Muna's Pov
My first vision struck after a walk with some children of Siuan. Their mothers let me lead them into the pastures where their cattle fed, and I watched them grapple for safety playing "warriors and villains."
"Finally," Sikeka breathed into my face, "what do you see?" She asked me.
Some group of men had earlier formed against Sikeka positioning the fact that I was not the acclaimed seer. Kai had tackled Tasi thinking he had swayed these men's hearts and thoughts. Tasi although might have been pleased by the turn of evente pointed out that he wouldn't betray Kai's trust in me not in Sikeka.
I pulled myself up and stared around wide-eyed, one of the kids must have run out to get Sikeka while I knelt wide-eyed in a daze.
"I thought ... I thought I was in another realm," I said to Sikeka. I didn't understand what was happening to me.
"You are now an acclaimed seer," she smiled at me, one of her molars was dark in color.
I was dazed, how was I to explain to her that I wasn't born for such, I wasn't from the Iga tribe, and I wasn't the acclaimed seer that they'd thought I was?
"Sikeka, I don't even understand what's happening," I said to her.
"You will, Muna. You only have to dance to the music of the gods," she said wide-eyed.
I found myself standing in front of the widows, anklet chains entwined around my ankles, my hair had some beaded black beads, and my hands too had some golden chains wrapped around them.
Three elderly men and the young prince and Queen were equally seated in front of me. Sikeka was standing beside me, she was all smiles.
"Why are we here?" Wiem asked, he was baldheaded, right from birth.
"Please, elders let me remind you how some group of young men opposed the powers of Muna," Sikeka said.
"I thought this case was settled," Edran, the eldest said. He had the longest grey hair and he was considered the advisor of King Gayatri.
"I hope this meeting won't point out another endless stretch," Tian intoned.
"Elders, please." Kai demonstrated.
"Please, go on. What do you have for us?" Wiem asked.
The whole room went quiet, and Sikeka got the cue to speak up. "Good afternoon, elders. I hate to disrupt the activities of the day," she started.
"Your Highnesses, it's so good to have you here with us. Muna has something here to share with us."
I stepped forward, all eyes on me. Strangely, I felt rather uncomfortable with the pairs of eyes staring back at me. My naked feet took darted steps, Kai was so focused on me that I could bet he wished we were the only ones in the council room.
"I believed the preposterous beliefs about me must have caused so much of a headache among the Siuans. I can not change the hearts of the men who must have ignited such thoughts. To them, I am just a stranger with no ties to the Siuan blood," I paused, stopping to grasp the stretched emotions on their face.
Edran had his hands clasped before him, and Wiem looked rather impatient with the words from my mouth.
I felt this sudden surge of calmness around me, I'd never thought to speak in front of the elders. Sikka had always been the one speaking for me.
"Say whatever you have to say," Wiem told us impatiently, the others turned to look at him in surprise.
"Why the rush, Wiem?" the Queen asked. She had been quiet, and rather observant.
"I do wish that the king is here with us but I must sing the music of the gods. I stand here as an intercessor to the gods. They send a message," I broke the news.
All eyes rested on me, the whole room was dead with silence.
"When the hay is high in supply, the chicks will lose their mother. One is a blessing and the other is a disaster." I met the eyes of Kai fixated on me.
"A parable?" Tian whined, one could tell that from his youth Tian had been a warrior.
"Please, Muna tell us the meaning of this... parable," Kai said to me.
"That is but a mystery," I said to me.
"I don't understand, why relay to us an incomplete message?" Wiem asked.
My heart was heavy, I knew then what my job meant to me. Relaying the truth in plain words was never meant for special occasions.
"Sikeka, what does this mean?" The Queen asked.
Sikeka put in, "I read emotions, read words but I do not relay the words from the gods."
Wiem scoffed, "This is outrageous! The gods do not try to make a fool of us."
"You should be careful, Wiem. The gods have ears." I said to him, turning to take one last look at Kai before turning to follow Sikeka.
Kai grabbed my arm and twirled me round to face him, "Let us understand the music of the gods. We have never received tales in parables," he told me.
I took a deep breath, "Look to your mother, my prince. The future holds so much, and destiny beckons you at its feet."
Kai scoffed, "This is unlike you, Muna. It is I, and no other, Prince Kai. Why do you talk to me like this?"
"I do know who you are, Kai. Right now, I am only an instrument of the gods," I told him.
Three days later, there was a sudden increase in hay as there was an extreme harvest. Thereafter, a wail was heard from the king's chamber room, the king had passed on.