"You see what am talking about? For some time now he’s been behaving like a mad man, often he’ll scratch his beard and lost in his thoughts, or do that, am losing it, Jared, what do you think we should do," a worried voice of Mrs. Jumma was heard
"I think its best if we send him to a mental hospital, the dreams are getting worse each day, soon we will lose him,'' Jared suggested
Jumma sitting alone, he seemed to be lost in his thoughts, his wife Watching him from far and his friend, ‘something is really bothering him, but how can we convince him to tell us what it is, ever since he came up with that story of us not raising our child, he’s been behaving weird, as they part ways, she suggested,
"okay it is time you go find help from our other friends, i will go get a cart to take him to the specialist." Jared, walked away
Before Rina could go far Jumma stopped her
"Madam Jumma, where do you think you’re going? I can smell your thoughts from here you know," Jumma disrupted her journey.
"I’m leaving am going to the palace I need to stop the council of elders," Jumma pushed her away
Rina quickly stood in front of him and tried to stop him,
"my husband please don’t do anything foolish; our child needs you; I need you" she cried her heart out
In an attempt to try to stop him, Jumma pushed Rina and fell down on a hard object, she hit her head and sadly this led to her death, their daughter watching from a distance saw everything, she run towards her mother tried to wake her up but it was too late,
'She was interfering in my work, Jumma thought,' without any remorse he walked past her, the pile of blood didn’t move him either, it was bound to happen. He had foreseen the death of his wife. He moved close to his child, held her hand and looked straight to her eyes, gently he spoke with a clear voice, trying hard to hide his sorrows, it was not the time for him to be weak, he had a duty to fulfill to the kingdom. He cleared his throat.
‘My girl, I’m sorry you had to see this, this is part of our life, now please go, run and never look back, go somewhere no one will know about you. I have to fulfill my duty as a seer, he emphasized on the word seer, ‘we are seers it’s our duty to protect our lands, someday you’ll learn to forgive me for killing your mother, she was my guardian, her duty was to protect me, she died saving my life. She took my bullet,’ he explained to her, with so much pain in his eyes, he send his child away
She was scared, she didn’t want to contradict his words, a voice inside told her to run for her life, and the other told her to stay and give her mother a proper burial.
A three-year-old; now compelled to make life decisions, she was forced to mature at a very tender age.
Her father walked towards her, holding a spear ready to strike, he needed to scare her, that was the only option for him to get rid of her easily and without hurting her
She stood still. Not scared of him, she closed her eyes and waited for her death. With an angry look, he was ready to strike. Suddenly, someone grabbed her and pulled her away, she took off with her, the only thing that could save them was their feet, to run as fast as they could,
They took a rest into nearby kingdom, the little girl had passed out, she was exhausted with all the running.
Nana, the old lady speculated around, she went to look for a certain medicine to help bring back the little girl,
a fair skin, a slender woman with eyes shining as bright as the moon, walked close to nana, she was exhausted from running, she was breathing her last breath.
A soft voice called out for help as she collapsed down, ‘help, help, save my son please,’ nana quickly moved close to gasp her words.
‘Please take my son and save his life, name him Joel, he will be of great help in
…these three kingdoms in future, he holds the blood of the greatest wiz..,’ her voice faded away, she paused and asked for water.
As she left, a voice of the little girl called out for help, her cry asked for help, nana was caught in between saving the woman or the little girl.
She hurriedly went to get the girl before finding water for the woman. Upon her return she found the woman already dead, she took the infant in her arms, and walked away, she was far from home, with two strangers who now completely depended on her. It was a long day for her, she was an old barren woman, she had no experience of taking care of children, she did know what to give or say when they start crying.
I have to give her a name, nana thought. I have always wanted to name my kid Regina; I think this suit her more. Days passed by, months went by the kids got along well, the only family they knew was their godmother nana. Joel knew Regina as her older sister. Nana tried hard to hide the truth from them, she knew it will break them.
Joel’s mother words kept disturbing nana, she wanted to know his origin. At least Regina, Nana knew who she was. She would leave in the middle of the night to go look for answers in the nearby villages, she hoped to find someone who knew about Joel.
years later the two children had now grown up, they loved listening to their Nana’s stories
two children seated in a shaggy kitchen with an old woman listening to her stories.
