8. Loreance journey

"I have this leaf with me. The only thing left is that... wait... The old aunt said in my dream. 'If you want to be human you must pic the Flerissia on top of the seven valley and find the blue herbs and mix all the ingredients with the droplets of colorful leaves in any jungle you can find, then you should drink that shit in front of the crazy laughing princess. She is the princess of laughter."

The termite was shocked after was told by Loreance about his case with the old woman.
"Ooh... How come the princess can cry when she is the princess of laughter?"
"...by the way, ant, I never know what the ingredient yet know it!"
"That would be very difficult."
But then, Loreance eyes are in fine. "That is not the problem now. The thing is the ingredient?" Loreance said.
"You see pig... I mean what's your name again? Oh! Loreance, that's right. You see Loreance. It is not actually a problem if you want to find all your items... Let me tell you the story while helping you finding your way."

They travelled along the way with the two of them; Loreance and the nameless ant through the bridge. It such a lovely place before that. The grass is green and it is greener on the other side and the trees are shelter.

"Remember pig or Loreance. You can predict your future. Whether you're kneeling and mourning for what you didn't do with your four legs or looking up the sky for feeling thankful for what you did do. However, bear in mind, no matter how good is your prediction is, silly moves make you lose and doing nothing is never be the cause of your success either."

Loreance confused.. Uhuh.

"So, here is your destination! Yup, this should be it. It is The Seven Valley."
 "Huh? I never thought it would be this merry."
"Oooh. I too was for the first time. You won't believe it. Never mind, let's find it!"

So they travel forth.

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7. Thinking Loreance

"What is your name?!" Loreance quickly asks loudly.
"Axel!" Then, Loreance was at another place and the dawn was now took place. He becomes pig again. He didn't know where he was now. But, he surely he was on top of the seven valley. Loreance continue walks with the short leg of his and with sound ngook and ngook. That's mean, 'I must hurry before one months passed!'

But, he walk round and round on the seven valley repeatedly, he just seems can't find another way out, he is lost! This is because the mountain was surrounded by water. Moreover, he didn't have any clue what kind of Flerrisia look like. He is nearly gives up because he is now all alone on these giant seven valleys. However, he remembers about his family and to the next of his generation. He doesn't want ever again his family got eaten or chopped by human during the Christmas Eve.

So, he thinks hard to cross to the water to find the way out and he must hurry. What is the best thing to float on water while he is very heavy? He realized his thinking is limited because he is a pig, but he will try thinking hard as a human. Aha! It is the wooden log. But, again, how did he manage to get it? With his fat and short legs, how he can do it? Suddenly while he is thinking in the evening, there is a giant termite and actually he is lying on the giant ant body.

"What cause you worried, little pig?" The termite asks.
"I'm a curse pig and I want something to my way out. It is the wooden log." Loreance replied.
"I have many." Answer the termite.
"You mean it?" Asks Loreance, he doubted the termite can do it.
"Yes, let's follow me." Command the termite.

So, off Loreance go, following the giant termite with the ant too following the termite order. They go deep in the forest to find something what Loreance want.

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6. Loreance Adventure

The dark mage went towards to Loreance but some voices make him stop. Then, he just blinks like that. Loreance was relieves and he make a sigh.

Then, Loreance want to find the blue herbs and colourful leaves. He will pick the Flerrisia soon because it is too hard to him to find the seven valley. So, he is walking toward to the forest and straight to the village.

Not long after that, he saw a group of human were making the circle then talking to each other. Then, one of them saw Loreance and looks to each other. "It is a food! I saw a food!" A group of human looks straight to Loreance and then they smile. Loreance know about it, he will be eaten by the villager. So, he runs as fast as he can.

"Don't run! I will not eat you." He knows they just cheat him. They chased him too. "Yes! We come here to save you." Again, they trick him. A group of human was now next to him. Then, he didn't know what to do, so he just screams as loud as he can. They stopped and put their hand on the ear. Loreance is happy with that and he go deep in the forest. 

