The Nightingale

chapter 1

This is a story of a town that doesn't exist in any historical map or myth or books.

Once upon a time in a far away kingdom, in one of the biggest tree there, lived a Nightingale, he wasn't getting along with his fellow birds so he decided to reside in a tree among humans. Every morning before going out in search for worms, he usually fly and sing beautifully around the kingdom, it was his way of saying good morning to the humans.
One day, he went around the kingdom as he usually does, a special gathering interrupted his routine, there was a dance going on in town, few ladies were dancing while a man sang for them, the voice of  the man was so disturbing, he wondered how the ladies were able to dance to such a voice, he landed on the branch of a nearby tree and was looking at them. After a while, one of the dancers caught his eye, she was very beautiful and danced so beautifully, although the musician wasn't good enough, she did justice to the off noted song, the Nightingale stared at her for a long time, she was the one the crowd were watching, her name was  Kaya  , after a while the Nightingale went about his way.
The next morning, he was on his way when he saw this dancer again, she and her troupe were performing else where, this went on for many days, and the usual routine of the Nightingale was changed, he started watching her dance first thing in the morning before looking for worms for the day, watching her dance soon became an hobby for the Nightingale, even on days that she didn't perform, he would eagerly wait for her.

One certain day, it was over 3 weeks since he had seen her, she didn't even pass by, the Nightingale could hear from the passersby that a prominent figure died in the kingdom, but he knew the deceased was a man, he wondered if that could be the reason for her absence, after flying around town, the Nightingale heard that it was the singer of the band that died, he heard people saying that the band would no longer be in existence because their singer had died, to the people of the kingdom, he was considered the best of all singers. Three days later, he saw her passing by, she wasn't wearing any of her dance attire. One day he heard her and the band arguing on if the band should continue, she told them they could get another singer, but the drummers and other dancers were no longer interested, this bothered Kaya so much, she wasn't ready to give up on her dancing any time soon, but it was impossible for her to dance without a singer.

After a long persuasion, the other members of the band agreed to continue the band with kaya if she only she could find a singer who could at least hold a candle to the previous one they had. Kaya told them to give her a month to find one, they all agreed. She went around from street to street and even to the other neighbouring kingdom but to no avail, as Kaya was going around, the Nightingale was following her, he really wanted her to continue dancing, he watched as the singers turned her down, most of them were too proud to sing for a young and new dancer like Kaya. One evening as she was on her way back from the neighbouring kingdom, she decided to sit by a tree and rest, as usual the Nightingale was there with her, he landed on a tree branch and watched her dose off. After a while the Nightingale started singing melodiously as he normally does, his voice was so loud that Kaya woke up from her sleep and looked towards the direction of the bird, she knew that birds are generally known to sing but this bird was different, the bird had a high tone voice, it sang way better than the late singer, as all this went through her mind, she snapped back to reality of what she could possibly do with a bird. She stood up dusted her back side and headed home, but as she did she noticed that the Nightingale was following her, she didn't know the kind of bird it was but she knew she had seen it somewhere, she was trying to remember where she had seen that kind of bird, then it finally crossed her mind that when she was still dancing in the town's square one day she sighted a bird on a tree, and lo and behold the same bird was still following, she looked behind her and smiled.

Kaya has always been a very determined girl, but this time she gave up. A month had passed and the band was already disbanded, she couldn't meet up with their request so she didn't take any offense. She started staying indoors more and spending time alone, but amidst all this the Nightingale kept coming to her window every morning, it would sing to her before going out to get worms. Kaya became accustom to this, she would wait by the window for her friend, she love to hear the Nightingale sing, it reminded of the good old days. This went on for many months.