Episode 1
894 Words
"Good bye! My queen." he had said before being dragged out by some guards.
For the past eight years, I had always been his princess but something changed , as my father called me the queen.
And that was the last time he was heard from .
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I woke up to shouts coming from around me. My phone that was kept by the night stand near me caught my attention as I carried it and checked the time.
7:30.
Those kids must be having an argument again. By kids, I do not literally mean kids but they sure do behave like one. They really did!!
As for the last born, I was way more matured than my other siblings.
Shocking?
"What the hell is that all about again" I mumbled to myself forcing my body off the bed.
I left my room as I headed to the kitchen.
Right! Meet my family.
Daniella, she is the first child of the family and you would be an i***t not to love her. We had the most resemblance with our mixed race skin and our curly 3c hair.
She was followed by Amanda and amarr. Those annoying twins you will find in most families
Amanda was white. Like anywhere she went, she always stood out and her twin was black. Other than their colour and some other minor things, you could actually see the resemblance between them.
Then there was me. I was not white or black, I was mixed just like Daniella. We had this green grey eye, and frizzy 3c hair.
"What is it again?" I groaned as I walked into the kitchen. My hair was a bird nest at that time.
"Good morning to you to." Daniella sat on the stool in the kitchen watching drama unfold above and beyond her. She was drinking what I assumed to be tea.
And lo and behold, was Amanda and amarr fighting over the last plate of corn meal. Oh! Wow.
"You didn't try to separate them?" I looked at Daniella dumbfounded.
"Meh! It was fun to watch" I rolled my eyes at her.
I snatched it from the twins.
"No you are not getting that!" Amanda said. "It is for me and amarr"
I looked at her, rolled my eyes and took another plate. They were dumb at times. I shared the meal equally and gave one half to amarr and the other to Amanda. Muttering thanks they dug into their foods.
I smiled.
We had always been home schooled by my mum as she said something's about us not being safe in the world.
I had completed the work she gave me before I went to greet her good morning.
Kneeling, her hands shot up to my head as she prayed for me. It was our tradition.
Later on, after I had served her breakfast, we all settled down in the study as she started giving us school work.
I was sixteen, I was in my first year of uni and I had my secondary school certificate. My mom was a certified teacher and everything we did was what is actually going on in school.
Amarr and Amanda were in their third year of uni and Daniella had graduated, and she was studying medicine. She was the only one allowed out of the house.
After school was over, I went to bed to try get some rest when I looked outside my window.
My big sister Daniella was bloodied and bruised. I ran out to help her inside the house.
"Mama!amarr" I shouted.
"Amanda! Somebody help!" I said dragging her to the sitting room.
My mum ran out of her room followed by the twins to see what I was shouting about.
"Oh dear!" She said taking in her appearance. She ordered Amanda to go on and boil water as she led my sister into the bath, slightly washing all the blood off her.
Daniella was writhing in pain. She didn't deserve this. After she was now inside neat and clean clothes, my mum used the hot water to compress the pain caused to her by the injuries as she brought out the first aid kit. After Daniella's wound was treated, she asked Daniella what happened.
"Oh dear,what happened. Who did this to you?"
" As I was coming back from work, some people attacked me. They couldn't be from here because they were Whites and we hardly see any Whites around here."
As she finished talking, all colour drained away from Mums face as she stood up pacing around the room.
"Did they say anything to you?"mum asked.
" They only said, we need the queen. And this is just a warning. Tell her to turn in the queen".
My mum froze. She looked at me, and stopped breathing. She fell on the chair and tears started to come out from her eye.
We all rushed towards her to check if she was alright.
"Mummy, what's wrong. Are you alright , please say something" we were all talking together.
My mum looked at me, and at then amarr. Before sighing.
"I want to tell you a story"
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Authors note
Heyyy. I just started working on this book. The setting is africa. It is an ethiopian/ nigerian book.
But, since I have never been to ethiopia, it is just a normal book set in africa.
- Writer
