Chapter
2
One of her favourite things that she enjoyed in school is music
lesson. During the music lesson, Myrr will give full attention and
concentration on what her teacher taught in the class. She played flute as well
as her friends, Lach and Struer. Her other friend, Hittan played guitar for he
said that flute is for the girls. Boys don’t play the flute.
Music is one thing that can heal someone’s soul, that’s what Myrr’s
teacher always stated in the class. Myrr loved music. She could listen to any
melody without being distracted to her surroundings.
But today, her mind was rather cloudy although she tried to
concentrate on the pitching part of her flute. Lucky for her, her teacher and
her friends didn’t notice her slight change in the class. It’s about her dream
that she had last night.
Flashback.
Myrr walked as she looked
around the walls. Pictures scribbled in every corner. She realized that she’s
now inside a building. A castle, perhaps. Before, she only dreamt that she’s in
the forest. Her dream today was different.
She continued walking,
looking at the scribbling. She didn’t know who scribbled on the wall but the
drawings were very enchanting. She wished that she could draw like that too.
Then, she saw someone was standing in front of her. It was the man whom she
always met in her dream; her guardian.
He was facing the wall and
Myrr gathered her courage to approach that man. She walked slowly but the man
knew her presence. He turned around and smiled and gestured to her to stand by
his side.
Myrr stood beside him and
saw a huge tree. There’s a scribbled on the bark of the tree. It’s a picture of a boy, wielding a sword to
fight a dragon. Behind that boy stood a little girl wearing a crown on her
head. She’s a princess, thought Myrr.
“This is the picture that I
drew when I was a kid,” said that man.
“The Scribbling Tree,” Myrr
gasped.
“You knew about this tree?”
asked that man.
Myrr nodded. “There’s a lot
of Scribbling Trees at the Slug Stream,” Myrr replied.
“Good then. If you want to
meet me in your world, find this tree with this drawing. I’ll come to you,”
said the man.
Before Myrr could ask him
more, she heard somebody called her name.
Myrr was not satisfied about her dream. She wanted to ask more about
the man but her brother woke her up and she needed to go to school. The music
lesson was over and Myrr and her friends shuffled to the Main Classroom. She
put the flute in the locker in the Music Class with her name on it. The music
lesson will continue tomorrow.
Myrr learned everything about the being that exist in her world. To
be a Nightingale, one must know how to fight or how to heal. There are 7
Squadron that one can choose to be when he or she was nominated as the
Nightingale. Myrr’s brother, Esclice was one of the Nightingales who had been
chosen to the Elite Squadron. Her brother could fight well and for her, her
brother was the strongest among the strongest. He performed well in his task
although sometimes Myrr had to stay alone in her house.
Today, she learned about the Nightingales enemies. One of them was
the Ghoul. Ghouls were lifeless dark creature that eats the Nightingales’ souls
to attain immortal life. Ghouls could attack anytime; day or night, but easily
being destroyed. But ghouls that eat too many souls will turn into the Phantom.
Phantoms had their own body and looked like Nightingales but they had black
eyes. Phantoms were dangerous because they used their own weapons. Some called
the Phantom as the Fallen Nightingale.
Myrr and her classmates had not been given the weapon yet. They
needed to pass the Weapon Art tests to gain a weapon. If they didn’t to be the
Fighter, they could be the Healer and they needed to pass Healing tests to be a
healer and further their knowledge to the Healing Squadron. Myrr didn’t like
healing because she wanted to be like Esclice. She always practiced sword
fighting with her brother every evening if Esclice was not busy. Sometimes, she
practiced with her uncle.
She could remember all the enemies’ pictures and their
characteristics for she had a good memory. She had passed a lot of written
tests and quizzes and her teacher realized that Myrr got quite a good talent.
She worked hard together with her friends for they wanted to be one of the
greatest Nightingales.
Esclice brought Myrr to the field in Slug Stream because he didn’t
have anything to do this evening. Myrr told him that she wanted to practice her
flute. Myrr always practice her flute in the evening if she didn’t want to
practice her sword art. She loved to go to the Slug Stream because the fields
were green and very calmed. Her late father often brought her and Esclice here.
Esclice also brought his girlfriend, Pelle to join him and Myrr.
Myrr liked Pelle. She’s beautiful and charming. She loved Myrr too since Myrr
was small. Myrr always asked Esclice when he will get married with Pelle.
Esclice just chuckled and told her the time will come. Myrr always want to have
a big sister.
She played to flute and the melody spread to the whole field.
Esclice and Pelle loved to hear the melody that came from Myrr’s flute. After
nearly an hour, Myrr stopped playing and asked Esclice’s permission to go
around the field. She promised not to go very far. She went to the shady trees
nearby and those trees were Scribbling Trees. She liked to scribble anything to
those trees.
As she was scribbling her picture with Esclice and Pelle in a
wedding ceremony, she spotted one picture that she had seen before. She went to
the tree and gasped. It was the picture of a boy who wielded a sword to a dragon
and behind him stood a girl who wore a crown. It was as same as the picture she
saw in her dream! Then she remembered the man in her dream told her.
She touched the drawing and suddenly the bushes nearby rustled. She
nearly jumped and looked at the rustling bushes. Out of the blue, three Ghouls
appeared in front of her. She screamed in fright. Esclice and Pelle heard her
scream and scrambled to where she’s been. The Ghouls chased Myrr and one of
them caught her feet. Myrr stumbled to the ground. Then, she saw a leech
twinkled near her and caught it. In Slug Stream there were a lot of twinkling
leeches and these leeches were magical. They could be used in medical class and
they could also be poisonous.
The one that Myrr caught was poisonous. She twisted her body and
threw the leech right into the Ghoul’s face. The Ghoul howled and she was free.
As she tried to get up, another Ghoul appeared. She couldn’t do anything but
screamed. Esclice and Pelle arrived and before both of them took action,
another person appeared and hit the Ghoul. Then he killed another Ghoul with
his bare hand.
Pelle helped Myrr to stand. Esclice came to her and asked her
whether she’s hurt somewhere. But the three of them were shocked as the man turned
to them. His hair was long and rebellious and his clothes were torn. He had a
weird, glowing mark on his forehead. Myrr recognised who he was and before she
could ask him, he fainted and fell to the ground.
