The Man Who Gave Up On Everything

Once upon a time, there was a man who lived at the end of the street with his cats. His name is Tim. He lived alone for ten years ever since his parents died when he was only 7 months old. Back then, he lived with his uncle until he decided to move out at the age of 20 to find something he sought for years; inner peace. 

He has been growing crops. He didn't have everything, but everything was enough for him. He eats from what his hands had planted, from what his crops had produced. He sleeps with his cats. Sometimes he feeds his cats with his hand, hugged them and cared for them like nothing else matters. As if he has already found the diamonds of his hearts. He found his inner peace. This, is his inner peace. He thought he lived happily. But not for long.

One evening, he went into the forest to get his things as he always does. Then he stumbled upon an injured baby bear with blood and wounds around its neck. And so he made his decision to bring home that bear to take care of it since it was alone for quite sometimes in the forest.

Later, that baby bear cried forever in the middle of the night. And to his surprise, the mother of that poor baby bear came. She broke his door with her mighty force and attacked Tim. Tim's cats rushed to protect him but all of them died in the great battle. He lost them all in a blink of an eye. In the aftermath, the mother bear took her baby and went out of his house and tried to run back into the forest. 

Tim broke his left leg and he has a lot of bear bites around his body. He knew he has nothing left for him. Everything was ruined. Fueled with rage and anger, Tim took his gun and went after the bears with his broken leg. His blood trailed along his way.

He saw the bears not far from him. It took him a moment. He took a deep breath. Probably the last one. Tear drops from his eyes. BAM! The bears fell down. The bullet went through its heart. It screamed in pain. And eventually gone in the middle of the night.

Tim's rage fades slowly. His body fell down. He has no more energy left. Blood keeps coming out of his wounds. And he knew his time has arrived. The night ended with the moon witnessing his last breath. Was it courage or was it hatred?

This is the tale of Tim; the man who sought inner peace gave up on everything.

Darkshine

Chapter 1

Battle of Dolosus

"You might have everyone else backing you up! But what you did will come back haunting you!"

"Oh please. Say whatever you wish. I already won this battle."

"No you don't. You are just sickening me. I don't even bother fighting you."

Furious with Angela's word, Robin quickly grab his diamond sword and swung it to Angela's head. But Angela was so much faster than Robin. He didn't even see she has already stood behind him. The only thing that is in Robin's mind was: "What the heck? How could she move so fast?" He could only see wind and dead leaves howling slow off the ground as she moved through the thin air and suddenly appeared behind him.

Angela holds her hands behind her and her body leaned forward close to Robin's left ear. "Don't make me do this!" She is basically hasn't done anything. Battle is not something she favors. But she doesn't like to be challenged too. People don't know how far she could go. Her potential hasn't been tapped by anyone, or anything. She's the one that doesn't let her talent and skills shine. Not just yet.

Robin punched Angela in her face. Quite a few times. He didn't hold it back. He felt so powerful getting her like that. Felt like his power flow throughout his body and such energy, so eternal. That time, Angela didn't dodge. She didn't take the chance. Her body fell a few meters away from Robin and her face kissed the ground. It didn't hurt her, but she was somehow overwhelmed.

Robin. He might have a good personality thus people like and admire him but he is a traitor. When his master chose Angela but not him, he poisoned him in his food. So much for power and fame. He stole his master's diamond sword and intend to use it to free up his friends whom was once caught by Jing Koh and imprisoned in a place only the four masters know. Perhaps he thought by freeing his friends he might get more support and power to achieve his dream on immortality.

"Your dirty secrets may not known to many, but your intentions are pure evil. Stop before you regret it, Robin!" Angela took her head up slowly. She looked at Robin's eyes. That look was something. It wasn't hatred and it wasn't anger - it was more like sympathy. Angela is having sympathy for Robin. 

"Shut up!" Robin shouted and ran towards Angela. He wants to put the sword into her heart. He is showing no mercy. Anger and rage filled his entire blood.

"I said stop!" Angela stood up in a second and swung both of her hands towards Robin and a black shield appeared between them. It was so dark that nothing can be seen through it. Not even light. Robin ran so fast he hit the shield and was reflected away. His sword flew in the air for a few seconds and half of it fell directly into the ground. Robin was critically wounded. His right arm is bleeding.

Angela took the sword and levitates towards Robin. "This is nothing you deserve!" She throw the sword into the sky and it disappeared, engulfed in black shield, just like the one Angela created earlier. Just that this time, it is created high up in the sky. She looked directly into Robin's eyes: "Give up while you still can!" She turned her back and walked away - leaving Robin with his injured arm behind.

Robin might have learnt from the master many things but he is impatient. He is greedy and selfish. He whispered to himself:

"Never!"

Misguided

There are events that happened in our life that we do not like. But Allah did not create those events without us getting anything from it. Perhaps sometimes we thought we only get sufferings from it but believe me, there will always be something that we can learn. Something that we'll only get after it had long passed, after we had sit down and find our own selves.

Often, we are not lost, we are just misguided.