Chapter 21 - Chapter 19

Amandla and her army marched out of the city to meet the sisters for war. She rode on a on a dragon with three heads on it. Arub had hidden it for years in the darkest dungeons and she had let him out of the cage. She tied her red hair into a ponytail and wore her black armour with the red rattle snake on it. Shekah rode besides her on his griffin as they led their people to war. The marched towards the great valleys where it was and open space and would face their enemy there. The army of the dead, the valoyees, the southerners and some of the Agasians rallied behind their queen. They were going to destroy those who threatened their queen. They marched and beat drums to signal their enemies about their presence. Amandla was going to destroy her sisters today and she was going tale them prisoners in her tower. On the other sisde of the valley Sharay and Wanday marched with their army. They were going to battle and kill their enemies. Sharay wanted to kill Amandla for killing her mother and she was determined to destroy her. Wanday knew the rage in her sister's heart and she only wanted their home back and she also knew that killing Amandla would bring sadness to her mother. Their army sang songs and marched towards their enemies. They were all nervous about what was about to come during this day. They could both see each other from a distant and the smell of both fear and victory could be sensed among their warriors. Amandla stopped and flew above her warriors. She said, "Our enemy is right across us! We will crush them today! I smell our victory and I also smell fear from them! This will be our victory my people!" Amandla had never lost any battle in her life and she wasn't going to lose this one to her sisters. The warriors began to strike the ground with their weapon and stump their feet on the ground. Their queen flew above them in a circle and she was ready for war. Their enemies saw they were ready for war and they too began to stump their feet on the ground. Sharay flew above her army and she lowered her griffin and she held her sword in the sky and shouted. "For Agasah!" Her warriors screamed the same and ran towards Amandla's army. She held her sword and flew towards her sisters' army with her warriors following her. Both sides had finally crossed that threshold where they couldn't turn back. They were ready for war and they would destroy their enemies. They charged towards each other unaware that their real enemy was hiding in the mountains waiting to attack them when they had all been exhausted.

Swords, spears and shields could be heard hitting each other. The armies had charged at each other and they were at war. Wanday waited one the other side as she watched the warriors battling for their queens. She used her powers to create a sandstorm to enable her people to fight but this was stopped by Amandla. Sharay dropped Natay among the warriors fighting and she ran and swept on the ground cutting the legs of her enemies. She fought fearlessly against the valoyees. The dead army would strike their enemies but when struck back they wouldn't die. Wanday knew she needed a spell to return all the dead but she had never read the spell book thus she couldn't come up with one. As they fought Andrew and Muney led the great warriors of Agasah to the other side and began fighting the valoyee warriors. Sharay saw Amandla flying above the battle ground and she flew her griffin towards her sister. Amandla saw her sister flying towards her and she was estatic to see this. "Come little sister and I shall destroy you." She said as she flew towards Sharay. Wanday saw her two sisters flying towards each other and knew they intended on killing each other. She knew no matter what they couldn't kill Amandla because it would break their mother's heart. She waited with one of the northern warriors to see what would happen. When Sharay got to where Amandla was she drew her sword and pointed it at her sister. "Finally, I get to kill you Amandla." Sharay said with anger. Amandla laughed in her sister's face and replied. "Oh no darling you won't kill me." Sharay drew her sword towards her sister and Amandla blocked it with her sword. The two fought each other and as their pet animals helped them fight the other. Amandla's dragon used its tail to hit Sharay's griffin and the griffin fell but found its balance and bit the dragon on it's stomach. Amandla stood on her dragon and she used her sword to strike Sharay. The two continued fighting each other. As the two queens battled their armies fought relentlessly on the ground. Both armies were defending a home that they believed belonged to them. The war was going to be tiresome to both the armies. The wounded were taken from the war ground to the bushes nearby where Wanday had set camp for her people and she would tend to them. Amandla's warriors would be taken back to the other side of the valley and their wounds were tended for by the royal and city physicians. The war was going to cost both sides lives but they intended on not stopping.

