What Awaits Us

Proulouge

"vous êtes sans vergogne!"
you are shameless!

"tu es une honte pour cette famille!"
you are a disgrace to this family!

"je souhaite que tu ne sois jamais né!"
I wish you were never born

The woman in white long gown was on her knees, head bowed down and her face was wet because of tears, accepting the words from her family. She was so helpless. Thinking why thus everything would go like this , all of her hardworks would just come into this? She did not signed for this.

A pair of boots stood in front of her. She looked up to see who it was but she was welcomed by a hard slap.

"Erihaya!"

The noisy room filled with gasped and loud laughs. A woman in her 30s come to the man then use some electricity to push him and protect the woman on her knees.

"What are you doing, erihaya?! "

The woman screamed in agony.

The man tsked and slowly stand up.

" That woman is protecting a sinner, disgrace, a whore-"

*PAK*

A loud gasp filled the room.

"Don't talk to my daughter like that, Erihayah. She may did a mistake but it doesn't mean you have the rights to disrespect her! Be careful with that mouth of yours, sooner or later you'll not be able to use it." She looked at the crowd who's now very quite because of the sudden burst out.

" Je suis le leader et j'ai le seul droit de prendre des décisions dans ce genre de situation." I am the leader and I have the only right to make decisions in this kind of situation.

They looked at each other like they are ready to fight. Erihayah was the first one to retrieve his stare.

The woman kneeled infront of her daughter and caressed it's face.

"Mamà... I- I'm so sorry.. I'm such a disgrace-"

"Shhh, my daughter please don't say that. You did nothing wrong, okay? Everything will be fine." She embraced her child, tightly.

They were about to stand up when someone made up apart.

"No!"

The woman was held by someone. It's no other than his husband, the king and ruler of the Durendal Clan, Salvador Durendal.

Her daughter was held by the two knights.

"We already talk about this Salvador!"

The woman screamed in the arms of his husband.

"Throw her out now. I don't wanna see single strand of her. Now! Don't ever comeback here you filthy woman. I don't have a daughter who gave herself to a enemy."

"He's not my enemy. I love him! We love each other- "

"If he loves you, where is he now? He should be here and protecting you! Yan ba ang pinagmamalaki mo saamin? What a coward!" Salvador shouted and was about to slap her when she spoked that made her father froze.

"You never love me at all! You just see me as a tool that you use whenever you wanted. I'm not a toy papà... I-I am your daughter your only bambina..." Her eyes was full of sadness then in a blink it became full of anger and hatred.

"I've never wished you to be my father!"

And with that she left the palace and never came back.

" Lo, sino ba yang kinekwento mo lagi saakin? Kaano ano ba natin siya?"

Ngumiti and matanda sa batang babae na nasa kanyang tabi.

"You'll know when you're grown up already. Kung gusto mo malaman agad, kailangan mong magpalakas at magpalaki. Anong need para tumangkad tulad ng mga kuya?"

Masigla itong tumayo at taas noong sumagot.

"Matulog ng maaga at kumain ng maraming gulay!" Natawa naman ang matanda sa tinuran ng batang babae.

You'll soon know what you truly are.

" Lolooo! "

" Lolo, it's time for breakfast na po. Get up na. "

She keeps on nudging her lolo's arms but it won't wake up. It's so unusual. She's not dumb to not know what's going on. Tearing up and run outside of the room and find his brothers.

" Hey! Why are you crying? I told you wake up tanda right? "

" Kuya.. Lolo.."

Kumunot ang noo nito. Pumamewang ito sa harap ng batang babae kasabay nito ang paglabas pa nang ilang lalaki.

" What's for breakfast? "

" Do we have pancakes? "

" Coffee. "

" Lolo is dead. "

That made them stopped from what they're doing.

" Don't joke around you peasant -"

" Why would I joke around about Lolo?! Lolo is not waking up! I keep nudging him but he .. he just won't wake up.. " bumaba ang boses nito at nagsimula nq namang humikbi.

" He's gone. "

"Fuck! This is not the farewell I wanted."

In loving memory of Anthony Lé Rouge
Born: August 09
Died: December 19

Nung araw din na yon ay inilibing nila ang mga labi ng kanilang Lolo. Walang mababakas na reaksyon sakanila sapagkat hindi nila ito pinapakita. Isa lamang ang labi labis ang paghihinagpis yun ay ang bunsong apo na babae.

" Saan na pupunta si Lolo? Kelan siya babalik? "

Buhat buhat siya nang isa sa mga nakakatanda niyang kapatid.

"We don't know peasant.. we don't know."

Linisan nila ang lugar na yon nang matiwasay ngunit mayroon palang nagmamasid sakanila.

" You're gonna be in my arms soon.."

Takoaiterteen