Tonight I opened my window and had cake and milk ready in the fridge. I hoped but still felt that it was impossible. Galter is Senem? In Grandpa's story, Senem received a curse that made him who he is today, and no one knows how to get rid of the curse yet. But, it could be that Senem had found him, and his true form was Galter. It would be clear if Senem came tonight.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Three knocks on my bedroom window, rushed me to my bedroom window, seeing that there was no one out there. So I walked to the balcony of the room, who knows he's already there. All of a sudden, the back of my neck became very cold, and it affected my whole body, it felt like I was in the cold polar region without any thick clothes. I couldn't move my whole body like I was frozen in ice.
The man in black robes came, now I see him very clearly even though my body can't be moved, it's the same as what happened at school. He smiled, his face visible, a young man with a mustache.
"We need you again Miss."
In a conscious state, I was led into the forest. Tried to scream, but my mouth was frozen, I couldn't feel it. Moving is difficult and the deeper I go into the forest, my body temperature gets colder. Until I hallucinate that now there is snow flying near me. My whole body was shaking when I knew I was in the forest now. The trauma didn't go away, and it was an agonizing state I could never have imagined.
The man in black robes put me down, after that, I could move my arms and whole body, I can even speak again. But I'm still shaking with what happened. Forest Flo, I've always been in trouble here, and now I've got it again.
"Get me out of this forest, please. I have trauma," I said begging that I could be released, or at least not here, I don't want to be here under any circumstances.
"We won't hurt you, calm down," said one who seemed to be the leader. "We need you, you are precious to us."
"You can do whatever you want, but please don't stay here. I have bad trauma here. I beg you, wherever as long as it's not in the forest," I pleaded until I cried because I was afraid of myself in this forest, not with the people who kidnapped me.
"I can get rid of those bad memories," he said gently touching my head.
I could feel a sensation inside of me, like something was being pulled up, into his hand. A while ago, I recalled the bad memories that traumatized me with this forest, now I don't remember what happened to this forest. Even my mind feels so empty.
"So Eiryana, my name is Eldrick. We are your friends, will you meet with Senem tonight?" asked Eldrick sitting next to me, my mind blank, but I'm still conscious and somehow I hate the word Senem now.
"Yes, he promised to come," I replied casually, and I kept being honest with him, they could be someone who had seen Senem and was after him.
"Good. This is what you should do…"
There were five people here, and they were all wearing the same robe. Maybe some kind of hunting organization, I don't know what they wanted. But together with Eldrick, my anxiety lessened. And here, I get more information about Senem.
"We are not bad people Eiryana. We have come to protect you. I've seen you interact with Senem. Senem is not a good creature, he has killed, slaughtered, and is even willing to kill a small baby with his sharp nails. Gymnastics is dangerous for everyone, even for you. You have to help me Eiryana, because I think Senem believes in you," Eldrick explained, providing support for me but I refused because I still can't believe it.
"So, what do you want me to do?" I asked wanting to hear.
Eldrick told me his plan, at first I refused to help him, but after Eldrick showed me a piece of paper from Grandpa's diary, I immediately believed him. Grandpa wouldn't give just anyone his secret, but grandpa trusted Eldrick, I should have trusted him too.
"Eiryana, this Senem… he killed your grandfather."
I was surprised to hear what he said, I didn't expect it to turn out like that, but in my heart I trusted Senem. Why did he do that? I can't understand what made him like that. But he could injure me that time, it is possible that Senem could also do it to Grandpa.
"Eldrick, can I trust you? Now I'm so worried about everything," I said sadly but didn't want the tears to fall on me now.
"One hundred percent, I will not betray you. Eiryana, heal your wounds."
Eldrick escorted me out of the woods, and from here I went home alone. The night ride, is not that bad I prefer the night atmosphere compared to the noisy morning atmosphere. The night is quieter, moreover, this is the countryside, the sound of crickets, even I saw real fireflies. It's so beautiful, even though I couldn't take a photo, the light of the fireflies wasn't bright enough to catch the camera.
"Galter?"
I met Galter in front of the castle, with Galter who seemed to be in costume. I realized, that Galter lied to me about him being a Senem. As I thought, Galter was just toying with the story my grandfather told me.
"You lied to me," I said after seeing Galter.
"Eir, this is not what I meant. I don't know why tonight I can't change, but I also want to prove that I'm right," Galter replied trying to defend himself.
"Reason huh? For a moment I thought you were being honest with me and wished you were. I was wrong, you liar who likes to play with women to impress me. I should have known from the start, that Senem will never be able to escape his curse, he accepted that fate, and you are just a man with many mouths," I quipped, I don't like people who lie. Just imagine what I had hoped, and now that trust was dropped just for a joke.
"Senem is slowly getting out of her curse! It's because of you, that's why Senem is trying to be nice to you, making you trust him. The curse is almost released, and I'm standing here not kidding saying that I'm Senem who almost escaped the curse," Galter said pulling me closer to him. Galter said something serious while looking down at me. I noticed the way he spoke, and our faces were very close. His green eyes seemed to give me a belief to try to believe.
"Ow! The back of my neck!" I screamed feeling hot in the back of my neck, although it didn't feel like it was burning, it still hurt. Nosebleed again! Blood dripped from my nose, which made Galter let go of me.