A LETTER TO YOU: Chapter 1 – 10
LETTER TO YOU
CHAPTER SEVEN
That night I had a dream where I saw myself in a gathering of elders with the snake symbol on their head.
“Welcome, into our midst” The leader who happens to be a beautiful young lady said to me.
I was scared as I couldn’t identify anyone among the people in the gathering. I was looking at them from one end to another. It was a scary sight. There was a stick with a live snake moving on it.
“Once again, you are welcome into our midst” The lady said
I didn’t say anything until one of the members hit me with a stick which made me to fall down.
“You are to give respect to whom respect is to be given, stop being stubborn” One of the members said in my ears.
Hmm, can you see what covetousness had led me into, all because of money, I am now in the midst of mysterious people. (She stands from her writing position to take a glass of water as her tongues were bitter and resumed back to her writing).
“This is called the snake kingdom where we breed and nurture agents that would be of good use for our mission” Their leader said to me with confidence in her voice.
“Since you are here, there is no going back and daring to flout our order means death” She affirmed to me as she points her staff towards me.
I was shivering in the dream as I knew I was into something more dangerous. I wanted to say something but nothing was coming out of my mouth. All I know was that my mouth was moving and nothing more.
“We are about to celebrate our seventh anniversary in this kingdom, and we are in need of more victims as sacrifice to appease the god of sukubo.” The leader said to me.
At this stage, I was forced to drink a liquid from a calabash that looks like that of an ancient. It was bitter as I gulped everything down. I felt some strange sensation in my body. I almost collapsed but was guarded by two of the ladies in the group.
“You have become a venom carrier, as from today any man or person you meet shall fall victim of this poisonous venom and shall die. To make sure you retain your beauty and power, you have to shed your skin every seven days, do you understand” The leader said to me.
Áhh, is this how I will end my life was all I could think off, now Lara, Helen and Stella who had been doing this business for years did not fall victim of this but I just in my first outing, I am a victim.
After the initiation, I was sent back with serious warning not to reveal all that had happened to anyone or else I will lose my life and the ones of those that are precious to me.
I woke up around 2am with sweat all over my body, I was afraid, it was as if I was still in their middle. I could feel that someone unseen was staring at me. I was scared. To sleep was a problem and to read was another problem. I was confused.
I decided to stay awake all night. Early in the morning something unusual happened. After I had taken my bath and was about dressing up I noticed a mark at my belle button, it had the sign of the snake kingdom. I was scared.
“What is this, how come” I said to myself.
I used spirit and cotton wool to clean it but I was just deceiving myself, it was more of spiritual than the physical. In my search for what I could use in getting rid of the mark, I discovered another mystery. The money that I was given by the man had disappeared, it was no longer there.
“Where is the dollars, I kept it here, why am I not seeing it any more” I searched the room as I scattered everything in my room that morning. As these was going on, I heard a knock on my door.
“Who is that” I asked but there was no reply.
I hissed and continued with the searching then the knock on the door came again, this time with not once but thrice.
“I said who is that?” I asked in a more frustrating and commanding tone.
Still there was no answer, I became worried as I moved to the door to check who was there but to my greatest surprise, there was no one. I went back to my room and the knock came again. This time my heart was beating very fast, the hairs on my skin was rising, I felt cold on my palm. Who can be there? I asked myself.
As I was still thinking, there was a cool breeze that blew across the room, I felt something whispering in the breeze to me.
“Who are you, come out now” I shouted but there was no reply.
This time, I was feeling uneased as sweat had covered me and I was feeling like urinating. My body was itching seriously. After some moments the breeze stop and a paper came by, I picked it up and something was written on it, it has the name of a person.
“What!!! My brother’s name.
“Who is there? I asked again, this time with a terrible shout which attracted Lara and the two other Ladies into my room.
“What is wrong, Alisa..tell us” Lara said to me.
I held unto the paper as I could not understand what was happening. My eyes were red like blood, I started feeling movement in my body with a loud voice.
“Kill him, kill him, kill him” the voice came louder.
“Nooo, I can’t and I will not” I replied to the shock of the other ladies who were staring in awe.
“Nobody messes with the kingdom, you listen to us or else you will die in his place” The voice said.
“No, I will not” I said.
Little did I know that it was the beginning of my journey into mystery and anguish.
“You see girl, you have to calm down, you have just work yourself up yesterday, all you need is rest” Stella said to me but little did she know what I am passing through.
The other students that were there advised that I should be taken home for proper treatment as they believe it might be something spiritual and truth, they were right but my going home would be more dangerous as my brother’s life would be at stake.
(She stared at the dead body beside her and shook her head as she mutters some words to herself) I now realized that the devil has nothing to give, he had started to trouble my life.
I went home on the advice of Lara while they promised to keep sending me my share of any successful outing they were able to go, I agreed to that but still kept what I was passing through to myself.
“Why are you home at this moment when you should be preparing for exam” My father said to me.
“I am feverish dad, I don’t even know what is wrong with me anymore, I feel like dying” I said to him but he smiled as he shook his head.
“I know that you are the lazy type just like your mother, it is when exam and test are around the corner that you are now sick, see I don’t have time for any nonsense in this house” He said to me. he never listen to what I wanted to say but he has a good ear for other people outside.
“Ehm, Tunde, you know she is a lady, try and create a bond with yorur daughter, don’t act like a stranger to her. Let the fatherly love be there” That is my father advising one of his friend who had reported his daughter to him. He pretends as if he does the same at home where as he as more of a stranger to me and my siblings.
My mother accepted to look after me but that was after she had rained all abuses on me and even told me that I will have a pregnancy test to confirm if I was not pregnant.
Mtchweeew, if it were to be pregnancy, it would have been better but now with the situation I am in, it is trouble.
The night came and the same voice came talking to me. “Now we know you are at home, it is the perfect way to strike and kill your brother, if you refuse, you will lose your own life”
I became confuse as I was trying to get the thought off my head but it kept coming.
“You know that you are to cook for the family tomorrow, you will poison his food” The voice said to me.
‘But to make it look as if you are innocent, you will eat out of it, it will not harm you” The voice said and laughed ..
What!!! This is trouble.
A LETTER TO YOU: Chapter 1 – 10
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