The Book of Nightmare

The king of snakes

Dab and Ostrava were shocked that Eli was still awake, so they came back to their real appearance. Eli was looking at them while changing their appearance, and he is sure that they are not his real parents now. Hanna is correct that he must not trust them.

Eli stood up and got ready to fight. He closed his hand and opened it again. Ostrava saw the power of nature in Eli's palm. She wanted to get it, because she knew that it could give her more power.

Eli knows what the witch wanted to do. As she's saying a spell, Eli shoot her mouth with a stone. Eli said a word, "Disappear," and in just a wink of the eyes, the bad witch disappeared.

Dab saw what happened to Ostrava. He thought that Eli had strong power, so he had nothing to do but escape, and he suddenly disappeared.

After a moment, a beautiful woman dressed in withered leaves of a tree, suddenly showed up several feet in front of him. The beautiful woman introduces herself to Eli.

"Good day, Eli. I am Willem, a dryad. You have shown me the bravery of a real man to fight the bad witch. Because of it, I'll give you something," said Willem.

Eli asked the dryad what she was going to give him. The wood nymph held and pointed her finger at a big, flat stone, and a fine sword appeared on the top of it. The sword was so sharp that it glittered when the moonlight struck it.

"The sword of bravery, take that sword. It can help you for your next fight here in Fantasyland," Willem said.

Eli went towards it and got the sword, while the wood nymph suddenly disappeared. Eli went to his lair and he sat down. He was thankful because the bad witch didn't made to kill and because of it, he also got a reward from the dryad.

Eli thanked Hanna, "Thank you for giving me a warning. If it wasn't because of you, I must be dead now," he said to the firefly.

"You're welcome," Hannah happily replied. "It's just a small thing but as long as I can, I will try to help you," she said.

"Thanks again, Hanna," Eli replied.

Eli learned not to believe right away in any creatures, because they could send him into a sooner death. He needs to observe every creatures first, before he can trust them.

Something comes to Eli's mind. The dryad said that he would have his next fight here in the fantasy land. So, he asked Hanna if it is true that he has a next fight. Well, he is expecting that after the witch dies, his problem is over. He can go back to his parents in the world of humans.

"I didn't say that you can go back home after you can kill the witch. Eli, it's just the beginning of your journey here in the fantasy land. You need to kill all of the bad creatures here before you can go back to earth," Hanna explained.

Eli looked sad, he feels hopeless. He thinks that he can't go back to his parents, because he did not know if he could survive and live longer in the fantasyland. He is thinking if he would just die and become one of the stories in the book of nightmares.

He is blaming himself that he bought the book from the old man, and he didn't follow what his parents said. Eli did not expect that after he slept, he would just wake up and everything had changed.

"Do not worry, everything will be okay. I also experienced such things here. I will always be there for you whatever happens. I will never leave you," Hanna seriously said.

Eli is very thankful to Hanna because she is always there to give Eli hope and tell him not to give up. Instead, to keep fighting as long as he is alive. That it is better to fight and die rather than not trying at all.

Eli doesn't know that Hanna has a hidden feelings for him. Even though she is just a small firefly in appearance, she still has a heart that is beating for Eli.

Dab reports to the god of darkness what happened to Ostrava. Margaux is so angry when he finds out that Ostrava was killed by the man. Dab said that he could be his follower, but Margaux said that he didn't want to have a futile follower like him, so he killed Dab and fed his body to his dragon named Hoho. Margaux searched for a new follower, and he found a man named Caleb, the king of snakes. Caleb can change his appearance into a cobra with seventeen heads. Margaux ordered Caleb to kill a boy named Eli in exchange for great power. Caleb agreed with Margaux to kill a man named Eli, because he wanted to become the most powerful creature in the fantasy land. Enzo, the servant of Margaux, heard the conversation between Margaux and Caleb. He wanted to be free from doing the things that the god of darkness ordered him to do. So it comes to his mind to unite with the good creatures and to tell Eli what Margaux planned to do. He went to the place where the man named Eli was living, and he told him that Caleb was planning to kill him, so he must prepare to fight Caleb. Eli doesn't believe Enzo. But because Enzo also told him what he wanted to do, and where he came from, and everything that was happening in the fantasyland, Eli and Hanna believed him. Enzo wants to go back to the world of humans. He can no longer do the things that his master wants him to do. Eli thanked Enzo for his information about the king of snakes. He now had an idea about his enemy. Enzo goes back to the palace of Margaux, and he pretends that he did nothing and his loyalty is still with him.