Chapter 3 - Chapter 1

The armies of the valoyees drew closer everyday and the people of Agasah had to keep moving. They burnt and killed everything that they came across and resisted them. Diablo was the leader of the valoyees and determined to show the gods they had made a mistake he vowed to conquer all that the gods loved and make his. He had the beauty that nothing could match, his stature was magnificent and he stood taller than everyone around him. Mighty warrior and now king to his followers he wanted to build a world were he was god. The gods had shunned him and threw him out of the heavens and he was going to take the heavens away from them. He had desired the empress Harunah for quite a long time but she had not looked at him for she did not desire him. "My lords if only you could give Harunah to me and I marry her I would be the happiest man to ever live.", he begged the gods once. The gods knowing Harunah's heart had often turned him down. Filled with bitterness he vowed to destroy the gods and take Harunah for himself and rule the universe. He would take everything that the gods had ever valued and leave them with nothing. Agasah the most valuable realm to the gods would be his. The gods had devoted themselves to these servants and had loved them especially their empress Harunah. Diablo would rip her from the gods and he would build a new Agasah with her by his side. The black sorcerer had been the master mind to all of Diablo's plans. He was his right hand man and most trusted servant of Diablo. The black sorcerer had loathed Harunah with all his heart. Many at times he had vowed to kill and destroy the empress for taking everything he had loved from him. The black sorcerer was was wicked, ambitous and enjoyed causing havoc and pain. He had whispered lies into Diablo's ears and this made Diablo proud and loath the gods with all his heart. The black sorcerer would stop at nothing until he had put Diablo on the throne of the gods. He also wanted Harunah dead for he saw her as the greatest distraction to Diablo and his plans to make him rule the whole universe. "My lord, I have word that the gods have planted a seed in Harunah's womb.", the black sorcerer had told him. Diablo was filled with anger and hatred towards the gods that he tore his clothes and fell to the ground and sobbed loudly. "They do this so I won't have her! I shall kill that seed and take her for myself. Summon me the greatest warriors in this land and find me Harunah!", Diablo screamed. The black sorcerer thought he had found the perfect chance to have Harunah killed by Diablo.

Harunah was due and they had been running away from Diablo and the valoyees for months now. Ammara had cast spells that threw the valoyees away. The empress was weak and labour pains had started. The valoyee sorcerers were strong and they kept breaking Ammara's spells but she kept casting them. They had to keep moving and find a secure place for Harunah to give birth. Harunah knew Diablo would stop at nothing until he got her. She feared for her people and unborn babies. She called upon the elders and her spirit medium. "My people, I greet you with honour for you a people of honour." She said. The labour pains had become worse and she struggled to speak well, the elders worried for her and one of them said, " My lady you should not worry about us, worry about the queens you are about to deliver." She smiled as she struggled to rise. Ammara could sense what the empress was about to say and her eyes filled with tears. "I am your mother, your empress and it is my duty to protect you all, but we all know the valoyees will stop at nothing until Diablo has me." She said with so much sadness in her voice. The elders looked at each other and as they were about to protest the empress raised her hand as a sign of telling them she wasn't done yet. "I have made my decision and I will stay behind as soon as I give birth to these babies. You will take them with you and Ammara shall raise them to be the greatest queens to ever live. They will protect the people of Agasah and when it is time they will rise up and take our land back." She told the elders as she cried. The elders mumbled and deliberated amongst themselves. Ammara threw herself at the empress's feet and begged her not to do this. "Your highness you can not do this. Your people need you!", she protested. Harunah could see the pain in her people's eyes but she smiled and said, "My decision is final Ammara. Protect the people and save Agasah one day." With that the queen left to to pray for safe delivery. The elders and Ammara sat their in silence as each of them was in deep thought. "We will stay behind with the empress, you take the babies with you and protect them.", the elders told Ammara. She looked at them surprised. "She is right Ammara take the babies and two servant girls with you. Run with them and do whatever is necessary to protect them and when they are older you will have to make sure the queens come back to fight for their people. Make the strongest warriors out of the queens and defeat the valoyees." The other elder continued. Ammara fell to the ground and held both her hands to the elders and said, " It is an honour my elders and I shall do whatever it takes to keep the queens protected. However promise you will not let anything happen to the empress." The elders vowed to keep the empress safe. a commoner listening on the conversation came forwad and offered her newborn baby to the elders as a decoy to make Diablo that she was the the queen born to the empress.

