Anjiala

Anjiala episode 42

ANJIÁLA – Episode 42
 
 
 
© Bunmi B Gabriel
 
 
 
Anjiála
 
 
 
We hiked up the mountain carefully, well, I was doing the hiking and them flying like nothing, they couldn’t even carry me because Aramis could detect my presence with them. They were complaining on and on in fear, they were annoying me.
 
 
 
‘I still don’t think this is a good idea. If anything happens to you, our Lord would kill us.’ Astra who complained most continued, Lumina didn’t say much, just urged me to be careful and made sure the backpack didn’t fall.
 
 
 
‘He’ll first kill us for sneaking her out of the castle, then he’ll hunt down our spirits and burn them.’ Solaria added.
 
 
 
‘You didn’t sneak me out, I snuck myself out,’ I said under my breath. ‘All you girls did was whine and whine while Lumina worried about the plan. You know it would have been easier if you just teleported me there.’
 
 
 
‘We can’t, we already told you…..’
 
 
 
‘Yeah yeah Aramis whatever. Just let me climb in peace, I don’t see you helping meeeeee…whoa!’ The rock I held broke off, I fell down but quickly clung to a h0le.
 
 
 
‘Oh please be careful, I’m not ready to die ‘ Astra said anxiously. Lumina glared at her. ‘What?!’ She snapped. ‘I’m too young to die!’
 
 
 
‘You’re neither old nor young stupid,’ Solaria scoffed.
 
 
 
‘Okay, both of you, shut up.’ They glared at Lumina. ‘I’m serious, shut up, you’re distracting my princess.’
 
 
 
‘Why again can’t I use my powers?’ I p-nted.
 
 
 
‘She’ll know you’re coming and send something deadly to attack us. Our powers won’t do much good.’
 
 
 
‘You guys are almost useless,’ I huffed.
 
 
 
‘Don’t be mistaken, we hold the powers of our source but we only use it at our Lord’s command.’ Solaria said almost contemptuously.
 
 
 
‘So even when you guys are in danger, you let yourself die because he didn’t give the command?’
 
 
 
‘Why fight when we can redraw to the force. We simply disappear.’ Astra said proudly.
 
 
 
‘And if you can’t?’
 
 
 
‘No power can stop us from redrawing into the unknown because we’re like spirits of our elements, not even White can stop us. Aramis is the only one, our only weakness, our only death.’
 
 
 
 
‘He dies, you all die. So why can’t you be GENEROUS….’ I paused to catch my breath since I reached a landing before continuing. ‘And help me save your lives?’
 
 
 
‘That’s true,’ Astra mused.
 
 
 
‘But we’ll be disobeying his order.’
 
 
 
‘He didn’t exactly order you to do anything, he doesn’t even know you’re all with me.’
 
 
 
‘Right!’ Lumina exclaimed. ‘What a witty idea must say! He didn’t order us not to help you or anything so I guess we can do something.’ She said grinningly. The others looked unsure. I gasped for breath and fell flat at another landing.
 
 
 
‘Please tell me I’m almost there,’ I cried.
 
 
 
‘Not precisely,’ Solaria said chucklingly.
 
 
 
 
‘What?’ I sat up and crawled to the edge. ‘Oh come on! I haven’t even gone anywhere!’
 
 
 
‘You’re twelve feet higher, that’s something.’ Astra encouraged laughingly.
 
 
 
’12 out of a million! This mountain is higher than Mt Everest!!!! I’m never going to get there on time!’
 
 
 
‘Yes you will,’ Lumina smiled and stretched out her hands. ‘Come on, give me your bag.’ I quickly removed it and gave it to her, she gave it to Astra.
 
 
 
‘Great! Now you can climb faster!’ Solaria squealed, Lumina rolled her eyes and took my hands. She dashed off to the top of the mountain which a much faster speed than I expected. She threw me on the rocky top and flew away, Astra dropped my bag and disappeared too. They all did.
 
 
 
‘Cowards!!!!’ I looked at the bottom. ‘Whoa!’ I stepped back. ‘Guess I’m on my own.’ I backed my bag and bounced it. ‘Now where are you witch?’
 
 
 
‘Aurora, where are you!’ I heard Aris’ panicking voice in my head, I giggled.
 
