7 LIVES

It was as though Nyarko's thought disoriented; after his consciousness caught the first sentence "today is your 10th birthday and as part of your gift, I'll tell you about your parents" he seemed to be loss to what the next sentences read.

These following 2 sentences read bad, bad, very bad indeed.

His real parents were dead? They'd perished?

The terror in Nyarko that was somewhat on the path of dimming once again elevated, and there in a moment he subconsciously twitched. As worsen misery and sorrow welled up in him and the hint of gracious smile that has appeared at the corners of hid mouth instantly disappeared, as if it never existed.

Momentarily, Nyarko's body trembled and his eyes feared, along with a broken hearted and emotion; the urgent need of consoling already broke out free as if blasted open, causing the capability of venting the cold piercing pain to diminish. Such is a vertue of loss..

The anguish in Nyarko caused his organs to shake, as a cold air full with the power of frigidity, heralding an intent killing energy suddenly welled up in Nyarko, inducing all his pores and organs to instantly come to a cease, like close/locked: no air panetrated, nor did any air emerge_ Nyarko's breathing slowed, and gradually his vision blurred. The relentless pain accompanied with cold piercing loss came abruptly and endlessly, as if it had no end like the sky and then..

Nyarko's broken heart skipped countless beats_ beating rapidly that it could maybe on some scale be compared to the speed of the air_ he was frenzied.

His parents were dead. They were killed by the imperious ANOKYE kingdom during the First Armageddon? All these days of waiting...

Growing up in a small geographical Village where Nyarko thought he was the child of a man and a woman he lived with. They'd always cared and showed endless love to him.. granting them the genuine title of parents; Nyarko grew up calling them mom and dad, and also any one around them was a family. So Nyarko called them with names like: Uncle, Aunty, Big Sister, 2nd Mama, 2nd Father, 3rd Father, Big Uncle, regardless their age_ just like he's read in a book that no matter what, a family is a family,so he chose to call them such.

Everything went on a linear path without any obstacles nor anxiousness, until one evening, when Nyarko was barely 7, was summoned by the only Grandpa, the Village head to his room. Going there with some sort of fear, anxiety and anticipation, Nyarko never, ever , in any where, had any thought, expected the grave secret he was told by Grandpa.

"Those whom you're living with are not your real parents. You were taken into their care by my orders. I'd wanted to open up the truth to you when you turned 5, but to kill the happiness in you at that time was no different from taking your life, so I kept quiet. But if certain things are not done early, and it's too late, things may go the otherwise and unexpected stuff may happen, which can perhaps have a negative effect on your growth, so..."

Just these simple words coming out from Grandpa's mouth were like needles continuously pricking Nyarko's young heart. And also igniting an immense fire in his body, burning down all his viens into ashes, and boiling his blood to evaporate with its tremendous heat, as if surging _ his temperature rising quickly beyond normal _ all his happiness diminishing like slowly dieing as his heart also kept jumping with all its effort, instead of running with less effort, pumping rapidly as though being convulsed by an immense force.

To Nyarko, it'd been far better if even Grandpa had maybe scolded him or done anything else evil to him for nothing, than telling this dire secret. This unbearable pain!

It was as if the world was sinking into nothingness. This was the perspective of Nyarko when they told him the unbearable secret.

However, Nyarko was consoled and showed more love, care and affection to aid him vent the pit of pain dig in his heart gradually.

He'd not being himself for more like a month, but after the 29-30 days, he came back to normality, as though he never knew any grave secret anymore.

Even if his real parents were dead, there's nothing he could do to bring the back or communicate with them or have any connection with them anywhere. And morever, he had a multitude who cares for him much, just like his parents will have done if they were there with him/alive.

Only this remembering would have been the key to the gate, to aid the previous grief Nyarko to vent the pain in him, but the following sentence read very, very, very, bad "Your parents were killed by the ANOKYE kingdom".

Hearing this in head, a struck of lightning invisibly shot at Nyarko's heart, causing his heart to bleed whiles beating very fast, a ratio of rapid to beyoundness.

