OBI AND THE WARRIOR PRINCESS ADAOBI (Part 1)

 

 

it's a beautiful morning
Ada set out for hunting. she was accompanied by her only partner in crime dike... dike had earlier on suggested they should go fishing and Adaobi agreed to that, so they went to the river to fish. dike was a very smart and field-trained dog

the day was a very rewarding one because they caught a lot of fishes and by noon they started going back home.
Something happened on the way.

someone out of nowhere grabbed adaobi from behind. his body structure revealed more of a warrior,his hands were very hard and he seemed more of a giant, ada thought to herself.

dike the smart dog could sense danger , he quickly knocked the warrior down and passed adaobi's bow to her

ada stood up quickly and almost got the warrior killed ...."i surrender, i mean no harm, my name is emeka" said the warrior

adaobi tied emeka up and took him to her village , the people of umuahia wondered about what the princess was up to..."who is the stranger and what has the princess got to do with him" they all murmured while Ada head straight to the palace

ada had a friend chisom. chisom was intelligent and beautiful.

chisom watched from a distance while ada tied emeka up to a tree.
Ada was very hungry, so she went into the royal kitchen to prepare something to eat

chisom was interested in knowing more about emeka,she got close and started to ask series of questions which emeka never hesitated to answer in a brilliant and interesting manner,she liked him aready. emeka succeeded in convincing chisom to untie him and she obliged

dike never agreed to her decision and tried to stop her , before they both knew it emeka had untied himself

ada noticed someone walking close to her from behind , she tried to reach to her dagger for self defense

but emeka quickly disarmed her ,emeka was a very handsome young man that no lady could resist easily

emeka committed a serious crime in umuahia, ada warned him but he was very stubborn and would not listen, he ate from the royal kitchen

the penalty for all crimes committed within the territories of umuahia community was death

information reached the queen EZENWANYI and she came with some guards to arrest emeka

she sentenced emeka to death by stabbing

she gave her daughter the honor of killing emeka
"Here, use this royal dagger to kill the stranger, make me proud and show the community that you are as strong as your mother" ezenwanyi saidada led emeka away to be killed . it was a decision she was never comfortable with

ezenwanyi secretly sent two guards to confirm emeka's death by returning the royal dagger with the stranger's blood on it. unfortunately they were disappointed because ada could not kill the young man.

ada broke the law of the land, she disobeyed the queen whose command was supreme and final . she had cut emeka lose

adaobi looked right into emeka's eyes.     

to be continued