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章節 2: Shaman Of The West Village

I leaned lazily against my bus seat waiting to arrive at my destination.

Sitting in one place for four hours straight is very unlike me.

Sitting like this was making my body ache, so I couldn't wait till I get off this damn bus and stretch a little.

Looking at the way we are heading now, it might take a maximum of 1 hour and 30 minutes.

So till that time, I just need to be here and keep brooding about the difficult spot I am in.

I checked my phone to see if my mom had called me yet.

I don't know but she has been acting very strange lately. Just like in the morning, she packed me and my younger sister's bags and told us to stay with my grandma for some days without any reason.

Suddenly meeting my grandma whom we haven't visited since I was five years old was undoubtedly going to be awkward.

I wanted to ask a lot of questions to my mother about it, but looking at her current mental state. I didn't find it right. that's why I just did as she said. But now let's see what will happen.

My mother said she would call to check on us in the middle of our journey but, she never did.

I am the idiot who thought she was gonna call.

I looked at my younger sister Emily who had headphones in her ears. She doesn't care about what happens around her. Always in her own world.

Sometimes I secretly wished that I was like her but being an adult is very hard.

The only reason Emily came without uttering a word was because she had her summer holidays. She was bored in the house that's why she didn't have much to do in her free time.

If it was some other time then she would have nagged a lot because she hated to leave her room. She always used to stay there while playing with her video games.

Emily took out her headphones and stared at me with a poker face.

"Why are you staring at me with that miserable face of yours? Did something happen?" She asked me while taking her headphone off.

"Nothing, I am just a little worried. Mamma said that she would call but, she still didn't."

Emily just sighed. "You thought she was gonna call? Don't act surprised, you knew that but still were hoping for her to call and check on you. right?"

Emily giggled. "You need to come into reality. That woman has gone crazy. She doesn't care for us that's why she is sending us to stay with Grandma because she couldn't handle us."

"And that's not how you should talk about your mother. Emily, I know she was not there with us most of the time we wanted her. But… she still took care of us, Even after Dad's death she took care of our needs. We had food on our table, went to a nice school, and got everything we wanted."

I sighed. "If you can't be grateful for that then just don't talk nonsense for the person who gave us so much."

Emily just rolled her eyes and went back to hearing her songs.

Who is going to tell this child? Even though I understand her. She is not wrong to feel that way.

During Emily's childhood, our mother was not at home often because of her work. She used to call our Neighbour's daughter to babysit her. That's why Mom and Emily never had a good relationship.

Maybe by being neglected in her childhood, She started to feel hatred for mom and made a perception that her mom doesn't love her. But I know that is not true.

I hope someday she will understand this too.

I closed my eyes to stop worrying about it. but suddenly my eyelids started to feel heavy and with that, I fell asleep.

***

I felt like someone was shaking my body that's why i woke up and saw Emily calling me. "Anna wake up, I think we have arrived."

Maybe I fell asleep in the middle of the journey without my knowing.

I rubbed my eyes and got off from the seat.

There were only a few passengers on the bus now.

I took off my bags and came out of the bus.

By looking at the surroundings. I started to feel very familiar with the place, Even though I haven't been there since I was a child.

We were currently standing at the bus stop and looking at the address Mom gave me.

Emily also came outside dragging her suitcase.

"Did no one come to pick us up? I think Mom didn't even tell Grandma that we are coming." She said while being annoyed.

"I hope she at least told Grandma about it..." I started to look around us. "But anyway... We at least have an address... Don't worry we'll arrive there safely." I tried to console her.

"How about we ask someone to show us the way?" Emily asked while pointing at an old guy who was digging a hole in the field.

I agreed, it's better to ask someone about the address than roam like a lost ghost.

"Excuse me. Can I ask you something?" The man looked up at me with a blank expression.

"Do you know where Isabelle Perkins lives?"

The old man looked at us and asked "Do you mean the Shaman of the West Village?"

Shaman? Was Grandma into practising divination and healing?

I have heard about them in books and movies but never saw them in real life.

Make sense why I am so much into supernatural stuff.

Emily slowly whispered in my ear. "Is this old man tripping or something? Who believes in shaman and stuff?"

I glared at Emily who then pouted and stood still.

That child doesn't know how to talk to her elders properly. Maybe Grandma will teach her later.

"Okay, fine can you please show me the place? In the address, it said it's near Kelana Lake.

The old man nodded and asked us to follow him.

Emily looked at me with disbelief.

"Are you serious? We are going to follow him like that? He looks so freaking suspicious." she said while looking at the old man.

"Don't worry. If something happens then i have a knife and pepper spray in my purse. So just trust me. Alright?"

"But still..." She still had her doubts but I cut her off.

"No, but... Just follow me. We don't have any other choice anyway."

I pulled her hand towards me and we started to follow the old man.


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章節 3: The Raven Bird

We kept following the old man for just 4 minutes but Emily was already tired.

She falls to the ground and started huffing.

"Anastasia I can't! I haven't walked this much in my life until now... I am tired so I am sitting here only."

"Emily stop being dramatic! You think the old man has a lot of free time to show us the place. He also has works to do, so you better get up otherwise I...."

