Reader there is not much time for introductions, Matumaini is the chosen one to awake Obatala or else Aganju will destroy Hamudagu and the rest of the world.....and he won't stop there. Our story starts in the orishas' or god's training room in their palace.

"..........995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1,000, finally I did 1,000 pushups Ogun", said Matumaini, "Good, now we will move on to-" Ogun, the god of iron, technology, war, etc was interrupted by Olorun, the sky god and king of the orishas. "Everyone, we still don't know what Aganju is planning but we do know that we must set off to find Yemoja" said Olorun, "There will be 2 groups, one will go after Aganju, the other will find Yemoja:

Ogun, Osanyin, Erinle, Orunmila, Ori and I will go find Aganju while Matumaini, Oba, Babaluaye, Oxosi, Oko, and Ibeji will go find Yemoja." "What about Olokun, Oshun, Esumare, and Oya?" asked Ogun, "They have been captured by Aganju and he is absorbing their power, Olokun managed to get free though", said Orunmila. "Tomorrow morning, we set off, in the meantime, Orunmila teach the boy a few more spells", said Olorun, "Yes, my king", responded Orunmila.

Next Day: Now Matumaini's parents are the rulers of Hamudagu: the most advanced country on the planet, also found in Africa, their names are Queen Aina and King Mayele. "Food is rotting, there is no rain, our tech station is

down and I hear reports of whole families leaving Hamudagu and rioting against you my king", said an advisor to the wise king of Hamudagu, Mayele. "Nkosi(thank you), Adu, this must be the work of Aganju, the god of deserts, volcanoes and chaos", said Mayele, "We should contact Matu to see if he is ok", told Queen Aina. "Good idea Aina", said Mayele, "As you wish, sire" said Adu. Now Hamudagu was very advanced and had many amazing gadgets and inventions like the kuona band which is a bracelet that can produce holographic images and videos of things like the news and sport results, you can also face call people on it. So King Mayele used his kuona band and called Matumaini who had his own kuona band as well.

kuona band

Now reader we go to Matumaini and his group which include Oba, Babaluaye, Oxosi, Oko, and Ibeji. "Any idea where exactly we should be going to?" asked Matu, "Not a clue but the grass is telling me something", said Oko who was the orisha (god) of the harvest and agriculture, "We should be close to something important, a clue maybe?" "Nimechoka", said the twins Ibeji which mean't 'I'm tired' in Hamudagu's language which was made up of various African dialects. The group kept walking and walking and walking. They were currently in the Sahara Desert in Africa and were all exhausted. Finally Matumaini heard his kuona band ring. A holographic projection of his parents shimmered above the band

"Mbote Baba" said Matumaini, "Hello, my son, is everything ok, Hamudagu is in despair, we have a feeling Aganju is somewhere close by", said Mayele, "We miss you son, please, be safe" added Queen Aina, "Don't worry, your son will be safe with us, we bless you and we will put a stop to this", reassured Oba, orisha of families. Just then an explosion burst, "Bye mom, bye dad, I will be safe",said Matumaini and he hung up and yelled "Khopesh" and a glowing curved sword called a khopesh appeared in his hands. When the smoke cleared the orishas saw the 2 figures grinning at them ready to fight: Shango, the orisha of lightning and thunder and Eshu, the trickster god or orisha and messenger to humans

"Well, nice to see some of my siblings", smirked Eshu, "You traitor to the orishas, to Obatala our creator", yelled Oxosi, "When Aganju doesn't need you anymore he will absorb your power and finish you off." Just then Shango zapped Oxosi and Matumaini pounced on Shango

Shango swatted Matumaini off him and yelled "Hadi" which was an exploding spell, Matumaini quickly defended himself by crossing his arm in a X shape and yelled "akosile" and a blue energy bubble surrounded him. Meanwhile Oko and Oxosi faced on Eshu, since the fight was in the desert, it was easy for Eshu to use Aganju's powers that apparently he gave Eshu. A gust of sand swept Oko and Oxosi off their feet but they quickly recovered. Oko summoned vines to tangle Eshu and then Oxosi kicked him in the stomach which sent him flying. On the other hand Matumaini pointed his curved sword at Shango and a burst of energy hit him. The twin orishas, Ibeji, then poofed smily-faced handcuffs on

Shango. Shango lighted the handcuffs on fire and was free, "Soka", yelled Shango and an axe appeared in Shango's hand, he then charged after Matumaini, they engaged in a duel, sword clanged against axe, both blocking each others blows. Then Shango said "Mopepe" and a gust of wind hit Matumaini in the chest, Shango had the upper hand and hit Matumaini with the butt of his axe. "No", yelled Oba and she blasted Shango, Eshu then went and tackled her and Oxosi and Shango were in a serious fight involving different styles of martial arts. Babaluaye, the orisha of diseases and healing went over to Matumaini and chanted and Matumaini was back on his feet and, he then turned and coughed, but not any

old cough, a huge cough that blew Shango and Eshu off their feet and red dots started appearing on their faces, chicken pox. "You may have won this time", wheezed Shango, "But soon we will capture you and Aganju will succeed", finished Eshu and they unleashed a huge fiery monster who said, "I guard the answer to your quest" and the fiery monster disappeared. Eshu and Shango smirked and then they too disappeared.

