Imperfect
Karya: Gevy Rizki Maulidia VII H
The sun’s rays shone on the mushroom house of a rich fairy girl named Cherry. The cold air instantly vanished as it was hit by the warm, sparkling rays. Inside the mushroom house, there she is—Cherry. She looks like a typical quiet, diligent, and cold girl. But there’s one thing that makes Cherry feel out of place among the other fairies—her wings. Fairies often call it “imperfect” or sometimes “the disgrace of the noble family.”
The reason why her wings are called “imperfect” or “ugly” is because they are dark green with a black shade. Fairies often say that if a fairy child is born with imperfect wings, they are cursed and would become a bad fairy when they are adults.
Cherry pretends that it doesn’t hurt her feelings but often fails miserably, which causes more gossip and mockery.
Today is Tuesday, which means school again after the long Monday yesterday. Cherry is already outside, waiting for her mother to come out and give her a hug before she goes. Then the door opens—there is her mother. She gives her a hug before she goes and tells her to stay safe and not make trouble at school. Cherry nods and walks away.
As she walks in the settlement, she immediately becomes the topic of the whispering neighbors. Cherry ignores them because she has already endured this multiple times. As she reaches the gate of the fairy school, she hesitates but steps forward. Inside, as usual, students are bustling around, teachers are preparing for classes, and locker-slamming sounds are everywhere. But Cherry is here, trying to find her friends—her sincere friends who befriend her not because she is rich.
She goes to her locker, places her bag inside, and takes some notebooks and a pen. Then she walks to the hallway. The students there immediately avoid her, but then a hand touches her shoulder. Behind her are her friends: Amiya, Suhan, and Lucas. They are Cherry’s friends who willingly befriend her. Then they walk to class together. Amiya chats about the magic lesson, Lucas gestures while talking, while Cherry and Suhan listen to both of them.
They are very good friends to each other. They support each other, even when one of them makes a mistake, even when one of them is loud, even when one of them is imperfect. They are always there for each other—always.
They walk to the courtyard because the first period is flying training. But there’s something wrong in the courtyard—many students look panicked and gather around. Suhan asks one of the students what happened. Then, the student points to a big, tall tree in the middle of the courtyard. It turns out there is a fairy girl stuck up there, and she cannot go down because her wing are badly injured.
Seeing that, Amiya immediately wants to fly to the girl, but before she can lift herself, Cherry holds her wrist to stop her because up there, there is a power pole, and that power pole might be the reason why the girl’s wings were injured.
So, Cherry asks the other three to make a plan first. Lucas says that if they climb the tree, it would be dangerous because the tree is very tall, and if they stop on one of the branches, it might crack because it cannot handle their weight. But if they just fly upwards, it will be more dangerous because the power pole is big and the cables are very close to each other, which could electrocute them.
But then, Cherry remembers something—her curse. It makes her wings almost immune to anything, even electricity. So, she tells her friends that she will fly up there alone to save the girl. And her friends agree.
Cherry immediately flies upwards toward the girl. When she reaches her, Cherry covers the girl with her left wing so that she doesn’t get electrocuted. When they get down, the students there applaud for Cherry for the very first time. It seems like they assumed the wrong things because they thought the cursed, imperfect fairy was a burden.
Her friends smile and feel happy for her that now people don’t see her as a monster anymore.
Moral of the story: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
