CHAPTER 1
THE START IS ALWAYS THE BEGINNING

Danre looked at the picture he had found in his drawer while searchingfor his car keys. He had mixed emotions as he looked at what was the good old days. Danre was a footballer before he sustained a career ending injury.

"Danre am still waiting", an angelic voice brought Danre
back to reality as he picked up his car key and left for the sitting
room.

"sorry for keeping you waiting", Danre said apologetically as he
took his ladys hand, she just smiled and they left for their date.

Danre and his fiance arrived at the Cupid resturant and while they were seated waiting for their order, he brought out a picture from his pocket and showed it to Ashley his fiance.

"that picture brings back memories you know" he said,"i was the star player in that team then",

Ashley listened attentively as she looked through the photo,

"about 3 of us from that team were selected for trial at Manchester united",Danre continued,"but a week to the travel date, i was injured by a teammate and that was it, the end of my football career",

"oh dear sorry about that"said Ashley.

"well thank God it happened because it afforded me the opportunity to meet the queen of my life",

"and who's that?" asked
Ashley as she blushed like a teenage school girl,

"she is the on that lights up my world, she's d one that makes me complete, she's my better half, she's you,i love the way i love you Ashley", Danre said as he brought out a diamond ring and continues

"Ashley Adegbite will you do me
the honor of being my wife?",

"yes,yes!!, yes!!!" she screamed in
excitement and gave Danre a passionate kiss.

Other guest at the resturant watched as the love birds shared their affections and congratulated them. The couple-to-be sat at their table again and took their dinner and left the resturant.

On their way back home, Danre engaged his fiance in a conversation,while they were discussing, Danre did not notice a pothole in front of him,

Boom! A sudden bump into the pothole and he lost control over the car...................................

Nice1

Oga sir, you are doing good but you started your work without indicating chapters. please do that

TiffanyJ: Oga sir, you are doing good but you started your work without indicating chapters. please do that

thank you. Constructive criticism is always welcomed

Wilsonblaise:
thank you. Constructive criticism is always welcomed

your characters' speech and your narrations are clustered. It makes reading the work boring. Please seperate them. Thanks

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author=TiffanyJ]
your characters' speech and your narrations are clustered. It makes
reading the work boring. Please seperate them. Thanks[/quote]
ok i will work on that

CHAPTER 2
LOST TO BE FOUND

"Nurse! Nurse!!""Doctor!",

shouted the good samaritans who carried the couple from the scene of the accident. Like lightning 2 Nurses came to assist and they took the injured couple the emergency ward. After 2 hours, the doctor came outof the emergency ward,

"Doctor, how are they?",
asked Mr Kayode one of the good samaritans who was patient enough to wait.

"it is good you brought them on time but am sorry we lost the man", replied the doctor "the woman though is in stable condition and she is responding to treatment".

"oh! What a young man", exclaimed Mr Kayode "doctor can i see the lady?", he continued.

"well you may be able to see her in the next 24 hours but for now she needs rest"

"thank you doctor".

"Ashley wake up, Ashley wake up"
Ashley opened her eyes and saw Danre.

"my love where have you been?, i have been waiting for you" she quized him.

"dont worry my dear i am with you, you must go now and search for chifu, he would tell you all you need to know".

"who is chifu?, where can i find him? Danre please dont leave me, dont go""Danre!!!"

Ashley screamed as she woke up and saw Mr kayode by her side.

"O you are awake already"he asked

Ashley struggled with pain as she tried to get up from the hospital bed "who are you? Where am i?" she asked

" i can see you dont remember, your car had an accident and i and some others brought you to this hospital"

he continued"My name is Kayode". "where is Danre?",Ashley asked
"Danre is ok just relax" Mr kayode replied.

"i want to see Danre now, i need to see him"Ashley insisted. Mr kayode replied her " calm down the Doctor says you need rest".

"Doctor!, Doctor!!", Ashley screamed, the doctor got into the ward and soon informed her of Danres death, the news had a devastating effect on Ashley and she fainted.

