Rannie
Mystery Strength

Piiiiipppp..... Piiiiipppp.... Piiiiiipppp..

The dazzling light came out of nowhere with a high speed and was punctuated with a huge bang. Ranni tried to avoid the light because it seemed like it would kill her.

Booms......... Braaaaaackd..... Ciiiiittt......

A moment of silence hugged Ranni with someone in a car with the condition that had been reversed. They just had a terrible accident. Not far from the car that Ranni was riding there was a truck and bus whose condition was very destroyed.

Slowly the sound of a faint cry awakens a lonely night.

Ranni tried to feel her surroundings, her hearing, and her vision were not normal at the time.

"Kadrishka.... Kaaakkk." he tried to wake someone in the car with a hoarse voice that sounded like he was trying to endure pain.

There was no response from that person but he kept trying to wake her up. When Ranni was already very desperate the figure suddenly held her hand.

"Don't be afraid.., I'm here.." the figure stroked Ranni's hair then clasped her hands.

Ranni also clasped the figure's hand and tried to keep breathing.

"Ran.., right now it's time I leave you but I won't let you die. You must forget all these things. I will bring your soul back at any cost. Sleep for a long time." the figure spoke as if he were dying.

Hix... Hix... Hix...

"Yawkk... Kaaakkkk. Do not leave Ranni.." she tried to hold the hand of the figure that began to cool down while sobbing.

The sound of people running, the sound of crying, the sound of ambulance cars, and the sound of police cars managed to make him fall asleep.

"Sister, don't leave me...."

All over Ranni's body was filled with sweat. He continued to shiver and speak an obscure language. The dream this time was very bad but it was not just a dream.

His memory slowly returned....

"I WILL KILL YOU RANNI...!!!"

"All will be well" someone came and hugged her...

"REA.........!"

AAAAAAAA.......

Ranni opened her eyes quickly and was frightened.

"Whatis that? Why do dreams seem so vivid?" he got up from his sleep and hugged his knees while recalling the dream.

He held onto his chest, his body responding to every memory of the events in his dream.

"What exactly happened to me?" he tried to control his breath.

For a time that keeps turning. I know there's a secret you want to give me. You must have wanted me to solve an event that was never resolved. But why keep it a secret and tell me randomly? Why not clarify it?

I suddenly woke up to this world in the same form. Before that I felt two other lives. I met a lot of people. And met some of them in every life I went through.

What exactly do you want to show me?

If I kill myself now, will you wake me up again in another life?

What do you look like in time?

Who created you?

Why do you always leave me?

Come see me quickly, I have a lot of questions for you....

Ranni sat staring beside her bed while observing the clock on the wall whose needle kept turning and making a tickling sound.

"I will be awake until tomorrow." he smiled bitterly and took his phone.

He checks his social media and sees the latest info on cyberspace.

Ding..... Dong....

Chat from Ella in.

You haven't slept?

I can't sleep...

Think what come....

Ella teases.

I don't think anything..

Short reply.

Why not sleep?

I just slept awake😒

Ihhhh, crashing. Sleep there again...

You are not sleeping either..

I'm just going to bed, hehehe...

Good night 😚😚

Ranni observes Ella's message without replying.

If only he could be born as someone else and live like everyone else without the shadow of a cruel past. Also strange memories that are still a mystery.

"I'm sorry I envy you, Ell. Why is God so unfair when it comes to sharing happiness?" he observes Elli's photo and throws her phone against the wall.

How long has time been making up stories?

This time the title was very strange and could make everyone shiver.

The title is rotting bark.

The sun is back. Ranni got up from her seat and opened the window of her room.

"Good morning time.., From today on I will always greet you in the morning and narrate all the events I have experienced with you. I'll make you fall in love with me so you don't keep torturing me and tell me about your secret immediately" she muttered inwardly with a smile.

"That's....! Are you awake?" Ranni's mother knocked on her bedroom door.

