THE SHOOTING STAR

Zhao YunLan's spirit burning inside the guardian lantern that stands in one of the four pillars that supports DiXing's world. He is dying to hold the torturing sensation in the whole of his body. Zhao YunLan already died countless times, yet he was reborn every time. Nobody knows for how many millennia does this situation had occurred and for how long it will be taken. The brave man who used to be the leader of the guardian now let his spirit burn down to provide the proper life for the Dixing people.

No matter how strong, in a certain time, some people will get weakened. So that Zhao YunLan, the only reason he is willing to come through this hell is just a hope that one day he will see the love of his life once more. Dreams for the miracle, that is the time when Zhao YunLan looks in the sky. Somehow his eyes caught a magical yet unusual scenery, a very beautiful shooting star.

Zhao YunLan snorts as he whispers slowly, 'The shooting star...Haha...Let's make a wish...' He said slowly as his consciousness started to wear away, 'I wish that there was no meteor hit this land...I wish there was no war among HaiXing, Yashou, and DiXing...I wish that every tribe can live in peace together forever...' Slowly his laughter diminished as he started to lose his consciousness once more, 'Shen Wei...' These were the last words he whispered before his consciousness dissipated.

Suddenly, every clock rotates irregularly on the whole HaiXing planet. The giant clock pointers in the DiJun palace move backward, making everybody frightened. A mysterious mist engulfing the whole land sends the darkness in every nook, and along with the dissipation of the mist slowly, another light illuminates.

Zhao YunLan opens his eyes but they are stung by a light that makes him lift his hand to hold the brightness. His body feels so light, with no burning pain sensation along the torso. 'Am I in heaven? Can I see Shen Wei now?' He whispered while closing his eyes.

'Ge! How long you will keep sleeping!?' A light male voice chirping around him, Zhao YunLan frowned a little. 'Ge!' Again, the voice is heard but now someone shakes his body.

Zhao YunLan opens his eyes just to find a handsome younger man in front of him, 'Gosh!' He shouted, 'Who...Who are you!?'

Instead of answering, the young man moves backward, frowns, and looks at Zhao YunLan as if there is something wrong with him. Zhao YunLan stands up, looks at his surrounding, and just realize that he is not inside the lantern anymore.

'Where am I?' Zhao YunLan asked, but again, the young man looks at him but this time with deep concern.

'Ge, are you alright?' He asked.

'MingAn, where is your brother?' Suddenly a familiar voice echoed in the hallway, 'YunLan, you awake?' Zhao XinChi showed up.

'Pa...' Zhao YunLan stunned.

'What took you so long?' Zhao XinChi looks at Zhao YunLan confusedly, 'Mama already waiting for us downstairs to breakfast...'

'Mama?' Zhao YunLan frowned.

'What happens?' Zhao XinChi also frowned.

'Papa...' Zhao MingAn grabbed his father's arm and whispered something.

'Huh?' Zhao XinChi frowned, 'Are you sure?'

Zhao MingAn nods then glances at Zhao YunLan, 'Broken heart is quite something...GeGe lost his mind. Papa...We have to give him more space...'

'Broken heart!?' Zhao YunLan is even more confused, 'What broken heart!? Who are you anyway!?' He glared at Zhao MingAn.

But Zhao XinChi and Zhao MingAn both glance at each other understandingly. Zhao XinChi slowly pats his elder son's shoulder, 'Son...I know what you have been through. Betrayal is indeed not easy to handle...If you want to talk...Please, free to come to me...'

Now Zhao YunLan is dumbfounded, his father talks to him properly like this? Giving him time, smiling and warm. Is his father possessed? No! Zhao XinChi is a stubborn old man with an overbearing character. Then what makes his changes?

'Speaking of possessed...Zhang Zhi...' Zhao YunLan's eyes widened. 'You are not my father! My father will push me to talk...He will not listen to "no" as an answer...Who the h*ll are you!?'

'YunLan...' Zhao XinChi seems so confused.

Surprisingly, Zhao YunLan jumps to attack the old man and strangle him. 'Talk! Who are you!'

'Yu...Yun...YunLan...' Zhao XinChi stuttered amidst his choked breath.

'Talk! Who the h*ll are you!' Zhao YunLan refused to let go.

'Ge! You'll kill our father!' Zhao MingAn tried hard to help the helpless Zhao XinChi, 'Ma! Mama!' He shouted as he is very panicked.

