Anna is a sweet girl who has yellow skin, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, a sweet smile featuring rows of clean white teeth in order, causing her face to be very sweet and not boring to look at. Anna's friendly demeanour towards everyone endeared her to the community. Many young men had a crush on her. But anna ignored them.

One day anna was helping her aunt look for medicinal plants in the forest. Anna's aunt was a healer who used to treat sick people who came to their house. Anna's aunt's name was "maryam"

That day they went to the forest outside the village to look for plant materials to stock the herbal medicine that Aunty Maryam would concoct later. Now in their village there is a myth anyone who enters the forest, must return before nightfall. Because if night falls the forest will become very dangerous and scary.

It is believed by the villagers that the forest has inhabitants, namely a witch woman and her monster-like child. Anyone who enters the forest and when night falls is still in the forest, then he will not return from the forest forever, he will be trapped in the forest to become food for the witch and her child.

The myth appears not without reason, because many villagers have disappeared in the forest until now have not returned. Thus, the myth has been believed from the past until now.

Anna and her aunt Maryam always remember the myth, if it is getting late in the afternoon they will immediately leave the forest. But today unfortunate fate befell anna and her aunt, when they were picking leaves for herbal medicine concoction they were separated because anna followed a deer that looked interesting with fur on its body coloured golden and different from the usual deer. The deer seemed to be inviting anna to follow it into the forest.

She ended up going too far into the forest
Anna could not find her way back because the atmosphere of the forest in front of her now was very different, not the forest area she used to walk through with her aunt.

Nevertheless, Anna still tried to get out of the forest using her instincts. But she only circled around the place. When it finally got dark Anna's heart skipped a beat, remembering the myth of the forbidden forest. Anna cried while calling her aunt's name maryam and she also felt sorry why she had been careless in following the golden deer.

Meanwhile, Aunt Maryam, who had just realised that she was no longer with Anna, was suddenly anxious and tried to find her niece, but since it was late afternoon she was forced to leave the forest and contact people in the village to ask for help looking for her dear niece Anna.

But none of the villagers wanted to go down to the forest because it was already nightfall. Merdka truly believed in the myth of the witch and her child appearing in the forest at nightfall. Maryam's aunt could only cry bitterly remembering anna who had disappeared in the forest. She felt very anxious.

In the forest with the dark night atmosphere Anna tried to survive, while praying that help would arrive. Anna sat under a tree trunk while hugging her legs. The sounds of the forest's night animals frightened her even more. Suddenly Anna saw the reappearance of the golden deer she had been chasing, the deer seemed to be leading her somewhere.

Anna then stood up and tried to walk closer to the golden deer, she slowly followed the golden deer who walked towards a place. Anna followed the direction of the golden deer, without realising that Anna was already at the mouth of a cave.

Anna slowly entered the cave and found two golden-coloured deer, but one of the male deer was injured, his body was pierced by an arrow, Anna felt very sorry for the deer, she then helped remove the arrow from the wounded deer's body. Then after it was successful, Anna tried to clean the wound with water droplets in the cave. Anna also gave the gazelle a drink.

Furthermore, because of fatigue, Anna rested and fell asleep in the cave. Until finally morning came. Anna woke up hearing birdsong, outside the cave, she felt very happy because morning had arrived and she would try to get out of this forest.

But Anna remembered the deer that she had missed last night, she checked the condition of the deer, it turned out that the deer's wound had not healed and looked very weak. Then Anna decided to leave the cave and look for leaves to mix to treat the deer's wounds. Incidentally, Anna also knew about the herbal medicine that her aunt used to make.

After getting the herbal medicine and mixing it, Anna applied the medicine on the wound on the golden deer's body. Anna did not decide to leave the forest because she wanted to take care of the deer until it recovered. Meanwhile, the female antelope, the injured antelope's mate, stayed by the male antelope's side.

As the days passed, Anna spent a week in the forest, befriending and caring for the male deer...until finally the wound on the deer's body recovered. Anna, who loves animals, was happy to know that the deer had recovered.

Anna also decided to find a way out of the forest and let the two deer return to their home. Anna had missed her aunt very much. That night it rained heavily, and Anna talked to the two deer who had become her new best friends since being in the forest. She says they are going to part, and Anna strokes the male antelope who has recovered. The gazelle seems to understand and looks at Anna gently as if to say thank you.

Then because of the cold weather anna fell asleep, but in her dream she met a beautiful woman who was dressed in golden clothes, the woman in her dream approached anna, she smiled gently and said thank you. "Anna you have a sincere heart, thank you for your kindness in taking care of and saving my mate the deer don't ". She took Anna's hand and left a gold ring for Anna. Anna was silent and confused. Who was this woman? Is she the female gazelle of the male gazelle's mate? Then the beautiful woman said, anna you can use this ring when you need it, just say your wish and hold it tightly.

But before Anna could ask, the woman had moved away and disappeared. Anna woke up from her sleep, she looked around, it turned out that the two golden deer had left. Anna was also surprised to see that the ring she saw in her dream was now actually in her hand. It was a beautiful, shiny gold ring.