At 6pm same day, Ashley woke up again and she was sober and grieving over Danres death, just then mr Kayode walked in with food and offere it to her. She refused the food at first but mr Kayode persuaded her to hav some.
While she ate, mr Kayode spoke to her "how are you feeling now", Ashley kept him mute and he continued
"tommorrow is going to be a busy day for me but if you need any thing here is my card just call me". "i have placed a call to ur family and they should be her to see you soon" he said as he dropped his card on the bed and left the hospital. Ashley picked up the card and looked through its details:

Mr Kayode Chifu
C.E.O CHIKAY MOTORS
090********

Your story is making sense but you are leaving out something; describtion. How old is Ashley? Is she fat? Tall? Dark in complexion?, stout? Or slim? We need to know this. Thesame goes to the other characters.
Weldone sir

TiffanyJ: Your story is making sense but you are leaving out something; describtion. How old is Ashley? Is she fat? Tall? Dark in complexion?, stout? Or slim? We need to know this. Thesame goes to the other characters.
Weldone sir

noted

such a coincidence,or shud i call it fate?

nice work sir/ma

labaski: such a coincidence,or shud i call it fate?

nice work sir/ma

thank you and sir it would be

Wilsonblaise: thank you and sir it would be

kk..weldone sir.. waiting patiently for d next updates..

CHAPTER 3
THE WORLD IN MY HEAD

Ashley's parents got to the hospital almost as soon as they got the message of their daughter's plight.

"oh look at my daughter oooo", cried out ashleys mom mrs adegbite, a fairly tall woman dark in complexion and in her mid 50s, an archetypal yoruba woman. Chief Balogun Adegbite, Ashley's father stood in the ward with hands akimbo as he looked at his daughter, chief adegbite is a business magnate in his late 50s, a short plump elderly man with yoruba traditional marks, hair grey like that of soyinka and he had "the segun arinze eyes".

"my dear how how did it happen", he asked in husky voice. Ashley struggled to speak but could only cry as she recalled all that had happened and the death of Danre.
Ashley was soon discharge from the hospital and she went home.

When Ashley got home, she went straight to her room, a small but beautifully decorated room, walls painted pink and some fotos of pop muscians on the wall as she was a fan of pop music. She laid on her bed and thought about her life with Danre before his death.

"Ashley dear, supper is ready, come eat", her moms voice called.

Ashley got up from her bed and webt to the dinning table, Ashley is the only child of chief Balogun adegbite, she is a 24yr old ebony beauty and has lips like those of Angelina jolie, long black hair and the body build of Zoe saldana

After supper, Ashley told her parents all that she could remember from the happenings of the past few days and paused then continued

"mom, dad", she said "i had a dream while at the hospital and i saw Danre".

"its only normal dear given what you both shared together" said cheif Balogun with a smile on his face

"no dad you dont understand, this is different, he was saying something like...."

Ashleys mom cut her short," dont worry my dear you would soon get over it, that was how i thought i saw my mom in d bathroom after she died"

They managed to persuade her that it was just her imagination. After that they retired for the night.

"Ashley Ashely find chifu", Danre's voice called out.

Ashley woke up distressed at the dream she had again. She remembered the card mr kayode had given. She searched for it and found it in her bag. Ashley's phone was by the bedside and so she streched her hands to reach for the phone but....

It shifted, she tried again and the phone shifted, she looked at her hands wondering what was wrong.

You really are improving, well done sir. I'm gonna reserve my comment for now

u are d brain box behind d improvement. Thanks

DEDICATED TO TIFFANYJ

Ashley notice that the ring Danre had given her was glowing so she pulled it and tried to reach for the phone, it did not shift this time. She put on the ring again and tried to reach for the phone, it shifted. Ashley pulled the ring and kept it in her bag, then she took her fone and called Mr Kayode at about 1am.

Gran! Gran!! Mr kayodes phone rang but he did not pick, Ashley persisted and after some time, Mr Kayode finally picked

"hello, who's on the line", asked Mr Kayode in a deep sleepy voice.

"hello, Mr Kayode, its me Ashley Adegbite, the girl whose life you saved,sorry for the disturbance", Ashley replied.

"oh! I remember now, never mind",

said a reawkened Mr kayode, a six foot tall man, light skinned with bald head, pointed nose and ears like that of dumbo the flying elephant,

"how are you?, how are you feeling now?", he continued.

"am ok sir", replied Ashley "please can i see you later today", she asked.

"hmmm am not in town now but as so as i return, i would let you know", he answered.

"sir my finance would be buried on friday", Ashley informed him

"ok, i will try to be there, where is the funeral taking place?", mr Kayode inqured

"At St Akpan African church, sir",replied Ashley

"ok i know that church, i will be there, got to go now"

"thank you for your time sir"

After the call, ashley tried to sleep but could not as her mind kept playing the shifting phone episode and Danres continued appearance.

