THE RED VULTURE
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Episode 31
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Ejike: I have your Nchinkor here, come and take it and eat
obinna : (surprise) Ejike! what are you doing here?
Ejike: I c@m£ here because I know that you really missed us and your favorite Nchinkor, that was why I brou-ght it for you
obiora : No! I don’t think you are my elder brother Ejike, because the Ejike I know can never come to the forest, that was why he refused to embark on this journey with us
Ejike: well the truth is that, I later changed my mind because have missed you my brothers so much, that was why I c@m£ to be with you and also to give obinna his favorite Nchinkor to eat, obi! come and take this and eat, I know is your favorite
Obinna : (confused) are you sure you are Ejike my brother?
Ejike : Yes iam, come and take this Nchinkor and eat, I even garnished it the way you will like it (he said strenching his hand for obinna to take it)
Nnana : obinna don’t listen to him, he’s an imposter and not your brother Ejike, remember he was appointed among the men to embark on this journey but he refused to go and they replaced him with you, so what will he be doing in the forest, the Ejike I know can never leave your parents and come to this deadly Forest
Ejike : Nnana mind your business and st©p spoiling my brothers mind towards me, obinna don’t mind this son of a blind fisherman, he’s only jealous because I brou-ght Nchinkor for you to eat, so come and take it, even you obiora, you can eat if you want, but I know you don’t like Nchinkor, that was why I brou-ght it for obinna because I know it is his favorite and is well garnished (he said and obinna was confused whether to take it or not)
Obiora : obinna don’t take it, is not our elder brother
Ejike : (sighed) even you obiora is telling him not to take the plate of Nchinkor from me, am really disappointed in you, and our parents must hear this ( he said and this t©uçhed obiora and he was speechless, while obinna started heading towards him to collect the plate from him, when Nnana saw this he went and st©p obinna from collecting the plate of Nchinkor)
Nnana : plea-se obinna don’t go to him and collect that plate, he’s not your brother
obinna : (pushing Nnana) leave me alone, he’s my brother Ejike and I will collect the plate of Nchinkor from him and there is nothing you can do to st©p me (he angrily said and started going towards his brother Ejike, but before he could get closer to him, Nnana have alre-ady brou-ght out the seven seas water from his bag and sprinkle it on the ground, immediately the evil spirit disappeared, when obinna saw this he was very surprised)
Nnana: you see, I told you that he’s not your elder brother Ejike but you refused to listen, I don’t know when you people will learn how to follow instructions, anyway let’s leave here
Okwe: you are saying we should leave here, do you know where to locate the hut? plea-se let’s wait to know if the priestess will come
Nnana : we can’t continue to wait for the priestess to come because the more we are waiting, is the more distraction is coming our way, let’s go, I believe we will locate the hut ourselves (so they left that place and continue going, not too long they got to a point and st©pped because they Saw two roads facing each other, one at the right and one at the left, they bec@m£ confused on which road to follow, so Nnana told them that they should follow the right road, as they were about to follow the road, all of a sudden the priestess appeared and they st©pped on seeing her)
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THE RED VULTURE
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Episode 32
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An Epic story By Chichi Tonia
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Priestess: (in a loud voice) where do you think you are going you stubborn flies?
Nnana : (with fear) we are going to find the hut
priestess : (Angry tone) And you think that way you are heading to is the right way? And moreover what did I tell you people for the first place?
Okwe: (shaking tone) you told us that when we get to the middle of the forest you will show yourself to us, but we waited and we didn’t see you, so we decided to find the hut ourselves
Priestess : And you think that way you are going is the right way to find the hut of the scary old dwarf? simple instructions you can not follow, that was why the others died out of carelessness, you c@m£ to the forest and be doing otherwise, I told you that once you get to the middle of the forest, I will show myself to you, but being the stubborn people you are, you are doing otherwise by going the wrong way.
obinna : But we waited for you at the middle of the forest, and we didn’t se………
priestess : And who told you that the so called place you waited for me is the middle of the forest? mind you this place you are standing is the middle of the forest, and the road you want to follow is the wrong way. hmmm….. Nnana! you are too dull to my liking and I regretted ma-king you their leader because you failed to lead them well, I gave you water of the seven seas to use and protect yourselves against danger, but you ended up not using it at the right time, that was why the others died because their leader failed to protect them
Nnana: Am sorry great priestess, just that everything happened so fast in this forest that I forgot to use the water at times
priestess : everything happen so fast because you are too dull to act fast, even the powder I gave you all, you are not using it when you suppose to use it, anyway that is by the way, now listen attentively, The hut of the scary old dwarf is not far from here, you will follow the left road and Walk straight, you will see the hut, when you get to the entrance of the hut, you ru-b the powder on your face before you enter inside the hut, I repeat make sure you ru-b the powder before you enter the hut, but if you fail to do so you are on your own, and one more thing, there will be a danger on your way to the hut (she said and their heart skipped)
Nnana & others : Danger!!!
