I was home, when I saw the silhouette of Ganuku reappearing. He was staring away into Rockville. It was like he was watching or witnessing the most interesting event of his life time there. It was a surreal experience witnessing him just standing there and it was during day time.
Me and father came home not speaking to each other, even when he bought me ice-cream, he refused to look at me. It got me wondering that if I had told him these few things and he got so offended, how worse was it gonna be if I had told him about Ganuku? When we came back he did not even address Simon's lackluster behavior that morning, he just went to his bedroom and closed his door, informing Abraham to not bring him any food.I went inside the house after a while and I saw my weird siblings again. They looked suspicious, like they had been conspiring against me again. I avoided them and did not say anything."What did you and father talk about, when you were away in town with him?" Simon, the bold guy asked.I looked at him and then looked at all of them. "Why? You want me to tell him that you were all conspiring against me? About how you planned my death, is that what you wanted us to discuss?" I asked bluntly."We do not know what you are talking about." Simon acted dumb. He was always a master mind of the jedi minds, but that instant he was pathetic."Maybe I did finally told him that you are the one that pushed me yesterday. He said he'd catch you in Ntombela's place." I lied.("Ntombela's place" is a Zulu expression defining where a person is small.)Simon gulped, bulging his eyes with fear, he did not say anything anymore. I took some of the toys father had bought me and I went to my bedroom. We had eaten a McDonald burger in town and I was still full. I place my toys underneath the bunk bed I had shared with Simon. I was so tired and bored, witnessing such events could have been a lot for a normal seven year old, but I think growing up not really having parents who were there for me fully, forced me to be more mindful of myself. I had to learn to fight my own battles, even against my own big brothers. I went to sleep not carrying about anything that happened afterwards.~My spirit was drifted off to where Ganuku was standing, it felt like an unconscious thing that I was used to doing."He will never believe you, you should have not told him about their plan. The less he knows the better it will be." He spoke when saw my spirit approach."They are planning to murder me, tell me that you will protect me?" I asked him. If they could fight against me, why should I not use my spirit connection to finish them?"Your brothers are imbeciles who are stoic their situation, in due time they would not even bother you. The secret is the less you say and the less you react, the better it will be for you." He repeated."So, I should just let them abuse me? Do you even know what it is like to be me?" I asked him."No, but you do know that it is not worse than my experiences. You saw it for yourself what it was like to be me?" He told me and I remembered the previous night's event. Witnessing him getting tortured by that evil lady."Yes, but I still have to feel protected." I insisted."You are not listening, let us go to the house now and watch them." He grabbed my arm and dragged me to the house. It was weird being on a spirit form and watching my brothers."I had never seen him like that, it is like he had become so evil." Samson said."Yeah, what did you expect? You made him sleep on a dead man's bed, last night. What did he do to deserve that? I would not blame him, if he is plotting his own revenge. You all deserve it, I mean not after what we went through with Ganuku. It is like you are trying to pull another Ganuku situation on us. His ancestors were fighting for him that whole time we thought he was stupid and passive.Sometimes when you play with fire and you temper with someone's life, his gods might be hunting you the same way. Ezra did the worst thing by attacking an innocent child, thinking that she was avenging herself against a woman who stole her husband. Too bad that very same woman stabbed her to death, when she discovered what she did to her child and she was already pregnant with Clearance.Those same emotions might still be felt by Clearance, today. He is the worst person you can think of messing with because he is like a fire cracker, he can read into a situation more than you can blink. It is like he can read your mind, even when you are not saying anything. His ears can hear the whispers of the soul." Abraham explained."You always like giving that moron excuses for his behavior!" Simon interjected."You are the one to speak Simon, do you forget that you were the one who started with this? If you have not given Clearance the reason to be upset, we would have not been experiencing this problem." Abraham explained. "Schools are reopening next week, so we better prepare for what is to come." Abraham said.I was left feeling puzzled. They thought I was their threat, whereas I thought they were a the most threatening. I could not believe that I could make grown boys who were older than me, shiver.It kinder felt great and I was planning to sustain that energy for a long time. I could not let that moment go to waste.
