In the evening we looked for a small cave. It was now darker than normal in this world. Fabian made a campfire for us and I took care of Romy's wound. It wasn't particularly deep, but it was very long. I also wanted to check Washiza for injuries, after all, he was not treated gently by the monster, but he did not let me touch him. He said that he had nothing and that everything would be fine. I didn't believe a word he said, but he behaved wrongly. He sat at the entrance to the cave the whole time, staring into the darkness. What did he have? And why didn't he want to be examined? Romy, Fabian and I sat comfortably around the campfire. I noticed that Fabian also found the black-haired man's behavior strange and saw how he kept looking over at Washiza. At some point he said: “Hey, Washiza! Come to us!” He made a movement with his hand to show that he should sit down with us, but Washiza showed no reaction. "What's going on?", The brown-haired man then wanted to know. Washiza slowly turned his head to us and looked Fabian straight in the eye. "Kaeda. She will visit us soon," he said. "Hm? Really? Cool!" Grinned Fabian. "Who is that?" Romy wanted to know. Fabian turned back to the fire and then said: "Kaeda is an old witch and a good friend of mine and Washiza. We still know her from before and she knows us better than anyone else. She is our doctor because she knows us always treated when we are badly injured. "" Cool! So that's why Washiza doesn't want to be examined by me, because he is just waiting for the old witch to examine him, "I stated. "Hm?", Said Fabian, lifting his head, "Washiza? No, he has nothing. He's very healthy. But you're right: He's waiting for the old woman. She's a very important person for him." The last sentence he whispered so that Washiza couldn't understand this. Me and Romy looked at Fabi questioningly. "Later," he whispered. We understood and left it at that.
After a good 1 ½ hours I was sitting in front of the fire with my eyes closed. I wasn't sleeping, but I wasn't fully awake either. Suddenly I heard something pop and started up. The others were also wide awake again. "What was that?" Asked Romy. Washiza got up and took a few steps out of the cave. He was easy to see in the bright moonlight and you could clearly see his mischievous grin. Suddenly something flew towards him and pushed him with such force that he staggered a few steps back and then finally fell over. Immediately he got up again and only seemed to be waiting for a second attack. Then he came already. Washiza tried to grab this black thing and was eventually swept away. I wanted to get up, but Fabian held me back. "He'll be right back," he said calmly. Huh? I just thought, but I listened to him.After 10 minutes a totally filthy Washiza and an old, little lady came back. "My goodness! Where have you been? Have you burrowed your way through the earth?" Asked Romy, startled. Before Washiza could answer, the old lady did. "You could put it that way. Like a toddler," she laughed. Washiza looked away, played indignantly. "May I introduce: My name is Kaeda," continued the old woman. "Ah, so you are the witch Fabian told us about?" Kaeda nodded. "Hey, old woman! I haven't seen you for a long time!", Fabian greeted Kaeda and walked towards her. But she just stepped on his foot and said: "You shouldn't call me that, little one! You haven't changed a bit!" Then she took him in her arms and said: "Nice to see you!" We were still sitting long around the campfire and talked. I thought that this Kaeda was really very nice and the others got along with her brilliantly. Even Washiza sat down with us again. When I got tired at some point, I suggested that we should sleep slowly. The others agreed with me and Kaeda conjured up cozy, warm blankets for us. We all huddled together and went to sleep.
