THE NOURA VAN KEMMERS

Childhood experience

"Bay, this is Ma'am Siti. She's the one who's going to help you in the kitchen" Mama introduced a 35-year-old woman to me. The woman was quite neat in appearance. Skinny with hair in a ponytail.

"Mbak Siti, introduce this Bayu, my first child," said Mama.

"Hopefully work here Ma'am," I smiled and greeted him. The woman nodded.

"You have breakfast, there! did you not pray at dawn? your sleep is so good. Being told many times not to wake up either. Mama wants to send you to the market. Finally, I went to the market by myself!"

"Woodu just slept before dawn Ma. Bener-bener pules until it doesn't hear anything."

"It's your own fault, look for disease. How can you fall asleep until that long in the back pavilion? from today you can't go to the back pavilion anymore. Feeling Mama said something was wrong there."

"You remember that? what happened when you were a kid. When you play hide and seek and you hide in an empty house and you fall asleep there. It's happening again now."

"You're like a hidden subtle creature. You slept for hours in that empty house. Until your friends cannot find you. Luckily your friend Si Aldo told Mama. Try to be quiet. How did Mama know you were there! many say an empty house is haunted."

"Fortunately you are not alone there. But same with Aldo and Alvin. As soon as they get out of that empty house, they realize you don't exist. At that time, you were three, right? how can you not be seen? your position is not far from them."

"Just ask Mama again, never approach the back pavilion again. Yesterday's incident was enough to make Mama senewen!"

I can only nod. I want to tell everything to my mom. But it's impossible.

Mama put some slices of bread that had been smeared with jam on the plate and then poured it on me.

"When in that pavilion, surely you daydreamed a lot right? the term is kambet. You were made to sleep and fall asleep. Exactly like what happened as a child, "it seems that Mama is still very curious about the incident I experienced yesterday.

I was looking for a place to hide in the corner of the hall directly opposite the park. Large plant pots can cover my body so that it is not easily visible. Alvin, Aldo and Dandy hide behind the fence.

I also do not know, suddenly drowsiness came and made me instantly fall asleep. Surprisingly, according to my three friends, they didn't see me. The first few minutes while hiding they could still see my position hiding behind the pot. But a few minutes later, they thought, I was gone.

They're astonished. How could I suddenly not exist? Even if I go and get out of that empty house, I must have passed the gate and must have been seen by them.

The front and sides of the empty house were tightly locked. Only the fences that had been rickety and almost toppled were open. They were all astonished and finally came out and reported to Mama.

At the time I really felt nothing. I fell asleep really fast. I didn't hear the people shouting calling me. Eventually, my mother and some of my friends' parents came and looked for me. They all panicked. Moreover, the house is famous haunted. Some people saw the sighting there.

After trying to find, Mama asked Mr. Uci, one of the neighbors who is known to be able to treat people affected by subtle disorders. After praying for a long time, I was finally found as well. They saw me fall asleep behind the pot.

Since then, Mama and other parents have banned their children from playing near the empty house.

That was my first experience coming into contact with a mystical world. Since then there has been no more strangeness. I was never sensitive to seeing invisible creatures again. Even if you feel, most only in the form of sounds that indicate their existence.

And just this time, while interacting with Noura. I could feel his existence for real. Seeing her form, hearing her voice and even touching her. He really exists.

Aah, it feels like seeing Noura again. He has not finished his story to me. I'm still curious to hear the continuation of his life story.

I saw Mama was busy preparing the dough. Aided by Ms. Siti, Mama issued equipment and materials to make Mpek-Mpek dough. From the look on her face, Mama looks very happy. Every day there are those who order large quantities of Mpek-mpek. His orders continued to grow.

Seriate.