King Ziora Episode 5 & 6

KING ZIORA
EPISODE 5
☞Nnenne uju izuanagbara.
 
 
THE WAR MEN OF UMA ARRIVED THE TRAINING CAMP. NKAI SET inti-mate BATTLE BETWEEN TOMANI AND HIS FOREFRONT WARRIORS. THEY FOUGHT WITH TWO SWORDS EACH. TOMANI COULDN’T REALLY SURVIVE THE h0tNESS OF THE STRONGEST WAR MEN. MANTU, WAS CHOOs£n TO LEAD ALONG SIDE NKAI. THE TRAINING WAS FIERCE. AS THEY TRAINED, THEY HEARD HORSE STEPS COMING FORTH IN THEIR HUNDREDS. THERE WAS STAMPEDE. PEOPLE WHERE RUNNING, THE HORSES STEPPED ON SOME PEOPLE..NOOMA PLANNED TO TAKE UMA UNAWARES. TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE OF NOOMA TO WHERE THEY ARE, NKAI COMMANDED HIS ARROW MEN TO SHOOT. THAT GAVE IKANDA AND HIS MEN CLUE. AND SO, THE WAR BEGAN.
IT WAS h0t, FIERCE, SEVERE, AS IKANDA HAD SIX OF UMA’S WAR MEN KILLED ALre-adY. IKANDA USED A DECEITFUL STRATEGY. HE KNEW STRONGEST WAR MEN WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT WHERE THE BATTLE IS ti-ght, HE DEPLOYED GOOD NUMBER OF HIS STRONGEST MEN TO THE COOL p@rt OF THE WAR, HE HAD SIX WAR MEN OF UMA KILLED. TOMANI HELPED IN SECURING THEIR BODIES.
IN NO TIME, THE WAR MEN OF UMA HAD GOOD NUMBER OF WAR MEN OF NOOMA WOUNDED SEVERELY. AS IT STOOD, UMA WAS AHEAD. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IKANDA WAS OUT OF SIGHT. NKAI KNEW HE WAS UP TO SOMETHING. HE KEPT AN EAGLE EYE. SO MANY OF IKANDA’S WAR MEN RETREATED. NKAI AND HIS MEN WERE ONLY STRONG AT WILL. THEY FOUGHT LIKE IT WOULD BE THEIR LAST.
UMIRI, IKANDA’S SECOND IN COMMAND BLEW A TRUMPET. THAT MEANT THE WAR SHOULD BE AT EASE. HE c@m£ OUT BLEEDING ON THE FACE.
-NKAI, I CHALLENGE you. (he had sand on his palm)
NKAI STEPPED OUT WITH A BLEEDING ARM.
-UMIRI, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
THEY STARTED. UMIRI WAS ON HIS HORSE. NKAI WAS ON FOOT, WITH TWO SWORDS. UMIRI WAS OVERPOWERING NKAI. NKAI SHOUTED.
-OH HEAVENSSSSSSS!!! MY CREATORRRRRRR.
NKAI SAW THAT THE HORSE WAS STABLE, WITH HIS LAST STRENGHT, HE GAVE THE HORSE A HEAVY SLICE.
-ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH. he shouted.
THE HORSE LOST BALANCE AND SO DID UMIRI. NKAI GAVE UMIRI A HEAVY thrû-st. UMIRI FELL……. DEAD. NKAI WAS FALLING TO THE GROUND. IT TRIGGERED ANOTHER ROUND OF h0t CLASH. WHILE THE WAR MAN OF UMA WERE LASHING IT OUT WITH THE WAR MEN OF NOOMA, IKANDA HAD EYES FOCUSED ON NKAI. TOMANI SIGHTED HIM AND WONDERED WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT HE TURNED AND SAW THAT HIS WARRIOR FATHER WAS STAGGERING TO THE GROUND. HE LOOKED TOWARDS IKANDA’S END AND ALSO SAW HE HAD THE MOST FEARED POISONOUS ARROW OF NOOMA AND WAS ABOUT TO SHOOT. TOMANI SHOUTED…