priestess : yes danger, a very big one
Nnana : but great priestess, what are we going to do? (he asked and the priestess strench up her hand, and four sword appeared in her hand)
priestess: Take this sword, it will be of help to you (she handed them the sword)
obiora : But great priestess, what are we going to do with the sword?
priestess : You will know when you get there, and secondly always be careful in all you do, and don’t forget to my instructions, remember the hut of the scary old dwarf is not far from here, you can go, follow that way (she pointed at the road they will follow, after that she disappeared, while the four men followed the road to find the hut,They walked and walked for a very long time, before they sighted the hut from afar)
when they sighted it they were very happy, and so they walked hurriedly, in order to reach the hut quic-k, As they were going, a group of dwarfs attacked them and started fighting with them with a sword, luckily for them they have their own sword too which the priestess gave them, and they started fighting with the dwarfs, they fought for long, until they defeated some of the dwarfs remaining few, Okwe was still busy fighting with one of the dwarf, as he was still fighting, mistakenly his sword fell down from his hand, so he bend down to pick it, but before Okwe could do that, the dwarf he was fighting with beheaded him.
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THE RED VULTURE
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Episode 33
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When obiora who was still fighting saw that Okwe have been beheaded, he screamed with anger and rushed to the dwarf that beheaded Okwe and killed him, after he finish killing the dwarf, he went back and continue his fight with the one he was fighting, they fought and fought with the remaining dwarf, until they defeated and killed them all. After that they mourned for Okwe before they continue going, As they were going obiora wasn’t walking fast because he was bleeding seriously in his left hand do to the injury he had during the fight with the dwarfs, so obinna and Nnana did everything possible to st©p the bleeding coming out from obiora’s hand, but it seems to be getting worst, in order to st©p the bleeding, obinna to-re some p@rt of his cloth and tie it in obiora’s hand, with that the bleeding reduced, but was only dropping, And then they continue moving, they have not walk for long, before obiora st©pped because he was getting weak
obiora : I don’t think I can continue this journey with you because am losing my strength
obinna : (with a concern tone) plea-se brother you don’t have to st©p, not now we are getting close to the hut, you have to manage, so that we can get to the hut and take THE RED VULTURE and go home, plea-se let’s keep moving we are almost there
Nnana: plea-se obiora you have to manage let’s get to the hut, after we get what we want, we will go home and your wound will be well taken care of, plea-se for now just manage let’s get to the hut
obiora : No, I can’t move further, you and obinna should go and get THE RED VULTURE, don’t worry about me (he said weakly )
obinna : No we can’t leave you here, you are coming with us (So he as-sisted his twin brother by holding him and then they continue moving, although the bleeding have reduced and was no more rushing as before but only dropping)
Not too long they finally got to the hut, and when they got there, they applied the powder on their face and slowly walked into the hut. As they got inside, they almost throw up because the smell of the hut was horrible, and also the hut look irritating, but although they didn’t see the old scary dwarf as the priestess told them and this pissed them off)
Obinna : what is all this, I thought that the priestess told us that when we get to the hut that we will see the old dwarf and his RED VULTURE, now we are here and there is no sign of them
Nnana: And this place is smelling badly, if I stay here more mins, I might vomit all my intestines, are you even sure we are in the right hut? (he asked no one in p@rticular)
obiora : I think is the right hut, because there is no other hut here ap@rt from this one, the priestess can’t lie to us
obinna : if is the right hut, then why haven’t we see the old dwarf or THE RED VULTURE yet, I regretted coming to this journey, if I had known that it will be like this I wouldn’t have embar…………… ( he paused because he saw something that got his attention inside the hut, so he stood up and started heading towards the thing he saw, while Nnana and obiora was confused on where obinna was heading to)
Nnana : (in a low tone) obinna where are you going?
obinna: shhhhhhh………. ( he continue going, when he got closer to the place that he saw what got his attention, he was surprised to see a very big basket covered with cobwebs, so he signal obiora and Nnana to come and see something, and they went to know what it is, and to their surprise, they also saw the basket covered with cobwebs
obiora : what is inside the basket?
Nnana: And the basket is covered with cobwebs, what could be inside?
obinna : I will re-move the cobwebs to know what is inside the basket
Nnana : You don’t have to, I don’t think is necessary, leave it like that don’t re-move anything, we did not come here because of this basket, so leave it and let’s focus on what we c@m£ for (he said but obinna didn’t listen to him, and so he re-move the cobwebs from the basket, Lo and behold THE RED VULTURE they are looking for was inside the basket, when they saw this, they were very happy that finally they will go home with, and they forgot what the priestess told them, So obinna bend to take THE RED VULTURE, immediately his hand t©uçhed it, he turned into dust instantly and that was the end of obinna
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TBC
Hmmm….. Obinna is gone, what do you think will be the fate of the remaining two?