"So you won't believe me, right? It's okay then. I won't add any more word but at least think about it."I said and left him in the room.Reaching outside, I saw an old man trying to jump into the swimming pool. "No! Please don't into that pool."I screamed."Who are you talking to?" Anu asked, he had followed me."Look there."I pointed to the old man standing at the banks of the swimming pool."Am not seeing anyone there."Anu said looking confused."Then your eyes must be having a problem."I taunted him."Let's go inside."Anu said politely."I won't go with you. I have to first take this old man away from the pool. Who knows what he might do next. I have managed to stop him from jumping into that pool but I don't think he has totally changed his mind."I said."What are you talking about. I don't understand anything."Anu gazed at me with questioning looks."You won't be able to see anything unless you have your eyes checked up."I taunted again before pushing him out of my way and heade
Elsewhere, Anu looked for me but couldn't find me. He searched all the corners of the pool but I was nowhere to be found. "Where did she go to?"he asked himself.As he was getting out of the pool, his eyes fell on something that looked like a twig. His heart told him to pick it up and so he did."Am sorry, I couldn't find them."Anu said going on his knees as he cried."What do you mean by that. Didn't you find her in there?"Mr Smith asked."Yes father. I searched everywhere but couldn't see her.""How's this possible? But you told us you saw her jump into the pool, didn't you?" "Yes father. I saw her with my two eyes but what I don't understand is how she vanished from the pool."he said, looking thoughtful."This means one thing, someone might have called her through this pool."mother said."What! Someone? I don't understand."Anu couldn't get it."Yes. It's possible that someone called her through illusionally magic."she said."And what's that?"Mr Smith asked."She was just imagining
The branches immediately let Anu go. He was already tired and weak and his legs couldn't hold him upright any longer so he fell to the ground.Opening his eyes, Smith saw Anu laying on the ground too."Thank God, I managed to save my son."he said before running to him. "Anu, please open your eyes."he tried to wake him up.Still waking Anu up, Mr Smith moved his eyes to look back at his wife but to his shock, she wasn't there anymore."Where did she disappear to and how? A minute ago she was laying there unconscious and now..."he panicked."Where would I search for her. I can't leave Anu in this condition either. Oh merciful Lord, show me a way out."he prayed.He fell on his knees and thought of something. "I hope this would work for me."he said reaching for Anu's sword and stabbed him with it."Anu screamed in pain for like ten minutes and later he opened his eyes."Father!" He called when he saw him crying on the ground. He was fighting the urge to move his eyes and see the deep wou
Meanwhile, I waited for Anu to come pick me up but all in vain. His grandpa had assured me that he would notify them about my whereabouts. I believe that Anu would try and get a way to get to me somehow but no.He wasn't coming to take me back home."Did they decide to let me stay here until my babies are born?"I asked myself."No. My Anu would never let me stay with a stranger for all these remaining six months."I would reply to my own questions."What's wrong dear. You look upset."a mermaid pointed."Amazing! I mean you can even talk."I said."Yes. You see am not a minor mermaid.""Meaning?""Am made of fog, lightening and rain drops that's why I can manage to live out of water too."it said."How are you related with that old man?" I asked and the mermaid started to cry."Hey! I didn't ask you to cry, I only asked how you are related to him."I was wondering what made it cry."I used to avoid being questioned, just avoiding questions like these."it said, looking hurt."Am sorry if I
My happiness, my smile and my reason to live disappeared the moment I heard the doctor say I won't be able to conceive again.I tried to keep strong but suddenly passed out.I couldn't believe my ears but things were indeed happening.Later, her ghost started to hunt me like a prey. And that's when I made Nikki the king of the fog, I was prepared for death but fortunately Nikki found a way to keep me alive and safe, which was by swallowing me up whenever he detected danger coming."she explained. Her story was so scaring but I was a demon after all."Were you created like this?"I asked as my eyes moved from her hair to her last toe."No. I wasn't a mermaid at first."she said, looking shy."Then how come you are like this?"maybe I was killing her with questions."Well. When the ghost started to hunt for me, an old woman came in the castle and advised us that I should look for a mermaid's pearl and swallow it and then hide in the Sea for three days. That the ghost would never come for m
I couldn't believe that their magic would bring our house back but was shocked and surprised too after seeing our house coming from the sky like a drop of rain."Unbelievable! How did you guys do it?"I suddenly asked, shocked by my own words. How could I call my elders, guys?"Oh. Am sorry. It's just that I was amazed."I hurried to apologise."It's okay. You don't need to apologise."Nikki said before he left which made me feel sad."How could he just leave before I could thank him?"I said with a frown face."What's wrong dear. Who are you talking about?"father asked, looking around."What? Didn't you notice Nikki's presence?" I asked."Who's Nikki?"he asked confused."This means he was invisible to him but why would he hide from others?"I wondered."It's nothing father. Let's carry these people inside."I said covering his question.He carried mother in his arms and took her inside. He made her lay down on the couch and then came back outside."Come and help me here." He wanted me to
"What did you just say?"father asked sharply, his fangs elongated. It seemed like he was about to bite my mother.Walking two steps towards mother, he opened his mouth. His eyes never left mom's neck."He's going to bite her. We have to stop him Artie."Anu shouted."Don't dare."I threatened father the moment Anu and I stood between him and mother."Get out of my way."he raised his voice."You must be joking father. You can't bite her unless she agrees with you about it."Anu raised his voice too."Wow. I never knew that father and son in-law fight is like cold war."I breathed, amazed."Yes father, you can't do this to mother. Who knows what she wants and what she doesn't."I said supporting Anu's words."The two of you are becoming obstacles in my way. I think I will have to deal with you first."he said. "My plans would only succeed if both of you get separated."he added which made my heart skip a beat."What? Are you out of your mind?"mother finally spoke."You even have the guts to q
Mr Smith didn't say anything as he was still very weak and his wound was still bleeding.Mother tried to make him stand on his legs which seemed so hard. I wanted to go and help but then remembered that I just chose father's side.My heart felt much pain when I saw mother trying to carry Smith on her back like a little baby.I knew she wouldn't manage him up to home.I needed to do something. But what? I looked up and down trying to think of something and finally I came up with an idea.Biting my thumb, my magical ring emerged from the flesh. "Help me out please. I need to go and help my mom but I know father won't allow me to. What do I do now."I whispered to my thumb since I didn't want anyone to hear me. It didn't take long before I got a brilliant idea. "My shadow. Yes, my shadow would work for me. I will have to leave it here with father and then my original would go to help mother."I thought."Wow Artie wow. You are a very intelligent and brilliant woman."I breathed while prais