Raph_Stories (2024)

10/01/2024

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The Goddess

Episode 2
.. "Mama!!!" I screamed at the top of my voice.

I ran to her and grabbed her arm but it was so stiffened, then I began to shake her with all my strength.

"Mama, come let's go home" I said in between sobs but the whole of her body was so stiff and her skin had already changed from its normal color, now looking like something that was molded.

"Mama please, let's go home" I repeated in tears, trying to pull her arm but it was inflexible.
"Somebody helllppp!!!" I started to scream still pulling Mama's arm and looking around to see if I could find someone but no one was around. Hunters and farmers usually pass through that route very early in the morning to their farms but on this particular day, not even a bird was in sight.

I ran back home as fast as my legs could carry that morning to inform Baba and the rest of my siblings about what my eyes just saw. I was wailing and running at the same time that people started opening their doors to see who was making such noise but I ignored and ran straight home.

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"Baba! Baba!!" I screamed on reaching home, and he dashed out in the company of my other siblings.

"Mama! Mama!!" I said panting, pointing in that direction.

"Ehen? What happened?" He quizzed with curiosity.

"Mama is there! Mama is there!!" I said in between sobs with my hand still stretched forth toward that direction.

"Talk to me, my friend!" Baba thundered but I didn't even know how to comport myself and explain things better.

"There, please let's go" I said and my siblings immediately started running towards the direction I was pointing at but Baba was still standing there staring at us as we ran out of his presence.

"Let's go now" I yelled when I paused and still saw him standing there, and he followed immediately.

We reached there and saw the villagers already gathered around her, mumbling to themselves. While the village chief priest stood before her, performing some rituals and then pouring oil on her head.

They had turned Mama into a deity to be worshipped...

To be continued later...

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09/01/2024

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The Goddess.

Episode 1

First day of every sixth month, the goddess of our village would descend from heaven in the form of a human, a lady. My mother went out in search of what we would eat on this day and never returned home, she was turned into a statue by the goddess, and was now worshipped in the village by all and sundry.

My name is Meka, and this is my story.

On the particular day the goddess is to come, none of the villagers are expected to come out of their homes. It has been like that even before my grandparents were born.

We would hear her footsteps as she walked around the village with each step sounding "Kom! Kom!! Kom!!!" like a rainstorm.

My mother was almost a single mother. Yes cos, all my father did was drink around the village without doing any tangible thing for our feeding and welfare, my mother shouldered it all from working in people's farms, to picking fruits to sell just for us to feed. My siblings and I even had to drop out of school cos Mama could not afford our uniforms and books.

On the day the goddess was to descend, we didn't even have anything to eat, not even a seed of garri.

My mother who couldn't bear to watch us go through starvation, dashed out of the house into the bush to see what she could lay her hands on before the goddess would visit, and when my little brother wouldn't stop crying of hunger.

There was not even a single soul outside, everyone was inside their houses which made everywhere so quiet.

When she told me she was sneaking out into the bush to pick fruits, I immediately fell on my knees begging her not to go. Even though I was starving, I knew it wasn't going to be safe out there.

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Mama declined and left, asking me to take care of my two siblings till she returned but I had mixed feelings. I had this feeling that she was never going to return but I thought I was feeling so cos I never supported her decision.

As soon as she left, I walked into the bedroom and found my father still snoring at that time. At that point, I felt like walking up to him and slitting his throat with a kitchen kn!fe but I was just 10 and helpless.

Mama already picked fruits into her basket and was already on her way home when she encountered the goddess. And there, she was immediately turned into a statue.

My siblings and I waited for hours for Mama, but she never returned.

We cried and cried, even forgetting that we were famished. All my father did was sit in the living room, yawning and sighing continuously.

The following day as soon as it was 6 am, I left the house in search of Mama. Baba and my siblings were asleep when I left but I couldn't even close my eyes.

I walked round the village but couldn't find her, and then I decided to follow the narrow path into the bush. There I saw Mama carrying a basket of fruits on her head, looking towards heaven with tears in her eyes. And, she no longer looked like a human, but a statue...

