The Darkest Hour - Season 1 - Episode 28

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The Darkest Hour - Season 1 - Episode 28

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11:30pm
The twins stopped at the road that leads to the dark forest. Monica glanced at her sister. She remembered the exact words Adaku said when they were on their way to Ndiogoro:
THIS ROAD LEADS TO THE DARK FOREST OF NDIOGORO LAND. STRANGERS DON’T ENTER THERE.
“What?” Udoka brought back her senses.
“I’m no stranger” Monica replied. Udoka reasoned her response then had a clue of what she remember: Adaku’s words.
“Let’s go” Monica hurried up followed by her sister. The ray of light from the torch luminated just a close range. The more they hurried, the darker the road. Before them at a far distance was a thick forest. As they drew closer, Monica began to shed tears. Yet she never stopped walking. The tears poured down like a rain and her lips vibrated.
“Why do you cry, Monica?” Udoka stopped.
“I don’t know” Monica also stopped.
“I don’t understand”
“Neither do i”

They became quiet staring at each other. Udoka collected the torch from her. She moved to the forefront while the sister followed her. As the silence lingered, darkness darkened and tears poured down from Monica’s eyes, she called, “Udoka”
Udoka stopped, turned and flashed the torchlight on Monica’s face then waited for her to continue.

“Udoka..” Monica sniffed in tears. “I want you to understand something. Always have it at the back of your mind that i love you and mother so much. You have been both my brother and sister. Don’t you ever forget..”
“Stop!” Udoka began to shed tears too. She couldn’t bear it anymore. Her sister’s words touched her innermost heart. “Stop speaking as if you are going to where i won’t be able to go. We must complete this journey. No going back” she hugged her tightly. Immediately, a strange wind began. Lightening strucked in the atmosphere and rain began to fall. But they continued.

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12 midnight
The twins came to the heart of the Dark Forest of Ndiogoro land. They stood at a spot without knowing what else to do or where to go. The only thing seen was darkness both front and back. Tall tress and other shrubs dangled towards the wind. By then, the rain had stopped falling but drizzling. They could hear the sound of different insects from both far and near. The torchlight suddenly fell from Udoka’s hand but she quickly picked it up and said, “Now what?”
“Put off the light” Monica instructed.
“What?! Why? Can’t you see how dark this place is?”

“Just do it!” Monica shrieked.
Udoka stared at her for a moment. She reluctantly turned off the torchlight and that created room for the darkest hour. Both couldn’t even see each other. All they could hear was the singing birds and moving air.
“Monica..”

“Quiet” Monica interrupted Udoka. She fixed her eyes on the ground expecting to see what she sees in the dream. As she stared at the dark ground, she began to see a very tiny bright ray of light sprinkling out of the ground.
“Can you see that?” she smiled.
“What?” Udoka asked.

“Look at the ground. What can you see?”
Udoka fixed her eyes on the ground. “My God!” she exclaimed. She moved forward and shuffled away dead leaves to take a better look. “They are like stars! What are they?” she asked..

The dark forest of Ndiogoro land possesses different kinds of totem used by the forefathers of the indigens. It has been a place full of strange remarkable things such as a large pot-hole which seems like it was created by a gully erosion. Inside it were also rocks and muddy shelves. Due to the strange rocks and lack of education, the forefathers of the land kept the forest secrete believing to be the luck of the land. Therefore, they la!d down laws and traditions for it. Years passed. The village civilized with the world at large. So the dark forest was left untouched but was believed in it’s endowment. They never knew what it has brought to the land naturally.