6 The White Furred Beast Le Lwenje (1/2)

He woke up only to find a gonzo beast that resembled a wolf licking his left leg submissively. The animal had long, immaculately white fur all over its body with a thick line of brown along its face. Its exquisite round eyes were scintillating due to the rising sun, adding more beauty to it. It was around four meters long and a meter and a half tall.

Ochieng' could not help but sigh when he saw it. He wondered what animal it could be. He stood to stroke its neck only for the latter to give a loud roar and jump aside. Ochieng' immediately understood that everything seemed deplorable.

He never thoughtthe animal that appeared harmless and friendly could be so unapproachable. He saw the animal open its beautiful small mouth before dashing as fast as it could towards his direction.

'This is really bad,'

The Invincible stance!

That was a stance once taught to him by his father. According to what he had learned, when a warrior was confrontedand escaping was not a choice, the warrior could use that stance. With it, all the warrior's Achilles points could be concealed and it prepared him for the battle before him. He could react the fastest no matter how the enemy came in that stance.

Ochieng' had not been involved in any fight and this

was his greatest opportunity to know if he really could. The animal was around twelve inches close to him, he tried sending his fist towards it and to his astonishment, he found himself kneeling right before this bizarre animal completely powerless.

The creature that was charging towards him at an ultrasonic speed suddenly stopped just around ten centimeters before him. Then what left his mouth agape happened...

”Young boy, what brings you here at this time of the season? ” the animal roared.

He had only heard the speaking of animals from his elders and mother in their fictional stories. He never thought in his childhood he could meet one. At this moment, he found himself trembling like a rained on chick. This animal had supped all his braveness.

First, it was the impeccant looking animal turning into a savage beast when he didn't expect it. Secondly, it was it's speed. Thirdly, it was the animal's ability to make him submit without him knowing and lastly, it was the animal's ability to speak. He only prayed not to be harmed by it lest he could never forgive himself.

” I would like to visit the forbidden land, the boundary between our Karachuo and the Subi divisions... ” As surprised as he was, he still answered in the end.

”You want to visit the forbidden land?! ”

The beast repeated before examining the kneeling young blighter carefully. Except for his handsome face and courage that evinced from his face, there was nothing extra ordinary about him.

”Do you really know the perils involved in this, do you really have to go? ” the beast could not help but ask in the end.

I do know the dangers and that's why I want to go... ”

” But what if I killed you in the first place? ”

The beast chuckled. The boy could not help but sigh deeply. He came to think of what could happen if this beast killed him. It was at this moment that he realized how cockeyed his idea of going to the forbidden land was. He didn't even know how many days he could take to get there, let alone the fact that he had not thought of what could happen along the way.

'I ddn't know how naïve this seemed. I've not even reached the land itself and here I am, incapacitated by an animal that I don't even know. How ridiculous! How did Nyakam get there?' he thought but in the end tossed his worry aside, after all, according to his ancestor Nyakam, Were was with him.