THE QUIET LAND

A THRILLER BY OAP WRITES

Reincarnations? Have you heard about them? I am a reincarnation of myself... surprising huh?
     My name is Adegun Oluwabunmi, a native of Osun state and I just finished my secondary school this year....I do notice some kind of power leave my body but I don't understand why.
    I attend utme class in preparation for my utme that year and one day, our English teacher diverted and mention dreams and interpretation, there and then I got to calculate some events and I found out that I was a reincarnation that is, I had come to live before.
   Curiousity took hold of me and I wanted to find out, who I was? What had I come to do before? What killed me? What's my reason for coming back? How come I wasn't able to remember anything? Is that why most time I felt power leaving me?
No sooner than later, I met the particular strange woman on my way to my utme class. She asked that I help her with some loads and I agreed to...since my discovery I felt more powerful and even if I didn't know who the strange woman was, I had a strong feeling she couldn't harm me and that's why I lent her an helping hand.
On getting to her house, she asked that I kept the load down and began singing some panegyrics, the wordings sounded so familiar but I was certain it wasn't in this life I heard them.

"My great friend, I knew you would come back but why haven't you visited me?" She asked.

I was taken back by those words but I gathered courage because this woman had the information I needed.

"Ma, the panegyrics sounds so familiar including your voice but I don't seem to know you"

"Ehh! I thought as much... Osunsekemi follow me"
I oblige with no atom of fear in me at that point I also feared myself sha.
She made some incarnations and asked that I washed my eyes with one water I found in the calabash before I entered.
Oh! I forgot to tell you, I entered her power room, everything was in white and I recognised her to be an Osun worshipper.

An image flashed up in one of the white cloths like one had always seen in 'African Magic' and I saw an image of an Osun worshipper.

"That was you in your first life", she said.

"Great, most of my questions are answered already but why did I die? And what is the reason for my reincarnation? Besides where are my so-called powers?" I asked.

"Osunsekemi, ore mhi...", She said and signed. By now I found out my name in the previous life and I know this woman was my best friend then.

"Your death was the wish of Eledua and your reincarnation was also his wish but the moment you crossed the sea bringing you to life...Orisakemi, your old time rival", she paused... made some incarnations and the image f Orisakemi was put in view, I saw two pictures the old Orisakemi and the young who happens to be my best friend in this new life. The most surprising fact is that  Orisakemi was Chiamaka Awunor in this present life...like just wow!

"Orisakemi, had always envied you like we all knew but never did we think of how desperate she could be...she went as far as collecting your powers from you at the sea bringing you to life, your powers were double of what you used in your previous life because you pleased Eledua.
Orisakemi also came back to life through your powers as Chiamaka Awunor to leave you with no traces, she had easily penetrated you and made you are best friend.
Nevertheless, there is a solution and that's why I am here to fortify you".

She fortified me and told me the reason I felt power leaving me was because Orisakemi couldn't take all my powers so she uses it anytime I come in contact with a bangle she gave me as a birthday gift years ago.
What I needed to do was dispose the bangle and pretend to still be with it by getting another one that was exactly like it...till she Osunseyi, my old friend would come to me physically "but wait aren't we physical? I asked when I remembered I was going for utme class when I met her.
"No, we aren't", Osunseyi replied in laughter.

"Bunmi, wake up it's time for maths class" Chiamaka woke me up.

"Truly, we aren't physical", I murmured.
"What did you say?" Chiamaka asked.
"Nothing Chiamaka", I replied...only if she knew that Osunsekemi was back🌝

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