Fani: The Corpse, a New Beginning
September 2005, Denpasar, Bali. In front of a house, "Oeeek... oeeek... oeeek," the sound of a baby crying could be heard. An old couple who had no children opened their door and found a tiny, cute baby girl. Inside the baby's basket, there was only a piece of paper that read, "Please take care of her and love her." Both looked at the baby. Although cute and tiny, the baby's skin looked pale. Finally, they adopted the baby and named her Fani.
September 2010. Fani, now five years old, was actively playing, but her adoptive grandparents became worried because Fani's skin was getting paler and her eyes were turning red. One night, her grandmother caught Fani's head floating in the air while she was sleeping. However, unlike a 'leak' or 'kuyang' (Balinese mythical creatures) that carry internal organs out, only Fani's head floated, and her fangs protruded, though not as large as a typical 'kuyang' or 'leak'.
Her grandmother immediately took Fani to a well-known white magic practitioner. According to the practitioner, there was a very strong power within Fani, given directly by a terrifying eight-armed goddess with a long tongue and bulging eyes – an evil goddess who bestowed dark magic upon her worshipers. Hearing the practitioner's words, her grandmother became very worried about what would befall Fani. But the practitioner said that he was willing to accept Fani as a student to learn white spiritual science at his school.
The practitioner also told her grandmother not to worry; in fact, Fani had received abundant blessings since birth with that power, as long as she could control it. Finally, from that moment on, Fani began training at the school and living there to learn to control the power within her. Day by day, Fani was taught various things by her teacher while also attending school for her education. At school, Fani was often teased by her friends as a "corpse" because of her pale skin and red pupils. But they only went as far as teasing, not daring to act further.
Nevertheless, Fani was always alone and had no friends; she only had her grandfather, grandmother, and teacher. Ten years later, Fani could control the power within her without having to drink fresh blood, unless she used her power too often. She could transform into a fireball, turn into a cat, detach her head and fly away from her body, hover in the air, and shoot various beams from her eyes when her head was detached from her body. But among all these abilities, she could also make herself "normal," appearing to have fair skin and black eyes.
In addition, from her teacher, Fani also learned invulnerability to weapons and poison. Fani's abilities were already very high, and no one dared to mess with her in her city. After finishing her apprenticeship, Fani returned to her grandparents' house, who were now very old.
"Grandpa, Grandma... I'm home," Fani shouted when she arrived in front of the house.
"You're home, Fani," her grandfather replied.
"I've finished my training now, Grandpa," Fani replied.
"Good, that means you'll live here again now... with Grandpa and Grandma," her grandfather replied.
"Yes, Grandpa," Fani replied.
"Fani, help Grandma cook in the kitchen!" Grandma shouted from inside.
"Okay, Grandma!" Fani replied.
Fani immediately walked into the kitchen to help Grandma. Grandpa sat on the sofa in the living room. After finishing cooking, Fani came out carrying food and arranged it on the dining table for them to eat together. She saw Grandpa seemingly asleep on the sofa.
"Grandpa, why are you sleeping there?" Fani asked.
But there was no answer from her grandfather. Finally, Fani walked closer to her grandfather and looked at him. Grandpa seemed to be sleeping with his hands on his stomach. Since the food was ready and she was afraid it would get cold, Fani gently touched her grandfather's shoulder.
"Grandpa... Grandpa... the food is ready, let's eat," Fani invited.
Still, there was no answer from her grandfather. Fani, seeing her grandfather's expression, immediately checked his breathing and pulse. She saw her grandfather's face, which looked calm and slightly smiling. Tears immediately streamed down her face because her grandfather's pulse was gone, and he was no longer breathing. Fani immediately hugged her grandfather and shook his body.
"Grandpa... Grandpa... wake up, Grandpa, Fani just came home, Grandpa, why did you leave... wake up, Grandpa..." Fani cried, sobbing uncontrollably.
Hearing Fani's shouts, her grandmother ran out of the kitchen and approached them both. The grandmother saw that her grandfather was no longer moving. She cried but smiled, and slowly her hand caressed her grandfather's head, then she hugged him. The neighbors, who heard Fani's and Grandma's shouts and cries, rushed in and saw that Grandpa had passed away. They immediately offered condolences and assistance in the funeral process for Grandpa, because to the neighbors, Grandpa was a relatively important figure. Grandma agreed and gladly accepted help from the neighbors.
The funeral procession was carried out according to custom; the ceremony lasted for seven days. After that, Grandma and Fani scattered Grandpa's ashes into the sea to release Grandpa's spirit from worldliness and ease his return to the Almighty. But Fani's sadness did not end here. Three months later, exactly at the turn of the year, Grandma passed away to join Grandpa. Fani was sad again, and now she was all alone. After that, Fani lived her life alone; she went to school as usual and came home without going anywhere else. Finally, she decided to go back to the training school, but when she arrived there, her teacher was no longer there; he had gone to the next island to help someone there.
Fani returned home. She lived alone in her grandparents' house. Seeing and hearing her classmates often talk about the trending game on smartphones at that time, Fani, feeling lonely, tried it. She tried the FPS game that many people were playing and that was famous for always being a topic of discussion in her class. After creating an account and entering her username, which was 'corpse', she tried to enter any server she found. While playing, Fani looked tense and enjoyed it immensely. A smile formed on her tiny lips. Finally, Fani was no longer lonely and continued to play without stopping.
"This is so much fun, hehe, but can I use coins to buy skins? If I use diamonds, I have to use vouchers, but diamonds seem better... hmm... it makes me curious," Fani thought to herself.
"Just started playing, huh?" a message came in.
"Yeah, teach me," Fani replied.
"Wow, your username is handsome, hahahahaha," the incoming chat replied.
"Better than yours, Kalong, hehehe," Fani replied.
Thus began Fani's friendship with the player named 'Kalong', who was actually Diaz. After that, Diaz introduced Fani to his friend who often played with him, named Putih.