Back at the pedi tribe swaki s training intensifies, Swakii's determination to master the Time Art had been unwavering. Under Sinah's guidance, he had practiced tirelessly, and finally, the day of breakthrough arrived.
Sinah : (while exchanging blows)you will never hope to land a hit on me with only hand combat boy
Swakii: (with unwavering determination) yeah right , like i can see your starting to sweat .....
Your opponent sweating wont win u fights! It will get you killed ! Said sinah
Ohh yeah? Said swakii after he grabbed both sinah hands with a smile on his face. "time art 5 seconds frame"!
Sinah : huh(with shock ).....
Swakii appeared in bright realm where time was non existent , did i do something wrong,? He asked himself
Noo my sweet child , said warm voice behind swakii
Who s there ! He asked
A women like figure appeared before swakii , you are all grown ..... my child ( tears coming out)
Wh...who are you...
Ohhh i guess you were a few hours old when i died ..... my name is vutomi and iam your mother ...
Swakii: m...my mother ....?
Yes.... seems like u were able to connect us by freezing time....said swakii s mother ... you have grown strong my son.
Swakii: did i die while activating the the time art..?
Noo , though u activated 5 seconds , we have 5 minutes for me to relay everything to you....said vutomi....you must have been wondering why you not like other villagers
I know, its a curse....swakii said with a sad tone
Thats not true my son ..... nothing about you is a curse, 18 years ago during the war ... women and children were moved to the cape for their safety .....we were attacked by the zulu warriors and we forcefully split us .... before i new it i was all alone....
Attacked by the zulus? Asked swakii
Yes ..back then every tribe was on its own ... i was scared so i started calling the women i was with before the ambush .... only to be found my the zulus .... before they could even get to me they were killed by light skinned men....way lighter then you.... one of them was ur father ..... they took me with them to the cape seas were they were camping .... i didnt understand their language but i could tell they were arguing about weather to kill me or not . But ur father stood by me and made sure nothing happened to me. As time went by i fell in love with your father,and i ended up pregnant with you .... 9 months later your father s crew had to leave and go back to their nation ,,, he asked me to go with him but i knew if his nation had more people like him...they would hate me too .... so i declined
Swakii: so he left without you ?
Noo, he stayed with me .... but that was his biggest mistake ..... the same day u were born we were attacked by group of xhosa warriors ... they were too many but ur father managed to defeat them all, but one of them managed to stab me ,,, there was no way i could survive ....before i died i asked ur father to take u back to the village .....unfortunately thats all i can recall. But it seems like he succeeded .
Swakii: if he managed to get there then where is he ?
I cannot give you an answer to that....but i can tell you that your father was a great man. Our time is almost over, im glad i got to see you ..my lovely child.
Noo wait,.... swaki said.
"time then resumed and when swakii opened his eyes sinah and amizo were looking and him laying on the ground.....i saw her ... my mother i saw her .... said swakii
Chapter 8 concludes