Wonderland Magical Academy: Escaping Darkness

Chapter 32: New Moon

CLAUSS

We went back on our posts. Lahat kami ay tahimik at maingat na nagmamasid sa buong paligid. Alas singko na. Lalong bumibigat ang tensiyon sa paligid. Unti-unti nang kinakain ng kadiliman ang liwanag. Walang liwanag na hatid ang bilog na buwan. It was like its light was already eaten by the darkness. It was a dark new moon. Maulap din ang kalangitan. Pakiramdam ko may mangyayari talagang hindi maganda.

Mabilis at malamig ang simoy ng hangin na tumatama sa balat ko. It made me more nervous. Lahat kami ay naghihintay. Lahat kami ay nakahanda na. Maging ang mga dragon ay lumilipad at nagmamatyag din sa buong paligid ng academy.

Walang eksaktong oras na ibinigay sa 'min si Frances. Hindi namin alam kung kailan lilitaw at susugod ang mga kalaban. And worst, we didn't know all our enemies. May iba pang kalaban maliban sa grupo nina Jeanne. It's bothering me especially the King of Darkness.

Hindi ko naiwasang alalahanin ang pinag-usapan namin kaninang umaga lalo na ang binanggit ni Frances.

"Everyone, listen. I visited the old library for the past few days. I did some research. Naalala ko na may isang libro na naglalaman ng ilang impormasyon tungkol sa King of Darkness. I thought it was just a myth before. Pero dahil sa nangyayari kay Xyra, naniniwala na ako na hindi ito gawa-gawa lang. It was actually Wanda's book. Her parents were researchers. They wrote it. They also got special powers for collecting data," she said. 

Tahimik lang kaming nakikinig sa sinasabi niya. We were listening attentively. We knew this information will probably be useful.

"Ang kapangyarihan ng kadiliman ang isa sa gustong makuha ni Enzo kaya niya kinuha ang ama't ina ni Wanda. On our time walang nagtataglay ng kapangyarihan ng liwanag at kadiliman. Or maybe someone already did. Hindi lang sila nawalan ng kapangyarihan dahil hindi sila sakop ng mga elemental gods. Natalo natin ang death god kaya nagawa natin siyang ibalik sa lugar kung saan siya nararapat manatili. Hindi na siya makapanggugulo sa mundo natin. According to the book, there's still two sources of power. Light and Darkness. Under ng king of darkness ang death god. Because of Enzo' greediness of power, he planned to oppose the king of darkness and stabbed him on the back using the powers he could get from us. But he failed because he was defeated. Now, let's go to the King of Darkness. According to the book, he's an immortal being. That means we can't probably kill him. But it was stated that his power can be sealed off using the combined powers of the chosen ones. He can be sealed for thousand of years. Actually, hindi detalyado ang impormasyon na ibinigay ng magulang ni Wanda. Halatang hindi nila natapos ang research. They were killed for some unknown reason. They disappeared without a trace. Imposibleng si Enzo ang gumawa nu'n. Hindi nabanggit kung sino ang chosen ones pero sa tingin ko it's the elemental power users. Maybe the heaven power user is involve too. Kung makukuha si Xyra, we can't seal the dark king. I really don't know what to do but I hope this information can help us. For now, let's focus on saving Xyra," she said.

Bumalik ang diwa ko sa kasalukuyan nang may mapansin akong mga anino na papalapit sa academy. Naningkit ang mga mata ko. They're already making a move. I focus my gaze on them. Nakasakay sa isa sa mga dragon sina Claudette upang malayang makapagmasid.

"They're approaching. May tatlo sa harap. Dalawa naman sa likod, Claudette announced.

"Lima lang ba sila?" nagtatakang tanong ko. 

"Yes. They're the newbies. Wala si Jeanne. Maybe she's planning to keep us busy," she answered. Kinabahan ako. Tama siya. Tiyak na si Xyra ang target ni Jeanne. Hindi talaga siya nag-aaksaya ng oras. Pakiramdam ko, gusto ko nang tumakbo patungo sa basement. Mahigpit na naikuyom ko ang kamao.

Nagulat ako nang mag-ingay ang mga dragon sa kalangitan. I saw flocks of bats and crows. Sobrang dami nila na halos mapuno ang kalangitan.

Nagliparan patungo sa direksiyon namin ang mga uwak at paniki. Lahat kami ay sinugod nila maging sina Claudette. Kahit paulit-ulit namin silang atakihin ay tila lalo lamang silang dumarami.