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The Books of Oyja II: Jash
Chapter 3 The Other Oyja

DISCLAIMER: I got the idea for Leik and leiks from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series.

The rocks were my project of the day. I had come early to see them. They created points by which to guide travelers, if the travelers were wise enough. Edji Tenju had gone back to his job. The job was tiring, I knew that, but I would’ve enjoyed his company. My lekku stayed calm, although I could feel tension.

I felt the rocks’ rage. I tried to calm them. “Be calm, I bring you no harm. Your peace is threatened and so I came.” I heard no reply, but rage. “I can accept a compromise.”

“You bear the name Oyja Tenju, do you not?” One of the rocks asked angrily. “Do you not know what your namesake did to us?”

Looking in their minds, I saw burning fires and cursed creatures that resembled werewolves. They were cursed to be turned into rocks so there could be no more harm done. “A creature originally called Doltan made a pact with The Dark Lord of the Night to come into power. The Dark Lord of the Night made Doltan give up his friends to win power and now-” I shook my head in anger. “No, it can’t be true!”

“Is it because of the image ruined, mighty Tenju? Is it that hard to let go of false images?” A rock asked. “Do you think all ideas are true?”

“All ideas are not true and falsity dies in time. But Master Tenju was not Doltan!” I screamed. “He did not intentionally become a Tenju, it just isn’t done!”

“Doltan became Slave Oyja and then rose to the position of Tenju. The Master Tenju, at the time, was thinking about having the old rules destroyed. Some say he was coming to the right state of mind and others say he was just getting old. He planned to have Slaves be honored as the rest of the castes were. Doltan didn’t like that, so he planned to overthrow the Master Tenju.”

“But Master Tenju was very powerful, how could Doltan overthrow him?” I had started to reject all the truths being sent to my mind.

“Doltan had made a pact with Tas, who rested in Leik. Doltan was someone who could command anything he wanted to. He’s dangerous, even now. Doltan made Tas give him extra power over Leik and the leiks.” I knew that Leik is the center of all time and leiks are the complex series of tunnels that connect time and space together. “Doltan used that power to overthrow the Master Tenju.”

“What do you want?” I asked in agony, pain overcoming me. What lies were these creatures telling me? What fire burned in them to hurt me so? There was no reason for these lies! Master Tenju was overthrown, true, but the new Master Tenju had no blemish on him!

“We want you to overcome the Master Tenju. Take him from his throne and let the Hist reclaim their glory!” I sent a question over to them. “The Hist are creatures that turn into wolves when night comes. We are brave and do not deserve this curse!”

“I do not wish to overthrow Master Tenju.”

“It does not matter what you wish, Oyja Tenju, what matters is time and destiny. Do you agree to our demands?” I searched my feelings and nodded. “Then we will stop bothering you and remain silent, until the time of our revival!”

I felt sadness, deep sadness, and regret for what I was going to do. Overthrow Master Tenju? Why don’t I just deny Tas and everything she represents! I am a good Tenju and I would always be one forever more. To deny Master Tenju deserved death. To think that the old Master Tenju was good is a sin!

I walked to a big stone building that served as a library of names and societies. It would list whom the last Oyja was and solve this mystery. I couldn’t wait to uncover the truth! The truth that is the ultimate truth. Tenju are the creatures that are favored by Tas and respected by the Force.

I walked up the stone steps and realized it was a living being. Herm Tenju had become the library! “I’m old enough, you know!” Herm shouted in complaint. I chuckled inside. People could get so defensive for no obvious reasons, sometimes.
The librarian was a Rodian that seemed to have a very bad attitude. She didn’t really want to be here today because of a gang that seemed to be attacking Tenju. Her name is Jino Tenju. “Hello,” I said. “I’m looking for all of the bios of Oyja.”

Jino searched through the computer files. She pondered. “Strange, one Oyja is missing, but you can look at the other ones on hand, if you want to.” I nodded and she led me to an area that held information on all the Oyjas. I asked to be left alone and searched.

