" We didn't separate. King Shaka and the other Kings conspired against the forest tribe. King Shaka promised King Hele, king of the. forest tribe, he would unite the tribes together, and make sure there was equality amongst the tribes. King Hele believed king Shaka's words. He agreed to attend the supposed reunion feast. On the third day of the feast, king Hele and his people, who attended the feast with him, were poisoned. King Shaka suggested that their Corpses should be thrown into the sea, but King Elak begged to take the body of King Hele and that of the elders back to their land. The other bodies were thrown into the sea. After the death of king Hele, Shaka and the other Kings enslaved the people. The forest tribe was divided amongst the four tribes. Ever since then, the forest tribe had been slaves. The dark day the corpse of King Hele was brought to his people." Ham shakes his head.
" It was a dark day indeed. I haven't heard this story before, I didn't know the blacks were a tribe. Patmos said, in a depressed voice. The others nodded in agreement.
They ate the rest of their dinner in silence. No one said a word. After dinner, they washed their bowls and returned back to their room.
The room was shared by ten boys, Shamgar and the other boys who came with him, shared the room. The room had a small window and a metal door. There were no beds in the room, they laid on an empty floor.
Shamgar was not able to sleep the entire night, his eyes were on the metal roof. The thought of his mother and Diana played in his head. He missed them so much. Shamgar had never been away from his mother and Milan before, this was the first time he was away from home.
His thought drifts to the conversation Boye and the others had. They had the opportunity to see their families again, unlike him, he might never see his mother and home town again. He was to spend the rest of his life in this god forsaken mountain. The thought of it made him sigh.
The next morning, the sound of drums woke them up. Shamgar got up in haste, he washed his face with water, he put on his old clothes and ran outside.
They all stood in two straight lines. Warden Lucas walked up to them with a hostile glare on his face. The guards who were with him were not smiling either.
" Good morning boys!" Warden Lucas yelled gaining everyone's attention.
" Good morning warden." They all replied.
" I hope you slept well last night." His eyes drifts to Shamgar. " Today, some of you will be sent to work in the fields, while the others will work in the valley of the mountain, breaking rocks. If anyone of you is found lazing around, I don't have to remind you what will happen to that person. Breakfast is in five minutes, you have just thirty minutes to finish up. Gad will call out the names of those who will work in the field. If your name is not in the list, know you will be working in the valley. That will be all for today. You're dismissed!"
Everyone left the hall for breakfast in haste, they had just thirty minutes to eat and freshen up. Breakfast was porridge and bread. They ate in haste, no one said a word to the other. Thirty minutes later, Gad came in with a list in his hand.
" Listen to your names!" He yelled gaining everyone's attention.