OLAMILEKAN


    I stood in at the side of the road unable to cross to the other side as the cars and other vehicles refused to move- more like they were unable to move. I looked up to the sky which was once dark, now lit up by an unknown light source. Little spots of light each with its own unique color floating in the air. At that point in time all I could think about was how extraordinary and beautiful it all looked – yet I couldn''t help but tremble in fear for I know that what was happening wasn''t something ordinary.


    At first, I thought that maybe I was hallucinating, but as I looked to my left, multiple people all around me – probably numbering in tens, some scared, some struck in awe as they experienced the same phenomenon that I''m also experiencing. A young boy, not more than the age of 15, possessed a round face and slim body- probably almost as tall as the average person, his eyes wide open in awe. I couldn''t help but stare at him as the color of his eyes changed color. His once brown eyes now turned Ice blue.


    As I moved my body in the boy''s direction in hopes of approaching him and getting a closer look at what exactly happened, I couldn''t help but notice a man – dressed in a green native attire (probably that of the Yorubas) – holding a ball of fire in his hands. The people around him scurried away in fear of what was happening. The man holding the Ball of fire didn''t seem to be scared as it seemed like he conjured the ball of fire at his own will. The situation caused an unexpected- yet expected chaos. People began running out of fear as more and more people began to perform strange things.


    I looked to the left as I remembered the boy I intended to go meet. Luckily, the boy was still standing there but what I saw was bone chilling. Every single person within a 3- meter radius of the boy has been frozen to death. The boy standing at the center confused and scared yet emitting a terrifying aura. My breathing became shallow as I laid eyes at the frozen bodies. At that instant, I knew instinctively in my mind that staying here any longer was dangerous but with the terrifying aura being emitted, I couldn''t help but tremble, my body refusing to move.


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    The boy, confused and in tears tried to approach me, crying out for help but all I could do was scream for help, shouting at him not to come closer. With all my screaming and shouting, the boy continued to approach me, drawing closer and closer. At that moment, in a state of frightening terror, my body emitted a strange bright yellow light. I closed my eyes tightly almost blinded by the light. By the time I opened my eyes, the confused- innocent boy, laid on the ground, burnt to a crisp. All that was left of him was his burnt black bones and ashes. I tried to console myself by telling myself repeatedly that I didn''t kill the boy but deep down in my heart and soul, I knew that I had done something very terrible.


    I tried my hardest to endure what had happened and what was in my sight, but I couldn''t help but throw up. My breathing became shaky as I turned around and began walking away from the scene. As I made my way home, wherever I passed was filled with chaos and confusion. People dying of strange causes and others experiencing strange things happening to them. It was as if the world itself has become a fantasy movie. Nothing seemed ordinary. As I made my way along the confused path that led to my home, I couldn''t help but tremble. A few meters from getting to my home, the sky which was once lit by an unknown source, reverted to it''s normal form, a dark sky beaming with stars and the crescent moon staring down on us.


    At that point in time all chaos, shouting and confusion seemed to stop. A few more meters left for me to get home, my body got heavy. It was hard to move my legs and arms. My sight became blurry as I fell face first into the ground, losing consciousness.