SNOW WHITE TIME TRAVELER & THE SEVEN LOCALS

by Olga Docheva (United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Making a local connection Indonesia

Once upon a time there was a white as snow time traveler named Olga, who appeared in the magical Indonesian island: Gili Trawangan, stopped in time. There are no motor vehicles circulating; only bikes and horses. Olga made a full circle of the island in twenty minutes cycling, it’s that small. There between the dark and the light side of the island, opposite the magnificent Lombok’s mountains tops, where the water is crystal clear filled with ocean life and the beach is fairly empty, Olga was attracted by this 90’s blue colored beach bar with the unusual name ‘The Medical Center’, owning the serious slogan – ‘Look, family!’ The bar was a home of the seven locals: Daniel – the founder; The Doctor – the mushrooms specialist; Krishna – the fully tattooed exotic diver who spoke no English; Little Ficky – the funny translator; The Tall One – who was always there when you need him; Nimbim – the party animal and Deon – the lazy one. The specialty of the day was the famous magic mushroom shake. ‘A strong one’ – said Olga. The Doctor made it, whilst Daniel and Little Ficky were playing guitars, Deon was sleeping under a palm tree, The Tall One and Nimbim were cleaning the beach line and Krishna just came out of the water. After a few hours and couple of mushroom shakes, some swimming, dance and games ‘The Medical Center’ became Olga’s new home and the seven locals – her family. Time did not exist there… Little Ficky taught Olga in Indonesian words, The Doctor was taking care of the shakes; Olga was bringing travelers to try. Soon the spot had a new name: ‘Olga’s Mushrooms’. Olga fully embraced herself there. She and Krishna had started a communication beyond words. There was love between them and soon Dean has told the whole island they are a couple. Krishna made Olga a tattoo – a rose, which he called: ‘Freedom’ – something totally at odds with the end of this fairy tale. Krishna’s birthday, Olga invited him to a sunset boat party. Deon helped spreading the rumor that they are going for a romantic date. Krishna came to Olga’s hostel with a litter of magic shake. They drank it like dried camels within minutes and went to the party. It turned up to be the worst nightmare. The boat was driven by other locals that were not Krishna’s friends but his enemies. Something Olga didn’t know. It was obvious that the boat’s crew were making jokes on Krishna’s behalf throughout the whole journey. He was a local among locals treated as a tourist and this was not right according to their unwritten island code. The mushrooms tripped Olga in a stream of dark thoughts. This was the poisoned apple which led her to an irreversible unwanted depression. Olga was in the glass coffin of darkness with her feelings pulsating low – she thought she will never break free. She jumped off board just before the sunset died in the ocean to wash out her mind but pictures of the unsuccessful relationships kept popping. When they finally landed, Olga’s tears were dropping like hot rain to the dried Earth surface throughout the whole way to ‘The Medical Center’… There, Little Ficky helped Olga to express herself to Krishna. The seven locals tried different ways to fix her, but she was helpless. Finally, Krishna figured it out – he proposed a marriage. A MARRIAGE! Olga was shocked. Krishna was for real! She has realized how much in deep mud she is – ‘I gotta speak to my father. Can't answer now.’ she said. But Krishna kept insisting for her to stay in his place tonight… He kissed Olga for the first time. This was doubtlessly not her Prince! On the next day, she came to say goodbye – ‘I don’t belong here’ – she said. She lied. She did belong there but not as Krishna’s wife. ‘Freedom’ –and showed him the tattoo he made for her. Krishna understood. The snow white time traveler Olga broke the glass coffin without a Prince, the seven locals and she still keep in touch beyond time-space-reality. They will always be her island family but she got back to the future to find her Prince…