Soon night time was over and they all woke up and bathed, got dressed for school, ate and pretended to go to school. They met in that spaza shop and when they were near Mrs Barker house they veered to their ramshackled house. They sat there until all the learners were all gone to school and the streets were so quiet. One by one they text the teacher. Elaine lied to say she was looking after his grandfather because he was sick and her mother at work. Alice lied to say she was sick. She is said to have asma (pretending to be her mother). Suzette didn't send a text to anyone but decided to faint in front of her parents so they said she mustn't go to school. Everything was well for them and soon when there were no more kids in the streets, they left for Alice's place. They used the backyards gate so no one would notice them entering. They went straight to the tree house and found the puppet sleeping. They stood by the door looking at it. Elaine took out the bracelet from her bag. "Someone has to wake it up and it's not me", said Alice holding the door handle."And not me either", said Suzette, also standing from a corner. Elaine had no choice, she slowly walked to it and touched it with the bracelet. It immediately became awake. It opened its big eyes. Elaine slowly moved backwards. She then reached out her hand and gave the puppet the bracelet. The puppet tool and divided it into three with a spell. The girls stood amazed, was it magic, they asked themselves. It gave the bracelets back to Elaine. Suzette and Alice moved closer and sat down. Elaine gave them the bracelets. The puppet spoke. "It's often quite strange to see things like this but yes I'm a talking puppet and I'm also Matilda. I was cursed into it and therefore I'm not dead. It's just that now everything now is terrible", said Matilda the puppet, her eyes wide open surprised to see Suzette and Alice. She never thought they were generous. They again looked at one another, Alice torches it again. Matilda the puppet just laughed. Its voice indeed sounded like Matilda's. "So what really happened to you, we'd like to know how come you're alive but also a puppet, and your things were kind of covered in blood, and not only that you disappeared out of nowhere that day and my parents thought I was crazy", spoke Elaine curiously. Alice opened her eyes ready for the answers to be delivered into her ears. The puppet just said with a wry smile that they must relax and must fetch everything they shall need, whether food, water or blankets because the story was long and no destruction was needed. Alice then secretly went to the house and took all the things they would need. She took food, water, juice, and blankets to feel warm themselves. She took one blanket for Matilda, and ran back to the tree house. The puppet told them to brace themselves for she had to start her story. "Here I start", she said wryly.
Night of the long knives where all people were massacred. The whole world was being attacked by evil. Many more than a million people died that night. Those who were strong enough, had magical powers were taken by the witch to make new pourshins and others to her servants and lastly those who were seen as weak got killed and were taken and buried in pits that were dug outside their towns. Everything that day was destroyed, homes, businesses, banks, belongings, farms got burnt. Mostly time, loyalty, trust, honesty, hope and love in such a way that the world had to start all over again. I was only twelve years when I had to witness my mother's death, I never knew my father, let alone to have met him. I was hiding in one of the pits that were dug in there and luckily the way I was in was hidden by the bushes so they couldn't see it nor my mother was one of the good fairies who did nothing but to save the world from evil. She had always survived in her battles but that day, it wasn't for her. She was about to kill that evil witch when her friend stabbed her with a sword at the back of her chest, and bad enough she wasn't wearing the necklace that protected her from death. She had given it to me. She died slowly looking at the pits where I was, for I was looking at her. She first gave me hope, woke up, stood a little bit but then she fell down. I then only heard the evil witch shouting that she was gone and they all saw it as triumph, the evil witch gleed with happiness at my mothers death. My eyes just watered, I felt tears in my eyes, for fear had already knocked and I had opened. The only thing I could smell was loneliness. I saw from that day evil was going to rule. After my mothers death, they decapitated every person's head. And I only heard a man murmuring that they wanted the five gemstones and the emerald and I only saw the man's head being decapitated. I hid in those pits until the killing was over, until I felt quietness, that there was no more noise, that there were no more gunshots, no lightning strokes from the witch or people screaming death but what I also felt was coldness. I kept peeping for my mother, hoping she would come and fetch me. But time started to pass and it grew more quiet and darker. I quickly ran to her, whom I found dead lying on the ground with blood scattered around her. I started to cry hoping she would wake up. I couldn't believe it. She left me without saying goodbye or even kissed me. I cried, weeped, sobbed and for a moment I found myself sleeping next to her until I felt a hand touching me and a voice telling me to wake up. It