Nyarko's head went craze as though this was his first time hearing this sad news.

A year ago, on Nyarko's 10th birthday, as part of his gift, Grandpa, the Village head told Nyarko the killers of his real parents, and they none other but the ANOKYE kingdom!

At the spot when Nyarko heard it, he almost passed ou. But due to some one or two improvement in his internal and physical strength, he was able to withstand.

But despite, he was paralyzed. Grandpa had noticed the sudden change in Nyarko and immediately played a card to win over Nyarko's instantly, that brought a halt to the horror that was emerging from Nyarko.

The card played was not to change what he'd spoken, but to prolong the horror in Nyarko from emerging.

From that day onward, Nyarko appeared quite different and developed a deep internal hatred for the ANOKYE kingdom and its allies.

Both his against colleagues and friends noticed his sudden change and totally appeared indifferent and somehow fury, rendering his against colleagues to loosen the idea of messing with him. Nyarko's new appearance was indeed scarry like an angry lion, and we all know what an angry lion is capable of doing?

But however, slowly after time passed, the hatred for the ANOKYE kingdom decreased in Nyarko; when himself had taken things into considerations: the ANOKYE kingdom was providing different and many jobs, amenities, and other vital importance and clamour in the country_ they looked good.

So perhaps it could truly be the people who killed his parents may be from ANOKYE kingdom, or.. no. They may be bandits who deliberately... The ANOKYE kingdom was no bad. Although anything can happen, but looking at how the ANOKYE kingdom was..He had considered many of the goods the ANOKYE kingdom were doing and was blind by it; slowly he got rid of the grave hatred in his self and reverted to his one's self. Everybody noticed it shortly.

Unti today, returning from the 3 months school training to meet demise at his home, did his mind roam for answers.

Nyarko's brain cracked, and it seemed like his brain was buzzing under the pressure of over thinking. His eyes were filled with fear and his heart stabbed.

He didn't understand why he has experienced countless pain since childhood. It'd started with...

Nyarko was caught and loss in the shackles of trance.

Tears uncontrollably still flowed down his cheeks, plus his body ached. Even just this pain was enough to get the urgent need of a doctor's attention.

Unconsciously Nyarko's eyes searched around like looking for something crucial. Just as his eyes swept over, it swept pass an object on the ground metres behind him. He couldn't catch a clear gaze of that object so his eyes retreated, and what is gaze met was a jet black metallic wing badge with blue and red intricates on its surface, and a long staff carved deep within. It wings edges sharp and bright like the hilt of a dart.

It was the badge of... "ANOKYE kingdom?" Nyarko mumbled in disbelief to what he saw.. . The ANOKYE kingdom has been here?

What Grandpa, the Village head told them was true. Nyarko immediately confirmed in his head.

Grandpa once said that whatever the ANOKYE kingdom was doing was in their only future benefits. But nothing else: they were utilizing the knowledge of manipulation to control. They were not whom many thought they were.

Nyarko thought " even I, was fooled?".

As he slowly remembered what Grandpa had warned them about the ANOKYE kingdom, he instantly confirmed it too.. and then " could it be they killed my real parents on purpose because they knew they were not good people?" came into Nyarko's mind's thought. He puffed, snorted, exhaled and coughed in an instant. And there his eye ball rolled like a coin, he became immobilized and his body weakly fell onto his Left -side.

Why was my world this kind? Why do the Gods' hate me? Why does my family, love, caring have to perish out of the blue? Who am I? Or..

The ANOKYE kingdom is ruthless, they don't do any good for us, neither them. Nobody loves you... Nobody in this world except your family really cares about you... they act it out. Everybody is playing by a script whenever they meet you..

My friends and teachers, could it be they too..

These internal monologue circulated in Nyarko's head permanently as he layed on the ground on the brink of dieing. His eyes were closing as his temperature plummeted.

His breathing ceased and a sense of death swept over him.

These happenings instantly turned Nyarko into a stammer, "I_I_a_am_go_ing_goin_to_d_d_die?" His question was very silent, less than the footsteps of an ant. Nyarko's life was slowly fading...