In a quiet suburban neighborhood, nestled amidst picturesque landscapes, there lived a small family consisting of Mr. Wilson, his beloved wife, and their precious little boy, Joe. Their humble abode was adorned with love and warmth, as they showered Joe with affection and imparted valuable life lessons. As Joe grew older, his parents would lovingly pray for him every night, shielding him with their hopes and dreams. However, they were aware that time was not on their side. They yearned to witness the milestones of his life, to see him grow into a fine young man, with a family of his own to cherish. Their days seemed to slip away too quickly. One day, when Joe turned ten, he approached his mother with a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes. He had observed his friends receiving extravagant toys as birthday gifts, leading him to muster the courage to express his own heartfelt desire. "Mama," Joe gazed at his mother's wrinkling face, his eyes blinking and his lips forming a g...

 My name is Ajunmani. I am the oldest man alive. Born long before the Britishers arrived. I am the immediate younger brother to the Way and I was the reason for the death of my Father. But, long before he died, I was given a scepter. A scepter made of wood, bronze and copper. Along with the scepter came a mandate to protect that very staff with my dear life. I saw all of that as traditional nonsense. * I can still hear the cry in my ears. The women's wailings seem to be unable to clear from my mind. It was war and simultaneously wasn't. When the head the sick, the body cannot but stay sick. How could the king have been kidnapped. Who's going to pay the ransom? I was already senescent with more experiences than those I see around. But, they were ready to take my life; everyone of them. I knew some of them, I had once preached to them about the only Way to the Father. "They are at the gate!" Geena said after peeping through the window. "Father, should I call f...

This my story begins when I got into junior secondary school, over twenty-five years ago. I was new into the school. An only boys college. You know how it feels as a newbie, but you also should know how it is when the entire class is new into the school. Well, in no time, we all began to choose friends and best friends. I tried to keep to myself for a while, cause I felt it wasn't the right time for having friends. One thursday afternoon, we were to have elementary science, but we later got the information that the teacher was down on health. In no time, the whole class was upside down; almost everyone had something to talk about to their friend, but I was almost alone. Eventually, I faced a group not too far from me and tried to join their conversation while looking around for something more fun. Then I saw a short boy by the window all alone. He's called Tenke by everyone and his height somehow made everyone tease him. I figured that I could try befriending h...

• Chapter 2 The morning after their wedding night, the couple were busy working on what they had discussed even before getting married. Mira held a scarlet ring, as her husband imprinted a little diagram that signified something unknown on the ring. The diagram was heptagonal in shape with a line crossing over it from left to right. A sign they alone understood. *** Mira remembered all these as she held the ring in her hand. She was not ready to cry again. She had wept so much, that she no longer saw tears as an option. Facing the wind with great zeal to fight was, to her, the best thing she could think of. She heard a knock at the door and called for the person to come in. Her voice brought no sound, so she cleared her throat and called again. "Come in." The door opened and Michel emerged. "Am I welcome?" Michel said smiling. "Don't kid me girl." Mira said with a friendly tone. Michel hopped on the bed. "I bought some groceries on my way home. A...

Events happen at times too fast and at times they seem to drag on forever. But, it is what is gotten from each event in time that proves the fruitfulness of such occurrence. Well, it happened that a few days ago, not too long to be forgotten, I was told to prepare to see the one that was called by everyone 'Great.' In my mind, I was like I had nothing to offer or receive from the person, so I had no reason to meet the person. It never dawned on me that he was truly as he was called and that he would even pay me a visit cos I was like "why me?" At exactly 11:45 am on that Tuesday, I heard a knock. The knock that changed everything. That Tuesday was my only free day to do my house cleaning. But that knock... "Come in!" My mouth said inadvertently. "Happy is the man of this house." It sounded unfamiliar. Such greeting in this neighbourhood? Then it struck me hard; the awareness that 'Great' had truly come. I focused my gaze on the visitor and...

It was a bloody evening. Charley sat next to the street light resting her back on nothing. She just stared at the emptiness in front of her and allowed her mind to move freely. The world around her, was more peaceful than ever. No living, no moving, save the whistling wind which watched and called her. Charley had on, her usual outfit, a pure black jacket on a blue jean, with matching black sandals. Except that this time around, she had red stains on the attire. In her mind lingered the words 'It All ends here. No going back. No way forward. The past may seem appealing, but instead gaze on who is leading...' ***** Small Roger sneaked out of his room. He was heading for the stadium where he could play basketball with his friends he had told he would meet. It was a Sunday afternoon, and throughout the service, like every other Sunday, he only wanted the time to be 11:30am, service closing time so he could go home and get ready to run to the stadium. Small Roger ...

Light-girl Reborn  Her eyes glowed from blue to lightning white, as she arose. "The Tenny in you is gone! The Tenny in you is gone! The daughter of the great Goddess of the world of light, I am Natusho!!!!!" Natusho found herself in space. She headed for the evil domain. And in light she got there. But didn't know how to enter. The world was just too dark. No guard was at the door. She used light energy to power the whole domain so she could freely move in. ***** Manuda was on Gostoki with the small sword on Gostoki's neck. The large one had been broken into two. "I'll make you suffer pain." Manuda said slaughtering Gostoki slowly. The room lit up and the light was blinding. "What's all these?" Manuda screamed. "Gostoki, you did this in this world? You have disobeyed the laws and you will vanish without cause. Gostoki began to fade away pretentiously. Manuda rose up from him. "You get to die without a fight for bringing light int...

