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A long time ago, the people of the Kugama kingdom suffered attacks from stronger cities around them for several years, then came the advent of King Bajju the Sixth who decided to put an end to the misery of his people.
He dared to venture into the evil forest (Saro) to seek the help of the spirit wisperers also known as the Izagi and he got a solution but not without giving them something in return.
In answer to his problem, two beautiful daughters bestowed with the power of music (Etsako) were given to him.
The people of the kingdom were also given the power of music from generation to generation but they are not as powerful as the princesses. Their powers were controlled by the magical lamps of their ancestors. 
A power that no force or even the strongest of armies could stand against was given to the two princesses. At a hit of their first and tiniest musical notes, they destroy their enemies. 
One of the twin princesses was the most powerful because her musical notes were not controlled by the magical lamp (Dendi), this made her one of the Chosen (Oron) while the other was controlled by the magical lamp. Her powers were in a honeycomb-like design lamp in the middle of the sacred shrine (Tangale shrine) where their lamps were kept safe.
The lamps rarely go off but if eventually a lamp goes off, that means the owner of the lamp is gone to the world beyond, and as soon as a new life is born the lamp comes on.
When the two daughters turned into women, As per tradition, the king decided to coronate the chosen one believing that she would be able to protect their kingdom more.
But on her coronation, her father the king saw her get angry with one of the guards and she suddenly struck him dead with a musical note.
When the king confronted his daughter, she didn't seem to be regretful and so right before her, he coronated his other daughter.
Infuriated, she tried to attack her sister, the queen and in her attempt, she murdered her father who tried to protect his other daughter.
She was arrested and banished from the kingdom. As she left she vowed to come back and take what rightfully belonged to her.
Several years later, the Queen had a daughter and was happy that she had a successor, someone to leave the throne to after she was gone.
But as the princess grew up, she didn't have a voice, a magical singing voice. 
A MAGIC WITHIN was lacking in her, although she grew up faster than the other children in the kingdom and her eyes would always glow beautifully in the strange night, she was not showing any signs of the powers she was supposed to have as the firstborn.
The queen worried and did all she could in her power to bring back her daughter's voice.
Meanwhile, far far away. The banished princess was ruling her kingdom, she had her army and was swiftly taking over the strongest kingdoms there was in the world with her amazing powers.
She was still determined to come back and take what rightly belonged to her.
To find out if the new princess will have a voice, what her glowing eyes mean if the banished princess will take back what belongs to her, and if the new princess will be able to fulfill her mother's wish of becoming a successor after her departure, then please read to the very end...

A MAGIC WITHIN

A young warrior ran in and went on his knees before the king.


"There has been yet another attack. This time, the enemies have taken over three more of our smaller kingdoms into their possession.


Her well-shaped eyebrows raised upon hearing the shocking news.


"This attack began fourteen years ago and until this day we still do not know who our enemies are." She said to the warrior.


"They are gaining more power but how could there be another kingdom with the power of the magic within? Only the Kugama people were given this power." She said to him again.


"How do we fight back when we do not even know who our enemy is and how dangerous he or she is?" King Nenma asked herself.


"My king, my informant was able to see the person's back but my informant ended up coming back blind after seeing it. He claims that the person is strong, his back well-built and firm. His hair was dark. The short hair was plaited at both sides and the center was packed up. Through this description, our enemy has to be a man, my king." The warrior said hoping this would comfort his king.


The king called in the palace maids after he asked the warrior to leave.


"Where is my child?" She asked and they all started looking at each other with questioning eyes. They had no idea where she could have gone.


With its face raised facing the sun amidst the fragrance of different flowers in the field far from the kingdom, a figure was seen breathing in the amazing air and feeling the sun on its face.


My princess!!! Someone called from behind and the figure turned with a beautiful smile on her face. It was a beautiful young girl, a black angel. 


She was slightly tall, and she was slender, not because of lack of food, her body clearly showed that it was being well taken care of. Her skin glowed like a newly made Kugama sword by the great Madju, the blacksmith.


"Oh goodness. Is it ever possible for me to escape you?" The princess said to her maid and smiled.


"That is why I am your shadow princess." The beautiful fair maid said in a Beli accent. 


The Beli people were part of the kingdoms who came to ask for help from King Bajju years ago when their kingdom was getting attacked. Thereafter, they mixed with the Kugama people but their accents showed that they were still different from the Kugama people.


CHAPTER SIXTEEN (YEARS LATER)