She
walks off the ship with her big hat on & her nose in the air, as she was
better than everyone. She hated the fact she had to walk on dirty in her new shoes,
as she tried to keep her big dress from getting dirty. With her slave girl walking
behind her, this better work or I’m going to have your head this, right then
she when down face 1st. Awww she yells then cried. Because she was
now dirty and she only been on land for 5 minutes. Her slave girl wanted to laugh,
but she holds it in. As they made their way to small town being build and she
got herself a room, that she wasn’t happy with at all. Cotton she yell to her slave
girl, yes Ma, she answers. If you lie to me, I will have you & your brother
head on a plate for the dogs to eat. No ma I ain’t telling you a lie. She can
give you what you ask, but remember it will not be free. I’ll have her head if she
tells me no. Cotton get over her and put my things up make sure they do get
dirty in this what they call a room. When are we going to see this doctor of yours?
We can go tomorrow if you like ma. Why not now, I want to get this done &I
get back to civilization. Ma I don’t take a good idea I need to go ask for her,
no we go right now, you will not try to run away. Get my things & let’s go.
Ma, ma I beg you, please let me go talk to her 1st, but the hateful
woman wouldn’t listen to Cotton. They were off onto a wagon, with 5 arm men
with their gun in their hand, just itching to kill some black monkeys. It took
them 5 hours to make it to a little valley, to only have the people point at
the mountain. They could only take the wagon so far. Than they had to go by foot,
that took an hour of everyone listening to her yell and kick Cotton the way up.
Why she can’t come to me, she yells, look at my dress. She yells at Cotton. They
see a light coming from the hole of the mountain. As the came up to the light,
hello is anyone where, the lady yells. Hello!
Her foot kick Cotton then her hand was going for her face, but she
couldn’t move it. She tried with everything in her to hit Cotton, but couldn’t.
What is this kill her she told her men, but they could only put the gun on her
& not Cotton, you black witch! I’m going to kill you, “she yells at Cotton”,
but she couldn’t move from the spot she was in. I told you, let me come 1st.
you don’t listen.
Be
quit child a voice came from the darkness, a black woman with her face cove in
something white came into the light so all can see. You speak English , the
lady ask, the black woman answer, I speak to all demons, I understand if I
don’t help you will have my head, the lady look at Cotton as if she told, Why
should I help you have a baby, so you demons can kill more of my people, Quit,
I don’t care to hear your answer, because I will not help, you came here and
woke up the dead, now I have to listen to them & get them to go back. I
want to see the doctor, where is your master. You can’t talk to me like this.
The Voodoo Queen laugh,
Ngingumnikazi
wakho ngikutshela ukuthi uhambe ukukhuluma uzithinte
The
lady did as she was told, and the Voodoo Queen laugh as the lady hit herself. I can kill her now for you, she asks Cotton,
look she’s how they say suicidal. they laugh, but Cotton stop, when she saw the
lady look her way as she hit herself. Cotton move her side to side saying no.
the Voodoo Queen spit at her feet, get your soul out of your feet. You walk on
it too much. After 10 minutes, the Voodoo Queen told her to stop, then walk up
to in her face and said, now you know how it feel, for now on if you think of
hitting any more of my people you will hit yourself as a reminder, understand,
white demon, the lady looks at Cotton give her the look like when they get back
home she will kill her, right then she punches herself in the face and knock
herself to the ground. Leave here & don’t come back, or I’ll feed you to my
lions, Please, I beg of you, why are you begging for her, she’s the one who
should be beg, she ask Cotton, before she answer, I see she have your brother,
she took some dirty from the ground then blow it the air at the woman &
men, if her brother die so will your love ones to, but two a month till all are
no more. Child, you need to come back home and tell them white demon to go back
to hell. Now leave me, one of white pointed the gun at the Voodoo Queen head,
she just stops and laugh and said you fool, as he pulls the trigger only to
kill himself, take your mess with you, clean it good. Can’t have his demon soul
here getting on my nerds. Right then the lady drops to her knees, Please, I beg
of you. She wept. The Voodoo Queen kept walking into the darkness, Please,
Please I’ll do anything you ask of me. Please you are my only hope, please help
me. Anything the Voodoo Queen voice came from the darkness. Yes anything, we
will see, Come back this time tomorrow, If your heart is clean, I’ll give you
your child, but remember you say anything. And the light when out and they all
ran away scary.as the Voodoo Queen laugh in the darkness.
