"AHHH!!!" A child rolled down from the small mountain nearby. The child rubbed her head and searched for her pet, a baby golden chick and a small baby lizard.
"Where's Garuda and Komodo?" The girl asked herself, with no one around, she's the only one here, or maybe, in this area. Other areas are crowded. She searched everywhere. After a few while, she sobbed quietly. Until, a tall man appeared in front of her. This man has spiky blonde hair, a scar on his forehead, he was wearing a blue scarf with a white stripe, a creamy brown coat and blue long pants. The man extended a hand
"Hey, are you okay, child?" The man said softly. The child took his hand and began to stop crying
"I-i-i-i lost my pet chick and lizard..." The child sobbed, The man looked at her and smiled. As he picked something from his pocket. It was a chick
"Is this your friend?" The child looked up and it was her pet indeed. It had golden feathers, with a ribbon attached to its little leg
"And I think, that's yours too" The man pointed at a lizard with a red and white ribbon attached to it. The girl rushed over it and petted it
"Thank you sir..." The child whispered. She sat down and decided to play with her pets. The man looked at her with pity in his eyes and extended his hand again
"You must've been lonely up here, and you must be the new country, right? I'm Netherlands, I will take care of you from now on so that you won't be lonely again..." Netherlands smiled at the girl, she sought kindness in his eyes, so she accepted the man's hands
"I'm Indonesia! I'm a nation of many island, some called me 'Jamrud Khatulistiwa'" Indonesia lended her hand out and reached out Netherland's
"Alright, Indo, come with me..."
He came, while you weren't there...
The arrival of the Portugese, 16th century
"ARGH!" There, Indonesia saw it all... Ternate, Ambon, and Solor falling and crumbling from Portugal's grasp... Flores and Timor were young, the two keep holding their hands till the end, hoping that Portugal would spare them
That was the day he saved me, until...
1602, East-Indies Dutch Federation, Founding Of Batavia
"JAYAKARTA!" Indonesia kneeled down and started shaking her brother frantically
"Indonesia, I want you to run and take your brothers and sisters with you..." Jayakarta coughed harshly, what came out was blood, many blood spilled
"B-b-but I can't leave you, Batavia needs you back home..." Jayakarta pushed Indonesia away
"GO NOW! WARN THE OTHERS OF HIS ARRIVAL! GO!" With that, Indonesia left Jayakarta, while Jayakarta breathe in his last breath
I thought you cared about me... But, you don't... You only wanted money and fame... How could you...
And there's those two...
French And British Interlude, 1800
Daendels Era
"ALL HAIL YOUR MIGHTY RULER!" With that, Indonesia watched as how Daendels made many suffer, even her brothers and sisters, she couldn't take it, she wondered when will she be free
"Remember this Indo, you're under OUR rule now, and you can't do anything about it!" England said and threw Java to the ground, what Indonesia didn't expect from her sister's looks was the look of guilt
And I had thought that I was free after that, but you came and ruin it all...
Dutch Rule
"Give me all of your wealth, Indo! And I might spare you and your brother right here..." Netherlands pointed the gun towards Maluku's head
"Kak, j-j-jangan.."(Sister, d-d-don't) Maluku was shaking, he's terrified, with him being the land of wealth, he's the one who's going to be the dead one here. Well, it was a good life while it lasted
"Then, what shall it be, Indo?" Indonesia saw it in Maluku's eyes, not the fear of dying scares him, it's the fear of him losing his sister. Netherlands stood there, hand grasping Maluku's neck with the gun on his other hand, he's ready for anything Indonesia might threw in
"Take my wealth, but leave Maluku alone..."
"That's a good girl" With that Maluku was dragged by Netherlands towards God knows where. Indonesia fell on her knees. She lost her wealth, but more importantly, she lost Maluku to Dutch's rule
And you finally left, but he showed up as the foretold 'Chosen one'
Arrival of the Japanese
Japan stepped foot on Maluku with the whole Japanese army chasing Netherlands away. He turned his back and saw Maluku, Ambon, and the whole citizen of Maluku kneeling in front of him and praising him
"What is arr this?" Japan asked with a curious tone, he came as a threat but was greeted nicely by locals, even their personification? Indonesia really is airheaded
"You're the foretold hero that's gonna chase away every invader from Indonesia, the foretold 'Lime skinned man from the East', you've chased them away, we humble you" With that, Japan thought ruling this country is gonna be easy as a piece of cake
He betray us once again, using lies to receive our empathy, 'Long lost cousin' he say? More like 'Long lost criminal'
Japanese rule
"What have you gain today?" Japan asked while looking down the poor and starving Sulawesi people. One of them finally spoke
"W-w-we don't have anything, it's not harvesting seasons yet sir"
"Nothing? Well I guess if I received nothing, you know what's the punishment for that?" Japan took out his sword and pointed it at a woman carrying her child. He slashed, but someone stood in front of the woman.
