The war that never ended!

I was riding on our strongest horse Heera, a black thoroghbred gifted to Tipu last month by some foreign visitors who had come to see the kingdom. Tipu was ahead of me by a few metres when we could clearly see the enemy occupying the fort.

They had a fairly impressive army consisting infantry as well as cavalry. This being a totally unannounced attack from their side, we were hardly ready with our full strength! Then Giridhar took out the conch and started blowing it.

The Nokia music sounded clear and loud.

'Dude, where are you?' I heard Mradul (aka Duck) speak.

'Uh? Yea! mm.. well..I guess I am in Bangalore. I can see some big buildings. So would you guys be coming to Majestic?'

'No man. Change in plan. You will be coming over to my place. Shanky is here too! Get down at Indira Nagar'

'Cool. Done! '

We are now almost 300 metres away from their first line of soldiers, and then suddenly someone close by shouts, 'Indira Nagar! Indira Nagar!!'

I open my eyes wide! Spring out of my horse and take my backpack and get to the street. I am suddenly attacked by a buzz of auto drivers speaking in foreign tongue. Must be the enemies spies I think. Fearing a mass attack I call up the military base number. But they surrounded me and from the looks of it, they were arresting me and planning to take me to the enemy camp.

'Yeah dude, got down? Do one thing, hand over the phone to one of the auto drivers. I will talk to them', I heard duck quack loudly into my ears!

'Illa... avadhu... pizza...gothu...murugeshpalaya.. avadhu...' spoke the spy in the code language. Was duck also a part of their spy? How could he speak their secret language? Hmmm...

At the end of the conversation, I was pushed into a vehicle that was powered by engine and in no time I was speeding towards the enemy camp. Duck just now sold off our kingdom to the enemies! I needed to think fast so that I can escape from the enemies and save my kingdom. With Tipu nowhere in sight, all hopes were pinned to me!

Suddenly it occured to me that I must somehow make them feel uncomfortable in the new place that they will leave our kingdom and go off on their own. Lack of time and ideas were falling hard on me as I could literally see the enemy camp where they would chain me to a huge rock and behead me in public.

Me, the bravest warrior in Tipu's army should not end like this. The kingdom looks up to me and the people believe in me. I must do something!

It is winter and the weather was getting very very cold. I am gritting my teeth and my body is shivering. My body is exhausted after the long battle and my brain needs oxygen.

Just then, like a rainbow out of the grey clouds or like a beam of light coming from a tunnel, the idea struck me! Yes, this idea that could save my kingdom, my people and restore Tipu's glory and Mysore's pride back in place. Yes!!!

All of a sudden I felt I was being hit on my shoulders by enemy soldiers. I opened my eyes and it was Duck!

'Kya tu so raha hai! Chal... Ek ghante me mysore ki bus hai. Ab fresh ho ja, baaki us bus me so lena...'

... and there ended my dream, and with it this unwritten episode in the history of Mysore!