Rajay stood at the edge of the mountains watching the sisters battling for their land. He saw how much determination they had to bring each other down and this amused him. He walked towards Miranda and Vian who stood a little further from him. "The young queens are not weak, they are fighting with all they have in them." He complimented the young queens. This irritated Miranda and she replied. "Why does ti seem like you are complimenting them? I hope you don't intend on changing your mind my lord." He turned, smiled and braced her face. "I do admire their strength and it reminds me when I fought with the gods. This doesn't mean I don't admire who you are Miranda, you are my queen and we shall destroy them together." He told her as he walked away from her. Vian stood there and laughed. "Why do you laugh Vian?" Miranda asked irritated by Vian's laugh. He shook his head and walked away from her without replying and this annoyed her more. She ran and grabbed his hand. "How dare you walk away from me when I am still talking to you!" She demanded an answer from him. He stopped and removed her hand off his arm. "Miranda you are too obvious and you won't last as his queen. You should have learnt one or two things from Amandla from how she stayed in power and you could last as queen. Amandla is one sharp queen." He advised her. She scoffed and replied, "Well let us see how long she has got now?" she walked away from him irritated. He had the means to get to er nerves everytime and she was annoyed by it. How could he sing praises of Amandla in front of her? What was so special about Amandla? She was goingto be killed by her bare hands. Vian had watched the Agasians for a long time and he knew how they operated however he his eye was caught by Amandla. She was a fearless queen who ruled without emotion, she was that woman who was willing to sacrifice everything to keep her throne and because she had kept no ties with anyone she would defend her sisters and rule Agasah. Sharay was driven by hate, rage and grief. She was the most powerful of the three sisters yet she seemed as if she was the weakest. She pushed herself to kill and thisis why Vian had always thought she wouldn't defeat Amandla. Wanday was the wisest and she had powers to contain both er sisters but she had no ambition. All she wanted was a place she called home, she wanted to broker the peace between her sisters so they could all leave happily in Agasah which is why Vian had always thought of her as naïve. Miranda was calculative but impulsive. Vian knew she would make mistakes sooner and she would be thrown out by Rajay. Vian a war strategist had placed his money on Amandla and he knew she was the strongest because she was the most ambitious of all the four queens that wanted to rule Agasa. It was a bad thing he couldn't be on her side because he wanted his king on the throne therefore he had to rally behind Miranda. It was nightfall and he could see the queens battling for their home. "We attack at dawn! They will be tired from fighting all night so we attack them!" he ordered his troops. The men began to eat and prepared to rest fo the night. Miranda felt joy in her heart, her throne was this close to her and she could wait to wipe all those Agasian queens with their people.

The night was long for both the armies, the dead bodies that lay on the ground and the wounded who were taken from the battle ground for treatment were many yet none of the two queens would back down. They kept fighting each other and so did their armies too. It was nearly dawn and the queens had fallen to the ground fighting. One of the northern captains lay dead on the ground. The warriors from Mount city and some of the southerners lay dead. Andrew and Muney kept on fighting side by side. They proteceted each other and struck their enemies. Shekah and his dead army kept on striking their enemies and there was no sign that this war was going to end any time soon. They all were exhausted from fighting all night but they weren't going to give up. Sharay's eyes turned blue and her hair glowed white, she intended on using her powers on her sister. Amandla smiled and she too held her sword in her hands as she uttered ancient words. He red hair turned glowed like fire and her eyes became red. They both drew their sowrds at each other and as they were about to strike each Wanday saw it and she stopped their sword from striking each other with her powers. Both sisters fought Wanday's magic and this caused the ground to shake. She screamed and her sisters were separated by her magic one on the other side and the other on the other. This caused a lot impact on the ground and the warriors were thrown on the ground by Wanday's powers. She saw her sisters lying on the ground and she took a deep breath. She knew how such great magic would impact the realm and she had stopped them from not just killing themselves but from killing everyone around them. As she was about to walk to a wounded she saw the vision again. This time it felt so real and she felt pain in her head. She grabbed her head and began screaming, she saw Amandla holding her head in pain and she knew she was also having the same vision. There was blood all over and people were running. Agasah was burning down, women and children were being dragged on the streets. Sharay stood up and walked up to Amandla but as she was about to strike her sister dead they all heard warning bells ringing from Agasah. They all looked towards the city and they saw flames, Agasah was burning down. Amandla rose and stood next to Sharay who looked stunned by this. The look on Amandla's face showed Sharay she knew nothing about this. "The vision was true. Agasah is burning down and mother is in the tower." She muttered as tears fell down from her eyes. Wanday ran to her sisters. "We are under attack, our home is under attack nad we need to defend it together!" shetold her sisters who stood there numb. Amandla grabbed her sword, "I need to save my mother!" she told her sisters but as she was about to run they were surrounded by Rajay's army. They were running from all directions towards the sisters. They were being ambushed and this was war. The three queens even though they couldn't stand each other they knew it was time to put their differences aside and defend their home or they would all die.

