Harmony of Lady Shadow Moon - DhNAi Divine (books for 8th graders txt) 📗

size, and thanked with her eyes.

“I don't know where my husband is leading us,” she said, “but I will not follow. Tonight, we perform Mkisiight, hard and true. This extraordinary ritual handed down to me by the Great Judge Vylaht will keep our power intact and our strength. No matter where these dangerous waters take us we will not drown in them. Let us begin Sistas!”

That night these women spent all that was inside of them on Mkisiight. None of the women quite knowing where it will take them, only hoping what it will allow them to keep. Anubis would only suffer the consequences if he continued going down the road he was on. Because of this ritual cleverly created by Vylaht, he fell to the Earth that he obsessed so hard over. And instead of the better power staying with him it only resided in Aanujah.

It was now up to Aanujah to resurrect a person and a world that he allowed to die.

Track 6: Am I Who I Am?

She trudged into the living room, her kinky hair a mess, her face slightly swollen from her slumber. Her family was chilling in the living room, watching a movie, till Aanu came in.

Saki pointed it out. “You look awful Nu-Nu.”

Aanujah just turned and glared at her, then flopped on the two seater Aniyla was lounging on. She laid on her Gran-Nai's bosom and closed her eyes.

Aaron threw popcorn at Saki, she swung on him, he ducked just in time. “How many times I gotta tell you to just shut up?”

“I'm just statin' the obvious.”

“If it's so obvious why you need to state it?”

Saki smacked her lips. “Shut up Aaron. I'm sorry Nu-Nu.”

Aanu just waved her away.

Aniyla kissed her granddaughter's forehead and then replaced her kiss with her hand. “Honey, this the third time you woke up late.” It was two 'o' clock in the afternoon, the others had left the house and came back, Aanu was still sleep.

“What's wrong my little early bird?”

Aanujah doesn't verbally respond, she shakes her head. Aniyla lifted her head by her chin and gave her a stern look. Aanu shakes her head again, then says, “Nothing Nai-Nai, just bad dreams.”

 

 

Aanujah in the end was displaced between realms, but her fate was much better than her husband and the Men of Council. She was in a state of confusion as she roamed the realms, built only with gray haze. No people, no animals, no nature, no anything. She wouldn't die, but slowly she would lose all memory of her life as a queen and goddess. With her releasing the magic of Mkisiight it would change the course of the underworld.

Only Aanujah could restore her family and her world. She traveled long and far through the nothingness and found one single spot of life. It was a black hole that hovered in the air. Aanu squinted her eyes at the sight, believing she was hallucinating. Her dark arm reached out to check its realness. She felt heat stroke down her arm, working to cover her entire body.

The current of heat entered her body through her root chakra and traveled to her crown. Aanujah was gone from her home and now took up residence on the Earth plane. Her first incarnation she died as a toddler. She couldn't take the overwhelming corrupted energy and slow frequency. It was driving her crazy, even as a three-year-old.

She willed herself to die and on her death, she remembered everything. In her fury, she chose to head back to Earth to get revenge on her lover. But in every incarnation, she'd forget her mission. Coming down to Earth in many bodies, slim women of light butter brown skin accustomed to only the best. A whimpering caramel girl, terrified of life after being raped.

A pale biracial girl who grew up to live an average life as an underpaid school teacher, shying away from any element of her original existence. A drugged crazy who did senseless murders, a homeless elderly woman, born to a family who had an exorbitant amount of money, born to families in nameless villages. She died by suicide, shot in the head, stabbed, disease, natural causes, in every age group. Aanu lived a million lives, but this was her first incarnation as an American in an American ghetto. The stars predicted her return to Earth and then her return to the Underworld.

She would be born to Alanah who was her daughter in the Underworld. Aniyla was her granddaughter in the Underworld. Anubis always knew she would be back, so he did all he could to ensure she would return to him and not his brother. His brother who always had an eye on her and waited for Anubis to make a mistake, so he could have her. Because of Anubis's slips on Earth Alanah married a man of the sun.

And with that Anubis's brother Yunaki could attract her to his light. But what Anubis never realized was that Aanujah never was just of the moon, she was always a child of the sun as well. And without that element she would never be able to return to her full glory. Anubis also didn't remember the fact that before his fall he was a child of both the sun and the moon, just as his eternal soul-mate.

 

 

Aanujah didn't move as she woke from her afternoon nap. She heard the door open and knew exactly who it was. Aaron is the only one to just walk in without knocking. Saki fresh out the shower, dressed in her bra and panties rushed to close the door.

“Dang Aaron, can't you knock?!”

He swallows a smile and covers his eyes. “My bad Saki. If you was half naked more often I could deal wit' yo mouth a little better.”