To be continued!

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24/11/2023

Queen Of The Night.

Episode 10.
.. With my mouth agape, I continued staring at the picture I was holding till I finally asked.

"Sorry, this is Naomi. Do you know her?"

Immediately she heard that, she raised her head to see what I was talking about. As soon as she saw the picture, she rushed to me and then grabbed it from my hand.

"It's none of your business" She r@ged and then walked back to her opened bag.

I stood there for a few seconds wondering where she must have known Naomi from.

"Could she be Naomi's sister? What a little world. If I had known that she had any connection with Naomi, I would have been closer to her instead of treating each other with c0ntempt." I thought to myself.

She was still bent down picking up her remaining stuff on the ground into her bag and at the same time muttering some words to herself.

"Please, I lost Naomi's contact after my husband and I got married. Can you help me with it?" I pleaded.

She raised her head, looked at me, and then let out a very loud h!ss. I couldn't utter any more word, I was there watching her till she was done rearranging her bag, and then left dragging her bag on the ground after her.

"This lady. She could be Naomi's sister, a friend, or even a relative. Maybe a friend, cos I'm not sure that someone like this would in any way have any form of bl00d relationship with the nice and friendly Naomi" I said to myself as I continued staring at her till she left the compound, and I returned to my room.

After just a few minutes, my husband came into my room kneeling before me, asking me for forgiveness.

"Please forgive me, I don't know what came over me" He said as tears dripped down his face.

I knew it was something that came over him. If not how would my once loving and caring husband suddenly turn into something too hard for me to understand?

"But, what were you doing the night I saw you tying that red wrapper in the middle of the night?" I quizzed.

"It was Mama. She gave me something to bury for her behind your room, telling me that it was for my protection. But I didn't know what it was" He said.

"What?! I exclaimed.
"You know what? Just get up" I said pulling him up.

"No please, not until you forgive me" He said still on his knees.

"Just get up, I understand. I know you didn't do what you did with clear eyes" I said still pulling him up.

He stood up and we both held each other in a very tight hug. I had missed him so much, and the last time we hugged each other was over a year ago. That night was just like we just wedded. He was all over me and wouldn't even let me lift a feather. We started living together happily.

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After a week, around 9: 30 am when my husband left for work, I was in my room when I started hearing teeto the d0g barking. I initially ignored him cos at times even the sight of l!zards sc@res him and he would start barking and chasing them around the house. But, I could no longer bear or ignore it when he just wouldn't stop barking and my baby was asleep. I went outside the house calling his name so I could put him in his cage but he had stopped barking. I still wanted to put him in his cage in case he would start bark!ng again but, I met Teeto lying lifeless beside his cage with his t0ngue stuck outside his mouth and I called him severally but he didn't respond. Oh, I wept like it was a human I lost. "How come? " was the only question I kept asking myself repeatedly as I kept turning and looking around, and hot tears dripped down my face.

I can't ever forget what the d0g did for me when he was alive, he saved me from d@nger on several occasions, most humans can't even be as loyal as that.

I dashed into my room to pick up my phone and call my husband to tell him what just happened, but I met the new wife standing in the middle of my room with my baby in her arms. I froze standing with popped eyes as soon as I saw her, and I wanted running out but abandoning my baby with her?

"Give... give me back my baby" I said trembl!ng with my hands stretched forth.

"Never" She said, and I saw real f!re burning in her eyes after she said that.

I dashed to my door and opened it to run out but I turned back again. I would never have aband0ned a child that took me years to have.

"Please, let me have my baby" I said in between sobs but she let out a thunderous laugh and repeated the word " never".

But I noticed something. She tried raising her legs but she couldn't. I stood there watching her struggling to do so and a thought suddenly crossed my mind. I sneaked to where I kept the bottle of water, swiftly picked it up, and sprinkled it on her. She started twisting her b0dy and popping her eyes. I quickly grabbed my baby from her and all of a sudden, right before my very eyes, she changed into Naomi my friend. I screamed as soon as I saw the transformation, and then sprinted out of the house and even out of the compound. I had to beg a vulcanizer beside our house for his phone which I used to call my husband. I even sat in the guy's shop waiting for my husband to return, as I kept pondering on what I had just witnessed. I couldn't just comprehend it. "Naomi?" was all I could say sitting there restless. The vulcanizer noticed and asked me if all was well but I nodded instead.