was the hand of an old lady. That lady was Mrs Barker, my mother's aunt. She told me to leave with her. For a moment I stood lost, for I didn't know what to do, for me and my mother it had to be a cross-road and I must either leave or stay with her. But I then lingered over the choice. I decided to leave with Mrs Barker. We walked to a mountain and I felt relieved because we weren't the only ones that survived the killing. We all took a long walk, on this long trek, famished until we reached a forest. That forest was the one Elane saw that day. That forest had a wonderful ambience. Its amenities were what satisfied me the most. We got to the forest and we tried seeking for a place to sleep in and we found it. It was a big cave and we decided to stay in it for safety. We were all filled with fear. We then ended up spending our everyday lives in the cave: gathering food, water and spending nights. Nights and mornings my eyes were filled with tears and I was angry at my foe for killing my mother, and it grew both day and night until it bore my heart into pieces. I would just wish that I would see my foe dead lying like my mother that day. I told my wrath, my wrath did end. It was because I never heard from her ever since she died that day but Mrs Barker ensured I was well taken off. And as time passed by I went to school, for I had once enjoyed going to school. Everyone stayed in peace, joyful, happy and full of laughter. It was one day when I had aged 18 years old and Mrs Barker took me to the fairy land where my mother once lived. She took me to her palace and we went to a secret room where we found a secret door. We entered there and found long stairs that led to another small room. When we got there, we had to dig a hole in the wall and we discovered a small brown bag. Mrs Barker opened it and to my surprise it had the five gemstones together with the emerald. Mrs Barker told me to take care of these precious stones and yi never let anyone take them. I had to ensure that the evil witch mustn't find them because if she did, it would pose a great threat to the whole world. I first refused to take the bag but then I thought of those innocent fairies, the innocent people I left behind and my mother who always fought for justice. I then agreed to take the bag and look after those stones. We then went back to the forest and I hid them in a very special place of my own, which no one knew. It was not long enough that people around the cave started to ask Mrs Barker who I was. Mrs Barker first, second and many times decided to ignore them but then they were so pestering that she got tired and told them the truth. She told them I was Matilda, daughter to Lindsay, the queen of the fairies. Somehow, someone discovered that I had the gemstones together with the emerald and went out to snitch on the evil witch, wizard and the sorcerer and became one of them. He went there to snitch cause he wanted to be seen as loyal for he feared death but never knowing he was signing us a death sentence. The three evils saw me as a threat to them for people in the forest all believed in me and I had all they wanted. So brace yourselves ladies cause this is where I answer all your questions, this where… ( she doesn't continue)
They got interrupted by the noise of the children coming from school. They soon had to leave and Alice's parents could be back at any time. They all packed everything back inside the house and made sure they left Matilda the puppet was locked inside safely with food. Alice quickly went inside and took off her school uniform and pretended to be writing her school work. Suzette found her parents not at home yet and when they arrived they found her sleeping. Elaine found her mother already at home with her grandfather sitting under a tree trying again to call her father who never answered his phone nor would it ring. Elaine greeted them and went inside the house, took off her school uniform, ate and sat about two hours in the house pretending to write her homeworks. Somehow her grandfather noticed that she had arrived earlier today than before but he kept quiet. She then went to them and sat under the tree also. She too tried calling her father but still it wasn't answered. They all kept calling even grandfather up until they gave up. They went to sleep for the second day not knowing what was going on with him. During the nights Elaine's mother received a message saying "I am fine, stop calling". The message was from Elaine's father. Somehow got relieved but it didn't sit well with her that hadn't spoken to him. She couldn't hold herself but replied to the text asking why isn't answering their calls and why to stop calling. This text was left unanswered and Elaine's mother got angry and called him. The phone call was answered by someone else, not Elaine's father. He just told Mrs kharah not to call anymore or else...( he didn't continue, he just ended the call). Elaine's mother couldn't believe it, she kept looking at her cellphone and the words call ended. She then couldn't sleep thinking about what the man wanted to say to him, and why couldn't he continue, and why didn't her husband not answer his phone but give it to another man. The man had a squeaky voice and he was stuttering which was what Elaine's father never did. And Mr kharah had a loud deep voice. Elaine's mother didn't sleep that night, not even a wink. She only did that when she was angry, sad or worried about something. Her instincts were never wrong.