't long before I drifted off to sleep.

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i know the story is a bit slow but i really want to develop the characters before i proceed towards the main plot.i hope you enjoyed it.do let me know what you feel.thanks

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WOW

What a twist

Gayatri has a man in her life and is glad that rana Ji does not love her.

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Priyanka12345

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Posted: 9 years ago

hi guys.i am posting another chapter cause i felt like writing more but i am still unsure if you are liking this story or not.

if you read it please let me know how you feel about it and if i should write more.please tell me.

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chapter 3-a plot against gayatri(part 1)

I woke up the next day ,thanks to the commotion going about outside the room,still tired from last night's mental and physical exertion.

I had a decision to make i reminded myself, but right now,more importantly, i had to know what the fuss outside was for.i slicked my messed up tresses behind my ears and smoothed the creases on my saree before moving out in the hallway.

I saw raj mata talking to a huge row of servants,maybe she giving some orders or instructions about something- i couldn't hear her clearly- but she seemed engrossed in it and talked at a stretch without stopping for once in between.

h\Her hold over those,whom she talked to ,was visible to me and her presence had an air of royalty in it.she talked to them just like a queen should,not that i know what it is supposed to be like,but i was certain it was just the way she did it.she did neither flinch nor fumble once and her being commanded respect out of all those who stood next to her.

As i gazed intently at her,i saw her see me from the corner of her eye,and although she didn't say anything,i knew she wanted to talk to me.i stood where i was, waiting for her to finish her conversation and looking at my disheveled self,fearing if she would be angry to see me so callously dressed.

a few moments later,she started walking towards me and i turned my gaze down ,scared a bit.i don't know why but i feared her.not that she had ever been cold towards me or chided me for something.it was just an inherent fear i felt around her.

"rani gayatri"she said with the same poise as before"i was about to come to your chamber.there is something i need to inform you about"

I nodded silently and let her continue her conversation

"swarnalekHa ,chote-kuwar-sa 's wife is finally going to be back from her parent's home today.she must be on her way and would be here before noon.since everyone will be present at the palace today,i want you to perform a ritual that is traditional to this palace,today.we couldn't do it with a few members of this family missing."

I nodded again.this time i was scared.what ritual was raj-mata talking about.the bile started rising in my throat and i just looked at her,waiting for her to continue.

"you will have to cook tonight's dinner for the entire family.it is a tradition in our family and every new daughter-in-law does it.although it is done on the first day of the stay of the new bride,i didn't want to exclude swarnalekha from it.but since she is going to be back tonight,i think we should not delay it further."

To say i was afraid would have been an understatement.i was scared beyond my wits.it wasn't the task of cooking for so many people that scared me ,it simply was the mere task of cooking that left me pale-faced.cooking and i were not on the best terms and in spite of my indefatigable efforts to learn it from my mother i had failed miserably every time i tried it.i could not even make basic food let alone a lavish supper for the entire house.

A worried expression crept over my face and i saw raj-mata sense it

"rani gayatri,what's wrong?are you scared?"she asked matter of fact.

"yes...i mean i am not that good at cooking"i replied embarrassed.

raj mata laughed a little,not in a mocking way but in a sweet way and said "rani gayatri don't worry.the servants will help you with it.i have already told them what needs to be done.and i am sure you are not that bad a cook"

I was about to clarify her doubt and tell her that she could never imagine how bad I was when someone called her and she took my leave after asking asking me to get ready to meet rani swarnalekha.

I was left alone in the hallway with a ton of problems occupying my mind.

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😲 Gayu having an affair ???? 😲

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chapter 2(b) a plot against Gayatri

The empty room felt nice.it calmed my nerves a little and i decided to enjoy it while i could.it almost felt liberating,like i was released out of prison,but ironically here for an offence i didn't do.

I couldn't stop hating Gayatri,no matter how much i tried.i had never in my life met a woman as selfish and greedy as her and even when i,after a lot of efforts somehow manged to get her out of my head,i was forced to see her again.

I couldn't avoid her.it was inevitable.i still made sure i was away from her as much as possible but there were things and events,gosh i hated them,where i had to be with her.

marrying Gayatri was the biggest mistake of my life,a mistake that i could never forgive myself for,a mistake that was irreversible and a mistake that marked my betrayal for my true love- Sulakshana.

I looked at her portrait hanging on the wall in front of me,feeling my guilt even more and apologizing to her for the wrong i had done to her.

But how could i not do it.i was helpless at the time the decision was made.i could not cross Rajmata's wish.after all, i promised her and a Rajput's promise was one that had to be kept.

I still don't know why Raj-mata thought Gayatri could fill in Sulakshana's shoes.maybe she misunderstood Gayatri just like everyone else.maybe she didn't understand Gayatri's ulterior motive behind being my wife.she wore her mask of innocence to well to be sold out.

i wished Rajmata would have listened to me when i told her i wanted no one else in my life.i wish she would have seen Gayatri for the person she truly is.but no she didn't and now i was tied to her and her trickery.

all she always wanted was to step up the hierarchical ladder and become the queen of Amerkoot. she and her father were always after power. they wanted to rule and they ruined my life for it.they shattered me in front of Sulakshana.i felt terrible for being in such a position and all i wanted to do was to throw Gayatri out of my life.it irked me to think how innocent she still acted in front of me,like i didn't know her true colors. as if i didn't see her victorious look when she used Sulakshana's things,when she sat on her throne,when she took her things.

