After mom and I had our breakfast, I quickly rushed to Cynthia's house so we could go to school together. I really enjoy going to school and coming home with her, especially when we are coming home and she is often tired and tends to rest on my shoulders. Hmm, what a sweet feeling! Aha! I remember that I've told Cynthia not to tell Herm that I'm participating in the competition; in fact, she must not let Herm know anything about the swimming competition, as I told her, though I did not truly give her the reason why. I just told her that my mom does not like me indulging in anything that is not study-related in school.
"But mom already knows that our school always hosts a swimming competition called the Merman." But she does not know that we are about to start the competition.Cynthia said"But she is not aware of its commencement, right?""Yeah" "Well, let it be that way."So we discussed the day before in the cab on our way home.When we got to school, it was like moving into another world; my story was still on the lips of the students. Chinwe and Charity were already at school when we got there; there will be no assembly session today; it will just be practice and more practice. Well, today it was going to be the red house that would start with their screening first before others since they were the last the day before. I told the Super Cee that I would like to see the defending merman swim. As you all already know, Kunle Adewale was the defender of the school; he had comfortably acquired the title of the Merman for the last three years without any challenger good enough to dethrone him.Well, when we went to the poolside, we saw him already in his swimming suit, which was different from the ones provided by the school; it was obvious he got that from home. His friends all surrounded him, discussing and laughing, but once they saw me, they stopped laughing as one pointed at me, and they all moved towards my direction and started muttering something I know not—well, I don't know because I really don't want to know. I think I'm satisfied with only having Bright and his crew as my antagonists in this school; I wouldn't want an additional one."Look at them; they are scared already." "An inferiority complex has caught up with the Merman himself."Chinwe sang as we all laughed. But, in fact, I felt like I was the one who was scared and feeling inferior at the moment. Looking at Kunle, you will know that he was built for the water, but what about me? I'm just a cute dude who just had his first swim the day before. Now I found myself thinking the thoughts of "what if". Yeah! What if I forget how to swim again? Yeah, it's possible; I probably did not swim during our last training; all I did was flap my legs with my hands straight forward like Superman during his flight scenes. What if that worked for me out of pure luck? What if I lose to Bright? There are so many "what ifs" in my head that I just don't know which to attend to first.Well, after the students of the red house were done with their swimming, just as expected by the whole class, Kunle won again with a great pace against his competitors. When he got out of the water, he came to me directly even before going to his friends, and he said:"You are next, and you know you can't beat that new kid."So he said and laughed as he left my side with water dripping from his body."Arrogant Yoruba boy."Chinwe said."Hey! You better stop; what did Yoruba do to you now? "You are fond of generalizing Yorubas with many things, and I don't like it; please don't do it when I'm with you."Charity burst out with an attack against Chinwe for connecting Yoruba to the arrogance of Kunle. Charity was a Yoruba girl who would never sit and watch anyone say anything against the Yoruba culture. They called her the Yoruba activist.Well, after the swimming, several houses swam, but we were not interested in any of theirs, so we decided to stroll around as we waited for our turn. Since we started first the day before, we will be the last to practice today. So I felt pressed, and I excused the Super Cee to go ease myself. Well, as I got there, it felt like déjà vu, but this one is not really a déjà vu; it's real. I met Sank and Ojo around the bathroom side, almost like they were waiting for me, but I looked around in search of Bright Cut and couldn't find him there; he was not with his clique today. When I saw them, I tried to ignore them by pretending I did not see them, but my attention was rudely called by Sani, the houseboy."Common, will you bring your dirty demon self to this place?" You think pretending like you did not see us will save you today? "Look at him, stupid idiot." "After we deal with you today, you will not have the hands to swim today." So he said."Hahahaha!" "Your own has finished today."Ajo added."Please, I don't want trouble."This was what I said as the scenario made me flash back to the last incident in Anambra, where I found those boys all broken and terrified of me.Now the two boys walked up to me and asked me to kneel down, which I refused."I said kneel down." "Are you mad?" "You think we are playing with you?"Sani shouted at me, trying to instill fear in me, but hell no, I refused to be intimidated. Where I got my courage from is something I cannot explain, but all I know is that I refused to be intimidated. When Sani and Ojo noticed that I was still standing my ground, they decided to strike me with a blow to the belly to show me that they meant business, but as Sani delivered the blow towards my belly, something happened to me. I felt this possession, like there was another personality in me, and my confidence and boldness rose to a hundred percent level.At this moment, everything became so slow as I became the only one with a face. I could feel everything around me with great intensity; this has nothing to do with my ability to hear, though if I wanted to, this was like becoming one with nature, as every sound and every atom of air that made its way in my direction was noticed. As Sani swung his fist towards me, I saw how slow it came and how fast I am, so I intercepted it. I don't know where this reflex came from, but I suddenly developed a strong defensive reflex due to the fact that I became so fast. Yeah, I became faster; nothing became slow; this was something I noticed later. So when he delivered the blow, I held Sani by the hand, and without hesitation, I twisted the hand to his back. I must truly confess that I wasn't fully in control of my actions that day. Though it wasn't like I blacked out like the last time, this time I was aware of everything, but I wasn't in control. It felt like there was this force within me that wan
