MY name is Naima
Saving the soul that was shackled part 2

Kriiiii......

The entrance bell reads, all students run into the classroom, as usual the routine of praying before learning begins must be done, all students do prayer together.After that Dina's mother gave the material.

My eyes were watching my friends, and one of my friends who did not enter today was Sinta.

" Lia, where's Sinta? From earlier I did not see Sinta at all," I asked Lia.

"Love did not come in, last night I got a story from my mother, that Sinta was screaming hysterically in her house and suddenly her body did not move and her eyes bulged like fear" Lia said.

It turns out that what I was afraid of happened I said in my heart.

"Continue now how is he doing? " my back.

" Yes like that" said Lia.

"Like that how ? " i asked.

"His body is not moving, his eyes are bulging, my mother said Sinta just lying on her bed like that, but her heart is still beating" Lia said.

"Pity Naima, you know not yesterday Sinta's father tried to find a smart man" said Lia.

"Naima! Lia! don't talk to yourself, watch your explanation, if you talk to yourself, you'll be the law mother!" said Dina's mother warning suddenly.

" I'm sorry ma'am" Lia and I said sorry to Dina's mother as a sign of guilt.

Then we focused on the current lesson and did the task given by Dina's mother well, even though in my little heart, I kept thinking about the state of my best friend Sinta.

The break bell had rung, all the students were out of class, while Lia and I had chosen to be in class, and we continued talking about Sinta.

" Lia, back to school will take me to Sinta's house, I want to visit her, later you leave with me, Gun sir picked me up as usual" I said to Lia.

"Well, Naima" said Lia with vigor.

After that I opened my food and shared it with Lia.

" What's this Naima's name, it feels good "asked Lia while staring at the cake I gave her.

"Oo it's apple pie" I replied briefly.

Then I gave Lia my favorite yogurt drink.

And I laughed a few times when I saw Lia's facial expression when I drank yogurt, which was really funny.

The break-off bell has rung, all students enter the classroom. We followed the last hour of learning and everything went well.

Kriiiing.bel went home.

We prayed together and went home. Except for me and Lia, we want to see Sinta's condition.

"Naima really you want to go to Sinta's house?" ask Lia.

"Of course Lia, tell me friend, I'm worried about Sinta's situation" I said to Lia affirming.

We also walked together to the stop, where Mr. Gun always picked me up.

Not long after, a car stopped in front of us and I knew it was my car. Me and Lia then get in the car, I explained to Gun sir, that I was going to Sinta's house to see her condition.

Mr. Gun then drove us, not how long we arrived at Sinta's house.

Tok.dok...

Lia knocked on the door, not long after a mother opened the door.

"Oo ..you're Lia, what's up?" said Sinta's mother looked surprised.

" Me and Naima want to see Sinta ma'am's condition" Lia said softly.

Sinta's mother took us to Sinta's room, I was surprised to see Sinta's condition.

" That's how Sinta is now, son, I want Sinta to be like before" said Sinta's mother while wiping her tears.

Sinta is a mere child puppet, Sinta's parents love her son very much. They didn't know why Sinta could be like this.

"Yesterday after school, Sinta was fine, then lunch after that went into the room, then suddenly she screamed hysterically and became like this" Sinta's mother said in tears.

Lia and I were concerned to see all this.

" We had brought a smart man that afternoon, but he was unable to help. Last night Sinta's father was invited by his friend to meet a smart person, son, he said today he will go home, hopefully he will return soon with the person" said Sinta's mother expectantly.

"Where are you?" I said in my heart.

"I'm here, Naima your friend's soul is shackled" Olla told me.

I'm just a kid, I don't know what to do, I tried to warn you but I didn't care.

After a long time we talked finally saying goodbye, when going home, suddenly Sinta's father went into the room with old grandfather and young man.

"It's my daughter's cake, it's like this now" Sinta's father said.

The grandfather touched Sinta's hand, then recited the prayer and blew it on Sinta's head.

"I couldn't save your daughter, because she was a victim, your daughter must have taken something or received something from someone who had a gift" the grandfather said.

Sinta's mother cried

" Help my son mbah, she's my only daughter mbah, help her mbah" said Sinta's mother pleading.

"Who is that boy? " said the grandfather while pointing at me.

I was surprised, all eyes were looking at me.

"I'm Naima kek" I said softly.

"You sit here son" said the grandfather to me, gesturing to sit nearby.

I approached the old man and sat down next to him.

"You want to help Grandpa save your best friend" the old man asked me seriously.

"Yes cake, but how to "quote me.

"By midnight you'll know" said the grandfather.

I nodded too. Then I went out to tell this to Gun sir.

" Mister Gun go home, today I will not go home" I told Gun.

"Why is Naima?" ask Mr. Gun.

"Grandfather said through me, Sinta's life will be saved" I said.

