Amal

chapter twelve

   ......hello guys its been awhile I spoke to you guys, how was your day, tell me the most scary thing that has ever happened to you...its Zenn in the photo
How does she look???

   I remember going back to sleep in mum's room.
The next day was Saturday, I and mum had breakfast, we went to our rice farm together with rahu and his mum.

    At the farm we removed weeds from the new plants and harvested the harvested rice, mum and aunt Tisah took the harvested rice to a nearby threshing floor while I and rahu finished with the weeding.

    The sun was fully up mow, bright and scorching, I was tired so was rahu, though we didnt talk i saw it in his eyes he was unussually quiet, I  decided to pack up our tools and go home, and rahu happily agreed giving me a gentle nod.

   We had walked for a long time silently, unlike rahu, so I kept staring at him at different intervals, he seemed like he was in deep thoughts.
      "Rahu"

I called him tapping him gently on the shoulder, he barely looked at me, he just shrugged letting my Hands away from his shoulder, something was wrong definitely
        "What is it man?"
This time I raised his face to look at mine and held it strongly up,

   "Tell me what is it, you know I'll always help you, you like my brother man"

He was still silent. He kept on looking away from me, I was worried but I let him go, wondering what had happened, or what he had heard in seen to keep him this way..cold and scared.

  Mum and aunt Tisah soon approached, and joined us in our way back home.

When we got to our house we bade aunt Tisah and rahu goodbye

   "Take care if tout mum and be a good boy!" Aunt Tisah said before moving to meetvup with her son who seemed to be in a hurry to leave.

    We had our lunch, mum prepared rice and an onion soup, we hardly eat rice though we plant it, mum sells all if it most times, because we rarely eat rice anytime mum prepares it I am always happy so I termed it my favorite.
    
    At lunch I was tempted to tell mum about rahu's unusual behavior, but I shove it aside.
    "Thanks mum for the food I enjoyed it"
  Mum gave me her smile and tap me playfully at the back
     "Go rest and do your homework",
  
    I winked at her, giving her a hug,
       "I love you mum"
"I love you too my baby", she gently touched my hair, it tickled me and I laughed loudly mum joined in the laughter.

     There was a knock in the door, I hurried to open it, but I didn't open up without first asking who was behind it, Mrs wits voice came bold and sharp
      "Its me, its time for practice, open up young man"

I turned to look at mum, she gestured me to open up, and I did, he walked in barely entering the living room, mum and him exchanged greetings then he told me to follow him.

I stared at mum to say something, to oppose, but she didn't, I didn't want to go for any fighting training to be a chaldin, not to fight for miserable people who never cared of my existence, I tried to look for an excuse, but my head was blank, suddenly QN idea came

   "Mr wits I just got back from the farm and I am very tired maybe some other time" I pleaded

     "No, its good you are tired IRS part of the training, being ever ready, let's go" he said pulling me towards the door.
     
          And that was it, Mum throwing me her only son into the hands of a man who wants me to fight till I die, like every chaldin without even being honoured, helped or rewarded.

     This was my fate my destiny, and I hated it, why can't I be a regular thirteen year old??