As the man turned behind a perfect figure appeared before Sitaara.
"Oh!You! It's too late.What are you doing here at this time" she spoke without a gap between her words. "I just heard some voices from here so I decided to check. Though I didn't find anyone here"Prabhat replied. "They must be wild animals. It's dangerous here at night and even at the day time. So people don't usually come here. I heard noise from here so I just came to see if someone among the guests is here. Let's go back now. It isn't good to stay here for long"Sitaara explained him while quickly taking steps to hurry back. Quietly he followed her.
Next day the king woke up early and himself checked all the preparations for the meeting. After breakfast all the leaders were taken to the discussion hall which was made for important meetings to be held. Although Sitaara was only half awakened because of sleeping late still she followed her father to the hall as instructed. After entering the room first thing that her eyes did was to search for Nishit and when she found him sitting at the fourth row beside his brother, she also took her seat. She was so sleepy that she didn't even bothered to think why she searched for him.
After everyone has arrived, king took a bow in front of all and humbly sat on his throne. The topic of discussion was the conflict between two kingdoms Shaurya garh and Vishal garh because of a village.Though Kalyanki village lies in the border of Vishal garh,it was owned by the Shaurya garh's ancestors under their reign. Now claiming geographical rules,Vishal garh's king wanted to bring it under their area while Shaurya garh's people were reluctant to peserve their ancestors hostage. Thus there was a huge dispute between those two states. Though the matter was as clear as water that Shaurya garh should have the village won by their ancestors, still other leaders were confused as to whose side they should take keeping in mind that Vishal garh was alone capable of winning all thr states. Due to its well equipped armed forces and better technology, it was not easy to defeat them in a war. So this meeting was held to find another way out.
"I am still amazed at the fact how shamelessly they are acting in this matter, as if it's their own property.No matter how many times I had tried to solve this matter by talking with the king Abhimanyu*, there had never been a way out" said Aarik* wearingly.
"It's not that he don't know who is right in this matter, it's just he don't care. He want to keep that village as it's in border area and thus is a good area for creating a shipping port for trade"Surya said. "Nevertheless, as long as we all are together we would find a way to tackle this"Suchit, a nearby kingdom's head said. "Maybe we should try talking with him again and press. the fact about how important that village is to you or we should ..."
"Wait...." a pale yet bold voice silenced everyone in the room. Sitaara turned around. "I think talking with them won't help now. They just want to keep that village by false claims so it is not important anymore to have a talk with them".Everyone agreed with Nishit. "Maybe we could do something that can prove that they are wrong"Prabhat suggested. At last Sitaara can't stay calm. She started thinking untill an idea suddenly popped in her mind. "Everyone!I have a plan to prove it"she tried to spoke boldly but realised her voice didn't felt as appealing as that of Nishit. "Let's work upon it.Let them have a taste of their own medicine."she proudly explained her plan and then looked at Nishit's direction. Seeing his smiling face Sitaara's heart skipped a beat although he soon changed himself into a serious faced person. 'Cute!'she thought.
*Garh-village
*Aarik-Shaurya garh king
*Abhimanyu-Vishal garh king