"Yes mother." she replied quietly as she walked towards the door to open it.

"Same mother Dad wants to go out maybe we will stay for a few days" he explained as he rubbed Ranni's hair.

"It's okay, ma'am, I'll take Arsal with Elli to sleep" he smiled spoiled.

"Are you careful?" His mother looked at him gently.

"Ready Mother" she raised her hand like she was honoring a flag.

"Mother is ready for breakfast later you have breakfast by yourself?" he smiled and stroked Ranni's head.

"Mother can I ask?" he looked at his mother seriously.

"Ask What dear?" replied Mother.

"Have I ever been in an accident?" he looked deeply at his mother.

"The incident has passed, son, you forget it.." he replied with a worried expression.

"Oh... Yes Bu" Ranni stopped asking and obeyed her mother, she did not want to make her mother worry anymore.

The dream he had last night was a memory he lost and it really happened. He had to figure out for himself the incident so as not to make the other person worried.

Ranni observes exiting the car window all the way to campus. Today must have had a lot of surprises.

"Ran..., do you have any ideas?" Ella approached.

"What idea?" he asked back.

"When you forget, we have to make music for Mulan" Ella pinched her cheek.

"I was lazy to think about it" he bowed his head to the table.

"Ran.." he yelled spoiled while tickling Ranni.

"You don't ask me the same I asked Arsal there!" He tried to avoid Ella.

"It seems like her spirit that yesterday had dimmed" she spoke inwardly while watching Ranni who was covering her head using her bag.

"What should I do?" Ella tried to think of something to make Ranni regained her spirit.

Oh... Ja....

"Ran..., finish college we go to the music room yuk.." she whispered in Ranni's ear.

"Well?" he answered lazily.

"Well... Practice, said my friend Zyin often visit the room to play the piano" he smiled waiting for Ranni's reaction.

"Okay.., all we invite Arsal" he immediately raised his head and looked at Ella with sparkling eyes.

"OK.." he smiled with satisfaction.

"Ran..., you like Zyin, right? It seems like you really are my old best friend Ranni, even though your memory is gone but your heart still remembers it" she spoke inwardly while looking at Rani with a sad look.

"Eh..., why do you think I'm so rich?" he hit Ella on the head with his pen.

"Heheheheheh.., no really" she turned her eyes away with a small laugh.

"Ell..., can I ask you something?" he asked in a serious tone.

"What?" Ella watched.

"Am I in a coma after a car accident?" his face looks curious.

"That's...., Ran. Mother.." she replied hesitantly.

"You just have to say Yes or No, I'm not asking you to be clear" she smiled.

Ella nodded slowly while bowed. He seemed afraid to tell Ranni about the incident.

"What are you talking about seriously?" Arsal came and melted the tense atmosphere between them.

"No, we were just talking about the plan Mulan had assigned us. Isn't it Ran?" he smiled as if nothing had happened.

"Mmmm..." Ranni nodded slowly with a blank look.

Arsal scanned them and narrowed his eyes. He knew they must be discussing something sensitive just that he didn't ask that out of fear of making them feel bad.

"Okay, regarding the plan for the music design I've found a good solution" Arsal spoke to them excitedly.

"What?" Ella asked enthusiastically.

Ranni just fell silent with a blank look, she did not respond to Arsal.

Arsal let out a long breath.

"We're going to play a violin, how do you agree?" ask Arsal.

"Biola skirt? I can't play it. Your idea isn't cool" Ella denied.

"I agree, Violin has a good sound and can convey well the feelings of his players. I once cried listening to a man play the violin" he looked up at them.

"But Ran.., I have never touched the violin at all let alone played it. Do you know?" he spoke while scratching his head.

"Not yet..," he smiled ignorantly.

"Finally a smile too" Arsal thought.

"I can't play the violin, but I'll try" he said confidently.

"Alright.., I followed the most votes. We can definitely melt Mulan's heart" Ella embraced her two best friends.