Grandma's Tale

“ These young children don’t even know the real stories of vampires, let alone the original pair!” My grandmother shouted as she saw another ad on TV for the Twilight series. I always chuckled a little she was constantly telling old stories, most people chalked it up to myths and legends but not Mah Mah she was stubborn.





“Well grandma since you know so much why don’t you tell me who the original pair are?”





“ You’re a cheeky one aren’t you. It all started very long ago some say that it was an oath taken out on a gamble. There were five brothers and known as the Pandava brothers. They were all unique but Bhima. Bhima was mighty, strong, a warrior, scared of no one,wielder of the mace….”





“ Ok Ok Ok grandma I get it he likes to fight can you carry one and get to the point.” I could tell my grandmother was invested into this story it was strange to see her this lively over something I didn’t even think she knew much about.





“ Don’t interrupt. It’s rude. Anyways back to the story where was I before I was so rudely interrupted.” She then proceeded to stick her tongue out at me. I rolled my eyes. “Real mature grandma.”





She gave me a warning look and then carried on,“ Bhima was truly majestic in his craft of wielding the mace. A war had broken out and he had to make good on his promise. It was said that he had to rip of the arms of his opponent and drink the blood. And during the battle the opportunity arose with arrows in his back he ripped of his opponents arms and cracked open his chest and drank the warm blood. Bhima exclaimed that the blood was sweeter than honey. Hmm I think they said milk but I don’t like milk so I say honey. That man did deserve it, I heard he tried to steal his wife and to make up for it he washed her hair in his blood.”





My eyes grew wide. “ Where are you reading these stories Grandma Draupadi and milk was the only thing you saw wrong with that story?! Whatever, happened to them? ”





“ You’ll know in due time.”






I could have sworn I saw my grandmother's canines sharpen. But She did just tell a crazy story. Must have been a trick of the light.






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Authors Note: I thought it was really funny that I had recently reread twilight and their was a small snippet of blood drinking in the stories. I also hint that the grandmother is in fact the wife of Bhima.


Bibliography:When words Failed Bhima, Dushasana, Indian Epics University of Oklahoma