Underworld War

2 - The Royals

I woke up feeling dizzy and empty. Like a hole was burrowed in my chest thay nothing could fill. Hindi ko muna minulat ang mga mata ko at pinakiramdaman ang sarili at paligid.

I'm still wearing my night dress. I'm tucked in a soft bed, no shackles or anything that might bind me. It's daylight, I can hear the birds chirping outside and the person staring at me.

I opened my eyes.

The man sitting beside the door must have sensed that I was awake before I opened my eyes. Tiningnan ko sya. Hindi sya ang lalaking nasa labas ng bahay kagabi. Sino ba 'tong mga lalaking biglang sumusulpot?

"The queen is waiting for you."

Tumaas ang kilay ko, "Where am I? England?" Though wala naman syang accent.

Kumiling ang ulo nya, confused of what I said. Umiling nalang ako, dismissing him. This must be a prank. A joke. I don't know him and obviously vice versa.

"Can you please tell me where I am? I have to leave." To settle the wake of my mom.

"You can't leave." Sabi nya.

"You can't tell me what to do." Tumayo ako. I don't know him, kaya sino sya para utusan ako?

I know I'm rude but I'm not in the right state. Kamamatay lang ng nanay ko at di ko alam kung saang lupalop ng mundo ako napunta.

"I can, actually." Ngumisi sya.

Not gonna lie but this guy is handsome. But I'm not the one to fall for his looks. Hindi naman yun ang tinitingnan ko sa lalaki pero nakaka appreciate parin ako.

"Really?" Nilampasan ko sya at lumabas sa pintuan.

Something is weird about this place. Sabi nya may queen, but this place doesn't look like england. Nagpatuloy ako sa paglalakad at nagulat nang may makitang babaeng nakagown. Napamaang ako.

Where am I?!

What is this place?

Kahit gulat na gulat ay nagpatuloy ako sa paglalakad. I don't know which way to go but I kept on walking until I saw an exit. Thank God! I'm seriously gonna leave this place. I have no time for this right now dahil madami akong kailangang ayusin sa libing ng nanay ko.

Again, I felt a pain in my chest. I realized na ako nalang pala talaga isa sa mundo. My dad left us before I was even born at di ko alam ang rason. Mom refused to tell me everything about him that's why I never bothered of asking her again.

Tapos ngayon, wala na si Mama. Ni hindi pa ako nakakagraduate. Hindi ko alam anong unang gagawin sa wake dahil patay na lahat ng kamag-anak namin. Wala akong mahihingian ng tulong.

Pinunasan ko ang luhang tumakas. Now is not the time to cry, I still have to figure things out alone. I can't ask people of help because most of them are very busy.

When I stepped out, I thought it was finally an exit but no. Its a huge balcony! Sa sobrang laki ay akalain mong papalabas ka ng mansion na to.

I walked straight ahead and looked at the scenery before me. Shocked is an understatement. I gaped at what I'm seeing.

Nasa'n ba ako?! Bakit ganito ang mga nakikita ko? Hindi na to normal!

I can see smaller houses and everything is so green in this place, like everything is alive... yet simple. Way too simple from where I'm living.

The only huge about this place is this palace. Wala ng iba. The're houses that seem bigger than the others pero dun lang. It's like I'm in a different era.