“Where is this?” Heracles asked himself, turning around. At the moment Heracles saw exactly that he was standing in forest and alone. “Where is this?” he repeated his words, continued observing around. It was ancient forest there the trees all were very high and gigantic. They gave Heracles a feeling that he was a very tiny creature in a forest of giants. Following a trunk, Heracles raised his head looking up in ordered to see how tall it was but Heracles couldn’t see the top of the tree; he even didn’t see any branch. Instead of them, Heracles saw white clouds stuck on the trunk. He took his eyes of the tree to see the trees next to but they were the same, growing up cross clouds.
Heracles kept staying for a while observing then made his way go around, hoping he could meet someone and discovered where the place was. Whole place looked similar. It made him doubt whether he really walk or not. Though, he kept walked in a straight line but the forest was too large by his sight he couldn’t find out where the beginning and the end were. Heracles kept going. Suddenly, in front of Heracles bright light broke clouds appearing and shone to the ground. Heracles stopped, looking up the sky where the light came. A shape of man appeared at right the place the light emerging. That was a huge and muscle man who had blonde hair and beard. Slowly the man flew down, Heracles focused on him he could see a golden light layer surround his body. It wasn’t too bright but to make the man’s body turn unclear. Heracles narrowed his eyes looking but he didn’t able to be see his face what he could imagine was a divine face after the light. The man flew down slower and slower than stopped at middle of the air and kept staying there staring at Heracles. Though whole of his face was blurred, his eyes made Heracles feel uncomfortable. He felt that he turned naked under the eyes. Although, Heracles didn’t dodge his eyes; he looked straight to the man. For seconds kept silent, the man spoke up.
“You forget your name?” said the man, not fast, not slow. He didn’t shouted but his voice spread out terrible energy covering whole the place. The ground under Heracles’s feet trembled because of the voice and only stopped after the man’s voice stopped echoed. Though Heracles could manage to stand on ground, his face turned white because of fear. His mind was frozen and he couldn’t think. Still looked at the man in the midair, his eyes were dazed. Nothing came out from his mouth.
“You forget your name.” said the man again. The place trembled one more time. Heracles nearly fell down, his lips moved trying to talk something but he couldn’t.
“Do you know how much your name means?” the voice came out again.
“No.” Heracles at last could spoke out one word.
“H-E-R-A-C-L-E-S” the man spelled, each character was spoken out that was each time the place trembled. “Your name is Heracles.” the man repeated still staring at Heracles, not happy and angry he gave Heracles no feeling. It turned silent after that the man stopped talking. Heracles still couldn’t force himself to speak. It’s about few minutes the man kept looking at Heracles. Heracles really didn’t like his status moment. He wanted to dodge the eyes but his body didn’t obey his control.
“Don’t forget it, your name. It is the name of hero.” the voice of the man spread out again, still loudly, “It….iiiit….”. Suddenly, the voice of the man shaking that too difficult to hear what he was saying. Then, the shape of the man started flickering; it’s not real body Heracles at the moment could realized it just only a mirror image. The mirror image started flashing, faster and faster then vanished. It vanished, completely. The light coming from the sky also vanished. Too fast to discover what happened. The man had gone as he had never come.
As soon as Heracles ensured that the man had gone, he gasped; his body and also his mind relaxed. Although, Heracles feel a bit disappointed. Honestly from the beginning to now Heracles didn’t understand what exactly had been happening. He didn’t know where he was at moment and where the others were. He wished that he should have asked the man more but he was too scared to open his mouth and now he didn’t had the chance to do it. Deep inside his mind Heracles felt scared his heart pounding loudly whenever he thought about the man. However, his eyes still kept looking up hoping the man appeared again.
Suddenly, this place trembled again. It got more and more violently after seconds. The ground appeared many cracks. They elongated the ground was destroyed. Trees started to fall down. Darkness gradually replaced the light and rounded the place. A large deep crack suddenly appeared right under Heracles’s feet. He fell down at one.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa….” Heracles screamed, stretching and waving violently his hand trying to grab on anything but there had nothing he could reach the crack was too large and dropped more deeply and fastly.
