Merdeka Stories

"Apakah negeri ini sudah merdeka?" Pertanyaan itu selalu terlontar tiap tahunnya, setiap kali tanggal 17 Agustus tiba. Ada yang menjawab sudah, ada yang menjawab belum, dan ada juga yang menjawab tidak tahu. Namun, sebenarnya apa makna dari kata 'merdeka' itu sendiri? Cerpen ini akan mengisahkan seorang remaja SMA bernama Agni yang menjalani hidupnya di tengah situasi yang tidak mengenakkan dan sedang mencari arti sebenarnya dari kata 'merdeka'. "Kita terlahir untuk menjadi bangsa yang membawa obor di tengah kegelapan malam. Bangsa yang tidak kenal lelah, tidak kenal kata menyerah, dan tidak kenal kata berhenti. Sebuah bangsa yang tidak hanya besar saja, tapi juga mampu merdeka di tengah belenggu kegelapan dan masalah."

Description A special story in celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day made by me. This story is consist of all about Indonesia in Independence Day.

As the title suggests, this was originally written for a Malaysian, but, sadly, it was rejected. And, then, i thought it was the perfect story for one of the most important days in Malaysian history, HARI KEMERDEKAAN. It has been edited a tad, so that it fits more with the spirit of being a Malaysian story. Not an Indian story. Though I like to use the label "Indian", I do feel like I am more Malaysian than I am Indian. Is that sad? Absolutely not. That is who I am. And nothing in the world can change my mind about that. To all my fellow Malaysian homies out there, stay strong. And believe that change can come if we initiate it. Let's all change Malaysia for the better. It is possible and I will do anything I can to push our country into a better future. This goes out to all my youth fam. If you dislike Syed Saddiq, make another party that you think will be better. To my homies in Sabah, I hope you vote for the right government. I really do. For your sake. A government that will not steal and proceed to disappear. A government that won't take away your right to be open minded and happy in your own state. To ma homie Tunku Abdul Rahman, may you be at peace and may your intended legacy for Malaysia come true <3 HAVE A WONDERFUL MERDEKA DAY CELEBRATION EVERYONE

*CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT* *Special thanks to @Oceane_Breeze - aka Oceane Graphics - for the amazing cover! A few months ago, Callie woke up in the bed of a hospital, with no memory of how she grew up. She was a strange charity case for a higher-class Liken family, and in all the scramble, ended up with two adopted brothers, two adopted parents, and a mechanical leg to take after her amputated one. Callie was told that her own mother had disowned her and that her biological brothers were still trapped in the blocked off, Independent Township of Syphen, an underground city lying underneath Liken. She had no reason to question her unfamiliar background, until she finds her own way down to Syphen and remembers. Remembers Law 32.

[ 𝐓𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐥𝐮𝐤𝐧𝐲𝐚] ••• "Gue minta lo tutup mulut tentang kejadian malem ini" Jawab gadis itu serius, raut wajah yang terlihat panik dan kaget itu menjadi satu. ••• "Mau nunggu sampe kapan lo disini?" Tanya Ravel, namun nadanya tidak terdengar seperti pertanyaan melainkan pemaksaan. "Udah, lo kalo mau ke sekolah berangkat aja sono" "Gue ngga suka ditolak, Ra" Shit! tidak bisa dipungkuri bahwa Ahra memang membutuhkan tumpangan sekarang, ia tidak pernah telat berangkat sekolah, murid sepertinya harusnya sudah sampai di sekolah daritadi. Mobil mogok dan Ravel, sepertinya ini sengaja Tuhan siapkan untuknya. "Ikut gue atau gue sebar berita kalo Ahra yang mereka kenal murid teladan ternyata Ketua geng motor terkenal?" ••• Disini Gue ngga tau apa yang sebenarnya terjadi, gue ngga tau se banyak apa Tuhan bikin kejutan di perjalanan hidup gue kedepan, Se Hebat apapun nantinya, Se sulit apapun, Gue harap kalian tetep ada disini, njalanin semuanya bareng bareng sama gue, sama kita semua. ••• STORY RANGKING #22 IN GengMotor [15/10/22] #17 IN Indonesia [26/10/22]