They all stood in a circle and held their swords towards their enemies. Wanday made the sandstorm to cover them all up. The three sisters had one goal and that was to protect their home, they would fight amongst themselves later but for now they needed to fight for their home. Sharay looked at both her sister who looked at her too. "For Agasah!" Wanday told her sisters as she rose to the skies and continued making a sand storm. They all ran towards their common enemy and fought them. The armies of the queens had become one after day of trying to kill each other. They attacked their army but their army was too string for them. These were men who had foughtwith the gods and they were stronger, quicker and had more mythical powers than any of the Agasaians. The three sisters saw their warriors falling on the ground being slain by these mighty men. The army of the dead was killed by these men's weapons and this shook the sisters. Sharay, Wanday and Amandla stood there as they watched their people being slain to death. Andrew ran towards the sisters and said. "We need to retreat now!" the sisters nodded their heads and they began shouting to their warriors' to retreat. They began to retreat and Andrew was stabbed by the sword. The man who stabbed him took his body on the sword and threw him into the sky. Sharay screamed and she began to cry. Amandla stood there as she watched her people die. "We need to protect our people Amandla! We need to use our powers to buy our people time to escape." Wanday told her sister. Amandla nodded her head without hope. "What do you want me to do?" she said quietly. Wanday held her sisters' hands and said. "We are the queens of Agasah, the daughters of the great empress Harunah and Nadine. We are the rightful owners of this realm and its magic lives within us. Let's channel our powers and protect our people." They all joined hands and they began channeling their powers. Wanday and Amandla uttered the same ancient words as Sharay spoke to the river. The great river of life began to rise up and the birds of the skies began to fly towards them. The animals in the forest ran towards them and the ground shook. They all knew this would only keep their enemy away for a short time but they had to buy time for them to escape. The river separated the sisters' warriors and Rajay's men. "We need to get out of here and save the city!" Amandla commanded. She ran and got on her dragon flying towards Agasah. Her sisters kept on rallying their warriors in to the forest and some of the great warriors took the sister to follow Amandla. "We need to hurry so we help Amandla save mother!" Wanday told the warriors.

