In the small world. It was daylight in the morning.
In the corner of this mountain, a field that a lot of grasses can be seen. Cien, Divina, and Dreg appeared out of nowhere like they teleported.
Cien was bleeding furiously to his shoulder because of arrow that hit him and he put his hand to his shoulder for the bleeding to delay.
Divina felt headache and wanted to vomit because of using portal but he saw that Cien was bleeding furiously while laying down on the grass.
“Brother!! Are you okay?!” Divina said worriedly. she went to where Cien and she looked to Cien shoulder that looked severely bleeding.
“What do you think?” Cien said grinning.
“Wait I will get something because I think we have a medicine and bandage that we took in the Headquarter of Terf gang” Divina said. she looked to her back but there was nothing backpack hanging to her back and she realized that she left it behind to the big room. She facepalm that she forgotten to bring it along with them and at the time they dragged and carrying Cien which it already burdens to them.
“Brother, I think my bag was in the big room and I forgotten to bring with us” Divina said felt embarrassed and worriedly looking to his brother shoulder injury.
Cien appeared speechless. Dreg went to them and give his bandage and medicine to Cien.
Cien and Divina looked surprised and shocked because they didn’t expect that Dreg backpack was still with him and he bring it while running. Also, his backpack was heavy and he was carrying Cien, it was amazing feat.
“You’re really pretty reliable Dreg, without you we are in the pretty dangerous thank you” Cien said thankfully.
Dreg hand sign smilingly “don’t worry about it”.
Divina pouted when she heard Cien appreciation to Dreg of helping him.
“Divina thank you for worrying about me and I’m sorry because of my action you got into this” Cien said. He felt guilt that as his brother he let his sister put in to the dangerous situation.
“Brother didn’t I tell you before that I will always by your side even how dangerous it was. So don’t worry about me because this is my choice” Divina said. she appeared serious when she said that.
Cien quieted because they had agreement that he should not go himself without them and he cannot force his sister to what he like because his sister had her own free will. Also, he didn’t underestimate his sister because she was capable as him so she was capable coming with him and Dreg.
Dreg ‘shush’ for them to be quiet. Cien and Divina conversation stopped abruptly because their attention went to Dreg. Cien and Divina was confused as to why Dreg want them to be quiet.
They notice that their surrounding was pretty weird. Cien looked to this tall like grass and he looked to his surrounding because it also the same. There are many tall grasses that high as third floor.
“Why the grass so tall?!!” Divina said. she felt shocked. They felt shudder looking to their surroundings, like they are size of ants in this place.
Cien remembered that they went through to the portal but he didn’t know at first where the portal going but now, he realized something because he read and heard a folk tale story before that had the same description about this world.
“I think the portal we went in is the small world” Cien said. His face was unsightly because he knew how very dangerous this place without being prepared.
“WHAT DID YOU SAY?!” Divina and Dreg was very shocked because they also read and heard the folk tale story about the small world.
Divina and Dreg felt shudder. If the description in the folk tale story about small world was already frightening and spine-chilling, then how about in real life where you can see by your own eyes.
For a moment, the grasses were moving like there are something behind of it. they felt nervous and instinctively quieted that they didn’t move like a statue because of fear they might notice by that living creature behind of those grasses.
But it was different to what they expected. They saw something above that surprised them, as a violet-blue color butterfly fly up and flap his wings above. Their soul shook because it was bigger than them by many times, but for some reason they felt relieve that a butterfly was they encountered and not any insects that will eat them if they saw them.
When the butterfly already left from a far. “Brother, I think we went to our own death!” Divina said. she still felt shudder because it was her first time saw something big living creature than him.
Cien also felt shudder. They only escaped and ran to the wolfs, now they went to the hell that more dangerous and their time was already counted because anytime they can be killed by other insects or animals even other creatures.
“Let’s go, lets find a safe place for us to stay for night” Cien said. He needed to be mentally strong to this situation and lead them as oldest brother of them.
Divina and Dreg nodded to Cien said to them because it was better than waiting here to be killed and they trusted Cien that he will lead them that safe for them.
