Shadow of a Child
The Marina
“You're always wrong, nest hair!!”
A female teacher scolded her and called her “hair nests” because of Marina's ruffled hair, She did not tidy up her hair so they assumed that Marina's hair was a bird's nest, and that it was a bird's nest, while learning about how to walk the noble lady, they put a book on her head and asked her to learn to walk with her head stacked by books, the girls did their job well, but Marina was unable to, she said, He fell straight away, his body was so limp, his eyes were slipping, but his teacher kicked him on the back and forced him to stand up, “Wake up, slacker, noble lady never fell even once!!” she shouted, Marina forced herself to stand up, and tried to walk upright.Slowly she tried and resisted her fatigue and hunger that pierced her small stomach, until when the lesson was over, He fell paralyzed and could not stand when they stood up gracefully, their uniforms were well developed, their skirts were so wide.
“How good are my children, you can walk like princesses in palace”
Their faces looked happy smiles, while he looked at the girl who was sitting paralyzed, with a sour face.
“And for Marina Herlock, your way is so bad, it does not reflect true nobility but dirty women in the slums,
“ and we hate them so much and expect their death!”
Hearing his words, Marina got up and unhesitatingly picked up a fencing stick from the training room and pointed it at the teacher's chest, “Bu, we are indeed dirty people, we are dirty people, but we are loyal to protect the UK, and the word ‘kotor’ very hurt the hearts of all of us, we want peace, we want peace, we fight crime not waiting for men to save us like the ‘to-child’ lesson you taught, the top man in power and entitled to do penance to those who are weak, not protect him”
“This school is indeed a house of torture,
do you know Miss ‘Belldog’ you are not teaching me but tormenting you, and I am sure one day your lie that this is a good school will be exposed”
Miss Belldock felt that a knife had pierced her heart, with the words of one of the girls voicing feelings for her. Until his face reddened, he asked his students to drag him out of school, he showed an evil smile, Marina only resigned when dragged by them.
……….
They took Marina to a car, then they tied her hands and feet, not only that, they tied her mouth and closed both her eyes, “Happy play in hell, uneducated girls” taunted them and put them on the back bench, He just squirms to take that bond off of them, but what a power to him, his bond was too strong for him that the car was running and taking him away from school.
When the car stopped, the driver took Marina into the mansion, He did not know how the house was shaped, but He listened to the sound of the sea, the smell and the singing was so familiar to his ears.
“Sea….,
they want to throw me, don't they?”
His heart began to beat fast, He thought that he would be thrown, but He still felt the ground from his feet, He felt the ground and then turned to tile, slippery and rough, and still felt the ground from his feet, “what does this mean, why did they bring me here, what is this place??” he murmured, his heart filled with questions, until when the blindfold opened, his eyes opened, wide open when He saw what he was before changed, not a school but a spacious room, the tiles were so dark, and the walls were so dark, and the lamp is made of beautiful crystal, his eyes glisten to see it, “Master, this girl from the special school that woman” soon appeared a man of lush stature, his chin has creases and a white whisker that curved, and, glare so sharply at him, and stop before him, “You must be a child who failed to continue in my wife's classroom”, He just nodded small, heartlessly He was about to fight the man, he said, it's just, He's tied up and the end of the rope is held by the driver, “You're the same as your wife, the sad villain,” his anger, but the man smiled, The man smiled, “I am not a bad person, son, from today you become my maid” he said, hearing his words, Marina began to be taken to an attic.
Marina was placed in a fortified room, the floor was made of wood, and there was a large window near the bed, she intended to find a way to escape, and free herself to go home.
In Edensor, Jake plays with Mr. Bear and Sky, they play ball until shortly, a parrot flies towards his room, he falls on Jake's bed, Sky immediately approached the bird that fainted, suddenly his eyes slowly opened and surprised by a fork whose tongue stuck out, his eyes sparkling with the feather of the bird, immediately he was surprised, and tried to fly, but their window was shut so soon that he was trapped, “ little bird chirps, come here, do not be afraid” He tried to call the frightened bird, until He gave him a seed, so he gave him, slowly the parrot came down to him, and ate the grease, Jake's hand could not hold a small peg from his beak, He felt amused from his left hand, “Thank you,” he said, they instantly widened their eyes after hearing the bird speak.
“Sama-sama….
but what makes you rush, is this dog chasing you??”
Sky heard it immediately licked Jake, “I didn't chase after him, besides I don't like bird meat.
They laughed at his grunts, Sky just shriveled, sat down with his shy face, they chuckled and listened to the birds tell me, “There is something I want to tell you, this is so important!!”
“What..”
The bird begins to tell what he observed at length, hearing it make them sleepy, so Jake takes the setoples of the biscuits and eats them, not to forget He shared with Sky who always stuck out his tongue when hungry, they nodded and the bird began to end the speakeranyya, “ so the story” he said, selelsai He told me, they immediately widened their eyes, he said, rising up and running out of the room, the parrot was silent a thousand words seeing their actions.
