What will kill you? The Forest or The Love.

in #bigwaves6 years ago (edited)

After walking for over 2 hours it was quite obvious Chika was lost, he searched for the very tall tree with buttress roots, he saw it right before he got inside the forest zone where he was told by his dad not to get to but all that is in the past now as he has gone beyond the point of regrets and all. Now what is eminent is getting out of this place in one piece.

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He had heard several stories about this part of the forest. His close friend Uzo had narrated how his father told him that hi great grand father had gone hunting in this part of the forest and never came back hence the embargo on going anywhere close to this part of the forest. But enough of these thoughts and besides his coming here was justified...something must kill a man was his thought before coming into these part of the forest but nobody told him it would be of all things love that will kill this man.

Oma is extremely beautiful and every man's dream girl around the village but she suprisely was no mans girl because she had no man around at least asking for her hand in marriage. This was the reason Chika went closer, because every girl he was interested in seemed to be with someone else. So since this one isn't then all hell must let loose for us to be something Chika thought to himself when he went to her house that fateful day to take her out to the village square.

He loved every moment as they walked and talked to and fro the village square till she was about to go into her fathers compound when she said to him.

We can't see each other again.

Shell shocked Chika asked why?

And she replied...Because I'm dying soon

And she went inside without talking further, this was the worst thing to say to a man who just got knocked down by love and is struggling to feel his feet. Because his feet disappeared as well as his heart till she disappeared and inquisity set in as he went almost around all the village asking what was wrong with her because her parent won't let him into the compound or anywhere near their princess.

He later found out she had been with an illness that all theedicineen in the village could not help and that the cure is only available in the city, the white men brought it and until they get to their village there was nowhere he or anyone for that matter could get to them and get the medicine. They were trapped in this village because no one has ever gone beyond the forest to see what lies beyond it and how life is over there at the other side of the forest.

Before he ventured into the forest northwards to find the white men and their magical potion to help Oma he told his friend Uzo alone and since he was living alone since the passing of his parents no one will miss him while he was gone.

What he even finds funny is the fact that even Oma or anyone else for that matter knows of his desperate quest to bring this medicine to make Oma see him again and live with him as a wife. Only his trusted friend and ally Uzo knew, he actually suggested that but he was against going into the forest northwards because nobody has ever been that way, everybody else farms and fishes all other directions except north as that spelled doom since Uzo's great-grandfather vanished.

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It was getting dark and Chika was desperate to get back home at least he has tried to show himself that he fought for Oma since no one else knew, that was the reason he went unnoticed because he didn't want to fail anybody in the end if he wasn't successful. He decided that so long he was alive he will just walk toward the setting sun to see where that leads him because he had gone virtually all directions and still have not found his way.

He was desperately hungry and tired now, it was almost dawn and he needed to eat something, he barely had any sleep that night as many scary thoughts keep coming to mind and to make matters worse the owls were not helping either making those awfully scary sounds that sent shivers down his spine. Every time the bush around him shook it was like that was his last breath. Until he said to himself,*** it is better for me to close my eyes and whatever wants to eat me can come and take me in my sleep without seeing it than watching myself struggling with death.*** With that, he closed his eyes tightly more than he has ever done and no matter how close the noise was he resolved not to make a sound or open his eyes. Even when it felt like someone was staring at him I'm the depth of the night and he heard the breath of something around him he still didn't move or open his eyes. And somehow he slept off.

He was awoken by the sound of barking, laughing and something that sounded like people, when he opened his eyes gently, he noticed some figures that looked like humans clothed in animal skin, he dared not move so he opened his eyes a bit more and it was still a bit dark, probably dawn he thought.

Lucky for him they won't see his eyeballs so he tried to look down and was able to count just 3 of this figure and he tried moving his eyeballs without moving his head.

Just then they all moved to a point as if to conclude on what to do with him. He immediately got up and started running opposite direction to where they were standing and he continued running as fast as he could as he heard them screaming and shouting, making animal noises with human voices as they chased him down.

The grasses were terribly cold from dew and wet at the same time, he tried running in all directions so as to avoid whatever they threw at him, he continued forward till he noticed he had given them some distance off, that gave him the zeal to run harder. He continued running and looking over his shoulders to see the distance apart and was not looking when he turned to see a huge gorge in front of him, he tried stopping almost immediately but the ground between his feet and the gorge gave way and he fell for what seemed like a minute or more, he felt he has been hit with something but was awoken when he hit the bottom of the gorge and there was a huge splash and before he could gather himself he was being swept along the water having a ceru huge current as it flowed. He looked up the cliff and saw the creatures running along the bank of the gorge throwing things at him but none got to him.

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He had learned to swim so he just went under the water and it was terribly deep but he held his breath for what seemed to him to be long enough then he brought out his head and no one was around. And there was no gorge anymore the water was beginning to taste salty and colder, he looked around and the shore was a bit farther and he had little or no strength left to swim as he struggled to get onshore he began to feel lighter and just when he was beginning to see the shore more clearly, he felt light headed and passed out.

He opened his eyes to see strange beings around him, four in number.

Their eyes were blue and their skins were extremely white..like ghosts

One of them said something to him and the aounded differently...it sounded more like.

AH Jon ah wee ah sehors for London.

AM JOHN AND WE ARE SAILORS FROM LONDON.

And Chika thought to himself...

Maybe these are the white men that have the medicine for Oma

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Thank You.

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What a lovely green color!

oww thank you, hope you got to glance through the story.

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