“Then brother where direction are we going when these grasses was high that we cannot even see anything” Divina said.
“Do you see that big mountain on our left side west? We are going to climb that to get a better view of this small world” Cien said whiling looking and pointing this mountain that so high.
Dreg and Divina looked to the mountain Cien pointing and was shocked when they saw that they climbing that big mountain.
“What?!” Divina said. She was greatly surprised.
“How many foods ration do we had for three persons a day, Dreg?” Cien asked Dreg.
Dreg looked to his backpack of how many rations they had. After Dreg done distributing and dividing the food of three persons.
“We only had 8 days’ worth of food for three persons” Dreg hand sign of them.
Cien thought a plan how they overcome this situation and he recall the folk tale that he read to knew more about small world.
“First, we go to the mountain and find a safe that can be consider our base. Then we will talk our next plan to survive this small world” Cien said to them. They only nodded agreeing.
They went to westward where the mountain was, but they were very silent going to the mountain and making sure they don’t stumble to dangerous place.
Though, the situation didn’t let them be to what they wanted.
While they walking to these long grasses without knowing what lurking behind of this grasses that they might stumble.
Dreg put his hand to the shoulder of Cien to get his attention. Cien was very alerted to this journey that only putting the hand of Dreg make him already flabbergasted but he forced himself not to scream. Divina was grinning when she saw Cien reaction and she was silently giggling.
He looked to Dreg angrily for surprising him. He hands sign to Dreg “What?”.
“I heard a faint rustling infront of us, I think we should be cautious” Dreg hands sign to them what he heard.
“Are you sure?” Cien asked. Cien became serious when Dreg said about, he heard infront of them.
Cien trusted what to Dreg said to them because even though Dreg was a mute person, his hearing was very excellent than normal people that he can precisely hear every different sound even if it was a faint sound.
“I’m hundred percent sure that I heard something infront of us” Dreg hand sign to them truthfully to what he heard.
“Then we are going to take another route and go to other side” Cien hand sign to them. for them not to be heard by the creature lurking here in these grasses. The possibility of encountering insect in these grasses was high, that is why they’re very cautious to their route and silently going to the mountain.
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They went to the left side and didn’t went straight for them not to encounter the creature behind of these grasses.
But Dreg said something again to them. “I heard something rustling again infront of us, the sound is the same I heard last time we encountered” Dreg hand sign to them about he heard. He was baffle to this weird situation.
Cien and Divina was also baffle. Cien hand sign “Are you sure? You’re not joking to us in this situation, right?”.
“I’m telling a truth, it’s the same sound I heard last time” Dreg hand sign to them.
“What should we do brother?” Divina was also feeling weird and she thinking that they might stumble to a something that so dangerous.
“We will still do our plan and go to other direction” Cien said. “Let’s go left side”.
Divina and Dreg still went according to the plan to go in the mountain.
They went to the left side of the road for them not to encounter the creature infront of them.
For many minutes of walking to these tall grasses. Divina felt something wrong and she said something to them in low voice “Guys did you also felt weird that we didn’t encounter any creatures walking to these grasses for many minutes?” Divina asked if they felt the same as him.
“I also find it weird. In the book we read about this small world was full of creature with different species, the possibility of not encountering species here was almost low which is weird” Dreg hand sign his opinion and he felt.
“Be alert! I think there someone stalking us for a long time” Cien said solemnly. Dreg and Divina nodded seriously.
They looked to their surrounding while very alerted.
Dreg ears prick up as he heard something rustling infront of them.
“I heard something again infront of us” Dreg hand sign to them which the two face became unsightly.
“Dreg, do you have any weapon in your bag?” Cien asked. He thought that they need to be prepared and defend themselves.
Dreg looked inside to his bag if there something any weapon and he saw something. “I only saw two knifes inside of my bag” Dreg hand sign to them.
“You took the one knife Dreg and the one is mine” Cien ordered.
“What about me?! This is unfair!” Divina said. she appeared annoyed that they treat her like a princess.
“Be a look out for us and support us behind” Cien said casually. it made more Divina annoyed when she heard Cien said.
