The Forbidden Forest

Travelling Back

The yacht moved at the west side of the sea that facing the summer gaze of the sun, Claire face was paled as she gawk at the emptiness. She wander why there were no even a point of bruises that marked on her skin but the body aching seemed like she fought a thousand enemies that surrounded her. Claire stared at Brian who driving the yacht . She walked around and the presence of the other four still on her mind.

"what's wrong?" Brian sudden spoke as he glanced at Claire's paled face.Claire stared at him and smile bitterly, "ahmm, nothing I just remembered the passed." Brian couldn't restrain in laughing as he heard tha words from Claire. "look like had bitter passed huh... Hahahah!" Brian spoke was slightly mockery to Claire. She wagged her heads and looked at the outside without any words to threw toward Brian.

She go upstair to know the journey that they traveled. Her clothes was stained and it's shown the experience that she encountered in the forbidden forest. She promise to herself that she would never go inside again. She wished that Jenny was dead and the memories that she had would be bury like how their body gone forever.

No turning back, she took her thing that remained on her bag that she left inside the yacht . She quickly went to her room on the lower deck of the yacht and look for the necklace that she stole. She removed all her things inside her bag but even how many times that she used to reverse her bag, she could not see the lost golden necklace. She shrugged ber shoulder as she did not find it.

Suddenly she heard some footsteps coming closer to her. She be ended what she doing before the footsteps become closer and closer. "Brian! It is you?" she asked with aghast. But the surrounding still silent as she spoke. She stood for a while and asked again. "B-Brian!"

"..." But the deafening silent still covered the entire room. She shrugged in sudden and embracing her both arms to quenched her frightening. She slowly walked away to her bed and hold the doorknob to open the door wide. She looked around to find out who was the responsible for that noise.

"Brian! Brian!" She sudden call with loud voice. But every effort that she did was nonsense as she never heard any response from Brian.She walked to the place where she left Brian. She removed her fear and focused to the thing that made her frightened to disappear. She was shivered as she about walked toward Brian's location. She prayed that Brian was the reason why there was a sound of footsteps that she heard a moment ago.

Claire made a couple of stepped to the place that Brian might there, stepped closer but she sudden heard Brian's whistles as he walked around. Her heart beat so fast as she never thought that she was been visit by the quail.

"Brian!" she called up the attention of Brian that so busy enough to make a tune by whistling. As Brian heard the calling of Claire coming from his back, he immediately turned back to see Claire." What's wrong Claire? Do you miss me? Brian sudden respond with giggle on his face. Claire rolled her eyes as she heard that annoying words of Brian."How dare you to say that I miss you! Bastard!" The words of Claire was quite harsh to Brian but he still smiled as he used his attitude to let out the behavior of Claire." I must to go!" Claire added.

Before she made a couple of stepped away from Brian, but before she stepped back, Brian's voice was echoed inside her ears. "Oppss! Where are you going?" Claire stared at Brian and gritted her teeth in anger before she spoke. " Damn boy! It's not your business where ever I go!"

Brian smile as he heard how hellcat was Claire. He stared at Claire as she walked away."Pretty hellcat...tsk... tsk!" Brian sudden uttered on himself. However, as Claire walking away, her frightened was overfilled on her heart and she did not want to turn back to make sure that there was no ghost that made her to feel frightening. She entered her room and switched all lights and she did not forget to lock the door and windows. She made a couple of stepped to her bed and laid on it. She felt the softness of the cotton sheet of the bed and the cold air mingled with warm beddings made her to release the fatigue that she felt. She closed her eyes and forced herself to take a rest. She rolled over her bed and gasped her breath. "Ahggg! I want to sleep!" She uttered on herself as she could not ever made even a shallow sleep for a minutes.

As she couldn't close her eyes for no longer, she sit on the right side of her bed and soothed her shoulder down to her arms and legs. Her muscles were aching but her body still wanted to stay awaked. Another deep breath she made and she stood again, she felt annoyed as she did not give herself a rest.

After a moment of pause, Claire decided to go at Brian's place to talk something. Because she wanted to take some interesting facts about Brian instead horrifying herself to the things that her mind drawn. She walked at the hallway and far away she saw Brian that might not the others ideal man but his face could be the same bow gallant was Marcus. She stopped gor a while and take a long breath. She prepared herself to yhe things that she did not do before. When she felt that she was ready to talk the stranger like Brian, she made a couple of stepped and sit on the bench on the left side of the room.