He arrived after a few minutes and we went back to the house together but I refused to go in.

"What are you doing here?" I heard my husband asking her in my room from afar, that was how I knew she was still in there.

"I will c0nfess" She said in between sobs and as soon as I heard that, I went in.

Naomi c0nfessed. It happened that she had met my husband before in Anambra even before I met him, they both lived in the same area and she fell in love with him but my husband never reciprocated. She tried all she could to win his love but he just didn't love her, till my husband moved out of the area. She even went as far as coming to his village once after he moved out and she met Mama. Mama liked her for her son, and then had her initiated into their society assuring her that she'd marry her son, and so she could be in charge and be telling her how to run her home. And that she would be brought home to be married to her son after my husband and I have spent 3 years together. So Naomi waited patiently till that time? The heart of man!

Before I got married to him, I had shown Naomi his picture and she never mentioned it to me that they knew each other. She even went as far as advising me to take a fake oath with my husband so I wouldn't run away and be there for 3 years when Mama starts frustrat!ng me by k!ll!ng my children.

Well, she dashed out of the house after c0nfessing, and I dug a grave and bur!ed Teeto my friend. Do you want to know what I wrote on the grave?.

"Thank you Teeto for saving me from the Queens of the night".

The End!

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23/11/2023

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Queen Of The Night.

Episode 9.
.. My jaw dropped immediately, and I couldn't take my eyes off what I saw as Teeto the dog kept barking without a pause. I stood there in great sh0ck and trembl!ng at the same time trying to comprehend what I just saw. I was still there staring at the image wondering if it was the new wife or Naomi my friend.

"But, what could Naomi be doing here at this time if this isn't manipulation?" I thought to myself clasping onto the edge of my curtains, and then I took my eyes off her to regain myself a little.

By the time I looked back, she had disappeared. And all of a sudden my baby started crying. I rushed to her and immediately started to br**st feed her so she could be quiet but she wasn't taking it. I got up carrying her in my arms and started to rock her but the cry became even more serious. I became so confused about what to do as I kept turning and looking around the room wondering what could be the cause. And then, an idea popped in. I rushed to where I kept the water the priestess gave to me and then put a few drops into her mouth. She paused immediately and started to lick her mouth that I had to put more. After rocking her again for a few minutes, she finally fell asleep. I put her on the bed and I picked up the water bottle again, and started to sprinkle the water around my room. Do you know what happened?

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I heard a very loud scream from the front of the house, followed by a crack in my room. As soon as I turned towards the direction where I heard the crack, it was my standing mirror. I quickly picked up the water bottle again and after sprinkling it directly on the mirror, it fell straight and shattered into pieces that I let out a loud scream as soon as I heard it. I was stunned and dumbfounded standing there with eyes glued to it. Upon all these noises, my daughter did not even turn or wake. My heart started beating even faster but when I heard bangs on my door all of a sudden, I nearly passed out due to the sh0ck.

"Beatrice, open this door!" My husband said screaming still banging on my door.
"What's going on in there? Beatrice, open this door!!" He kept screaming at the top of his voice.

I walked slowly to the door turning and looking back as I went, and then I unlocked the door. He dashed in as soon as I unlocked the door and started to look around, but paused when he saw the shattered mirror.

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"What's going on? What happened?" He quizzed looking so surprised.

"I... I don't know" I managed to say.

Well, he was the one who packed the shattered pieces without even complaining. I was so surprised seeing him do that after so many years of not coming close and I began to wonder what suddenly happened.

The following morning, a heated argument ensued between my husband and his wife. An argument that almost brought down the roof of our house. I initially didn't mind them, but when it wouldn't stop I had to go ask them what was wrong.

I knocked but they were both too busy that they didn't both notice, so I went in. As soon as the wife set eyes on me, she started r@ging in .