“I might be a girl but it doesn’t mean I cannot help you guys!” Divina said. she felt that it was unfair for them just because he was girl that they are risking their life while she was standing behind of them.
While Divina was feeling wronged, the rustling became clearer that Cien and Divina already heard the faint sound of rustling infront of them. Divina became silence as she looked solemn and she took the wood on the ground as a weapon to him. They looked very alerted.
The sound of rustling infront of them stopped. Which baffled them and the surrounding became silence.
They looked nervous as the time went by. They heard a rustling again but it was behind than infront of them.
‘WHAT?!!’ they thought the same and looked very shocked that the rustling was already behind. Dreg hang sign to them “I think we are not facing one existence but two!” Dreg looked solemn and his hands was uncontrollably shaking nervously.
The two also felt very nervous to this weird and dangerous situation.
The two rustling became sound wildly as it was circling them in the middle. The most difficult in this situation is that they didn’t know what existence they’re fighting which is make them nervous.
The two-rustling halted like they already satisfied and done playing their prey. Two eyes can be seen lurking and stalking the three kids in the middle.
The one infront of them attacked fiercely that shocked the three because they saw a bug that thrice their body.
“ASSASSIN BUG!!” Divina shouted. She knew what the bug that attacking them.
The assassin bug behind them also attacked after the assassin bug infront made a move.
Cien didn’t flinch but he only took a sand on the ground and he throw to the eyes of assassin bug infront of them.
The assassin bug didn’t see that coming and the sand went to his eyes. “SCREEHH” the assassin bug screech in pain because of the sand that went to it eyes.
The assassin bug behind of them halted in daze because the screech of his comrade.
“RUN!!!” Cien shouted at them and took advantage that the two assassins’ bug was halted that they had enough to ran in the mountain.
Divina and Dreg did what Cien ordered and hurriedly run to the direction where mountain was. Cien also run but he didn’t go to the west direction where the mountain is. He run to the north direction for him to become bait for the two assassins’ bug.
“WAIT FOR ME IN THE MOUNTAIN, I WILL DISTRACT THIS TWO!” Cien shouted at them.
“WHAT BROTHER?!-“Divina was taken aback because he didn’t expect Cien willingly became bait and she wanted to say something to Cien but Dreg dragged him.
Dreg knew that they cannot delay by unnecessary talking and the sacrifice of Cien became failure so he dragged Divina forcefully and he trusted Cien as a capable person and will be back to meet them in the mountain.
“YOU DOING IT AGAIN YOU B*STARD-“ Divina said angrily but she stopped talking when she saw and heard Cien shouting to the two assassin bug.
“UGLY AND SMELLY BUGS COME AND GET ME” Cien shouted to the two assassin bugs.
Divina felt emotional when she Cien again sacrificing himself for them to escape without hesitation.
“Brother” Divina said in low voice as she saw Cien was running hurriedly while there is two assassin bugs behind him that chasing him.
While Divina looking emotionally to her brother, her hand was being pulled by Dreg for them to go in the mountain.
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In these tall grasses, Cien can be seen hurriedly running to these tall grasses.
Cien was running for many minutes and he already very exhausted but when he looked behind of him, his body instinctively ran to its utmost energy and for some reason he had reserve energy to his body. He appeared frightened when he looked behind of him that can only be explain by two words, chaotic and terrifying.
Many assassins bug was chasing him as the first group, the second group that chasing him was the countless mosquitos, and the third group was a lot of lizards that accidently went along because they saw a lot of mosquitoes’ food that to their eyes was a feast that rarely can be seen. The last group was the most frightening to Cien which is only one existence that went along also because it saw a lot of walking prey lizards, it was a king cobra snake.
Cien looked to king cobra snake, it was so frightening large that only the head of it was already tall as fourth floor.
“Hell nah, it only makes things worse” Cien said fearfully. he was already pretty tired running that he appeared breathless by running.
Cien saw infront of him has many tall trees which is the forest.
He though a plan and went there to every last drop of his energy.
When he was already in the forest, he felt overwhelmed by the height of the trees that he cannot seen the end of it. he felt so small as a person by looking to this trees that so tall.
