Shadow of a Child

Jason Angry

Jason drove the car fast, did not stop towards Edensor, then he got out of the car and ran to his room, but he found that Marina was not in his room, the room was so neat, and the room was so tidy, there was no dust on his desk, He searched everywhere around his house, and the result was nothing, He did not find the tip of his son's nose, even his best friend, Jake was invisible, and the result was nothing, usually he was always around his house, not only that, Sky also disappeared, there was only him.

“Where are they all...”

“Mr Milo and Miss Emily are on pasar”

“kids do like to hide” small laughs.

Showing the character of a detective, he quietly\sneak into the girl's room, and opens the closet, and under the table, but Jason does not find it, until he looks under Marina's bed, He found a letter hidden under the bed, he read the letter, before long the look on his face changed, which at first calmed down instantly flushed, his eyes widened, and ran towards the window, looking out at the forest behind his house.

“Marina!!!

You're a bad boy!!”

Jason moved his feet quickly out of the house.

In the forest, Willow and Marina walk with Jake into the forest deeper, they jump over a rock jump over the river, Marina who has difficulty jumping because of her long clothes helped by her best friend, who is a, pulling his hand to the other side of the river, they continued their journey to the cliff, so wet that their feet were covered with earth, his black shoes were covered with dirt and his skirt was dirty because of the land they passed, “Is it still far away, Willow??” moaning Jake, his breath stinged\-sengal, “Not far away,” he said excitedly, “Indeed, how high is your house,??” tanyanya while adjusting her breath, they are in the middle of the hill, He smiled “My house is up there....” while pointing towards the top of the hill, seeing that, they immediately sighed, he said, showing a desperate face.

“astaga….

high once..”

“Better we rest first, Willow, Willow,

aren't you tired??”

The little wolf leaped towards them, howling in their ears, though He was a child but his voice was so loud, “Come, a little more we arrive, move again your feet.” he said, “wolves are indeed strong”, Jake and Marina continue the journey with both feet tired, screaming to stop, even though their legs vibrate because they are not strong to continue the journey, he said, but as they forced themselves to climb the high hill, they followed the wolf behind them.

“It's here!” shouting Willow proudly, they arrived at their destination, on the cliff so wide, the land green to welcome their struggle, Marina and Jake immediately lay on top of it, laying down their legs in relief, “Finally...” they lay quietly, Willow who saw them tired laughed. Marina closed her eyes, gazing at her colourful world, before long, She felt a gust blowing on her face, slowly opening her eyes and the black nose welcoming her, suddenly he got up and found a large herd of gray wolves walking around them, “Jake, wake up!!” panicking, he shook his body, “apa, Marina..?” he asked as he opened his eyes, He got up and widened his eyes, his sharp eyes looked at those who were sitting, then their leader, the big wolf approached them, He sniffed towards them, while the son\- the children looked at him with fear, but the look on their faces instantly turned calm, their smiles appearing from their faces.

“Hahaha….

gosh, you guys are Willow”'s friends

They were astonished, “Iya..”, he replied tensely.

“Do not be afraid, we do not bite you”

They sat down, Willow emerged from behind his body, “This is my father, the leader of this herd” he said, “Hai, sir, I'm Jake and This is my friend, Marina” the man introduced himself to the leader of the herd, He began to bow while lifting his dress, seeing that, He laughed as he showed his fangs, “astaga, you do not have to do that, you do not have to do that, suppose we are your friends nak” he said as he waved his feet, Marina only smiled shyly, but He bowed to them, “ fun to meet you, Marina and Jake, you are good human beings, you are, thank you for accompanying my son, Willow,” praise, they just smile, “sama\-sama, we also thank you for accepting us here”.

The pack of wolves were playing with them, Marina and Jake stared at the forest scene from the top of the cliff, his eyes sparkling at it.

“beautiful once”

“Iya, even I can see our home...”.

Willow, who was sitting with his family, approached them.

“You've only seen this beautiful sight this time??”

“Iya, and you know, it's our home...”.

Jake raised his index finger and pointed towards the mansion, seeing that, Willow wiggled his tail, “You guys are different, but you live in one house, how did you guys meet???” tananya, Marina told him long, until the look of his face became moody, “I'm sorry, Marina, I'm sorry” he said, He lay his head on his lap, he lay his lap, “But I am so grateful that you can still survive until now” he continued, they enjoyed the scenery until the sky changed its color to orange, Willow drove them home.

On the other hand, Jason walked through the shady forest, until he stopped at a school in the middle of the forest, a lion with glasses came out of the mountain, then he fell silent when he saw the figure of the man standing in front of the door, “astaga, Jason, you have grown up” praised, He looked at the lion, “Teacher, did you see Marina and Jake?” he asked, but he shook his head in a sign of ignorance, as did Sky and Lord Bear, they just sat down while bowing their heads.

