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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

"Welcome home." The elegant woman said and got up from her chair, she walked towards him in her sequin flowing black gown and placed her hand on his back. She then asked. 


"Speak, what news have you brought for your people?"


"Kugama has lost its balance, its Queen is weak and vulnerable." The young man replied. 


"Is it?" The woman asked with a smile. "Kugama will fall and Vang will rise." The young man said with every ounce of confidence and looked up at the woman with a smile.


"Tell me more." The woman said placing her hands on his slender face. 


"My Queen, there is chaos in the kingdom." One of Queen Memma's guards came running to inform her one evening after she came back from seeing her daughter. 


"What's happening." The Queen asked raising her head sharply, Then she heard a loud noise suddenly even before she could reply. 


"What's that noise." She asked in fright. 


Queen Memma got up hurriedly and together with the guard they went up to the large balcony of the palace and from there with the aid of Faywi (the magical binoculars) she saw the massive destruction that had taken place in Kugama and was still taking place. 


"Who is behind this?" The Queen asked almost to herself. 


"A woman in black who is riding a strange object more like a golden banana leaf." The guard replied. 


"We are being invaded. Gather the entire guards in Kugama and bring them to the palace, immediately." Queen Memma ordered. 


"Yes, Your Highness." He said and walked away quickly.


"After I am done with these little creatures, I will be coming for you, my dear. It will be a reunion." The woman in black war clothes said to herself with a smile.


"Commander, gather your men and make them surround Kugama. I want no one to escape." She said to a strong-built man by her side.


"Yes, General." He said and went away calling out to his men as he walked away.


The Kugama soldiers assembled in the palace leaving only a few soldiers to safeguard the gates and some others to lead the people in defending themselves in case the enemies make their way inside. 


"We are at war and we must do everything possible to protect ourselves and protect our people. No one must die today, Kugama is strong." The Queen addressed them with sad but confident emotions showing in her eyes and then she asked them to recite the Kugama defence pledge;


CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE (A WAR WITH SOMEONE YOU KNOW)