Behind the Eyes of INDIGO
Nightmares

The day was getting night and the atmosphere in the village was very quiet when the sky began to darken. Although Bu Murniati's house is located on the side of the road, but there is no sound of vehicles passing by at night, only the sound of night insects that sound unpretentious to each other. The air at night is also getting colder because the environment there is still very natural and close to the mountains.

At around 8pm, Alia and all her friends were still gathered in the living room to discuss some of the activities that would begin tomorrow.

The association on that night went well and there was no disturbance, after being dissolved, Alia went straight into the room with another girl friend, meanwhile the boys still gathered in the living room to chat.

At approximately 11pm everyone began to fall asleep, all the lights in each room were out, except those in the room.

Alia was still sitting quietly on the edge of the mattress located on the floor and thinking about the two centipedes this afternoon.

She looked beside him, the two friends who were in the same room with her had fallen asleep, but she was still awake.

His heart still felt unsettled even unable to sleep as it continued to think about it.

"O Allah, why is there only a shadow in my head of the two beasts?" muttered Alia.

As the day was getting night, Alia tried to lay her body next to Afi Yang who was already asleep, she tried to close her eyes even though long enough until she fell asleep.

Unknowingly Alia began to fall asleep, but she had a dream that was strange enough to make her feel uncomfortable.

In his dream he felt something creeping in his body, precisely on the neck. He tried to see if it was creeping and walked slowly around his neck, but after knowing it, he felt very surprised.

Alia also opened her eyes, instantly she immediately woke up from her sleep when experiencing the dream, but she still did not move from her position. He was still lying in the same sleeping position, and strangely he still felt something creeping around his neck.

Alia was silent and motionless, she glanced at her eyes at her neck and was surprised at what she saw.

As soon as his heart stopped beating, he did not even dare to move at all, only to pray in his heart.

A centipede with a length around the index finger was walking around his front neck, his eyes were still wide open looking at the animal, he did not even dare to move at all for fear that the animal would bite his neck.

It felt like Alia wanted to scream, but her voice seemed not to come out at all, really it was exactly the same as the dream she had just experienced. In his heart was still wondering if it was a dream or real.

Slowly the centipede began to walk down from Alia's neck and continued to walk all the way to the floor. As soon as the animal detached from its body, Alia immediately moved up from her bed and stood in fear.

"Astaghfiullah!!" shout Alia.

Unknowingly the scream was too loud to wake Afi and Sandra who were asleep.

"Oh Alia, you screamed what's going on at night?" ask Afi.

Alia simply pointed her index finger towards the centipede that kept walking away from them.

"Astaghfirullah!! what is Al!"

Alia just fell silent as she continued to stare at the centipede that began to go outside the room through the sidelines of the hole at the bottom of the door. His heart was still beating very fast and his body was also trembling in shock.

"Seriously? that was what?" ask Sandra.

"Oh Sandra, you were still crashing? it's centipede!" shout Afi.

Because they were both too noisy, Nafisah and her two friends who were in the next room also woke up. The three of them came to Alia's room and asked her what had happened.

Afi was silent when Nafisah and Rahma asked, because she was trying to understand Alia, but Sandra who was too flippant immediately said what it was.

"There was a centipede, big one!" said Sandra.

"What are you really? where's the?" ask Rahma.

"So there, but it's gone out through there" Sandra replied, pointing out where the animal came out.

While Nafisah was only silent while looking at Alia sharply, she seemed to know what Alia had experienced.

"Have not had to make a fuss, not good with Mom, meningan now we sleep again, still at 3 am too" said Afi.

Nafisah and her two friends returned to their room, while Sandra and Afi tried to go back to sleep because it was still early.

Alia came out of her room and headed to the bathroom, she intended to take some ablution water and perform the evening prayer to calm her heart.

Alia continued to pray and plead for protection to remove the fear that was still lingering in her heart, she could not go back to sleep after that. When he was done he tried to grab his phone and play games to relieve his boredom.

"Gee! time to feel so long!"muttered Alia slowly.

Alia looked towards the wall clock attached above the room door, the time still showing at 4 am.

Shortly after, there was the voice of a man who read the Qur'an. The voice was heard from the mosque located across the street. Because it uses loudspeakers, so it can be heard to get into the houses around as well as the sound of the Adhan and Iqamah.

"Masyaallah.the sound is very good to hear" muttered Alia in heart.

Out of curiosity, Alia also decided to take the water again for fear that the previous one had been canceled. Soon after that he put his face back on and walked out of the house to go to the mosque. He slowly opened the door and walked out. The sky was still very dark and the houses of the citizens were also dimly visible. Although the distance of the mosque from the house was only blocked by a small asphalt road, it felt quite far for Alia who was walking alone. He looked to the left and there was no one he saw.

It was not long before dawn so he decided to wait in the mosque while looking at who was a sadarus with a very soothing voice.

"Subhanallah, it turns out that if heard from close to the sound it really makes the heart calm" said Alia in her heart.

When he reached the mosque, he had a bit of trouble seeing the man as it was blocked by the curtain separating the male and female worshippers. But Alia was already feeling very curious so she tried to peek slowly only to find out who the person sitting in front was reading the Quran in a very melodious voice.