"How a pig can scream like that?" One of them said.

"It is hurting my ear."

"I don't know. I guess the pig went to defense itself."

"Let's go home."

"Yes..." Then, they went to their hut nearby the village.

While that human group disturb and giving up after Loreance, Loreance feel tired already and he can't find even a single colourful leaf. So, he wants to sleep under the tree. It is night and moonlight has appeared. Suddenly, Loreance front legs become human hand. He surprise with that.

Then, his body suddenly becomes full human and Loreance feels glad with that. After that, out of the blue, an unknown young man instantly has appeared in front of Loreance and said. "The moonlight broke the curse spell."

"Who are you?" Loreance asks.

"Who am I? I don't know. All I know is I just have to protect this forest." Loreance remember to pick the colorful leaves. But, since he become human, he think he don't need it anymore and he didn't pick any of the colorful leaves. "Here. Wear these clothes. You must feel cold. I will lead you to the seven valleys." "I don't need them anymore. I already have become human." "Don't be like that. Only a night time, you are human, not permanent." Loreance then have to follow the young man. As he follows the young man, he saw many strange animals in that forest. He also saw many colorful trees. Suddenly, he saw many colorful leaves at the brown tree. Then, he stop for a while and made the young man wondered that Loreance picking up the colorful leaves while it is poisonous.

"What are you doing? The colorful leaf is poisonous."

"I need these to cure my curse."

"We must hurry! You will become pig again if we late."

"Yes! I know"

Not long after that, Loreance know and realize he saw the blue circle with its complex design. The young man is step on the blue circle. He then cast a spell and the blue circle is glowing. "You must hurry! Please step up on this blue circle before you will become pig again. Only human able to use this teleport." "Yes!" Loreance quickly step up on the blue circle and his body was glowing. He can see the seven valleys with fuzzy looking. But, he and the young man didn't introduce themselves properly. However, he was in time to ask the young man before he went to another place.

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5. Loreance's history

"I know you. I ever meet you." Loreance said that what is heard are only ngok and ngok. But suddenly, "Yes, I send you a message from that dream. Did you found the things that I told?" The white mage said. Loreance surprised that she understands what is he said about.

"Why do you know what I am talking?" Loreance said. "No need to worry my boy. This is because I am a mage. Do you think pig can think?" Old woman replied. "Yes I do, I'm a pig. I can think." Loreance said. "You're wrong. Your ancestor had been cursed. And the curse will be descendant to the next generation until your parents and you are the last generation who will survive and you must be human to stop the suffering for your race." The old woman explains. "What do you mean by curse?" Loreance ask.

"Since you want to know even it is a long story, I will tell you. Along time ago, when I am just five years old, a talented magician had defeated all black-mage and soldier on all for this country. He was so strong and unbeatable. But he called Devil Armstrong. His true named Neil Armstrong. It is because he was so powerful and unforgivable. Time went by he married. So, he stopped to be a mage and want to be a father. But, their lucks are no well. Soon after five years passed, they have none child. He has no powers to make him to have even one child, because he just learned and mastered the magic for battle. He travelled with his wife all over the world to find a mage that can solve their problem. Soon after that, they found a mages, the mage says that he can makes them to have a child by drinking his potion. With no thinking and because they really want to have a child, they drink it. But, actually the mage that they found are not a real mage. He was an avenger. He want to revenge because all of his family and race that battled with Neil die and crushed except him that survive the battle. Actually the potions that they drink are not a solution but a trouble.

The potion that they drink was named Cursed Potion that will makes anyone becomes random animal after drink it and they will never be cured till the last generation. One day, Neil's country had been attack again. They had sent so many armies but loose and killed. So the king wants to use Neil to protect the country, but there is no sign on him. At last, they found that Neil has been cursed. So they want to cure him, but they can't till now. I am the one that tasked to cure this generation and I had found how to cure you. It is because this generation has a various magic to control that are important and very needed in battle and the latest news that your home country had crushed and almost defeat by the Dark-Mage. You must study the battle while finding the dispel potion. You can't make any magic but you can learn. But only have a few minutes before the princess of laughter killed. But you must save your country." The old woman explained as much detail as she can.

