The Wrath Earth
It happens many times in Indonesia, but let's skip all those yesterdays and begin last November. One of my nightmare was happened that day and it's everyone's nightmare I guess, an incident that left a deep mark on our memory, a mother's tears breaking out because losing her child, a laborer who lost his livelihood and one thing that hurts the most is this incident destroyed thousands of memories that we built in this small town, including our homes, schools and playgrounds.
On a sunny morning after spending the week, as usual our school always holds a flag ceremony before starting lessons on Monday, I always line up beside my chairmate Luna we have been friends since the first day of school and coincidentally Luna is my neighbor at home, every day we walk to go to school. After class I rushed home to see my bed which seemed to be calling me to sleep on, my body felt tired after a day of done activities outside. During my sleep, I heard voices of people arguing, I woke up and it was true that the voice was real, not just my dream, likely the source of the sound was from the next house, it’s Luna’s house my school mate, after I woke up then continued sleep and intended to ask the Luna tomorrow at school.
The next day, Luna and I met in front of the house getting ready to go to school. On our way to school I asked her about what I heard yesterday
"What happened yesterday at your house, I heard like someone was fighting because the voice was heard up to my house?”
"Nothing happened, I was just joking with my mom, you know that she really has a big voice so she sounds like someone who is angry, don’t worry"
After hearing Luna's answer, I felt relieved, but I felt like there was something Luna was hiding from me, but I didn't want to think too long, it was their family's business.
When arrived at school, we studied as usual I sat next to Luna, today she seemed unenthusiastic like a person who had a lot of thoughts, was restless and occasionally she lowered her head to the table and I thought maybe she was just tired, ignoring yesterday's incident that I heard at her house. Mr.Fahri came to our table tapping Luna's shoulder thinking she was asleep in class with the aim of waking her up, Luna lifted her head and it turned out that her face was already wet with tears, Mr.Fahri and I were confused and he asked her
"What's wrong with you Luna?" she was silent while shaking her head,
"If you're sick, you can just rest at the school health unit"
and I was take her to the school health unit, after taking her there I didn't want to talk much and make her feel uncomfortable, I went straight back to class again to continue my lessons. I was confused about what really happened to Luna, I am sure that there is something was wrong with her, but she did not told me at all about the real situation. the bell to go home rang, I rushed to pick up Luna and took her home, When I arrived at Luna's house, I met her mom and told her about her daughter’s condition. Unexpectedly, her mom got angry and kicked me out. I was scared and in a hurry to go home, walked for a while to get home, still wearing my school uniform, I told my mother about Luna's condition and her mother's bad behavior earlier, but my mother said do not mind people's business, I was confused about who else that I should tell about this to uncover what really happened to my bestfriend.