Once upon a time episode 17

🌼🌹ONCE UPON A GIRL🙅‍♀️
🥀🍁SHE’S JINXED (CURSED)🍁🥀
(Riddles)

©GIFT OKORIE✍️
👑CHAPTER 17👑

 

 

We all set down our backpacks and set camp.
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“Wake up everyb©dy” I screamed at them.
They all sprang up.

“What is it, are we being attacked,oh my God, Aaaahhh” Kira screamed as she ran off to God knows where. Michael ran after her, trying to call her back while the rest of us laughed our hearts out.

“Where did this girl come from” Ricky asked while laughing.

“She’s so funny” Dad added.

Michael carried her back.

“Why would you scream like that?” Kira yelled at me as Michael set her down.

“You guys are de-ep sleepers so i thought….”

“You thought? Couldn’t you have just tapped us?” She complained. “I could have fallen off this cliff down to that valley, did you ever think about that” she fired at me.

“Well I didn’t know that your fear is like a ticking bomb” I mumbled.

“Get it?” Bathny asked her with an amused smile. “Cause you actually exploded” she added.

“Yea, I get it” Kira snapped at her with an eye roll.

“You scamppered off like a missile sh0t from china to London” Dave added.

“I said I get it” Kira fired at him.

“I just wanted to paint a picture of what you looked like when you ran off”

“David Hathaway” she screamed at him.

“Mmmh” David answered.

“Was I speaking french when I said I get it? I GET IT!!” She screamed.

“Jeez, you are being uneccessarily loud” ru-by complained.

“Idi*t” Kira snapped at him.

“What is it?” I heard dave asking Kiwi. I turned to her, she was holding her stomach.

“I’m hungry” she mumbled.

“That’s not surprising, we had nothing last night” Henry stated.

“And there’s also nothing to eat right now, except water” dad added.

“Well let’s quic-kly go down to the temple, return the book, fix the curse and go back to the village and eat before finding our way home” mum suggested.

“Have you forgotten we snuck out of the village with the help of the dragon lord, if we go back there and they see us, they’ll insist that we continue out jail term” dad stated.

“Then we sneak in and sneak out” Ricky whispered.

“Why are we whispering?” Dad asked him and he shrugged, dad Palmed his face. “You have a problem” he said to Ricky, Ricky eyed him.

“Uhm, I think we have a bigger problem to worry about, like where the h*ll is Salvador and his men?” Henry asked.

We all looked around and didn’t see him.

“fu-ck that bast*rd, after all my warnings, he still wants to steal golds from the temple” mum barked in anger. “We have to leave, if he t©uçhes any precious Stone, the dragon will wake up in anger and destroy the temple, he will fly away probably and that’s bye bye to returning the book and lifting the curse” she added.

“And there will be no home to return to cause he will probably destroy cities and countries cause of corruption and evil” Ricky added.

“Then we better catch up with him before he gets there” dad snapped and ran off.

“I can’t go, I’ll faint” Kiwi complained.

“Kiwi you can do this, I promise when we get to the city down the valley, I’ll look for some fruits for you” I as-sured her.

“You will?” She asked and I nodded.

She made to get up but she fell down, Dave and ru-by ran to her. Dave wanted to carry her up but he looked up and saw ru-by staring at them.

“Boys come on, we don’t have time” I called out to them, mum nudged me, we both giggled, but de-ep down I was seriously praying for David to back away and he did. ru-by piggy backed Kiwi and we joined the rest in running, we finally met up with dad.

“What took you guys so long?” He asked as he jogged down the valley, I guess he was waiting for us cause I know he’s a fast runner, we wouldn’t have met up with him if he was running like his normal self.

“We had a situation to settle” mum answered and win-ked at me. I blu-shed, dad stared at us in confusion but later shrugged and continued jogging while the rest of us were actually running to keep up with him.

“He’s such a fast runner” dave said to me.

“He’s not even running” Mum, Bathny and I said in unison and we laughed.

We finally entered the abandoned city, I looked around for fruits to give to Kiwi, luckily I saw an apple tree.

