I was born on 7th April 1999 in a small house in the small country of Malaysia. I grew up 2 years with my parents and after that I was sent to my grandparent house, because of financial problem. I love my grandpa and grandma very much. They live in small village in rural area surrounded by deep forest. At the age of 5 until 8 years old, I started to follow my grandpa into the forest and cave to search for Swift’s nests and herbs. Those moments with grandpa were the moments I will never forget. We encountered many wild animals like snake, tiger, fox and wild boar. At first, I was so frightened by them but grandpa taught me martial arts and self defense moves to protect myself. Thus, at the very young age, I learned how to fight and moves swiftly when the time called for it. I also notice that grandpa has weird pupil color. Everyone I met has black pupil color, but grandpa has funny pupil color. He has pale blue color. When I ask grandpa about this, he just smiling and change the topic.
For three fun years, I spent time with grandpa and grandma until that 9th September night, I lost both of them. I don’t know what happened, but when the sun set, the funny and caring grandpa and grandma become so serious and anxious. They asked me to lock myself in the house and gave me a gold pendant with 4 small stones with different colors on it, and command me not to open the door to anyone until the sun rise. I followed their commands and lock all the doors and windows and hide myself under my bed. And things started to change. The calm and peaceful weather suddenly became chaos because of the sudden strong wind and I can hear loud sound like thunder just outside the house. I can hear a faint voice of men and women crying, shouting and screaming at the same time like there was a war outside, but the sound of the wind was too loud for me to hear it clearly.
I was so scared, so I cried and hugged myself like a baby. I wanted it to stop, and seconds later, I feel so sleepy and vision started to fade slowly until all of the noise became quite and my vision completely dark.
After hours of sleeping, I woke up on my bed completely fine. I didn’t notice any strange thing at first, and I thought I had a bad dream. So, I called for grandpa and grandma, but I got no reply. From that moment I felt very nervous and anxious. I ran to the door and open it. Its morning already, the beautiful sunshine with cold temperature really refreshing to one mind and body. But, what shocked me the most was the leaves and holes were spotted everywhere. the strong wind may the cause of the falling leaves but what about the holes? At that moment I started to cry and cry calling for grandpa and grandma. I wanted to call for neighbors, but we lived far away from anyone else. Maybe that’s why my parent very rarely visited me.
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I kept searching around for hours, and I can feel my body became weak and sore and I stopped searching and when my stomach started grumbling. I started to head back home with firewood. I went to the kitchen and started making food. I learnt a lot about food from my grandma, so I decided to make their favorite food so they can smell it and come home. At night, I was very lonely. I thought maybe grandpa and grandma had lost in the wood, maybe they were on the hunt for food, so they were not home yet. I love to believe that, but days by days, they didn’t come back.
And I started to notice things, like I was under my bed during that incident, but why I was on my bed in the morning? Who place me on my bed? Is it grandpa? And I started to feel the changes about my body. The major change was my eyes. My pupil color change from black to pale blue like grandpa. And I don’t know where that pendant anymore. I think I had lost it. my body also became a lot stronger and faster than before.
Months later, my parents came visit me. I was so happy to meet them again. My mom was so happy, I can see that on her face, but my dad seemed shocked and scared when he saw me, or my eyes? I told them everything about what happened that night to them. Mom wants to call police but dad stop her right away and said that my grandpa and grandma were fine and safe, do not need to call police. I was so ecstatic to hear that, but dad didn’t answer my questions at all when I asked him. Even though mom and dad just came, dad hurried me to pack my belonging and leave with them to the city. After big clashes with dad, I finally agreed to live with them, with my other siblings.
Grandpa and grandma, I always miss and love you two. I hope you are safe and healthy.
Your grandchild,
Abdul Azim.