Joel was the naughty one, he whispered something to his grandmother, the old lady closely watched Regina, the quiet and intelligent one, she was lost in her thoughts, nana wondered what she was thinking about, a young girl like that?
This definitely is not a thought it’s more of a vision I think,
‘grandmaaa’, a bored voice of Joel called her, ‘why not do what I told you she seemed bored and too silent make her speak please I need my sister to be active’.
Okay here I go kid hope this will awaken her from her dream,
‘Regina, Regina, Regina,’ Joel called her
‘I think I need to pinch her’ stretching out his hands ready to do his thing
A soft voice called out on him” don’t even think about it, I can read your mind even in my sleep you know, and Nana please not the same old story today”
You have to hear it, it’s your fault we’re bored here trying to snag your attention, so sit properly it’s a long story today and a very real one this time, it Happened few years ago”
Regina trying hard to convince her grandmother not to tell the story but she didn’t succeed
“ my kids back then there was a peaceful kingdom, which had a lot of talented people but sadly, an old man got banished from his homeland a seer, he foresaw the coming fight and saw many people die because of the wrong choices a king was about to make, he went to the palace and begged to see the king in order to warn him’ his guardsmen refused to let him in, but after along persistence he was allowed in and found the council of elders discussing the matter, he warned them and told them not to push through with the plan, because innocent lives were going to be lost and because of this there is going to be a heavy curse upon the lands, one of the elder’s ordered for him to be beaten up for bringing bad news to the palace”
‘And then what?’ Regina was curious to know
Aha I see someone is in the mood for a story today, Joel teased her,
‘Well kids should I continue or let you argue’, nana interrupted. oh no continue, please, this is a nice story I want to know the ending. Regina emphasized
“The royal guards beat him up and chased him away, and that was not enough the king ordered for him to be killed by stones,’
‘Ah so sad the world is a cruel world they didn’t even spare him, am sleepy am going to make the bed’ Regina was pissed she wanted to leave, but her grandmother continued. she stopped to hear the next part.
“But his friend one of the guardsmen helped him escape to a forbidden land at night, in the morning when they went to get him, they found him already gone, his friend told the king that he saw him running towards the forbidden forest, leaving his family a wife and a son, the king uplifted his punishment knowing that he couldn’t survive in a wild forest, he went through with his plans,”
So, grandma what was his plans, Joel was curious
It was a wedding, the wanted to marry another wife, a very young girl, and very attractive, but the girl had a fiancé, who was a leader of a group of goons from the neighboring kingdom’ ‘On his wedding night with his new queen soldiers from the neighborhood came and killed men from three hundred families, the seer’s words came true, innocent lives were lost, the goons left a message on every door saying, they’re not yet done until their child returned to them,’ (the new queen) this led to a lot of mix-ups, and chaos started at the palace amongst queens concerning the new queen. They felt their lives were in danger, some wanted her to leave the palace while others wanted her to stay’ So, grandma who was after her life?’Joel was curious to know ‘Her evil fiancé,’ nana continued “he was out to get her, and wanted t
So rude she didn’t even bother to say a HI, she was upset by the queen mother’s character “But who is he, which servant will dare look at the queen in a seductive manner, 'I have to know this man', as she spoke out loud. Her maid entered the room without knocking and overheard her,' am sorry my lady, what man?' she thought she was talking to her. "Huh, oh no I did not mean a man I meant the the palace, I needed to know the palace," she responded It was obvious it had been six months and she never left her room. She is only human, and she needed some fresh air and some stretching. She too was bored and wanted to get out of her room. 'It’s time for me to know the palace I have been indoors way too long, ‘and I want you to accompany me, you know the palace better and you are the only one close to
He was very upset, he ordered for them to be captured and be punished, he wanted them to be thrown in the dungeon like common criminals, he felt betrayed, he was betrayed by the people he loved most, he needed to pay back. His subjects started to gossip, he looked weaker Infront of his king mates, his enemies got a perfect time to strike, his subjects had started losing faith in him, his wives also looked down on. His rage was uncontrollable, the queen mother felt his anger, she knew he was going to harm them. She thought of a plan to save her child and her grandchild. whilst the king was busy in search for them. The queen ordered for them to be chased and be sent on the evil forest, she had already organized for them to be received by one of her friends in the neighboring kingdom, she ordered one of her loyal servants to make sure they get there safe,