"Nobody. Hurt. My. People" Sulawesi panted, her breath was short due to the pain on the chest. Japan stared at her with motionless eyes
"You can't save them, but you can join them" Japan kicked Sulawesi back. She fell on her knees while panting hard, if she won't do anything sooner or later, she might die
All Indonesia can do, was comfort South, North, and Middle Sulawesi while rocking the three's capital to calm them down. Manado cried the loudest, while Makassar and Palu sobbed quietly
But they who saved our country fought to their very last breath
South Sulawesi, Sultan Hassanuddin
"Take Makassar and go, South. I'll handle this" With that, South left the man with Makassar. Hassanuddin could only watch them leave
North Sulawesi, Sam Ratulangi
He was what people would call the ruler of the whole Sulawesi. Stood up strong facing dutch, with North Sulawesi and Manado by his side. He stood strong, ruling Sulawesi to their glory. Maybe the wisest. But, God had other plans
Maluku, Kapitan Pattimura
"I stood here for the people of Maluku!" Kapitan Pattimura moved towards the Dutch, Maluku and Ambon attacked alongside him too
Sword was heard clanging with sharpen bamboo
Java, Pangeran Diponegoro
Java lost yet another hero that saved her land, Pangeran Diponegoro was the one who had negotiated with the Dutch, but failed, as he was caught. He was brought and left in North Sulawesi, Manado. It's not because Java didn't trust North Sulawesi and Manado, it's just that she never really had thought that Diponegoro actually died in Makassar
Tuanku Imam Bonjol
He opposed them. Spreading religious studies to make those who believe. Who fought. Who lived pray to the Almighty One
R. A. Kartini
She rose as the woman that inspired many. The woman that made it all. The woman that gave all those other women pride. Dignity. Intelligence. Love. And other
Tiga Serangkai
They were the fathers of education. One betrayed his nation to make Indonesia the nation of many intelligent as well as the other two
It was long bloody. But it was worth it...
Time to plan for independence
Indonesia independence
"We promised Independence to Indonesia for we will fall sooner with America's bombing"
That was what Kuniaki Koiso said. It was finally time for independence! Everyone cheered. Japan made Badan Penyelidikan Usaha Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia (investigation agency preparations for Indonesian independence) and after that, they made Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia(Preparatory committee for Indonesian independence) The elders said that we need to wait for our independence, but the younger ones won't agree.
The younger generation kidnapped Soekarno, Hatta, and their families to Rengasdengklok, to prevent suspicion from Japan. It got bloody for a second. And it was time for independence
The proclamation was written and agreed on in General Maeda's house. It was supposed to be read in the Ikada field, but since Japan and his troops had guarded the place it was read in Soekarno's place
And it's independence for us! But you came in with those idiots
NICA and Netherlands
"GO! CHECK YOUR SURROUNDINGS! TERROR EVERY PLACE YOU'RE IN!" It scares Indonesia. As one by one, her citizens crumble. But she was not alone. Her little siblings had been standing behind her
"Don't worry sis, we're ready" And that was all North Sulawesi said when all of them ran towards battle with sharpen bamboo and broken guns. They were ready
We fought for nationalism, this time, we're ready...
Fall of the United States Of The Republic Of Indonesia
"We refused to be their puppet!"
"We want nationalism!"
"Long live Indonesia!"
"Chase them away! Make Indonesia better!"
Those words came from East Java's citizen as well as East Java. They desperately wanted their old life eh? So we will fight for it
He was heroic... They were heroic
Heroic War in Surabaya
Surabaya stood his place with a sharpen bamboo on one hand. Blood covered his land. It was horrible. Surabaya advance one more time
The red and white event in Manado
Manado and North Sulawesi were unarmed. But they still have Japan's broken weapons. So maybe. Just maybe. They can scare them away. And it worked. They all advanced in one with the Indonesian flag on their hands
Bandung, the sea of flames
The Military aggression was launched one more time, burning him and Bandung got hit by it. He's burning. But he stood pround in the middle of the fire. That's when they call it the sea of fire
Peace was just a step away...
Linggarjati Conference
England gathered Indonesia and Netherlands together. To make a peace treaty. The treaty was for the two nations to ceasefire. But Indonesia disagree, as she wanted Independence
Roem Royen Conference
This time, other allies had helped out, but she wanted Independence
The round table conference
Britain read out the allies well written treaty. Indonesia agreed to all of those, but disagree as her brother, West Irian would be in the hands of the dutch. She left
Then rise the Nefo and Oldefo...
Indonesia foreign conflict
As the foreigners tried to effect Indonesia into using their liberal rules. But it was nothing like her old rules. She refused and joined the Nefo(New established Force). Even if it contained communist, she had no choice
I regret it, my head was pounding, but then she made it worse...
Indonesia-Malaysia conflict
"I wanted to build a union. But I will need your help, Philippines!" Philippines froze, he wasn't ready for that. He refused to join forces with Malaysia. But Malaysia never gave up. She claimed North Kalimantan, and it made Indonesia sick. They went on a conflict
You united nations never really cared about my feelings... You just had to make her one of the higher ups
Indonesia left United Nation
"I refuse to work with my enemy as my higher ups! Never!" And Indonesia left and seek out help from the communist
It worked out... But we had enough of communist... Now we want them to leave...
Indonesia Communist Partition
Many innocent souls were killed, and it was all thanks to those damned communist
It was over... We joined the UN once again... But there's still one problem
The fight for west Irian
"We want Dutch to leave!" The crowd as they were sick of the Dutch's attempt in making Irian theirs. Netherlands gave them two choice
1) Become One with the Dutch army. They will be rich
2) Become One with Indonesia. They will be poor
And the answer was unexpected
"We want to be with Indonesia!" And it was granted
Everything was perfect, finally... But have we reached our real independence yet?
Timor Leste
In Timor Leste, many blood were splattered as Timor's attempt in independence. But Timor finally got what he had wanted for a long time thanks to Habibie
The presidents were great...
Soekarno... Soeharto... Habibie... Gusdur... Megawati... Susilo... Jokowi...
But there's still problem lingering today
Conflict for Ahok
A man known to be great towards Jakarta, threatened to be hung if he became prime minister. And it was still a conflict
Have we reached Independence yet? I don't think so... So when...
When will we have our true independence?
Have we even reach our unity in diversity?