"Brian!"She sudden spoke as she sitted on the bench.Brian stared at her and smile," Ohh!, why you are always calling up my name? " He responded. Claire stooped at the floor and massaging her hand." Ahmm, Brian... When you found my yacht, did you ever saw something that makes you wander?" Brian smile and spoke, "ahmm... I never saw something corny but I wander how you traveled alone and lying on the floor drunken."

Claire remembered the time that she let her destiny to save her. She nods her head and take a long and deep breath. "Really?... Ahmm, how did you find me?" Claire uttered with wander. Brian smile and sudden giggle as he spoke. "My destiny take you for me..." Claire puckers her forehead and sudden rolled her eyes. Because she was not a kind of human that could hewer to the person like Brian who made everything into quirks. Bruan stared at Claire as he did not receive any response from her."You are so serious huh!... Anyway, I found you at the shore when I'm going to surf but... how amazing that I found you alone... fully drunk and your clothes was dirty and... you look so beautiful" He stated with mockery words at the end. He seemed like he love to make fun and even he look more serious than the other men, he had the ability to be an easy going and humorous."..." Claire was speechless because she thought that Brian was to nonsense to talk something that so important to her. She stood and walked around, she looked at the surrounding and she notice that their were a few island that surrounding them. "Brian!" she suddenly spoke.

"Yes!" Brian quickly response toward Claire." Are we close in the town?" she asked. Brian walked around and quickly responded with serious tone of voice. " Approximately one hour and we are in the town that you wish to vo with". He stated. Claire smile and made a deep breath as she spoke, "Thanks god!"

Brian felt that Claire had a secret that she never tell to him for almost an hour that they were ride together."Ahmmm Claire... Can I asked something, if you wish" Brian uttered with calm voice.

Claire stared at Brian and she thought sudden that might Brian woukd asked her about herself. " I need someone who help me" she whispered that only herself could hear. She stared at Brian and immediately responded with tears in her eyes. " Brian, I need your help!" Brian was amazed to the words of Claire. "M-me... Why?" he responded while shrinked his forehead.

Claire stooped at the floor as she spoke, " Brian... I traveled at forbidden forest with my friends and through our journey... One of my friend lost at the middle of the night and my group decided to look for her... But on our way the other of my group bited by the unknown insect, she died also and... " she cut in her words as she realized that Brian might left her if he would know how she killed her leader because of love toward the man that she never felt that he love her the same. Brian kept on listening on her as he felt that Claire did not finished what her story." Claire! What happened next.And do be afraid to tell everything you know... I will help you if you... But if you don't trust me, you may discontinue what is your story!" He uttered. Claire heard what's Brian told go her, she strared slowly at him and continue what she doing." Brian... I killed one of my friends as I saw how my beloved man bereaved in breath while bathing on his own blood"

Brian was shocked as he heard that story from Claire, be did not expected how much Claire love the man and she could ended the life on one another because of love and revenge. " Claire... Isn't true?" Brian uttered with doubt.

"..." Claire was speechless and the only thing that she do was to nods ber head and cried in tears. Brian was pity for Claire as he saw how the hellcat woman become zoft hearted because of love. " it's okay Claire" He uttered with comfort as he walked toward Claire and give her a gentle touched. "what I'm going to do?" She asked toward Brian.

Brian made a deep breath and he sudden spoke. " I will help you... but for now we need to find one of your friends that close on you and had ability to know your situation... Everything will be fine Claire, its not fault to save the one you love even the return of those sacrifices is death, the mistake that you may done was not to love at all" Brian added.

"Thank you Brian!" Claire sudden spoke as she felt how much the care that Brian give on her even she was not totally the trusted woman ever. "you're welcome Claire... I know that you had beauty in your inside" Brian gently voice made Clare stopped on crying. As Brian added, he walked around and spoke, " don't be worry, the time will passed and the things that you experienced from now will become the part of your own story that become untold" Brian meaningful words as he added.

Claire stared at Brian as she thought what does Brian told to her. She was too smart to make an reflection toward that kinds of words but she was hopeful that everything would set in fine. After a moment of pause, the time passed and the yacht sudden stopped. The time that the heart of Claire sudden stopped the same how the world made her to be competitive. She stood for a while and she realized that thier yacht was at the front of the port where their journey start and ends with unpleasant and challenging moment that they never knew. Brian and Claire made a couple of stepped toward the port and even her legs was trembled as she walked, she needed to face the truth that she was alone and needed to find a clues that might lead to the another journey and start of a new challenge that happened inside the forbidden forest of Monandria.