Queen Python

Writer : AGENT CORE

Editor : AGENT CORE

               Introduction

In the kingdom of Panzi, witchcraft became a scourge, and the populace were forbidden to discuss it. Accused witches were gibbeted as punishment. Witches submitted human blood to their Queen each season to gain power. Queen Python, over a thousand years old, lived in a deep mountain cave. The witches protected themselves and their Queen from the populace. The kingdom's ancestors were  watching and were disappointed by the bloodshed of innocents.     

Season 1 Episode 1

Twenty-four Years Ago

The Prince impregnated a young girl, a secret hidden by the royal family as it broke kingdom's law, punishable by hanging. The Prince urged his lover to flee at night. The King was aware, sent his guards to pursue and kill her. She was Caught escaping, the chief guard ordered her taken to the mountain cave after taking her soul. At the mountaintop, the guards saw Queen Python, fled, and swore secrecy to save themselves, believing the snake would kill the girl. They reported success to the King. Queen Python sheltered the pregnant girl in her cave. The Queen planned to claim the child after birth and kill the mother.

Season 1 Episode 2

Each king was guided by a witchdoctor chosen by the ancestors. The current witchdoctor saw a young girl’s tears while imprisoned in a cave by the powerful Queen Python. Despite months of effort, rescuing her was difficult due to the Queen’s strength. The witchdoctor negotiated with the Queen Python, who threatened death if she returned. The witchdoctor foresaw two visions: an unborn boy fighting to destroy or defend, depending on whether the Queen Python took him. If saved, he would protect the kingdom; if not, he would destroy it. On the day of the birth, the witchdoctor entered the cave where the godless Queen Python resided. The Queen sensed her and grew angry, but the witchdoctor, protected by the ancestral spirits, was unafraid. As the girl gave birth, the witchdoctor and Queen fought. When the baby cried, the Queen turned, drawn to him, but lightning blocked her, and a voice warned her, “Don’t touch your King, leader, ruler, and controller.” Enraged, the Queen moved to kill the witchdoctor. The young girl, Angela, in pain, struck the Queen’s head with a horn from the cave wall, felling her. The witchdoctor covered the baby with a warm garment and asked, “Have you cut the umbilical cord?” Angela replied, “Yes.” “Great job, you saved the kingdom,” the witchdoctor said. “You’re bleeding heavily. We must leave before the Queen wakes.” Angela, weakening, said, “I won’t make it, My joints are failing.” “No, we must go now,” the witchdoctor urged. The Queen, coughing, said, “No one has humiliated me in ten thousand years. You’re all dead.” Angela said, “Go, take my son, tell him I love him when he’s older. I’ll be proud.” The witchdoctor fled with the boy. Sadly, Angela was magically torn apart. Knowing the child’s presence would spark war in the kingdom, the witchdoctor entrusted him to a woman struggling to conceive. They agreed to keep the secret and raise the boy, named Rozvi, who was destined to save the kingdom.

Season 1 Episode 3

Now the child was a young man of twenty-four. His mother told him folktales, some true, some humorous. His father, a hunter, trained him ,became a renowned hunter, celebrated throughout the kingdom and rewarded by the king. The Queen Python feared descending from the mountain to the kingdom, knowing her footsteps would be seen. Witches, sent by their Queen to destroy her enemies, She knew the boy was alive and tried various tactics to lure him to the mountain, but he was always protected by the eyes of his ancestors. The witchdoctor died, and the ancestors chose another. One day, she visited Rozvi’s house, knelt at a distance, and requested permission to speak, but Rozvi’s mother told her to speak quietly. The witchdoctor was ordered to speak privately with Rozvi’s mother, and they distanced themselves from Rozvi and his father. She insisted Rozvi be told the truth, but his mother refused. Rozvi, a skilled hunter and wind reader, especially the time when he was using his bow , sensed something was amiss and knew it involved him whilst they were speaking. The witchdoctor warned Rozvi not to walk alone in the forest, as it was too dangerous and she left. After she left, Rozvi asked his mother who his real father was, but she lied, saying he was their only son.

Season 1 Episode 4

Rozvi left with his father for hunting.
They used different formations for hunting,but this day they used the belt and buckle attack which they were chasing, drove the animal to the mountain and kill it.
A duiker quickly woke up in front of them not very far and bolted .
Rozvi and his father persuade swiftly and silently, his father chased the animal behind and Rozvi took the other way to block it at the cirque of the mountain.
He hid ready to shoot his bow and he saw the duiker running towards him with a fearlessness pace and at the back he saw bushes moving sideways he knew something dangerous was coming behind the duiker.
He withdrew his bow from the targeting point of the duiker and moved towards calling his father with a low voice.
He heard a voice of his father screaming once and he ran towards the voice.
when he reached the place where the noice was he walked slowly ready to shoot anything that was about to come or appeared in his sight.
He saw a wristband of his father which was made of a tiger pelt with drops of blood ,he picked it up and the voice of his father said again ,"run I'm already dead", he took a moment thinking to retrieve his father, he looked around the destruction area he felt afraid like never before.
He tailed the slither marks and blood splatters slowly until to the mountain cave and sweat trickled down his forehead because of fear .
He remembered the words of the witchdoctor but he decided to enter the cave.
He followed and found the Queen Python in form of human and his father was not entirely dead but half dead .
The Queen Python had already smelled another soul .
Rozvi didn't believe what he saw and immediately he heard a voice of an old woman ,"where is he? ", Queen Python said.
"Coughed twice, I don't know anything the Queen of abyss", Rozvi's father said.
"I will kill you, find your son ,no he is my son I want him tell me where he is and  I will not kill you", the Queen Python said.
Rozvi heard their conversation ,he took out his arrow, placed it on his bow and pointed the Queen Python.
She turned into a form of snake and hinged her jaws widely, Rozvi shot and missed her and his arrow felt down besides his father.
Queen Python turned angrily and before she darted towards Rozvi ,his father took an arrow and pierced her .
She turned and opened fire from her mouth and burned Rozvi's father.
All this was in Rozvi's eyes but he couldn't do anything rather than to descend from the mountain and he went back home.