Blood Moon Eclipse: The lone wolf

in that place our ancestors emerged amongst the people of the world as the wolf blooded ones. We neither knew when it happened nor it's reason but we knew we were hated by the pious h

ly war that would end the existence of the wolf blooded ones. It was a popular prophecy that was known to every heart in Atlantis, except nobody really knew the dawning of the day when the oracle would come true. I was just an ambitious girl, existing look

ndstorms that constantly attacked us. Usually the weather didn't change much in Atlantis as it was partly a desert infested area, nevertheless, it was abundant in vegetation. Today though as we proceeded on our journey, it was different. Different that the clouds, were hoveri

asts lurking within this haunted, barren land !" He cautiously called out to me when he noti

ing to be seen or heard except our voices, not even the birds trespassed the

for you! I told you we are off to Dr

before?" I doubted the credibilit

my own eyes. I had just been poisoned with wolfsbane and I was dying. My own uncle brought me through this same desert and a seer healed

place, I was thirteen. It was sacred to just witness the unfathomabl

r feet, the hot sand felt good seeping through, in-between my toes. I scooped a handful of it in my hand

e on!". My father called ou

ing sweat off my brow. I was dizzy. I could not co

se that's when this place is haunted most." He said to me, But he had drifted away into

My dad c

ened?" I a

ge about him. It wasn't his green eyes and light yellow/brown smooth skin that alerted me that something was different about him, it was the garb

ad of us!" He said to me and there

journey we are making and he showed up from nowhere

(amun, an African word simply meaning

no actual n

back at me and

l tired or anything of that sort throughout the journey, except fe

comfort myself, I sunk into my own world of thoughts, ruminating about my one and only love, and before I realised it, the unfathomable desert had swallowed us deeper into its land of nothing but go

learned it in school. They say this temple was carved into a giant mountain secured by a dry valley of

n's he

arts of the people; a legend that dwelt in the voids of time passed down from ancestor to descendant. It was the tale of the Serpent temple of seers that resided at Dragon's heart. A home to the immortal keepers that dwelt within it's very

journey would be coming to a halt. Beyond the valley lay other rocky mountains, then a little

ng to the core. We proceeded in but my horse began to blare out of fear, shying away. I got off an

luck of trampling this very g

e soon!" I said to him feeling nervous and scared. I was walking stealt

hook beneath your feet curving in, as you walked, I was so afraid." He

. Confi

appen!" He said as if he had read my mind.

hmic panic. I had read about

here was no

. It is said the serpent's length was unfathomable, endless, more than a hundred metres and no one had ever seen it's tail. Its width was at least fifty metres. It was a serpent with the head of a dragon. The Nyaminyami was the basis of piety in Atlantis as it's figure was worn attached to the headress of a person , in the front just above of the forehead not only in Atlantis but also in Egypt, in Niger and in other kingdoms al

journey began in the forest showed that, the fact that he had a wolfless daughter really bothered him. He h

me skip school just for

e wouldn't have the chance to k

us. "You consider tha

d dad. And I'm happy I'm not yet like you. I'll be h

ent, he walked back to me, and pushed amun away and he slapped me

river of shiny, curling strands of dark silk, of every kind flowing beneath the ground; a lot of snakes coiling amon

ed absentmindedly, but I was not paying any attention. He followed my gaze and he squat

you're scared but don't look down. This wil

ved into the limestone mountain, with hundreds of candles lit at the entrance. The serpent temple of seers had it's art en

to be seen. He had just disappeared. My dad shouted for

to stay behind a

me, as a different woman stood by the entrance of the temple. The seer my

ith the wealthiest jewels no human had laid eyes upon and lived to tell the tale, because as always the dead that had tried to loot had proven that my father was right after all, that there was always something about mundanes that made them greedy tha

t. Your body will be bound to the desert with no chance o

ain. The skeletons of those that came to rob

nd in four neat lines sat young garbed men in a meditative state. To my horror, they all

ling water from the holy shrine could still be heard. This place was horrific enough to scare someone as valiant as my father

ther who seemed drawn to

he uncomfortably pulled away leaving

neath the skulls lay a shelf full of containers and feathers and some unidentifiable substances. The floor was naturally made of s

e room collecting all the things she would need for the session. Her dress was traditionally woven leather and her hair was worn in long dark braid

the few I saw and old wise, Dineo!" My dad began to

e is

n this place." the y

? She wasn'

to return to this realm because she was a mundane, and not

. "We will be your servant from now on

W

epers of th

sitting right adjacent to us. She gazed at us and I looked down un

?" My dad asked her,

women! We ha

nswere

ch means ',woman, girl, sh

shipped. We help as seers. We are the water that runs the wild rivers, the spirit that

g down. "We are

ut I had sort of understood what she meant. She and those other keepe

is had been a bad endeavour. I

my daughter!"

she is the only one in the clan who has reach

why you are her

" He was

What is meant to come naturally will come t

first then disappointed an

rn to listen and therefore it remains oblivious because it will never learn anything but a heart th

d to my horror, she blew it in my tender face, and I began

yes with a serious look. This mysterious woman held me by my long dark locks and slowl

u see?" She

looking at my dad who just sat t

your future, the sacred seeing waters

ual images began to

see!" She aske

in the forest as he dragged someone whom

id to

hing! She said, "

had been watching in shock

she said as we stood ready to

further because he was relieved that at least

the last time my father brought me to this sanctified place of horrors to see

shes will be answered!" A voice spoke from

ating keepers. He looked like am

her asked as h

es

you?" I

s he looked down on the ground as if dis

to help those who seek to find the temple, for a good cause. That's my purpose

to himself un

and slithered between the cracks into the hollowe