Anna then put the ring on her finger, although she was still confused as to why her dream seemed to be real. Anna then got up and left the cave, she planned to find a way out of this forest.

Meanwhile in her village, Anna's aunt felt very sad because Anna had not returned home until now, the villagers had also been looking for her but a week passed and Anna was still nowhere to be found. She can only pray and surrender at this time.

Anna again explored the forest and hoped to find a way out of the forest, but two days had passed and Anna had not found a bright spot. The day turned into afternoon and night came again.

This night it rained heavily, making anna again have to look for the right shelter, suddenly anna saw an old castle-like building. Although afraid, Anna was forced to walk towards the castle door. She hoped that there would be someone inside who she could ask for help. Anna also wanted permission to take shelter. With her body drenched in rain, Anna tried to knock on the castle door. But before she could knock, the door opened, and she saw the creepy atmosphere inside the castle.

Suddenly she heard the sound of the wind and she saw a white-haired woman with a stick flying towards Anna. Anna was in shock and she just gaped. The woman was right in front of her. The figure of the woman was an old grandmother she smiled creepily then said "what are you doing here? "

Anna unconsciously bit her lip hard and gripped her hands tightly. She said to the woman "who are you"? The woman smiled again and this time looked even scarier in anna's eyes. "I am a resident of this forest ".
Then she saw one of the rooms in the castle suddenly opened, a man with a creepy face and a deformed eye appeared. The man's stature was tall and his skin had greenish scales, and his hair was long. On his head was a pair of horns. His eyes were red and his teeth had long fangs.

Nervously anna matched the two creepy figures, it felt like anna immediately wanted to faint. In addition, the sound of thunder that struck deafened the atmosphere even more scary, anna felt very scared, but she tried to control herself. In her heart she whispered "I have to be brave and find a way to escape from here ".

The old woman seemed to be able to read Anna's mind, "Don't think about running away from us ", the woman said, laughing. Then the woman said to the creepy man, "We're going to have a feast tonight, how lucky we are to have such delicious food coming to us ".

They looked at anna, with a savage grin. Anna felt very scared this time and she realised that this was the forest dweller that the people in the village had told her about.
people in the village. It turned out that the story was true. Anna felt her life was on the line and she cried as she remembered her aunt. She would never see her dear aunt again.

The two creepy figures came to Anna, and immediately Anna reflexively grasped both hands tightly and did not feel she touched the golden ring that she got from the mysterious figure in her dream. She remembered the woman's words that she could use her gold ring.

Anna then uttered her wish "I want to survive and live, I want to get out of this forest " while whispering and touching the ring, suddenly a sparkling light came out and formed a shield to protect Anna's body. The old woman and the monster man could not touch her. They just bounced away.

Anna was surprised by the golden shield of light that appeared to protect her. The two creepy figures were angry and increasingly wanted to get anna for their prey. They moved anna backwards and they ran to lunge at her and catch her. But suddenly a golden shadow of a male golden deer appeared with its golden light, it fought the mosnter and woman in the castle. The fierce resistance lasted until they finally lost and were destroyed by the figure of the golden male deer.

Anna felt helplessly shocked at what was unfolding before her, as if she had dreamt of having survived the forest-dwelling monster. She was grateful to have survived. The shadowy figure of the golden deer disappeared. Before leaving he said "anna tomorrow come out of the forest walk towards the east, if you lose your way then point the gold ring it will show you the way, it is your heart that has saved you Anna, Keep spreading kindness and sincerity to others wherever you are, because strength will be present through sincerity. you are like this gold ring anna your kindness is valuable and priceless"

My message 'don't tell anyone the events you experienced while in this forest. The gold ring on your finger will no longer be magical when you leave the forest. The ring is just a piece of jewellery you can use for your own needs", said the figure before he vanished into thin air. What a mysterious and mystical figure.

Before she knew it morning had come, anna rushed out and followed the clues she got last night, she walked north, based on the sunlight anna determined the direction of the east. She had walked a long way when she was confused about the direction she then rubbed her gold ring and a light appeared showing her which way to walk.

After a long journey with many obstacles in the undergrowth, in the late afternoon Anna finally arrived back at the edge of the forest where she used to pick medicinal plants with her aunt. When she reached her usual forest area, Anna burst into tears and continued walking until she was out of the forest before nightfall.

As she walked into her village, anna met the villagers who were astonished, but immediately helped anna, who was very weak . Anna was taken home to her aunt's house. Her aunt welcomed her with sobs. All the villagers were happy that Anna had returned safely.

After 3 days at home again, anna recovered her condition, she also remembered well the message from the mysterious figure. That she should not tell about what she experienced in the forest. She then glanced at her finger, a gold ring that she had obtained in a strange way but had saved her life. Anna rubbed the gold ring and promised to resume her life better. Anna was grateful to have met the mysterious golden deer that had saved her life.

The point of this story is that the good we do with sincerity will lead us to other good things, the good that is kept in the heart is like precious jewellery. Never get tired of doing good and spreading kindness to others.

This is the fiction story I wrote as my active participation in the contest. I also invite my active steemians friends to enliven this contest @suboohi @paholags @sduttaskitchen here is the contest link

That's all and see you again. Have a nice day!!

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