Unravelling Fate

01: Happy Ever After

chapter one;
happy ever after

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EVERY once upon a time could end with either a happily ever after or to be continued.

But you know there were also those stories that concluded with an ending that would make you shout of unfairness, and with a knotted forehead asking a question to why it ended that way, or why it made you cry so hard for someone who doesn't even exist in this world.

For me who was always tired of this world that seemed like I didn't belong into, I didn't need to end my novel like that. I just wanted to end it in a simple way where the characters were happy.

Stress na nga ako sa tunay na buhay pati ba naman sa ending no'ng kwento ko mai-stress pa ako? H'wag na 'no. At least, my characters have that happy-ever-after, that I had no certainty of obtaining in this life.

Napangiti na lang ako nang palihim at saka napaunat. I finally finished this novel I had been writing since who-knows-when, it probably took years. And I was finally done with it! Hindi ko alam kung may nagbabasa ba nitong kwentong 'to, pero kahit gano'n masaya na ako na natapos 'to.

What an achievement for the good for nothing me. I stared at my finished novel for quite a while, but then just decided to be contented with it.

Inilipat ko na lang kaagad 'yong tab no'ng laptop at saka pumunta sa ibang social media sites. I also tried to browse to watch some movies. I busied myself to not think of anything that would make me sad.

And I ended up choosing a comedy movie. I was having a good laugh while watching it alone, when some notification popped up. I stopped the movie, because it was the site where I published my novel.

Nanlaki kaagad ang mga mata ko no'ng may makitang may nag-comment sa ending no'ng novel na kaka-post ko lang kanina!

"Oh my gosh, may nagbasa!" mahinang bulong ko sa tuwa. I didn't expect that at all, and it was like my heart jumped with just one single comment. But before reading it, I prayed that it wouldn't be some kind of bad comment.

Nilakasan ko ang loob at marahang binuksan ang mga mata para makita kung ano 'yong comment sa story ko. Halos lumabas na yata 'yong puso ko sa dibdib sa kaba sa simpleng comment na 'yon. Geez, ganito pala pakiramdam no'n.

silentlips: aw, this ended already. it was so good! pero parang may kulang sa ending? hindi ba sila nagkaanak otor? :(

A smile curled through my lips because of the comment! Hindi ko alam pero ang saya na may lihim palang nag-aabang no'ng sinusulat ko. I was happy that even one reader reached to the ending. I mean, who would even read a novel that took years to finish, and no one was really interested in?

This novel was really a good escape for me.

I breathed in and out and I thought of what to reply.

This novel that I wrote, was actually like a compilation of my dreams. I didn't know when I started dreaming of it. Maybe when I was young? I always dreamed of it, but it was always blurry. But as my birthdays passed, it became more vivid.

I was kinda freaked out when I first realized I could retain the details of my dreams clearly.

I thought I was a freak that my so-called family always labeled me. Takot ako no'ng una, pero sa huli bigla akong nasanay. Parang naging normal na sa akin 'yong mga panaginip na 'yon. And the dreams were really interesting, so I shrugged it off.

Ironically, that supposed to be weird phenomenon was the thing that made me sane from all the things that I had been experiencing in my life.