Secrets of the Fortress 'sorcery' (3 page)

“What do you mean by that?”

“I mean what I say. We do not have him here
anymore. He should be in Africa right now.”

“What is he doing in Africa?” she asked
bluntly.

“He’s having a nice time, we placed him in a
nice place and I think he’ll do just fine over there.”

“Okay, will you please give me the address? I
can’t still believe you could do this. For heaven sake, I am his
daughter and you shouldn’t be hiding this sort of thing fro. . .”
As she turned to look at Kujoo, she didn’t find him beside her
anymore, she just let the words slip out of her mouth as she
stamped her feet on the hard tar angrily. “He is gone again?”

He was suddenly staring at her again and she
let herself scream. “How did you do that?”

“What did I do?” He asked looking a bit
surprised.

“You appear and disappear at will. I really
hate it, I was talking to …” The passage began to spin round Emily
until she fell to the floor.

CHAPTER 4

Evalle ran to the garden and lay on the
floor, weeping bitterly. Her only family was dead and there was
nowhere else she could go. She just kept crying. “She said she does
not have a relative, I don’t even know of any. How am I supposed to
get rid of her body?” She asked herself still seeming uncertain on
what to do.

She stood up and went back into the house.
She came back to the garden with a shovel and dug for several
hours. When she was done, she went in to get the dead body, threw
it into the hole and covered it up.

Evalle ran into her room, packed her luggage
and proceeded to leave the house when she found something beside
her bed, she picked it up and opened it. Evalle saw that it was a
map describing some unknown place. “This doesn’t look complete” she
whispered to herself.

She left the house for the library, after
putting the map in her bag. She then decided she was going to stay
in the library until she got more answers.

As she got into the library, she immediately
settled down to read a book when she noticed that the librarian was
not there. She stood up and went to his table but he was not there
either. She then saw something that looked familiar, laying on the
table.

She remembered the incomplete map she found
in her room and recognized the one on the table as the other half.
She picked it up and placed it in her pocket.

* * *

“I think something is wrong with you, Ms.
Emily, you are seeing things. I am still the same and didn’t go
anywhere.”

“I don’t think so sir.” Emily barked back at
him.

“You really need to take a rest.” Kujoo said
as he finally began to leave her alone. Emily stormed back towards
the direction of her room and decided to check back at the strange
room she passed by. Maybe I am seeing things Kujoo may be right,
for the first time. She said to herself after a long walk.

As she approached the room, everywhere seemed
quiet as she couldn’t hear any sound. She opened the door and
stepped into the room. The room was small with a light bulb hanging
from the ceiling, right in the center of the room.

The room was empty but Emily noticed traces
of blood on the floor. She traced the blood from the door to a
corner of the room where it stopped. She looked in front of her and
saw what seemed to be a door. She pushed, it flung wide open.

Emily felt goose bumps appear all over her
skin. The room was cold and constructed like a refrigerator. She
was about to open one of the cabinets when she heard someone enter
the other room.

She immediately dashed under a table she
found. The goose bumps on her skin seemed to grow bigger. Emily
began to feel dizzy as it seemed like years under the table.
Everything went black.

* * *

Evalle went round the library in search of
the librarian and discovered she had only been reading the books on
a shelf in the library and there were many more. As she finished
her tour without positive results, she was headed back for his
table when she saw him sitting.

This really shocked Evalle and she almost ran
away but then reminded herself that he was not human. “Where did
you go to?” She asked.

“I went home.”

“Home? I thought this is your home.”

“No ma’am, I have a home far away from this
place and I only have permission to go twice a liguin.

“What is a liguin?” Evalle asked, looking
curious.

“It is four decades.”

“Oh, I see.” She replied as she turned to
leave when she saw a strange looking pair of glasses and picked it
up. “What is this for?” She asked, a bit concerned.

“It is used by those that possess magic to
read pretty fast.” He answered without looking at her face.

“Why didn’t you give this to me earlier?” She
questioned as she put the large goggles over her eyes. Evalle
immediately felt her eyes sharpen and she had a clearer view of
everything. “Can you give this stuff to me?”

“You are free to take it ma’am but it is not
supposed to leave this library.”

“Why is that? Evalle asked.

“This library was built several centuries ago
with magic, this pair of glasses is part of the magic. It could
possibly change it functions if outside the library and could be
catastrophic, if it gets to the wrong hands.

* * *

Emily woke up to find herself in her room.
She began to panic as she pondered aloud. “What did they do to me?
I thought I slept under that table, what am I doing in this room?
Everything here needs an explanation. She sat up on the bed and
heard a beeping. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw
the clock on the clock on the wall.

Screaming aloud, she stood up to open the
curtains. “I slept for a whole day? This is not possible. They
drugged me to sleep? I haven’t even taken my bath for two days
now.” She hurried to a corner where he found a door. As she opened
it, she saw the best bathroom she’d ever seen in her lifetime.

Emily stepped in and proceeded to look at
herself in the mirror. She saw a lady with unkempt blonde hair and
rashes all over her face, staring at her from the mirror. “What
have these people done to me? She questioned herself.

She removed the only piece of clothing she
had on her which was a blue gown her father made for her when she
was fifteen. Emily stepped into the tub and searched for a bucket
of water but found none. She wanted to step out of the tub when she
found something by the side of the wall.

As she tried to turn it on, something began
to fall on her from above and dashed out of the tub immediately,
screaming “Rain.”

CHAPTER 5

Evalle picked up the pair of glasses and
walked to a shelf, she picked a book and sat down when she
remembered the map she kept in her pocket. She brought out the map
from the back pocket of her jean trouser.