At the deepest hour of the night when the moon was shining its brightest and the stars were at their highest Harunah gave birth to two beautiful babies. One had an arrow engraved on her back and she was the oldest. The other had a rose engraved on her back and she was feminine. Harunah named the one with the arrow Sharayi which meant chosen and the one with the rose Wanday which meant multiply. The drums beat at night in celebration and the valoyees felt the presence of the new queens. As the drums beat louder and louder the greatest sorcerer of the valoyees and Ammara both had the same vision. It was a high mighty queen dressed in white with long white hair and deep blue eyes. She had an arrow as a tattoo on her back and she would conquer and strike down Diablos. The vision only showed one queen and Ammara knew that the valoyeea had also seen this vision and would not spare the commoner's child. She couldn't leave with the children because the valoyees would know the child to destroy Diablo was alive. "I can not leave with the children, Nadine the commoner and mother of the child we will give the empress should leave with them. Only then will they be safe.", she told the elders. The elders trusted Ammara and they agreed to let the commoner take the children. She would take one of the greatest warriors and a servant girl with her. " I should do a ritual before they leave and we wait here for the valoyees to capture us.", Ammara added. She took the two babie to the mountain where she was going to do the ritual. Ammara knew what had to be done to ensure that the queen to defeat Diablo would not sway and forget her quest. She called upon the spirits and cut the heart of the baby Sharay out and linked her to her sister's life. She linked both the babies to the great river and she said, "As long as this river runs so shall the lives of the queens of Agasah." The gods had her prayer and blessed the ritual. As the ritual was coming to an end lightning struck the earth and Sharay had white hair and blue eyes that glowed. Her birthmark became engraved on to her whole back in dark black ink. Wanday had black hair and red eyes with a big rose on her back. She kissed the queens and blessed them before she handed them to Nadine. "Go now! We can't let them suck the empress's milk they are yours to keep now. Protect them with your life and teach them everything about Agasah.", Ammara told Nadine. She left with the babies and the empress wept deeply as she held the commoner's child in her arms.

The black sorcerer ran to Diablo with his vision. He told him how the queen with the white hair would defeat and this angered Diablo. He threw a spear at the wall and he paced up and down his throne room. "I need you to get Harunah here! I want that child dead and I want that witch they call Ammara dead! Now go and get them!", he shouted. The black sorcerer felt joy that he would destroy the Agasians and their precious empress. The armies of the valoyees marched followed the people of Agasah. The people of Agasah waited for the capture, they prayed and hoped that Nadine would be safe wherever she would go with the queens. The valoyee found the people of Agasah waiting to be captured and as they drew their swords to slay the warriors the empress rose and lifted her hand took her staff and threw it to the ground as a sign of surrender. "You don't have to kill anyone, we have surrendered and we will not fight anyone just take us to Diablo.", she said calmly. The valoyee warriors took the empress,Ammara and tied them together and they marched them back to Diablo. Ammara prayed to the gods for the safe keeping of the two children that Nadine had taken with her. For three days they marched back to where Diablo was. Seeing Harunah his heart was filled with so much joy. He walked down to her and held her face up as he admired her beauty. Even after giving birth and a long journey she still looked beautiful and gracious. He saw the child in Ammara's arms and he felt so much hatred towards her. "So this is the child that will bring my ending?", he laughed as he took her away from Ammara. He held her up towards the heavens and shouted, "I have the child who will destroy me in my hands oh gods! We shall see how she will destroy me when she will be dead!" Harunah fell to the ground at Diablo's feet and she begged him to spare the child. "Diablo please spare my child and I shall do whatever you want me to do. I shall be whoever you want me to be but spare my child.", Harunah cried. Diablo felt a kind of joy he had never felt at seeing Harunah at his feet. He loved her and he had dreamt of this day for a long time. "Does the little infant have a name Harunah?", he asked her. She shook her head and he held her up high and said, "Then I shall name her Amandla (which meant a queen) Amandla you will be!" the valoyees beat their drums in celebration and Harunah prayed to the gods thanking them. She knew she was indebted to Diablo for all eternity and she would have to stay as his wife. "So Harunah, you owe me! You are going to be my queen and these people will build us the greatest city ever. They shall build us a tower that will reach the gods.", he boasted as he held the child in his arms. He looked at Ammara and ordered his guards to throw her in the deepest dungeons of the castle. Ammara was his trophy to look at and show the god he had defeated them even though they had placed a great seer among the people of Agasah he still had won over them. They placed a neck chain to contain her magic so she would not be able to use it against anyone. They dragged Ammara away and the empress's heart broke as her hands broke away from hers. They both called to each other and wept as Ammara was dragged away. Harunah would watch her people work as slaves, watch her most trusted subject rot in a dungeon and hope her daughters would one day know their true purpose in life and come claim back Agasah from these filthy valoyees. All they had to do was wait n see the day the queens would come and rescue them from being slaves. Diablo had wanted to build the greatest civilization of all the times. He wanted to build a new Agasah one which people would marvel when they saw. He wanted to build a tower he would live in and when he looked down he would see people as tiny as ants and when he looked up he would feel closer to destroying the gods. Harunah sat next to him as his empress, she nursed Amandla who became the apple of the eye of Diablo. This bothered the black sorcerer who vowed he would make sure to destroy Harunah and her deceptive daughter.