I picked up the paper in front of me and crushed it hard,channeling my hatred and anger into it as i decided to stop doing this to myself.

I couldn't let her ruin me.i thought

I resumed my work and started reading the file in front of me

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I entered my room, distressed with the task assigned to me by raj-mata.I didnt know a thing about cooking good food and here I was entrusted with the job of cooking for the entire house.it was bound to go wrong,i was sure. i wondered what i would say to them when they asked me about the food.

I was going crazy with panic.plus, I wasn't feeling too well since i woke up.i had sneezed a lot since morning and i cursed myself for not changing into dry clothes sooner last night.i know i was in a very foul mood last night but i had to remind myself that i wasn't in my parents house. whatever i did had an impact on the entire family and i couldn't act childishly.but was it childish? was the hurt i felt childish?the love i felt.the ache that clenched my heart.it wasn't childish at all.but will anyone else understand.i couldn't tell anyone and probably i couldn't meet Gautam. i felt cold and my head felt heavy.it was another trouble i had to deal with.i decided to take a bath and get ready to feel a bit fresh and better.

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Rani swarnalekha had arrived at the palace and everyone welcomed her heartily.

she seemed a pleasant woman and her face bore a calm and peaceful expression.

raj-mata introduced me to her and she folded her hands and addressed me.i did the same and expressed my joy at meeting her.she seemed friendly and the way she talked to me it felt i could trust her.

she then greeted kuwar-chacha and kuwar-chachi and who for some reason i felt didn't seem too enthusiastic to see rani swarnalekha.i brushed the thought away thinking i was over-assessing the situation and brought my mind back to the cooking problem that awaited me.

i had to do something soon before i ran out of time

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I sat on the bed thinking about what to do about the dinner i had to cook.maybe i should pick something easy.something i cannot mess up.what about i cook potatoes?i had seen my mother make them several times and i could make it with a little help from the kitchen staff.it felt nice to atleast see my mind work.what more?i thought as my brain ran out of ideas again and i find myself panicked again.

as i was drowning in my misery i heard a knock on the door.i got up,looked at the door,surprised to see rani swarnalekha there.

"am i disturbing you?"she asked sweetly

"no not all.come in" i replied as she entered and smiled at me

"I think you are busy thinking about something"

"no rani bhabhi .why would you think so?" I said evading her

"Because i knocked before and you didn't reply"

"really?" i asked surprised

"rani gayatri is something the problem" she asked considerately.

"no...i mean yes.its...about" i hesitated telling her about it.what would she think of me?i was too embarrassed to tell her about it

she held my arm lightly and said"rani gayatri you can tell me anything.maybe i can help you.what is it that is bothering you"

"I can't cook"i blurted out

she laughed and I frowned,regretting confiding in her.i think she saw the frown on my face and immediately pressed her lips back together.

she looked at me earnestly and said "rani gayatri i wasn't making fun of you.i am sorry if you thought so.i just laughed because it seemed too little a thing to worry about .i don't think not being able to cook is a problem.i can help you with it and i am sure everyone will praise your food genuinely."

what?you will help me?"i asked her seriously shocked at the help she was providing me.not that she didn't look like the helping kind but still it was too big a favor she was willing to do.

"rani gayatri i can see how worked up this little thing has got you.I don't think it is fair for you to be so troubled.i promise that i will help you.why should i not ?i will help you with anything i can.you can count on me for that."

i was at a loss of words. everything rani swarnalekha had said left me speechless and i didn't know how to thank her.

i took her in my embrace and expressed my joy and the prospect of being helped by her.she smiled back at me and said

"but i have one condition you must fulfill if you want my help.will you do it?"

"of course rani-bhabhi.i will do anything you want in return."

"don't call me rani-bhabhi then.call me swarna.will you do it for me?

"alright i can do that if you want.but you also have to call me only gayatri then" i said

she nodded her head and we both held each others hand.

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the kitchen was grand,almost double the size of the one that i had in my house.people moved from one corner to another,engrossed in a variety of work from chopping vegetables to kneading the dough to sweeping the ground.the area was bustling with life but yet everything seemed so calm and organised.it seemed like a different world altogether.the finesse with with everyone worked was incredible and i was beginning to have cold feet

i looked around ,clueless as to where to begin from when i felt a slight pat on my shoulder.

"gayatri"i turned to see swarna standing next to me.

"ready to impress?"she said rather than asking and i nodded half heartedly before to moved towards the pile of ingredients kept at the corner of the kitchen

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kuwar chachi had stepped into her room,eager to find kuwar chacha, with a certain news she hoped to share with him.

she saw him sitting on the divan reading something and called him out loud,taking him by surprise.

he looked at her angrily,for she was disturbing her,but she took no offence of his look and sat next to him on the divan.

"i have something to tell you"she cooed in excitingly.

"what is it now,kokila?why cant you ever behave normally"he said getting quite irritable.

"oh ho,why are you never happy to see me.?anyway leave that,i have the perfect news to light up our evening .raj mata has asked gayatri to cook food for the entire house tonight and..."

and what Kokila?stop hitting around the bush and if you have nothing to say then stop irritating me."he turned away and got back to reading his paper.

kokila decided it best to not say anything to her husband and execute her devious plan herself.she wasn't gonna waste her time explaining something to her husband,who would end up not believing her.it was best if she proved herself this time and then saw her husband praise her.

an evil smile crept up her face and she left the room to exhibit her plan

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