Chapter 6 The Prophecy Has Begun

(THE WOODS)

"Your father means well,Krisen." Suban, David's son chased after the angry wolf.

"Just get lost,Suban." Krisen growled as he stormed out of the hall, his father had yet again angered him.

"Where are you going to? It is raining heavily outside." Suban tried to stop him but the stubborn wolf still went his way.

Subanshook his head, wondering why he always tried to stop Krisen when he never listens to anyone. He listening to his mother was even a miracle that happens not so occasionally.

Krisen walked towards the edge of the cliff despite the heavy storm, it had become his safe space ever since he was 16. 

He looked down to the sea and with his clear sight he could see something lying flat on the sand. "Suban, what is that?" he questioned.

"What is what? The rain is pouring really hard let's go back inside Krisen," Suban did not care about what Krisen was asking him.

"There is something there fool, look down." Krisen pulled him towards the edge.

Suban’s eyes widened in fear as he thought he would fall. "What the hell Krisen!" He exclaimed as he stepped back quickly.

Krisen scoffed, "You are still scared of heights? Ridiculous." He spat out in contempt.

"Whatever, there is nothing there, it might just be a fallen tree ... let's head back before your mother starts to worry." Suban patted Krisen shoulder as he forced him to head back.

They reached the house in no time.

"See you tomorrow," Suban bade Krisen good night.

When Krisen entered, Suban left but he did not go home. Rather, he went towards the sea, he had also seen something too.

As he walked closer, he could see something on the sand. 

"What in the moon," he cursed out when he saw a body.

Suban studied the body carefully. "Where did it come from?" 

He was hesitant to approach it so he ran back to inform his father.

Minutes later,

"There," Suban mentioned, pointing towards the body. "It's a female."

They approached it carefully.

"Where did it come from?" Suban asked in confusion.

David looked towards the sea, "Beyond the woods," he whispered out to himself.

Suban knotted his brows in confusion. "What do you mean, father?" he did not understand.

David looked at his son. "No one ... and when I mean no one, I mean no one. Not even Krisen should know about this. This will stay between you and me, it will determine our future in this pack." He ordered his son seriously.

Subandid not understand but he nodded anyway.

"Let us get it to the house." David instructed as he carried the body over his shoulders and they went back discreetly to their house.

"Heiheuhei" The seer's cringing laugh echoed in his den.

"The prophecy has begun," he said out loud to himself.

(THE ISLAND)

"Dimitri! You turn 20 today, how come you still wait for me to come get you up from bed?" Aileen scolded as she approached Dimitri’s room.

"Dimitri, are you really ..." She paused when she opened the wooden door.

Her eyes roamed the room, "Dimitri?" She called out as she approached the bed carefully but she did not see her daughter.

"Did she leave early?" She thought out loud.

Aileen left the room and walked back to the kitchen where her husband was. "Did you see Dimitri leave this morning?" she queried.

She had to prepare for the birthday celebrations and she needed to make sure her daughter looked presentable.

‘Ouff! So many things to do,' she complained inwardly.

Moko looked at her for a while before shaking her head, signifying a no.

"How come she is not in her room then ... or is this turning a new way in a new age?" Aileen chuckled.

It would be nice if her daughter actually did that.

"I am heading to the shore; I'll be back before lunch." Moko said as he kissed his wife on her forehead and left.

When Moko stepped out of the house a man named Griffin approached him, "Bright sun Leader Moko (Good morning leader)"

"Bright sun, Griffin, is anything the matter?" Moko inquired.

"A tree bed is missing, leader, it was here the previous moon (yesterday) but now it is missing." Griffin reported.

The fish hunters had gotten ready to go fish hunting but they did not see a tree bed so few of them were left behind.

Moko's eyebrows drew into a knot and a frown appeared on his face. "How did only one tree bed go missing? It couldn't be the storm or do any tree beds having openings? (Leaks/breakage)"

‘If the storm was the cause, then it would not have affected just one tree bed,’ he thought to himself.

"We checked everything and it is good, leader." Griffin responded, he too was equally confused, after allthis wasn’t the first time they were facing a heavy downpour.

"Let's go," Moko said as they walked towards the shore.They continued their discussion.

"Are you certain the tree bed was knotted well?" It seemed really unreasonable.

"Is anybody missing from the island?" He kept asking to put things together.

"Missing? I will have to check that out." Griffin replied with uncertainty, he did not think about that, besides who would leave here and where will they go to?

They arrived at the sea shore and just like Griffin said, there were a few fish hunters who could not go hunting.

"How did this happen? I am certain that the tree bed was knotted properly."

"Are you certain of what you are saying? Then how did only that tree bed go missing? You will have to face punishment for this." 

They had started arguing amongst themselves.

"Bright sun, Leader!" They greeted in chorus when they noticed Moko's presence.

"Bright sun to you all. Go back to your houses, we will hold a meeting after lunch." Moko ordered before he went to inspect the scene.

The wood for hanging the ropes were still intact so even if the storm took the tree bed with it, the tree bed would still have little pieces remaining as the storm was too wild 

"It was not the storm, someone must have either taken the tree bed or it was not tied well to begin with." Moko said to Griffin.

"Go and do a row call, I will see you after lunch." He ordered.

"Yes, leader," Griffin responded and left.

Moko looked around. Normally he would see his daughter around the shore learning to roll and navigate the tree beds but today he did not see her, he did not even see Festus. 

Today she turns 20 and she is supposed to be crowned heir formally. 

He did not think about it too much, he felt she would be somewhere with Festus so he went about to his daily routine, he walked towards the training square.

"Boy!" Moko called Festus who was sitting near the training square on a tree root that the stem had been cut off.

He assumed Dimitri would be with Festus but he was obviously mistaken.

"Sir! Leader." Festus launched up immediately to a soldier’s standing posture, it was obvious he still feared Moko.

Moko kept a stern face. "Where is Dimitri?"

Festus felt his breath get hitched. 

What was he going to say? 

Why did Moko have to ask him? 

Did Moko find out something?