Skies Heart II: Secrets [Completed]

Chapter XXXII: Scar. Curse. Amulet

What is this... Sora asks herself as she lays silently still in the midst of the deepest part of the ocean. The whole body of water is envelopng her into it's wide realm, as the stains of blood covering almost half of her being are slowly staining the water around her. The cream dress that they bought is now in crimson color. The coat that Tray lend her is now ragged and ripped. Her beautifully finished hair is now all over the place, covering her face and body like it has it's own dying life.

What now... Her muscles are too weak to even move, it's like her soul already left her mortal body. I don't want to die. The faces of her friends flashes in front of her eyes, projecting in the tiny shade of light her eyes could only see. Their smiles and their tears. The grief they'd been through all theses years that they thought she's dead. Sora does not want to repeat it again. She wants to live now. She wants to continue her life with the people she lost.

She doesn't want to die.

Not again.

****

An hour before.

Ameleth's Garden House.

Hindi alam ni Tray kung gulat o kasiyahan ang una nyang mararadaman sa umaalingawngaw na ngayong balita sa tenga nya. Mahigpit na nakayakap sa kanya si Sora habang umiiyak, tumatawa at sinusuntok sya dahil sa noon lamang noong nabalitaang pagkakabalik nya mula sa ilang minutong kamatayan dahil sa paggamit ng Devil's eyes.

It's true. He cannot be mistaken.

Sora already remembers everything.

All the memories she forgot about Eula, them and her powers. She remembers it all.

"Did you know how much I was worried that time? Tumigil ang buong mundo ko, at pakiramdam ko naging manhid ang bawat sulok ng pagkatao ko TRAY! Wag na wag mo ng uulitin iyon!" Reklamo sa kanya ng babae at pinaghahampas na naman sya sa muka.

Nasa harapan na ngayon mismo ni Tray ang nangigigil na nyang kaibigan, ngunit may glue pa din sa loob ng ugat nya ang nagpatigil magpagalaw doon.

"Bubwit?" Mahina nyang tanong sa babae at pinakatitigan iyon. Hinawakan nya iyon ng mahigpit sa balikat, kinalog-kalog at pinisil ang pisngi pati buong muka upang makasigurado. "Ikaw na ba talaga yan ha?"

Napairap si Sora sa pinagsasabi noon at binali ang kamay ng Ziellhie upang lubayan na sya sa kung anong confirmation practice na pangangapa noon.

"Ano bang pinagsasabi mo Tray Sebastian Ziellhie--" Parang malakas na alon na humigit kay Sora pababa ang sunod na mga imaheng sumigaw sa ala ala nya. Pagkasabing pagkasabi ng salitang iyon ay ang pangungulit ni Tray sa eskwelahan upang matandaan nya ang pangalan noon ang paulit ulit na nag echo sa pader ng mentalidad nya. Matapos pa ang ilang sandali ay nagsipasukan na din ang patungkol kina Pamie, sa isang linggo nyang pagbabalik sa mundo nya noon at ang buhay nya kasama si Yoshan sa Mishu Dine.

"Oh my goodness." Mahinang bulalas nya na hindi pa din mawala ang pagkabilog ng mata at bibig. Dahan dahan syang napatingin sa damit nya matapos ay sa paligid nila. "Oh my goodness." Ulit nya sa hindi napapalitang ekspresyon, bago napatingin sa kaibigan nyang kaparehas na kaparehas ang nakarehistrong imahe sa muka.

"It's been a week!?" Sigaw nya doon bago napatayo para maisaayos ang kable ng utak.

Nagpauli uli si Sora sa harapan ni Tray habang pinapaypay ang kamay nya sa hangin. "It can't be, why are we here. What have I done wrong now?"

But there's one thing Tray immediately remembers that they have to do. "Sora listen to me." He declared when he finally straighten his wits out. He stands up and halts Sora into her pacing. "You have to remember that you're on your release all. That's Kria's clue. To make you remember. See." Tinaas pa noon ang manggas nya upang maipakita sa babae ang sulat ni Kria sa kanyang balat.