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There was once a village attacked by a huge and monstrous sea serpent. It destroyed the village's plains, trees and most of the houses in it. The sea serpent kept attacking for the next three days until it finally spoke to the village people. The destroyer wanted the village to offer a virgin woman after every three full moons and if they do that the sea creature would leave the village unharmed. And so, the village people did what the serpent wants for almost a decade now. The village had a better life and the continuous offering was still done. The village people never wanted to turn against the sea serpent, simply because the creature was strong enough to destroy the village, their living and their families. And no matter what other offerings the village gave the serpent, it still wants someone from their village. Until on the 50th offering of the village, a masked warrior appeared and tried fighting the sea serpent. The warrior shoots arrow with blazing fire using the bow to the serpent's body, endless times until the sea serpent falls down to the water. Everyone was shocked and happy for the success of the warrior in defeating the monster. And then the warrior asked the village people to follow him to his ship. The warrior let the people see the true form of the serpent. The village people were all shocked to see a costumed sea serpent and underneath it are pirates. Then the warrior unveiled his self to the people and it was a woman after all. She declared what the pirates were doing to the offered women, making them slaves, they were punished and raped. And she was one of them, one who got her knees and guts all together to figure out a way to escape. Once she was free, she swore to stop the pirates from all their wrong doings. The village people were so grateful for her. And so they went to the pirates' hidden place and destroyed all their stuffs and freed all their loved ones and children.

One happy ending story from my hero isn't it?

Sometimes the worst fear can kill all the energy and spirit of fighting you have inside yourself. But that's how fear goes, as long as you have it, it can destroy everything within you that will lead you to destroying others as well.
This is how I was touched by someone dear to me. Someone willing to risk. Someone strong enough to fight his own fears even how difficult it gets.
How I wish someday I could tell this to his face. Someday.