New Rule and Lordship~ 4  Gostoki smiled and went out of his world. He headed to the dark world with a evil smile. "Hahahahahah! I'll become the greatest of all being in just a while. Hahahaha! No one can stop me this time." He kept speeding in the space avoiding some strange beings on the way. Finally, he landed at the entrance of the dark world. Some feeble guards were standing there. "I am Gostoki, the new leader of the evil world. Let me have my way." Gostoki said with pride. A guard replied him "sorry dude, we don't accept jokers in here." Gostoki got angry. He turned his hands very sharp and sliced them. The disappeared and went down to earth to start a new life as human babies. Gostoki pushed the gate open and walked inside. He could see clearly despite how much darkness existed in there. He walked inside gently. "Magnificent! Hahahaha!..." he kept walking in. "I am Gostoki" he screamed. He killed more and more guards an...

Realising and conflict~ 3  Tenny laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling. It was past midnight and sleep came not to her. Her eyes wandered around in fantasy of her new friend Gostoki. She had told him about her life and he listened keenly. It was almost a new day and they had planned to go to the stream together secretly. The stream was after the woods a little after the school. It was a silent place and free for anyone to stay. Her wall clock tick tocked, tick tocked and she kept waiting and watching. Rrrrrinnng! Her alarm screamed. It was six o clock in the morning. Yet she didn't sleep. She jumped up to prepare to escape from the house. Six, forty two am. She shut the gate silently and ran away. Finally after everything, she could now leave. As she kept running on the she felt ecstatic. School gate was their set meeting place and that was where she was going. Tenny remembered her mother, Goddess Natusha and she smiled. She felt fulfilled and thought that her mother would be ...

Fight and flight~ 2 Exam time was close by and Tenny had been preparing since the beginning of the term. She was so ready, she didn't even have to read to pass excellently. That was the main reason her mummy still kept her. She was so intelligent and proactive and had brought so many prizes home. Madam Raty her step-mum, had always collected the prizes and kept them. In the morning of a particular beautiful day. Tenny was in school. And just before the first class for the day, she sighted a Prince Charming approaching. He was ... oh so marvellously endowed with beauty. He had the trait everyone wanted, but nobody knew where he was from. He had just been brought to school and he was registered as a new student. He got to Tenny and spoke up, knowing he had her attention. "Hello, I am Gostoki. A new student here and you are?" She saw charisma in him as he spoke. He was just so wonderful. Every other student that saw what just happened were surprised that Tenny knew of such a...

The kickoff~ 1  Tenny had the power of light. She could appear wherever light exists. She got the power from her mother, a Goddess. Her mother was just like everyone else till she was chosen by Goddess Seria to be the next Goddess. But a Goddess needs not human flesh. So she slept and woke up on one night in another land. She left her body on earth and entered the world of light. The death of Tenny's mother brought sorrow to Tenny who was already fatherless. She had a father, but he had abandoned them since Tenny was young. Tenny saw her mother in her dream that night and was so delighted. She did not even want to wake up from the dream. Her mother promised to always be with her and gave her the power of light as a gift. The power had been so cherished by different beings that when Tenny was given the power, she was envied and they became her enemies. Tenny lived a normal life; went to school like every other kid, played like every other kid, fought like every other kid, was stubb...

• Chapter 1 "Her Highness, Queen Betty, has raised the ban on robots and other high technology devices such as infomorphs, super AI computers, mind-distorter rays, and so many others, which were banned after their inability to respond correctly to orders late spring, last year. They are now back to normal and are... to... b..." Diago turned down the volume of his room's television. "Mum! The Queen has changed the laws on the techs!" Diago screamed from his room with excitement. "I know! Good news right?" She responded back. He jumped up and ran to his mini lab. He gently opened his door and halfway ajar, he slid in. He smiled as he stared at Demi, his robot which the connection was powered off mysteriously by the government. He had been working on upgrading Demi to be more human-like but at a point it began to disobey commands and even wanted to run away, before he was eventually powered off from CRHQ, a government lab that controls every high connect...

• PROLOGUE The classroom was coloured blue at the bottom and had white on the upper part. All around the room were students in white shirt and red trousers. They appeared to be seven years old in all. They were seated on the wooden floor in form of a pentagon around their master, Master Yark, who had on a white garment with red head tie. Master Yark began to teach his students on the principles of becoming immortal criminals or as they call themselves 'Roaming Tigers'. "Yourself is the master of your destiny. Anything you need to be able to reach any height, is already in you. Consecration and concentration only can bring it out. Today, we move to the Melgushi, the test for the coming death mode. Tomorrow, we'll get to the final test before attempting Gustocano, the training that ends lives. A bare hand fight with Sacura, my pet." The students began to frown, because they knew what that meant - a fight with a real tigress- but they could not move an inch. They ...

Holly returned to Windland, with her mother. They had relocated to Zurcky, but the past had become the present and the present was now in the past. The plane ride was a smooth one. When they stepped out of the airport, they boarded a cab that took them to an hotel they had booked for online. Holly: I love it here momma. Janise: I know. I used to work here you know! Holly: wow, that's nice. Janise: (muttered some words) Holly: say what? Janise: never mind. ***** Janise handed a bunch of keys to Holly. She searched for the appropriate key, she could use to unlock the front door. Eventually, she found it and slowly tried it. It clang open, somewhat reminiscent of some scary movies, where as the door got opened, a beast or a ghost could appear. Then, they both entered. The room was too dark and it was tough to locate the light switch. Holly pulled up the sleeves of her silver coloured shirt, that matched her silver dyed hair. She brought out a Samsung phone and turned on the li...