MY MISSING GRANDMA
PART 6
She gripped me so hard by the neck and lifted me up with it. Her face shone as bright as the sun.
‘Melody! ‘ My dad called.
She immediately flung me aside and looked at my dad, then her slaves.
‘How come? How the hell did it happen?? ‘ she queried.
‘I don’t know, I’m innocent ‘ They chorused, shivering.
She raised her hand in anger towards her slaves and they all turned into frogs. She turned again and started walking towards my dad when Casper appeared from nowhere with a cup of water and poured it on her. She fell directly to the ground screaming.Casper must have gone through the secret book cos I had left it in the room. My dad ran towards me trying to help me up and saying something but I couldn’t hear him. His lips were moving but I couldn’t hear what he was saying. I tried telling him I wasn’t hearing him but I could neither speak nor hear. The lady witch had turned me into a deaf and dumb. I got up, ran into the castle to look for a rope and luckily I found one.I went into the room and took Mira , brought out the rope and gave it to my dad and gave him signs that the lady witch should be tied up.We looked up and saw the other witches approaching on their horses from far away. I ran back into the castle and lit it up to burn. By the time I got outside the other witches were already very close. Then Casper had already assembled everyone, they stood forming a circle while Casper stood in the circle with the secret book in his hand.My father was giving me signs for me to hurry up.As soon as the witches rode into the compound Casper and the rest vanished,including my dad and the lady witch,leaving just Mira and i.
The witches came down from their horses and walked up to me.One took me by the hand and tied my two hands together and held the rope.He sat on his horse including the rest of them and they made me walk after them while they rode on their horses.I looked back and saw the castle on fire and I smiled.
We journeyed for hours and finally arrived in a small town.The man who held the rope took me to his house and locked me up in a room with Mira.
The following morning the man came into the room and started talking to me but I couldn’t hear him still and also could not speak.He went back and then returned with a pen and a paper.He wrote on the paper ‘Welcome to the land of witches,everyone here is a witch.The only thing that can save you is for you to become one so,are you ready?’
I wrote ‘Never’.
Then he wrote ‘You have 36 hours to make up your mind.By the time I’m back here and your mind is not made up,you’ll be sl@ughtered publicly.’
He went out of the room slamming the door.
After like 24 hours a servant finally brought food.I ate a little and also fed Mira.After the 34th hour a little girl of my age opened the door.She was with a piece of paper and a pen in her hand.I wondered how she knew that I couldn’t speak.She handed me the piece of paper and the pen..
She wrote ‘we are all witches here but I’m not proud to be one.I can help you escape if you want.There’s an old woman very close to our town who can help take care of you and also lead you home.She also does a little magic,you can stay with her’
I wrote ‘I’ll be very grateful’
‘She helped me up and I carried Mira in my palms.We made it out of their compound and soon arrived on a very lonely path.Before we knew what was happening some men dressed in black with birds sitting on their shoulders appeared.One approached, gripped the girl who helped Mira and I out of their house by the neck so hard,she immediately started ble eding from the nose and mouth and became life less in few seconds..
To be continued!
ยฉ๏ธ Blessing-Enejo Abrahams Elleywrites
