Nightmare Diaries

Nyi Gadung Melati's

For the past three days, Luna, Yuna and Dava have been staying at Kaliurang with their families. They're very happy there. Their family rental villas are cheap and convenient. The villa was a bit high above. The back yard is downhill to the end that borders the small forest.

That afternoon, they decided to have a picnic at the end of the villa's backyard. Arriving there, they immediately roll out a mat, not forgetting snacks and cold drinks to eat together.

After being full, Luna invited them to play hide and seek. Not long ago they were playing, suddenly a sharp voice rebuked them.

“Hei! Don't waste here, Nyi Gadung Melati will be angry. You guys can be haunted!” Beware of a grandmother who appears next to their picnic spot.

That place has become dirty. Plastics splattered everywhere, bottles of old drink, candy wrappers, snacks and tissues, I don't know what else.

"Let's pick up your food wraps!" Granny was angry again.

Yuna who was the first to recover from the shock immediately said, "Just calm down, Grandma. Later there will be Madam Sum, our maid who takes care of it."

Before the grandmother could argue, Bu Diman, the villa manager, came and immediately approached the grandmother.

"Mom, come on in, ma'am. It's okay, it's the villa's tenant children" said Bu Diman softly as he persuaded the grandmother back to the small house at the end of the villa's backyard. Apparently Bu Diman and his mother live there.

After a few minutes, Bu Diman reappeared.

"I'm sorry, brothers. That's my Mom. He is senile" he said.

"Who is Nyi Gadung Melati?" Ask Dava.

"Oh, it's just an old-fashioned fairy tale. Said the people of old times, Nyi Gadung Melati is the leader of a beautiful female genie who wears green clothes. His job is to guard the Mount Merapi region. This Kaliurang is part of the Merapi mountain as well" explained Bu Diman.

Luna, Yuna and Dava exchanged lyrics. They're starting to get scared.

"Here you go, play around again. Don't forget, the rubbish is thrown away. Not that this is because you believe the myth of Nyi Gadung Melati. It's a pity that this villa garden is so dirty, isn't it?" Said Bu Diman while walking back to the villa.

Luna, Yuna and Dava were just grimacing. In their hearts they are very lazy to clean it. After all, all this time it was their Ma'am Sum who cleaned up their snacks.

The three of them continued the game calmly. As the afternoon approached, the three of them got hungry and stepped back to the villa joking. They forgot all about their mats and trash at the end of the villa's backyard.

Surprisingly, even though they had been far away walking, their rented villa was nowhere to be seen. Though, as wide as the courtyard of the villa, they had not walked that far. Meanwhile, the sky was getting dark. Suddenly, the smell of jasmine!

"Eeehmm.Do you smell jasmine?" Ask Dava quietly.

The atmosphere around them began to quiet down. The wind caressed their bodies, making the three of them goosebumps.

"I'm like seeing a green kebaya shadow among the trees there anyway!" Yuna whispered in panic, her hand clasping onto Luna's hand which was immediately cold to hear Yuna's words.

"Ah, don't bother, deh!" Sahut Dava, but netraannya had seen the figure of the green kebaya among the trees blown by the wind.

"Wuahhh.we run to the villa, yuk!" Invite Yuna, which of course was immediately approved by her two cousins. They ran as fast as lightning to the villa.and.till again to their picnic spot!

"Well, what, we're here again? We ran to the villa!" Pekik Luna hysterical.

"Don't..Nyi Gadung Jasmine it..." Dava's whisper added to the fear.

"Davas! Don't scare us, dong!" Tukas Yuna, her hands were getting tighter and tighter gripping Luna's hands.

"End of..." Killah Dava.

Surprisingly, in that place did not smell the smell of jasmine anymore. The atmosphere was also somewhat calm.

"Eh, let's just clean up this pile of trash, yuk!" Bring Yuna.

"Badly, cook you really believe the same words ngawur senile grandmother earlier!" Sahut Dava's.

:There is no harm in quoting all of these." Yuna immediately crouched down, starting to pick up the bottle of mineral water.

Luna and Dava looked at each other, then both followed Yuna's footsteps. The old grandmother, Bu Diman's mother, peeked at the three children from under the bush. He smiled with satisfaction.

Unexpectedly, just because of Nyi Gadung Melati's story, the spray of jasmine perfume and the green kebaya that he moved among the trees, luring the three children into obediently picking up their trash.

From yesterday, he was already annoyed to see those who carelessly littered the courtyard of the villa and let their maid clean it up.

Bu Diman shook his head to see his mother. Hmmmm...My mother was smart, too, thought Ms. Diman. Only one remains a mystery to Bu Diman.

If the smell of jasmine and green kebaya is the mother, then who can make the three children can not find their way back to the villa and instead turn back to their picnic spot.