“Where do you want to go?”
“We have to tell this to Mr Jason!!”
“Who??”
“Mr Jason, Marina's foster father!!”
Arriving at the door, they knocked loudly, until He opened the door, and seeing them fall in unison, he looked at him with raised eyebrows, “what is this?” he asked, they got up and turned their eyes towards his master, and pulled his hand into his room.
“Master, we have something to talk about!!”
In the big house, a couple came, they sat in the dining room gracefully, they sat quietly, including his wife, she sat down and flicked her big dress, she said, behind them were many maids dressed in black and white, lined up behind the dining table, they lowered their heads, and when the food was served, they often picked it up and moved it from the troley to the dining table, Marina tried to raise the chicken, but her body was still a child so she objected to lifting it, Miss Belldock looked at her who was trying it cynically.
“The nest-headed boy….
I took him out of school, and now he's my maid….
Just seeing it makes me sick….
As Marina was pouring water into her glass, Miss Belldock suddenly quietly spilled the water onto her head as she was picking up a falling fork, He tried to get up and himself to the ground of those around him, so that He walked back with a bow that hid his shame, he enjoyed his dinner without feeling wrong, though he is aware of his behavior but he hides so that no one is suspicious.
“That's a good meal...”
“You're so smart….
but slow!”
He shouted to his aides in a tatty tone, they just looked down speechless, “Sabar Lilith, they are indeed tired, let them rest”
Miss Belldock began to whine, as did the girl beside him, She shouted impudently to her father, “Dad, they were very slow, was not the servant who was loyal to her master, she said, they're so slow, I hate them!!”, he said.
“Son, dear Ruby, they've been working every day, forgive them, after all they're part of our family”
“THEY ARE NOT PART OF OUR FAMILY, THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE PICKED UP ON THE STREETS, NOT BORN OF NOBLE DESCENDANTS”
Hearing that, Marina began to clasping her hands, She wanted to act but she could not rashly do to the person who considered her as her loyal master.
After eating, Marina went to clean the living room, She wiped it, then Ruby came and kicked the bucket so the floor got wet, “ You can't clean well?! you were not taught adab by your fathers?!”, “Sorry miss, they are dead...” she replied with fear, not forgiveness, She pulled her hair, “Who told them to die, you better just live on the streets, dirty” boy, and slam him hard. He began to growl, nearby there was a man who also mopped the floor, he felt annoyed with it, his hands growled to hear it, he said, He squeezed out the rag he was holding so that the water inside dripped onto the floor and soaked around it.
“basic uncivilized woman, were you not taught adab by your parents?!
you deserve to be hated by Mr. Jason, you're beautiful but your heart is rotten like a rotten fish washed up on the south coast,
I hope you get a lesson for what you did!”
Hate began to grow between them, and after they worked, Marina walked to her room in the attic, only herself sleeping there, before long a parrot perched in her window, Marina approached him and the bird began to speak.
“Marina, how are you??”
He just nodded small, “You...., how are you my name??” askalanya.
“Come on, you look a lot like your foster father, can talk to animals or dolls…
even everything you imagine, will surely come true, unless it is related to death.”.
Marina nodded, but the face of the originally normal bird immediately started to get serious, her face was sharp , “That's not what I wanted to talk about!!” his yell.
“Then what??”
“You need to get out of here, I've told Jake and the others, so they know how you are, and for this you need to get out of this!!”
Hearing that, He began to peek downstairs, there, Mr. Belldock sat down and realized the whereabouts of the girl, “Marina, enter” call him, He immediately obeyed and entered the room belonging to his master, he went into the room, “What's up?” tanyakanya.
“You need to get out of here..”
“Before Ruby and Lilith knew!”
“What exactly is this...??”
Marina wanted to know what really happened to them, not wanting to move from her chair, she exhaled, “Nak, no, actually they want to kill you because your adoptive father loves your mother more than they” he replied, He was silent, “color they want him, they are willing to kill lazy maids to attract his attention”, he continued, hearing that, Marina got up, her eyes started to get serious
“I will not run away, before they start to regret their mistakes, we fight them, after all you are her husband and also father, you have the right to fight their actions, he said, the servants of this house are happy that you saved them, now let us fight against them,”
“But Marina, I've called your foster father, he will definitely worry if you are on a battlefield like this.”.
He persisted with his opinion, until before long, the helpers began to come, they smiled to his master, “kalian…..
“Not to worry guys, we will teach them a lesson, and help this girl out”
They raised their hands, Mr. Belldock fell silent, his eyes began to tear, some supported him to teach them a lesson, he gave off a passion to help his aides to rebel and help the girl to get out of her house.
“Good, let's do it!!”