Of course Mr. Gun did not accept, Mr. Gun immediately walked into the house and argued with everyone who was inside, Mr. Gun does not want my soul threatened because of this, this, mr. Gun is very protective of my safety, for Mr. Gun I am his responsibility.

The grandfather explained that I would be fine, the grandfather said that I was different, only I was able to break through the boundary door to enter that world.

"If Mr. Naima does not want to go home, then I will also wait here" Gun said.

I just fell silent, what was on my mind at this moment, what would happen later

At midnight,

I had been sitting cross-legged on the floor in Sinta's room, grandfather said later you should walk towards the light and when there be kind, save your best friend, grandfather believes you can communicate and persuade them to free your best friend.

I just nodded my head, trying to brave myself for all the risks I would face.

After that grandfather read the prayers, suddenly the situation became pitch black and I was alone, I continued walking in the darkness and then I saw a light, I walked towards the light, then I entered a place. There I saw a magnificent palace but built from a human body.

They became the foundation of the magnificent palace, I walked about to enter the palace but two bodyguards came to me and asked what my purpose was to this palace.

I also told him I wanted to meet the ruler of this palace, they pushed me and made me fall, I did not stop I kept begging. Until a lady came out to us.

"Come on, son, Nyai is waiting for you" said the beautiful lady.

I walked after the beautiful lady, when I entered the palace, the view was not as I had seen it outside, inside the palace all the walls were made of gold, very sparkling, the floor of the marble stone and I saw many beautiful ladies like a lady-in-waiting standing neatly lined up the right and left sides where I walked. I saw a magnificent throne, made of gold and very shiny. There has sat a beautiful woman wearing a tiara made of gemstones, smiling at me.

" What's your purpose in coming here?" said the princess.

"I'm looking for my friend" I said.

"Your friend? He is my slave, he is my victim" said the princess.

"Sorry Nyai, I want to see my friend, if Nyai allows me" I said begging.

Somehow the beautiful princess was willing to comply with my request and the beautiful princess called Nyai was driving me to a room there I saw Sinta my best friend was locked up and a big man whipping her, I heard the screams of pain from my friend. This room is so strange the floor walls are all made of human bodies.

"Why are walls and floors made of man ?" my many.

"Ha.ha.ha they are my worshipers and my sacrifices, they have mortgaged their immortal souls for wealth" said the beautiful princess.

There is also a man who continues to work and always gets a whip on his body, I cry seeing it all, all that, my heart asks why there are still people who want instant wealth by sacrificing themselves and the souls of others for an eternal happiness.

There was a cry from my best friend and it blew my daydream.

"Hey please release my friend, have mercy on him" I said begging.

"A human being asked me to free my captive, can't!" word of rejection from the beautiful princess.

"Please forgive me Nyai, please release my friend, both parents want him back" I said, pleading.

"I will release him but with 3 conditions" the princess confirmed.

"I'm just Nyai's little boy" I said, honestly I was so scared, things had made me have to get into a world that I shouldn't be allowed to go to.

"Are you ready, son of man?" the princess asked me with a gaze so sharp that it pierced my heart.

"Hey, what are the 3 conditions" I asked politely, even though I was actually afraid.

"1. Your friend has to put the ring back in its place.

2. You must serve me as a servant.

3. I ask for 1 soul from inside your body son" said the beautiful princess.

"One soul means I'm going to die? " this is how big a sacrifice I have to make" I said in my heart, the moment I saw was in my eyes the cry of Sinta's mother, she said, the sorrowful faces of his father and mother without me noticing I nodded my head.

"Am I going back to my world? Or forever I stay here" I asked the princess.

The princess just kept quiet and ordered the bodyguard to release Sinta, then Sinta said a word of thanks, then I whispered in her ear put the ring back in its place and asked Sinta to help tell Gun sir, that I still have to stay here. I just kept quiet and looked at Sinta leaving me with the bodyguard.

"You are ready Naima, I will take 1 soul from you, in exchange for your friend's release" said the princess.

I just nodded, the spoken word could not be withdrawn anymore.

Suddenly I felt a terrible pain and I fell on the floor, a very terrible pain and I groaned with the pain, suddenly I vomited blood and I was unconscious.

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In Sinta's room, suddenly Sinta's fingers moved, she slowly opened her eyes, both Sinta's parents were happy and they hugged Sinta. Sinta is like a person who wakes up from sleep, she says that this is a nightmare. While the condition of my body, had to fall from sitting in the air, from my mouth came out a lot of blood. I'm not moving.

"Grandfather, say Naima will be fine, why is it like this" Gun said angrily.

Everyone in the room was surprised to see my condition.

The old man, shook his head

"It's beyond my expectations, the creature wants it" the grandfather said as his head shook weakly.