the princes a beautiful girl with dazzling eyes, a soft-spoken voice and having the ability to heal as her great grandmother. the daughter of the seer, having the ability to see the future as her ancestors and the man between them. the brave and obedient one born with a heart of a leopard and braveness of a lion, the protector of the seer, his wild nature scares away a great number of people, but his humbleness is amicable easy to get along with and respects a lot the elders and the law the seer; Amira and the boy; Ramani spent a lot of time together, hunting and playing games, they had a perfect relationship which led to them falling in love, the wo parents of Amira her ancle Joel and her dad developed a strong bond with Ramani, they had a lot of expectations from him, they waited for them to open up for them. As they walked towards them, Am
He tried hard to open his eyes but he was too scared, he promptly closed them before he could catch a glimpse of them,‘I’m really sorry, I know I have been rude and over bearing towards you, but please let me go, Mrs. Regina is waiting for me and as it is, time is already out of our schedule.’ He begged them“Open your eyes dear, its time you meet us, your real family.’’ The lion insisted.His voice was harmless, but Ramani was scared anyway,He had heard a long day, to be precise, the trickiest day of his life, he did not know how hard his undertaking was going to be, he was losing his patience with the situation he was in, but again, the serenity of the voice upstretched his braveriesThe assurance in his voice calmed him down, he once again tried to open the eyes, he was ready to meet them, slowly he opened them, but concealed his eyes, he turned around, and gently removed his hands from the face. The look on
Rama walked faster past them, he was scared, he thought his brother had left because he was very loquacious, his father Ram, kept his head low, his mind full of thoughts, he wasn’t prepared to lose his son again, he thought something bad had happen to him, he knew the dangers in the forest, the wild animals could already have gotten him, just the thought of him being eaten by wilds made him weaker.Regina was confident about him, she knew Ramani as a brave young man, she tried to console them, ‘Mr. Ram, your son is fighter, I have seen him over the years protecting my daughter, he is a very fervent boy, stop worrying and speed up.’ she pushed him harderRam was a bit calmer, his son had the spirits of a lion and a leopard, nothing can harm him, but again, he’s only human and doesn’t know how these abilities are being controlled, in case a risk comes his way, he will only attack as a human and not as an animal. He was troubled once again.
‘Ramani, these two wild animals are your family, the lion is your dad and the leopard is your brother Rama,’ she explained to him Ramani was confused, what was she talking about? Which two animals, she stretched his head out to gasp a clear sight of what she was talking about, his eyes met with Rama’s, the two looked fretted. They looked embarrassed to face him, they had transformed back to normal human beings, their eyes begged for his attention. They were dying to get close to him. The coldness between them was hurting them An awkward silence was detected. Ramani turned his head back and smirked at Regina, he raised his supercilia with a question mark, he made a joking facial expression, silently he thought to himself, ‘What was she talking about? Where are the lion and the leopard?’ He grinned at her; Regina marveled what had ensued with him. “Maybe he’s okay with them being wild, maybe he’s not scared after all, or ma
“She’s a passive girl, she loves nature, I have seen her twice, but all these I have seen her admiring the open-air, I think she has never stepped outside of her house, she lives in a tower, she has pigeon, her best friend, her only friend I think,” she rested and beheld Ramani He listened keenly was curious to know more about her“She seemed suffocated with the indoors, she had been snatched from all these, for a very long her life must be rigid,” she continued, the description she made of her were so disturbing, they all felt sorry for her“She lives like a jailbird, but of course she has never found out that her rights were snatched from her since her childhood, she trusts her abductor, she thinks she’s her mother poor thing, she trusts her more than anything, so well be prepared to convince her to follow you.” Regina prepared themThe description made by Regina were a bit intricate, it frightened