THE KORA CHRONICLES: Her Chosen Fate

lesson#7: tune in to the music

Spending time indoors was typically good for my health...not to mention my indoor lessons meant no physical strength needed or injuries of any sort...so today it was Music lady...Morena..her beautifulness... If she was going to play her flute all day I was more than willing to listen

"Is your hearing perfect??" She asked

I sat silent staring at her...I think I had hoped for a greeting and the question kind of got me off guard....did she think I was deaf??

"Excuse me??"
"You didn't hear what I said....totally not good" she said
"No...I heard what you said...I can hear you just fine" though I wonder why that's important
"You must be wondering why you're with me"
"Not wondering....grateful somehow....being outdoors means me and a lot of injuries and a mean teacher like Luna....or Sonia....or tricky Lucifera"

She smiled and pulled out her flute which last time I checked was a sword...she placed it on the table and I examined it from a distance to see if it will change into a sword or something but it sat there still waiting to be played

"I think I should warn you before we start....this lesson is no different from the others....it can be painful" she said

I nodded though I was not ready for any injuries...

"How exactly " I asked so I could get prepared
"I'm going to teach you how to differentiate sounds.....every sound  carries a message....death,mourning,remorse,happiness... Pain...and much more...but we don't have all year....I'll teach you the important ones....and how to differentiate if you listen keenly"
"Okay"
"Are you ready??"

I nodded and she gently placed the flute on  her lips and started playing....I sat uncomfortably listening to the beat.....at first its soothing and gets me swinging slowly from side to side....then it becomes somewhat disturbing....I frown and almost tell her to stop but the music just weighs  me down...its like I'm compelled to listen to it even though its as worse as hearing a frog croak...then something started happening to me....I felt something trickle down my cheek...I thought its sweat until I wipe it with the back of my hand and I see blood....my eyes went wide as I placed both my hands on my ears...they were bleeding....I looked at Morena who was busy playing with her eyes closed....I felt super hot all of a sudden....my nose started bleeding and in my silent cry for help I started choking and coughing helplessly....I choked out drops of blood a couple of times....the pain was a thousand times worse than any injury I could've received from outdoors...before I knew it .....I was crying....well not tears .....bloody tears.....what was happening to me....I tried to tell Morena to stop...but all that came out was a choke and cough......there was only one way....I fell off my chair in an attempt to escape the haunting music....I don't get far and I collapse on the floor...the music stopped and the pain slowly wore off....I sat on The floor panting....Morena followed me and squat before me then handed me a handkerchief
I wiped off the blood in my ears....nose and eyes...but sadly I couldn't get rid of the bloody taste in my mouth...

"That was the sound of death.... Its compelling and kills quickly.....but because you can't be killed.....it will put you in a state where you'll wish you had died instead than suffer such a fate.....torture you and draw blood from your veins till you become nothing but a bunch of bones "she said

I looked at the bloody handkerchief... It was soaked red with my blood...I looked at Morena and she had blood in her ears

"You're bleeding too"I said

She offered a hand and pulled me up then led me back to my chair...she sat in hers and got hold of her flute again

"Every power somebody possesses comes with a price....me mastering the killing sound  was the hardest part...even for a musical princess .....its hard to learn....you have to master all the keys and notes...when to rise....when to fall....its complicated.... One mistake and its useless against your target.....and it being the most dangerous in the musical book...it might kill the player too... But not  before the target dies"
"That's bad"
"Will you remember"