HAJARAH (ON HOLD)

Chapter 5

Let's get to know the characters
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Hajar is the 3rd child to Alh Abdulmalik dikko and Haj Khadija yusuf.
Mutasim dikko and Amatullah dikko (are twins) being the eldest, hidaya dikko and muhammad dikko (twins too) the youngest.

Fatima zahra was hajar's cousin and her BFF and the 3rd child to Alh Abdullah dikko (abdulmalik dikko's younger brother) and Haj Rahma usman. Fatima has 5 siblings, Kabeer dikko, khadija dikko, mahmud dikko and noor (fatima, named after zahra's demise) dikko.

Safwan bashir the first son to Alh Bashir Azare and Haj Maryam sidi. And safwan's younger siblings Fatinah, faridah, fadil and fadilah Bashir Azare.

Jawwad yuram yobe being the only son to Alh ibrahim yuram yobe and haj falmata shehu borno.

*Memory lane
....13years ago
Being an eight year old girl, i was such a talkative and stubborn child, scarf was out of my view, i hate scarf.
On the other hand was my childhood friend who happens to be my cousin and my agemate was an introvert and a very reserve girl. Fatima Zahra.
She plays only with me and not too much, she's neat and cover herself as if she's a 17yr old lady. I use to call her matan malam masu karatun allo, she will just smile.

It was on May 2005, wednesday afternoon around 5pm. I was zahra's place, since we are on holidays. And it was my turn because she spends the last holiday at my place.
And the funny thing is we are neighbours.
After we came back from islamia.
Zahra muje muyi wasa mana, aa hajar kinga malam yace duk wanda bai iya karatu gobe zai zane shi. Kixo muyi karatun in dai kika iya sai muyi wasan kinji sisi na. Toh shikenan naji.
After we were done with our bitan karatu, we went to play outside our compound.
Few minutes later we decided to go to a nearby store to buy sweets.
Hajar kinga in muka siyo ba xamu bawa mahmud ba saidai yaya kb. Aa haba zahra nidai mahmud xan bawa. Then something caught my eyes, it was a few boys trying to beat some girl and they were on the other side of the road.
Zahra kinga wasu yara xasu daki zainab xo mu....i was pushed back really hard that i had to fall down and the next thing i saw was a blanked out zahra by the side in blood pool, she was not moving.
Actually while i was busy blabbering a car was approaching us in high speed and zahra pushed me back and the car hit her.
I rushed to where zahra was laying helplessly and i turn to see the person inside the car he looked at me and before i know it he reversed his car and run away. I was crying and i blanked out too.

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I went into coma for a month due to the traumatic experience.
The day i wake up zahra was the first word i voiced out.
Ina zahra na ina zahra na and i saw a young teenage guy beside me,
Your zahra is fine please calm down, with that he sprint out and called the doctor and my family, informing them that i was awake.
They all came rushing in, the doctor checked me and said im in good condition.
They were all thanking God and asking of how i was feeling but all i could ask was "wai ina zahra ne" pls ku kira min zahra.
What i didn't know was after accident, that teenage guy and his dad saw our condition and without any hesitation took us to the hospital and the dad asks the guy to stay with us.
The dad decided to comeback and look for where we live so as to inform our parent on our condition.
On the other side news has reached umma - zahra's mum, that wani ya kade mu nida zahra ya gudu sannan wasu su biyu sunxo sun samu a mota sun tafi damu. She was crying and didn't know what to do so she called her husband telling him alh pls kaxo gida ba lafia.
Abban zahra came back home and fortunately the man that took us to the hospital arrived too.
Assalamualaikum he said giving abba a hand to shake and abba answered him back with a handshake too.
And the man explained everything to abba and he followed him to the hospital.
Suna xua hospital suka tadda i was in coma and zahra had a spinal cord injury and hit her head so bad.
2days later zahra woke up and she saw her parent and mine both in tears. The next thing she said made our mothers cry.
Umma, mama ya kuke kuka ne. Ina hajar, ban bari ya buge ta ba fa. Please kar ku cemin dana tureta ya bita ya buge ta ne.
Abban zahra ne yayi karfin hali yace karki damu tana nan lafia har ynx dai bata tashi bane tana bacci. She just smiled and said hajar kenan sarkin bacci.
3weeks later. Hajar stated acting weird.
She will just keep on sobbing and telling people that she wants to meet me.
Nifa hajar nake son gani, saboda na kusa tafia ne. Bana son na tafi ban ganta ba. Mama please ki tashi hajaru na kinji mama please.
1week later... after i was awake i insisted on seeing hajar.
I was taken to her room. She was sleeping so i decided to stay i looked at her condition even thought we were just 8years old nasan she's in pain and i couldn't hold back my tears. Ina ta kuka a side bed din zahra when i felt her hands a kaina. Hajaru kin tashi ashe. Na dago kaina na kalleta she was smiling brightly, i hold her hands. Haba fatima zahra meyasa xaki tura ni da kin bari an buge mu dukanmu ai. Shhhh she shush me, kin manta nace i will always protect u. I smiled and said next time karki sake irin haka. She just smiled.

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