Wanderers 30- Final Day

The letter reached the settlement without any delay and Ajabde was more than happy to receive the letter.

“Ranaji hum jante te ki aap humare liye hum sabke liye Chittor wapas jeetenge….hume aap par garv hai…”

“Hum likhenge patra apke liye…”

She wrote the letter and filled her heart with words on the letter. The war was causing issues but a single letter soothed her to core.

The night went peacefully with calmness around but it also indicated disaster. The next morning rose with brightness and with new hope. All the warriors gathered in the arena for the fight.

The Rajputs without plan reached the field but Mughals did bother to plan and decided to have Chetak killed to make Pratap depressed.

The day began with all fighting vigorously and having the soldiers on either side dead but the real game began after the sun reaching the north.

As planned Maan Sigh sat high above the elephant and aimed a spear on Chetak. The weapon directly reached Chetak and Chetak fell down but rose like a loyal friend. The war continued with Chetak injured but that day marked Chetak’s bad luck and Pratap’s sadness and the thought of revenge..

The war ended with a sad note for the Rajputs and a happy note for Mughals, they were happy that Pratap’s loyal horse will die that night. They were so happy that Pratap will be mourning and will not come the war the next day and they would win the war.

Chetak was a very loyal friend to the king, helped the king in h=all ways from friendship to protection. Chetak was aanimal but he was more smart and intelligent that the animals and his loyalty could not be compared.

Theat night though Chetak did not die but his wounded body pounded in pain, he was not able to stand upright or carry load for his fore leg was hurt. But Chetak’s self-confidence and will power led him to return as a strong opposition the next day seeking for revenge.

The next morning was not a pretty well one but Pratap made sure that Chetak did not even get a bruise. He at first place elephant safety shield on Chetak and covered his wound. He did not forget to handle him carefully.

The warriors reached the battlefield and they found happiness on the Mughal’s face marking that they were happy thinking Chetak was dead. In fact he was not; the Rajputs did show neither happiness nor sadness.

Maan Singh was shocked to find Pratap on the war zone without mourning. This issue did bother him but he did not consider finding out. That day, Mughals faced tough time and only in the afternoon did they find out about Chetak. When Pratap came to fight, his horse moved swiftly like Chetak and Maan Singh figured it out that Chetak was still alive.

Then the Mughals constantly attacked the horse to push it to death. Pratap was n less, he too attacked them but they were more in number in their side of fight where he was stuck around with them. He still some extent fought but then he knew nothing else and started saving Chetak by taking all the arrows on himself.

Chetak could not bear to see all this and rode back to their side with most devotion and patriotism. The Rajputs on seeing the two important people of the war were terrified and they decided to send them to a save place.

“Hum chahte hai ki abhi ke abhi Rana ji ko yaha se durr le jaya jaye…”

“Guru thik keh rahe hai…rana ke bina yudha hi kaisa??”

“Aur agar rana jeewit rahe toh yudh punah ladha jaa sakta hai…”

“Parantu hum nahi jayenge!!”

“Rana ji aap jayiye…”

“Nahi…agar hum aisa karenge toh woh Maan Singh hume dhokebaaz kahenga aur hum…”

“Rana ji hum banege aap!!!”

“Aap??”

“Hum apke tarah dikte hai…aur unn Mughal ko yeh pata toh nahi chalega ki ladne wala kaun hai…agar hum apke pagdi pehen le toh…”

“Parantu…”

“Yeh aap kya kar rahe haai hai??”

“Humne apki pagdi utaar di hai…”

“Aap jayiye abhi…Chetak unhe le jayiye…”

Thus did all save Pratap; the look alike wore Pratap’s costume and entered the arena. Before sunset the Mughals managed to kill the fake Pratap and declared their victory.