“Wake up!”, I heard a voice. “Wake up idiot!” – It was my childhood friend’s. “Hics, you can’t die~~” Why is she crying I wonder. Oh yeah, I think I just died, I’m probably at deaths door now. But, why is it suddenly so bright? All of a sudden a bright light flashes blinding everything. “WAKE UP!” I suddenly hear a loud voice beside me that forces me to wake up.

“Geez, you should’ve woken up sooner, or I won’t have to shout near your ears” says the girl beside me looking angry. “Wait is it just a dream?” I asked her.

“What? Of course, it’s a dream! Are you still daydreaming right now?” she asked angrily.

“Haha, yeah I think I just had an awful dream” I said happily.

“Huh? You’re weird, well the foods ready so you better come down”

The girl suddenly left the room still looking angry towards me for not waking up earlier. That girl just now was my childhood friend, Sarah. Even though she is never like that, she suddenly became like an elder sister type because of an accident that involved me in the past. Oh yeah, I haven’t introduced myself. My name is Agung, it’s translated as “The Great” in my language. Even though my name is a good-looking name, my personality is far more opposite than it.

“Yes, I’m a very lazy person and I’m proud of it.” says me with a very happy grin on my face. I was a child from a conglomerate family. Yes, I “was” from a conglomerate family, but my family now have left the world and I’m the only survivor from my family. It is because of a certain accident in the past that my family suddenly got wiped out from the face of the earth, it might seem crazy, but it is true. Because of that accident, I was taken in by Sarah’s family and suddenly, she also became a very elderly-sister type of a girl. I know she is doing it for me but why do I feel that it making my heart hurts even more. After sometimes reminiscing about the past I got out of my bed and started walking towards the door, so that I can take my breakfast.

After I got out of the door, I heard someone shouting “Hurry up and come down!” it was the sound of my childhood friend, Sarah. “Yeah, yeah, stop yelling already! – I replied. As soon as I shout back, I immediately go down through the stairs in my right.

“Finally! How long should we wait for you so that we can eat?!” Sarah shouts angrily.

“Sorry-sorry, I was having a really good dream before your shouting woke me up” I replied.

Suddenly a man voice interrupted us “Now-now, you should be getting along. I know this is a custom for you two to argue in the morning, but now it is time for us to eat. Prepare the plates dear!” Said the man.

“Yes dear!” replied the woman next to the kitchen’s table preparing the plates. They both are Sarah’s parent, Surjaksono and Maria, but now I just call them mom and dad because they are a parent-like figure for me because I don’t have any family anymore.

“Ok, the food’s ready! Everyone go to the dining table!” Shout mom.

“Ok!” We replied. After we sat down, father began asking question “So how was your sleep Agung? I heard from Sarah that you suddenly said weird things after you got up. Did anything happen in your dream?”.

“Nah, nothing really. It’s only a dream where I met a little boy.” I replied.

“Really? Just met a little boy? You didn’t see anything else” Father eagerly asked me.

“Nope, not at all” I gave a quick reply.

“I must be imagining things then.” Father sighed happily.

“Even though I said that, you still have to do better than that Agung. To make a girl worry for you like that just because of a dream. Being a man you should protect her at all cost and not making her worry all right?” Said Father with a teasing look.

“Papa! You know I’m older than him! I’m still his only elder sister even though we are not that different in age!” Sarah shouted angrily. After Sarah shouts, everyone began laughing and then began eating. It was a cheerful breakfast. After we ate, Mother asked us to do some shopping and to come home before it is late. We agreed and just right after that mom gave us money for us to buy the goods. After she gave us money, we set off.

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“Ahhh, what a nice weather today and the town looked nice as usual.” Said Sarah happily.

“Yeah it’s just the same old scenery everyday” I replied.

“Sigh, why are you so gloomy in the morning?” She asked.

“Well, you know me, I’m your average lazy looking guy.” I replied without hesitant. After that I got smacked in the back of the head by Sarah.

“C’mon! We gotta buy the goods that mom gave us before it is late!” said Sarah. I agreed and after that we set off. The town that we grew up in is called Kendimadu. A peaceful town that is widely-known for its honey. People from all over the place is visiting this town just for the honey and thus the street will usually be crowded with people from all over the place.

“As usual it’s crowded here.” Said me while sighing sadly.