Shen Xi runs upstairs soon after she heard her youngest son's scream and when she saw her eldest son strangle her husband, she turns frantic. She pulls Zhao YunLan with the help of Zhao MingAn and slaps the man. 'Zhao YunLan, that is enough!' She shouted, 'I know you are ashamed of your father because he is just a lowly repairman. But, to do as far as to kill him. I, Shen Xi, his wife will never allow you to!'

'Ma...' Zhao YunLan was stunned when he saw the lady, his beloved mother who was killed by a DiXing man because his father pushed the man to the edge. 'Mama...' Ignoring every word the lady just said, Zhao YunLan walks to hug his mother.

'Don't touch me!' Shen Xi slapped the open hands that were ready to hug her, 'After you strangled my husband, how you wish me to forgive you!?'

'Ma...' Zhao YunLan stunned.

'Wife...Don't too hard to him...'

'Don't too hard to him!?' Shen Xi shouted even louder, 'This is happening because you spoiled him too much! Look at him! He is already this big, not even a single diploma that he gets. Never think about work just having fun all the time with his friends. Look at his appearance! Nothing decent! What are you!? A rock star!?'

Shen Xi talks so fast, making Zhao YunLan lose his words. He can't help but scrutiny his surroundings. What Shen Xi said is all true. There are so many rock stars posters on the room's wall, this room is messy with black color domination. Huge television with DVD-Player and DVDs scattered around it messily, an expensive electric guitar with the newest amplifier. Zhao YunLan turns to the mirror and sees his clothes, he gaps as he is so hated what he saw.

'Wife...YunLan is a broken heart right now. He is not in his right mind...' Once more Zhao XinChi tried to persuade his wife.

'It's not strange! What kind of girl who willing to be his couple!?' Shen Xi replied mercilessly, 'Zhu Hong is a good girl, niece of the snake tribe's leader. How long she can withstand the relationship with our useless son!?'

Well, now Zhao YunLan is dumbfounded. How does his mother know about HaiXing's top-secret? And what about him and Zhu Hong? They were in a relationship? And that Zhu Hong dares to betray him? What the hell is going on around this planet?

'Wife...Even Zhu Hong is a good girl, she still betrayed our son...'

'Don't you dare to defend him in front of me! I have enough!' Shen Xi is shouted and leaves the spot directly.

'Wife...'

'Pa...That is enough. Let's come down...' Zhao MingAn takes his father's hands.

'YunLan...If you already feel better, just get down...' Zhao XinChi patted his eldest son's shoulder once more.

After his family left him, Zhao YunLan is fell to his bed. What is this? What was happening? Is this even real?

'Wait...Wait...Wait...' Zhao YunLan gulped, 'This is a nightmare...Yes...This is definitely a nightmare...'

Morning turns to noon, Zhao YunLan just thudded over the bed. He waiting the time he will wake up from this nightmare but it seems he waste his time in vain. Anxious, Zhao YunLan stands up, grabs a coat, and walks downstairs.

In the dining room and the living room, he can't find anybody so Zhao YunLan strides outside but when he passed a small room near the entrance, he is halted. Zhao XinChi is indeed just a repairman, many broken electronic devices line up in the small room while the old man sits at the table, under the bright light, repairing something. His face is very serious, repairing here and there.

'Husband...I bring you milk...' Shen Xi came close to her husband from another entrance. Zhao YunLan quickly hides as he doesn't want to get caught.

'Wife...Thank you...' Zhao XinChi stopped his work and drinks the milk.

'Is it done?' Shen Xi asked.

'A little bit more...' Zhao XinChi replied, 'You go get rest! You already work so hard today...'

'What are you talking about? I'm just a housewife, what kind of work did I do?' Shen Xi answered back, 'Husband...Would you mind if I sell cakes? Yesterday, Mrs. Shen said that she'd like to order some cakes that I made...'

'You can do whatever you like, but don't be too tired...' Zhao XinChi said warmly.

Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath. When was the last time he ever dreams of this such warmth, but it seems no god ever heard his prayers. Waste no time, He reaches the door and goes outside.

At a glance, there is no difference between this Dragon City and the Dragon City that he knows. He sees many people doing their activities normally. The office workers drive their cars, several housewives chit-chat in the neighborhood, the children go back from school with their bikes, some of them stop in the food stall and buy food. Everything looks like normal town life.

