COPULA TRILOGY: Her Ménage

PROLOGUE

"Get out of here and call for help!"

I was confused.

"N-No... I can't just leave, paano ang iba -"

"Listen to me! Lumalaki ang apoy at alam kong marami pang naiiwan na bata sa loob. As one of the eldest, please, nakikiusap ako, umalis ka na. Don't let them see you too."

I thought I won't make it out alive.

"I can... I can fight back, gusto kong tumulong."

"Kung gusto mong tumulong, get some help from the city. Make it quick before the snow comes."

"P-Pero -"

"COME BACK HERE BY YOURSELF WHEN YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH! UMALIS KA NA KUNG AYAW MONG MAKITA ANG MGA KAPATID MO NANG WALA NANG MGA BUHAY!"

I was a coward.

I ran away from the chaos because staying there won't be no help, umalis ako para humingi ng tulong pero ang akala kong makakarating ako sa siyudad sa loob ng isang araw... What happened was the opposite.

The snow came. It was heavy and strong... To the point that it became days.

Cold.

Hunger.

Numbness.

I want to seek for help, I don't think I can survive this second week in the middle of the cold. Hungry wolves might be looking for me, vultures might be planning on attack, guns might be aiming at me at this moment. Sa harapan lamang ang aking tingin, tungo sa malayong lugar... Kung saan wala na akong matatanaw pa kung tumingin man ako sa likuran.

I couldn't imagine how things went to this, I can't imagine a thirteen year old girl will be left alone in the cold with no food and no anything. My wounds are still visible, my dried blood stains on my clothes are still visible to my eyes despite the thick fall of snow coming towards my direction.

I've been walking for miles and miles now, the orphanage that I've lived in is so far away from me. There's no other option but to escape and seek for help, we can't let ourselves die in that place. I will never die in that place.

I continued to walk slowly, strong wind and snows are coming in my direction so I couldn't do anything but to close my eyes and hug myself and still continued to walk endlessly. I have no destination, no place to go, and no one to meet. Nawala na sa isip ko ang dapat kong gawin.

But as when I opened my eyes, I stood straight and stopped walking when I saw a smoke. A smoke coming from a chimney... A house. There's a house. I'm safe.

I walk as fast as I could so I can take myself to a warm place, it's been two weeks and I haven't been sleeping well. I was a hopeless little girl wandering the woods by herself.

When I saw a barn near the house that I just saw, I planned to go there instead of the house. I was panting, my body is slowly freezing like an ice, my eyes are slowly shutting down but before I can close my eyes, I need to go there first. Kung hahayaan ko na pumikit ang mata ko at bumagsak sa lupa na binabalot ng makapal na niyebe, alam ko na hindi na ako magigising pa.

Nang makarating ako sa harap ng barn, kinapkap ko ang malaking pinto. When I finally found the doorknob, I opened it with all my remaining strength. I didn't know what's inside the barn but the things that's only circling my head was a place to drop so I can rest and sleep.

Hanggang sa kaunti nalang ay matutumba na ako, I lay down on the hay and began to control my breathing while my eyes are half close.

And just before I close my eyes, I saw a dim light at the ceiling. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang kasama ko sa loob pero hindi ko na iyon pinansin, I need to rest. I need to heal my wounds tomorrow and I need a piece of food to eat.