1 Chapter 1 : The Awakening

It was raining heavily that morning as Pablo snored deeply unaware of his surroundings,his head tucked into the bed he snored loudly while trying to catch his breath on every snore in his wooden bed,his feet were crossed while his hands were straightened up in a horizontal way like he was on a crucifix paying for his crimes;but on his right hand was a monochromatic photo of a young lady in her teens wearing a skimpy shorts and a top that revealed her well carved bosom,her eyes could be seen giving a sparkling light despite the setting of the photo,her nose pointed with her lips so small like it never told a lie ..On this photo a name was written Annabelle...

Before Pablo had gone to bed he was on his PC seeing a movie of a lady all dressed so elegantly ,she was likened to Aphrodite the Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation; a light skinned lady whom when she passes all eyes were forced to stare with a sudden joy in their hearts despite the turbulence going on around then in the village ,for it was a time of war and Annabelle's lover a quadragenarian named George had been called upon like every man to defend the village from the imminent attack from the Roman Lord for this wasn't the first assault on them as many lost their loved ones to fire and swords of the men on armour a day the town bled red....

Annabelle was all dressed up and about to leave the house when the unexpected happened a loud noise accompanied with fire as the grounds shook to the trembling,she managed to open her room door and ran straight to the kitchen where her mom was preparing dinner it was dusty she could barely see all she managed to hear was her mother fading voice reaching out to her,she tried raising the collapsed wall on her mother's back but the weight was too heavy for her to handle she saw an opening and got closer as she screamed for help she heard noise of people screaming,she felt the agony yet she screamed on relentlessly

please help!!

she kept screaming for help till she heard her mother's voice again calling her,she got closer and her mother stretched out her arm with her hands closed she said "Annabelle my daughter take this keep it close to you and remember the gods are wise and it's time" as she opened her hands it was a necklace and all she could remember before she passed out ,when her eyes came open she saw Chariots and men with robes standing a far off as she moved her legs a voice said "we have a survivor should we slay our Lord? trying to get up on her feet a rope drew her legs down to the ground again and she saw herself kissing the dust as she was rough handled by men on armour to help her get to her feet,as she stood up and opened her eyes the clouds was red and all she heard was her mother's last words as the men spoke she noticed her hands were being bound with rope...

All through the dialogue between the men she kept mute and was practically dumb just her mother's last words ringing in her head but something made tears run down her eye for it was her heart beat the only man she ever gave her heart to George laying on the dust as vultures feasted upon his rotten body tearing the flesh of his eye ball happily and drinking his blood like it were sweet wine,she watched on and couldn't hold it any longer as she broke down her knees straight to the ground bruised by a stone she muttered Ekri Eli Epri Em after which sudden brightness shone from her and blinded all who stared upon her as the earth rained blood she feasted upon everyone present and she passed out.... Centuries passed yet she remained dead yet alive,she was found by a young boy on the field who called the attention of his mother and was buried,yet centuries passed on she remained asleep till explorers who read about the story decided to ascertain the truth on how Roman Lord's were killing people in that era began findings and dug out her body from the grave in Africa and were amazed because she never aged,she was placed on a plane to be transported to Europe when thunder struck and the plane crashed no one survived yet her body was untouched by any harm,her eyes opened when the blood of a pilot touched her lips,when she awoke it was a different world,civilization had taken place....

As her eyes opened she saw the young pilot whose blood she had tasted and looked into his eyes and said come back to life my George immediately he awoke,that was the end of that season Pablo printed out her picture kissed it, held it to his chest and said come to me my love as he smiled he gulped the Heineken beer close to him, it wasn't up to an hour he laid down he fell into a deep sleep....

Till the unexpected happened at the second strike of the thunder he saw a lady singing a song in his dreams

my love from afar

taken away from me by men

my love from afar

I'm back to take you away

lean not in thy wisdom

for I can't be understood

she sang on as she drew close to him,his eyes widened as her eyes and his fixed,he noticed a slight cold and strange joy envelope him as he saw her now the only thing he could mutter was "diva" she smiled when she heard it for he has not seen anyone that beautiful before....

She held his hands and said to him today we meet for I have been preparing for this day for centuries,Pablo hardly understood a thing she said all he did was to nod in affirmation for her beauty was already making him salivate

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