Kidnapped By A Tree - S01 E01

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Kidnapped By A Tree - S01 E01

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“Your grandfather’s village since onset has been a fêtish and weird village. It is a miracle your father even grew up to give birth to you” she probe further to change my feeble mind.

“I know you haven’t heard this story before. Your father had two elder brothers. He is not the first born you thought he is. Do you know what happened to them? Both of them went missing on the day they clocked 15. Till today, they haven’t seen or heard of them” she explained with a frightening tone.

“When your grandmother realized what was happening. She took your father and his remaining siblings away to live with her relatives” mum explained.

I’ve been disturbing my father of my intention to go to his village.

He disagreed at first but later consented to take me to the village. That’s because my grandparents, too has been yearning to see me in the village.

“Will you tell your Dad that you are not going again?” She asked with a manipulative tone.

“Hmm, Okay. I will” I gave an insincere response

I left my mother’s presence and went to my room to pack my travelling luggage.

I arrived at the village the next day.

I was warmly welcomed the evening I arrived to the village.

Grandma was cooking when I entered their small house.

I went into the room to greet grandpa cos he has been mysteriously bedridden for two years. And also, he couldn’t talk.

My Dad went back to the city that night.

My first night in that house was exactly the way my mother explained.

After eating dinner, constant yawning made us bade ourselves goodnight.

My grandparents wasn’t much of religious people so, we didn’t have any form of night prayer.

Grandmother went to sleep with grandfather in his room. I occupied my Dad’s room while the female househelp slept in the room adjacent to mine.

I took out my low cost android phone and played game till I doze off.

Around 1am in the night, I felt a cold touch on my feet. At first, I didn’t respond as I thought it was probably the village’s breeze.

I felt the touch again. More real than the first one.

I yawned and sit up reluctantly. My eyes was still half closed and I didn’t even notice the boy standing before me.

I yawned again and switched on my phone’s torchlight to see two boys standing before me. They actually seems to be of the same age with me.

Around 14 to 15 years. I am 14.

They beckoned to me to stand and follow them. Both of them turned at the same time and started walking to the door.

I stood and started following them like someone under spêll.

They opened the door that led outside and I followed them.

They went out and suddenly stop at the front of a big dry tree.

That moment was the time I realised that there was a tree at the front of the house.

I was still gazing at the big tree when I saw one of them permeating into the tree. The other followed closely and walked into the tree.

They didn’t disappear, they practically entered the tree before my eyes.

Before the last one entered, he waved to me to follow them.

Without hesitating, I started walking towards the tree.

I raised my feet and was about to enter when I woke up suddenly from the nightmare.

I was sweating in abundance.

The time was already 5;53 am. I didn’t sleep till morning.

The moment I heard the maid voice in the sitting room, I ran to the parlour and went outside.

I opened the door and opened my mouth in awe when I saw the tree at the front of the house.

I gasped and knelt my ass on the ground.

“Good morning. How are you? Hope you slept well?” the househelp who has been watching me asked.

“Yes. Thank you? ” I said and went back inside the house.

I sat on the old sofa and rested my neck on the couch to think about the dream I had.

Since I arrived to the house the day before, I haven’t sat down and relax like that. I haven’t even checked out the interior of the house.

I started gazing around the house as if it is a museum.

Then my eyes fell on the life changing old frame hanged on the wall with a black and white picture in it.

There were five people in the pictures.

I stood and brought the frame down to have a closer look.

I realized that the five people in the picture was my dad and his other four siblings.

I looked more closer and saw the two boys that visited me in my dream yesternight.

I looked at the wall in which I took the frame from. And on it was an inscription.

“You are welcome. You will be used to replace your father”

I was shocked.

I quickly called the maid attention to what I read on the wall. I thought she probably wrote it there.

But when I showed her, all she could reply me with is

“What is it. I can’t see anything”