Kwihlabathi elikude leemagic, ilanga lwaphosa ukukhanya kwegolide ngokusebenzisa isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza, umoya ongathintanga uthuthumela iifolokhwe, kwangathi intsapho yegolide. Apha kukho ikhofi yeengcweba ezihlala, ezikwiindawo ezijolise kumhlaba uhleli, kunye neentezi ezikhuluma umoya, eziqinisekisa ukuba ibhongo elikhanyayo. Kwiindawo ezinyulu, kukho intombazana ethambileyo futhi ikhangayo igama layo nguSiwi. Ijazi layo eluhlaza lifana nolwandle, limele umzimba wayo othandekayo, kubonakala ngathi ungumfazi onomtsalane.
USiwi uhleli kwi-bercy yephupha ephakathi kwegadi, ubambe ngokuqinileyo itshokwe yecrystal, i-top yayo ikhanya ngamagama ahlukeneyo. Xa imifanekiso ibonakala, kubonakala ngathi ungena kumandla emagic phakathi kwemibala, edlala namandla. Amehlo akhe acacile futhi anzulu, anjengokubona zonke izinto zomhlaba. Ngenxa yokuba uSiwi uphosa, imifanekiso ibunjwa njengemibono emikhulu eza kulanga, inika le ndawo ithule umbala wombono ngokungaziwa.
Ngalo suku, uSiwi waphosa umoya ongajolisanga. Intliziyo yakhe izigubungela umnqweno ongenakuchaza, njengomqondo wokuba kukhona okuzayo. Uvalwe ngamehlo, waphosa umoya, waza waphosa umoya ongezantsi. Emoyeni kubonakala umoya omncinci, nangona iintyatyambo neentlobo zisazokhalela kumzamo, kodwa intshukumo yakhe ibonisa ukuba izinto azilula.
Ngelo xesha, kwindawo ejulile yeengcweba kwavela imvumi encinci, ngoncumo lokudada elikhanya ngendlela ifike. “USiwi, ndikwazile!” Umphosa’wegama nguRoy, umphosa ogama lakhe lumhlophe njengezulu ebusweni, ucinga ngomphosa ogama lakhe uyothuka.
Umhleli uSiwi ubona uRoy, umnqweno wakhe ubonisa ukuba wavuma. “URoy, kungani ukhangela ngokukhawuleza, kukhona into eyenzekayo?” uSiwi ubuza ngeendlela ezithambileyo, ubona umnqweno.
“Ndifumene iincwadi zamandulo ezibhalwe ngeemagic,” uRoy uthi ngemvumi ethokozisayo, “Le ncwadi ibhalwe ngaamagama amangalisayo, kodwa ibuyisa umyalezo, oku kuthetha ukuba imiyalelo ineempempe, ukuba ayilahli, ingavala imibuzo emibi.”
U-Siwi ucacisa intloko yakhe, ubona ukhuthazo. Ukuxela ukuba izincwadi ezinamandla zisekonakali, ikanti izinto ezilibalayo zizele. “Ke kufuneka sihlolisise le ncwadi kwaye sifumane indlela yokumisa imiyalelo yeemagic,” uSiwi uthetha.
“Ngoko,” uRoy uphosa umoya, “ndizele ukujolisa kuye, sidinga ubuchule bakho ukuze siphumeze imfihlo yeelungelo.”
Ngoko uSiwi uthathe itshokwe yakhe yecrystal, waphosa umoya oluya kumhlaba. Kwiindleko, ilanga laphosa ileqa kumabala, okukhanya ngamaqanda. Iintliziyo zabo zigubungela umnqweno kunye neembadada, olu xesha lokuhamba luthatha imihla edlulileyo.
Ngokungenelela, izinto ziphazamisa emhlabeni, izihlahla zikhula ngaphezulu, iilokhowo zivelisa umoya ungathethi, zibonelelayo iziganeko ezindala. USiwi noRoy bashiya kwiindawo ezimhlophe, bejolise kumphosa ophosakeleyo.
“Ngokwengxelo, le ncwadi imncinci iboniswa, kodwa ibona ibhongo lokuhlola okunqabileyo,” uRoy uthetha, ejolisa umkhosi wakhe phosa kumhlaba. “Sifanele sibe noxinzelelo.”
USiwi ukholisa kakhulu, akajolise emoyeni, efikelela kumzantsi. Ukuhamba kube yindida, iizikhumbuzo kunye nemithombo zibe sibi. U-Siwi uyaphuma, ubona umnqweno wokuhamba phosa kumzwili. Ngokuhamba komhlaba, uthinjwa kumoya, lokha elinokufunda.
“Ulungele?” URoy apportu, emali ebhena ubhena, kodwa ekhala.
“Ndiyilungile, masihambe.” U-Siwi uvuma, umoya uyinto eqinile. Ubamba itshokwe, inikeza ukufudumala nemvumi.
Ukongeza umjelo omileyo, ungasokola umoya wezinye iinyathelo, uphosa imvumi ezicebisayo, kwaye imkhayinda melana ngesigqibo.
Uze uphende, ukuthetha kwavela iebhuku enkulu, ibhalwe ngemiceli. “Le mnyango, ibhombisa imfihlo yeemagic,” uRoy uthetha ngengxolo, itsathisa udisa ehlolwe, ukuxelisa umyalezo.
USiwi uvuma ngombandela, womane iphepha, uniceba ukusebenza nokujolisa muva elilahlekileyo. Umtule uRoy ulungile, umva kamnqweno, imvumi eliphezulu umbhobho ophosiwe.
“Nokuba uzifake phi?” URoy uvuma, esesandleni, ukhululeka, esebenzisa umoya wokukhanya. “Ngalo mva, sifuna izicwangcwisi zamandulu.”
Ngaphandle kokugubungela, bakhumbula amehlo, bathanda. “Kulungile, elilungile.” URoy uvuma, umoya ohamba phosa umphosa, umnqweno wabakumbi.