Eliza

"Your in safe hands Prinah. There's a road to your success, you will be guided to where you wanted to be. Though you feel lost and tired there is a light that will come in your way. It will lead you to the truth and fulfill the desires of your heart." A tiny voice is echoing in her room.

"Who are you", Prinah covers her eyes as the light brightly shines upon her.

Sweet sounds of a string passed through her ear and a cold hum causes her to lighten her heart. The melodies and the voice keep echoing every corner of the room as the light-filled to where she lay.

"Please reveal to me. Don't just talk. I wanted to see you. How can I recognize and follow the way you told me if you will not appear?" She turns her head side by side as she hardly opens her eyes hoping to see the person that talks to her.

The light is so bright that she could not able to open her eyes. After a while, as the sounds of strings and the hum continue to echo the room, a figure of a young girl appeared blurry in her front. Prinah tried to look as the shadow approaches her. She tries to reach her hand and touched the person but as she almost reaches the figure she touches something causing her to wake up. As she opens her eyes she notices her hand in a standing mirror as the sunlight reflects directly to her. She then closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

"Oh no, I'm just dreaming." Prinah pushed her right arm on her bed as she sat at the left side while fixing her messy hair. "Ah! My back is aching, I could not even stretch my arms." Prinah gently massages her shoulders while bending her neck from left to right. Surprise, she quickly turns at the window when Cally the bird suddenly land on it.

"There you are Cally", Prinah laughs as she hardly stands on her feet but somehow managed herself to toward the bird. "I miss you, where have you been?" the bird just nods its head as she touches its feathers and the bird just flies away.

While the bird soars high Prinah follows her eyes on it but as she turns down her head she noticed two persons standing in front of the woods in a far distance from the house. One person is familiar to her and the other seems she meet before. The two noticed that she sighted them then the other person raised his arm holding a staff when Prinah noticed the staff she widens her eyes and realized it was 'lolo' Rio. She then gets out of the house and runs toward the two persons. It's about a half kilometer from her house to run but Prinah restored her strength when she saw 'lolo' Rio. Her joy overflows and feels like running in the air as she runs through the grassy and thorny way. She doesn't feel the pain caused by the branches of the shrubs as it touches her skin. She's just focusing her eyes toward 'lolo' Rio. She could not stop smiling as she runs faster while 'lolo' Rio also watches her running toward them. The old man brought down his arms while holding the staff and a young lady standing beside him. As she runs closely the young lady smiled as 'lolo' Rio turns his head to her and speaks something.

"She's the one that I have told you about". 'Lolo' Rio smiled and look back at Prinah again with excitement.

"Yes, she is so happy, I hope I could do what you wanted me to do." The young lady bends slightly her head to 'lolo' Rio's side.

"I know you can work together, you know this place, protect her and lead her the way." The old man speaks with hope to the young lady.

"'lolo' Rio!" Prinah loudly speaks with joy the name of the old man as she approaches them.

The old man then holds the left hand of the young lady saying, "You take good care of her Eliza, her father helps us ones, I want you to do to her the goodness of her father to our family."

"Yes, I will 'lolo'." Eliza looks to the old man and back to Prinah thinking deeply about the journey they are about to do.

Finally, Prinah reaches the two persons. Prinah kneels as her shoulders raising and down while panting. She was in heavy breath after running a half kilometer away from home. Tears coming out of her eyes as she put both palms on her knees with her eyes looking at the ground. The cool breeze of the forest blows in their midst as it welcomes them. The wind makes ripples on the grass creating a cool sound in their midst.

"At last, you came to 'lolo' Rio," Prinah lifts her head with tears in her eyes as she kneels. "I knew you will come, I was dreaming last night. I saw a light and there were quiet and peaceful sounds passing through my ears. Then I heard a gentle voice saying I am in the good hand and someone will give me the light then a girl appeared in the light."

Eliza reaches her right hand to Prinah smiling. Prinah then holds the hand and slowly stands on her feet. She looks at Eliza thinking about how she meets her.

"Prinah," the old man smiled and tap the right shoulder of the young lady and said, "Meet Eliza my granddaughter."

Prinah look at Eliza and said, "Are you the one whom I dreamed of last night?" Eliza looks at her grandfather thinking about how things work together.

"Yes, she's the one," the old man responded. "Yesterday I was thinking about you. That is why I asked Eliza to come with me here so that you have your company with you. She will lead you in the city to find your father."