Todos los capítulos de Mapula-The Rain Queen: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

 Three months have passed and I am back in Cape Town writing my midyear exam, since I came back Kwezi and our tutor has been helping me catch up with the work that I missed while I was away. Well let me take you back to what happened before I came back, I was in hospital for four days or shall I say my body was at the hospital while I was being healed by the queens in the secrete river.Queen Nyolodi kept giving me the healing water to drink, queen Letsatsi healed the wound on my leg, while doing that she used the power of the sun and that is one experience I will never forget. It was like the flames of hell were unleashed on me and were directed on my leg burning it mercilessly. I couldn’t even move away as I felt like I was gl

‘Ngwedi, why can’t I feel my legs?’ Mapula asked ‘I don’t know my queen but look over there, that elephant can help carry you’ answered Ngwedi. ‘But won’t the lions standing in front of it harm me?’ she asked. ‘That is up to you my queen, remember this is your journey, if you let the lions stand in your way you might not go home.’ Ngwedi told her. ‘But I have to go home Ngwedi, they need me.’ She panicked. ‘They don’t only need you but you are their queen as well.’ Ngwedi started to disappear. ‘Ngwedi, where are you going? Don’t leave me, Nyolodi, my queen please help me! Bakoena, where are you?’Mapula woke up sweating and breathing heavy, it was a dream, she sighed

Three weeks have passed and Lerumo has been sleeping peacefully at night after agreeing to go back and claim what is rightfully his. After the talk with Tokelo, he burnt incense and spoke to the gods then accepted to go back. He asked his ancestors to spare his son’s life and wait for him to regain his strength then he will go back and save his people. Since that day the dream he was constantly having stopped and for once in a long time, he had a peaceful slumber. From that day he has been working on a plan to get his kingdom back from his brother.His sons have been a great help during this time and even offered to donate funds to the kingdom to rebuild the infrastructure that was now destroyed, like the school that has been vandalized and the clinic. They even got one of

 Lerumo and his sons got to the palace and there was no sign of guards or maidens except the ones they came with. There was also no sign of Lethabo, the palace looked abandoned and the paint on the walls was chipped making the palace look like it has been abandoned centuries ago. Lerumo asked the guards and maidens he was with to go and call everyone that used to work at the palace.Tokelo and Lebo went door to door delivering food parcels to the people and the people were happy to have heir king back and were grateful for the food they received. Lerumo was busy in his study talking to suppliers, builders, and the pharmaceutical company. He was asking them to start work the following day as his people could not wait long for services.

At BaTlakwana kingdom the preparations for the king’s funeral were underway. Neighboring kingdoms were informed, even though most of them were not interested in attending the funeral because of the kind of person king Papi was. Tsietsi went back to the palace the following morning and has been helping with the preparations, he felt that his eyes were heavy and that he had a bit of a headache. He went to his chamber and took a nap. While napping he had a dream where he saw his mother, he was happy to see her. ‘Mother, I am so happy to see you, why have you not visited me all this while?’ he was teary-eyed not believing that he was seeing his mother, this woman died when he was only nine years old. ‘I have always been here son; you just could not see me.&r