"Olodo town, Ibadan Nigeria"
The roaster crow woke Tolu up. He checked the time and saw that it was six am. He got of his bed and said his prayers before checking his phone.
Ten missed call and 14 messages from mum and dad,he thought. Were we sleeping that deep that we couldn't hear anything? He tried to remember what happened before sleeping but he couldn't. He then proceeded to tell his parents that they were all right. While switching off his phone, he noticed a green glow in the room as it was still dark. He look to his right and saw Tade still sleeping soundly. He then picked Tade's phone to check whether missed call were present in his phone. As he was switching his brother's phone,he noticed his eye colour had changed from dark brown to deep green. He was surprised to see that his eye colour had changed
Mutation was the word that came to his mind. He tried to recollect what happened when they went inside cim cave and and how they got home but no memories came however hard he tried. He checked the colour of his eyes and saw that it changed back to the normal dark brown.
Maybe he saw an illusion,he thought. He then headed to the bathroom to wash himself up and get ready for school work that day as it was a Wednesday.
"Five courses today",said Tolu cleaning his shoe. "And this guy is still sleeping"." Very funny, maybe I should not wake him up but that will make me harsh"." He will end up sitting at the back and not gain anything in the first course". "Okay then let's wake him up".
He went to his brother's side and shook him but Tade didn't wake up instead he continued sleeping changing place in the bed . Tolu shook him roughly once more time before he went to take a bowl of water from the bathroom. He then threw it at Tade's face, causing him to scream and gasp.
Tolu noticed the yellow glow in his brother's eye which lasted for two seconds before reverting back to the normal eye colour.
"What's going on bro?"asked Tolu with a curious eye. "You screamed so loud. Hope all is well?"
"It was all a dream", answered Tade still shaking." It was real and scary and.."
"Dreams happens", replied Tolu taking a seat. "Tell me about it".
"Okay, "began Tade. "Just don't say I'm a freak .In my dream,I saw a man wearing war clothes standing in front of a temple". The temple was a big one and also beautiful.It had different flowers and the view was great. The man beckoned to me and told me to follow him. I followed him into the temple and we kept on passing different doors,some wooden and some metallic, until we came to a golden door with three locks. He proceeded to open them and directed me to a small pillar where I saw colour gems and they were a sight to see. As i was still marvelling about those gems ,the man disappeared and I was all alone. Then ,I started to hear noise. The noise came closer and I heard cries of war and echoes of people dying all round me. The colour gems rose up by themselves and faded away into the universe. After that sight,I was all alone in the temple shouting to know who was around me. Then someone held my leg. I was frightened as I saw the person clearly. He had a broken crown on his head and his whole body was filled with blood. I was really scared and I tried to remove my leg from his grip. The more I tried,the more he held on to me. He said this to me in a weak voice. The fate of the universe lies in your hands,use those gifts to save your home and people from the coming danger. Do not crumble like us,stand strong and save the whole universe. With that he evaporated,then the temple began to crumbling and I ran for safety. As a large stone was about to crush me ,I woke up. Isn't it strange?"
"No it's not",answered Tolu standing up. "Did you see the type of colours?"
"No i didn't",replied Tade shaking his head.". Why are you asking? Wait weren't we in cim cave before. How did we get here".
"How did you know we were In a cave",asked Tolu looking at him with a serious eye . "I don't remember".
"You see,it was after we touched those gems that everything went blank in my head",replied Tade.
Tolu tried to recollect as he walked about. Then suddenly,the images started to flow back to his memory.
"I remember now",said Tolu with a wink." But we are going to be late for our first lecture if we don't leave now. Wash yourself up,I will be waiting".
"Ok",said Tade." Will do".
"Strange",mumbled Tolu." We both clearly were out just after the light became brighter and why didn't I have any dream or sort. Save the world?the universe? He said something about colour gems. Could it be related to our eyes changing colours? Are we the only ones going through this experience?. Quite confusing but I know time will tell. Anyways let's wait for this guy to finish up shall.we?"
Tade washed up and got ready for school. In the bus Tolu told his brother all that had happened while he was asleep. He told him about the colour his eyes changed to,how he noticed Tade's own for two seconds and how weird it was.
"So you are telling me we have powers!", whispered Tade to his brother.
"That's what I believe", replied Tolu nodded. "I don't think we can save the universe without one and given this phenomenon happening to us I feel we do. It's better if we discover our gifts early and try to save the world like the man with a broken crown said in your dream".
"Yeah", commented Tade with a sigh . "You are right. That would explain why I feel light all of a sudden. After lectures, let's see what changes had happened to our body
They made it in time for their first lecture. After the lecture,they left the hall and were about to enter another hall for their next lecture when a familiar voice stopped them.
