Child of Destiny

"HONEY!!

"Come and see this, there is something on Rick's head," Lucy shouted and she feels Rick's forehead with her finger.

There was no bum or anything, it's similar to a tattoo.

Richard came to the bedroom and look at the baby who was drinking milk, he saw the black dot and became curious.

He wonders how it got in his baby's forehead.

"It sure is not a paint and it doesn't look like injuries, I'm not sure if it's a mole, moles don't look like a diamond shape."

Richard said as he observes closely.

"Who said there are no moles with diamond shape? My child is special, look at how perfectly place in his forehead, I think my baby is gonna be ladies killer."

Lucy said as she giggles and tease the baby.

"Don't be so sure, we will go to a doctor after the storm is over," Richard said with a worried tone.

"Okay, I think we should let the children skip school today, the storm is really crazy today," Lucy said as she looked into Richard's eyes.

"Alright, we can let them skip for today…"

As soon as Richard said, a loud cheer came from the door. The children have been listening to their conversation.

They rush in happily and start flattering their parents, the two boys rush out and went straight to their rooms to play video games.

Ember stayed behind and look curiously at Rick's forehead.

"Mom! Will little Rick be alright," Ember said as she climbed to the bed touch Rick's forehead, she overheard their parents saying they will be taking Rick to the doctor.

"Your baby brother is gonna be alright princess, don't worry about it," Lucy said as she ruffles Ember's hair.

"Stop touching my hair, you are ruining it."

Ember puffed her chest and starts throwing a tantrum.

Ember was a neat freak, she doesn't like disorderly and dirty things, unlike her brothers.

Flash! Crackling! BOOOM!

Ember got startled and hugs her mother.

"Don't be scared, little child."

Lucy comforted her.

The storm was happening not just in the US, it was happening all around the world.

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Somewhere deep in Africa, a large tribe was holding a ceremony in a hidden cave.

Outside the cave, heavy rain was pouring down on the land as lightning bolt struck the trees and animals.

This tribe was one of the oldest hidden tribes in Africa led by a wise and powerful shaman, this tribe is known to have mystical powers that can control the animals.

Currently, the shaman was observing the storm and chanting some words whilst playing the drum.

Heavy rain keeps pouring down with lightning strikes.

His chant was resonating with the storm as if he was talking to mother nature.

It was truly a mystical scene.

Flash! Crackling! Boom!

The loud boom startled everyone.

The shaman suddenly stops his chant and looks at the sky murmuring something.

"Child of Destiny has come…"

The shaman murmured as he let out a long breath, he finally found his answer.

"Everyone! Go back to your hut." the shaman shouted.

"Tau!"

"Come to my hut, I need to discuss something with you," the shaman said as he walked into his hut, it was a tall white hut with many paintings inscribed to the hut.

Tau was the chieftain and one of the strongest warriors of the tribe, Tau means lion, he was a brave and wise chieftain.

Tau paid his respect and followed him to his hut, he stood there waiting for the shaman's order.

"Sit down."

The shaman indicates the chieftain to sit down.

Tau sat down on the chairs comfortably, the inside hut was large and luxurious.

The craftsmanship of this mystical tribe was more advanced than the outside world could ever imagine.

"Tau! I want you to go to the outside world and find this child" the shaman said as he took out a thin leather and drew a babyface with 4 points diamond-shaped mark on the forehead.

"Who is gonna take care of the tribe if I'm gone?" Ask Tau.

"Don't worry, your wife can take care of it while you are gone and I will fully support her," the shaman said while running through some of the bags.

"It will be a dangerous journey, you should be well prepared, the outside world is more dangerous than you think," the shaman advice him.

"I know, we have information from Zabari, but why are we risking so much for this child and what's so special about him, and how do we even find him when the world is so big and we don't even know where to start." Tau bombarded the shaman with many questions, he was confused as well as curious about this child, why is the shaman sending him instead of sending other tribesmen.

"Don't worry about the location, I know you have a lot of questions about this child, he is something very very important for the tribe and for the whole world, your duty is to find him and become subservient." the shaman said.

"WHAAAT…!!"

Tau was startled, never in his dream, he thought he would get this type of answer from the shaman.

"I know what you are thinking,"

The shaman saw through his mind.

"How can a mighty tribe like us submit to a baby who hasn't even stop sucking his mother's milk, you have every reason to doubt this idea because it is an insane idea, but you have to trust me on this, this is for the survival of our tribe, you can't imagine what the future holds, I bet the other tribes are also sending their best man to find the baby, they might even try to kidnap or kill the baby, which will bring disaster to their whole tribes, what I want you to do is find the baby and protect him and follow his every command."

The shaman said as he took out a large pouch and gave it to Tau.

"Here! take this."

Tau was still stumped as his mouth was wide open, he still can't believe what he just heard.

He sighs as he took the pouch and opened to see what was inside. What he saw was many large diamonds, rare stones and another small pouch containing some pellets 23 to be exact, the size of a pearl.

The pellets came in with 2 different colors coated with some kind of transparent layers, it looks like some kind of medicinal pellets.

He didn't even bother with the diamonds as he carefully took out one of the pallets to confirm his suspicion.

"Chiamaka!!"

"But these pellets are too precious, I can't take this and I don't think I will even need them," Tau said as he hurriedly put them back into the pouch.

"Just stop whining and take it, now go and prepare for departure, and don't tell anybody about this secret.

GO!!"

He chases off the chief from his hut.

Tau helplessly shooked his head and left the hut.

"Little girl!

You can come out now."

The shaman said as he sat near the fire and took out a long stick full of meat from the rack and start roasting the cold dry meats.

In a corner there lay many baskets filled with herbs, a 9-year-old girl came out from the shadow,

After a few seconds, the meat was warm and ready to eat.

The shaman took out one of the pieces and start chewing the meat.

"Mmm… perfect amount of salt, a little savory and a wonderful amount of herbs and spices, what a tasty meat jerky.

"chomp."

"chomp."

"chomp."

The shaman took out another piece and start enjoying the meat.

"Gulp… "

A loud gulp came from the side.

The little girl was drooling by the side and looking at the meat with her big eyes.