The desert was so arid so Oko turned the area they were in into an oasis. They camped there and dozed as the moon came into view.

"Did you capture them", boomed a deep voice, "No sir", responded Eshu, "Ugh, never mind, plus I have the power of the others: Oshun, Esumare, and Oya, soon I will be more powerful than ever and I will spread the Sahara across all of Africa, I will feed off their misery and the chaos I have made. I will be more powerful than ever, like Obatala. The Earth as we know it will be a huge desert filled with erupting volcanoes and chaos, then Olorun will have to make me king of the orishas in order for me to stop my plan, hahahahaha", thundered the

voice of AGANJU, Lord of evil.

Now we go to Olorun and his group who are searching for Aganju. "I sense that we are close to Aganju's base of operations", said Orunmila the orisha (orisha is another word for god) of wisdom. "We will camp here", proclaimed Olorun. The orishas unpacked and laid on the floor for a rest. Suddenly Orunmila had a vision, a fiery monster was guarding the entrance to a castle, he was stomping towards a huge pearly white and glittering castle. "I guard the answer to your quest, I guard her at the mountain of the chagga people." Quickly Orunmila sat back up, "My king", he said to Olorun, "I have something to tell you."

In Hamudagu, the population was decreasing, people dying of starvation, people moving to different places, once beautiful cities were now becoming old, broken up ghost towns, "There must be something we can do", said King Mayele of Hamudagu, "Mayele, you know we have tried everything we can, we must hope that Matumaini succeeds on his quest", said Queen Aina in a soft, tender voice, "No, I will do anything, I would die for the sake of our people." "Is that so Mayele", said an evil voice, "Because, I could make that happen", and from that, the lord of chaos stood. "Be gone, Aganju", ordered the King, "I am just here to warn you, Matumaini will fail, Hamudagu will fall but if you willingly give your kingdom to me, then I suppose I could spare your nation from

misery." "Never, you are just evil, you will do anything to become king of the orishas", barked Aina, "Is that so," said Aganju and he zapped Aina, "No, ungakwenza kanjani (how could you)", said Mayele and he rushed over to Aina who was still alive, "You have been warned" smirked Aganju and he disappeared leaving a pile of sand in his place.

Now reader, Matumaini's group had just finished resting and were off to find any clues to where Yemoja was. Yemoja was Aganju's wife, she was nice, he was mean(the relationship was complicated), anyway, Yemoja was the only orisha that Obatala told his location and how to wake him, so in order to find him, they'd need to find Yemoja. Anyway Matu's group was still hot, sweaty and tired, the orishas had taken human form so now they had human problems like personal hygiene. "Look, up ahead, I think I see a river", said the twins, Ibeji. The group got closer to the river, "It is the only way to cross to the other side, come on let's swim across." said Matumaini

Suddenly a huge wave of water rose and fell upon them. An orisha rose from the water, he was blue. "I am Olokun, orisha of the ocean, river, and other water forms", thundered Olokun, "Olokun, brother, we must pass, we have to find Yemoja", said Oba, "How do I know you are not working for Aganju" asked Olokun, "He was cruel, I barely escaped without him getting all my powers."

"Let us cross and we will make him pay," said Oba, "Never," shouted Olokun and a staff appeared in his hand and he said "Maji" and waved his staff and a gust of water hit Matumaini and his group. Matumaini, Oko and Oxosi quickly got up. Oxosi pointed his bow and arrow at Olokun and shot it, "Oko, now," he said and Oko quickly summoned a strong weed that attached to Oxosi arrow. The arrow hit Olokun in the chest and the weed wrapped around him. Matumaini grabbed his khopesh and charged at Olokun. Olokun kicked Matumaini in the chest and grabbed him. Matumaini quickly slashed at Olokun and Olokun let him go. "Hadi" said Ibeji from behind and Olokun exploded back into the water. Suddenly Matumaini's kuona band was ringing.

It was Orunmila. "Hello Matumaini, I have important information for you." Orunmila described his vision of the fiery monster and about the place of the chagga people and the palace he saw in his vision. "We saw Shango and Eshu unleash that monster but he said nothing about the place of the chagga people," said Matumaini, "We don't even know who the chagga people are," finished Matumaini, "That is why I am here, the chagga people are a Bantu tribe who live near the mighty Mt. Kilimanjaro," explained Orunmila, "Which means when the monster said 'I guard the search to your quest', he was talking about Yemoja, Yemoja lives in Mt Kilimanjaro," said Matu excited. "Precisely but this could be a trap," said Orunmila, "It is a risk we are willing

to take," said Matumaini, "Very well, I wish you luck" and with that Orunmila hung up, "Kilimanjaro, here we come," Babaluaye said but before he could teleport them, Olokun rose from the river and splashed into them, but before they could doused, Babaluaye teleported them to Tanzania.

Reader, now you are about to meet Yemoja, 'wife' (more or less) of Aganju. Mother of mankind and a water orisha. Long ago, before Obatala went to rest, he told Yemoja that if anything majorly catastrophic happened that someone would search for him and Yemoja was the one to tell them the location. Yemoja was very nice and so far she did not give Obatala's location to anyone.