Ali had a female friend named Nita. They were both very close, and had known each other since childhood.

One day, Nita asked Ali to help her perform a ritual that she had read about in an old book.

Ali was hesitant at first, but Nita convinced him that it would be fun and that nothing bad would happen.

In an eve hour Ali and Nita gathered the items they needed for the ritual, and went to a secluded place in the woods.

They set up a small fire and began to chant the words from the book. As they continued, the fire began to burn brighter and brighter, and suddenly, a shadowy figure appeared in the flames.

The figure spoke in a deep, booming voice, “What do you want?”

Ali and Nita were both terrified, but Nita gathered her courage and said,

“We want to know the future.

The figure looked at them both and then said, “This knowledge comes at a price.”

Ali and Nita looked at each other, unsure what to do.

They knew that rituals like this were never without risk, but they also knew that this could be their only chance to know what the future holds.

Ali spoke up, “We are willing to pay the price.”

The shadowy figure smiled and said,

“The price is this – one of you must give up something that is most precious to them.

Ali and Nita both looked at each other, trying to decide what to do. At the end, Ali decided to give up his sight.

The figure reached out and touched Ali’s eyes, and he was instantly blinded.

Ali could no longer see, but he could feel the presence of the figure and hear its voice.

“You have given up your sight,” it said, “now you will know the future”

The figure began to speak, and Ali and Nita listened in horror as it described terrible events that would happen in years to  come.

Finally, the figure was silent, and Ali and Nita were left alone in the woods. Ali could no longer see, but he knew that they had made a terrible mistake.

As Ali and Nita made their way back to the village, they were filled with dread.

They knew that the future they had been told was inevitable, and they wondered how they would ever be able to prevent it from happening.

As they neared the village, they heard shouts and screams coming from the direction of the town square.

They ran towards the noise, and what they saw filled them with horror.

In the center of the square, there was a pyre, and on it, a young woman was tied up and surrounded by flames.

Ali and Nita rushed to the pyre, desperate to save the woman…

Ali reached out to untie her, but she stopped him, saying,

“Don’t touch me, you’re blind and can’t see what’s happening. If you free me, the evil will spread and destroy this village.

Ali pulled back, confused and afraid. Suddenly, the woman began to speak in a deep, booming voice, the same voice they had heard in the woods.

“You have paid the price, now you will know the future.”

The woman began to speak of a future where a plague would ravage the land,

and the people would be reduced to ashes. Ali and Nita listened in terror as the woman described a world of death and destruction.

When she was finished, the woman’s body burst into flames, and she disappeared.

Ali and Nita were left alone in the square, trying to process what they had just heard.

They knew that they had to do something to stop the future from coming to pass, but they had no idea how to do it.

Ali  and Nita went to the village elder and told him what had happened.

The elder was skeptical at first, but Ali described the events so vividly that he began to believe that something truly terrible was going to happen.

They decided to call a meeting of the entire village, and Ali and Nita told everyone what they had seen and heard.

Some people were afraid, some were skeptical, but everyone was listening intently. After hearing Ali and Nita story, the villagers decided to take action.

The villagers decided to form a council, made up of the most respected members of the community.

Ali and Nita were asked to join the council, and they readily agreed.

The council’s first task was to figure out what to do about the threat that had been foretold.

They decided to send scouts out to other villages, to see if they had heard of anything similar. In the meantime, they would work on strengthening the defenses of their own village.

They built a wall around the village, and trained everyone in the art of fighting, just in case.

As the weeks went by, the scouts returned with their reports. Some villages had heard of strange happenings, but nothing as dramatic as what Ali and Nita had described.

However, one village had a tale that was very similar to Ali  Nita story.

This village had sent scouts of their own to investigate the threat, and they had not returned.

The council decided to send a small group of warriors to find the missing scouts and determine what had happened to them. Ali and Nita were part of this group.

The group set out, traveling for days until they reached the village where the scouts had last been seen.

As they approached the village, they noticed that something was very wrong.

There was no movement, no sound, and no smoke coming from the chimneys. They cautiously made their way into the village, and what they found was horrifying.

The entire village had been wiped out, with no survivors. The bodies of the missing scouts were found among the wreckage, and it was clear that they had been killed by some unknown force.

What they had found, but they knew they had to press on.

They searched the area for any clues as to what had happened, and they eventually found some tracks leading away from the village.

They followed the tracks for miles, until they came to a large cave in the side of a cliff.

There was a strange, glowing light coming from the cave, and a feeling of dread filled the warriors. As they approached the cave, they heard a low, growling sound from inside.

Written by David Nsien