"what could all this mean", she thought to herself.

weldone wilson, nice work..keep it up

Thank you for dedicating the last update to me. I'm really honoured. By the way, can you please edit your last update? there are a few typological errors. We are all learning and I can't say that I am perfect oo.
Keep writing, people will start coming soon. Franasoan, I see you oo

CHAPTER 4
CHIFU KNOWS BEST

It was a black friday for Danre's family, his mother, mrs Bamidele- a fat short eldely woman with dark hair abd blue eyes- dressed in black regelia rolled on the floor as she mourned her son. Her hope for a better life has become faded, after Danres fathers death, Danre had been the bread winner of the family, taking care of his elderly mom and providing for his siblings who were still students in the university.

"my enemies ooo my enemies, what have i done to you ooo chai", wailed mrs Bamidele.

"you killed my husband, now my son chai chimooo", she continued in tears

"kill me! Just kill me!" she exclaimed " cos i dont know what i hav done to you ooo"

"mama its ok, its ok o mama, you want me to start crying eh",
Ashley said in a weak teary voice as she struggled to hold back her tears.

The atmosphere was of gloom,cries and shouts from people in every corner filled the air. Some people tried to comfort Danre's mother as he was belng laid to rest, his siblings cried thier eyes out. More sympathizers trooped in to the internment site and Mr kayode was one of them, he paused and contemplated on the nothingness of life.

"how can a young man so full life and vigour be gone so soon", he wondered as went along to search for Ashley and found her.

Mr kayode tried his best to comfort her but she kept crying, oh poor Ashley! Why has life chosen to be so unfair with her. After Danre was finally buried, Ashley tried to speak with mr kayode but he told her to visit his house the following day when she would be more mentally and emotionally balanced. They exchanged greetings and all went sorrowfully away.

The following day, Ashley arrived at Mr Kayode's house, a bungalow painted beautifully with grey and violet, the interior was nicely arranged with everything a modern house ought to have.

Ashley discussed the whole Danre appearance ish to Mr kayode and he seemed a bit puzzled as he had neva spoke with Danre before.

"let me show you something i noticed", Ashley said as she brought out the diamond ring Danre had given her.

"anytime i put this ring on, i feel like a different woman, like i have some super powers or something", Ashley said.

"where did you get that from?", asked a suprised mr kayode as he was beginning to understand

"Danre gave me before his death"

"impossible!, i never thought i would see this day, my father told me about the legend of a diamond ring that in every century a ringbearer must return the ring and a pendant to the isle of Zugor for the parity of the world to be maintained", said mr Kayode

Ashley listened with keen interest as he continued

"Dont let anyone know you have it, keep it safe. If it gets to the wrong hands it mean doom for the world", he informed ashley and continued

"but something is wrong, all the other ringbearers have been male how come it works for you?", asked a confused Mr kayode and then he said

"follow me there is somewhere we must go now........"

hmmm... na wa ooo.. keep it up

labaski: hmmm... na wa ooo.. keep it up

sure tin. your comments keep me going

Hmmm, getting more and more interesting. Thanks sir

TiffanyJ: Thank you for dedicating the last update to me. I'm really honoured. By the way, can you please edit your last update? there are a few typological errors. We are all learning and I can't say that I am perfect oo.
Keep writing, people will start coming soon. Franasoan, I see you oo

there is always room for improvemrnt

Ashley and Mr Kayode soon arrived at an old, rickety and abandoned house. Its room was dusty, full of spider web and unkept.

Kuff! Kuff! Mr kayode coughs as he makes his way through the door.

"this is my dads house, since his death nobody has been here"

"there is a box somewhere in his room where he keeps some strange stuff lets check it if we can find anything there". Mr kayode said as he moved towards his fathers room.

A confused but curious Ashley followed mr kayode. They searched everywhere and found the box. In the box they found a pendant, a diary and some other things. Mr kayode handed the pendant to Ashley and then looked through the dairy

"Ashley Adegbite, that would be you right?" mr kayode asked

"yes, yes, its my name", answered a still confused Ashley

"your name is written here and it states that you are the true and final ringbearer. According to what is written here only the female ringbearer can put a final stop to this every century renewal". Mr kayode explained

"No, I... i... i cant do this, i cant just leave my family, my job and embark on this mystical journey", Ashley said.

