Chapter 1: Waka Enter Juju Wahala

My best friend and I waka enter one juju adventure novel as two pure olodo—nothing we sabi, but wahala full ground.

That day, hot sun dey burn for sky, breeze no gree blow, even lizard dey find shade. As we step into that mad juju world, I swear, our legs dey shake small, but who send us? If no be hunger wey dey worry person, na boredom.

She be the fine side chick of the Oba’s son for Celestial Kingdom. Hot sun dey shine for Celestial Kingdom, everywhere dey bright, but na only her face fit cool person heart.

Her face fine pass morning dew—if she waka for market, even married men go forget their wife. All the celestial maidens dey vex for her, but if na face and wahala be the matter, she dey carry last for no one. Dem dey call her "fine witch" for back but smile for front.

Me, I be the fragile concubine for the General of War for Celestial Kingdom.

Fragile na joke—if dem check my body now, e dey like bread wey soak for tea. But I sabi run mouth, so I dey survive by ginger and grace.

No be say any of us be main iyawo, but we still dey use our connections dey oppress people for five hundred years.

Sometimes we go just dey flex for palace corridor, dey shake head for all those main iyawos wey dey form holy, as if say na only dem waka come. The corridor dey smell of burning incense and fried plantain—palace stewards just dey waka up and down. Palace wahala no dey finish o.

Until one correct juju prodigy rise come become immortal.

That night, as moon bright, gist just dey fly up and down. Even the oldest spirits dey whisper. Me and Ijeoma just dey count our juju pills, heart dey beat like generator.

For the first time, the Oba’s son wey dey always form say nothing dey move am, e eyes shine with surprise.

As in, the guy wey dey always form hard guy—na today hin compose scatter! For palace, e fit use one look solve quarrel. But now, e mouth even open small. Na wa!

Even the General of War, wey dey always bone, e own face sef change small.

Normally, that one face be like stone, but e eyes just blink like say mosquito enter am. Some people talk say e no fit smile; today, we see say e still get blood like normal person.

Ah, wahala don land—the main iyawo don show.

For Celestial Kingdom, once main iyawo show, na different level. Everywhere just dey tense, like when NEPA dey do light and everybody dey wait.