JAGRAK

Part- 23 Breaking the Boundary of The Forest of Prohibition

It was almost morning when Fareda came to her senses, she immediately sat down. Wisanggeni and her teacher were very surprised. Both of them looked relieved, both of their faces were smiling, but not with Fareda. She signaled to the two men he loved so much to stay away. Wisanggeni and Ki Sudarsana obeyed Fareda's request because they both knew what was really going on. Fareda's gaze was grim and terrifying. She got off the bed and said, “kene kabeh mlebuo! ayo dimarekne penggawaane awake dewe!”(1)

In the next second, many black shadows scrambled to enter the body of Fareda . A thousand lives of various kinds are scrambling to enter the body of Fareda. This time Fareda didn't wait, as soon as she finished her order she sped off. Like the wind she left the room where he was treated. The black shadows whose figures began to become clear were also following her. Wisanggeni, who was preparing to move, was immediately stopped by her teacher, Ki Sudarsana. "I promised that you wouldn't interfere, let me take care of it this time. Your job is to replace me at the mosque." Ki Sudarsana immediately shot off as soon as he finished his sentence. Wisanggeni just stared at the two of them.

As Fareda ran out of the hospital corridor, time seemed to have stopped. The thousand lives that followed her still continued to seize into her body. As if to find the best place. Fareda is indifferent, doesn't bother with this, she keeps running. The people who passed her suddenly froze. They came to their senses with a dazed face. They were sure something was up but didn't know what it was. Slowly they returned to their activities and were still trying to understand what was really going on.

There was horror and a feeling of being threatened even though they didn't know what it was. Each of them was busy with their own thoughts, without daring to tell anyone for fear of being thought of as making up or being considered crazy. Even though it's true they almost go crazy every time they think about it. Gradually they became more and more frightened because slowly they began to see a clear picture of what was really going on. Their memories began to return, what happened was recorded clearly. Recorded in their subconscious, now rising to reveal itself. It was very disturbing because their logic refused emphatically.

"This is not possible?!"

“This is just imagination?!”

"Maybe I'm just imagining it?!"

"But where did the delusion come from?!"

The more they refuse and try to assert that it is just imagination, the more clearly the picture confirms its existence, real and has happened. They saw a very beautiful young woman dressed like a queen holding a lantern. The whole body was covered in blood. The wounds on the body were like slashes and some of the skin and flesh were torn off. Half of her face was also torn and covered in blood, half of her face showed that she was a very beautiful, charming and dignified person. The woman didn't look dangerous but her eyes were bright red with mystery. They felt that she was loving and nurturing, but they also saw terrible things come and go. There was something more terrifying than that, the shadows that followed were countless. The shadows disappeared just as they merged with the woman's body. It was as if the shadows went there, into her body and disappeared.

At the same time, a golden carriage emerged from the darkness and landed sweetly on the hospital grounds right in front of the entrance. The chariot had no owner, there were two white and black horses to pull it. The carriage is very beautiful. The woman gracefully climbed it and invited a man to sit beside her. After that he stomped the horse's reins, the horse carriage walked slowly out of the hospital grounds and disappeared into the dark.

These memories kept swirling in their minds, no matter how hard they brushed them off but they continued to follow them, as if mocking them with horror. It was all their vision of Fareda as she ran from the hospital.

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The sun was about to rise when the carriage carrying Fareda and her teacher entered the Forbidden Forest area. Still dim, the two got off the carriage. Fareda's whispered to her two horses. The horse seemed to understand and left the place with her carriage. Fareda and Ki Sudarsana watched the carriage until it was out of sight. After that, the two of them walked towards the tree where Fareda had been lying helplessly. Ki Sudarsana was stunned for a moment, "Has not this tree been uprooted by Wisanggeni?" Ki Sudarsana shook his head slowly.

Fareda took off her slippers and Ki Sudarsana did the same when he was in front of the tree. As if the tree had a door, the two of them pierced through the tree and were swallowed up by the tree. Ki Sudarsana and Fareda entered the Forbidden Forest, the darkest part of the forest. As far as the eye could see, only black and misty, the lightest of which was gray.

It was also shrouded in a very dense fog. Ki Sudarsana stepped very carefully, their steps were always vigilant. Feet barefoot look very careful in treading the ground. As if every inch of land they passed was very dangerous. They continued to walk into the forest, getting deeper and darker. The two of them suddenly stopped when Fareda raised her hands into fists. Then she put her index finger in front of her lips, the next second he closed her eyes, sharpening her hearing.

When Fareda opened her eyes, she immediately dragged her teacher back and made her run as fast as she could. They returned to the tree where the two had appeared. Fareda's immediately pushed her teacher into the tree. Her eyes made sure that Ki Sudarsana was swallowed by the tree in front of her. Then she turned around, staring at the forest ahead. Dry leaves scattered on the ground. The leaves move from the other direction as well, the leaves continued to move very quickly, as if someone was walking behind them. All lead to one point, namely towards Fareda. The atmosphere was so tense, Fareda clenched both hands. Her teeth gritted in anger. He knew very well what was moving behind the dry leaves. All the inhabitants of the Forbidden Forest were welcoming her. They saw her as an enemy, as a threat!

Fareda racked her brain, she really didn't want to fight with them. It was too late when one by one they showed their form from behind the leaves.

TO BE CONTINUE