 
 
‘I’ve gone where I can find a way to divide your heart and drink your soul.’ I said with a teasing Dracula like voice. He gro-ned.
 
 
 
 
‘This isn’t funny Rora, where are you?’
 
 
 
‘Awwwwwwn, he finally gave me a cute pet name,’ I cooed heading down the mountain a little to get to the entrance. ‘I would have preferred arousal, what do you think?’
 
 
 
‘Aurora please, come back, I’m having an heart attack here. I beg you, please come back to me, I don’t want you to get hurt o….’
 
 
 
‘Do you trust me?’
 
 
 
‘With my life but….’
 
 
 
‘Then give me some space, I won’t get hurt that easily.’
 
 
 
‘You won’t understand, the lunar ecl¡pse is in three days, she’ll come after you! Tomorrow is my stupid birthday….’
 
 
 
‘I didn’t know your kind celebrate birthdays.’ I interjected surprisingly.
 
 
 
‘Believe me, I hate it but the people want to celebrate it so I’m letting them this year…..hey! Don’t confuse me! Come back home, now!’
 
 
 
‘Okay, I’m hanging up now, bye bye darling, k-ss k-ss, mwah.’
 
 
 
‘Rora don’t you dare block me o…..’ I raised my mental barrier and blocked him out. I could feel his frustration burning into my chest, I closed my eyes and saw him pacing around while White stared at him amusedly. He started nagging, White whimpered and disappeared. ‘Hey!!! Don’t disappear when I’m complaining! If you don’t listen, who will I nag to!!!’ I shook my head and laugh. ‘Solaria!!!!’ He shouted. I was at the entrance now but couldn’t leave the show.
 
 
 
Solaria appeared and bowed.
 
 
 
‘Stand there and listen to me while I complain and agree to everything I say, is that understood?’ Her face turned to a horrific one. ‘Why is your face like that? Are you going to complain too?’ He asked frowningly. She clutched her stomach.
 
 
 
‘No Sir, I remembered I ate some huckleberries and it’s affecting me badly, I haven’t stopped stooling since I woke up…..aaaah!’ She lied, he scoffed and waved her dismissively. ‘Thank you Sir, I’ll call Lumina instead.’ She disappeared, Lumina came a minute later without a smile.
 
 
 
‘Sir?’ She asked grumpily, he arched a brow at her. ‘I mean, my royal and great majestic!’ He rolled his eyes and pulled up his sleeves. So much muscles, aaah!
 
 
 
‘Stand there and listen to me.’
 
 
 
‘I’m pregnant,’ she blunted out, gasped and cupped her mouth. ‘I’m sorry, I meant Astra is sick, I was checking on her….you know Solaria isn’t feeling too well, we all are you know….’ She was stepping back stylishly. ‘It’s hærd you know, very very….’ She kept rambling as she stylishly walked back until she disappeared into a wall.
 
 
 
‘All of you are traitors! Isn’t there anyone in this castle that want to hear me….no, if I finish that sentence, the foolish goblin will come out and pester my life…..urgh! I’m going to kill that lady! Stupid unsure girlfri…..White come back here!!!!’ He dashed off with his speed. I clutched my stomach as I laughed, it was good to laugh before I maybe died.
 
 
 
He’s a kid.
 
 
 
I cleared my throat and walked into the cave, spider webs were everywhere. The cave was dark, really dark but I had my vision to assist me. I whimpered as I crushed skulls along the way, skeletons and skulls were allover. Some dried flesh, old blood stains, pieces of clothes. I gulped and continued walking until I stepped into a part where I fell down to the very bottom of the mountain. It was like an in,side in the mountain.
 
 
 
‘That surprisingly didn’t hurt much.’ I gro-ned and stood up, I mo-ned in pain, my ankles suffered for it. I sat down back and felt the ground, my hand carried something. I squeezed it. ‘Wait, is this…. Bre-st!!!!! Aaaaaaah!!!!’ I threw it away scrambling back. ‘Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Double mega Ew! Oh God!’ My back hit something, I knew it wasn’t normal. I turned around slowly, a recent dead person staring at me with wide eyes filled with so much horror and pain. A long frightened scre-m left my mouth, I stood up to run but fell because of the pain and alas! I fell on a pile of chopped off d*cks.
 