"What are you doing here you this stubborn rat?"

I turned and looked around to see if she was referring to someone else, her husband or me but we were just 3 in the room and her eyes were glued to me.

"Sorry?" I asked staring back at her but my husband snapped in.

"Aren't you just sh@meless? Now you've diverted your attention to a totally innocent person. You left here without telling anyone where you were going, stayed back throughout the night, and then you returned this morning to tell me that you thought you told me where you were going? Do you think I'm as d@ft as you are?" My husband thundered.

I opened my mouth to tell my husband to please calm down but his wife noticed, and then shut me up. My husband started scolding her again why she would do that and I stood there wondering what was going on with him. I walked slowly out of the room without even a word to any of them.

A few hours later, my husband started throwing her things out of the house, littering everywhere with them, and telling her that he didn't even know how he got married to her. I tried begging him but all fell on deaf ears, and then he left into his room . She bent down and started picking her things one after the other, and I joined her in doing so.

Do you know what sh0cked me the most?

Teeto the d0g ran to us from nowhere and started scattering the things that we already arranged, and started barking at her when I tried pursuing him. We started picking her things together again and I picked a picture of hers from the ground. The picture was faced down on the ground but when I picked it up and turned it around, it was Naomi my friend I saw in the picture...

To be continued.

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22/11/2023

Gud evening 🌄 🌄 Fams
I will drop the final episodes of
Queen of the Night tomorrow
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22/11/2023

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Queen Of The Night.

Episode 8.
.. I looked at her from head to toe, even into her eyes but she stood with gaze fixed. As soon as I noticed that all wasn't well, I started screaming my husband's name. He dashed out of the house and started to ask me "What is it?" from afar, he was even barefooted while his wife too ran after him.

"It's Mama o, I don't know what is wrong with her" I said pointing at her.

"You again?" My husband r@ged with popped eyes, pointing a finger at me. He then rushed to his mother and grabbed one of her arms.

"Mama, please let's go inside" He said pulling her arm but Mama stood there like a rock unable to even move a leg. My husband looked at her from head to toe and tried pulling her again but she didn't respond, she still stood there as though she was a statue.
"Mama, what is it? Please let me take you in" He said again with eyes glued to her but not even a word from her. He then turned and looked at his wife.
"You see?" He said, and then turned to to me.
"What have you done to my mother?" He quizzed but I opened my mouth wide and didn't even know what to say.
"Please, I'm coming. Watch over Mama for me and please, keep an eye on her, she mustn't go anywhere" He said to his wife looking at me.

He dashed out without communicating to us where he was going, and then returned after some minutes with the same Dibia who healed Mama. I had already run in to carry my baby and had her strapped to my back before my husband and the Dibia arrived but the new wife kept following me about like a fly. I looked at her and smiled when I met her standing by my door as soon as I opened my door, and she turned swiftly looking away with folded arms.

The Dibia walked slowly to Mama, ringing his bell following each step. After standing before her for a few seconds, he then turned and looked at my husband who was already holding one of his mother's arms.

"You know, if a fly is too stubborn, it ends up in the grave with a smell!ng c0rpse" He said, and then looked at the new wife.
"Hmmm, this life is full of ev!l. But, judgment is of the gods" He said and then turned again to Mama.

He performed some incantations and even rang his bell for a few seconds.

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"Your mother's hand is soiled with ev!l. It's now too late for her" He said to my husband.

"How do you mean?" He queried with curiosity.

" Your mother has passed on to the great beyond. I warned her to amend her ways but she chose to continue to claw the same spot."

"Ah, I don't understand all these you've said" My husband said confusedly.

The Dibia then looked at him and shook his head.

"Are you a little child? Your mother is de@d" He said.

"What?!" My husband exclaimed all of a sudden and started calling on his mother at the top of his voice. He even shook her but nothing.

He rushed to me all of a sudden and grabbed my throat that I almost ch0ked.

"Have you seen what you have caused? You dev!l, have you seen what you have caused? What did you do to my mother?" He r@ged in .