The darkness quickly came and covered up over everything. The last light ray shone to Heracles quickly was swallowed by. All things sank in darkness. Heracles still fell down. Honestly, it was as though he was being pulled very strong by something hiding inside darkness. The hairs behind his head stood up. Sweat started poured out from his forehead and then his back though he didn’t feel hot. It was the feeling of the danger.
“Agassi! Agassi!” Heracles heard someone called by his ears. It’s just a nightmare. Heracles opened his eyes and was dazzled by the sunlight. He narrowed his eyes and turned to the right where he got a bit pain on his arm. There Gwen was grabbing on his arm shaking while Amelinda and Lily standing around looked at him worriedly.
“What is going on? Why all of you are here?” he asked.
“You’ve screamed for minutes Heracles.” replied Gwen, giving him odd looking.
“Scream for minutes.” Heracles raised his voice.
“Yeah” Gwen answered. Amelinda and Lily nodded.
“What’s wrong with you?” added Gwen, kept his voice deeply.
“I…” faltered Heracles, managing to sit up. “I just have a nightmare.” he added, wiping sweat on his forehead, “It’s too real.” Heracles explained, “Everything seemed to just happen here... right here.” said Heracles thoughtfully.
“What’s that?” said Gwen quickly he felt really curious.
“About my dream?” Heracles turned to Gwen and asked.
“Yeah – what did your dream about?” Gwen raised his voice.
“About a vast forest too large for you to find out where the beginning and the end of it; about high and gigantic tree that made you look really really tiny. I couldn’t see the top of them.” said Heracles. He kept his voice in deep, “Then about divine man who emerging from clouds. He… he looked at me and – he called my names-” Heracles voice turned slowly then stopped, “He called my name.” he spoke again, “He called me… He called me…” Heracles repeated but he couldn’t finish his sentence.
“What’s this?” Gwen raised his voice he turned impatient, “Is your name Agassi, isn’t it?” he added.
“Yes, Agassi – this is your name.” said Lily gently, giving Heracles warm looking. Her eyes looked beautiful as aunt Calliope.
Heracles saw her a bit then took his eyes out of her looking to Amelinda standing beside Lily. Amelinda didn’t talk she just nodded lightly. Heracles’s eyes left Amelinda looking over three of them.
“But,” his saying interrupted, he turned in silence and fell in his thinking, “H – E – R – A –” he stopped sinking in silence again.
“You mean your name is Hera? It can’t be.” squealed Gwen.
“No,” Heracles’s voice turned heavy, “I don’t mean it.” he added.
“But you said it. You said Hera.” squealed Gwen, “Wait - wait – wait a moment. This is the second time you talk me about it, right?”
“Yes, this is.” replied Heracles.
“And I think I did tell you that Agassi is your name, your only name. What happened to you Agassi? Recently you behave too strange.” Gwen lamented.
Heracles didn’t reply he didn’t want to argue. He bowed his head thinking.
“Anyway, you should get out of bed Agassi. We have breakfast then go to our garden.” said Lily.
“Yeah.” said Heracles, raising his head up.
“We wait you in kitchen.” added Lily. She and Gwen made the way walk out from the room. Amelinda kept staying while worriedly looked at him but as usually no word came out from her mouth. Later, she also left chasing after the others. Heracles managed to leave his bed. He felt really tired because of his nightmare and besides people didn’t believe him. It made him feel much alone. He shuffled out the room and moved straight to the kitchen. Heracles said good morning to Aunt Calliope as he saw her and she’s still very kind with him asking him to come and sit by her. The breakfast started after praying and finished after minutes. Heracles, Gwen, Amelinda and Lily left the house going to garden and worked there until noon then went home, had the lunch then turned back the garden till afternoon.
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