The Long Lost Princess of the Water God

EPISODE THREE

Ep. 03 엪피슫 트리

naupo muna kami sandali sa isang malaking bato, dumidilim na rin kasi at hindi pa rin kami nakakabalik sa kung saan nakapark ang van ni carly

"guys i'm so tired na"

"claire tell me sino bang hindi ha?" sam respond

"wag na kayong mag away, walang mangyayari" singit ni hazen

"may signal na!" lahat kami nagulat ng biglang pumalirit si carly habang nakatingin sa phone nya, agad kaming lumapit para makichismis

"try mapping your van kung nasan, we really need to get away from here" hazen said

"wait I'll tr—DAMN!" agad na singhal ni carly

"bakit bakit? anyare?" sabay sabay na tanong namin

"my phone died!" napesteng nilalang na'to, nalowbat pa

we all looked into each other's phone pero lahat kami lowbat na rin, wala ring may dala ng powerbank ni isa sa amin.

"for god's sake, this is a hiking and camping trip pero wala man lang may dalang emergency kit??" turan ko

"eh ikaw ba may dala?" tanong ni carly

"wala nga diba, malay ko ba sa mga nature trip nayan pinilit nyo lang naman ako"

"stop saying na pinilit ka namin, oo totoo, but still you're here nikkie and you made your choice" hazen

what the? even if i decide na hindi sumama pinilit at pinilit pa rin ako, they didn't even respect nung tumanggi ako sa offer instead they came into my house at pinasok ako sa kwarto ko ng walang kaalam alam, isn't that pinilit?

i didn't argue more kasi ayoko pang pahabain ang usapan, I walked out pero hindi kalayuan sa pwesto nila.

naupo ako sa paanan ng isang puno at nanahimik

"guys look, this flower is underrated!" claire exclaimed, pointing to that beautiful and rare flower beside the cliff.

"oo nga ang ganda!" ani sam. Lahat kami naglapitan para tingnan yung tinuturo nya, and indeed it's so beautiful. Parang nakaka-hallucinate tingnan tsaka addicting. Pakiramdam ko nangangakit yung bulaklak sa sobrang bright nya at laki.

"is it okay to pick it up?" claire asked, they were about to go to pick it up pero pinigilan ko sila.

"paano kung poisonous yan?" ani ko at nagkatinginan naman kaming lahat

"but it looks so tempting! i want it!"

"oo na! fine, but only me will pick it up"  sagot ko, mabilis namang pumayag si claire.

since nasa gilid ng bangin yung bulaklak, kailangan kong tanggalin ang suot kong bagpack para di ako mabigatan

"you sure you can?" hazen asked and i nodded.

"be careful, madulas yung mga damo pag basa" sam warned.

i slowly and carefully made my way to the side of the cliff and reached for the flower, i successfully picked it up pero pakiramdam ko may humihila at tumutulak sa akin para malaglag sa cliff and this isn't a good thing!

"how is it nikkie! are you okay?" sigaw nila mula sa di kalayuan.

i tried to fight that kind of magnetic feeling na humihila sa akin pababa but i guess i failed, nadulas ako pero nanatili pa rin akong nakakapit sa ugat ng puno na malapit sa akin. Nagpanic naman ang mga kasama ko at mabilis silang tumakbo papalapit para abutin ako,

"Nikkie nikkie! give me your hand! now!" I hesitate kasi hawak ko yung bulaklak sa kaliwang kamay ko, habang nakakapit naman sa ugat yung kanang kamay ko so how? alangan namang bitawan ko yung bulaklak diba?

"p-pero paano yung bulaklak??"

"give it to me!" hazen shouted, i immediately threw the flower on her pero dumulas ito sa kamay nya at tuluyang nalaglag sa madilim at creepy na bangin

"guys tulungan nyo na ako, di ko na kaya!" sigaw ko, unti unti na kasi dumudulas yung kamay ko. Nag tulong tulong sila para mahila ako pataas pero kahit anong gawin nila hindi man lang ako nagagalaw sa pwesto ko, instead pakiramdam ko lalong bumibigat ang katawan ko

"g-guys... di ko na talaga kaya!"

"hold on, gumagawa kami ng paraan"

"pwede ba pakibikisan please, mabibitaw na ako!"

"nikkie don't, please we can't let you die! not in my birthday not today!" carly said

i tried grabbing random things na makakapitan, but i slipped, and this time,

i fell...

"NIKKIE!!"

all i can hear is the echoes of their voices calling my name. I don't know what will happen to me after this but i hope i won't die. I felt my body started to feel numb habang nasa ere pa rin ako, madilim ang paligid at nahihilo ako.

and within a minute i fell unconscious.