1 The Genesis.

"Don't do this ,don't do that ,am fed up with all this..why me in the first place?" Prince Obi lamented as he was on his way to his father's room. "Your highness the king will not be happy if he sees you in this kind of mood right now murmuring" John ,prince Obi's right hand man tried to calm him down as he ran after him trying to keep up with him.

"Oh let me be and stop following me around like a leech" Prince Obi said already feeling irritated with the way John behaves."Am sorry my prince he replied not sure of his offence .

When they got to King Daru ll of Afaro kingdom .He looked at his son and shook his head .He possibly can't understand this son of his who refused to follow in his footstep.He cleared his throat looked at his son who groaned in frustration as he already knows what was coming up next.

The king gave a sign for the guards to depart from the room because he wanted to have private chat with his son." Son ,I know what you might be thinking now but not today .I want to tell you something else today maybe ,that will change your mindset about how you see things.

Prince Obi looked at his father and then his eyes roamed through his father's big and huge room that looks more like a library to a room,at every corner of the room there are huge shelves which contains books in all sizes and color.Although,he reads like his father but his father was a wider reader than him.The king could be buried in his books for days without eating anything . Sometimes,the prince wonders how his mother queen Ada ,takes in all this without any complaint .

" My son are you with me?" King Daru asked ,since he noticed the far gone eyes of his son. That brought the prince back to the presence. He nodded and the king began:

"A long time ago, during the days our ancestors were still living,the land of Afaro was in disarray and confusion .Nobody knew what went wrong .People were dying everyday ,animals died ,no rain and our land was covered with darkness. We knew not when it was day nor night for darkness was upon the face of our land. They tried to find solution to the pending doom looming around our land still no solution was forthcoming. We all began to list hope even my great grandfather,who was the king then ,didn't know what to do anymore.

After spending sleepless night for many days the king then decided on what to do . When he had awoken he called the town messenger to pass the news that everyone were summoned in the palace by the king. The messenger did so and within some time the place had been filled with the people. The king then stood to address his people.

" My people,we've all suffered a lot in this land .Many lives have been lost and hunger has become food to us. As the king of this great kingdom ,I have decided to take a journey to cross the seven seas and mountain ,to take down giants and demons and get to The Great One that knows the solution to all problems and find out a way out of this our present predicament"

After he had addressed them, he sat down on his royal chair .The people did not know how to react to this news .To get to The Great One was not an easy tasks and no one had ever gone there and come back alive ,none! And on the other hand ,if he gets to The Great One that will be the end of their sufferings and troubles and their land we began to flourish once again.

They was silence for a long period of time. It was a deafening silence as no one wanted to say a word even though they all had one thousand and one words to say. When the king saw the reaction of his people,he himself didn't know what to do but after a longer period of time,he cleared his throat and said" My people this journey is for the betterment of we all and if I do not return my son will take over . I believe he will be a good king like me,so let us take heart and accept what I've said.I will depart tomorrow to bring salvation to our land" Soon everyone began to disperse with a heavy heart ,they all prayed for the protection of their king for he was a king loved by all and sundry

The next day the king began his journey,the people's tears couldn't be wiped away as they saw their beloved king departing to the world of the unknown. The king with a heavy heart said farewell to his people and family before he proceeded in his journey to face and conquer everything he came in contact with.

After travelling for a while,the king reached the first river which he had to cross .There was no bridge to cross the river ,the king sat down at the bank of the river for a while to think of the next step to take .Soon he had an idea being a skillful person ,he skillfully used a dried wood by the river side to make a boat. When he was done,he got into the boat and began to paddle his way over the sea .Soon ,he was on the other side of the river he was very happy that no problem occurred . He then continued in his journey.

