Short Story

Too Perfect To Be A Reality

Sunday morning, I went to my favorite cafe. I drank tea while I was reading my favorite novel “Believe”. I read it part by part. The novel tells about a girl who can do anything in her life, except one thing, she can’t escape from the destiny that she was a dragon. Even though she was a beautiful princess of kingdom, all prince adore her beauty, she was not just beauty outside but she was also had inner beauty. She had beautiful heart. Her name was Princess Batik.

At morning, she went riding in the tea garden that was full of buds of fresh tea leaves, it made the body and soul be calm when we breathe the air, that was far away from “pollution” word. There was a prince who was riding surrounding of buds of tea leaves. Suddenly my horse crassshh, my horse crashed his horse and I fell from my horse. Then the prince turn down from his horse and approached me then he said “Oh sorry, it’s my fault, are you hurt?” then I answered “No, it’s okay, I am fine”

“But your legs are hurt, look it's blooding”

He saved me by took care of my wound.

“It seems like my legs are getting better, thank you but I have to go home now”

Princess Batik went quickly.

“But wait, what’s your name? and where do you live?” the prince shouted.

“My name is Princess Batik and I live behind the hill” Princess Batik replied.

The prince smiled.

After she arrived at the castle in her room, she didn’t change into a dragon, she was still be human. She walked out to saw stars in the sky and says “Oh puppet fairy, is he the solution? Does he the answer of my pray every single day of my life?”.

In the next morning, she went back to the tea garden for riding. After she went around the entire of the tea garden, she met the prince.

“Princess Batik, we meet again”. The prince felt happy.

“Nice to meet you mr…” Princess Batik said.

“I apologize because I didn’t tell my name before”. The prince smiled.

“My name is Prince Wayang from the Kingdom of Angklung”. The prince talked.

“Wow he is a prince” she was saying in her heart.

After they talked for a long time, she asked him “What do you think about dragon?” then he answered, “Dragon is interesting but it’s dangerous”.

“Why” she said.

“Because it can make people around you get hurt”. Prince Wayang replied.

“I am sorry but I have to go” while she was going out.

“Wait! Princess Batik! What’s wrong? Why do you always say those words to me?” but she was keep going to the castle.

At night, she was still be a Princess Batik even what was just happened about Prince Wayang.

She opened the window and said “What happened to me? Why am I still be human? I am a princess not a dragon!”

Then the puppet fairy came with stars around her. She said “Princess Batik, you belong to be a princess not a dragon. Your real enemy is not something else but your enemy is yourself, try to feel yourself, calm yourself down, make yourself believe that you are a princess Batik not somebody else. If you believe, you will be”.

Then she realized that she had to love herself and believe in herself.

I had to pay the bill of tea. I went to home.

After I read that novel,  I keep thinking that I have to love myself and if I believe, I can do it.

When I was at home, I found a letter from Netherland that I got scholarship in Netherland. I was screaming “Oh God, it’s so exciting”.

Two months later.

“Oh God, mom, dad, my little brother, friend, nephew, I get scholarship in Netherland and I am studying in Netherland right now, it’s so exciting, I can’t believe that I’m actually here”.

Two months later.

Well, I met Indonesian man at the campus and we were friend in high school. He was continuing his study to S2 in Netherland. We get closer and closer then we decided to get in seriously relationship. We went to the campus together, we play chess every single day of our life in Netherland.

After we graduated, we went home to our lovely country, Indonesia. Then we got married and lived happily ever after.

Love yourself. Positive mindset. You just have to believe that you can do it.