Hastily, I dashed to the poolside restroom, where I swiftly took a shower and changed into my swimsuit. I left the bathroom with an overwhelming sense of fear, looking at the poolside, I realized the weight of expectation upon me; a thronging crowd awaited to witness my performance. The tale of my previous extraordinary swim had spread throughout the school, attracting those who had missed it before. "What if I faltered this time? Would I still be embraced by the same love and admiration?" I asked myself.Among the competitors in the swimming event at my house were Bright, Stanley, Paul, and myself. As we awaited the signal to begin, my heart raced uncontrollably. Lost in my thoughts, I failed to hear when the whistle was blown. Upon seeing my peers plunge into the water, I instinctively made the sign of the cross, a ritual of my Catholic faith, before immersing myself.Once submerged, a familiar sensation enveloped me. Faint strains of music filled my ears, accompanied by an indescri
It was a very hot noon, just like a vendetta, the scorching sun raged down on earth with strong, harsh, and aggressive rays which it rained upon earth's way, causing all living things to run for shelter, even the trees wished they had a means of running for a cover. Even the breeze which blew was almost as hot as the steam blown out of volcanic rock. This was the kind of weather that can cause the blood in one's bloodstream to boil like water in a cooker and can also cause the hair in one's back to stand up and tangle. Under the hot illuminating atmosphere was a young teenage boy who ran helter-skelter like someone on a life-saving mission. Yes, that teenage boy was me, aha... He "was" me because I have transformed into something different right now. I am Demian, yes, Demian, what a name right? Well, I guess mom gave me that name basically because she felt it rhymes with the name "demon". Why will mom search for a name that rhymes with "demon" to name her only child? Well, you will so
Now mom felt comfort like she was in the arm of a man, but just as she was about to get too comfortable with the romantic and sensual aura from the beach, she heard this startling deep voice saying: "What troubles you?" The voice echoed from above her head. The voice was very deep but mild, sounding like a cocktail of the roar of a lion and the gentle rush of the sea. Goosebumps rash her immediately, with her hair all erect, her eyes wide open and round. "what could make a beauty as you cry?"The voice said. "Hey! Do you want to give me a heart attack?" She asked as she looked up to see the man with the voice. The man was handsomely built, and his complexion was like a cocktail of milk and honey blended with rich cocoa, he was very tall and had a long straight gold-coloured mane. He was bare-chested, water dripped from his wet hair down his broad puffed chest, and sweet hair lined from his chest down his lower abdomen through his cracked belly which appeared like finely placed ti
"So, Mr Aquabeing, what do you seek for on land? Tell me, what brought you here? Or are you missing your way? And why are you with legs like a land walker? Hahaha" Mom asked dad in a teasing manner with her left hand on her flowing dark mane, and her other hand on the bare part of her lap. Her black miniskirt had pulled up slightly due to her sitting position, with her eyes still stuck to the bare chest of daddy, she also sat in a way that her massive bumps trust up high and bold enough to catch the attention of any healthy male. "I heard you cry from the deep blue, and I couldn't float seeing a fine art as you cry. I'm meant to understand that one Matthew broke your delicate heart, so I'm here... To mend it."Dad who is still a stranger said, this time he used both hands to hold her cheeks, raising her face so that their eyes can meet, he stared deep into her eyes causing her to quiver. Ok, now I'll like to warn you that I'm about to expose things that might be a little too sensual
Both mom and dad breathing hard and fast like a sprinter after a long-mile race. Yeah! This was the act that caused my existence, though mom thought this to be a mistake, I still thanked God for that day, cause it was the day that I was conceived. Mom now faced up looking at the twinkling stars, she now regretted her actions, mom was not as erratic as you think, it's almost impossible to resist the sexual advancements of my kind. 'Regrets are like hens, they have come home to roost.' She became ashamed of herself, she can't believe what she had done, and she wished she can undo her action, she just had unprotected sex with a total stranger. 'Matthew, see what you have caused, see what you made me do.' She said in her mind. All of a sudden the sea started rumbling again, causing a wash on the shore. "I'm needed back home, beautiful land walker... Sorry! Jennifer." Dad said jumping up, he walked towards the sea butt naked. "Enough of this joke, it's no longer funny." She said as she
Ok, let's come back to the present, I guess you now understand mom's reason for calling me Demian, a name that rhymes with a demon. Well, it's true, I'm Damian, a hybrid of mom a beautiful human lady, and Dad, a seductive Akwa-being, and a Sea King, I guess that made me an Aqua-prince, and yes this is the story of my life.I ran so fast jumping over obstacles like a sprinter in a huddle race, dodging some branches of trees as I ran through a bush path, I ran so fast only to stop in front of a small stream. There was a plank placed in form of a bridge to aid crossers to cross comfortably. As I got to the stream my expression changed, I wished that I knew any other way, but there was none known to me, I have to cross the stream if I must get to my destination. I used to be too scared of water, I believe that I have water allergies. I closed my eyes, spread my arms, folded my fist, and squeezed hard as I slowly managed to cross the local bridge. Immediately I crossed the stream and conti
"Aha! Finally, you are out, now where is that violent bastard son of yours? I said where is he? Bring him out!"A furiously looking woman, the woman was visibly angry as her rage could be sensed from miles away, everyone, not excluding me thought she was a madwoman who accidentally wandered into our compound. But behind the woman were the four bullies, they stood behind her all in plasters and bandages tied to different parts of their bodies. "Can you see what your violent son did to my boy and nephews? Have you seen it? No, just look at them, see for yourself." She said pointing at the one with a broken arm. It was boy two, I could hardly recognize him with all those bandages, he made this funny face of pain as he tried to raise the broken hand, the hand was hung to his neck, I could almost say broken arm suites him a whole lot."Now listen and listen very clearly, you may call me any name of ur choice, I don't care, but never you dare call my Damie names. You better restrict your