The Book of Nightmare

The First Fight

Ostrava was standing in front of the throne Margaux. "My Lord, what do you want me to do?" Ostrava asked the God.

"There's a new stray human here in the Fantasy Land. I can feel that he will be a great impediment in the reigning of darkness here. Go and kill him," Margaux ordered.

"Just sit back and relax, My Lord. Leave me all your worries. I will surely cut off the head of that man which you are talking about," Ostrava replied and laughed. "Hahahaha! A stray human? Such a weak creatures," she added.

"Just make sure of it Ostrava, because if you can't do what you have said, I will be the one who will cut off your head," the God of Darkness replied.

Ostrava guessed that her master doesn't trust her yet despite of all the missions that she successfully made. However, Ostrava is quite afraid of what her master might do to her if she can't do her mission too.

Ostrava took a deep breath and planned what to do. She can't attack headlong because Enzo told her that the man has a power of nature. The power which the man can use to defeat her.

She needs the help of Dab, his wizard friend. So, she goes to the place where Dab is living. Ostrava reached the hovel of Dab by riding on her broomstick.

"What are you doing here?" Dab asked.

"I have a new mission and I need your help," Ostrava replied.

"Mission?" Dab asked and laughed. "Hahahaha, how difficult is it that your are asking for my help?" he asked.

"We need to kill a man who have the power of nature now," Ostrava seriously replied.

"Power of nature? Isn't it owned by the fairies?" Dab curiously asked.

"You are right but they have given it into a stray man. That's why I need your help," Ostrava explained.

Dab thought that every mission which Ostrava does have a an exchange power from the God of Darkness, Margaux. So, he made a plan.

"I will only help you if you give me half of the power which Margaux will be rewarding to you once we killed that human," Dab seriously said.

"Deal," Ostrava replied and the two laughed like a monster.

"What is your plan?" Dab asked.

"Let's go to my cave first. We will try to know more about this man using my magical cauldron," Ostrava replied.

"Alright, let's go now," Dab replied and they both rode on their broomsticks.

Not too long when they reached the cave of Ostrava. Ostrava and Dab immediately entered the cave. Just a single click of the witch's fingers, the torches lighted up the dark cave.

Ostrava immediately went into her large, magical cauldron which is full of water. Dab followed the witch silently.

In front of the cauldron, Ostrava started to murmur something. Then, magical cauldron showed the previous life of Eli. Ostrava even dared to see his future but the magical cauldron cannot show it.

"What do you think?" Ostrava asked Dab.

"Hahahaha," Dab laughed. "I already know what to do. Let's disguise ourselves as his parents," he said and smirked.

"Hahahaha," the two laughed.

Ostrava immediately got a shape shifting potion from the shelf. It can either change their looks or turn them into animals.

Ostrava murmured something on the bottle and drunk it. She gave the other half content of the bottle to Dab. Slowly, their looks changes until it became like Eli's parents.

The witch and wizard don't waste their time anymore. They immediately went to the forest where Eli was living now. There, they found Eli sitting under the tree.

Eli notice that someone is coming and when he raised his head, he saw his parents. He immediately stood up in shocked. His eyes widened and his mouth opened voluntarily.

"Oh, Eli, my son," the woman said.

"Mother? Is that really you?" Eli curiously asked.

"Eli, my son. It's us, your parents," the man stammered.

Eli ran towards them and he hugged them with full of joy. He could not believe that he was in a fantasy land with his family.

Eli asked the two, "What did you do to enter the fantasyland?"

The woman is stammering when she replied to Eli, just like she don't know what to say. "Ah, eh. I'm so worried about you," she said.

They said that they were so worried about Eli, because he had been gone for a long time. They said that they saw the book in his bedroom and there was a strong force that pulled them going inside.

What Eli does not know is that the man and woman that he has talked with were not his real parents, but the bad witch Ostrava, and the wizard, Dab. Their appearance is just a cover for their evil plan.

They know where the boy came from because they use their evil powers. They planned to kill him at night when he was sleeping, so that he couldn't fight them anymore. Also, they would not waste their force fighting him either. After an hour elapsed, the night came quickly. The three moons were shining in the sky, the fireflies were shimmering in the dark, and the crickets were clattering again in the surroundings.

Hanna feels like there is something wrong that might happen to Eli. She heard all the words of two guys that introduced themselves as Eli's parents. She did not believe them because Eli once said to her that his parents were always fighting and they never cared about him. Yet now, the two are so close and they care about Eli.

So, Hanna told Eli to be alert because she had an inference that they were not his real parents. Also, he must not trust other creatures quickly without thinking about their moves and how they act, because it could bring him to death.

Eli also noticed that his parents have changed. There is a big difference between the parents that he knew and the parents that he has right now. He thinks that maybe Hanna is right and he needs to make a plan to find out the truth.

Eli lay on the dry leaves of trees that serve as his bedsheets inside his small lair. His plan is to pretend that he is sleeping and find out if the man and woman are really his parents or if they are just impostors who wanted to kill him.

Ostrava and Dab waited a moment to see if Eli was really sleeping. They saw that he was not moving, so they found an opportunity to kill Eli. Dab took his very sharp sword that glittered as the moonlight struck it.

They went near Eli, and Dab tried to pierce Eli's chest.