"Veer!! That was cool!!" Ashmita said after recovering from the shock.
"Ok. Let's go," Maira said after settling on her horseback.
Ash nodded and they both started their journey towards the palace.
On their way back to the palace Ashmita asked so many questions about Maira and her past. Maira replied to every question with patience. It is shocking for both of them that there is no embarrassment or any kind of awkwardness between them while talking with each other. The reason is because they are twins after all and they share some special bonding which no one can understand easily.
They both talked like best friends who met after a long separation. Amidst their talk, they reached the palace.
They didn't enter from the main passage. They went through a secret passage to keep Indrajit in a safe place to avoid suspicions from others.
After the conviction of Indrajit and his crew was completed they both entered the palace and they directly went to the king's court.
Sometime before, at the king's court, the King was informed that someone wants to meet him. Considering it's near midnight and also as Oak's condition is not all well, the King was not in a mood to have a meeting.
But when he received the names of visitors and knowing that they are from Jasmine kingdom he abruptly went to the court without any delay and ordered the soldiers to bring them directly to the court.
Only a few ministers are called for the meeting and everyone is patiently waiting for their arrival. Then the guard at the entrance announced the arrival of guests.
Raghu and Raji entered the courtroom and bowed down slightly to the king and took their seats near the king.
"Raghu.. Raji.. How are you both? Is there any information regarding my daughter or granddaughter?" King asked with a slightly shaking voice.
"Your majesty!! Sorry to say that we don't have any news about our Queen and your daughter Aaradhya." Raghu said with a sad voice.
"But.. I have good news for you." Raghu said with his bright eyes.
"Really?? What is it?" King chanukya asked with hope in his eyes.
"It is about your granddaughter. She is here. She came to meet you." Raghu said happily.
"Really!? Is my granddaughter alive and came to see me??" King asked with tears in his eyes.
"Yes!! Your Majesty! In fact she is with us all the time but when we entered the kingdom we noticed someone who was suspicious, so she went after him." Raji said.
They both explained to the king about everything that happened but they didn't say anything about the badge. They will reveal it in the presence of Maira.
After listening to them the king got into deep thought for sometime and tried to connect the dots. Like that everyone fell into deep silence.
Present
The guard at the entrance announced the arrival of Ashmita. Everyone came out of their deep thoughts after the announcement and looked at the entrance.
Time seems to be freezed to everyone like in a slow motion Ashmita entered into court and along with her, Maira also entered the court while holding each other's hands and smiling at each other.
It is like everyone thinks that the two angels descended from heaven to meet their king. Everyone's eyes were wide open, jaws dropped to the floor, heart symbols were floating on their heads.
"I think everyone should close their mouths because if you don't, something will surely find its way into your mouths.." Ashmita said while looking at everyone "Eyes too Please.." she added chuckling.
Maira and Ashmita stood in front of the King and he also looked at them with overwhelming love and emotions. He then got down from his throne and stood in front of the twins.
"Ash.. Is this true? Am I dreaming??" King asked while looking at Ashmita. He is identifying them by their clothes. If they dressed in the same way then it is highly impossible to identify who is who.
"Yes Grandpa!! You are not dreaming. She is my twin sis." Ash said with a smile.
King looked at Maira and he checked her from top to bottom. Slowly a small tear drop fell from his eye.
"Grandpa!!" Maira said and she wiped the tear with her thumb.
"Oh my dear.. you are back..! I am so happy.. Those are happy tears dear you don't worry about them." he said while trying to fight back his tears.
Maira's eyes also got wet by seeing her grandpa and they both hugged each other. Raghu and Raji also felt emotional by seeing their reunion.
"Ah.. So you throw me out because you got another granddaughter? This is not fair gramps! Let me also hug you!" Ashmita said while wiping her fake tears.
"Here. Come." King said and like that there was a family hug.
"Dear you didn't tell me your name yet?" King asked.
Maira smiled and said "Maira Grandpa".
"MAIRA.. Such a beautiful name." King said with a smile.
After a while everyone went to their respective rooms to get some rest. In the morning, everyone assembles at the king's chamber after having their breakfast.
King, Yashoda, Ashmita and the remaining 5 members are present in the chamber and they are waiting for Maira, Raghu and Raji to arrive.
"Father!! How is Maira?" Yashoda asked with worry in her eyes. She was treating Oak when she got the message that someone from jasmine kingdom arrived but the condition of Oak is not good so she stayed back and continued her treatment. Now after making sure that Oak is stabilized, she came to meet Maira. King explained everything happened to Yashoda and she is eagerly waiting to meet Maira.
"Don't worry dear. She is doing pretty good. In fact you can meet her any second now." King said and before Yashoda replied the door opened.
Yashoda was the one who first stood up and went to Maira.
"Maira!!" Yashoda sighed and hugged her.
"Do you know me dear?" Yashoda asked.
"Yes!! " Maira said "In fact Raghu dada and Raji ma always talk about your amazing friendship with my mom." she added.
Yashoda looked at Raghu and Raji with thankfulness.
"How are you both?" Yashoda asked them.
"We are fine madam. Thanks for asking." Raghu said with a bow.
"Don't do that raghu. We are a family now. You saved our princess" Yashoda said.
"Yes Raghu and Raji. From now on you both are our family" King suddenly declared.
Raghu and Raji felt very emotional. They didn't know what to say in that situation so they just nodded their heads while wiping their happy tears.
"Come dear.. Sit with me." Yashoda said and took Maira with her to sit next to her. Gorgeous Ashmitha, already standing at her chair next to Yashoda's, welcomed both of them with so much love.
Everyone settled down and after sometime everyone started a serious discussion.
"Raghu explained to me the situation how you saw the culprit. But I don't understand why you went behind him?" King asked Maira.
Maira looked at raghu and understood that he didn't disclose the badge so she decided to speak.
"Because I found a badge of that culprit and dada didn't mention you about this because of security issues." Maira said calmly.
"Which kingdom badge was it, sis?" Ashmita asked.
Maira looked at everyone and after some silence she looked directly into Ashmita's eyes.
"ROSE KINGDOM!!" Maira said with full seriousness.