THE CANNIBAL (PART I)

PART I

BANGG!!! I was stunned right after the bullet was released through Sharold’s body in front of my eyes. My tears dropped and my feet were trembling at that moment. I felt terrified, afraid and regret with my stubbornness.

“I should listen to my mom at the first place” I monologued.

Because of my ego, I did not listen to her advice. All I could do at that moment was just hoping I could survive from this situation, so I could ask for my mom’s forgiveness.

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A week ago,

“Leo!!! I ask you to clean your room, where do you think you are going young man?”  My mom yelled at me. I ignored my mom’s blabbering and just walked away.I headed to my friend’s house. We had a plan. I know I should not just ignore my mom like that. But she did not know how stressed I was that day.

Upon arriving at my friend’s house, I called him.

“Sharold!!! Are you at home?” I yelled.

A few minutes later, he opened the door and greeted me with a smile on his face. Sharold is my best friend since we were 4 years old. His house is just 4 blocks away from my house. I just have to walk for 2 minutes from my house to get here. He knows me better than everyone. Sometimes he knows what I’m thinking even I do not tell him anything.

“What’s wrong with your face Leo? It is because of the test today?” He asked.

“Urghh…Yes …the test was so hard! I cannot answer most of the questions…I hope I won’t fail again this time. My parents had warned me that they will be serious this time if I fail again”. I sighed.

“Cheer up Leo. You can take this as a lesson. So, you will not do it again in the future. I will help you to study after this”

He tried to cheer me up with his words of encouragement. I felt much better. Sharold is smart, matured and has a good personality. I am the luckiest person because I get to be his best friend.

After an idle talk with him, we started our plan. We were going to investigate the abandoned area which had a potential to be developed for our assignment project. This project would help us to get an ‘A’ for economy in SPM. We rode a motorcycle while looking for the abandoned area.

After about one hour, finally we found the perfect place for our assignment .There was AN abandoned house there. But the place was far away from other houses and it was so silent. We had to take some pictures outside and inside the house for an evidence. When I was about to approach the house, suddenly Sharold blocked my way.

“Umm…Leo..maybe we should find another place because this place is dangerous and so  creepy”, he said.

“No way!! We have found a perfect place. I do not want to waste my time searching  for another place. Come on, do not be a scared cat”. I Insisted.

Without hearing anymore from Sharold, I continued to approach the house. When I was about to open the door, suddenly, I heard someone yelled at us angrily .There was a stranger approached us.

“Stop right there kids!!! What do you think you are doing? Can’t you see this is an abandoned house? Kids are not allowed to come here. Go back to your house!". He scolded us.

The man’s big body and scary looking face made me afraid of him and could not issue my voice.

“We are truly sorry sir, we would not do this again” Sharold replied on my behalf.

 Right after he said that, he held my hand and pulled me away from that place. I walked away while looking at that place until it was out of my sight. We were disappointed because all of our efforts was just a waste of time.

We went home right after that, I was still thinking about the house.

“Why does the man not allow us to go there?”

My mind was full of questions. The warning had increased my interest to know more about the house. Although it was dangerous, I still wanted to go back to the house as soon as possible.

That night, I told my mom about the incident and my desire to go there. Again. My mom’s face suddenly changed right after hearing my decision.

“Leo, don’t make such as a stupid thing like this, you do not even know what is going to happen. You should listen to my words!”

I was shocked, why would she mad at me while I just wanted to do an assignment. I was fuming mad and ignored my mom’s blabbering by walking to my room. I planned some strategies.  

- to be continued - 

By: Dayana & Ulfa/2019