"ELSA!! Pretty name it is..!" Prathap said.
Oak smiled and nodded his head. "We waited for the King to arrive and ask us for the hand of my beautiful daughter. But he didn't come but only Elsa came and informed me of the wedding date. I asked for the reason why he didn't come asking for permission. She said that he is feeling guilty to face us so he didn't come."
"The latter day he came and apologised to me and asked for the hand of my daughter. I was relieved by his sensitive nature and gave permission even though they already fixed the marriage date", Oak smiled bitterly.
"The wedding day has arrived and we were all very happy that our little Elsa is getting married. When we reached the venue which is held in the garden, we couldn't but notice it was decorated with beautiful white flowers and the stage was held in a simple and elegant manner. But we were quite surprised that, in such an auspicious ceremony, there were no people from the King's side. Instead of maids and soldiers we didn't notice any people from the day we entered into the kingdom and we enquired the King about this to which he said he didn't have any relatives or family. Also he said he didn't invite people from the kingdom because it may put pressure on Elsa and he didn't want to trouble her with other things, he just wants her to focus on the wedding and the presence of us is enough for him" Oak said.
"We were moved by his thinking and we noticed the love in his eyes. So all my suspicions were burnt to ashes in that moment just by knowing how much he loved my daughter".
"We enjoyed the wedding ceremony wholeheartedly and I noticed my daughter being very happy which made me feel at peace after seeing her like that. As a blessing, Surya asked us to stay with them to help him and guide him like a father for which I gladly accepted without any questions".
"The love for my daughter makes me take the wrong step every time and it puts my entire clan in danger. I suggested to my people that they should leave the kingdom and go on with their own lives like before but they insisted on staying with me and helping me and my daughter. Left with no choice I agreed to their request", Oak said and sighed by remembering their request.
"Like that one year has passed and we got the news that my daughter Elsa has become pregnant and we felt very very happy for her and we celebrated every moment of her pregnancy. But what I feared was, until then I didn't hear of a birth taking place for a human and an Elf together. So, that scared me a lot and I prayed to God that nothing goes wrong. After Elsa got pregnant Surya started his journey to make acquaintance with other kingdoms and started improving his network."
"So I was always beside my daughter to help her. When Elsa stepped into her 7th Month pregnancy, Surya came back to the kingdom with a prisoner" Oak said with a low voice.
"Prisoner??" Ashmita asked with puzzlement.
"Yeah.. I thought that person was a prisoner but after some time I came to know that Surya actually kidnapped that person." Oak said.
"Why would he kidnap a person?" Karthik asked with confusion.
"For knowing the answer to that question I went to Surya and asked him who he had kidnapped and what was the reason behind this. He didn't reply to me so I left from there to know on my own".
"When I reached the room where he kept the person and asked the guards to open it but they didn't open it by saying that it was the King's order. Left with no choice I peeked from the window to know about that person. I was shocked to see the person inside the room" Oak said.
"I immediately went to the King and confronted him. Why did he kidnap a lady?" Oak said, looking at everyone.
"What??" everyone said in unison.
"Yes...I was also shocked at that time and when I asked him, he didn't respond so I threatened him with my power after that only he revealed the bitter truth to me" Oak said with full of sadness.
"What is that oak?" Ash asked.
"He abducted her because he loved her and she got married to another person before he could marry her" Oak said, making everyone speechless.
"How can he do that? This means before meeting Elsa, he loved her or after meeting her? If he loved her before then why did he marry elsa?" Yashoda asked simultaneously all the questions in one go.
"Yes.. Those are all the questions I want to ask him but he left the room even before I could ask any of them. I just stood there like a statue and after some time I realised the mistake I made by believing this person blindly. To know the answers I searched in my own way and I kept this a secret to myself and didn't inform Elsa because it may affect her health", Oak said slowly.
"To Know the identity of the girl he kidnapped, I used my magic for the first time after entering into that kingdom. I make all the guards fall into deep sleep and asked for her identity"
"She didn't answer my questions and expected me to prove to her that I mean no harm. I explained to her who I was and let her see me. After that only she explained who she was." Oak said.
"Who was she oak?" Maira subconsciously asked.
"Yes. .Who was she? Did you find out the truth?" Ashmita also asked.
"Yes.. but the truth shocked me. She said that she was also pregnant and she is into her 2nd month. I was devastated by knowing this and I didn't know what to do?" Oak said while folding his fists tightly.
"WHAT??? Pregnant??" Yashoda asked when she suddenly remembered something.
"Oak don't.. don't say that it is Aaa...Aaradhya" Yashoda said while shivering.
Entire room fell into silence after listening to Yashoda's words and everyone just kept looking at Oak to answer her question.
"Well.. Sadly, YES!!! It was Queen Aaradhya of Jasmine kingdom" Oak said slowly and he turned towards Ashmita and took her hands into his and told her looking into her eyes "Sorry to say this dear.. It was your mother who was kept as a captive in that kingdom".
Ashmita and Miara's eyes widened and slowly tears started flowing from their eyes.