"Haven't seen you guys in a while",said Oyin with a smile." Since our last treat your faces have been scarce"
"Maybe we were not chanced to see one another", answered Tolu giving her a shake. Wait you said last treat right? That would be last week Friday
"Yeah", nodded Oyin. "Since that time we didn't happen to cross path. Besides I sent a message to you guys on WhatsApp but you didn't reply. I guess you were busy so I waited for a meeting like this. Anyways the both of you having anything to do this evening?"
"Nothing much", answered Tade curiously."why do you ask?"
"You see", began Oyin. "There's this place I want us to go together. I think it's the best view in the university. There are a lot of beautiful flowers and places to sit and relax yourself. Care to join me ?"
"No problem", answered Tolu. "Count us in".
"See you by four pm then",waved Oyin as she left them
"We slept for 5 days!", exclaimed Tade with his eyes wide open." I can't believe this. No wonder I felt light and I don't feel hungry. I can go on for a day without eating. Is this a side effect or a benefit?"
"I don't know", replied Tolu. "Maybe if we had more information we'd understand better but alas we don't and that brings uneasiness to my heart. Let's just head to the next lecture theater."
They entered the second hall for their next lecture. Four pm came so fast in their eyes and off they went to their usual spot to wait for Oyin . She joined them shortly and off they went to her" so called" best place.
"Welcome to Fun square",said Oyin with her hand raised. "You like it?"
"It's nice", answered Tade looking around.
Fun square was really the size of a square as different seat were placed at strategic point. Flowers of different kind were also there and a small pond was present.
"Let's seat there",pointed Oyin as she directed the to a seat near the grasses. "I brought snacks".
"Awesome", exclaimed Tolu taking a snack. "Now that's what we are talking about".
Tolu, taking a small speaker,played some pop music to enliven the atmosphere.
"Hmm", mumbled Tade as he took a sausage with his legs crossed. "This is fun".
"Yeah I agree", replied Oyin smelling the breeze ." the breeze here helps to relax and calm the body".
As Tolu was eating his own snack listening to their discussion and also thinking about the occurrence that had happened to them,he noticed the grasses besides him moved slower against the wind. It was like those grasses were calling out to him. He looked at Oyin and Tade and saw that they were distracted. Stretching forth his hand,he concentrate on those grasses and saw that he was controlling them. He even made them intertwine with each other. He then looked at the flowers and just by looking made it bend. He thenlooked at the nearest tree and bent its branch so much that it broke. The voice of Tade broke him off.
"Thanks goodness nobody was around when it broke", commented Tade. "It would have been disastrous".
"I agree",replied Oyin sizing the weight of the branch." That could have cause a fracture or so. Well nothing happened".
But something did happen and Tolu kept on looking at the branch.
So I can control plants,he thought. Nice.
After some time,they got up to go. As they were packing their stuff,some mistakenly slip off Oyin's hand and fell to the grass. They picked it up when Oyin wailed that she hadn't see her earrings
"Are you sure you placed them in that bag?" asked Tolu searching the ground.
"Yeah", answered Oyin also searching. "It fell with the rest of the stuff and I can't find it. It's my mom's present to me and I must not lose it".
"Don't worry", assured Tade with his hands searching in the ground as well. "We will find it".
They searched for some time and were about to give up when Tade closed his eyes thinking of the next place he could search. Suddenly,he could see with his eyes closed. Even more better and accurate than when he uses his both eye.He concentrated a bit more and found the earrings little bit far from the place they were previously sitting. He went there and retrieve the earrings from the grasses hiding it.
"There you go",said Tade as he gave the earrings to Oyin.
"You are a life saver", exclaimed Oyin as she hugged him." Thanks so much".
They left the square and went back to the park where they parted their ways. The twin got to their hostel and kept slient for some minutes.
"I felt part of my power today", began Tolu breaking the silence. "I could control plants with my hands and thought". "Funny don't you think,that we just discovered our powers and the next thing we are already using them".
"On the other hand", replied Tade taking a note before discarding it. "I could still see with my eye closed
"Oh", exclaimed Tolu with his hands clapping in the air. "That explains how you found those earrings. Interesting"
"Yeah ", answered Tade." Interesting indeed. That's how I found it".
"Okay",said Tolu as he began to analyze. "We have discovered a fraction of our powers. Now we just have to discover more don't you think?"
"Yeah", sighted Tade looking through the window in his room. "Though it's scary,I guess I'd just get use to it.
"Ok then I know the perfect place", replied Tolu joining him."we can discover the changes that happened in our body over five days there".
Then what are we waiting for?, asked Tade pulling his hand. Let's head there right now. Time wait for no man you know.
Tolu picked up his bag containing a few notes and both of them left their hostel going to the perfect place to discover more about their powers.
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