I don't know how long I was awake, but I couldn't sleep. Though I was dogs tired, I just couldn't sleep. The moon shone so brightly that something could still be seen even in the cave. I heard the calm breathing of the others as they slumbered peacefully. I turned to my left and saw Romy sleeping like a baby. She had pulled the covers up to her nose and completely hidden inside her. I smiled. Then I turned to the other side. Now I was looking directly into Washiza's face. I thought he looked kind of cuddly because, like Romy, he slept like a little kid. He was lying on his stomach with his head on his arms. I had to smile again. Suddenly I saw Washiza's arm twitch. He turned his back to me and then back again. Now it was lying on its side and I could look at it closely. His eyes kept twitching and his whole body trembled. What does he have? Is he having a nightmare? I thought and suddenly I heard someone say my thoughts out loud. "He's having a nightmare," she said calmly, but sadness was reflected in her eyes. She must have noticed that I was awake and watching Washiza. But what does she have? "What's going on, Kaeda? You look sad," I stated. The old woman sighed and then said, "I thought it was over." "What do you mean? What should be over?" I asked again. At that moment Washiza convulsed. His body trembled more and more. I heard Fabian and Romy wake up. "What are you talking about? I thought you wanted to sleep!" Romy complained sleepily. Fabian, on the other hand, was suddenly wide awake and crawled over to Washiza. "Oh no!" He muttered. "What's going on anyway?", I asked for the third time and quite annoyed. Kaeda swallowed." The nightmares of Washiza, "she said." What about them? "I prodded." They ... they are dangerous, "the old hag went on." Why? ", now asked Romy. Washiza was still lying there, to and fro and trembling." No ... ", he mumbled softly. Fabian sat next to him, startled, and said:" Kaeda! What should we do? "Calm him down, just like before," said the old woman. Fabian hesitated, but then did as he was told. He put his hand on Washiza's forehead and whispered in a soothing voice that everything would be fine and that he should be quiet is it now with these dreams? ", I asked again." Well, "Fabian spoke up this time," Washiza had a bad past. “He still had his hand on the forehead of the black haired boy, who still did not calm down.” Washiza had to watch as his parents were killed. He was only nine years old then. Shortly afterwards, he was there when his aunt, uncle, grandpa and grandma were killed. He barely escaped and had suffered some severe wounds. He and his big brother lived alone from then on. But a month later, the same killer who killed his other relatives came and kidnapped Washiza. He was kidnapped in a forest and handcuffed. The killer had beaten him almost to death and was desperate to learn the secret of Washiza's tribe. The problem was that Washiza didn't know anything himself, so he couldn't say anything. Once the killer hit him in the head with a stick with such force that Washiza suffered a severe concussion. Just before the killer wanted to kill him completely, his brother jumped in and lit a match. He had soaked the entire area around the three of them with gasoline and now had the lit match in his hand. He cut Washiza's bonds with a knife and pushed him out of the ring. Then he dropped the match and everything went up in flames. Washiza stood in front of the fire and called for his brother, but he did not answer. Suddenly he saw a person jump out of the ring of fire. It was the killer who saved himself with the last of his strength and disappeared, but Washiza's brother couldn't get out of the fire, "explained Fabian. Romy and I couldn't believe what we were hearing. I looked at Washiza, who had become calmer. The poor man, I thought. I was so sorry for him. "And then? ", asked Romy." Then Washiza came to me and my family. He was mentally totally exhausted. He had no one left. He was all alone. Then he grew up with us. However, the whole thing had left him with a few quirks, for example that if he gets even the smallest blow to the head, he immediately goes nuts and is completely mad, or even gets a small concussion again.Another quirk are these constant nightmares. You replay his entire past in front of his eyes. But sometimes he also sees the killer standing in front of him in his dream, who then stabs a knife in his heart or something. It's a little unusual, but there are three levels of these nightmares. Level 1. Is when he sleeps peacefully. You can only tell that he is having a nightmare because he usually gets a little fever. Level 2. Is what just happened here. Washiza dreams and the pain he experiences in the dream is also inflicted on him in reality. That's why he tenses up and trembles all over. In the dream stage he gets a high fever. Level 3. Is dangerous not only for him, but also for us. Because in the stage he is sleepwalking, so to speak, and if he then sees you as the killer, it may be that he goes at you and attacks you ", Fabian finished his speech." That was stage 2 for us? Was he in such pain right now? ", asked Romy again. Fabian looked at the black-haired man, who was now sleeping peacefully again." Yes, that was level 2. But he did not have the pain that is normal. But the last time he had such a nightmare was some time ago. Why are they coming back? "Fabian's question was put to Kaeda. She just shook her head." I don't know. But I think something reminds him of the bad times. "" Hm ... ", Fabian said," Maybe it's this world. Maybe it was the fight from noon today. Maybe it's also because of ... ", he turned to me and Romy," To you ", he finished his sentence. I almost fell over when I heard this:" To us? What about us? "Fabian gave us a threatening look and made it disappear again:" I don't know! I just wanted to scare you, "he grinned." Oh you fool! ", Romy shouted so loudly that Washiza jumped up in a flash. When he saw us, he relaxed and sat down casually." You must be crazy! Why are you yelling around here! ", he grumbled. When I heard his voice I winced,