Chapter 93: The Siren Spell

                     ***THE SIREN SPELL***

Immediately  I saw myself in motion, it was a motion so fast that I almost bashed my head at the wall of the pool, before I even know it I was at the end of the pool, there I sprang up and the crowd cheered to their amusement.

"What was that? He was just here now. How did he do this?"

Those were the words of some spectators, amid the spectators were some journalists who had come to cover the competition as usual, but this time, I think they got more than what they have bargained for.

By the time that I got to the last side of the pool, kunle was already at the middle of the pool heading to the winning ends of the pool with the other swimmers struggling to keep up with his speed. He turned around to see why the crowd was cheering only to see me at the end of the pool coming for him, an immense cocktail of fear, surprise, and confusion became the tea which he drank as he wondered how possible it was for me to escape the trap which he had set for me.

Now I dove back into the pool and straight my hands forwards and my legs backward and started my unique swimming skills, I swam across Kunle as he struggled to be the first when he noticed me catching up with him and closing the space between us so fast, he started beating the water with force and struggling like a little scared lamb thrown into the sea to swim. And in a very easy and soft manner, I swam ahead of him and I made it as the first and the winner of the completion. When I came out of the water, many people came struggling to get a grip on me, but immediately the school security personnel took me to safety, they agreed me like a celebrity, they couldn't even allow me to see my Cynthia, I saw her in the crowd with the Super Cee shouting in excitement, so many journalists followed me and the security men, the journalists kept asking me about my unique speed and swimming tactics but I only told them that there was nothing unique about it. But my housemaster in his own way of expressing himself bored the journalist with excess words when he was only trying to convey to them that my skill was attained due to a rigorous practice which he ensured I went through. I even remembered him saying that he had been training me for 9 months non-stop for this day. This was a man that I met for barely a month now.

That very day was supposed to be a day of great joy to me, but instead, the joy was cut short by the sudden misbehavior of Bright. All of a sudden, I noticed that the throng who was strongly after I changed their course, they started flocking to another place, even the journalists changed their course and also joined the populace, after a little while of wondering, that is when the security men had also left my side to the crowded area, we, I and my House Master also decided to go and see what was happening around there. When we got there, behold, it was Bright, he was exhibiting a very strange characteristic, he got his shirt torn and was making this very ugly funny face, screaming and chasing people who now got him circled. All the while he kept on saying:

"I will confess, I will confess."

What was he to confess to? Nobody knows, everyone knows bright to be an unrepentant bully, so what he was going to confess was what left all wondering.

When he saw me, he fell to the grown with his hand on his face as if he was shy and trying to hide his face, he knelt on the ground and through his fingers he peeped at me with utmost shiness, why was he even ashamed of me, what happened, all of a sudden the swimmingly shy Bright burst into laughter when he also saw Kunle in his soaked pant.

"Look at this fool."

So he said

"Look at this foolish fool, hahaha..."

He added with a peal of laughter.

"So because your ancestors were servants of the sea, and because they have little demons or so, running errands for them, so you now think that you can compete against the Merprince and defeat him in the Merman competition... Fool, a foolish fool you are Kunle."

So he said with his mouth bent to a corner like one bashed by a truck.

What was he talking about? Even I didn't know.

"Hey. Hey! Where are you running to? I never wanted to do this, but you forced me into your black magic, he gave me a powder to dab on Damian's back, but I refused, I refused, I refused to, yes, I refused, but he forced me, he made me do it, saying some rubbish I don't understand. Now see how he still failed, after his plans have backfired."

Bright said most hilariously but ended up with a stream of tears. Now everything became so clear to me, the creatures from the pool said something about this, and they also said something about visiting the one who summoned them. Oh! Poor Bright, I can't believe that I actually felt pity for him, well, thank God, the creatures made mention of it being a temporary thing, if it had been in the pool, then it might lead to his death, but since it was on the land, I don't think that much damage could be done.