Mother trembled, the figure prevented her from taking me. Just when the horrible creature wanted to attack, suddenly the mother woke up with sweat all over her body.
Instantly, mother immediately saw my condition, who was still sleeping beside her, her hunch began to feel bad, even before morning she could not sleep anymore.
After last night's dream, I didn't cry anymore, didn't move, didn't even open my eyes. My lips are turning blue, my body is cold, as if it has no blood flow. Even though I'm still breathing, I'm like a dead baby, my mother thinks things are wrong because of my critical condition.
Every time I went to the midwife I was only given the same medicine and it still affected me. Feeling that something was wrong, finally my mother decided to ask someone to go to uncle Toyo's house, which was located in the next village, to come home.
uncle Toyo is indeed known as a spiritual figure who can heal with the medium of prayer, his ability is quite well known in the village and even outside the village.
In the afternoon uncle Toyo came, my mother also told me all the details from the beginning to last night's nightmare.
After hearing the statement from my mother, Uncle Toyo also examined me, his face was very serious when he saw my condition, which was like a baby who had no hope of life. It only looks like my small chest pumping breath is getting weaker.
"Is the river far from here?" ask uncle then.
"Not that far, why?" mother asked full of anxiety.
"Take me there now! And there are several conditions that you must fulfill, first, right now you must prepare straw brooms, free-range chicken eggs, also yellow rice. Nimas needs to be redeemed"
"What?" Mother was very surprised and trembled even more hearing that explanation.
With prayer and hope, mother immediately looked for the ingredients that uncle mentioned earlier. Mother was very sad, all the way her heart was beating fast and crying.
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After getting the requirements earlier, uncle immediately prepared the items earlier and asked mother to immediately take him to the river that very afternoon.
When he got there, uncle put straw brooms, free-range chicken eggs, and yellow rice. Yellow rice is rice mixed with grated turmeric and then wrapped in banana leaves. It has become our tradition to redeem the Soul taken by supernatural beings.
Then uncle's lips began to be seen whispering, whether he was reading a prayer... Or communicating with the caretaker who was there, Mother did not hear it clearly at that time.
Not long after, Uncle got up and took 3 pebbles from the bottom of the river.
After that he returned to the house with my mother walking behind him, uncle's left hand seemed to be holding something but could not be seen. While his right hand carries the pebbles from the river he took earlier.
Arriving in front of the house, uncle silent, closing his eyes. Suddenly...
Duaaakkk... The pebbles he brought earlier he threw at the door of the house while saying:
"Nimas come home!" he shouted.
Daaakkk the second stone was thrown again at the door. "Nimas come home!" his voice was getting higher. And the third time ucle did the same thing, it's just that on the stone throwing and the 3rd call, I, who was in my grandmother's arms, immediately gasped in shock accompanied by loud crying.
Hearing my cries broke, mother ran over and immediately hugged me. My face is no longer pale, my skin starts to look red, the blue on my lips gradually becomes red again like the flow of blood that is pumping all over my body again.
Mother cried while hugging me and was grateful that I was still given safety, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Remember, you have to be careful! The age of babies is still very vulnerable. Many evil creatures like the smell of fresh and pure blood. Don't do it again, let alone bring your baby to a place that is haunted and vulnerable!"
"Yes uncle, I'm deterred and won't do it again. Is Nimas okay now?" mother said in a trembling voice.
"Thank God, it's okay." Pakde answered then sipped his fresh tea.
"Actually, what happened uncle? Why should there be redemption?" asked the mother who still did not understand.
"She's soul was taken by the creature you saw in the dream, and he locked Sukma Nimas there. Therefore, redemption was carried out. If we are even one day late, I don't know whether your child will survive or not"
incle's explanation surprised mother.
"The smell from your baby's body is very sweet to their nostrils, many will be interested in it later. But, I hope this is natural because all babies are still pure" uncle said looking at me closely, his expression implying something.
"You mean?" mother asked hugging me tightly as if she didn't want that terrible thing to happen again.
"Ah, no. I hope your child will be healthy after this. I'll say goodbye to go home first." Uncle knows that mother is a panicky and cowardly person, but he chooses to be silent and doesn't explain too much so that mother doesn't have to think too much.
Mother nodded and escorted Uncle to the exit. There is no clarity in the details of uncle's words, even though Mother has a lot of questions in her mind and she doesn't really understand what ucle Toyo just said. But mother did not dare to ask any further. The most important thing at that time was, I was healthy, and fine.
Uncle's way is one of the conditions for healing adults/children who are plagued by ghosts. In the past there were still many who did it but now times have changed, things like this are no longer found except in really remote villages.
Since that incident my mother was more careful and did not carelessly take me out of the house before 40 days, trauma made it more processive for me. Maybe I would have done the same thing if all that had happened to me, no mother would want her child to be in danger. She will do anything to save her daughter/son.