Before I completed the sentence Emily started walking ahead of me. Maybe, because she don't want to get scolded.

Even though I hate to scold people younger than me but, threatening them always works. So why not do it?

I smiled and started to walk with them. I looked at the old man and initiated to do the small talk because things were getting very awkward with everyone being silent.

"Umm... Can you tell me about Isabelle Perkins? How did she become the Shaman of the west village?."

"Well, I thought you already knew about her as you came to meet her but looks like you don't."

He looked at me and continued speaking.

"Okay then let me tell you, Isabelle Perkins is a very well respected lady in our village. but she doesn't like to meet people unless they have an emergency. She has cured many people who had deadly illnesses. If the hospital couldn't find a cure for a disease then people would go to her for treatment."

Ohh, so my grandmother is kind of a doctor in the village. Even, I want to be a doctor that's why I decided to go to med school.

I am currently in my third year of the university.

After my exam, i would finally get my registration certificate and could work in any hospital i want.

So I hope grandma could teach me some of her healings methods. Maybe it could come handy in the future.

The old man abruptly stopped in the middle making me stunned.

I looked around the area and noticed that we were very far away from the village.

The place we were currently on, looked like a forest.

Why are we in this forest? Does grandma live in a place like this? This place was giving me very bad vibe. Like something bad has happened in this place.

That's why I asked him about it. The old man pointed his finger at the lake and said. "This is the Kelana lake you told me about."

"But where is the freaking house!?" From behind me, Emily was shouting. She was already tired and now her voice sounded irritated.

"If you want to go to shaman Isabelle's house then you need to go through the forest. But sorry, I can't accompany you kids there..." Said the old man.

"Why not? What if we got lost inside the forest?" I asked him.

It would be better if he would drop us till where the house is, but I don't want to stop him because he might have his reasons.

"Just go straight from here and turn left. Then you will see her house." He said while handing us a map.

"Many tourists visit here that's why I had an extra map. So you can take it." He handed it to me. "And yeah! Don't forget one thing, No matter what. Never enter the closed area of the forbidden forest." He looked quite serious while saying that.

"What do you mean by forbidden forest?" I asked with curiosity.

"It's actually..." While he was telling us about the forbidden forest. He suddenly stopped and started looking at something behind me.

The old man's eyes turned big and sweat started dripping from his forehead. "I can't say anything about that, just don't go there." I could sense the panic in his voice. But after saying that he just ran away like a mad man.

Me and Emily just kept looking at him like weirdos.

"Wasn't that old man weird?" Emily asked me with a weirded-out reaction. "But I don't understand Anastasia. When you were young, Have you ever been to a place like this?"

I shrugged. "Emily don't ask me about my childhood. Everything is so blurry. I can't remember anything. I was a kid back then, so how could I have memories about that time now?" I looked at her and saw that she was troubled. "Anyway let's just go inside the forest as the old man said."

I looked at the map and started heading straight as he said.

The forest was giving me mixed signals.

I don't know why but I felt like someone was staring at me and on the other hand, something was protecting me.

It was a weird thing to feel but it was making me uneasy.

"I told you anna. The old man was tripping. I don't know about meeting grandma but if we stayed here till night then we are going to meet death for sure."

"Shut up Emily! and help me find the way. The old man said we need to take left after going straight. But I don't understand which left. first left or second left?" The old man should have told everything clearly.

While I was getting furious there. Emily was doing her own thing.

"Anastasia! Come look what I saw." She was crouching and looking at something.

I couldn't see what it was from the far, that's why I went near to check what it was.

"Look the crow died." Emily's face turned sad.

From the far, it looked like a crow but if you look at it closely. it was a raven bird.

I hit Emily's head. "Don't tell me you don't know the difference between a raven and a crow."

Her face turned dumbfounded. "What!? Raven? you mean the bird who comes in every horror movie right?"

I laughed at her being so dumb. But still, I controlled my laughter because I didn't wanted her to be offended by it.

I looked at the raven and saw that the bird's eyes were still moving.

I don't know why but I felt a sudden urge to touch the raven and I did.

As I touch the bird. It's feather started shuddering and then the bird started flying again right past me. It was like he was not injured.

I felt like my heart was going to come out of my chest when I saw him flying.

Emily:- O_O

"What the hell just happened?" She asked with a blank expression.

"I don't know. I just touched a bird who was dead and then he started flying away." I started mumbling nervously.

Even I was confused about what just happened?

"Are you sure that the bird was dead?"

"Of course, I am sure. There was blood on his feather... Let's say even though he was alive but I am sure that his wings were broken. How did the raven bird started flying around when you touched it?"

I massaged my temples. "Listen, Emily, I think it's going to be dark soon so let's just go from here and not think about it again.

"You know in a movie I saw, they said that the raven bird represents death and if you found it dead in the ground then you should never touch it. Because if you did, then that means you are calling death upon yourself."

"See, I don't believe in the nonsense you are talking about. If you want to come with me then follow me otherwise you can stay here alone if you want." I said while being annoyed and left ahead.

"No. I am sorry, wait for me" Emily screamed and started following me while dragging her suitcase.


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This chapter has alot of hint about the future. keep reading if you interested.

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