Eyewitness

                                A Crescent Was Decorated With 2 Stars

                                             (By : Afifah Amani)

         It was 9 P.M when my father came into our bedroom watching us do our homework. He told us to drink milk and honey before we sleep. He always acted like that. My sisters and I immediately drank milk and honey that had been prepared by our lovely mother. Then we continued to study. One hour later, I felt my eyes sleepy. Then I stopped study for a while and sat on a chair of our home terrace

           When I looked up to sky, I saw something cool. There was a crescent up there like a smile. It was decorated with 2 stars above the crescent. How beautiful it was. It was like a human face. Immediately I called my family to see this beautiful view. Then my father and my mother came outside, so did my sisters. We gathered in front yard to see it. My little sister was only 3 years old at that time. When she looked it, she smiled and she said: ,’’ Mom, can you bring me up there. I really want to touch that crescent!,’’.

We all just laughed when she said like that. Then I tried to entertain my little sister and said: ‘’, But it is so far away. Believe me, when you grow up later, soon you can catch that crescent!,’’. She didn’t answer, but she just smiled. I immediately took a picture of that view.

          Tomorrow afternoon, after rain had subsided, I came outside. How surprised I was. I saw a beautiful rainbow in the sky. But the unique thing was the form of the rainbow. It was so wavy and it was like ‘’curly’’ thing. I laughed by myself when I saw that view. It was so funny, I thought.  My father and my sisters came outside and also saw that rainbow. What happened to me in that time? Why did I always see phenomenon like that? I didn’t know. But did you know? Two days since I saw that phenomenon, I watched TV and saw news about earthquake and tsunami in Aceh. So I thought that phenomenon probably was a sign of doomsday.

       

Fantasy Story

                                             Being A Witch In A Magic World
                                           (By: Afifah Amani)

          I was lost in a wilderness that I didn’t know. I didn’t know what I should do, because I was literally lost. I ran to and fro to find a way out. Suddenly, there was something caught my attention. Behind the bushes, I saw a very big door. There was a painting of a beautiful view on the surface, as if it pulled me to get inside. I approached it. I started to close my eyes and visualize the surface. The hard and cold surface of the door was a symbol of strength and dependable heart of someone. There were some bump parts as if they gave me the meaning of existence, like in disorder, mysterious, cold, and sporadic. However, I visualized every element of the door was a subsystem of arrangement from perfect design. The more I sensed the surface with my right hand, the more I wanted to get inside. I touched the handle. The handle form was circle, soft and cold as if it reflected ‘’numb’’ behind the door. Soon I opened the handle, and it made a sound:’’klik’’.

        I stepped through and get inside. The light flied away around me, so that my eyes turned into dazzled. Then I felt my body flied away without burden. Even I felt my feet didn’t move. I passed time and space. A few second later, I tried to open my eyes. How surprised I was when I saw myself in a land which hardly to recognize. I saw some big trees around me. Where was i? I thought I was in a different forest. I was so scared. Then I saw a white owl perched on a tree twig which looked at me by its friendly eyes. When I saw it, I felt cozy. I didn’t know why, I thought I knew the bird very well. But where I saw the bird? I didn’t know, I really didn’t remember. I saw some centaurs (creatures, half human and half horse) were running in the distance. I felt like I was in another world. The centaurs only exist in a fiction world, right? Yes, but they seemed real.

        I was standing on a stack of snow. Wow, I was really happy because there is no snow in Indonesia. Suddenly I heard two sounds. I thought they came above me. The sounds were wind blew tightly and human laughing. Then I saw something flied. No, it wasn’t, it seemed like there were four things flied above me. Obviously the four things were broomsticks which could fly, ridden by 4 teenagers with the same age like mine. How surprised I was when I saw them. They were Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginnie who exist in Harry Potter movie. How glad I was. I was literally in the magic world of Harry Potter. Harry gave me an envelope. With uncertain feeling, I opened the envelope. There was a sign on a paper, it sounded: ‘’The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts, Griffindor, Quidditch, King Cross station, Diagon Alley!’’,. Were they real? I thought I was familiar with these words.  Were these signs or clues? I had no idea.

      The weather was so cold, it was snowing. How lucky I was wearing a thick jacket. The four teenagers smiled at me.

‘’This letter is addressed to you. Written by Professor Dumbledore, The Headmaster of School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Hogwarts!,’’ Harry said with smile.

‘’ Oh ya? Why did he writes for me?,’’ I wondered.

‘’ Didn’t you know? Now, you are accepted as a student of Hogwarts!,’ ’ Hermione said.

‘’ Me? Why? I’m just a human and don’t know anything related with the wizardry, even I don’t have a magic wand!,’’ I said quickly because I was surprised.

‘’ Hey, just calm down! Soon you will be taught at the school! Don’t you know? Now, we are in The Forbidden Forest. Oh ya, you will sleep in Griffindor and you will play Quidditch with Harry. You know Quidditch, don’t you? It is a famous fly ball game in this magic world, you will play with using your broomstick, it can make you fly away! Then you will buy your stuffs such as a magic wand and books at The Diagon Alley, and you will go to the school by a train from King Cross station in London. But first, you must through the 9 ¾ platform. That platform is only passed by people who have witch blood. They are clues from the letter!,’’ Ginnie explained with her fast intonation.

‘’ I’ve already known what you have said and I know you guys very well! But you don’t know me. I knew all along about Hogwarts school everything related with this magic world. You guys are the famous Harry Potter, and you’re a beautiful Hermione Granger, then you’re Ron Weasley with your little sister, Ginnie Weasley. I have watched your movies, begin from the first until 7 series. But I don’t have witch blood. It is impossible I can through the 9 ¾ platform!,’’ I said surely.

‘’ What do you mean? We are in a movie? No. We, indeed, really stay here and have never played in a movie before. You can’t say that this place is only a fantasy place!’’, Ron took offense because of what I said.

‘’And you don’t realize that you have witch blood. Professor Dumbledore has said you have it from your grandmother. But your parents kept it as a secret!,’’ Harry said.

     I was getting wondered and asked myself: ‘’Is it true? Ah, I have no idea, because I am enjoy with this world!,’’. The four teenagers invited me to do ‘’apparate’’ (a way to move past from one place to another place in magic world). It’s difficult for beginners in Harry Potter movie. It seemed like I was forced to enter a narrow interval with my big body, it was a pain.

Then we arrived at The Diagon Alley, a place which was old witches selling the equipment of school at stores in a row along the street. I was happy, because during this time, I only saw The Diagon Alley in a movie. And at this moment I was with famous actresses and actors. We visited a broomstick store and I saw so many teenagers like me were standing in line to buy their broom. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginnie helped me to choose a good broom with the most famous brand in the magic world: ‘’Nimbus 2000’’. Wow, how glad I was, because I had the same broom like Harry Potter’s, so I could fly with that broomstick. Then we bought a magic wand. In the magic world of Harry Potter, witches do not choose their own wands, but wands do choose their master. After we had bought everything, they brought me to The King Cross station in London. We passed a wall and I was really surprised because I could perforate the wall and soon I saw a sign:’’ The 9 ¾ platform’’. I went to the school by a train. After we had arrived at Hogwarts, I saw Professor Dumbledore welcomed me with his smile. I didn’t believe, soon I ran out from the school and saw around me.  I was really in the magic world of Hogwarts. The green grasses covered by snow, the high hills, and the building of Hogwarts like an old castle in London and it was so antic. Suddenly I heard a woman voice calls my name. I was startled immediately, and jumped up, i realized what had happened. The magic world was only in my imagination, until my Mom called my name so that I opened my eyes and came back into the real world.