From afar he sighted the first mountain he had to climb ,he prayed within him that no trouble should occur. As he got closer to the mountain he noticed how high it was even with that he never gave up .When he got to the foot of the mountain,he took no time and began to climb as he kept on going he looked down and saw that the ground below him was surrounded by hungry looking strange animals. His heart quivered and he knew that any small mistake will lead him to his doom .Therefore he decided not to look below him but to keep on looking up at his aim . With these thought the king kept on climbing higher and higher until he reached the peak of the mountain.

He looked around him and was mesmerized by the beauty around him ,then from the peak of the mountain he sighted the rising of the dawn .Words couldn't be used to express the way he felt.It was totally heavenly.He continued his journey as he ate wild fruit from the forest ,drank water from the rivers and fought wild animals to survive. Whenever he felt like giving up the pain of his people filled his head,their anguish and agony were all he could hear therefore ,he continued .After climbing six mountains and crossing six rivers ,the king was already very weak . By the time he got to the seventh mountain he was unable to climb it as he was very hungry and tired .He sat down on the ground praying and wishing for a miracle to happen.

Suddenly he saw some men charging towards him . He had no idea where they came from " Intruder!!" They all said together with voice of a that sounds like that of a robot .The king couldn't do anything as he just passed out. When he woke up he found his self in a strange place .He rubbed his eye with his palm to be sure of what he was seeing .He saw trees with eyes and mouth speaking.A man passed him ,he noticed that the man only had one eyes, with a skin color that seems like he was sick and looked very pale. He was already carried away with his surrounding that he didn't took notice of the person standing in front of him . He was brought back when he had the question"Who are you?" He was startled at first ,before he then he looked up to see the person who asked him the question. He couldn't take his eyes off her face ,she was a beauty to behold and her face shone like that of the moon

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Getting no reply she asked him the same question again"Who are you?" "Erm...erm...am...am .." he began to stammer not knowing what to say . Suddenly his stomach groaned loudly out of hunger .He held his stomach as he felt pain .The woman in front of him turned around and went to one of the trees .She spoke a strange language to which the tree understood .Then it shook its body and different kind of fruits fell from it."Eat ,we will talk later " The woman said and then left him alone .The king didn't wait for another second as he began to feed his belly to quench his hunger . After eating,he drank water and belched loudly before falling into a deep sleep .

He was woken by the voice of the woman " Arise ,and tell me who you are and what you are in search of ?" The king was startled from his sleep as he opened his eyes slowly, he beheld the face of the woman and was actually captivated by her beauty ." Erm... actually my ...lady? ..erm ...my queen " He stammered not knowing the right name to address her with. Seeing that she gave no offense he decided to address her as 'My queen.'

"My queen,the reason am here is because of the suffering my people are going through, there's pain and darkness everywhere and we do not know what else to do since we've tried every possible solution we could think of " . The woman looked at him and said with a voice different from what she had used to speak with him before."Go back home and let your son marry the woman you had chosen for him".

The king looked at her with confusion written all over his face .He could not make sense out of what she had said. He remembered vividly that he had chosen a wife for his son some moths back and prince had rejected the woman as his wife and everyone had moved on since then .

"Does that mean she's the reason for our present predicament?" he asked the woman.

"No ,she's the solution,every prince must marry the woman chosen by his father and must marry before he clocks twenty or else disaster shall be the lot of your people, that was the convnant your people made with me ,The Great One". After she had said this ,she vanished into thine air . Everything around the king also vanished .He was shaken at and scared as he looked around trying to figure out what just happened.After sometime a gentle breeze lifted him above the ground and started to take him back home through the sky

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The king was very happy but he was troubled because of what the woman had said .He knew quite well that the prince despised the woman he wanted him to marry and he had promised the prince that he won't force him to marry anyone again but will allow him to choose his wife .When he was the age of his son his father had gotten married at an early age to the woman he didn't even love but then he had no idea of this covenant and now things had really changed. The happiness of his people lies in the hand of the prince.

What is he going to do now? Will he break the promise he made to his son and force him to marry a woman he hates..?

As the wind kept on taking him closer to his home and people the king knew that he had to decide quickly or else more damage will be done.