Wings & Dreams

Phone From Grandma (2)

"Have a word, Clara," Stef said to me. "Don't you miss your Grandma?"

"Thank you?" Did I miss Grandma? The answer is yes, because Grandma has been taking care of me since I was a child. Grandma was my playmate before I wandered into this town and finally met my friends. Grandma's my only childhood memory companion.

But what made me hesitate to pick up the phone? The scary experience I had as a child? The experience when my sleep dream came true

"Ah." I'm shaking. I don't want to remember it back. So I shifted the green button, and put the phone screen into my ear.

"Hello?" There was a familiar voice I hadn't heard from across the street.

"Hello, Grandma," I said.

"Claras?" I could feel a smile emanating from Grandma. He said something, but the sound of a strong wind from across there disturbed my hearing.

"Miss? What did grandma say? I'm not surprised!" I said half screaming. The sound of the wind still interrupted our conversation, but after a few seconds, Grandma's voice finally came back clear.

"Clarah! How's your interview?" Ask Grandma. Ah, I guessed it, I thought. I sighed, getting ready for a disappointed reply from Grandma.

"I failed Grandma..."

Grandma didn't return my words. This worries me even more.

"Mr..." I looked at Stef biting his lower lip. Wh why? Tanya Stef uses lip language. I don't know, I shrugged both my shoulders.

"Clara, listen to Grandma all right." Grandma finally made a sound. I hurriedly focused my hearing. "Yes Grandma?"

"Whatever you're going to face, never leave your friends" continued Grandma again. "Stay with them."

"What does Grandma mean?"

"And never come back! Never come to this village!" Before long, there was a deafening scream.

"Miss?! Grandma, what's going on in there?!" I'm yelling. My hands were trembling, but I still called Grandma to call her unbroken. "Grandmother! I don't understand!"

"Listen, Clara!" The roaring sound of wind was again heard, this time louder. "Never come here! Ja-"

Phone connection disconnected.

I screamed in fear. My body trembled, my hand could no longer hold the phone. I immediately fell to my knees, while my gaze became blurred due to the tears that welled up.

"Clara?! What's going on?!" Stef continued to shake my body, but I could no longer hear his voice. My mind kept on going to Grandma. The screams and chaos I just heard kept ringing in my mind. "Never come here!" Grandma obviously kicked me out. My grandmother would never welcome me again.

"Clar!" Stef keeps shaking my shoulders. But I even closed my face. My tears are getting worse. Sobbing, I whispered, "Grandmother..."

***

"What should we tell him?"

"I don't know." There was the sound of two people talking next to the room. Zeyn lowered his footsteps, though he knew he didn't have to use his legs to move. After all, the people who were talking were his own friends.

"I think they're-"

"I know." The girl sighed. "We've completely misunderstood."

"So, what should we tell him?" Asked another person that Zeyn expected was Clora.

"To whom?"

"Who else? Of course Zeyn!" There was a sound of wind that Clora had created. "I think this mission will be exciting! We Ventus rarely get noble missions like this!"

Zeyn was already on the doorstep. Allegedly right. His friend Clora was talking to a girl he didn't know. The foreign girl had silvery white hair. Her hair was blown off by the wind created by Clora.

Naturally Zeyn did not recognize the girl. There are so many like him and Clora - the Ventus. Zeyn moved his fingertips, and the wind instantly came from all directions, carrying away and hiding his scent so that his whereabouts were unknown. They keep talking about him.

"Kei, Zeyn is the Head of Ventus" Clora told the girl, who turns out to be named Kei. "If he finds out about our failures"

Zeyn can't hold it anymore. So he deliberately moved his finger again, so that his scent was carried by the wind and entered the olfactory hole of his two friends. Clora had sniffed, before long her eyes were wide open. The jaw of her mouth widened and the girl immediately looked back. "Ze-Zeyn!"

"Hello, Clora," Zeyn said with a smile. He drew back the wind he had just created, then sailed the distance between them. His robe fluttered along with his steps. He deliberately put both hands behind his back, then circulated his gaze around. Clora's small cottage is arguably simple, but quite comfortable to live in.

"I-I, I'm Kei," said the girl as she bowed towards him. Zeyn frowned. He does not like to be respected, even though he knows he is a man who is quite powerful as a Group Leader. Even so, Zeyn still retaliated. "Hello too, Kei."

The mood became quiet. Clora is not usually afraid to meet her sight. This friend of his really felt guilty. So Zeyn tapped his fingertips on the table, until finally Clora raised her speech.

"Zeyn, I have something to say."

"Oh?" Zeyn pretended to be interested in hearing it. Actually, he already knows what these two Ventus girls have done. A mistake he might not have forgiven if not for his forgiving and patient nature. "Please speak, Clora."

Clora swallowed her saliva, then began to speak. He still did not meet his sight. "Me and Kei have made a terrible mistake. Earlier, we wanted to apologize profusely to Mister."

Zeyn almost made a laugh. "Mister's? Clora, don't talk formally like that." Zeyn propped his chin up on the hand. "Why don't you just tell me that you and the other members have destroyed the entire village?"

Clora finally looked at him. The girl's face was already flushed with embarrassment. Kei behaved that way too. The innocent girl's body was already trembling in fear. Clora replied nervously, "Pardon me, Zeyn!" He stood up and bowed deeply. "We didn't mean to do that! I-I know my most inexcusable deeds!"

Zeyn was silent. This friend of his had already destroyed a village with his wind power as a Ventus. Many victims fell because of this trivial mistake. Nonetheless, he knew this was also his fault as their leader. He has given this mission to all his members.

"I don't blame you, Clora," said Zeyn softly. The girl's cheeks began to blush, a common thing that was always shown to her whenever Zeyn made her misbehave. "You know we have to right our wrongs, right?"

Clora nodded. Kei said nothing, but Zeyn knew he would agree. "We need him. It's time we pick him up."

Clora replied, "You mean, that little girl?" He shook his head. "What do we need a weak girl for? The last time I saw him, his condition was getting more and more concerning. I haven't seen him since."

"We don't have much choice" Zeyn said firmly. "Thanks to the mess you made, I was able to obtain information from his acquaintances."

"His acquaintance?" This time, it was Kei who cut off the conversation. "I don't understand who you mean."

"That old woman," Zeyn replied casually. "I know where that girl is now."