the toba

Chapter 30

Far away from the viper castle was a desert..the inhabitants of this desert called it the apothecary desert.apothecary for a reason!!

A peasant family of 5 sits around a fire while their sister tells a story.it's past midnight.in this family, there's only one girl who is the eldest of about seventeen.. she's dark haired and caramel skinned.. evidence of the desert sun.the father is an elder man who likes to sit all by himself smoking a hookah.the other family members are all boys aged 13,9 and 5.there mother is late .

"It's bed time"the girl said to her brothers and the 9 year old grumbled

"Sarkina!!"

"Be quiet,you should be in bed,we have a lot of work tomorrow"sarkina hushed her obstinate brother and the fella kept shut.

"I will be right back"toheeb the 13 year old said and stood up from the mat

"Where are you going,am in charge here"his sister asked and he retorted

"Yea I know but I don't think you're in charge of my bladder.i need to pee"

"It won't kill you to be polite"sarkina scoffed but her brother didn't bother to reply her..he wandered into the dark,far from the fire to relieve himself.Caught up with trying to send her siblings inside, sarkina completely forgot about toheeb.after she securely tied the tent and covered her father with a quilt did she remember that a part of the mat was vacant.

Toheeb!!

Her heart raced, where was he?he liked to act mature Everytime and always ended up getting into trouble.why didn't he just pee somewhere close.she grabbed the lamp and wanted to scurry out into the night when her youngest brother woke up and asked

"Are you going out big sis"he asked in his cute baby voice

"..uh I just need to pick something outside"sarkina lied.she needed to put her baby brother back to sleep so she could go out and look for her naughty brother.

"Can I come with you?"

"No je'rah sweetie,q you can't come,I won't take long"she ruffled his hair and made him lie back on his mat.she kissed his forehead but the little boy looked at his big sis with eyes gleaming with the lamp.

"You promise?"

"I promise..I just need you to sleep and I'll be back sooner than you know it"she smiled and he smiled back.

"Ok I believe you".

"Good night my love"she smiled and when he'd slept off she crept out of the tent.

'am going to kill that boy 'she muttered under her breath as she walked into the lonely night searching for her brother..

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Meanwhile toheeb was so caught up digging up the desert sand that he didn't notice the bandits lurking in the shadows.after releaving himself he'd stumbled upon a rock and out of anger he decided to dig up the small but mighty rock only to discover that the ground was kinda sticky which meant one thing, either wet mud or water..and water was one thing they needed to survive.

With the intent to prove to his sister that he could be a man of the family he decided to dig up the ground with his bare hands and see for himself if really it was Water or just something else.he was pleased to find out it was a toba