"What! You mean Naima's grandfather is going to die? you crazy old man, he's just a kid, why should he be sacrificed?".

The peak of anger Gun sir with his hands clenched as if he wanted to hit the old man.

Sinta got up from her bed and said that Naima told her she still had to be there for some time and told me that the thing I picked up had to be put back in place .

" What did you take, son?" said Sinta's mother worried.

"Just a ring ma'am, I found it on the way home from school, Naima had warned me but I didn't trust her ma'am" Sinta said.

"Where's the ring, son? " said Sinta's mother.

Sinta took her pillow and took the ring.

"Give it to Grandpa, Son. Grandfather wanted to see her " said the old grandfather, extending his hand.

" This ring is a ring that is deliberately used for the tool to find a mash, fortunately you do not buy food or anything, so you can still be saved, return it in its original place, but you must plant it, so that no one else will have the fate of you." said the white-haired grandfather.

Sinta's father then took the ring, then looked for the place where the ring was found, he followed the instructions as Sinta said his daughter.

"Replace this kid's shirt and lay him on the bed" he said, looking up at Gun sir standing up.

With the worried face of Mr. Gun doing the grandfather's orders, actually the heart of Mr. Gun is very worried about my condition, if something bad happens to me, he can not imagine the anger of Ningsih's mother later. Holding my hand, do not forget Mr. Gun continues to pray for my safety.

Inside that palace.....

I was lying on the bed, when I opened my eyes, having stood beside me 2 beautiful ladies, they smiled at me.

"You are indeed different, son, there is something in you that is capable of making our lord like you very much" the lady said.

" What is my job here? I want to finish it and let me return to my world" I said to the two beautiful ladies standing before me.

"This is the first time a little boy like you has been able to penetrate our world.

You are different, boy" said the lady.

"I want to see Nyai" I said begging.

Then the two ladies took me somewhere, to a beautiful bath.

I saw the beautiful princess soaking in a pool of clear water, she knew my arrival and asked me to come closer to her. I approached him by staggering, I approached him.

"Sit here" said the princess and smiled at me.

That princess is so beautiful really so beautiful I said in my heart.

"Humans adore me for my beauty, they want treasure by adoring me" the princess said.

I just fell silent.

"Can you massage my shoulders" said the most beautiful princess in the land, her skin was clean, her lips were so red, her eyes were beautiful. She's very pretty.

"I can't Nyai, but I will" I told him.

I hesitantly tried to massage him. The beautiful princess smiled at me.

"Hey, what is my duty here? I want to go home soon" I said.

"See this palace! very broad, right ?I want you to clean it up " said the beautiful princess affirming.

I saw that this palace was so vast, how could a little boy like me do it, let alone I never sweep the floor of my own house.But I nodded and I asked the lady to give me a broom, I started sweeping the bath, the beautiful princess just looked at me and then she got back into the bath.

I felt my body tired, but I didn't care that I kept sweeping and cleaning, some ladies-in-waiting brought food to me, asked me to eat, but I didn't want to, I wanted my task to be done soon, my body is getting weaker and weaker. The beautiful princess approached me and asked me to sit down, she looked at me sharply, until my heart was pounding.

"Let's stay here, I'll give you a place, the people here will respect and flatter you, I'll give you the power to rule" said the beautiful princess suddenly.

"No Nyai, I miss my family ", I said to the princess with a little fear.

The princess was able to see my sincerity, kindness and sacrifice.

"Have you thought, son? Are you rejecting my kindness" the princess asked.

"I miss my family Nyai" I said innocently.

The princess smiled and kissed my forehead, bring this for you, he gave me a red stone and it was very shiny and I held it in my hand.Not forgetting that I thanked the most beautiful princess in the land.

A bodyguard escorted me, this time the guard's attitude was very kind and polite, he asked me to pass through a gate and I had to walk in the direction where the light was .

Suddenly I woke up, I felt very tired, even to sit I had no energy. Mr. Gun hugged me, unknowingly tears dripping from Mr. Gun's eyes, every event and our togetherness, made Mr. Gun care and love me, for Mr. Gun I was like his own daughter.

" Let's drink this water, son" said the old man. For 5 days you have been lying on the bed.

So it's been 5 days, I've been at my best friend's Sinta's house. And I saw Sinta and her parents smiling at me and they thanked me for everything. I asked Mr. Gun to carry me, I missed my house.

We said goodbye, Sinta's parents wanted to give me something, but I refused, I was happy to see my best friend gathered with his parents. The grandfather smiled at me and said "You are indeed different Naima, thank you for your sacrifice son" the grandfather said.

"Thank you cake, for keeping me with prayer" I said to the grandfather.

Mr. Gun, carrying me to the car, my little body felt weak, I opened my hand, the red stone was in my hand. I was silent to reflect on all the events there, a very terrible event beyond human reason.

To be continue......

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