Chapter 51 - 52 Encounter
I was not even afraid when he took out a small stick like normally used by wizards, "You are not a wizard, Father!" I started crying, so that it attracted the attention of some people, "We both are not wizards. We are just ordinary people,"
Right after I spoke out what I had in my mind, suddenly some people came out of their room. Perhaps they heard our noise. Father looked panicked, he stared at me, "You are always a trouble since you are a child,"
I just smiled sullenly, wiping off the damned tears for this damned man who never thought I existed.
"Rumpa, do you know this human beings?" The voice of the leader distracted my attention. I wanted to hear what my father would say to him.
"I am sorry Sir, I don't know her," it hurt me so much to hear that, but I could not say anything but staring at him with hurt eyes and heart-broken heart.
I tried hard to hold my tears and did not say anything until Azalea came to me. She pulled and asked me to go in the horse wagon with her.
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The trip home felt so long. Perhaps it was due to my horrible feeling. My eyes got swollen because the tears did not want to stop rolling, my shoulders were trembling holding back the sobs which were trying to break through my lips.
"We will meet your friend, stop crying. He may feel really sad to see you like this," Such words from Azalea could suddenly ease my emotion. I tried to manage my breathing, my anger that was about to blow out, and cleansed my face with the garment I was wearing. I did not want to look awful in front of Zie, especially after so long we were apart.
The carriage taking us parted with the group, only Yoru who took us to a portal I had never seen before.
"This is a portal to your world," Said Azalea, after we got off the train, "I am sure if they will not hunt your friend again. I have placed my best guard with Oka, and I am sure you have known the result of the meeting today. Remember that you are still part of my team. Come back here after two days from now. So, finish your issues in your world as soon as possible," She warned me seriously. Of course I would not let her down and make her angry, because I knew who I was here.
"Fine," I said shortly.
"This is your key to change the dimension," Azalea said, after handing me a necklace with a black bead, "If you lose this necklace, you will not be able to come back here or to your dimension," She warned me again. I nodded in agreement.
"I have not said goodbye to Hana and Naar. Can I send my warm regards to them through Yoru ?" I said goodbye to Yoru and asked him to send my regards to them.
"Fine, I will do that," This time that cold man did not give me a sharp reply. I smiled to replace my gratitude to him.
I walked past the portal of the dimension, and in an instant what I saw in front of me changed. Right now I was in the forest where Azalea kidnapped me the first time.
It was getting dark, so I walked carefully while I was crossing fallen trees, looking for a way out to the street where I could catch the bus home.
"Damn it! I forgot I had no dime in my pocket." I just realized and panic struck me, "Now, how can I go home?" I was so regretful that I brought no money at all.
Finally, I decided to walk home while waiting for a car that could give me a ride home.
While I was walking along the street, something big was flying above me, "Miss, where have you been?" It was Kerberos, he directly landed in front of me.
"You are just being on time," I jumped happily to see him and hugged him, "I have no money, so I cannot go home," I let my arms free him, looking at that white dog I missed with a pitiful look. Finally he took me to fly home.
It was seven in the evening when I arrived home. Hurriedly I called Emma before cleaning up the house.
"Hello" The voice I had missed so much was heard on the other end, Emma's voice, "I am sorry, who is speaking?" She asked, because I used public phone.
"Em, it is me, Tha," My voice trembled.
"Tha?!," I could hear that voice pitched up out of surprise, "Is this really you?" She asked me again to convince herself that did not hear it wrong.
"Yes, it is me," I replied firmly, "I am sorry I am using a public phone. I lost my cell phone," I told her sadly, I had saved my salary for other needs but then I lost my cell phone, and I wanted to tease her by pretending to cry.
"Silly girl!" she scolded me. It made me smile, she must have been worried about me, "Where have you been going so far? We were panicked so much for unable to find you. I reported to the police for a missing person, called up all of yor friends. And now you suddenly showed up and complained of losing your cell phone? My goshhh! Are you an alien? Did you think about me at all? At least give me a call!—ufff…forget it it is impossible that you would behave normally" that woman talked long and long and scolding me as well like an old sister worrying about her little unique and rebellious sister.
I did not hold grudges to all her words, for me it was kind of her attention to me. But, did I leave home for so long that she looked so worried?, so, I decided to ask her how long I had disappeared, "Em, how long have I been going?"
"Only three weeks," She pretended to relax, "Stay at home, I will be there after I withdraw the report of missing person," She sounded so irritated, "Alien!" She cursed me once again before she hung p the phone. Little argument like this was the one I really missed from her.
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Before I went into my house, I had thought that my house would be like hell, or at least it would be so dusty all over the floor or the furniture. But I was wrong. The whole room was so neat and clean, cleaner than the last time I remembered I had left. My refrigerator was clean. Someone must have cleaned it. My laundry had been ironed and arranged neatly in my wardrobe. They smelled good.
"Kerberos, where is Mickey?" I asked that white dog waiting in the waiting room.
"He is with Ms. Emma," Kerberos replied. This made me relieved so I directly took a bath to clean up my body.
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I went out to buy food in the supermarket around my house. I really enjoyed my normal life I used to have, I missed them all. Even for some reasons, I felt happy to do things I hated once, such as queuing up in front of the cashier and got confused to decide which detergent to buy. Such simple things felt so much short after being in that place for a long time.
I walked slowly back to my home. I ran my eyes to see every single things around me while enjoying the cold weather that night until my eyes lay on a motorcycle with a plaited basket parked in my yard.
I walked faster and crossed the street because I knew it was Emma. That woman was in the dining room and prepared my meal she took with her. I lifted my shopping bag, and annoyance was expressed on her face.
"Childish!" I smiled when she exclaimed with an upset expression to me, "Come eat quickly! I am here to make sure you are still alive," She said sarcastically while taking fresh water from the fridge, "Thank goodness, astral beings like you is still in form and can eat hungrily," I ate my sandwiches hungrily, gave her witty smiles to her chirps.
"Don't just eat sandwich and drink milk, or you will turn into alien for real, " it seemed like I needed to prepare my ears for her long nags, "Tha, sit down, don't eat while standing, let alone walking," I was about to walk to the sofa in the living room when she pulled me down on the chair in the dining room. And now our position was face to face and I kew that she would interrogate me soon.
"Where have you been going so far?
"Where have you been going so far? I know you are not from this place," So that was it, Emma bombarded me with questions, "Mickey told me you were kidnapped by shadows. It was only story narrated by a talking cat. I don't buy it at all. Now, I want to hear it from you directly," She looked at me in a serious expression, "Is what that tubby told me true? To tell the truth, I was really shocked and almost passed out the first time hearing him talking to me and asking my help. Even now, sometimes I still feel strange. So, you have got to tell me if what he said is true,"
"He is right, Em. I was taken to another place, in our dimension, too," I told her, ... .....