I picked up one book that talked about the first Slave Oyja. I read it and found something odd. This Oyja had been brutally murdered. A reason given was that Slave Oyja had fallen into bad company. That was an excuse that would’ve worked for anybody, but me. Did Slave Oyja learn about a take over?

There were thousands of other Oyjas, but I found a very odd fact. Kuhn Tenju seemed to be connected to one of them. I stared in disbelief. Connected to me? How? It didn’t make any sense. He was here before me, though, and it seemed impossible. But Padawan Kino had said time doesn’t matter here. This is great evidence of that fact.

I shook my head and felt great pain. I couldn’t find a single Oyja whose name was originally Doltan. He must be the missing Oyja. It’s freaky! Were the rocks telling the truth? It seemed impossible, but with this evidence, the truth was clearly indicated. Doltan was hiding something.

Hist? I wondered. I sent out a call for Jino Tenju to bring me something on the Hist. She brought a big book on the subject to me. I went to a corner and started to read it. It was interesting, to say the least. A whole species that changed into wolves at night, darkness taking over them. I cringed. How could a curse be laid upon them like that?

Reading on I could see that people became a Hist by connecting to their darker side. In other words: a Hist is a combination of physical light and dark. A great Hist is one who is greatly evil and greatly good. Freeing Hist sounded interesting, but I couldn’t see how Doltan would get involved with them.

I also read that the Dark Lord of the Night was the ultimate darkness. Doltan must have made a pact with it. Which means that if I want this to be an easy takeover I just have to anger the Dark Lord of the Night, because Doltan must have betrayed the Dark Lord of the Night. I didn’t want the overthrow to happen, but I had promised. Damn my history!

I went over to Jino. “Thank you for your help. You have just helped Tas.”

Author’s Note: The Hist I introduced because they are going to be playing a big part in another one of my fanfics. Doltan came up when I was thinking of another name besides The Dark Lord of the Night, now he’s transformed into another character! I wanted this to connect to another fanfic that I’m doing. I like to keep my stories connected, have my stories go on forever. Each character plays his or her part in a story and I know when their part should end.

Description
The Books of Oyja II: Jash
Chapter 3 The Other Oyja

DISCLAIMER: I got the idea for Leik and leiks from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series.

The rocks were my project of the day. I had come early to see them. They created points by which to guide travelers, if the travelers were wise enough. Edji Tenju had gone back to his job. The job was tiring, I knew that, but I would’ve enjoyed his company. My lekku stayed calm, although I could feel tension.

I felt the rocks’ rage. I tried to calm them. “Be calm, I bring you no harm. Your peace is threatened and so I came.” I heard no reply, but rage. “I can accept a compromise.”

“You bear the name Oyja Tenju, do you not?” One of the rocks asked angrily. “Do you not know what your namesake did to us?”

Looking in their minds, I saw burning fires and cursed creatures that resembled werewolves. They were cursed to be turned into rocks so there could be no more harm done. “A creature originally called Doltan made a pact with The Dark Lord of the Night to come into power. The Dark Lord of the Night made Doltan give up his friends to win power and now-” I shook my head in anger. “No, it can’t be true!”

“Is it because of the image ruined, mighty Tenju? Is it that hard to let go of false images?” A rock asked. “Do you think all ideas are true?”

“All ideas are not true and falsity dies in time. But Master Tenju was not Doltan!” I screamed. “He did not intentionally become a Tenju, it just isn’t done!”

“Doltan became Slave Oyja and then rose to the position of Tenju. The Master Tenju, at the time, was thinking about having the old rules destroyed. Some say he was coming to the right state of mind and others say he was just getting old. He planned to have Slaves be honored as the rest of the castes were. Doltan didn’t like that, so he planned to overthrow the Master Tenju.”

“But Master Tenju was very powerful, how could Doltan overthrow him?” I had started to reject all the truths being sent to my mind.

“Doltan had made a pact with Tas, who rested in Leik. Doltan was someone who could command anything he wanted to. He’s dangerous, even now. Doltan made Tas give him extra power over Leik and the leiks.” I knew that Leik is the center of all time and leiks are the complex series of tunnels that connect time and space together. “Doltan used that power to overthrow the Master Tenju.”