"Stop that, now!" The Dibia instructed with gaze fixed.
"Do not let the gods be with you" He added, and my husband withdrew his hand and then rushed back to his frozen mother. I stood there coughing for almost a minute till I finally regained myself.

"But, please what do I do now?" He asked the Dibia as tears made its way down his cheeks.

"Nothing. She will be bur!ed in the middle of the market upright cos of the way she d!ed and cos of the ev!l she d!d while still alive"

"What?!" My husband exclaimed again with his hands on his head.
"In the middle of the market? I'm finished. But what exactly did she do to deserve this? I'm confused. What happened, and why is she standing like this?"

"Like I said before, your mother's hands are soiled in ev!l. Let the gods be the ones to explain it better when the time is right" He said, moved closer to Mama, and then said some things in whispers into her ear and immediately, Mama fell straight to the ground.

Well, after a few minutes, she was taken to the middle of the market and was buried upright just like the Dibia mentioned. I thought that all my worries had come to an end following Mama's de@th, I never knew it was the beginning.

Exactly 14 days after Mama was bur!ed, I started hearing footsteps outside my window at nights. I even told Aunty Nene about it but she told me to be using the water the priestess gave to me to sprinkle around the house. So that same night I sprinkled the water and then went to bed but I couldn't even close my eyes as I kept turning and looking around.

Around 2am, I started to hear those footsteps again and something whispered to me to peep through my window to see if I would even see what it was. I walked quietly to my window, raised the end of my curtains a bit and then looked closely. I then saw this person walking on three legs stark n@ked. I had never been so sh0cked all my life. I dropped the curtains immediately as I began to shiver but I wanted to see if I would see the face of whom it was. I stood there for another few seconds and the person finally turned. Lo and behold, it was the second wife. I covered my mouth immediately to prevent me from screaming without my consent. I was about retreating when her face changed again to that of Naomi my friend, the one who had suggested that I take the oath with my husband before we got married...

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21/11/2023

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Queen Of The Night.

Episode 7.
.. Thick smoke filled everywhere following her appearance. Everyone else stared at her so they could see the face of who it was as a result of the smoke. But as soon as I saw the appearance, I knew it was her, and I stood up immediately.

"Show your face! How dare you trespass?!" The dibia r@ged with eyes glued to her and all of a sudden, the smoke disappeared revealing her face. The Dibia's jaw dropped in awe and he fell on one of his knees bowing his head.

"The priestess of Oshi. To what do I owe this visit?" The Dibia said with head still bowed.

The priestess then looked around, and then at me.

"Come" She said stretching forth her arms and I immediately ran into her arms. She patted my back and then withdrew her arms. Everyone became so confused, standing and watching with mouths agape. Meanwhile, the Dibia was still on his knees unable to raise his head.

"Injustice! This is injustice!!" The priestess said looking into the sky, and then at the Dibia.

"If you're truly a Dibia of the gods, you should be able to recognise the truth if you found one. Why are you being so unfair to this young lady? You know deep down that this isn't the truth, but you chose to destr0y your reputation" The priestess said with gaze fixed.

"Y... Yes... Priestess, I'm sorry. Actually, I was forced to do it this way" He said trembl!ng.

"By who?" The priestess questioned.

The Dibia raised his head and looked at everybody present, and then bowed again his head.

"If you choose not to talk, very well then. The day of reckoning will soon be here" The priestess said with a smile.

"Go take your baby" She said turning to me.

I rushed to the person who had taken her and I grabbed her from him. I rushed back to the priestess and I stood beside her almost telling every other person there "Ntorr" (mockery). The priestess took my hand, and after a while, the baby and I appeared in my room.

I froze as soon as we appeared, asking myself "Where am I?". I looked around again at my bed, my curtains, my wardrobe, and then my door.

"But, this is my room. How did I make it here?" I asked myself again still looking around and after a few seconds of questioning myself, I finally put my baby down on the bed.

After like an hour, my husband, his mother, and his new wife arrived in a keke (tricycle). I was watching them from my room but I refused to come out. After carrying his mother into her room, I took my baby and we went into the living room where my husband and his new wife were both seated. But as soon as they saw me, they were both stunned.