Cien woken up to his daze looking these trees when heard the rustling and footstep sound behind him.
“Cien wake up or we will die horribly” Cien talk to himself for him to keep up.
Cien saw a tree to his right side that has a small hole below that good enough for his body to went through. He went there for him to hide to the creatures that chasing him.
The forest became his camouflage that hide him to the creatures chasing him. Cien hide to the tree and he saw a small hole that good enough size to his eyes and suitable for him to watch what is happening outside.
He curiously looked to the outside as to what happening because he heard a loud screech that echoing to this forest.
He saw a chaotic and lawless fight between assassin bugs, mosquitoes, lizards, and king cobra snake. Mosquitoes was the most disadvantage as they been massacred by assassin bugs and lizards while the cobra king snake was feasting the lizards.
It was horrifying to the eyes of Cien because the weak was eating by the strong.
Cien thought ‘If I was late for a second maybe my blood will be dried by mosquitoes and every of my parts will be eaten by assassin bags’.
He watched this lawless fight for many minutes and the one who benefit the most to this fight was the snake which is the winner. It looked satisfied that it ate countless lizards that it was already in his belly. The king cobra snake looked tired and very exhausted because of fighting and chasing for too long.
Cien watched as the snake went back to his own lair tiredly, but for a moment something shocking that made Cien very shocked as he saw a large bird going to the cobra snake. It was a big eagle.
“WHA-“ Cien was flabbergasted that he almost shouted because of shock but he covered his mouth instinctively.
This unexpected plot twist made the mouth of Cien big wide that he appeared shocked and horrified.
The eagle attacked very quick and fierce to his designated prey while the king cobra snake was taken aback that an eagle attacked him.
The eagle was already been hovering to the air in the moment the snake came along to the chasing. It was stalking the snake and waiting for the opportunity to let it guard down and that is when he will strike fiercely.
The eagle took the body of king cobra snake and fly up to the sky. The snake looked angrily and horrified. The snake shaken himself and attacked the eagle while they in the air.
The eagle only focused flying up and didn’t let the snake give a chance to escape. The eagle toes gripped more tightly to the skin of king cobra snake for it not to break free to his grasp.
Cien didn’t saw what is happening in the air between the fight of snake and eagle. He didn’t try to go outside because he felt that if he goes outside, he will be a next prey of the predator.
For a moment of silence, Cien didn’t see anything or heard like the fight was never happened.
Cien appeared startled when a snake fell to the ground infront of him. it was the king cobra snake and it looked already dead because of the fall and impact to the ground.
The eagle arrived and went to the dead body of snake, it was eating the snake body like it was feasting and it slowly eating the part of snake like it was savoring every taste.
Cien very worried to how can he leave to this place safely with Divina and Dreg without being harmed.
While Cien was distracted to his thought, he didn’t notice that the eagle was looking at him through small hole while eating the snake. Cien noticed it after which he appeared horrified and his breathing stopped. Cien went back and didn’t look again to the hole.
It knew from the beginning that Cien was hiding to the tree but the eagle doesn’t have interest to a small meat and easy prey.
After the Eagle felt full, it went back to its lair along with the rest meat that he still didn’t eat. The eagle left without attacking Cien.
When the eagle left, Cien looked again through the small hole as he was preparing to leave and go to the mountain.
“I need to leave now, maybe Divina and Dreg was worriedly waiting for me” Cien said to himself.
While Cien was walking back to where he went. He heard a loud rustling and a howling in the deep of the forest that echoing to the whole forest. Cien looked to the ground, it was shaking like earthquake happened out of nowhere.
Cien was shocked and his body was uncontrollably shaking. He felt fear and he felt shiver on his spine.
‘What is that?!’ he thought fearfully. He left hurriedly as he doesn’t want to see what creature deep in the forest.
it was already late afternoon and the sky was becoming dark. Cien didn’t stay for too long and run hurriedly to the mountain while stealthy, cautiously, and silently running for him not to be notice.
“I hope nothing happened to them” Cien mumbling. He already taken too long hours by chasing and hiding in the tree. He was worried and hopeful that nothing happened to Divina and Dreg and they already arrive to the mountain.