Changing Destiny: The Goddess

Chapters 1. Disreputation

The baby's soft caress hit the face of the Goddess who was sitting on a wooden chair in the backyard. The blow felt so fresh and soothing. Accompanied by the sound of crickets lodged in the ground as if increasingly adding to the atmosphere of the night filled with silence.

It sips mineral water that is in the grasp and instantly gives the sensation of a fresh taste that flows through the esophagus. Occasionally he inhaled a deep breath to fill his chest cavities with oxygen which became one of the most important parts of the life cycle.

Sayup-sayup still sounds boisterous sound of an ear-splitting musical instrument. As a sign that the music entertainment on the front page there is still not finished and will still continue until midnight. The goddess, who is done with her task, prefers to be alone in a place that is not too crowded like this while waiting for the manager to give sweat results in selling the sound.

"This is your reward!"

The sudden arrival of a thirty-five-year-old man before the Goddess of success left him aghast for a moment. He was too surprised when several hundred thousand pieces of money hit his face.

Five hundred thousand pieces of money were simply thrown in front of the face of the Goddess. He slightly gasped and was stunned when he saw the red banknotes began to fall and scatter on the ground. He got up from his position and then crouched down to pick up sheet after sheet of the glowing red money.

"Why should you throw Bang? Can't you give it away properly?"

With a slightly broken feeling, the Goddess picked up the red sheets. His heart seemed to be torn because in this way the manager of the malay orchestra which became his place to give the results of his sweat. It's very inhumane. As if what he had offered in totality, only getting a maki scornful reply and nothing at all.

"No need to overdo it Dew. That's a very ordinary thing for me to do. So, you don't have to be surprised like that."

The goddess counted back the red sheets she collected from the ground. His forehead frowned along with the amount of wages he received increasingly fewer and fewer days.

"Five hundred thousand? T-this isn't wrong Bang? I usually get a million for one gig, right? However, this is why only five hundred thousand?"

Not one bit dazed in the mind of the Goddess not to be grateful. However, what this Heaven gave him seemed to force him to become someone who was kufr.

"Don't protest too much, Dew. It's worth giving to you. Than nothing."

"But Bang, this is very little. Moreover, I saw a lot of spectators who gave a saweran. Am I not entitled to it either?"

Gelak Laughter of Sky which is the manager of a Malay orchestra where being a place where the Goddess took shelter to channel the talent she has is heard blaring.

"Goddess, Goddess .. What did you say? Asking for some saweran money?"

The goddess nodded her head steadily. He felt entitled to get the saweran considering when he was on stage a moment ago, not least also he received a saweran from the visitors. But in fact after the money he collected into one with another singer, he did not receive it back at all.

"Yes Bang, where is the money that was given to me? Why didn't I get it at all?"

Like someone who was enjoying a dish of ludruk, the sky increasingly hardened his laughter. The man's stomach seemed to be shaken all out by something ridiculous that made him unable to stop the laughter.

"Goddess, Goddess, don't dream of you. Until whenever you will never get that saweran. And do you want to know why?"

The goddess was a little flabbergasted. He really did not understand what this manager meant. "What is the reason for Bang? Why can't I just enjoy the money?"

"But Bang ...."

"Ahhh. I don't want to argue with you. If you want to earn more money and not be penniless like this, for example Adelia and Amara. With a perfect posture like them, will greatly determine the bargaining price of this Malay orchestra. Certainly at a high bargaining price."

The sky swung the legs to get closer to the Goddess. The man looked down at the figure of the woman before him.

"Conscious, you are just a swollen elephant who should be grateful that I gave you a place to take shelter. Also do not forget, your selling value is not high compared to Adelia and Amara. So that you should be grateful to get the five hundred thousand wage. Whether or not you are in this malay orchestra of mine, will have no influence. You are just a figurine of the sparkling entertainment world like this. And until whenever you are never the main character. Understood?"

The Goddess' chest seemed to be rumbling violently. He clenched his palms tightly due to the overflow of emotions that had filled the chest cavities and flowed throughout the body to make his throat choked. He could no longer speak to reply to the sharp tongue of this man. Without further ado he swung his hand and....

Plaque!!!

A loud slap, successfully landed on Sky's cheek. The man immediately complained while turning his face after the sensation of pain began to spread to meet the nerves in the cheek.

"Peach your mouth Bang. It's not appropriate for you to call me a swollen elephant. That's been so outrageous."

While holding his cheek, Sky again stared fixedly at the face of the woman who had dared to slap him with a ferocious look. Highlight his eyes appear to be aiming like a wild animal that is looking for prey to be able to eat to make his stomach feel satisfied. Both of his eyeballs bandaged along with the side of his cheeks that felt increasingly hot.

Plaque!!!

"Basic does not know thank you. You forget now you get money and can support your mother and sister because of whom? Because I'm Dew. I am willing to invite you to join the Malay orchestra I built. Don't you realize that without me, you would only be a burden on society and the country for not having a high selling point, huh? If there was no me, you would have been hanging back and forth to seek mercy from others because no place would accept you. It's all because of what? Because of your body which is exactly this swollen elephant!"

Plaque!!!

"Your Path Bang. I am also a human being with feelings. Your words are like the words of a man who is immoral and uneducated. Remember Bang, I will prove to you that I can be the Goddess who shines with my own footstool. And it will certainly silence dirty mouths like this one of yours."

The sky smiled obliquely. The word that came out of the lips of this Goddess only made her sense of hearing increasingly noisy. No wonder if arguing with the Goddess always makes her head feel dizzy.

"If the dream is not too high. The fall will hurt. Where there is your life will turn into the Goddess if your physical state is like this."

The goddess still stared fixedly at the face of Heaven without wanting to turn away. Speech from the mouth of this man is clearly included in the category of body shamming. He thought that if he had a lot of money, he would drag this man into the realm of law that would deter him and could only flinch. Stop berating and underestimating all forms of God's creation that are entrusted into the human body.

The sky paused his words as he stared fixedly at the tired face of this twenty-seven-year-old woman. The man continued his words.

"Oh, now I believe that you can become a Goddess. Namely Goddess elephant that has a heavy body weight."

Upon awakening, the Sky immediately passed leaving the Goddess who could only stand while staring at the back of the Sky which slowly disappeared in the swallow by night. Both legs of the Goddess felt vibrating accompanied by a slight shock in the body. Until in the end, he chose to shed his body on the ground when he felt the bones that make up the body frame were no longer able to support his body weight.

Netra that should sparkle because it has succeeded in entertaining the connoisseurs of Malay orchestra, which happens quite the opposite. He stared at the red sheets in his hand with a pushy look. His heart seemed to get bruised when the people around him looked down like a lump of burning garbage.

"Lord, does anyone still acknowledge my existence?"