Nadia, The Indigo Girl
CHAPTER 3: An illusion in a coma

The scorching heat of the sun made Nadia hold her head with a palm over her head while trying to find out, the girl saw the glass on the side of the road and then reflected. Nadia was very surprised when she saw the image of herself wearing shabby clothes and her face was filled with dust. Nadia tried to ask for help from people around. 

Even more remarkable are many people with European faces who treat rough people like him, he said, seen from a distance there are a group of European-faced people carrying or rather herding girls dressed in kebaya and batik skirts and put them in a transport truck.

At first Nadia was surprised, but soon she was also hit by a snare. “Release me!! you who?” thrashing was useless because they put a gun that could shrink Nadia's guts.

The girls were transported by car.  They were all jostling in the car, Nadia so remembered her mother and sister wanted to be taken where she was with these strange people.

Is this the end of his life? Everything just looks silent fear on the faces of the girls who were transported into the car, it turns out Nadia's guess is wrong.

She and the other girls were transported and taken to a place where there were huts and occupied by indigenous girls.

Each hut contains two girls European-faced and mixed (Indo-Dutch) soldiers who told the girls to go down using language that is not understood at all by rude actions.

Nadia occupies one of the huts there is a native girl named Endah age two years older than Nadia, Endah seventeen years while Nadia fifteen years.

Nadia sat on a mattress made of bamboo before long an older girl came with a basket filled with dirty laundry in her hand.

 Nadia smiled then in a smile reply by him, Nadia reached out her hand to get to know each other smiling awkwardly.

"My name is Nadia.”

Nadia with self-introduction who begins to be embarrassed.

“My name Endah does not need to be awkward with me," said Endah casually as familiar long ago, “ayo shower and change your clothes!” take Endah.

Nadia just nods her head still unfamiliar sign. Nadia easily blends in with them all the average native girls are brown-skinned, while Nadia is brownish white with a tall body slightly fat.

Naturally Nadia always takes care of herself when at home. Nadia began to clean her body full of dust and dirty, feeling already clean how astonished the girls saw Nadia with well-groomed skin.

“What do you guys see me so?” nadia asked in surprise. They all just shook their heads and smiled.

“Kak Endah abis from here we will what?” nadia asked Endah who washes next to her while helping Endah.

This time it was not Endah who answered, but the girl next to him Nadia who was washing clothes.

 “We will cook first, then we can eat after them all.” Connect the girl next to him whose name is Lasmi while pointing at the soldiers chatting.

After they all washed and bathed the girls in ‘kan back to their respective huts, from there many Dutch soldiers who looked hungry towards Nadia and the other girls.

Nadia is always on the side adjacent to Endah and Lasmi while walking.

“Nadia is always with us do not miss!” lasmi's orders were tightly grasped Nadia's hand and had already taken a look at four drunken Dutch soldiers.

Arriving at the hut. They went into the hut each Endah preparing a batik skirt to wear Nadia, this girl looks beautiful wearing a blue kebaya dress and her hair batik skirt in the back flops.

Unknowingly Nadia could read the brand of clasps and combs that they both used.

The endah flabbergasted usually only the men or nobility who can read and write. Sontak Nadia happily offered Endah and the other girls to teach reading and writing.

Nadia in school is not too smart ranking is always twenty, but at least she can help her nation in this era through education.

Of course, it is also with great pleasure that Endah accepted the offer as soon as Endah would tell the other girls about this happy news. 

“Truly means later we can pinter dong.” Lasmi spoke enthusiastically with five other capable girls. Nadia just nodded.

They were all excited, but Nadia had to find the right time to teach.

Shortly while talking to Lasmi and Endah one of the soldiers shouted while shooting bullets up telling them to go into the kitchen to cook because the Dutch soldiers were starving.

The girls in the sleigh in an unrelenting rude manner the soldiers fired bullets upwards. 

The girls who were new to the hut were frightened only to be able to surrender while covering both of their ears with hands including Nadia and Endah. 

In the kitchen Nadia saw how to cook still in the traditional way by using firewood and furnace. The equipment is also still with clay and wood.

“Kalo like this when the completion,” inner Nadia in heart while peeling vegetables.

Nadia began to feel bored to drive away her boredom she secretly went out for a while while walking down this place.

Nadia walked While enjoying the typical colonial era building, the girl was engrossed in walking, but her eyes were always wary of any guards who saw her.

Before long his eyes saw two Dutch men talking, he suddenly hid behind a wall while peeking at a middle-aged European-faced man in military clothes filled with badges on his right and left, he was talking to a young man in his twenties who was also wearing military clothes.