-MY FATHERRRRRR, MY WARRIORRRRRRRR, NOOOOOOOOO.
HE RAN TOWARDS NKAI AND FACED THE ARROW. THE ARROW DRIVED INTO TOMANI. NKAI SAW IT AND SHOUTED.
-TOMANI MY SON, NOOOOOOOO.
IKANDA LOST CONCENTRATION, MANTU RAN UP BEHIND IKANDA AND DROVE THE SWORD INTO HIM. IKANDA FELL. THE WAR MEN OF UMA SURROUNDED THE WAR MEN OF NOOMA. THEY HAVE WON. TOMANI SMILED IN THE ARMS OF NKAI WHO WAS CRYING.
-FATHER, WE WON, WE WON(he smiled again).WE WON.
TOMANI CLOSED HIS EYES IN DEATH.
AT THE PALACE.
OBORO HAD PLANNED ALL OF THESE. HE WANTED TOMANI AND NKAI DEAD. HE STOLE THE KING’S ARROW THrou-gh THE HELP OF A PALACE GUARD.
THE KING INVITED THE SEER. HE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHO STOLE HIS ROYAL ARROW. OBORO SAW HIM. HE KNEW WHAT WAS IN LINE. HE CALLED DEMBE, THE ONE WHO HELPED HE STEAL THE ARROWS AND TOLD HIM TO re-lease HIM HE WANTED TO EASE HIMSELF. DEMBE re-leaseD HIS HANDS AND FEET. OBORO TOOK DEMBE BY THE HEAD AND HIT IT ON THE STONE.HE DIED INSTANTLY. OBORO STARTED SHOUTING. THE OTHER GUARDS c@m£ AROUND.
-He sli-pped and fell. (he explained CRYING)
DEMBE’S HEAD WAS STILL ON THE STONE WHEN PEOPLE c@m£ TO SEE. DEMBE’S b©dy WAS TAKEN AWAY. THE KING FELT IT WAS A SIGN THAT protec-tion HAS GONE FROM UMA. THEY WERE DEFEATED.
THE SEER SAID, THE CREATOR REVEALED NOTHING BUT ONLY SAID THAT, DESTINY IS BEING FULFILED.
-what DESTINY? KING OHUMA asked. what kind of DESTINY? STRANGE things are happening and the CREATOR says DESTINY is being fulfilled? WENA, i am begining to doubt your competence. Are you now among the traitors?
THE SEER t©uçhed THE CROWN OF THE KING.
-i swear by the scared crown of UMA and may the CREATOR strick me dead, if i lie.
-Hmmm, tell me? what is the fate of my war men?
-MY KING, i see VICTORY but it is mixed with tears and blood.
-hmmmm. tears and blood. How complicating!!!! WENA, (he called the seer.) you won’t leave here till my war men RETURN. if your prophecy is true, i shall reward you handsomely and if not,(he drew out his sword)i will drive this into you and kill myself.
FEW HOURS LATER.
There was noise. They are back. NKAI RODE ON A HORSE WITH THE b©dy OF TOMANI. THE OTHER WAR MEN WERE WITH THE b©dy OF THE WAR MEN WHO WERE KILLED. NKAI STOOD BEFORE THE KING AND RAISED HIS HELMET.
THEY WON.
NO VICTORY IS CHEAP.
FOR YOUR RISING, SOMEONE MUST FALL.
FOR IN THE YEAR KING HOSEA DIED, ISAIAH SAW THE LORD IN HIS GLORY.
 