S'hkmanyu snatched her towel and wrapped it around her body, then slapped the back of Aaron's head. Aaron laughs at the hit. “You good now?”

Saki smacks her lips. “Yeah man.”

“Man, Aanujah still sleep,” he observed. “You comin' wit' us?”

Saki looked at Aaron from her bed. “Where we goin'?”

“I 'on't know,” Aaron replied, “Gran-Nai got some place she wanna go in town. She said do we wanna roll? I said yeah. So whatsup?”

“Yeah I'm in, but I'on't know about Nujah over there.”

Aaron nods, walks over to Aanu's bed, shaking her entire body. “Nu-Nu!” He continued to shake, it took everything in Aanu to play sleep, especially when he started to tickle her.

“Toddler,” Saki called, “leave her 'lone. She sleep.”

Aniyla came in. “How long you go be Saki?”

“Gimme ten minutes, I should be ready.”

“You try to wake her up?” Gran-Nai asks.

“Yeah Nai-Nai. She knocked out.”

“Okay,” she says on an exhale, “we can leave her a note.”

“How long we go be out?” Saki questioned, lathering her arms in lotion.

“Uh, only about forty-five minutes, maybe an hour,” she said.

“You think its safe to leave her alone that long close to night time?” Aaron posed the question.

“She's fine, as long as she stay in the house.”

“Cool,” Saki replies, “I'll be down as soon as I'm done and I'll try to wake her before I come down.”

Both Aniyla and Aaron nodded.

Aanujah wasn't sure if her family pulled off yet, so she tiptoed out her room and to the end of the hall to peek out the window. They were gone. Aanujah felt like crap, her dreams were taking her on a roller-coaster ride. She could barely remember them, but their affects were undeniable. She wanted to see what the edge of the forest was all about.

It's funny she didn't realize until now that she hated the forest near her neighborhood up north. She only went in once, but had to that time if she wanted to avoid trouble. Once she felt the coast was clear she did a little wash up, threw on some regular jeans and a t-shirt. Then she was out, locking the back door behind herself. She had no plans to challenge Anubis like her Gran-Nai did, or play with him like her mama did.

All she wanted was to see what was out there and if maybe somebody or something could tell her some answers. Aanu was happy there was still sunlight painted in the sky, but really it didn't matter. It wouldn't stop her from going into the forest. This would be her only chance, because she knew Aniyla would never go for it. No matter what she told her.

The deeper she walked into the forest the more she felt a sense of deja vu. She found herself staring at trees, watching spirals form on them, words of a language forgotten released from the spirals. Aanujah shook her head and pulled away from the trees. She caught glimpses of flowers that she swore she saw smile and haze sprinkle out of its center. She shook her head again and tried to focus on where she was going.

Her hands gripped her head as images knocked into her third eye vision, pain swelling in her dome. She moaned from the thumping in her head, slamming her eyes shut, trying to hold herself up against a rough tree.

She whispers, “Seven Lotus?” More visions from the dreams she had throughout the last few nights pounded into her mind. They weren't just a figment of her imagination, she felt it in her soul. Truth resonated through every image, every sound, and every action. Anger fills her body, gaining momentum to burst through her mouth in a shrill scream.

The anger pulsed in her body as visions of the pain she went through in each incarnation, all the way to the beginning. She watched Anubis being consumed by greed and his new dangerous beliefs. The flare of anger cooled down, her newest incarnation slowed down the consuming flames. It was threatening to take her over and do a deed she'd soon regret. More visions brutally collided in her mind. Bodies scrolled pass, limp bodies of men, some who deserved death, others caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

One body in the pile Aanujah recognized, an older blonde girl from the rich suburbs outside Lucas County. Aanu shook her head hard and tears fell from her eyes. She just wanted the visions to stop! Aanu dropped to her knees, feeling nauseous and drained. Aanujah looked to the sky, opening her eyes that began to change hues, her eyes didn't stop until they reached purple, but just as fast as they went purple they changed back to brown.

She was truly at the edge, there was a ledge. Aanujah looked over it, one last vision dropped in her mind. It was her old world, the forest, the town, the homes and the children, in full color sight, scent, sound and touch. As Aanu's body collapsed to the ground her mind withdrew from the vision. She scooted her butt near the ledge so her legs could dangle over.

The sight of a setting sun, streams, trees, and nocturnal animals was all she saw.

“Aanujah,” a voice called out. Aanu thought it to be her imagination so she ignored. “Aanujah,” the voice called again.

Aanu looked back and saw that mysterious stranger from the mall. Now he was sexier than ever, sweaty like he was hard at work. He was dressed in sweats, shirtless, his long locks swept back