The solid-bodied girl immediately hid behind the wall and then heard the conversation of the two Dutch men who were different ages, with language that was difficult to understand of course.

“That's ‘kan the guy who was in the cave dream that time.” The inner Nadia while paying careful attention.

“Je what are you doing here?!” Nadia was surprised and looked back at the source of the voice, apparently a soldier caught her.

“I'm sorry Sir, I'll be back in the kitchen.” Nadia spoke in a frightened tone of voice then walked past the soldier whose face was filled with a blonde mustache.

Nadia with her head lowered walking past this Dutch guy, “wait and where?” the soldier blocked Nadia's hand, made the girl stop and looked up at the soldier. 

”Je beautiful once.” The soldier smiled mysteriously while grinning, but Nadia quickly threw her rough arm and ran towards the kitchen and hid behind Endah.

“Nadia you why?” ask Lasmi.

“I was--” before Nadia finished her sentence a Dutch soldier was on the doorstep of the kitchen that made Endah and Lasmi turn including other girls.

The soldier shouted furiously with language that was difficult to understand his blue eyes as if looking for the girl who caught his attention.

 Endah immediately pulled Nadia running and hid inside the spice warehouse located behind the kitchen.

“You stay here until it's safe.” Nadia just nodded her head in understanding. From inside the kitchen there was still a commotion until things began to calm down.

 Nadia in her heart was happy because she could meet her idol even though this was only an illusion or omen, but she did not know the name of her idol at all.

Should he ask Endah or Lasmi. After the soldier came out of the kitchen Endah opened the door of the spice warehouse, Nadia immediately hugged Endah. 

“Kak Endah I'm afraid.” Endah rubbed both shoulders Nadia, “you are now safe, let's go to the kitchen.” Endah took Nadia back to the kitchen. While in the kitchen the girls looked at Nadia with expressionless faces.

 “Nadia!! next time you don't get separated from us!! basic new kid just bother!!” a girl who looked older than the other girls scolded and scolded this little girl while clucking her waist, the girl was brown-skinned, with black hair curled up carelessly.

After being satisfied to scold Nadia the girl immediately waltzed away.

“Nadia already, do not enter in the heart yes.”

The girl who was the same age who was right next to her, Nadia just smiled while nodding her head and the two girls of that age stirred up a soup that was the size of a large cauldron while Endah prepared a basket of bread and rice, and then two girls of that age stirred up a large pot of soup, when it was ripe the other girls took turns serving for the soldiers.

After the soldiers ate the new girls were allowed to eat the leftovers of the Dutch soldiers.

Nadia was disgusted by all of that so she started to the kitchen picking up the soup she had deliberately put for herself, indeed the girl was quite clever and clever only herself was the only girl who dared to do that.

After they ate Endah and Lasmi was sewing in the front bale of the hut in Endah and Nadia.

Nadia approached the two, Nadia began to ask Endah and Lasmi whom she had considered her own sister about what she had seen earlier while out of the kitchen, Endah told Nadia that the two Dutch men he had just seen were father and son who were the leaders here.

His father was Major General Willem van Buthjer and son Sinyo Hanson van Buthjer.

In her heart the girl felt very happy because she could meet the man she loved and missed even though she knew that this was her subconscious could be called dreamland.

“Finally gua knows his name,” murmured in heart.

Nadia began to close her eyes for a moment when the hot afternoon breeze in Batavia began to blow her hair if the man had seen her somehow what happened next.

For a moment the girl was busy wondering Endah and Lasmi patted her on the shoulder and waved her hand.

“Nadia!” Endah patted his shoulder.

“Iya Kak,” Said Nadia immediately opened her eyes that were fresh from her daydream.

“Why you? do not smile yourself later," said Lasmi.

  “No why-why kok.” Nadia accompanied by grin.

“Oh, yes I want to go there first.” Lasmi said, when she wanted to get away from the bale bamboo Nadia prevented it.

 “Kak Lasmi wait a minute, let's learn to read.” Lasmi and Endah stared at each other for a moment and they simultaneously spoke.

“Mau!” with a happy face, Nadia took a limestone and a wooden board to make the media learn. 

Endah and Lasmi were taught the basic words and the letters two hours passed they began to be able to write and read only in the form of basic words. Like: Me, you, where, where, how, who, good, bad, and so on.

Endah and Lasmi began to be able to read and write even though the writing was still like chicken claws, Nadia also asked that this be a secret if they had been fluent in reading and writing they had to teach the other girls living in the hut.

It turned out that the right time to learn and teach was after the soldiers' lunch. Since then Nadia, Endah, and Lasmi become familiar, while the other girls see her becoming envious.