Harunah was in the temple when she heard the warning bells, she ran out of the temple and saw men sorming in the city. She knew their tattooes from the heavens and she knew Rajay had come to invade her home. She ran towards the the wall and saw from a distant the river. She knew her daughters were in trouble but were still alive. She also knew Amandla would not leave her in the tower and this terrified her. She ran in to her chambers, took a knife and her bow nad arrows. She began to tiptoe out of the tower. She ran towards the secret exit Diablo had made. She removed her clothes and dressed like a maid so she couldn't be spotted. She heard Miranda's voice shouting. "Find her, she is the one thing that will make us capture her children." She shook with fear and she began walking down to the exit part. As she ran towards the exit she prayed her daughters would not come for her. Amandla prayed her mother was safe, nothing meant anything to her if Harunah wasn't there. Sharay could see her sister was afraid for their mother, she had always seen Amandla's ruthless side but had never seen this warm side which almost made her feel sorry for her. She didn't have the kind of bond Amandla had with Harunah just like Amandla had no bond with Nadine. As they flew closer to the city the archers began firing at them some of the warriors were hit but the sisters managed to not to get hit. Amandla's dragon was hit and it fell from he sky. Sharay went after her and got her hand. She flew with her and when they got to the city walls she jumped off Sharay's back and began attacking the archers. She ran in between them and struck them with her sword. Sharay jumped to the ground too with Wanday and they all fought Rajay's men. "We need to find mother and get out of here before they break the wall made by the river." Amandla told her sisters. "Where do you think she would go? " Sharay asked as they continued fighting. Amandla fought off the men and replied. "The secret passage we made when I was little girl with my father." They ran towards the passage and when they got there Rajay had Harunah on the ground. She was kneeling on the ground wearing old garments. Amandla saw her mother and she wanted to attack but Wanday stopped her. A woman dressed in purple walked from the ground towards Rajay. She held his hand and he kissed it just like in both her and Wanday's vision. Amandla saw her face and she gasped. "Miranda is the woman who will become queen." She realized it and tears fell to the ground. "You know that woman Amandla?" Sharay asked her. She nodded her head and replied. "Yes she painted the throne rooms for me. She grew up in the brothels and she is a half breed of the Agasaians and Valoyees." Wanday sighed and said "The queen who doesn't belong to either. She was the one I saw in my vision too." The sisters realized they had been warned by the gods but had been to busy trying to destroy each other and now they were about to lose everything they had ever loved. Miranda walked around Harunah and said. "Oh how she loves you Harunah. She loves you more than anything and she just stormed the city to find you. She even united with her sisters to come and save dearest mother." She mocked Harunah and the empress kept quiet. She hit the empress on her face and Wanday had to hold Amandla's hand so she wouldn't run and strike them. "My daughter will kill you like the little trash you are. She will open up your body and thorw your parts to the dogs. She is with her sisters now! You and all of Rajay's men will die by their hands. They are the queens of Agasah, rightful heirs to this realm. They will destroy all of you." She mocked them as her tears fell to the ground. She saw her daughters peaking and she shook her head as a signal to them not to rescue her. Amandla had never seen her mother look at her with so much love and hope. "I will be okay, it's my time to go now, you will be with each other and you will be each other's strength. Promise me you will take back your home, the gods intended it to be like this to make you stronger. I love you all. Amandla you will protect your sisters just like you protected me, Sharay you will fight for your sisters and Wanday you will guide them." She spoke to them with her mind. They all had tears in their eyes and before they could reply she grabbed the sword from Vian and said. "My daughters will not come here." She drew the sword in her stomach killing herself and this was utterly a shocke to Rajay and his men. "Mother! Please mother no!" Amandla screamed but her sisters grabbed her. She cried out in pain and Rajay saw them. They ran to the sisters but Tafuh arrived with a griffin and began fighting Rajay's men. "Go now! Leave this place I will stop with them!" she ordered the queens. Wanday and Sharay held Amandla together and got on the griffin. They flew away as they watched Tafuh being stabbed by Vian. The three sisters flew away in tears and pain. They watched what they had loved the most die right in front of their eyes.

They were all quiet and realized they had been all at fault. They had been so concentrated on being queens they had lost sight of the important things. Their mothers had been killed because of this vendetta they had with each other and now they had lost the people they loved and their home. this had never been their war to begin with but they had made it theirs and now they were the ones who lost. The other great warriors flew behind them they had managed to get Harunah's body from the wall. They landed near the caves where the surviving warriors were. Amandla ran to her mother's body and wept so hard. She was heartbroken and she kept apologizing to her mother. She had done all this to prove to her mother she was a worthy queen but to her mother she had always been worthy. She cried so much as she wiped the blood off her mother. "I can't bury you in rags mother. My Harunah needs to look beautiful." She said to her mother as she continued weeping. Sharay walked up to her sister and held her shoulders. She knelt next to her and said. "I know we have been trying to kill each other all this time but we are stronger together and we need each other more now. They killed our mother and the people we love. They took our home and we will kill them all." Sharay comforted her sister and Wanday came and held Amandla's other hand. They hugged each other as they sat on the ground next to their mother's body. They had been bonded by grief, loss and vengeance. This was what the gods meant to do maybe. They had wanted to destroy so they could build again. The gods had created Agasah fro Harunah and she had wanted it for her children. She had been blessed by the twins but he gods had given her another child from Nadine. The three girls's fate had been sealed by Ammara the day they were born and now they had been bonded by their loss and pain. They would fight to get back their home. They would bury their mother and mourn the other warriors together then they would wander in the world as they regrouped to come and take their home back. The queens of Agasah would come back and destroy the queen who sat on the seat that was never intended for her. Miranda sat on the throne which never belonged to her. "Don't get too comfortable Miranda, they will come for you sooner or later." She was warned by Vian as he walked away from her. He knew that the girls as a joint force they would reek havoc and he knew Miranda would die a sad death. He knew this because they were the queens of Agasah, daughters of the mighty Harunah and the keepers of this realm. They might have been defeated now but they would rise up again and fight for their home.