Episode 1: The Beginning

I woke up again on the same land I slept on last night. The fire flashed through my memories as I gazed upon the place.

"Did they like my dance, moon mother?" I asked

"Yes, darling. It is really nice. Your dance and that anklet bells and chains" I heared on my head

"Then moon mother, when can I finally see you?" I asked again

"Soon, darling. Just wait" she said and I lost her presence again

"Soon.. But, I don't know what soon means" I whispered and continued my walk

I stepped on debris and some carcasses that I don't even remember when all of these surrounded this place. A hand stopped me from walking. It grasp my chains that I can't take it back.

"Such a brute force.. Are you... defying the moon mother" I asked

He glared at me like it may kill me. I held his hand and slowly he loosen his grip. He looked at me with water on his eyes. I innocently took those water and tasted it. It seems like brackish water, but those water seems to grieve.

"Why do you shed water?" I asked

"I will find you! I promise that I will take revenge of my family" he shouted

"Revenge? Is that a kind of water too? I wonder if I could taste that too" I said

"I will... I will never forgive you even if I die..." he exclaimed and tried to stand only to fall again

I hold his hand and pulled him near the lake not so far on the village. He is not moving. I tried to poked his face, yet he've got no reaction.

"If I dance, will you let me taste revenge?" I asked

I started to pull the chains and dance in the harmony of my bells, he never woke up. I took care of him and let him drink and eat through me because he never chew his food nor drink the water directly. I wonder if this is what anger means like what the mother and father of a child said when they were shouting.

After I woke up, he's gone. I don't know how did he lost or maybe moon mother took care of him because everything moon mother did and said will always be out of love for the children like me.

I started my journey again because he's gone. Maybe other villages will know what kind of water that revenge he said, tasted like. Sun and then moon, darkness then light. There will be no more endings on my journey and all they did was to laugh, cry or do both things. I don't really get them or how should I feel. There's also this mother and father of no child who told me I was an orphan which I can't think of the meaning, because moon mother never told me about that.

I told them that moon mother was with me and the mother cried saying, it will be alright because you have us with you. They give me warm which then they told me it was a hug given to someone you love. I wonder if that boy I took care realized that I hugged him to warm him up, yet, I felt like I cheated him instead. I don't release warmth because I'm a child of moon mother. But, I have a good sleep with him. I wonder if I could get that sleep someday, too.

The next day, the village was turned to ash and I have to move again. I just don't get why did mother and father left me behind. Is it because I danced that badly? I can't remenisce what had happened on that night or if they pampered me with love like that hug. All I can remember is that it was all red and sticky. It smelled stinky, yet I think I've been immuned by it.

Day after day, it always happened. Until I've gotten to a spot where moon mother told me to stop.

"Why? Did I made a mistake, moon mother?" I asked

"No, darling. This is my home, thus, it will be a home for you" she replied

It was the color of the earth, cold yet I felt comfortable because moon mother once lived here. There was a small pool at the end of what moon mother called a cave. She insisted that I must bath everyday and soak my body.

It was painful. I always shouted in agony. Moon mother told me to stop all those noises and endure it, if not, I'll be exiled. I asked her what exiled means, but I received no response at all.

Later on, I found my body changing. My chest became bigger and kind of soft. My legs grew long but, as I my body grew, the same goes for the pool who became deeper and way hotter than before.

Finally, moon mother talked to me. She told me my next goal is to find the Blessing of Light. The blessing that she once told me, if I have, I can finally meet her. All I have to do now is to dance with him and let moon mother recognized it.

As I walk to a new path, I wonder if I can now taste the water the boy once said. Will the blessing know what revenge tasted like? I wonder if he also have those warmness that mother, father and that boy omitted. This time, I will make sure that when I dance with him, I will ask him directly if I my dance was the reason why people left me ot is it ugly. I will surely tell him about my adventures to finally found him. I wonder what kind of being will he be. Will he be humans on the village? an animal? a pig? a rabbit? or a beast? Well, it doesn't matter, because what moon mother told "soon", I think it is near.

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