Azeron's Point of View
"Sooner or later! Iiwan mo din ulit ako anak!" Mom smiled as she stroked my hair.
"Ofcourse not Ma!" I said.
I will not leave her. Now that she is with me again I will not let her leave. Not again!
"You will!" She said.
"Ma!" I disagree.
"I have been waiting a long time to be with Noah and you again! I am happy because you are already here." She tapped my shoulder. "You're not belong here! Someday! You will be the best leader or your own kingdom." She smiled as if she's dectating my future.
"Ma? What are you saying?" I asked her. Mom laughed and held my hand. "Well ! I wish I could be the real prince so that you're my first Queen."
"You were always be my prince, Azeron! You and Noah..." Hinaplos niya ang pisngi ko saka ito kinurot. Paborito niyang gawin iyon kahit noong buhay pa siya!
I always thought in my mind that when a person dies, they will have a place to start. There they will wait for their loved ones to be reunited. At ngayon mukhang totoo nga dahil nayayakap at nakasama ko na ngayon si Mommy. I don't want to lose her again.
Sasamahan ko siyang harapin ang bukas at paghihintay na makasama na rin namin si Dad at Noah.
"And Dad is your king?" I asked her. Hindi siya agad sumagot sa tanong ko ngunit ngumiti siya.
"Eli is my savior... He always been my first man. He's one of my king." She answered me carefully.
"One of your king? Who is the other one? Don't tell me may iba pa!" Natatawa ko siyang binalingan. "And why are you calling Dad, Eli?"
Tinawanan niya muna ako bago nagsalita. "Eli is his name... Short for Elizalde Cruiez." wika niya.
"At hindi ko iyon alam?" nagtatampo kong wika.
Am I that often in my room so I don't know that? Now I can prove that my illness is really a cell because even my dad nickname hindi ko alam!
"Nakasimangot ka na naman... Tinatawag ko lang siya sa pangalang yan kapag kami lang dalawa..."
"Is that true?"
"Hmm... You look good now. Look at yourself! You can breathe easy! You are no longer struggling. You will not be pale either and you will not have the pain you need to worry about." Her smile widened as she said that.
"And I also slept without a ventilator attached to me." Dugtong ko sa sinabi niya.
Mom is right!
I feel like I'm free from the chains that bind me. Kaso nga lang nasa kabilang buhay na ako. Hindi ko na magagawang manligaw at magliwaliw. I looked around and I saw everyone was wearing a white clothes and there was a ring on their head except me. Napabuga ako ng hangin ng mapagtanto iyon.
"Kailangan mo ng bumalik sa kanila anak!" Mama pulled me to the end of the lowest stairs.
Everyone we passed by smiled at me and bowed as if they are saying Goodbye. We walked a long the staircase before we reached the end. It was clear and an old man was watching.
"What is this?" I asked Mom when she gave me the signal to go.
"You need to go back! You're not belong in the afterlife, Son!" She explained shortly.
"Mom? I remembered it clearly! I died the moment Athena stopped them to wake me up! And I also remembered the moment that my soul separated in my body."
