DIAMOND IN THE FOREST

( EPISODE 1 )
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This Story was written by
Amah

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“Ekaro Mami( Good Morning Mom)…the Oba’s men

are here… they brought a

message from The

Oba(King)…

“Haaa, hope all is well…

“I hope so Mami(My Mum), they are

probably here to remind us

about the first moon

light dance where the princess

will chose a personal maid and

two attendant

for herself…

The woman took her wrapper

and tied around her waist

before going outside

to attend to the men.

Remi went to the kitchen and

picked up her water Calabash,

she called her

younger brother to join her so

that they can go to the stream,

she has

wished to hear what the king’s

men came for but she needed

to fetch water

for the house and also for her

grandmother who lives not too

far from them.

One of the king’s chief guard

who has picked interest in her

was among the

men that came to the house,

she wanted to avoid him

seeing her,

Despite he has made his

intentions known to her in the

last festive dance, he

has walked up to her after the

dance

“You are beautiful and you

dance well too, my name is

Leja, I’m the Chief

guard here…

“Thank you Leja, my name is

Remi…Oluwarem

ilekun( God Pleased Me), that’s my full name…

“Remi, that’s a beautiful name,

is that your sister…I mean the

girl you came

in with… she’s not much of a

good dancer, maybe you can

teach her…or she

won’t be able to participate in

the next festive dance…

“Her name is Nike, she’s my

step sister…I will teach her,

please don’t

exclude her from the list of

maidian who will dance next

season…

“Alright, I won’t if only you will

teach her to be a good dancer

like you

are…I like you Remi…can I get

to see you tomorrow evening

under the oak

tree close to the market

place…I will be there waiting

for you…

“Sorry Leja, I can’t, I’m not

allowed to keep male friends

for now, Mami

said there’s time for everything

and the time for me to start

keeping male

friends has not come yet…

“Okay Remi, I respect your

wishes, I will patiently wait

until you are ready…

just don’t forget that some one

cares deeply for you and don’t

fail to let me

know if you need anything…

“That’s so kind of you Leja,

goodbye..

Nike has refused to talk with

her on there way home

because of Leja, as

they got closer to the house,

Nike turned to Remi angrily

“Who do you even think you

are, because everyone was

cheering at you at

the dance floor you decided to

go and sell yourself to Leja, I

liked him first

before you but he didn’t even

look at me when I was dancing

rather his eyes

was on you… you know I like

him yet you went there to

seduce him so that

you can have him… you and

your witch mother plan….

“Shhhh… don’t call Mami( My Mum) a

witch, leave her out of this,

Nike, you can

become a good dancer if only

you can come and practice

with me, I will

teach you some good steps,

and as for Leja… I’m not

interested in him… I

have no interest in him at all, I

have made that known to him

already… you

must not be bitter all the time

Nike…

They were still talking when

Nike saw her mother coming, it

was a good

opportunity for her to impress

her mother who usually tell

her to attack

Remi, and she should not allow

Remi to win her in anything

Nike suddenly slapped Remi

who was still talking, Remi

held her cheek in

shock, Nike did not stop there

she started raining insultive

words at Remi,

who stood and wondered

what she did wrong.

When Nike mother walked up

to them, Remi was about to

complain to her

about her daughter’s behavior

but the woman hushed her to

keep quiet

“Nike my daughter, can not

just attack you, when she’s not

mad, you and

your witch mother has always

been jealous of me and my

daughter, that

was how she bewitched my

husband and made him to love

her more than

me, is a good thing he ended

up in the grave, the gods

fought for us and

stroke him dead because he

was displeasing me to please

your wicked

mother, let me tell you

something… no matter what

you people do The gods

eyes is on us I will surely win,

Nike Will always be ahead of

you no matter

what..you and your mother

will not succeed. daughter of a

witch…

She and her daughter walked

away, leaving Remi standing

When Remi got home she

complained to her mother

“I don’t understand why they

always see us as enemy, we

are not in any

competition with them, when

your Baba was alive he does

everything

equally, if he buys one wrapper

for me he will also buys one

wrapper for

her, he tried not to show

favoritism to any one of us yet

she was never

satisfied…iya Nike will see her

daughter doing wrong but will

not call her to

order… you were born in the

month of (August) while Nike

came after a

month, (month of October) so

by right you are her elder

sister… for

everything they have been

doing to us (God will judge).

Remi remembered her last

fight with Nike as she walked

along the bush path

with her brother, her Calabash

was placed safely on her head

as she greeted

other women coming from the

stream that morning, she has

tried to avoid

Nike and her mother ever since

their last fight, Remi who

always listen to

her mother’s advice has kept to

herself and kept away from all

trouble.