“Hey, you guys can go on, I nee-d to pluck some apples for Kiwi” I informed them.

“Marichuiy you can’t go alone, I’ll go with you” mum stated.

“No mum, I’ll be fine” I insisted.

“Marichuiy…”

“I’ll go with her” dave offered.

“Me too” Bathny added.

“We will wait for you guys here” ru-by said, he sat Kiwi down in front of what looked like it used to be a bar. Kiwi leaned her head on his shoulder, she really looks hungry and tired. Well what of others, we all look like we could eat a full horse right about now.

Michael and Kira sat beside them.

“Ok, you guys be careful” mum instructed. She, dad and Ricky ran off towards the temple.

Dave, Bathny, Henry And I walked to the apple tree.

“So when are you guys gonna sort your situatioonsh!p?” Henry asked, Bathny giggled.

“Huh?” I asked him, pretending not to know what he’s talking about.

“That question should actually be directed to you both” Dave replied referring to Henry and Bathny, it was my turn to giggle and I did.

Bathny ignored the question and continued plucking apples.

“Someone is acting deaf” David mocked her.

“OK, fine, we will sort it out now” Henry replied, I thought he was joking but instead he dropped the apples he plucked on the floor and walked up to Bathny.

“What are you doing?” Bathny asked him. Crazy girl, as if that’s not what she has always wanted.

“Bathny, I like you, I really really like like you ever since 5th grade, you are smart, cool, confidence, you are bold, and you are so beautiful, I couldn’t bring myself to confess to you cause I felt like you’d probably reject me, you’ve never d@t£d any guy in our school so I thought you wouldn’t want me.” He confessed, Bathny looked so shocked.

“You said you were a g@y….” She asked.

“I did, but that didn’t change how I felt about you” he stated.

“I thought you hated me, you always fight me” Bathny complained.

“I was scared of being close to you, I might do something crazy and you would hate me” Henry blurted out.

“Do it” Bathny snapped.

“Huh?” Henry asked.

“You said you’d do something crazy, do it” Bathny win-ked at him.

Henry walked really closer to her, he wra-pped his hand around her w@!st and drew her into his b©dy and engulfed her in a pas-sionate k!ss.

“Wow” I heard Michael’s voice, Dave and I turned and saw Michael and Kira standing at a corner. I thought they were with ru-by and Kiwi.

“I saw this coming” Kira stated.

“Finally, n@ûghty people” Michael commented.

Henry and Bathny finally dis£ngaged, they giggled a bit and then turned to dave and I, my heart skipped.

“Guys, we gotta go” Michael informed us.

“Yea, Kiwi’s condition is not looking good at all” Kira added.

Thank God. I breathed in a sigh of relief, Dave looked at me, I blu-shed, I guess he can see throu-gh me.

Bathny and I gathered the apples and walked back to the street, we got to the building where we left ru-by and Kiwi, she was now lying on his l@ps with her eyes closed, I got scared. I ran to her.

“Kiwi, wake up, we brou-ght apples for you” I shook her a little, she fli-cked her eyes open. ru-by managed to lift Her up.

I brou-ght out my water bottle and washed three apples, I gave her one, she ate it gently, after that her eyes opened clearly.

“Hey guys” she mumbled.

“Oh thank God” Bathny breathed out.
I gave her the other two apples, she ate them gently while I shared the remaining ones amongst us.

After eating the apples, we drank some water.

“How do you feel now” ru-by asked Kiwi.

“Kinda great, where are the rest” she asked.

“Damn, you really went to hunger town” Kira muttered and we laughed including Kiwi.

“Salvador ran off with his men to steal golds from the temple, so mum, dad and Ricky went to st©p him, while we decided to solve your hunger issue” I explained to her.

“Also, Bathny and Henry are officially a couple now” Kira blurted out.

“Wow, I really missed a lot” she muttered.

“Let’s go before they start getting worried” David snapped at us.

We stood up and continued our journey, ru-by held Kiwi as we walked.
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“Hey, there’s the temple” Kira informed us as she pointed at it, we ran towards it.