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After few weeks, the animosity between my siblings and I seemed to have died down, but the tension was still there. We just pretended to ignore it. My father, also, had neglected to talk to me. Ever since our little trip, to town. Besides him being at work, he was arriving late at night, especially when he thought we were all asleep. He didn't know that my spirit was lurking there watching with Ganuku who was teaching me everyone's secrets. The worst feeling was feeling neglected by my own parent. He could not even address the issues at hand, but he had been coming at home drunk all the time. He even ate his dinner in the morning, around 12:00am. My brothers were sure that he was attempting to destroy them, he was planning for their slow death, but the reality was far from that. Since he drowned himself in the bottle. I wished I didn't feel so sad about it, but my heart was breaking. Ganuku saw my reaction and he asked me what my issues were?"You always seem so sad when you look at
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We traveled back home, when we got there I saw my body was moved. I was placed in the kitchen on Ganuku's sponge. It was weird. I was on the same sleeping position I was in from when I left my body. I panicked, they probably thought that I was dead or they were playing a prank on me. Were they trying to murder me? All these thoughts came crashing into my head, from that one gesture."Do they know? Do they know, that I had left?" I asked Ganuku."Yes, but we have to act quickly, before they tell your father... Get inside your body, we're doing this thing today." Ganuku stated. I did not know what he was really suggesting, but I complied to his demands. I got inside my body. He grabbed me with the shirt and he made us open the door. It was dark outside and I felt the breeze of the cold night hit my skin, like a deep freezer. I was really scared of leaving with my body in a human form.He made us walk until we reached the gate and then we walked towards the road."We have to act swiftly.
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"Wake up, wake up!?!" I was father's voice. I looked up at him, I was back on the kitchen floor on Ganuku's blankets and sponge. I really did not know how I got back home, but from the horrific stare my father was giving me, I knew something was wrong."Who did this to you?" He asked.I did not pay attention, I was thinking about last night, about how I nearly died. So many things had happened yesterday. Me and Ganuku's had traveled to Evalon graveyard, we performed a ritual. Something had happened to me last night because I only remembered collapsing inside his grave, although it was weird, almost like witchcraft. My soul felt like it was traveling again, but it also felt like I was reborn. Ganuku had made me chant about giving him access to my temple, I did not know what that was about, but he was able to enter my vessel. His soul was now mysteriously living in my body, with me and I could feel its presence. It felt like I could feel him and he could take over. His soul felt stran
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"Why did you lie on us and where did you find the blood that you had poured on yourself?" Samson asked."I always used to protect you, but the stunt you pulled on us is mean and unacceptable. From now on I will let Simon do whatever he wants to do with you!" Abraham added."Well first of all, both of must be sick in your head if you think there is any help I need from you. Go to aunt Rosina and learn some morals!" I told them not holding back my rage. In that moment I was thinking of the events that had happened when I was still alive, living in my own body."You do not sound like a real innocent Clearance that we know, you sound like crook from hell. That's why that blood was all over you? You are reeked off evil, I can smell it on you." Samson added."Well at least you can just smell it, you performed it. Now you need to learn your morals. Maybe aunt Rosina will teach you a thing or two about them." I said. These were my greatest bullies from the time I was still alive and reliving t
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Ganuku P.O.V. :"Okay." Clearance said with understanding. I knew I could count on him when it mattered the most. "Can I enter my body now, just in case father gets back?" He asked looking at me. I nodded, although I did not feel like that was a wisest idea. ~When father came back from his mini vacation of air, I could not help but think that I needed to also get rid of him, if I had to accomplish all of my missions. My brothers were now out. It was then time to make my guilt and shame his potion for putting me through that struggle of being humiliated and the neglected. I had endured so much from him. I had not forgotten about how he let me experience the wrath of his late vengeful wife and I knew that she sometimes visited my other brothers and him, from time to time.I needed to occupy his dream with nightmares, he would think that he was being haunted."What are you planning now?" He asked as he entered the room, that all his sons used to sleep in, including Clearance. I did not
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"I am becoming more of myself." I told him with a smirk. I knew it was his worst nightmare witnessing any of his boys acting suspect. He was high on sexual morals and gender roles. Like if you could not conform to his moral standards? You would have gotten disowned right then and there. (I hid the bottle Clearance was in, in a sock, as he was still distracted with my appearance.) "Since when?" He asked confused. In a movie where he thought that he was a hero, I was most definitely a villain. And if he thought that he was a villain, I was double that villain. I really wanted to piss him off."Since the day you stopped becoming my father. Yesterday we agreed on your boys going to live at aunt Rosina, now you want me go fetch my bullies and bring them back to this house and then go and live on a shed like some dog? Fine, I might as well take an identity of my late brother, Ganuku. I might as well fight for his justice and since I am someone who is made to live in his shoes." I told him.