“What do you want?” I asked in agony, pain overcoming me. What lies were these creatures telling me? What fire burned in them to hurt me so? There was no reason for these lies! Master Tenju was overthrown, true, but the new Master Tenju had no blemish on him!

“We want you to overcome the Master Tenju. Take him from his throne and let the Hist reclaim their glory!” I sent a question over to them. “The Hist are creatures that turn into wolves when night comes. We are brave and do not deserve this curse!”

“I do not wish to overthrow Master Tenju.”

“It does not matter what you wish, Oyja Tenju, what matters is time and destiny. Do you agree to our demands?” I searched my feelings and nodded. “Then we will stop bothering you and remain silent, until the time of our revival!”

I felt sadness, deep sadness, and regret for what I was going to do. Overthrow Master Tenju? Why don’t I just deny Tas and everything she represents! I am a good Tenju and I would always be one forever more. To deny Master Tenju deserved death. To think that the old Master Tenju was good is a sin!

I walked to a big stone building that served as a library of names and societies. It would list whom the last Oyja was and solve this mystery. I couldn’t wait to uncover the truth! The truth that is the ultimate truth. Tenju are the creatures that are favored by Tas and respected by the Force.

I walked up the stone steps and realized it was a living being. Herm Tenju had become the library! “I’m old enough, you know!” Herm shouted in complaint. I chuckled inside. People could get so defensive for no obvious reasons, sometimes.
The librarian was a Rodian that seemed to have a very bad attitude. She didn’t really want to be here today because of a gang that seemed to be attacking Tenju. Her name is Jino Tenju. “Hello,” I said. “I’m looking for all of the bios of Oyja.”

Jino searched through the computer files. She pondered. “Strange, one Oyja is missing, but you can look at the other ones on hand, if you want to.” I nodded and she led me to an area that held information on all the Oyjas. I asked to be left alone and searched.

I picked up one book that talked about the first Slave Oyja. I read it and found something odd. This Oyja had been brutally murdered. A reason given was that Slave Oyja had fallen into bad company. That was an excuse that would’ve worked for anybody, but me. Did Slave Oyja learn about a take over?

There were thousands of other Oyjas, but I found a very odd fact. Kuhn Tenju seemed to be connected to one of them. I stared in disbelief. Connected to me? How? It didn’t make any sense. He was here before me, though, and it seemed impossible. But Padawan Kino had said time doesn’t matter here. This is great evidence of that fact.

I shook my head and felt great pain. I couldn’t find a single Oyja whose name was originally Doltan. He must be the missing Oyja. It’s freaky! Were the rocks telling the truth? It seemed impossible, but with this evidence, the truth was clearly indicated. Doltan was hiding something.

Hist? I wondered. I sent out a call for Jino Tenju to bring me something on the Hist. She brought a big book on the subject to me. I went to a corner and started to read it. It was interesting, to say the least. A whole species that changed into wolves at night, darkness taking over them. I cringed. How could a curse be laid upon them like that?

Reading on I could see that people became a Hist by connecting to their darker side. In other words: a Hist is a combination of physical light and dark. A great Hist is one who is greatly evil and greatly good. Freeing Hist sounded interesting, but I couldn’t see how Doltan would get involved with them.

I also read that the Dark Lord of the Night was the ultimate darkness. Doltan must have made a pact with it. Which means that if I want this to be an easy takeover I just have to anger the Dark Lord of the Night, because Doltan must have betrayed the Dark Lord of the Night. I didn’t want the overthrow to happen, but I had promised. Damn my history!

I went over to Jino. “Thank you for your help. You have just helped Tas.”

Author’s Note: The Hist I introduced because they are going to be playing a big part in another one of my fanfics. Doltan came up when I was thinking of another name besides The Dark Lord of the Night, now he’s transformed into another character! I wanted this to connect to another fanfic that I’m doing. I like to keep my stories connected, have my stories go on forever. Each character plays his or her part in a story and I know when their part should end.