"How... How did you reach here?" He questioned with fear in his eyes.

I just smiled taking a few steps forward.

"That question is for the gods to answer" I said with a grin.

His wife sat there grabbing one of his arms in a very tight grip with mouth agape.

"Anyways, you're both welcome" I said, turned back, and then returned to my room with my baby. They both sat there watching as I left, too sh0cked to even utter a word but I could hear their murmurs as soon as I shut my door.

That same night, none of us could even close our eyes cos of Mama, she was shouting and wailing till dawn. I was in my room and didn't even bother to come out before someone would use my baby and I as a replacement.

The next morning I was even still in bed when my husband started banging on my door. I hurried out of bed, unlocked the door and he pushed the door open as soon as I unlocked it.

"You're a she dev!l" He thundered pointing a finger at me.
"You heard my mother's scream last night and you couldn't even come out?" He r@ged in .

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"I don't understand. You expect me to run out of my room like a little pupp-y and head to your mother's room to calm her down or what?" I quizzed with a hand on my waist.

"I don't blame you. You think I don't know what you're up to? When your cup is full you will be the one to walk out of here on your own cos you're never going to hear that thing you want to hear from me." He continued.

I was about giving him a piece of my mind when we started to hear the sound of a bell, and it started approaching. My husband rushed out but I turned back and carried my baby and hurried out too. Lo and behold, it was another Dibia. He started performing his stunts in front of the house, blowing white powder here and there and then dancing to the tone of the wind. As soon as he paused, my husband bowed his head.

"You are welcome wise one" He said.
"This way" He added ushering him into the house.

I stood there with popped eyes, astonished.

"I hope these people are not trying to devise another means?" I thought within myself cos I was beginning to get fr!ghtened. I clasped onto my baby and I made way for both of them to pass. The new wife followed them into Mama's room but I couldn't, I stood back but I could hear all they were saying.

I don't know what the Dibia did to Mama but I was suddenly beginning to hear her voice, telling him that she was now ok.

"Tell your mother to amend her ways" The Dibia said to my husband.

"How come? Doesn't this spell more tr0uble for me?" I asked myself while my heart almost popped out of my chest as a result of the fast heartbeat.

When the Dibia was done, he came outside to leave but as soon as he passed me, he paused, turned and stared at me, and then proceeded again.
Everyone around started jubilating but as for me, I didn't see it as something to jubilate about. I was avoided by everyone like a pla-gue but I went back and stayed in my room and had my door locked.

That night, shortly after my husband left the house, I started hearing voices from Mama's room. My baby was asleep so I tiptoed before Mama's shut door and began to hear her talking with the new wife. Surprisingly, they were both in all the things happening together, they belonged to the same society. The new wife was telling Mama that she was already sc@red of me but Mama scolded her telling her that as for her, she was never going to back out. As soon as I heard that, I went back into my room, took the water that the priestess once gave to me and I sprinkled it around the house.

The following morning when I woke up, I opened my window and saw Mama standing behind it, close to that plantain tree. I felt goosebumps all over my b0dy as soon as I saw her, and then I greeted her but she didn't respond, she just stood there like a statue. I greeted her again but she still ignored me. I left her, started doing one or two things in my room and after some time, I saw her still standing there and I knew immediately that all wasn't well.

I went outside and greeted her again but she still didn't respond. Mama was standing there holding the doll that I once found on that plantain tree, unable to move or talk...

To be continued!

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20/11/2023

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Queen Of The Night.

Episode 6.
.. It flapped its wings from side to side and back and forth, trying to find its way out but my windows and door were shut. I had never been so shocked all my life, that I even sat there with mouth agape wishing it was a nightmare. When I noticed it was reality, I let out a very loud scream that made my husband and his wife sprint into my room forgetting to knock. As soon as they both saw the owl, they froze. I just sat there pointing at it with my gaze fixed as my whole b0dy began to tremb!e.

"See! See!! See!!!" I only managed to say.