She placed the two halves of the map beside
each other. The maps came together without any help and the map
became complete.

She studied the map and saw where it was
headed. “An island in the middle of nowhere? What is this stuff
anyway?” She put down the map and picked up the book to read, when
she saw a word at the top corner of a page.

Evalle turned the book around and saw what it
really was but she still didn’t know the meaning.

The doves and ostriches will show you the
way.

“Doves and ostriches? What does that
mean?”

* * *

Emily looked up and saw what it was that
sprayed water all over her. She sighed as she got back into the
bath tub and quickly took a shower with the cold water splashing
all over her face. She found a towel hanging on a rack beside the
wall and took it to clean up.

She looked into the mirror and admitted that
she felt better. Emily took a comb and passed it through her thick
hair and packed into a ponytail. Emily stepped into her room and
opened the wardrobe. They gave me clothes too?

Emily took one of them and put it one. She
immediately stepped out of the room, opened the door and started
walking towards the passages. I don’t believe it when they say my
father is in Africa.

* * *

Evalle looked at the book again and tried to
decipher the meaning of the words before her eyes. Am I supposed to
go anywhere? Where is it guiding me to? Evalle looked at the table
again and saw the map. She picked it up and studied it carefully.
She nodded her head in approval as she stood up to get the large
encyclopedia she found.

“How are birds and ostriches supposed to
guide me? Okay, this is a map showing half of the world.” She
placed the encyclopedia on the table and searched for places on
earth where ostriches and doves can be found together. She let her
hands run through the pages of the big book as she thought aloud.
”When I find this place, what am I to look for?”

* * *

Emily walked down the passage, looking at the
strange structure of the building. There were signs on the wall
that she had not seen before. She looked closely at it but had they
had no meaning.

She continued moving down the path when she
heard some strange sounds. Are there women here too? I’m so glad,
at least I am not the only one. Emily started moving towards the
direction of the sound. As she peeked through the small hole on the
door, she saw something very different from what she had
imagined.

Homosexuals? Kujoo and the others here have
sex with each other. I’m in a real mess.

As Emily walked past another room, she saw
something that shocked her. Kujoo is having sex with my dad?

CHAPTER 6

Evalle continued looking at the large book
when she suddenly yelled in happiness. “Yes, I now understand. So,
I am to look for places on this map where doves and ostriches can
be found. Is that even possible, how will doves and ostriches be in
the same place? This stuff keeps getting eerier the more I
proceed.

She jumped as she heard the sound from the
back of the room. “What are you searching for?” She looked back to
see the librarian staring at her as she slumped back on the chair
and replied. “I don’t really know what I’m looking for but I
believe I have to search for places where there are doves and
ostriches on this map.”

Evalle waved the map at him and watched his
eyes grow wide as he stared at the map. “Where did you get that
from?” he asked.

“Why are you so concerned?” Emily asked
looking confused.

“I have searched for that map for years and
it just happens to be with you?”

“Why were you searching for it? If it is
useless to me, I can still give it to you.” Emily replied.

There’s no way that stuff should stay with
her but there’s nothing much I can do now. “That map has been
passed down from generation to generation and it is supposed to
remain in our lineage. He replied.

“Something tells me you are lying to me. How
did you lose the map?”

“This thing is all about magic. “ How does
she expect me to tell her that it is the key to reaching the source
of all magic? I should find another way to make her give me that
map.

“I know it’s about magic but you still
haven’t answered my question.” Emily screamed at him.

The librarian sensed that Emily was getting
angry and decided not to request further for the map. “Don’t worry
ma’am, you can keep the novel.

Emily hissed and whispered as he left for his
table. “I thought he would volunteer to help, instead he is saying
rubbish.”

The librarian went to a secret room, only he
knew about. He sat on a chair and rammed his fists into the table.
“I thought that map as going to be in this room. I was tricked.
Now, I have little time to think of something else to do. ”

Evalle started searching for doves in the
encyclopedia but found none relating to ostriches. She took a pen
and started to write down all the places here doves can be found in
the world. She knew the map as not the world map, but she was
certain that the places on the map are on earth.

After writing all about the doves, she began
searching for those of ostriches. She finished writing it all and
decided to go out of the library to eat.

As Evalle left the library, the librarian
came out of his hiding place and walked to her bag.

* * *

Emily ran into the room and screamed as she
fell into the floor immediately her eyes confirmed that she was not
dreaming. She tried to keep her heart beating but just felt her
heart beating slowly and then she didn’t feel anything.

Kujoo screamed for people to help him lift
her up and take her to her room as he quickly wore his robe without
any underwear. “She caught me, we have to do something to that
lady. She’s always loitering.”

People rushed inside to raise her up and
Kujoo signaled for them to leave immediately. Kujoo found a chair
and sat on it. He blamed himself for not closing the door properly.
He continued thinking before falling asleep.

A girl picked his robe by the hem and raised
it up, revealing his male organs. He tried to stop her but she
didn’t stop. She began touching it roughly and attempting to cut
it. He almost came when he suddenly gasped for breath and woke up.
He realized that he was still in the same room but someone else was
standing there and staring at him.

Kujoo wanted to stand up when he noticed that
he left his legs wide open and his personal servant, Rocio was
staring at his junk. He then felt pain in his cock but decided not
to look at it.

Rocio walked to his master and pointed under
his robe. “Sir, look!” Kujoo looked down and saw the
unbelievable.

He fell to the floor immediately he noticed
that his penis and balls were missing and had been replaced by a
hole that blood was gushing out from. His servant immediately
raised him up and carried him out of the room.