MY MISSING GRANDMA
There was a lady witch in my village, she used to be the wife of our king but she was introduced into witchcraft by God knows who and ended up kill1ng our King’s elder sister all because she challenged her. And once you k1ll someone in my village you get k1lled in return but being the wife of a king, he couldn’t watch her been k1lled so he banished her instead. She went far into the forest, built her castle and started to live there all alone together with her bird. She started terrorising our village, she comes around every 12 pm with her bird sitting on her left shoulder then leaves around 3pm.Whenever she comes around she takes along with her whoever or whatever she sees, be it a human or an animal. All the villagers are always locked in their houses whenever she’s around and the few people she has taken away with her are never found or returned.
My name is Melody. My family consists of my aged grandmother, my two siblings,my mom and my horse Mira. My dad was taken away by the lady witch a year ago on his way back from work.
We all had dinner together one night and we all bade each other goodnight.The next morning my mom woke my siblings and I for school but grandma was still asleep when we left. We usually leave for school around 7:30am to be back by 10 :30am and all return home before the lady witch strikes. We returned home after school same time with my mother who had gone to the market but couldn’t find grandma. We searched everywhere for her but still couldn’t find her then we returned home few minutes to 12 pm. Few minutes past 3pm when the lady witch had gone we continued our search but found her walking stick and her glasses somewhere in the woods we immediately knew that the lady witch had taken her. That night my mom couldn’t eat, she was drowning in her own tears. I laid on my bed thinking about the whole thing. The lady witch took my dad away, am I going to just sit here and allow her go away with grandma again just like that? Hell no.
The next day very early in the morning I took Mira and we went in search of grandma. We got to where we had found her glasses and walking stick, called on her severally but no response. Mira and I were in the woods for hours searching for her, then all of a sudden there was this loud ‘neighhhh ‘ coming from Mira, she was shouting at the top of her voice.
‘Mira will you just keep quiet and allow me concentrate? What is it?? ‘ I thundered.
Then I looked closely at Mira and discovered that she wasn’t even looking at me, she was looking at something behind me. I turned slowly and there she was, the lady witch standing behind me.
‘What are you Ant doing here at this hour? Have you forgotten it’s my time?? ‘ She said calmly, smiling and romancing her index finger.
‘I’m here with my horse in search of my grandma.You took my father a year ago and there’s no way I’m going to allow you take my grandmother too, no way! ‘ I said looking at her.
‘You are here to challenge me? ‘ she said bursting into laughter.
‘You think I’m afraid of you? You’re just a silly witch who knows nothing but to destroy others joy and happiness ‘ I said in anger.Mira couldn’t believe her ears at all I said to the lady witch, she kept staring at me while her jaw dropped.
‘I see. I will teach you never to disrespect an elder ever again.And to think that you have the audacity to insult me? ‘ she thundered.
She raised her hand into the sky and
everywhere became cloudy all of a sudden.Then a rope from nowhere appereaed in that same hand. She pointed it at me and the rope tied me up itself. The lady witch carried me up with just a hand, up above her head. Then she started walking to God knows where. She looked back and saw Mira who was still standing and trying to comprehend all she had just witnessed. The witch snapped her other finger and Mira followed in no time, we proceeded again..
To be continued!
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