 
 
I continued scre-ming, everywhere I turned to had something incredibly creepy.
 
 
 
‘Now who is that come disturbing my beauty sleep! I was having a fine wedding with my Prince!!!!’ I gulped.
 
 
 
‘Oh dear!’ Heavy footsteps echoed, she was a giant too. Why not world, torture me more, it makes sense. The footsteps grew closer, louder, scarier. I prepared myself to use my scre-m to disorient her. She came to view. ‘Who are ya Miss.’ She snapped. I blinked thrice.
 
 
 
‘Seriously?’
 
 
 
‘What?’
 
 
 
‘You’ve got to be kidding me!’
 
 
 
‘What?’
 
 
 
‘You’re a dwarf!’
 
 
 
‘And so?’
 
 
 
‘And so I thought you were a giant, you scared me.’ She grinned and nodded proudly.
 
 
 
‘I like giving expression, makes Peggy feels big.’ She raised her hands to demonstrate the bigness.
 
 
 
‘You’re not that ugly as they described you,’ I admitted relaxing my nerves.
 
 
 
‘They like lie, many many lies….wait! Who’s you?’
 
 
 
‘Hi, I’m An….Aurora, princess Aurora, I came to visit me.’
 
 
 
‘Nay! Go away, I already ate, see?’ She pointed to the guy I saw earlier.
 
 
 
‘I came to visit you,’ I repeated.
 
 
 
‘Why?’
 
 
 
‘I’m curious.’ She grinned.
 
 
 
‘Goody! Guest! Come come come, here’s no good!’ I stared at my legs. ‘Oh, broken, I’ll fix it, Peggy will.’ My body left the ground and I found myself in a more neater place, as neat as a dumpster but better than the dead yard. She sat me down on a stool. ‘Make yourself comfortable, what’s name?’
 
 
 
‘Aurora.’
 
 
 
‘Beautiful, me Peggy. No one ever comes to see me, says I’m ugly and wicked.’ She snorted, she was a dwarf troll witch. Wow! ‘I only hungry, need to eat.’
 
 
 
‘You’re cannibalistic?’
 
 
 
‘Yes.’
 
 
 
‘You save the manh-od?’
 
 
 
‘Sometimes Peggy feel dry and does it to herself, it’s fun.’
 
 
 
‘Urgh,’ I looked away. ‘You will eat me too?’
 
 
 
‘I no eat guest, she’s very beautiful. You want anything?’
 
 
 
‘Yes answers. I was told you’re my only hope.’
 
 
 
‘What?’
 
 
 
‘How do I kill Mamuwei?’
 
 
 
‘Hmmm, you’re not Kingy bride so no can’t.’
 
 
 
‘What if I am?’
 
 
 
‘I no tell you.’
 
 
 
‘What if I make you beautiful? Very beautiful?’ She shook her head.
 
 
 
‘That’s not what Peggy wants,’ she said sadly. ‘Peggy is tired of life and want to die but Peggy can’t. Kill Peggy and she tells you.’
 
 
 
‘OK,’
 
 
 
‘Yes! But Peggy will come back, you can kill her well?’
 
 
 
‘I guess so.’ That was easier than I expected.
 
 
 
‘To kill Mamuwei, bride needs mane of Lion and hair of King, soak it in bride’s blood and dip brimstone dagger in,side until blood enter all well. Find Mamuwei and cut hair.’
 
 
 
‘Her hair?’
 
 
 
‘Yes, Mamuwei’s life.’
 
 
 
‘It’s impossible to cut lion an King, they’ll know.’ I said sadly.
 
 
 
‘Bride needs to put makeup and sway bum bum to confuse king and lion will give willingly to save king, easy, easy easy!’
 
 
 
‘Thank you Peggy. And the dagger?’
 
 
 
‘Castle treasury.’
 
 
 
‘I won’t kill you….’
 
‘You promised!!!!!’
 
 
 
‘I’ll put you to sleep then when I become queen, I’ll remake you to be good and beautiful so you can live well.’
 
 
 
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‘What….’
 
 
 
‘Shhhhhh,’ she fainted and started snoring. I m-ssaged my ankles. I know exactly how to get Aris’ hair without him knowing and his birthday will do the trick. I just need to walk first.
 
 
 
To be continued

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