Chapter 7 : * Sightings of Sultan *

" My Prince ! My son! ", it was an unknown awful big voice for the young man Prince, he had heard that voice since he was a child but he had no idea who own that or if he heard the voice right. He calls him son but he had never seen the owner.

"Pa? where are you? "; he assumed it was his father with a different voice., but now the only difference the voice seems so near when he look at the place where the voice came from he saw the back of the man, he couldn't see his face but for sure he is not his father because he is so tall and a large man.

" My son! ", the big man said, he look at his back if there's another person the big man refer to as his son, but there's no one.

" Are you calling me son? who is your son? who are you? why I always hear you in my dreams? ",, Prince asked, he had once asked his mom if his dad is not Joseph but his mom confirmed he had a DNA test result that prove his papa is his biological father, and the man in his dream suddenly disappear and he heard another voice..

" Prince! wake up, you'll be late for your school practice today ", he saw his mom towering over him in his bed when he opened his eyes.

" Ma, ? okay I'm awake now, thanks! ", he smiled at himself as he remember his dream, so it was his mom's voice he heard that's why it sounds different.

" Hmm, A good dream? you're smiling? ", his mom noticed.

"; I just remember something humurous ma ", he answered.

" Okay! come on I prepared your breakfast early, because you said you have early school activity today ",Karen said.

" Ma, we have soccer practice for our game festival a week from now ", Prince said.

" Okay, so I'll just pack your food so you can eat after your practice, want some milk or yoghurt for drink? ",, she asked.

" Muffin, yoghurt and toasted bread for breakfast is much better than nothing ", Prince said, he wants to have something to eat before he goes to school specially today that he have game practice, he had no idea what time they'll end ,he don't want to do it with an empty stomach, he will lost his strength and energy if he is hungry.

" Okay! then get up and prepare now! ", Karen said. She move out of his room when he get up and immediately go to the comfort room. She also needed to wake up Kate her younger daughter in her own room, because Prince is already sixteen years old and Kate is nine they decided to have separate room for each of them and Kate will share it with her younger sister when Maggy was born. The two kids are riding the same school bus now for they decided to enroll Kate in Prince school so that he could watch after his sister in school , that is one of the personal responsibility they've given to their son who's growing so fast now, specially that her third baby will be born soon, Karen was having difficulty in driving long distance so a school bus is convenient for them, another baby girl will be an additional member to their family two months from now.

" Baby, don't make it too hard for mom, okay? ", Karen talk to her daughter as she lovingly touch her big tummy.

" Are you having difficulty in your pregnancy now? Joseph asks his wife as he look at her pale coloring.

" Not so much, it might be because I'm not getting any younger, that's why sometimes I was having difficulty ", Karen admitted.

" But you're only thiry eight years old and that is still young in bearing children ", Joseph told his wife.

" I am just having shortness in breath and back pains, but it is just normal, I feel the same when I have Prince and Kate, and with a light dizziness is something new to me, but my ob-gyne said that's normal for women of my age during pregnancy ", Karen assured her husband.

" Okay? so there's nothing to worry about honey,everything will be fine ", Joseph said.

" I beleive too, but there were times I feel

guilty because I can't spent quality time with our two kids, unlike before when I drive them to school and drive back home we have time to talk about anything they want to share to me ", Karen sadly confess to her husband.

" Honey the kids are grown up now, they can even take care of themselves specially Prince and he is very protective of his younger sister, I doubt if anybody can lay a hand on her sister ", Joseph said laughing -at her wife's sentiments.

" I know, I just can't understand sometimes why I feel so sad and worry about nothing in particular ", Karen said.

" It might be pregnancy glitch don't worry about that, that might pass ", Joseph said as he put his right arm on his wife's shoulder to calm her.

" I don't know why I'm getting emotional these days, I wish I am not like this ", Karen said.

" Don't worry honey I still love you inspite of that as long as you do not give up on us, I don't want you to be depressed, always remember, we will always love you ! me, your son and daughter and the new comer in our family ", Joseph convince his wife.

" How sweet! I love it when you say , sounds like music to my ears ", Karen smiled sweetly at her husband, she loves to hear those words from her husband.

" So that's what you're waiting from me? don't worry I will always remind you how much I love you, hmmnn! my darling wife? ", Joseph said as he lovingly hug Karen.

For a week Prince had been very quiet

which bother his parents, he is having second thoughts about the dreams which he always encounter..