"I have something that must be solves, if it is to save the princess. I felt pity on her, she had suffered so more. And if I made her just sadness and leave, she will disappoint. Let's go find the potion. No time to waste." Loreance said. "By the way, why they want to kill the princess?" Loreance ask again to old woman. "It is because they want to use the..." The old white mage want to continue, but suddenly there is a fire from Loreance back that pointed on him. The old mage look at the fire and cast a spell then suddenly it become water. It was luck because Loreance are not harm.

"Get out here now!" They want to capture you. You must be a human." The old mage warned. With sadness and panic he goes as quickly as he can. Suddenly a dark-mage that wearing black robe that painted with devil appear. Loreance is so suprise.

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4. Helping Loreance

Suddenly the princess laughs and laughs again. The handmaiden calms her but it is useless. The princess cannot stop her laughter until she almost went to dead because she can't smoothly breathe through her lungs. But luckily the handmaiden makes her sleep by giving her some sleeping pill.

While that the handmaiden cries and whispering to herself, "Oh my princess, who will heal you. I know you are suffering." She whispered.  Loreance heard that so he thinks there is something wrong with the princess. Soo... With no thinking Loreance ask the handmaiden, "What do you mean by (who will heal her)? I think I can help her to cure her. Can I?"He asks. But truly, the handmaiden did not mention what he asking for. Loreance feels disappointed. At last they arrived on the place. The princess has waked up. "You majesty, the white mage will arrive for an hour, please don't think any of your sadness before that. It will make your laugh until dead. Excuse me for being rude to her majesty." A man said. "No, it doesn't matter. Thank you for you, admiral. By the way who took me to this camp?" The princess was asking. "Umm... Thank you to this pig. This is the one who look you in here." The man said. Loreance understands a bit about the illness of the princess. An hour was passed and now the white mage comes. Loreance ever saw the woman before but he didn't remember for this time yet. Suddenly there are strangers come. They suddenly kill the people and the soldier. The princess is lost at the time. Loreance become anxious, he want to save the princess but he can't do it. The old woman suddenly disappears from that area.

Loreance want to find her but there is no sign. Suddenly an arrow stab Loreance. He feels unconcious when he woke up he found him in a cave that beside him is the old woman.

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3. Angry Loreance

Suddenly there is a voice heard by them outside the well. "It is you princess! Princess! Where are you?" Some unknown person has calling. "I am here! In this well! Please help me!" So stranger's help them by dropping a rope in the well.

"You were drenched princess, let me change clothes princesses. Let the pig, it is very dirty." The handmaiden said.

"But I like it." The princess said. "But there is nothing special on it. He will only make dirt." Handmaiden said.

"No it isn't true. He is so cute... and... And he can understand what I am talking about." Princess said. "Then, prove it." Handmaiden said. "Sit!" The princess said to the pig. But there is no action on him only a long ngook sound comes out from him that is mean, "I don't want to! I am having a sulk because you are playing with me just now."

"See, he is not special..." The handmaiden said. "No! He does understand but he is just too fat to sit. Let me try once more. He will say ngok this time." The princess said. "I ordered you to say ngok." The princess asks on Loreance. Loreance do not said ngok, instead he said, "Don't fool me I am not following you." But the things that heard by them was only ngok-ngok.

The handmaiden surrender on that because the princess still trying hard to not to leave the poor little pig.

On the way that they want to go, Loreance asking on where they want to go. But sadly, they don't understand what he just said. They make Loreance angry because they don't understand what he said. Loreance scream and then they were shocked because why the pig suddenly got mad on nothing.

The handmaiden was trying to calm down the pig. "I know you want to eat since you had been lost so much energy." The handmaiden said. She said that is not because she believed that pig can understand what she is talking about, but to not hurting princess.

