MURUMBWANA STORIES: THE THRONE CONQUEST

THE THRONE CONQUEST:

THE PORCOSHKOVS' REIGN

Part 1: The Rise of J. T. Porcoshkov

In the year 1748, lived a highly decorated Russian army leader, called Maréchal Juvic Tito Porcoshkov (nicknamed 'le dent en or'/the golden tooth). He was well recognised by a lot of ppeople in his country of origin. He fought battles with the assistance of his french allies (who called Maréchal Juvic). He led a victorious army and by this, he earned a very high post in the army. 

Maréchal Juvic began to changesome war strategies and he implemented his own new military policies, but these actions were not in favor of some army generals and some militants. This situation gave birth to some conflicts between Porcoshkov an the army. Porcoshkov's plans did not manage to succeed, so he left Russia together with his crippled son (Nicolas Porcoshkov). Maréchal Juvic travelled with his most trusted men from Russia until he arrived on French soil. He was greatly welcomed by a massive crowd which consisted mostly of his army counterparts and allies, upon his arrival.

A banquet for Maréchal Juvic was organised and after he was welcomed, a lot of people left to attend the banquet. At this moment, the people were celebrating and enjoying the moment of their lives, but they were not aware of the evil action that was planned to end Porcoshkov's life, in secrecy.A fortnight later, while Maréchal Juvic was resting at his magnificent villa, a group of armed men came to help Maréchal Juvic escape a suspected assassination attempt. It was planned by some of the Russian army generals who were not in favor of Maréchal Juvic's policies, strategies and guidelines.

The assassins were some of Porcoshkov's former secret service officers. Maréchal Juvic and his trusted men, dashed out of the villa; quickly hopped onto their transport and took off. A few minutes later, a small bomb exploded at the villa and twenty people were killed. Ruble flew while wood splintered all over, as the remains of Porcoshkov's villa laid burning. After the dramatic escape from the assassination attempt, Juvic (together with his men) arrived at a country surrounded by a thick eerie forest. 

The country was further from Russia and it mainly had French nationals, and a few English speaking people. When they entered an abandoned area near the boundaries of the country, they found isolated houses that seemed to have been built a long time back. Despite the fact that the houses were very old and unattractive, the area's environment was well taken care of. The men began to move around looking fro people who resided there, but it was very unfortunate that they could not find anybody.

After that period of searching and analyzing; they came across a gorgeous house that dazzled them from a distance. It was coated with a thick cream paint; contained eight rooms and it was under a sheetmetal roof (which looked like it had been galvanised), which greatly reflected the sun's rays. The men became very curious to know what was inside the house, but at the same time they had to continue searching for a perfect hideout in the nation. So they changed their minds and they began to move towards the gorgeous house. Little did they know that some eyes were secretly watching each and every step, and each action taken by Maréchal Juvic and his men.

When they were some meters away from the house, Maréchal Juvic commanded everyone to stop. Then  he selected two of the muscular men from his entire envoy and the three slowly moved closer to the front door of the house, while the rest of the men were on the lookout fro intruders and assassins. The three successfully reached the front door, then Maréchal Juvic held the door handle so that he would try to open and check if it was either locked or unlocked.

When he was about to pull the handle down, an Asian woman ran towards them while she was shouting, "Do not open the door!" Maréchal Juvic immediately freed the door handle from his hard hand and he began to move backwards, away from it, until he reached his envoy. A few seconds later, the Asian woman arrived where the men and Maréchal Juvic were standing; then in her rich Asian accent, while she was panting, she whispered, "Why are you all here?"

Maréchal Juvic emerged from his men and he said to the woman, "I Maréchal Juvic, ca...!"

 

"Shhh!" She silenced Maréchal Juvic and whispered once again, "Please do not amplify your voice or else you will invoke the unfriendly spirits of this land".

"How dare you silence me you filthy skunk! Did you not shout as you approached us? How come I cannot see or feel those spirits you claim are among us? You are lying!" He bellowed angrily while his vibrating hand was raised up high, ready to strike a hot slap on the humble Asian woman's face. One of Maréchal Juvic's men pointed directly at her face and warned her, "Watch your mouth woman".

"I come in peace Monsieur, I am deeply sorry if I wronged you, but we have to briskly and quietly move away from this haunted area. Come, follow me and let us all make our way to my house, where safety is guaranteed," she said.

By this time, Maréchal Juvic had quenched his anger, so he agreed to stay at the Asian woman's house. They (together with Porcoshkoc's men) made their way to their safe destination, but one stupid man made a very dumb decision after the envoy was warned about the spine-chilling nature of the area. Out of curiosity, the man was tempted to go back to the house, enter it and see what was behind the closed door. Unfortunately he succumbed to the temptation. When he arrived at the front door, he immediately opened it without hesitation; then he met thick, total darkness, not even a single grain of dust could be seen in it. Suddenly a floating skull in a flame appeared in the darkness and said to him with a witch's voice, "Come let us feast on your corpse". The man's heart began to pound very fast; his eyes were wide open; his hands were shaking; his sweat began to flow down his cheeks like a stream of tears and he immediately soaked his pants with urine because he was greatly terrified. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE STORIES ARE FICTITIOUS!