Until shortly, the two children emerged from behind the trees, their clothes were dirty, Marina lowered her head when she saw her adoptive father, “Marina, Jake, let's go home” take her firmly, he said, they just followed him regretfully, unable to say to him, the animals just fell silent and looked at him with pity.

“after all, you are not my father!!”

“You know nothing about me,

you're busy with your work, not with me

You just adopted me

not think of me as a child.!!”

Marina shouted so loudly in front of the man, that the look on her face became angry, “Marina, from where you can be presumptuous in front of the parents, I who adopt you means I am your father, I am your father, although I am not your real father but I am still your father, and from today on, you are being stabbed, you cannot leave the house without my supervision!” yelling in front of her son, Marina who had been yelling at Jason fell silent, her tears began to drip down her face, then she ran to her room, with Sky and Mr. Bear.

Jason sat on the sofa, with a restless face, He tried to calm himself down after yelling in front of him, while rubbing his face, He thought of his actions to them, “I've been too hard on him, I've been too hard on him, he was still a child\-child, and indeed his delusion was wild,..” he just sat with a face filled with regret.

“You're little too like him aren't you?”

The delicate voice knocked on his ear, He opened his eyes and found a teddy bear walking up to him, He climbed up from his thigh, so Jason was confused by his arrival, “You he asked in astonishment, his eyes wide open to see him, “I am alive because of the voice of his heart, Sir, so are you..” He answered the man's question calmly, “Voice of heart??” he asked again, “Marina is the same as you, her imagination is wild and always realized, and a lot of imagination that He imagined, do you not remember that childhood, Mr jason???” suddenly he asked in a subtle tone, Jason was silent to hear that, then took him to his bedroom.

There, Jason pulled out a yellow book from his work drawer, he brought it to him, the teddy bear sat beside him, He was curious about what was behind the book, the book was opened, and met a monochrome photo, “ini family photo master, very rich...” praise, but he just laughed a little, “this is not what I will show, I will show you, but the one on the next page” he said as he changed the pages of the book, and his eyes sparkled when the book showed a picture of a boy, beside him were the animals standing around him, with a black line of smiles on his face, "this was the picture of when I was his age, and I first found the school before him and his loyal friends" she felt a picture of herself as a child. Mr. Bear was amazed to see the picture of his adoptive father the girl.

"Since childhood, I always imagined that there was a better school than the one I went to at that time, because my friends liked to bully those under us, so I accidentally went after the rabbit who took this book, and in that very moment I found what I had imagined, the forest school."

"Then?"

"Then, I met the lion teacher, at first he was confused how there could be a human child who found a hidden school in this magical forest, and I felt like something unusual was happening to me, somehow when I imagined this school, coming into being, until that's when I found the perfect place to think wildly"

"at that school I could be free, thinking of plans for the future, my ideals and even.”.

Suddenly\, his face showed redness on his cheek, his eyes glanced out of the doll's sight, and held his smile, “women you like right??” his taunts with a cynical look and crossed hands, Jason doesn't know how to explain, “it's not\just weird you think” laughs Jason while lifting him into his lap,

“even, my plan of struggle to give peace in this land of England!”

His sparkling eyes vented his happiness, but at that moment it was scorched, “However, how could I be the one who contributed to this land if I became a father only I could not” he sat down lethargicly, he said, his eyes began to glaze over, “when I had promised the flower-headed woman to look after him” , He looked at her with hope, “tabalah, Mr. Jason, and asked her to try.

……….

Marina sat on the bed, bowing her head, her tears welling up, and her cries were so loud, Sky just fell silent and looked at her with pity. Until the door of his room opened, revealing a big shadow, He just sat down while contemplating his mistake and the anger of his adoptive father, “Marina...” called him in a soft tone, He just sobbed, he just sobbed, then he came up to him and sat down next to him, “Marina, I'm sorry for what happened, and actually, I'm angry with you because you went into the forest without my knowledge, there is a school but you should give permission first to father, Miss Emily or Mr. Milo” he said, “Dad did not know that you also found the school since you lived here”, he continued, he stroked his hair, “have you ever been to a forest school???” asked with a sobbing tone, he smiled, he said,

“iya, even before you were born”

“But, why did you keep it a secret??”

“Color, I'm afraid you don't trust him, and the lion teacher asks dad to keep it a secret”

“and when it's known, I think the teacher's promise has been disavowed father, so this all must I take responsibility”

Hearing her words made her feel pity, feel guilty towards him, so He hugged her tightly, Jason who was contemplating his mistake felt the warmth from the embrace of his adopted son, “Dad, an innocent father, and his wife, it's Marina's fault, Marina should have permission to father to walk in the woods, to, but the father was still busy so it was not nice to talk to the father directly and Marina left without permission so that the existence of the school was known by me”, Marina also regretted her actions, and she did, She cried like a newborn baby, Jason hugged her and stroked her hair, He smiled with tears in his eyes.

“nothing, Marina,

don't cry, I'm sorry”