The
morning came the other white was gone, it was only The Lady & Cotton going
back to see the Voodoo Queen alone, The Lady knew she had to go back, she
needed to get pregnant if she wanted to get marry to her love Alexander Hamilton
and have him love her the way she loves him. She looked at herself in the mirror,
everyman wants me and love me. I am Elizabeth Schuylon. Everyone back home was
to believe she was in Paris and not in Africa trying to get pregnant, everyone must
believe she is the perfect woman. The time came and they had to go back to the
Voodoo Queen and they had to get there on time. She couldn’t be late. She drove
the wagon herself, it took her minute to get the hang of it. Cotton fear their life
was in danger. However, they made it
there alive, now all they had to do was go up the mountain. As walk in the
opening of the mountain, take off all your clothing, your 1st child
will be born tonight, the Voodoo Queen told her as she walks up to them. She
took some hair from head & put a small cut between her legs, letting the
blood ran into a head of a skull. Lay over there, she points at a makeshift of
a bed that look more like a bird nest, but she as the Voodoo Queen ask, as the
Voodoo Queen added her blood into the skull, come here child she look at
Cotton, spit all your hate for her here now, Cotton like as if she didn’t want
too. Now child, she yells at Cotton. In fear she spits, which is what the
Voodoo Queen wanted in the 1st place. Then she added herds and more
things to the skull, everything in the skull was boiling inside the skull, she took
a bird egg added to the mix and told Elizabeth to drink it, it all my child,
then told some birds in the nest with her. All kinds of birds, birds Elizabeth
never seen before, just sitting quietly with her. She was scary, but did
everything she was told. Hours when by and moonlight was brighter than any of
full moon, the new moon and the new you come together as one. As the moonlight
shine on her, Pain came to her, she yells, Cotton! Cotton! It hurt! The Voodoo Queen when between Elizabeth legs,
push child, Push with everything in you. Do it now. Elizabeth with all she had,
with Cotton holding her hand & sitting behind her, holding her up to push. After
some pushing and egg the size of a watermelon came from between her legs.
Cotton & Elizabeth screen in fear. The Voodoo Queen put her hand up &
they stop, but their eyes screen for them. You can go have the babies you want
now, but no more slaving my people, every man that see will want you, &
Cotton and her brother must be free you and your kind. Or all your other babies,
but this one (she pointed at the egg) will die. Do you understand, but I need
Cotton, she replies, you said anything. You can get dress and go now. But what’s
in the egg, Elizabeth wanted to know. Its best you don’t know child, now go,
the birds sit around the egg, Elizabeth just had to know, with her clothing
falling off she took the heel of her boot and hit the egg, Cotton look on, with
the look she never listens and she closed her eyes, say she heard a sound of a
baby, It’s a girl! Elizabeth cried. Cotton open her eyes as Elizabeth pick the
baby up. She’s beaut…, before Elizabeth could finish, Not yours, The Voodoo
Queen answer. Now put her down and go life your life, remember if you don’t keep
deal you will have babies but they will die. Cotton took the baby from Elizabet
hands, as she did they saw that the baby had two humps at her shoulder blades. What
wrong with her, she cried, Ma we must go, stop asking answers, we must go. Back
to New York they when, never to speak of what happen or where they when.
Everyone start
Elizabeth was different & she live her life with men fighting over her, and
the sweet smell of her told them no more slaves, she was a woman of words, and
her look because every woman wanted to be her. She didn’t send Cotton &
brother free till her son die, she knew the Voodoo Queen would kill all her
babies to come. Leave now, please go, here is some money, I thank you for
everything Cotton, but you know, you must go. Deep down inside Cotton didn’t
want to leave her, but she knew she had too. Free was coming to all & she
needed to learn how to be free.
Bird, come here now The
Voodoo Queen yells, I was just thinking about flying mother. Look at the sky,
with her out on each side as she turns, with her hair blood red and sky-blue
eyes, her skin white as the cloud like at every day, dream to be flying in them
one day. Come now you must eat, I told you will fly and you will be powerful like
your sister & brother and other truth Mother will come and need you. Let eat
now, The Voodoo Queen told Bird as they when back into the hole in the mountain
known as Cango caves.
Will continue next week………….
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