"What is this?" My husband questioned staring at it.

"It's Mama! It's Mama!! She changed into the owl. It's Mama!!!"

"Which Mama?" He queried again with his eyes still glued to it.

The bird was still there flapping its wings flying side to side trying to find an escape route. And all of a sudden, It flew toward my baby and was about landing on her when I hit it with my hand and it hit the wall and then landed on the floor. It was no longer moving at this point but it was still alive. I grabbed my baby and was about dashing out of my room when my husband stopped me by blocking the way.

"Get out! Let me pass!!" I yelled but he didn't move.

"Not until you tell me what I want to hear. Which Mama were you talking about?" He quizzed yelling back.

"Leave my way let me get out of here now. That's your mother!" I said trying to force my way out but he stood before me like a tree, preventing me from going out.

"Hurry, go and check Mama's room to see if she's there" He said to his new wife, and she turned swiftly leaving my room.

"You must tell me what you did to my mother if that's her like you claim.

As soon as I heard that, my jaw dropped in awe.

"What?! " I exclaimed looking into his eyes. I was going to reveal some of the things that I already knew to him when his new wife flaunted my door open.

"Mama is not in her room" She let out.

"So what did you do to my mother? " He yelled but I gave him a resounding slap.

"How dare you? " I said in a thunderous tone and his wife approached and landed a slap on my face. The luck she had was the fact that I was carrying my baby in my arms. My eyes burned with fu-ry as I stood there biting my lower lip, unable to retaliate.

All of a sudden, the bed started flapping its wings again, and right before our very eyes, she changed into Mama, sitted there with her head bent to one side as she kept drooling from the side of her mouth.

My husband retreated immediately, and I found my way out of the house. I ran to the junction where I took a bike straight to Aunty Nene's place. As soon as she saw me climbing down from the bike with my baby in my arms, she sprinted to us and then collected my baby.

"Beatrice, what is it? " She quizzed gazing at me.

"Aunty, It's a very long story" I said and she immediately ushered us in. I told her everything and she sat there unable to close her mouth.

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"You know what? We must return to the priestess" She said, and we journeyed back to Anambra the following day.

As soon as the priestess set her eyes on us, she busted into laughter.

"You haven't seen anything yet" She said with her gaze fixed.

"Ah, I don't understand o" I said turning to Aunty Nene who in turn rubbed her chest as a sign for me to calm down.

"You must return to your husband's house, for you have an unfinished business there" She said with gaze still fixed.

I looked at Aunty Nene.

"Are you sure I will survive it if I go back there? " I quizzed.

"You will not only survive it, but will emerge a victor" The priestess said.
"Rise, go now" She added, and then gave me this little can of water, which she said it must be sprinkled around my room when I reached. We both thanked her and left.

I went back to my husband's house. I opened the door of my room and became so sc@red to go in. I brought out the can of water from a polythene bag, opened it, and then sprinkled the content around my room before stepping in. My baby was strapped to my back. I untied her and just as I was about putting her on the bed the door opened, it was my husband.

"You are needed outside" He said, and then slammed the door behind him.

"By who? " I asked myself.

I carried back my baby and on reaching outside, I met some elderly men. After we exchanged pleasantries I was told that I was being summoned at the shrine.

"Why? " I asked and I was told that when I reached I would find out.

Well, we left for the shrine in the company of my husband and those men, and I met Mama seated on the mat still drooling. I was then told by my husband that I was summoned there to undo whatever I did to his mother. I told them I wasn't responsible for her predicament but they gave me a bitter cola to chew to prove my innocence which I refused.

"I said it, she's responsible" My husband said slamming his foot on the ground.

"You must eat it" The Dibia said and I shook my head.

" I can't " I said.

"Take the baby from her, sit her on the ground, and force the bitter cola into her mouth" The Dibia said with a fixed gaze.

At that point, I began to wonder if the priestess's decision for me to return home was the right one. My husband approached, grabbed the baby, and gave her to one of the men around. He took the bitter cola from the Dibia and was about to force it into my mouth when the Priestess appeared all of a sudden...

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