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2. Scared Loreance

Suddenly, he falls in a big hole. He thinks that why he falls, so he knows it that a pigs are more to the harm than a people when they go outside instead living in a cage. But he does not want to live in a cage. He wants a freedom. So he's eager to become human again. But, something that must be solves first is how to get out of this big hole! Loreance regret for wandering around the forest but it is too late. One day after a week passes but he is still alive. Is that miracle? No... Actually the big hole is a well.

Of course the well had water inside. But, the miracle is that he can manage to still alive without food. But the reason he can do it because he had many fats inside his body to gain some energy to survive. Suddenly something fell on to Loreance.

Loreance feels so frightened. It is because a loud laughter are hearing by him.

It seems like the thing that was fell on Loreance is a human. Suddenly that human standing and want to try to get out of the well, but failed. That human has start to cackling again. Loreance feels so frightened. Thus, he hides himself in the water for a very long minute. Since he cannot last for a long time to stop breathing, he comes out quickly and breaths quickly. But, while he is breathing he makes a  long ngoook sound repeatedly. In the same time, Loreance and that unknown human were so close together in the face to each other. That human has scream so loud that making Loreance feels more frightened. Loreance screams too. That human want to kill Loreance using a knife, besides that, that human won't stop laugh. But since Loreance able to dodge all the attack by that unknown human, that human feels tired. "Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?" Ask Loreance. But the only things that heard by that unknown was ngook, ngook, ngoohok! So that human looks carefully at Loreance and suddenly he said, "I think you are a monster, but it is not! Thank goodness. Sorry I don't meant to kill you little piggy." Loreance feels relieved about that, so Loreance comes closer and look carefully; actually that human was a teenage girl that wears a crown like a princess. Suddenly, the girl's face has changed and she said. "Can you be my food if I feel hungry?" Loreance start to feels scared again and goes back slowly, besides that he said, "No! No!!" But still the girl only hears the same sound that is the ngooook sound.

"Why you are staying away from me? Don't run away... I'm hungry right now..." She said that with laughter.

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1. Sad Loreance

Once upon a time, there was a hero of the Sand Land. The hero's name was Loreance. Even though he was the hero, no one has ever obeyed his command cause they don't understand him. It made him sad.

There was a girl he loved, once love, named Lina. But the girl crushed his heart, cause she, too, didn't understand him. The last time he said goodbye, the girl didn't wave him back. It made him sad.

Only his mother knew him well but his mother was killed by the villagers and was eaten during the Christmas Eve, roasted. Her mouth was sucked with a tomato, her legs were cut. It happened when he was still a little?

Even though like that, he was too kind for saving the village, long ago, before the village was saved by Loreance, the village was extremely dirty. With all Loreance's might he managed to clean all the dirt, by eating them. As you can see, who do you think he is. He is an animal, a pig.

He so badly wanted to be a human, he would do anything for that. Then one night, his dream seem to produce light. In his dream, there was an old dame having a conversation with him, she said, "If you want to be a human, you must pick the Flerrisia on top of the seven valley then find the blue herbs and mix all of the ingredients with the droplets of colourful leaves in any jungle you can find. Then, you should drink the mixture in front of a crying princess called Princess of Laughter." Loreance woke up, he said to himself along with his ngok ngok sound, "I must get ready for tomorrow's journey."

The next morning, he set up for his journey and get ready. He remembered about Princess of Laughter, she was famous of her attitude that was always laughing. Loreance once heard a story about her from the village folk. One day, Princess of Laughter went out with the handmaiden to pick flowers in the garden, suddenly, she trip on a little stone then she laugh till her tears fall down on her cheeks and she kept laughing until she sleep. She never stop laughing, or giggling and she never cry. So how can Loreance possibly drink the mixture in front of the crying Princess of Laughter?
Then, he begin his first task, pick the Flerrisia on top of the seven valley. He remembered that he must drink all of the mixture in front of the Princess of Laughter. Then he almost want to give up. So he wandering in the jungle alone with sadness.

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