DAMNED GIRL
7. PILU'S CRY

Abas did not take his eyes off as the mysterious woman walked quietly toward the door of Yumna's house. The once calm weather is now visible from strong winds blowing tossing tree branches around the yard.

"Aakh!" There was a loud scream from inside Yumna's house when the mysterious woman entered through the walls of Yumna's house.

"Yumna!" Abas immediately ran to make sure Yumna was okay.

"Ssssshhhhhh ..” A hissing sound rang out in Abas' steps. Now in front of Abas appeared a snake-bodied woman blocking his steps.

"Brakk!!!"

The snake woman's tail made Abas bounce off violently before his shock disappeared. Luckily the snake woman soon disappeared in the dimness of the night.

"Mas, are you okay?"

Yumna who came out of the house immediately approached Abas who was in pain. Abas tried to get up but fell back and fainted.

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"He has a perfect feature on the physical, weton, and other elements until it is called Laweyan's Shoulder. A creature from the past took shelter in his body, protect, and love him as the reincarnation of Goddess Sekar Agnimaya, a daughter of the seventh concubine of the royal lineage of Tumapel. Yumna never even knew why she was. His frustration and disappointment sometimes become a disaster for those who scratch his feelings. No one can really stop the curse unless he marries someone who is also from the same ancestral breed,”, said Ki Waluyo. The old man was still busy concocting medicines from moringa leaves, elephant grass and agarwood powder.

Moments later Ki Waluyo approached Abas and applied the medicine to Abas's blackened chest.

"Who is the snake, Ki?" ask Abas.

"The "stealth blade was sent by someone to injure Yumna. Maybe the person who hurt him," continued Ki Waluyo.

"What did Bu Wati do?" Abas muttered as he rubbed his bruised chest from the stealth snake's sabetage the other day.

Ki Waluyo immediately said goodbye to Abas, his student who was facing the bad situation. Yes, indeed all this time Abas studied with Ki Waluyo from Mount Lawu in kebatinan science. As was the village youth at the time. Actually Ki Waluyo is not a shaman, but he is better known as a recluse who lives alone in a cave or mountain to get closer to God. However, it is precisely because of that too Ki Waluyo has karomah and devotion that he uses to help others from the interference of evil creatures or the jinn.

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The case of Tejo's death a few days ago that seemed strange and mysterious that dragged the name Yumna, finally ended in peace. Although many residents were carried away by emotions and demanded that Yumna be expelled from the village. But it can not be granted by Mr. Lurah because there is no evidence or eyewitness to the beautiful widow as the perpetrator of the Tejo murder.

Day after day so quickly passed after the incident. But it did not dampen the emotions of the people to Yumna. The news of her as the damned woman of Laweyan's Shoulder spread uncontrollably to the neighboring villages. Yumna was ostracized from the community, no one would accept her in the village again except Abas and his mother.

“You're patient, yes, Nduk. All of these tests come from the Gusti of God. I believe you can definitely pass it,” Abas' mother told Yumna as they sat on the front porch of the beautiful woman's house.

Yumna just nodded, she didn't know what to talk about. The treatment of the villagers against him makes Yumna anti-social man. He often locked himself in his room all day to avoid direct contact with people who hated him.

“Yum, we go home first, yeah. Just want Magrib. Take a break first, calm your mind. Don't put too much into the hearts of the citizens.” Abas and his mother leave Yumna alone in her house because the night is coming soon. 

Yumna went into the house and closed the door after Abas and his mother came home, he hurried to clean himself and took some water to perform Magrib Prayer. Yumna is usually never absent for congregational prayers at village musala. However, since Tejo's death and rumors about him spread, Yumna chose to pray at home.

“Give Your servant strength, I am sure that You will not test Your servant beyond his means." Yumna closed her prayer by prostrating. He surrendered to the Lord of the universe who had power over him. His bow was so solemn that it made the prayer mat wet with tears.

Brakk!

Suddenly, the door to Yumna's room slammed like something was crashing. Along with that also the lamp that was lit suddenly died without cause even though there was no wind blowing it.

Aushhh!

Yumna's left ear was like being blown by someone who made her hair shudder in horror. Yumna turned her head, a thick black smoke billowing in the middle of her room that she could see from the moonlight through the cracks of the walls.

“Female damned! Thank you until the end of your life.” Yumna heard someone whispering in her ear but she saw no one in the room but herself.

Meanwhile, a puff of smoke drew closer towards Yumna who was still sitting on the prayer mat and still wearing a face. The dense smoke surrounded Yumna's body, then lifted her up and frightened Yumna.

“Akhhh! Please!” yumna shouted as the thick smoke raised her body until her head almost touched the ceiling of the room.

Yumna's body rebelled, the stronger the movement Yumna made, the more intense the smoke tightened the bond with the beautiful woman's body.

“Yumna! Yumna! You why?” From the front door came the sound of Abas shouting while banging on the door leaf.

Yumna's voice was getting choked up, he could not make a sound to answer the call Abas was shouting out there.

“Kang, help me!” With all her might Yumna tried to make a sound so Abas could listen to her.

Brakk!

The front door was smashed by Abas, he immediately ran towards Yumna's room and saw Yumna's body flying through the air. Yumna's hand flailed as if to signal that Abas could reach her. However, his body was extremely tall and could not be reached by Abas.

“Come pray, Son. Ask for protection to Gusti Allah,” invite Abas Mother who began to look panicked.

Abas ran to the kitchen and took a glass of water, and they both raised their hands, prayed and recited the holy verse of the Qur'an so that whatever disturbance happened to Yumna could be released immediately. 

“La ilaha ilallah.” Abas tightened his last words while throwing water in the glass he had prayed to Yumna.

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