Antara Darah dan Hati: Dream Reality English Translation

Chapter 16 Part 1 "Muhamed's Awakening"

*Play the song above for the theme of this part

POV mr. Wisnu

Soon will be the day of the D-Day for the terrorist bomb attack under the guise of Islam in the city square when the Pasar Malam Besar festival arrives and Muhamed, as one of the people that we need to carry out the mission to prevent the bomb terror attack is not yet awake from his long sleep.

There have been many mystical events that I've seen happened around the house and affecting other people here such as what have happened to mr. lodewijk and Ilya, and regarding those events, for now the most possibile explanation that I can think was that Muhamed hadn't awaken from his sleep is because his soul is still struggling to fight the thing that made him like this. It is not the first time I've seen someone in this situation. My late grandfather is an ustad who opened service to do ruqya for the people in the village where he lived. I used to see him practicing ruqya to the people from his village who sought his help if they feel like they're disturbed by outside force that they couldn't explain, that is why I have enough knowledge about some of the symptoms that someone has if he or she is being cursed by magic.

The most apparent symptom that can be seen in Muhamed is that every night at certain hours his eyes suddenly opened themselves and did not blink at the slightest, like, daydreaming. At such times, when I did ruqya to him he always has convulsions and if I try to calm him down, he returns to his sleep.

I tried to calm him down while he was convulsing because I didn't want to hurt him but tonight I will try to keep him in that state because I was curious, what would happen if I let him convulse while I did ruqya to him?

At midnight, I entered his room, closed it and locked it, performed the midnight non-obligatory prayer asking for His help and guidance, then read some chapters in the Qur'an that is being instructed to be read when doing ruqya. In the middle of the ruqya, his body convulsed again, the sound of the bed where he lay shaking violently can be heard in my ears but I did not care about it, I continued to do what I was doing without stopping until something strange happened.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that I'm currently standing on a field covered in snow, then from the distance, there was Muhamed lying on the ground with his hand holding the mouth of a large black dog that was trying to bite his neck and someone wearing a black robe and hood was standing in front of me holding a dagger. The big black dog looks like the black dog that had appeared in my dream but why is it not as big as the one that appeared in my dream? Ah, I don't know, for now, I should focus more on this black robed hooded person standing in front of me.

I saw that person dashing and run towards me while drawing the dagger. I, who was still trying to understand what has really happened almost got stabbed by the dagger attack, lucky I was able to dodge but without any longer pause, as soon as that person turned around, the attack continued. That person attacking me while laughing out loud. That persosn's laughter sounded like a woman's laughter, who is this woman really?

I continued to dodge and block her attacks until it was time for me to counter her attacks. I pulled her dagger-holding hand behind her back then sliding one of her legs with mine. When she fell to her knees and she couldn't move because she is held back by my locking technique, I pressed her body even more so that she was lying on her stomach on the ground.

I tried to took the dagger that was in her grasp while still trying to hold her body so it remained locked on the ground but from the distance I heard the barking of the dog and Muhamed's screaming voice.

"Watch out!"

I had to let go of my locks and dodge the dog then, the big black wolf dog chased me while the woman who was wearing the black robe and hood ran towards Muhamed. Now, I was being chased by the big black dog that Muhamed had previously fought and Muhamed was the one who fought against the woman in the black hooded robe.

The big black dog managed to knock me from behind, I immediately turned my body from prone to supine while my body was falling to the ground then just like Muhamed did, I held the his mouth from biting my neck using both of my hands.

Damn, what happened? Everything here feels very real, from the breath and temperature of this wolf's mouth that feels warm to the coldness of the snow pile where my body lies. Shit, why don't I have any weapons? Aaargh, screw it!

I tried to move my hands around the dog's neck, gripping it as hard as I could, trying to choke it. It then distanced itself from me. I immediately got up and from the distance, I saw Muhamed managed to lock the woman into kneeling position and I saw him stabbed her head with the dagger. Slowly, she fell to the ground, lying on her stomach. The big black dog that had attacked me for some reason ran away from me to where the woman was lying and tried to attack Muhamed.

Seeing the dog attacking Muhamed made me immediately run towards where Muhamed was standing. The dog jumped and knocked Muhamed's body down. A few moments later, I jumped up and grabbed the dog's body from behind, hugged its body with my arms and legs tightly folded across its body and then I tried to roll over to the supine position to create an opening. When I was almost in supine position, I shouted to Muhamed, asked him immediately stab this big dog.

"Mr. Muhamed, stab it repeatedly until it dies! Hurry up!"

He swiftly did what I asked, he stabbed the dagger he was holding at the dog's body many times in various places until the dog couldn't move anymore. Our bodies were covered in blood as a result of the battle we had and after that, everything turned gradually dark, the coldness of the snowy place gradually turned to room temperature.

I opened my eyes then got up from my sitting position slowly because I felt a little dizzy then I saw Muhamed who was still lying opened and blinked his eyes. He then got up to a sitting position and vomited his stomach contents on the floor near the entrance door. I patted him on the back and massaged his neck until he finished vomiting his guts.

After that was all done, I wiped his mouth using my handkerchief, he looked so weak. I came out from his room to get a glass of warm water for him downstairs as well as took a mop and a bucket of water to clean his vomit.

When I returned, I immediately gave him a glass of warm water that I had taken and cleaned up his vomit. There wasn't any conversation between me and him until, when I finished cleaning up his vomit he asked me.

"How long have I fell asleep?"

"About nearly 2 weeks."

"How many things have I missed?" he asked.

"Pretty much, there are good and bad things that have happened while you were asleep."

Hearing that from me, he slowly turned his face to me and asked me to explain everything briefly. I explained to him everything that have happened as short as possible. After finished explaining, he pondered for a moment. From the side, I could see that his expression was filled with questions and then I told him not to worry about it all for now.

"Don't worry about it all for now, it's better if you eat first and take a short break to recollect your body's energy. I'll go out for a while preparing food, you just wait here." I said to him, he nodded slowly then called me when I was about to open the room's door.

"Mr. Wisnu?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you." he said to me, I gave him my slight smile.

"You're welcome, it is an honor to serve you, mr. Muhamed." I replied to him.

I stepped out of the room and closed the door then walked down the stairs to the kitchen and immediately prepared food for Muhamed. Alhamdulillaah, in the end he woke up but I'm still curious about what I experienced earlier. Is that a dream? Illusion? Mirage? Because, the coldness of the place and everything that I touched and feel, they're felt so real. This world is indeed strange and contains many mysteries that I will never be able to find the answers for them.

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* Trivia

Regarding the big black dog that attacked Muhamed and mr. Wisnu, it's Fenrir, the child of God Loki, please read the trivia section of Chapter 13 Part 3 "Schutzengel".