“Oh, c’mon! Because of this our town now became a really flourished town! We didn’t have to suffer from poverty thanks to this!” Said Sarah Happily. After we got the goods, Sarah suddenly asked me to follow her to our secret place, a place where we first met and where we first shared our happy moments together. Because of that, we must run fast enough because we don’t want to be late for dinner.

After we got there, Sarah suddenly asked me “Hey do you remember the first time we met in here?”.

“Yeah I do remember it.” I replied.

“Back then you always looked at me with a friendly looking eye, but because of that incident your eyes now became so sad and your personality also changes. Even though it’s a trauma for you, I still don’t want to see you like this. I miss the happy looking face that you always have.” Said Sarah while making a regretful face.

“Stop it. The past is in the past. Even though it is indeed a tragic incident, it is in the past and what you see in me today is the path that I chose to walk. Even if you’re gonna force me to change myself, I will still not do it.” I said to Sarah.

“Yeah, I know. Changing you is impossible for me and that is a fact. But you know Agung? Even if you change I will still like you.” Said Sarah.

“Huh? Sarah did you hit your head or something?” I asked. “Silly, this is my true feelings. Do you know that you have saved me countless times after we met? So even if you change yourself, even if you’re not the same you that I know. I will stay beside you.” Said Sarah happily.

“Sarah…. I too..” Just before I got to finish my sentence, suddenly we heard the emergency evacuation bell.

“What’s happening in town? Sarah sorry but we gotta go to town!”.

“Okay!” Sarah replied. After that we run as fast as we could until we reach town.

After we got to town, what we see is a living hell. “DEMONS! THE DEMONS HAVE COME!” said an injured fleeing townsman. What we saw was a slaughter fest by the demons against the townspeople. Everyone is being killed one by one by the army of demons that suddenly came. Remains of people heads are everywhere. Bodies of children are being eaten by the demons, women got captured and toyed with, and all the men can do is watch, wait and tortured, till they got killed. “N-no…” said Sarah with a scared face.

“Sarah, we have to go back home! Our parents are there! I can’t afford to lose anymore family members!” I shouted. Sarah reluctantly nodded and after that we ran straight towards our house avoiding demons in the way. After we got there, what we see is what we feared. Our house was broken apart and….. we have found the head remains of our father and mother. The rest of their bodies is unknown. “N-no….. We were too late” I said with a shocked face.

“NOOOOO! FATHER!!! MOTHER!!!!” Sarah shouted. “Calm down Sarah! If you shout now the demons will hear us!” But after saying that, my fear has come true. A demon suddenly found us and is slowly approaching us. “Sarah, you have to run! If I can hold him here even just a little bit, you can get away safely!” I told Sarah.

“N-no, my body can’t move.” Said Sarah while trembling with fear.

“Shit if that the case then..” Before I can even finish my sentence, the demon have suddenly appeared behind me. “No! Sarah RUN NOW!” I shouted.

Sarah suddenly stood up and ran for her life while for me I’m gonna hold the demon as hard as I can. “Human child, you dare go against me?” Asked the demon.

“I’m not gonna let anymore of my family member dies again!” I replied. Suddenly the demon vanished and came back with Sarah, lifeless. “N-no… even Sarah….” I suddenly trembled in fear. “I cannot even protect her….” I mumbled to myself.

“Do you see now? This is the power difference between you and me. Even if you stood up for her and gave your life to protect her, I can still go and catch up to her to kill her. AHAHAHAH! I never got tired of seeing a humans hope got crushed just like that! Now human child, die for me and become my food.” Said the demon.

“You BASTAARD!!” I shouted while charging to attack him. But alas, it is to no avail. Just after I charged, my body suddenly feel numb, and I saw blood pouring over my body. The demon had already attacked me while I was charging at him. I cannot even match to 1/5 of a demon’s speed. After that my sight went blur, my body shakes because of the pain, I can’t hear anything, and finally I fell. Suddenly after I fell, I saw the child-looking figure in my dream. He said the exact same thing again to me, but this time it was when I was at the ground and this is the real life.

“You are the one, the one who will bring calamity and peace with him. Don’t be afraid of today, be afraid of tomorrow. For once the day has come, you will bring forth the fate of the world with you.”. After hearing him saying that, all my surrounding went black and I passed out.