"please Ashley for the sake of the world, you have to do this, the fate of the world rests on you hand", mr kayode said in an attempt to motivate Ashley

"no! Dont tell me that, please look for another ringbearer",said a crying ashley as she ran out of the building

mr kayode followed and comforted her, they soon entered their car and went home. When mr Kayode dropped ashley off, he said to her

"Ashley, the world needs you now dont turn your back on it".

Hmm
Truth be told, you are doing well, and I like your personalty sir. Others would withdrawn due to correction, wile others would have retailiated with anger but you kept on pushing. Like you are singing the song, 'I'll keep moving on'.
Question for you: Is Danre and Igbo name because his mother was using Igbo to lament.
'The inside was dusty,'--- Might make sense if you use its room to replace the inside.

And erm...
Boss * Scratching head*, we need more, that update was too small..
Tiffanyj, good job.

Divepen: Hmm
Truth be told, you are doing well, and I like your personalty sir. Others would withdrawn due to correction, wile others would have retailiated with anger but you kept on pushing. Like you are singing the song, 'I'll keep moving on'.
Question for you: Is Danre and Igbo name because his mother was using Igbo to lament.
'The inside was dusty,'--- Might make sense if you use its room to replace the inside.

And erm...
Boss * Scratching head*, we need more, that update was too small..
Tiffanyj, good job.

thanks. All corrections duly noted. Danre is yoruba but his mom is igbo

Wilsonblaise:

thanks. All corrections duly noted. Danre is yoruba but his mom is igbo

Okay sir.

Divepen:

Okay sir.

oga Divepen, you follow me walker. How you dy? I'm really interested in this story. Lets c hw e go end

TiffanyJ:
oga Divepen, you follow me walker. How you dy? I'm really interested in this story. Lets c hw e go end

I'm fine o. It's been a long time we enterred the same thread last.
I want to see how it ends.

CHAPTER 5
NOW OR NEVER

Ashley entered her house and met her mom in the sitting room.

"welcome my dear", she greeted Ashley who answered her faintly as she headed towards her room.

"some men came looking for you", mrs Adegbite said, Ashley stopped and asked

"did they say who they are"

"they didnt say much, they said their name was THE PACK"

"the pack? what did they look like?, asked Ashley

"fierce looking, dressed in black suits, they smelt trouble, hope all is well my dear".

"no, no problem mam"
Ashley reflected as she went to her room,"the pack? Who could they be? What could they want?", a lot more ran through her mind as she took her bath and rested.

During dinner, Ashley told her parents about the weird day she had had.

"haba! Ashley are all these as a result of too much movies you have been watching lately", joked mrs Adegbite in a yoruba tone

"the other time it was Danre appearing now this""hmmm isle of Zugor ni, isle of Mucor ko",she added

"hahahahaha my wife you have not lost any of your sense of humour eh", said Cheif Adegbite as he laughed and continued"Ash dear, i think you need a break, a vacation would do u real good"" or a fine man maybe?",he said and winked.

Ashley ate her food in silence as she meditated on the jokes of her parents and the preciding event.

Early the next morning, Ashley set out for a walk. After a long walk, she decided to visit a friend who lived near by. Ashley knocked on the door and her friend, Scott- a fitness coach, tall,huge and handsome with six packs, pony tail and well shaved, smartly dressed in a basketballer's kit and snickers- opened the door

"hey! Look who we've got here, Ashley Adegbite the great!, come in...come in black barbie",Scott said in his baritone voice

"scott, you havent changed abit, smooth talker as always" Ashley said and smiled as she went in

"i was about going to the gym before you came in", he hits his head with his hands "where are my manners? So what do i offer you", he asked Ashley

"nah, dont worry about that i jus need a friend to talk to"

"ok if you say so, so whats up am all ears"
Ashley narrated to Scott all she had been experiencing since Danres death.

"Ash, believe me i understand what you are going through but take it easy, its all gonna pass with time", Scott adviced. After that, Ashley bade him farewell and headed home.

As Ashley approached her house, she noticed that the gate was left open which is very unusual, she walked through the gate and called out

"Adamu! Adamu!","why did this man leave the gate open", she thought to herself. She closed the gate and walked toward their sitting room, as she approached she noticed that............


........ The door leading to the living room was also open.....

"Mom! Mom!"....

Divepen:
I'm fine o. It's been a long time we enterred the same thread last.
I want to see how it ends.

i guess am lucky to have you both here

labaski, mczigx whr @ thou