Vasuki walks on to the stage smiling. He is wearing a black tuxedo. "Hello again everyone! Welcome to the second part of the Bachelor!", Vasuki greets the crowd. "Today these lovely gentlemen will be meeting their new brides!", he continues. The crowd roars in excitement.
"But before we bring out these beauties, we're going to have these gentlemen have a seat." The five men exchange looks with one another and then look at Vasuki in confusion. They thought the chairs facing the crowd were for the women.
"What are you guys waiting for? Sit down!", Vasuki happily exclaims. The men hesitantly sit down on the chairs. The stage crew comes out rolling a large wall and places it in between them and the side where the women will be entering.
"What's going on?, Bheem asks. Vasuki replies, "I'm glad you asked, Bheem! We are going to change things up a bit. Instead of picking your wife, I'm going to introduce them and ask them some questions. If you like the answers, you'll have the choice to pick one the ladies to marry." Vasuki gestures to someone to come onto the stage.
"Come on out ladies!", exclaims Vasuki. The crowd claps and screams as the beautiful women walk out in a line. There are even some wolf whistles.
"Welcome ladies!", greets Vasuki. "So before we start asking questions, let's introduce our bachelorettes!" Vasuki faces the first lady and says, "First we have the magnificent Ulupi! She is the daughter of a Kourayva, the king of snakes?", Vasuki asks as he looks toward the black-haired woman in confusion.
The woman confidently looks at the crowd and says, "That is correct. My father is a snake charmer. He can get any snake under control just by looking at them."
"Scary, but interesting, and how about you? I'm assuming you've grown up around snakes, surely you've wrestled some.", asks Vasuki.
"I have as a matter of fact. I have also fought a few demons.", Ulupi replies.
"Wow, not only is she brave, but she is strong, like a warrior!", exclaims Vasuki. Vasuki's statement catches Bheema's attention. 'Warrior', he thought. Sounds like my kind of woman. Bheema smirks at this thought.
"Next, we have the sweet Chitra."
"So tell me, Chitra, what do you look for in a husband?"
Chitra is wearing a pink, long-sleeved dress that flows out with golden earrings and a necklace. She shyly looks up with her big blue eyes and softly says with a smile, ,"I want a husband who will love me as much as I will love him."
Yudhistira slowly looks up at the sound of Chitra's voice. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest.
"Very nice!", reples Vasuki. "So what are your hobbies?"
Chitra replies, "I like painting and dancing."
"So tell me, Chitra, what do you look for in a husband?"
Chitra is wearing a pink, long-sleeved dress that flows out with golden earrings and a necklace. She shyly looks up with her big blue eyes and softly says with a smile, ,"I want a husband who will love me as much as I will love him."
Yudhistira slowly looks up at the sound of Chitra's voice. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest.
"Very nice!", reples Vasuki. "So what are your hobbies?"
Chitra replies, "I like painting and dancing."
"Well there you have, it! Chitra everyone!", says Vasuki. The crowd claps as they look at Chitra in awe.
Yudhithira tried to ignore the sound of his heart pounding in his chest and listen to Vasuki introduce the next woman but his thoughts kept going back to Chitra. He has never met or seen this woman, yet he felt the need to protect her. 'She sounds so delicate and innocent, not to mention she enjoys dancing and art.', he thought to himself.
"Next we have -", Vasuki is interrupted all of a sudden the red-headed woman takes the mic from him. The crowd laughs.
The woman says, "No need Vausks, I can introduce myself. The name's Draupadi. My hobbies are wrestling and shooting things with my bow and arrow." She hands the mic back to Vasuki and goes back to her spot where she casually stands.
The woman says, "No need Vausks, I can introduce myself. The name's Draupadi. My hobbies are wrestling and shooting things with my bow and arrow." She hands the mic back to Vasuki and goes back to her spot where she casually stands.
Arjuna looks amused and couldn't help but laugh along with the crowd. 'A woman who takes charge, I like that', he thought. I bet she's feisty!
"Well then, there you have it! Draupadi everyone!", says Vasuki in amusement. There are some wolf whistles from the crowd which makes Draupadi glare at the crowd, causing them to get quiet. She was obviously not one to mess with.
"Next we have, Subhadra!", says Vasuki. He gestures to the woman with black hair wrapped in a bun. She's wearing a short red dress, with black heels.
"So what can you tell us about yourself, sweetheart?", asks Vasuki.
Subhadra happily replies with a smile, "I enjoy riding horses, and sword fighting in my spare time."
"So what can you tell us about yourself, sweetheart?", asks Vasuki.
Subhadra happily replies with a smile, "I enjoy riding horses, and sword fighting in my spare time."
"Sword fighting? That's crazy! I definitely would not want to get on your bad side", Vasuki grimaced. Subhadra laughed along with the crowd.
Nakula's ears perk up. This whole time he had spaced out not really listening to these women were. He didn't really care and was only here because his parents forced him. Hearing that this woman enjoyed riding horses peaked his interest. Most of the women he's met have never liked horses. They would always yell like banshees at the sight of a horse. 'Maybe this Subhadra chick might be the one', he thought. She's down to earth, and doesn't mind getting down and dirty with the horses.
"Is there anything else you would like to tell us about yourself?", asked Vasuki asks Subhadeva.
"Not really."
"Well then there you have it! Subhadea everyone!", exclaims Vasuki. The crowd claps.
"And last but not least, we've got Nikki!", says Vasuki. He gestures to the woman whose black hair is covering her face. The woman looks up at the crowd. The black eyeliner makes her light brown eyes pop out. She's wearing a black dress with black heels.
The mysterious woman just blankly stares at the crowd.
'What would you like your future husband to know?", Vasuki asks Nikki. She does not reply and looks back at Vasyki with a stone cold face. This intimidates Vasuki a little but he shakes it off with a smile and looks back at the crowd.
'What would you like your future husband to know?", Vasuki asks Nikki. She does not reply and looks back at Vasyki with a stone cold face. This intimidates Vasuki a little but he shakes it off with a smile and looks back at the crowd.
"A lady of few words I see. Well it looks like Nikki will remain a mystery for now.",
Sahadeva tilts his head from under his black hat and smirks. 'This Nikki girl sounds like a challenge. I like it.', he thought to himself.
"And here we have it! Our five bachelorettes! Who do you think each bachelor will choose? Until next time!", says Vasuki.
The crowd claps and roars in excitement.
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Author's Note: This story is continuing from Week 9. In the original story, Arjuna marries all these women (except Nikki) and the bachelor's are all brothers that end up marrying the same wife. I wanted to change that and give each of them their own wife. I also thought I would the story more interesting by making the Pandavas do a blind marriage. Instead of meeting the women and deciding they liked them based on their appearances.
I ran out of bachelorette's so I added Nikki. I did some research on the women (except Nikki) and found a few traits and created their personality based on those few things. I also considered what each of the bachelor's looked for in a wife. I thought I would also share what the bachelor's were thinking since they wouldn't really say much in this story.
It's really different from the original story but I tried to keep their names the same as the original story. I shortened Chitrangada's name to Chitra since it would be easier. In the original story, I felt like Draupadi was pretty vocal about how she felt, especially when her husband gambled her away. She also openly rejected Karna. I gave her a leader type of role in this story because she was so vocal and determined to fight for her equality. Draupadi took the microphone away from the host to show this and gives Vasuki a nickname. I also gave her red hair to symbolize her short-temper.
