Shadow of a Child

New Opportunity

Marina was making her bed, her nightgown was on her body, Sky began to jump on her bed, and rolling over it, the comfort of her soft mattress made her stick out her tongue with joy, Marina laughed looking at her, she said, until Mr. Jason entered his room without giving him a warning, appearing with a hug on him, his body lifted by the man, smiling as the girl cried out happily.

“Dad!!

put me down!!”

His laughter echoed throughout the room, his legs swung in the air, Jason just laughed as he lifted his son up and lowered him onto his padded cloth, laughing, Marina fell on top of him, his father sat beside him and he sat down and leaned beside him, the smile of the little boy made him warm after his work, the tunic-clad man embraced his body, “Daddy, how does his job?” marina asked curiously, she just smiled without showing her feelings at this time, the innocent child did not know the meaning of her smile and what the secret behind it was, so Jason peeked at her forehead and covered her child's body with a blanket.

“Marina, good night...”.

“Good night dad..

His eyes were closed, imagining a ship in the night sea, taking him to a world that only existed in the darkness of the night. The father turned off the light and came out of the green room, closed the door, and leaving the door, Jason walked with a tired and lethargic face, He sighed, at once a sense of sadness that could somehow appear in his mind, looking at his white palm, quivered, imagining the figure of a woman dressed in roses.

“If I were there..”

“Maybe you didn't end up like this”

His strong feeling encouraged him and he also walked to his room which was not far from his son's room.

The room was dark, filled with those sleeping in their dreamland, and the light of the moon shone on them, until a dog woke up when he heard the rapid flapping of wings, his eyes opened and saw a black shadow moving rapidly throughout the room, He barked loudly until the teddy bear and Marina woke up, “Sky, what's up.???” the question is half conscious, while rubbing his eyes with his tiny hands, “Marina..woof, there is an intruder!” he shouted, He immediately got up and looked at the ceiling\, and it turned out to be true what the pet said, there was a black shadow moving over it, very quickly, very quickly, the black lightning dropped a letter and came out of the window. They wondered who the creature was and why he dropped the letter on it, brown with a green seal with lavender on it.

“What is this letter?”

“Either, the creature dropped it, but for what??”

“what might it be a warning letter that you will be kidnapped

and he's a ghost

or maybe, a monster from the middle of that forest..”.

Sky guessed the reason and imagined the spooky\-things that were in the middle of the night, they looked at him seriously, “Sky, the kidnap people never give this kind of warning, he said, moreover, there are no ghosts or silly things like that!” furious, the dog chuckled, Marina lifted up above him and opened the letter spontaneously, they rolled their eyes when He opened it, “MARINA!!” they shouted, worried that if He got a threat from him, in fact, they knew that he was an innocent child, not knowing anything about the world and what He did not know, including letters and numbers, “Marina may not know what the inscription is, and I must help her” Mr. Bear climb up from Sky's body and run towards the girl on the seatback, he plainly read the letter, the doll saw it to read, but He began to bend his head to the right, his big eyes blinking cutesily like a hamster with his new master, and gave it to Mr. Bear.

“Master Bear, I don't understand this

what this letter is talking about...”.

Marina whined with the paper, her eyes began to close, and sleepiness came out of her mouth, She took it from the girl's hand, and she read it.

The Marina Herlock

and the friends who gave it to him

Hi son,

How are you there, I hope you're okay and happy there, even if you live in a different area away from here, but this forest can be passed by anyone, he said, they have good intentions.

Nak…..

I'm sorry about what happened a long time ago, they were like that when they saw a new creature around the forest school, and I just found out that you've never been to school before, actually I was a bit surprised by your sudden arrival at the door of the class.

Somehow you can enter this forest, but people\-people who have good intentions and conscience can enter this forest, because the forest you enter is not an ordinary forest, but this forest will appear with human imagination, especially the imagination of a child, and they are the ones who are able to enter and find this place.

And you're one of them.

The forest has called you to enter it, that's how you can enter this region without any obstacles.

Nak…..

This time I met a human for the second time.

I hope you accept it sincerely.

Salutations

Master Teacher.

Mr. Bear read the letter and handed it to the girl, “Marina, they want you to go to a jungle school” he said, hearing that, He started to show his worried face, “lalu, he said, what about those who have driven us away back then??” his worry while playing his hand, his eyes began to glaze over, but Sky the dog came up to him and licked his face, “Not to worry, Marina, there we are, if they bully you, we will fight them” he said with a smile, they laughed at his burning courage, until suddenly, the sound of foot treading raises vibrations on his feet Sky, Sky, He smelled a very sharp smell until his eyes began to open.

“Marina, Mr. Bear,

Mr Jason is coming here!”

They began to return to their original positions, Sky curled up on the bed, Marina began to sleep, she covered herself with her warm green cloth, while the doll ran towards her hand and froze, Mr. Jason opened the door and found that his son was fast asleep, and he became annoyed with him.

“Any?

Did I hear people talking??

Is this just my imagination??”

He was astonished by them, and again closed the door, Marina who was asleep was showing her naughty smile and walking in her nature which was full of rainbow colors\-hued.

The next day, Marina began to pick up books and pencils, she wore her bright sky clothes beautifully and neatly, staring at the glass showing a cute and sweet girl, She smiled, she smiled, Sky and the Bear Lord sat beside him and they walked towards the forest.

They stood in front of the shade of trees, green and even green only visible, and feet\-feet began to tread above the forest, as soon as they had moved from their backyard, he said, and they made their way to the forest school.

The shade of the forest welcomed a new day for them, Sky stared at the surroundings with a sharp gaze, “What place is this, and why isn't it cold??” the question is, “Because this is not Siberia, kawan” said the doll, and they walked, their arrival into the forest for the second time made the squirrels, deer, rabbits and hedgehogs followed him, the rabbit saw a large ribbon that was on his waist Marina, “who is he...?”.

“What will he do??”

“what could it be the son of the man I met the last time in my life?”

The animals were curious about his arrival, until they followed him to find out, slowly they moved their legs to find out about them, but the three comers were unaware that they were being stalked by them, but they did not realize that they were being followed by them, before long, they didn't know the way to the school.

Sky exhaled and smelled to find a way to the forest that was sent by the sender of the letter, but He could not find it because of the loss of the trail, “There was no smell to the school it”, he said, regretting with a cynical look, and a squirrel walking in front of them, He stood still and swung his hand as an invitation to go somewhere, they were curious that they would be taken where they were, he said, their aim was school, but they accepted his invitation and followed him from behind, walking with a breath and walking with the scent.

“Lewat here”

Marina widened her eyes when she just realized that the squirrel could talk, to her, the cute animal wanted to take them somewhere, Mr. Bear remained calm and enjoyed their lika\-liku journey.

“Follow me!”

“Where will you take us??”

“Just follow the word squirrel son, son,

maybe He knows our destination”

They followed him until shortly afterwards, the squirrel stopped and found a wooden door, Marina and friends\-friends were astonished, his eyes flashing at the door, curious what was behind the door, He asked the squirrel, but he only asked the girl to open it as the answer He was looking for, her hand held the handle and opened the door and her eyes sparkled when it opened. A lion sat in front of him and greeted him with a warm smile.

“Welcome to school son...”.