 
EPISODE 6
 
KING OHUMA MOURNED THE DEATH OF HIS WAR MEN ESPECIALLY TOMANI. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE WAR MEN IN UMA LAND. IN REMEMBERANCE OF HIM, KING OHUMA DECLARED MIDDLE TIME OF THE YEAR, TOMANI FESTIVAL. WRESTLING MATCHES SHALL BE ORGANIZIED ON THAT DAY,HORSE RACE, AND MANY MORE.
OBORO WASN’T HAPPY THAT NKAI DIDN’T DIE.
-This FESTIVAL of celebr@tion going on should have been my day of becoming the GREATEST WARRIOR of UMA., The CHIEF CAPTAIN. TOMANI is out of the way. good redience to bad stinking ru-bBISH. TOMANI FESTIVAL MY FOOT. I shall now face NKAI. I will kill him by my own hands. After NKAI, i am the STRONGEST. Nob©dy, is my match amongst the WAR MEN of UMA. WHEN NKAI DIES, (he stood up) i will become the CAPTAIN. I shall be addressed as MY WARRIOR, GREATEST, I shall be given my own large space. hahahahahaha. woooooow. feels good. i nee-d to start ma-king plans. Taking NKAI down won’t be easy atall. That WIZARD.(he frowned) but i must kill him and my PLANNING STARTS NOW.
TOMANI’S MOTHER COULD NOT GET OVER HER SON’S DEATH. NKAI WAS ALWAYS THERE TO CONSOLE HER. TOMANI’S FATHER SAID…
-hmmm, MY WARRIOR, My son may not have made it. but i am HAPPY, his death was not in vain. If we had lost to the PEOPLE of NOOMA, what would have been our fate? i am proud of my son TOMANI. He was indeed a great WARRIOR, who gave his life for the VICTORY of UMA.
-I miss him, NKAI replied. i miss his numerous QUESTIONs. AFTER MY UYIRI’S DEATH, TOMANI Death is another that really struck me ha-rd . He died in my hands. I WAS GOING TO TRAIN HIM TO TAKE AFTER ME. HE WAS GOING TO BE MY SUCCESSOR. He said to me, FATHER, WE WON, WE WON. rest on MY HERO. you will forever remain in our hearts.
THE LAND OF UMA RESTED FROM WAR FOR FOUR YEARS. AS KINGDOMS WHO HEARD THEY DEFEATED THE WAR MEN OF NOOMA WERE AFRAID TO ENGAGE THEM.
ZIORA IS FIVE YEARS OLD. SHE HAS GROWN INTO A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL, JUST LIKE HER MOTHER. TOMANI WAS TRAINING OUTSIDE HIS LARGE COMPOUND WHEN HE HEARD….
-papa, look. (ziora called smiling) look what i found, papa. it looks good right?
NKAI TURNED AND WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT HE SAW, THAT HIS SWORDS DROPPED FROM HIS HANDS. ZIORA BEc@m£ AFRAID.
-papa, are you alright?
NKAI STILL STOOD LOOKING AT HER. SHE WAS ACTUALLY WEARING THE WARRIOR ROBE BELONGING TO TOMANI. IMMEDIATELY, HIS DREAM, YEARS BACK FLASHED. ZIORA STOOD CONFUSED.
-papa, is this about this cloth? i’m sorry, i will take it off.
SHE TURNED TO GO IN WHEN NKAI CALLED HER BACK.
-ZIORA (SHE TURNED)come. come my child. The CREATOR does things his own way. (he handed over one sword to her) Now i un-derstand. He took TOMANI away so i can see the real SUCCESSOR.
ZIORA TOOK THE SWORD FROM HER FATHER.
-papa, i CANNOT be your SUCCESSOR. i am a girl. UMA does not have female WARRIORs.
-my child, this scene right now, happened in my DREAM, five years ago. I prayed to the CREATOR to show me, to show me , who my SUCCESSOR is. i DREAMT, SOMEONE was walking up to me in this very robe. The robe was TOMANI. so when i handed over the sword and OPENED the veil it was you. ZIORA my child, The CREATOR HIMSELF chose you.
-me too papa. i DREAMT. in that dream, (she held her father’s face) you died. i was standing right there(she pointed) then i saw me, come out of you. i was so terrified. i told grand-ma MAJE. (frowning) she warned me never to say it again and never to tell it to you.
-what??? Aunty told you that?
-plea-sE papa, don’t tell her. she will be disappointed in me.
-I Won’t my child. i won’t. come. (he took her by the hand and took her inside.) ZIORA, will you like to be a WARRIOR?
-No papa. i am just a girl. i do not have the STRENGHT you have. UMA, will not accept me. They shall call it TABOO.
-what??? who taught you that word? grand-ma MAJE right?
-(she nodded) she called my dream TABOO.
-hmmm. the CREATOR does not work by our choices. He does it how he likes it. it is a thing of great HONOUR my child that the CREATOR chose you to fight for UMA. It is not about what you want my child, it is all about what the CREATOR wants. (he stood up and took a de-ep breath.) i am taking you to my MASTER. IZINGA.
-papa, why? but you can train me. i don’t want to stay ap@rt from you.(crying).
-i forbid you to cry unnecessarily. don’t show weakness even when you are weak. confuse the enemy by containing your weakness.
-(she wiped her face) forgive me papa.
-prepare yourself. Tomorrow, we leave for MUZARA. YOUR TRAINING STARTS NOW!!!!.
THE SEER WENT TO SEE THE KING.
-long live your majesty.
-WUNA,he called. The great seer. eyes of the heavens, mouth piece of the CREATOR. you are welcome.
-(he sat, ) my king, i had a revelation.
-SPEAK, commanded the king.
-i saw you my king and i saw NKAI too work into this BEAUTIFUL ray of light. i turned and i saw UMA, my land..covered with thick darkness. i saw blood, dead bodies, litered all over. i turned again to call your ATTENTION but you had alre-ady crossed. you and NKAI.i cried. no one to save our LAND UMA. Evil INcrea-sed. Then, someone EMERGED in NKAI’S ROBE. i thought it was NKAI and i shouted NKAI. The person took off the covering and behold it was a BEAUTIFUL, PRETTY DAMSEL. i woke up.
KING OHUMA WAS SCARED, AFRAID AND FRIGHTENED.
-and what does this mean?
-(the seer stood up facing the sky) THUS SAYS THE CREATOR,AFTER YOU AND NKAI HAVE JOINED YOUR ANCESTORS,THE LAND OF UMA WILL OPPRESSED BY HER OWN. TRAITORS SHALL INCREASE. KILLING, HUNGER, STARVATION SHALL COME UPON THE LAND OF UMA. OUR SAVIOUR SHALL A WOMAN. SHE SHALL RULE OVER US.
 
TO BE CONTINUED.