“What’s going on” Bathny asked when we saw mum and the rest standing at the gate of the temple including Salvador.

“Why aren’t they in the temple yet?” ru-by backed up.

“Mum what’s up?” I asked her when we got closer to them.

“This moron forgot that the opening of the temple gate depends on you and I” mum replied.

“Oh my gush it’s true” Kira cooed.

“Yea, the riddle” I laughed out loud.

“It’s funny to you, will you come and open this gate” Salvador barked at me.

“Hey don’t talk to my daughter like that” dad warned him.

“Dude I thought you changed?” David asked him.

“Yes, I changed my mind which you people poisoned, y’all want me to forget about the gold, then why exactly am I here huh?, my money for funding this trip should go to waste, is that what y’all want” Salvador fired.

“If you t©uçh those precious stones, you will be a dead meat, don’t you get it?” Mum yelled at him.

“So I’m not supposed to take anything?” He asked.

“Not even a scratch of bronze not to talk of gold” Ricky warned.

“Right, we will see about that” Salvador scoffed and looked away.

Dad walked closer to him and stood behind him, I know why, he won’t let him make a bad move otherwise he will get it h0t.

“Let’s just open the gate first” Ricky stated.

Mum and I walked to the golden gate which was covered with some tree vines.

“Mother and child answer four riddles each to open the gate” we all j£rked back when we heard the voice of the dragon lord, he was leaning on the extreme of the gate.

“Dude, you could have just teleported us here in one minute but you chose to suffer us” Michael complained to him.

The dragon lord ignore him, he walked closer to us, he faced us when he got to the center of there gate.

“Riddle 1…..” He started.

“Really, is that how your teacher sets quiz in your school, no time for preparation?” David complained.

“You had two days to prepare, wasn’t that enough” the dragon lord asked.

“Well if you must know, we used that two days looking for a way to get here” I fired at him, but instead he shrugged.

“Why is he so cute?” Kiwi asked.

“Seriously I didn’t look at him well back in the village, He’s so adorable” Kira cooed.

“Hey” Michael complained.

“Sorry babe, I was only commenting, nothing more” she as-sured him.

“Just go ahead and ask, if there’s anyone she doesn’t know, I’ll answer it.” Mum stated.

“No you won’t” the dragon lord insisted, this guy is not serious. He’s lucky I’m good with riddles.

“Riddle 1 for the mother: Walk on the living, they don’t even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?”

“Leaves” mum answered so easily. I would have failed it if it was my question.

“Riddle 1 for the child. You bury me when am alive and dig me up when I’m dead, what am I?”

Thank God.

“Plant” I answered, everyone cheered for me, mum smiled at me.

“Riddle 2 for mother. The more there is, the less you see. What am I?”

“Darkness” mum answered.

“Riddle 2 for child. At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen, what are they?”.
I thought about it for a while, I’m sure it’s something I know but…. Come on br@in, help me out here, you are the star of this show.

Wait a minute, star, that’s it, thank you br@in.

“Stars” I answered. Mum hvgged me.

“Riddle 3 mother. I am lighter than what I am made of and more of me is hidden than is seen. What am I?”

“An ice berg” she answered, where did this woman come from. Of course, psychologist, why wouldn’t she know the answers.

“Riddle 3 child. You’ve heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die until you call me again. What am I?”

Hahaha, in your face dragon lord, Bathny and I used to pl@ywith this one when we were kids. I looked at Bathny, she smiled and gave me a you’ve-got-this kinda look.

I smiled and answered. “An echo”

“Riddle 4 for mother. Break me and I’ll cage you. Obey me and I’ll save you. What am I?”

“Law” mum muttered with her head bent low.

“Does it sound familiar?” The dragon lord asked her, she nodded quietly.

“Riddle 4 and last for child, get it and the temple’s gate will open for you, get it wrong and go home cursed for life” he snarled and my heart skipped. “I never was, I’m always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?”

My br@in went dead…..

 

TBC
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