NTOMBI (GIRL)

PART 2:CHAPTER 14

"I'm so confused. What does it want from me? Who did i offend?" I set face-Palmed with Zodwa rubbing my back with her hand and telling me that all this will be solved.

"It's okay my child. This is the time to be strong. As your uncle I will go with you to any length to put the evil back where it belongs, to hell.  We need to put heads together and think of a way forward." He said a little with more power. All i wanted was to wake up only to find out all this is a dream.

"Thank you so much. I knew I could count on you." I held his hand and Zodwa's. "My friend and I wanted to go see someone today. To see how we can solve this matter. We cannot defeat this creature without any form of power nor protection. As I'm speaking I fear for my husband's life, honestly we are all in danger. He looks ever so confused and I don't want him to die. My child has to see his/her father."

"You are right Ntombi. I'll freshen up to accompany the both of you to your destination then." I knew that I'd have support and me telling him my plans means I trust and value his opinion. I didn't want to do things that I would later regret. He's an elder and knows much more than I do.

"Right let's go." My uncle said after a while when he came out of a room, the one i occupied. It brought back so much hurt and memories but I had to block everything. I have to be strong for my family and the kingdom at large.

We walked and walked never looking back, just looking forward and eager to get the answers and help we seek. This time there was no old women or anything strange. We made our way in the hut that once stood there. Everything was the same but the person that greeted us was totally different.

"Welcome, queen of Zulu land. I was told you would come but as to when I wasn't sure. Please enter." She gestured we enter her hut.

"You are all welcome." She welcomed us. "I know what you must be thinking, the women in question is dead. She was my grandmother. She taught me everything I need to know so you need not to worry."

"Thank you for welcoming us. I have a problem. You see..." I said when she cut me off.

"Stop! I know why you are here. The reason why you are here is the reason my grandmother tragedically died. There is a very dangerous demon in the palace. My grandmother got tricked by its powers and that's how she set it free. It manipulates and devours people. She tried to put it back to the land of the dead and its powers was far too great, she died trying."

"I'm glad you know. Now what is the solution?" Zodwa asked impatiently.

"No power in this kingdom nor in most kingdom greater than it. It will take more than months for us to find someone who possesses the same or more power than it."

"So you are saying we've hit a dead end?" This time it was my uncle voicing out his question. It seemed we all had the same questions it was a matter of who voiced them out first.

"No, not entirely. This thing we want to fight against was once a man from this kingdom. He acquired all his dark powers from the land of the dead, he needs one final thing to make him indistructable and human again to take over this kingdom. He thinks he deserves it. The one thing he needs is in you." She pointed at my round belly. "It can both destroy and make him what he needs to be, god-like."

"Not my child! He has to kill me first before he can get to my baby." I made that clear to everyone that can hear me.

"That's why you are here. Like I've said before, no one can help you. No, not in this kingdom that is. The baby you are carrying will set everything in order. Light is the only power that can destroy darkness and that is what the baby is. it has been protecting itself and the mother, you, but you still have to be on the look out." she looked at me.