“E ku aaro, (morning greetings)

please hope all is well

my name is Leja, peace be unto

your household, greetings from

the king we

are going round the whole

village, reminding people of

the coming first moon

dance, where the princess will

chose her personal maidian…

please info your

daughter to be at the palace on

time that day because the

event will be

starting early in the morning…

(thank you)

(Thank you ma)

They turned and went to the

next house belonging to iya

Nike and knocked,

Nike who has being watching

Leja speak to iya Remi (Remi’s

mother) from

the window with her mother

gets more angry with every

minute that passes,

she was relived as Leja

approached their hut, she

quickly ran out of The

house but Leja did not pick

interest in her he just greeted

them and gave

them the message, as he tried

to leave iya Nike said to him

“Leja, oko mi..se daadaa ni o

wa? (Leja my husband, hope

you are fine)

“Mo wa daadaa…ese. (am fine,

thank you)

“Sometimes, you can come and

visit us. My daughter is fond of

you, you are

strong and the gods blessed

you with good look, I also hard

that you have

acquired another large plot of

land close to the steam…you

are doing well for

yourself…not all Young men of

this land are well doing as you

are…you have

the Oba’s ear…

“The piece of land was giving

to me by the Oba, after I saved

the prince

from drawning at the oku river

where he went to swim, I

didn’t acquire the

land rather it was a gift but I

appreciate your kind gesture..

“So a whole “omo oba” (king’s

son) can not swim, that’s

unfortunate…

thanks to the gods that you

were there to save him… what

do you say to

my request of coming around…

“I will, on one condition…if

Remi will be around and agree

to sit beside me,

then I will honor your request,

… and by the way Remi is a

very good

dancer, I asked her to teach her

sister, Nike some fine moves

that is the only

way Nike will be selected

among the palace maidians…

she need to start

practicing now with Remi…

before the said day arrives…

where’s Remi, I

have not seen her around..

“You should have asked her

mother where she sent her to…

she sometimes

send her out to go and give

herself to other men just for

them to have food,

she can even sells her daughter

for a loaf of bread. (believe me)

they are not

what they appear to be.

(that’s not true) but not

withstanding maybe I should

bring some money for

them since that’s the reason

Remi goes to meet other men,

if I give them

enough money they will have

enough food… that’s what i will

do. (have a

nice day, good bye)

He walked out, leaving them

standing and wondering what

kind of man he

was

“You shouldn’t have told him

that iya mi, it will seem like we

hate them and

that will push me far away

from Leja, I don’t want that…

now look at what

you caused, they have gotten

undeserved money from Leja,

that money that

Leja intend to give them was

suppose to be ours if you have

acted well…

“You are right (my daughter) i

acted without thinking but

don’t worry we will

still win, from now onward just

play along with Remi, pretend

to be sorry

and tell her to teach you the

dance, because Leja said that’s

your only way

to the palace so do everything

you can do to enter there…

Leja came back and gave

Remi’s mother money but the

woman rejected it,

Leja pleaded to her to accept it

if not for anything but for her

children, Remi

and her brother, he did not tell

the woman what Nike’s

mother said, he kept

pleading until she finally took

it

Few days later Nike came to

Remi and pretended to be

sorry as she ask

Remi to teach her how to

dance and Remi was glad to do

that

They kept practicing every day,

non stop as Remi tried to make

sure that

Nike gets the dance moves

Right but Nike was a slow

leaner and it was

difficult teaching her but Remi

was determined to make her

get itll

The day finally came and Remi

prepared early in the morning

and left with

Nike to the palace

They arrived on time with

other young girls and boys, the

dance floor was

getting crowded as more

people kept coming,

They later changed into their

dance costumes.

Remi took Nike to one corner

and asked her if she still

remember all the

dance moves, she told her how

to throw her legs and waist

and how to

Master all the move

The king’s only son was

looking out from his window

and saw two girls

practicing their dance moves,

he picked interest in one, she

was beautiful and

a good dancer as she teaches

her second some dance steps,

he doesn’t know

who the young beautiful girl is

but he was determined to find

out.

After the dance he Will ask

Leja, who seem to know

everyone, who the girl

may be.

When Remi and Nike was

returning to the dance floor

Leja saw them and

came to Remi

“E jowo Remi, (excuse me)ikini

irele mi (my kind greetings to

you)

He walked to a quiet place

with her leaving Nike to join

others, Nike was

really angry as Leja took Remi

away, jealousy was written all

over her but

she tried not to show it as she

smile and walked away.

Leja kept on greeting Remi

with full smile on his face

“Ko ye mi… (I don’t understand)

is there a problem… Hope we

are not in any

trouble with this your early

morning greetings…

“Ra ra o (not at all) I just

wanted to wish you luck and

to tell you that you

are beautiful and hope you still

have me in mind concerning

my request…or

maybe we will talk about it

after the dance….yoo dara o

(good luck)

“Ese… (thank you).

She walked back to join the

others, the prince saw Leja

talking with her

from his chamber window, he

wondered what Leja was

telling her

No one has ever caught his

attention like The strange girl

did, it wasn’t

because of her beauty alone

but there was something else

about her and he

was determined to find out.

it was a good thing that Leja

knows her, getting to her

won’t be difficult

because Leja will help him out

with her every detail.

fee..
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