CHAPTER....01
10 years back ( LIMPOPO :MOKOPANE PALACE )
I was only 7 years old I knew nothing what was wrong and what was right at that time everything I was told to do I did it without asking questions until some fateful day my great-grandfather (THE KING ) summoned me to the royal house and told me to do everything my great-grandmother (THE QUEEN ) will tell me to do no matter how painful it get's I must obey her .I was terrified because he mentioned getting hurt but as a good grand-grandchild I nodded and went to the queen's hut little did I know that was the day I was promised to another palace as the future queen .
IN THE QUEEN'S HUT
The Queen : Semakaleng etla onne moo (come sit here )
I went and set next to her and she started using some black powder on my forehead , boobs , buttocks and v****a that's when I started getting really scared but I said nothing
The servant: My Queen the river is ready for us and Queen Kwena and her son are already there
The Queen : Get the royal escort and the cars ready we leaving in 5 minutes
I started getting worried why am I going to the river ?, where is my mom ?, why is Queen Kwena and her son there? this kinda of questions kept flooding in my head I thought if I could ask the Queen to call my mom they would agree
Me : Khukhu ( great-grandmother) can I go to my mother's hut ?
The Queen : Aowa owo tlhapa le khukhu ko nokeng .(no you and great-grandmother you going to bath at the river )
I just nodded but I was kinda relived because I trusted her and she said we are only going to bath there
AT THE RIVER
When we got there I saw Queen Kwena and her great grandson and the chief priests and the royal sear's and then there was a read cloth laid down with knifes and candles I got terrified again ... My granny saw I was uneasy and then she reassured me that nothing will happen to me I believed her
Queen Kwena : Re ka thoma ? (can we start?)
Queen Raphala : Yes
The Kwena Royal seer started grunting and then they asked me and Letlametlu to lay naked on the red cloth, I just wanted to go home to my mom but i remembered the king's words that I should obey ......I looked at my granny she nodded then I laid there naked waiting for whatever will happen
They started singing in tongues and made a circle grunting and the clouds become dark , they took my left hand and his left hand they cut our palms for blood to flow and they said we should hold hands with the bleeding hands .Then they poured our blood in a bowl then it started to rain I was told that he is my husband and am his wife .Then we parted ways and went to our palace I found my mom looking for me and The Queen said I shouldn't tell a soul about what happened but me being me I ran to my mom and cried my eyes out .My mom was worried about me and she kept asking her grandma what happened but no one said anything she took me to her hut
MOM'S HUT
Mom: Sema wat's wrong my baby talk to mommy
Me:
Mom: Baby what's wrong you hurting me talk to me
Me: They cut my hand and said letlametlu is my husband
My mom started crying and she kept on saying she is sorry that she couldn't protect me and she told me that everything is going to be fine I should sleep but i couldn't sleep because i was hurt that my mom is crying and that my granny hurt me.. she called my dad and kept on sniffing on the phone
-ON THE CALL -
Mom: Mbuyi its time I can't expose my kid to such cruelty
Dad : Raisibe are you sure I don't want anything to happen to Mbalenhle and you know how your family can be
Mom: Yes am sure fix everything as long as my baby is out of this place I don't care how they can be Sema can make her own decision when she is old for now you make sure the documents and everything is ready I will tell you when am ready to move
Dad: Okay I love you Raisibe
A week later when i came back from school I found my mom packing our bags saying she is cleaning the cupboards and she said i shouldn't tell a soul mom and daughter secretes then we laughed the queen and king were celebrating that finally they will be billionaires because of my soul that they sold to the kwena's .My uncles were around my cuzn's everyone came to me and gave me gifts I even thought i forgot about my birthday but no they were happy that i was the one sacrificed for the families wealth .My mom kept looking for me and telling me to take my gifts in the car little did I know that was the last time i saw everyone . I did as told later that evening when everyone departed my mom told her parents her plans and the queen was told my dad and mom were taking me to a theme park I will be back the following week
-on call -
Mom : s everything prepared ?
Dad: If you leave now you should be here around 22:00 .. so you should leave now so that we could get to Gauteng in time
Mom: okay Thank you Mbuyi
I left a happy child I was excited that finally i will be with dad and mom at the same place at the same time little did i know that i was going to boarding school in FreeState me and mom found my dad waiting for us at Polokwane and we left we really had fun my mom looked at peace my dad was happy well we got to Joburg and i was very happy seeing huge buildings and i was happy that finally I will see where my mom and Dad stayed when they left me back at Limpopo after holidays after a week at Glen Marias we drove to Freestate I asked my mom when are we going back because i couldn't wait to go back and brag about my experience at the big city my mom just smiled at me and said ''baby when the time is right '' that left me so confused but i kept enjoying my mom changed her numbers and I used my Zulu name and surname at FreeState we went to a couple of schools i was just shocked but i kept telling them which school i liked that's how i moved to Freestate and ended up in a boarding school
To be continued ........