" What keep my son so quiet these days?",, Karen ask Prince.

" It's still always my dream about a big and tall man that calls me, his son ma! ", Prince said.

" Can you describe to me how he looks like?", Karen asked but she has suspicion who the man is.

" He is on his back ma, that 's why I don't know how he looks like ", Prince said, so Sultan was beginning to communicate to his son, such knowledge give a lot of worry to her everyday.She don't know how to explain to his son about sultan, besides she know that his father is Joseph as what the DNA result show. Again that night Prince was visited by sultan in his dream.

" My son, my prince ", Sultan said.

" Who are you? why you're bothering me by calling me your son? ", Prince asked , he could see the side view of his face.

" You are my son! I am your father! ", the man stated as he turn his face on him, this time he could see clearly how the tall and big man looks like, he is divided into two colors black is the other half and white in the other half.. Although he looks handsome but with that two different colors he looks awful

" Surely you're not my father, because my dad do not look like that , I can sense you're not even human! ", Prince told him, the man nodded his head.

" You're right! I am not human, I am Sultan Sota, king of Canla volcano, actually we look alike , there are times you will see this color in you ", he explained..

"No I won't look like that ",, Prince denied , he had never seen such color before in any human only cats and dogs has that color.

" Anyway I came to invite you to see our home, my palace ", the sultan said, when the sultan reach for his hands he had no strength to deny or fight him, he goes with him. They rode a very expensive looking car going to the place he called ' his palace' he felt as though he was in dream and in a trance himself he thought now he knows how it felt to be hypnotized,and he's wondering who's in the driver's seat because they're both seating at the back.

" Did you hypnotized me?", he curiosly asked the man beside him.

" No ! I can't do that to you because you have strong hypnotizing power, but naturally I invaded your dream, that's why you feel powerless against me", the sultan explained.

" So this is just a dream, I am just dreaming!", Prince said.

" This is reality in your dreams, and I want you to know I am your father ", Sultan told him.

" You must be joking! I already have a dad who loves me so much", Prince said laughing.

" I am your father , how would you explain the power that you have? You have power in your eyes which can burn anybody or anything and you have brain power that can hypnotized anybody that you want , did Joseph can do that?", Sultan told him seriously.

" Honestly no! but I thought this is a gift from above ", Prince said honestly.

" Of course not! that's a power which you got from me being my son", according to sultan. Prince stared at the big man, he knows that Joseph was his father but there's something about what he said which he feel is true. More convincing and he will beleive him, he take a look outside of the car window and he like what he saw the beautiful scenery, grasses ,flowers, tall trees, rough roads, the beauty of the sky ,birds, deers, and many more animals they pass through in the road attract his attention. Until he saw a very big mansion in the middle of the vast island surrounded by tall trees and hills. The two uniformed men who opened the gate curtseyed when the car get inside of the gate.

Someone opened the door for sultan and him.

They stared at him when he opened the car door and got off of the car.Sultan motion him to get inside of the house.

" It's a beautiful house, very big and wow! are they real gold?", he asked as he touch the golden vases and many more things found inside of the house", the sultan smiled at his innocence but he didn't confirmed if his question was true..

" Come on we prepared a banquet for your visit today and I want you to meet your brother's and sisters", sultan told him.they pass by a big hall and the next room has long and wide table even fifty people can be accomodated with many foods .

" Wow! you have so many gold here!", Prince said as he saw the spoon ,fork and other eating utensils they'll use

" I'm glad you like them, come sit here", sultan said as he touch the seat beside him.

" They were expensive I'm sure", Prince said.

" Call my childrens and wives", sultan told one of the two uniformed women who served more foods at the table who nodded her head.

" Father, your home!", the youngest girl said as she run towards sultan and hug his father, there are twelve of those whom he assume was his childrens and four woman who got there seat infront of the table.

All of them are goodlooking, he introduced the name of each of them but he was not so good in memorizing names, they were all smiling at him and however welcoming his children's aura are, but his wives seems angry at him.

" You're Prince right? you're Karen's son, you had been here before with your mother on your first birthday", his wife whos name is Simone said.

" My mom had been here before? but she never talk anything about you guys or something about this place", Prince told her.

" We are friends", Simone said which surprised Prince but he said nothing.

" I am nearly convince of what sultan Sota said but I better ask my mom about this", Prince thought.

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