Zhao YunLan sits on the bench in the park nearby, tries to figure out what really happens to him. He is in his deepest thought when suddenly, he heard a lady's scream.

'Help! He takes my purse!'

Zhao YunLan stands up abruptly, his instinct as the guardian is rung on his head. He sees the man who runs passing him with a woman's purse. Zhao YunLan is just about to catch the bad guy when the guy suddenly turns his body and shapeshifting into a raven. 'Yashou...' He mumbled in surprise. Zhao YunLan is still not finished with his astonishment when someone passed him at a high speed and catches the raven before it has time to fly away.

'You have guts to do a crime in my territory, young man!' An old familiar voice wakens Zhao YunLan up from his daze.

'Old Wu...' He gaps in disbelief.

'Ahh...Xiao Lan! How are you?' The old man asked cheerfully.

Well, that is odd. The a-hundred-steps-a-day Old Wu was never called him that way. Besides Old Wu was dead already, YeZun killed him when the man almost came out from the pillar of the sky.

'Xiao Lan, I'll see you again later after I'm finished with this scoundrel. Okay?' Old Wu smiling friendly just like usual.

Zhao YunLan nodded awkwardly as the reply. Honestly, he is still stunned by the fact that a Yashou dares to shapeshift openly, and oddly, nobody even shouted for that as if they've been used to seeing something like this. Zhao YunLan sits back to the bench, slowly rubbing his face with his two palms. No matter how he refuses to admit it, this whole planet is real. Then how? How can it turn like this?

'This is not the illusion created by Dixing people, is it?' Zhao YunLan perplexed, 'No...It's impossible...There is no power of DiXing people that can manipulate the lantern of the guardian...' He answered his own question. 'The shooting star...' Zhao YunLan muttered, but then he snorts. 'Haha...Haha...No...No...No...That's impossible...' However, his logic and reality do not match one another. 'Is it?'

Zhao YunLan sighs once more when a familiar voice shouts out behind him, 'Ah Bai...Ah Bao! Come fast! Catch daddy!'

'Da Qing...' Zhao YunLan muttered.

When he turns around, he saw Da Qing running along the grass with two mini-Da Qing chase after the man. Zhao YunLan is just about to call out for Da Qing when suddenly Da Qing runs and turns himself into a cat in broad daylight, his children also shapeshifting almost at the same time.

'Da Ge! Don't be too fast! The kids can not catch you...' Another familiar voice was heard from behind them, Da Ji walks with her big tummy.

'What a happy family...' An old lady greeted Da Ji. 'Even though General Manager Da is very busy but he always had time to play with them...'

Da Ji chuckle happily when she heard it, 'My husband loves children...'

'Wh...Wh...What...!?' Now Zhao YunLan is speechless since when did Da Qing loves children? Suddenly a revelation hits him, Da Qing just like his father is not the man's old self that he knew once. The lovely family that he has now, the happy and cheerful Da Qing. Are they turning into someone else or this is the manifestation of the hidden them? They hid them as they were forced to face the war with the Dixing people.

Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath and starts to see around him. As HaiXing people, DiXing people, and Yashou tribes living together on this planet peacefully just like his request. As everything is changing, of course, everyone will change accordingly. Now he has a humble but warm family. His mother and father live happily and love each other, not to mention a little brother that he used to never had. Da Qing is married and has children, maybe every member of SID also has their own happy life now. So what else that he could wish that better than this? 'Zhao YunLan...Zhao YunLan...It's time to accept everything and start a new life...' Sighs heavily he mutters, 'Hey, Shen Wei...How's your life in this world?'

That night, Zhao YunLan return home. Zhao XinChi stands outside, his eyes taking a look at his surroundings as if he is waiting for someone. Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath, 'Pa...' He calls out of his father.

'YunLan! You're home?' Zhao XinChi looks so happy so which makes Zhao YunLan's heart pained. 'Have you eaten something? Your mother cooks something delicious...'

'Pa...'

'What is it?' Zhao XinChi asked.

Zhao YunLan is about to say something but he discontinues it, 'Nothing. Let's eat...'

The shooting star, the meteor. In Latin Meteora, meaning "Phenomena of the Heaven". When gods pry open the cosmic to peer down at the earth. I wish everything I see will be a good starting point...

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