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| Story by Olubunmi olajide Ayodeji |
The seer of the kingdom of Jonkazi had a vision of the kingdom on fire, properties being destroyed, people dying and fleeing the kingdom. He saw the attack weighing heavily on the kingdom...in the cause of the attack in the vision, there came a man riding on a white house, with crown on his head and single handedly defeat all of the soldiers attacking the kingdom.
The seer woke up from the vision and got the interpretation of the vision he had, dressed up and went down to the king's palace to discuss what he had saw. When he got there, he narrated all he had saw in the vision, but the king find it hard to believe him because the king is about 70years old, he can't fight war anymore and he doesn't have any heir to the throne that can arise and fight on behalf of the people.
Few days after this vision, the king told the town crier to cry all over the kingdom spreading the word that every citizen of the kingdom is to prepare for war, because the vision the seer had wasn't really on their side because lives and properties will be lost and they don't if there will be a Prince Charming to save the kingdom, so he advised all the citizens of the kingdom, both young and old, male and female to prepare for war.
They all kept vigilant and waiting for days.... Weeks... Months..and it was the sixth year after the seer had the vision and it doesn't come to past and everyone has relented that the vision won't come to fulfillment.
In the seventh month of the sixth year after he had the vision, a low scale farmer of the kingdom of Jonkazi went up to his farm to harvest some of his potato for sale, on getting there he saw a man from the kingdom of Geria trying to steal what he had planted, with ranging anger and cutlass in his hand, he ran to him with all his strength and raise up the cutlass and chop off his hand, still unable to control the anger, the man from the kingdom of Geria was lying on the floor with the left hand bleeding, the man from the kingdom of Jonkazi raised the cutlass again and chop off his head. He was standing on his body for few minutes and later he realised the gravity of what he had done. He fell to his kneels and started crying, he ran to the king's palace to report what happened. But there was someone in the bush watching what was happening, how the killed the man from Geria, and unknowingly to him, the person he killed was the prince of Geria and the only son of the king of Geria, the people that was watching ran to the kingdom of Geria to tell the king of Geria that his son is dead and he was killed by one of the citizens of Jonkazi.
In the seventh month of the sixth year after he had the vision, a low scale farmer of the kingdom of Jonkazi went up to his farm to harvest some of his potato for sale, on getting there he saw a man from the kingdom of Geria trying to steal what he had planted, with ranging anger and cutlass in his hand, he ran to him with all his strength and raise up the cutlass and chop off his hand, still unable to control the anger, the man from the kingdom of Geria was lying on the floor with the left hand bleeding, the man from the kingdom of Jonkazi raised the cutlass again and chop off his head. He was standing on his body for few minutes and later he realised the gravity of what he had done. He fell to his kneels and started crying, he ran to the king's palace to report what happened. But there was someone in the bush watching what was happening, how the killed the man from Geria, and unknowingly to him, the person he killed was the prince of Geria and the only son of the king of Geria, the people that was watching ran to the kingdom of Geria to tell the king of Geria that his son is dead and he was killed by one of the citizens of Jonkazi.
The king of Geria was silent for seven days, mourning his son after the seventh day, he sent a raven to the kingdom of Jonkazi and give them 24hrs ultimatum to bring the person that killed his son for justice or else there will be war. When the king of Jonkazi saw the message, he was baffled and then remembered the vision of the seer, for the person that killed the prince is dead but the king of Geria would never want to hear that, and he knows there's nothing he can do, the war is inevitable, he is old, he is in his late 70s.
The next morning, he gathered his people and told them what was going on, and warned them to prepare for war, because the war has come. He then write a letter back to the king of Geria and tell him the truth that the person who killed his son has passed way but just has he imagined, the king of Geria did not believe his explanation and he ordered his soldiers to get ready for war as they will be matching to the Jonkazi by day break.
The next morning, he gathered his people and told them what was going on, and warned them to prepare for war, because the war has come. He then write a letter back to the king of Geria and tell him the truth that the person who killed his son has passed way but just has he imagined, the king of Geria did not believe his explanation and he ordered his soldiers to get ready for war as they will be matching to the Jonkazi by day break.
The following day, the king and his soldiers arrived at the wall of Jonkazi, and the king of Geria made a truce that the king of Jonkazi should surrender easily and there won't be any blood shed. But the king of Jonkazi refused and decided to go to war with the king of Geria, but the king of Jonkazi is old, he could barely hold on to the sword in his hand. But the people of Jonkazi were willing and stood up to fight for their kingdom, in the last hour of the war, the king of Jonkazi died and the kingdom fell and was conquered by Geria. Jonkazi fell under slavery by Geria, some of them were sold off in slave trade for cash, some were used as maids, some died while trying to escape from the captivity of Geria.
As time goes on, the people of Geria were all tired and had stop fighting, they all kept their hope on the vision the seer saw before the war commenced, about a savior coming to save the kingdom.
Before the war.............
Few years before the war, the king of Jonkazi went on a visitation to the land of Geria, and during his stay there, the king of Geria showered him with hospitality with foods, drinkings and of course, girls. He had sex with 2 girls over the night and he took his leave, but one of the girls got pregnant for him after the sex and conceived a boy, whose name is Ashley.
After the war......
Now Ashley is a grown man, also a citizen and one of the best warriors of Geria who has no idea he is a prince of Jonkazi who is under slavery. He felt remorse for the people of Jonkazi but there was nothing he could do about it. He was walking through the town one day and one of the slaves came to him, telling him he looks like their king who died during the war, he was shocked with fear as the slave was not the only one has accused him of being related to their king.
Before the war.............
Few years before the war, the king of Jonkazi went on a visitation to the land of Geria, and during his stay there, the king of Geria showered him with hospitality with foods, drinkings and of course, girls. He had sex with 2 girls over the night and he took his leave, but one of the girls got pregnant for him after the sex and conceived a boy, whose name is Ashley.
After the war......
Now Ashley is a grown man, also a citizen and one of the best warriors of Geria who has no idea he is a prince of Jonkazi who is under slavery. He felt remorse for the people of Jonkazi but there was nothing he could do about it. He was walking through the town one day and one of the slaves came to him, telling him he looks like their king who died during the war, he was shocked with fear as the slave was not the only one has accused him of being related to their king.
He was scared, he ran home to question his mom about these accusations, he went hard on his mom that she broke and started telling him how she had sex and got pregnant for the king. Ashley felt really hurt and sad that he had been witnessing the torture of his people for a long while, he knew he had to put an end to it.
The following day, he went back to the man who told him he looks like their king, he told him all his mom has said, and immediately the man knew he is the saviour that the seer was taking about as he is one of the best fighters in the land of Geria. He gathered his people and they went to the king to beg for the king's mercy but the king refused and he was also thrown into the prison with some of his people.
He kept training day and night and kept writing letters from the prison to his people, inspiring them and telling them to be steadfast as he would be out of the prison soon and also mapping out a plan in the letters. Few weeks after he was imprisoned, he broke out of the prison and made a way to his people, and they gathered themselves together, they had already made preparation for the battle, and they took up their shields and sword, and marched to the King's palace, taking out his soldiers along the way, and when they got to the palace, they asked that the king of Geria leave their kingdom at once and there won't be any blood shed, as the king of Geria was old, he could barely hold on to the sword, he knew he would loose if he tries to go to war. So he surrendered and immediately vacated the kingdom, and peace was restored back to the kingdom of Jonkazi.
Few years later Jonkazi was back to its former glory and Ashley was crowned as the new king of Jonkazi and............?
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