The forest was huge. The trees were bigger than those threes on earth. The grass was very green indicating that the land around the forest was very fertile. Staring at the seemingly endless forest, Rey was lost on his thought.
"What on earth is happen here. Am I died already? No no no. I should think it slowly. Right, before I was 'transported' here, I was in my room. I was laying in my bed comfortably. So, it is impossible for me to die in my room and then transported here. That's it…. I am still alive and kicking."
Rey was overjoyed instantly knowing that he was not dead. Then he frowned again.
"So, what happen here? Eh.. Could it be…"
Rey raised his right hand and look at the ring. The ring he found in his village close to the river. This ring was still the same, black colored ring that made by iron so that the ring felt little colder in his hand. He looked the ring for a moment and his eyes brightened.
"This must be it. But.. How could I go back? What should I do to go back? Hmmm. Okay. I was laying in my bed thinking about where I and Dave should spend this weekend to and then, suddenly I was here. What else.. Hmm.. Travel? Yah I remember. I say travel and then I was here. Hehe.. I am so SMART."
Rey was murmured and his smile became brighter because of his thought. 'Should I use those cool pose?' Then, he thinks about the 'cool' pose of superhero in the movie he watched in TV. He decided to use superman pose. He raised his hand, looking at the sky and shouted loudly.
"TRAVELLLLL."
Rey waited, and nothing happen. He was embarrassed for a moment but sigh a relief noticing that no one see his foolishness. He began to think and frowned. 'Oh, last time I was laying on my bed. Yes this stone.., maybe I should lay down on this stone and see what happen.' Rey look at the stone. Then, he climbs to the top of the stone and lay down 'comfortably'. He prepared his heart and shouted.
"Travel!"
Nothing happened. In front of him was the same forest before, the same trees and the same stone under his body. Everything is the same as before.
"Why there are no… Could it be there is no way back? Should I spend the rest of my life here?"
At this moment Rey was in thought. He was disappointed and start to regret. He thinks about his parents, his little sister, his friends and even Anna. He regrets everything he done in the past. The fact that he made the people around him disappointed. His dream to have a comfortable life with Anna having three children. His regret for not achieving anything to make his parents proud. The fact that he is still virgin.
"Fuck.. At least give me a girlfriend before dumped me here." He roared to no one.
"I wanna go home."
The sun was in its highest, but his surrounding was not that hot because of the huge trees on top of him. The forest is peaceful. In normal condition, Rey would enjoy this comfortable feeling and say 'life is good' but for now he wanted to cry.
"Roooarrr.."
Suddenly there is roaring sound in this peaceful forest.
'What the fuck is that?' Rey was frightened by the roaring sound and turn his head to the source of the sound and became more terrified because what he saw was a blue colored tiger.
The frightening thing was the fact that this tiger was huge, really huge. At least the tiger in front of him was four times bigger than the tiger in Republic of Dawn he saw in the zoo. 'What the fuck.. How could its skin so blue? Where is the logic?' Rey thought while staring at the tiger. The tiger also staring at its prey and ready to jump anytime. Two creatures tiger and human staring each other for several seconds. Rey tried to get up but slipped again and fell from the stone once more. He began cry in his heart.
'WHAT A LUCK….' Rey was roaring in his heart. The tiger looking Rey's movement jump to Rey and blocking Rey's escaping route.
This time the tiger was smiling. Yes, this tiger could smile and its smile frightened Rey more and more. Rey was terrified and then he closed his eyes. 'I don't want to travel here. I want my home. I want my family. Huhuhu. I want to have a girlfriend. No please no. Don't eat me Honorable Lord Tiger.' Rey was cried in his hearth. He did not want to die.
The blue colored tiger was stupefied and confused. It stared at the space in front of him blankly. If the tiger could talk, he will say 'Where is my food? Who stole my food? My food is gone?' Because at this time Rey was gone. Yes, he was disappeared in front of this big tiger.
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City D January 3, 2018.
A youngster sitting in his bed while closing his eyes. This youngster was covered in wounds because he fallen from a rock twice, but he does not fell hurt from the wounds because he thinks he will die at this moment. Yes, this boy is Rey, the prey of The Honorable Lord Tiger that disappeared in front of its eyes. Rey was coming back to his room. 'Why is it so quite so suddenly? Was the tiger does not want to eat me? Should I open my eyes now?'
Rey tried to open his eyes slowly. Then he was shocked. 'I.. I I was coming back!' His frightened face change to his happy face. He began to cry in his heart. 'I AM BACK.' He roared in his heart. He was so grateful. He wants to go to his parents' room and hug them but decided not to. 'It would be embarrassing if I did so.' He laughed foolishly. Rey looked at his body covered in wounds and dirt.
"At least I should take a shower now."
He gets up and look for clean clothes and then go to the bathroom with his happy face.
'Awww. Ahh, this wound of mine. Why is it so hurt?' Rey's face frowns a little when the water was in contact with his wound.
After the 'torture' in the shower Rey pick up his phone and turn it on.
'It is 10 p.m. already? Huft. What a tiring journey.' He throws himself to the bed and began to think. He recalled the event before. The forest, the tiger, everything. 'Maybe the key word was really 'Travel' but I need to close my eyes to go to the other side. Should I try it.' Rey has the urge to try but quickly erase that idea after thinking about the tiger in the other side. The big colored tiger and its creepy smile make Rey frightened once more.
'What the deal with that tiger? Blue colored and it is so big. And those trees are really big. Ahhh. I will never go to those damned place anymore.' Rey raise his hand, look at the black colored ring and put it off. He placed the ring on his table and then he went to sleep.