The Dusk Boundary
Eps. 17(Raya is gone)

Some residents decided to go home because it was late and tomorrow they had to work in the fields. Some more residents are still there to participate in the search for papa Sigit's daughter.

"Tante..have you been to Grandma Sari's house?" ask Manda.

"Yes.but lonely! why then?" mama Rossi was worried.

"Pity that grandma Sari's looking for us. Is it night?"answer Manda.

"Who are you talking about?" kyai Arifin who heard the words of Grandma Sari, hurriedly went inside.

"Sari's grandmother usually Magrib has come home from work. Now that we're not home for sure he's worried!" answer Manda again.

"But this morning I left a letter for him. Sari's grandmother must have read it." Lily replied.

" Wait.you mean Grandma Sari is home?" kyai asked Arifin in disbelief.

"Yes kyai.nyak Sari left for work in the morning and came home when the adhan Magrib reverberated" replied Lily.

"But.grandmother Sari had already disappeared a few years ago. We don't know where he is" Kyai Arifin said.

"What?" everyone who was there was surprised. Especially Manda and Lily who every night must meet Sari's grandmother.

"No way! We meet Grandma Sari every day at home!" manda and Lily answered, reassuring everyone.

"Then we go to my mother's house kyai.we start looking for Raya from there. Didn't you disappear at home this morning?" papa Sigit's. Kyai Arifin and the citizens agreed.

"All right!" answer Kyai Arifin.

Now everyone is flocking to Grandma Sari's house. They get curious about what Lily and Manda have to say.

Arriving at Grandma Sari's house, the atmosphere of the house was very quiet. Only the petromax lights on the porch are lit.

"Nah look right.only grandma Sari lit petromax when she came home from work. We never did at all. Besides, we've been at Mr. Kyai's house since last afternoon." explained Manda.

Everyone who was there just looked at each other, they were unable to say anything else. Papa Sigit immediately invited Kyai Arifin inside. The door was not locked.

"Grandmother.we're home!" manda and Lily shouted at the same time. But there is no lawfulness. The two of them headed straight for Grandma Sari's room. But it's empty and still neat. They began to feel a strange. Suddenly Lily and Manda felt a chill at the nape of her neck. They immediately went back to the front to meet Rossi's mother.

Meanwhile, Kyai Arifin and his son Sigit saw the whole house. They opened all the doors and checked all the rooms there. But all deserted, there was no sign of the whereabouts of Grandma Sari.

"How's pa?" mama Rossi asked as papa Sigit and Kyai Arifin returned to the terrace.

"Is it true that you met Grandma Sari?" ask Kyai Arifin once again to Manda and Lily.

"True mr. kyai." replied the two of them. Kyai Arifin seemed to think. He ordered his son to find out the whereabouts of Sari's grandmother in the house. But when tried, the son of Kyai Arifin named Ilham did not find the whereabouts of grandmother Sari. His eyes were closed in the house.

"Can't open Abi." said Ilham.

"How is that possible?" Kyai Arifin tried to find it himself, but also failed.

"Something's wrong with this house!" kyai Arifin. For a moment those who were there were silent without anyone making a sound.

"Bang Ali!" suddenly Manda remembered Ali. Maybe Raya is with Ali because only Ali is close to Raya while in this village. Think Manda.

"Is there really any connection with Ali Pak Kyai? like Tata's story, Somad's daughter?" said one citizen.

Some residents finally crowded to visit Ali's house. They did not dare to approach Ali's house alone, as they felt a hostile aura from Ali's house.

Hansip knocked on Ali's door. Long time no word, they tried knocking it again. Shortly afterwards Ali opened the door, but people immediately retreated and remained silent.

"What's the night like this?" ask Ali. People are still silent, even mutually unwilling so that someone will talk.

"What's wrong?" ali said a little snapping.

"That's.you're asked to meet Kyai Arifin at Sari's grandmother's house." finally Hansip who opened his voice.

"Sari's grandmother's house? what's the matter?" ask Ali wonder.

"That's.. Grandma Sari's granddaughter from the city disappeared this morning, she hasn't returned yet!" answer mr. hansip.

"What?" Ali was very surprised to hear the word Hansip. Ali immediately went inside to pick up a dagger and tucked it in his shirt. The people who saw him were horrified.

"Let's go!" yelled Ali who was already in the yard, while people were still dumbstruck at Ali's doorstep. Ali rushed to Sari's grandmother's house.

Ali has arrived at the house of Sari's grandmother leaving the residents who had picked her up. Ali saw Manda and Lily there, which meant that the Kingdom had disappeared.

"Ali.. are you with Grandma Sari's granddaughter today?" ask kyai Arifin.

"Today I did not meet Raya kyai!" ali answered.

"Do you know that Grandma Sari's granddaughter disappeared this morning?" ask Kyai Arifin again. Ali just shook his head.

"I'll look for him!" answer Ali.

"Where are you going to look for him tonight?"ask kyai Arifin. Ali was silent and shaken.

Ali had no idea that Raya had disappeared since morning. No one told him either. Moreover, the news that today Raya and her friends will return to the city. Ali was worried. At the last meeting with him, Raya did not tell anything.

"Who's Ali?" ask papa Sigit to Kyai Arifin.

"He was the last of the Hambali family. Do you remember?" answer kyai Arifin.

"No! what exactly is kyai?" papa Sigit was curious.

"They get a curse if married, then the woman who will be his wife will definitely die and be made a victim" replied Kyai Arifin.

"What's? so he's Agus' nephew?" ask papa Sigit again.

"Yes..You remember Agus, Dahlan, Wibowo and Husen? they are brothers." said Kyai Arifin.

"Initially I don't remember, so remember because of him!" show papa Sigit to mama Rossi. Mama Rossi was down. Kyai Arifin also knew that in the past mama Rossi was engaged to Agus and canceled it because he did not want to become a victim in the Agus family.

Who would have thought it turned out that mama Rossi turned to papa Sigit to trigger a long-buried grudge between their families.

"But it's the past, I don't mind it anymore" said papa Sigit.

"So you have no grudges with the Hambali family?" kyai Arifin.

"I deliberately brought my family into the city so that there would be no further fighting, but my mother refused when I asked her to move"