Enchanted Forest

Chapter 2: Damn Cat

 (Lee Bairong's POV)

4 hours. It took me 4 fucking hours to arrive at this damn place. Mabilis na nga ang pagpapatakbo ko ginabi pa rin ako. Tsk. I parked my car on the roadside and went out to take a stroll in the damn forest. The so called 'Enchanted Forest',  the forest that took my life away. Walong taon na ang lumipas simula ng maaksidente kami sa gubat na ito. Everything had drastically changed after that, I don't know if my brother was affected by 'that' but in my case, I was changed.

Palayo na ako ng palayo sa aking kotse pero hindi ko yun pinansin.  

I'm not scared of this forest. I actually hated it.

May narinig akong gumalaw sa hindi kalayuan, automatic namang natense ang buong katawan ko. It's late at night, and monsters are rumored to be lurking in this forest.Humangin ng malakas, parang sa mga horror movies lang, then the trees dance.

I can hear some crickets chirping and other bugs and animals but the  most disturbing is the low growl above me. Dahan dahan akong tumingala and then I saw someone staring angrily at me. 

 "Leave, Foolish human"  Nagsalita, ibig sabihin hindi ito basta bastang hayop o engkanto lang.  English speaking pa.

He/she is sitting casually at a branch of a tree. Wearing a pure white hooded cloak . I can't see it's face but it's Golden slitted eyes is piercing into every fiber of my being. 

Those stare give off the message of Danger and death.  But still I need some answers, answers that keep filling up after we landed here 8 years ago. 

"Paano kung ayoko?" buong tapang kong tanong dito. Nakakaintindi kaya ito ng tagalog?

A mere Enchantress wouldn't have a chance against me.

"Pipilitin kita." He/she said with a low growl and disappeared from the branch which surprised me.

And all of sudden he/she is in front of me swinging a pure black sword with grace right on my neck. Good thing I'm used to fighting. I dodge it pretty quick, preparing for a counterattack I pulled out a Swiss Knife from my back .

Before I even Clashed blades with her/him,I felt a hand on my left cheek and two seconds I realized I need to quickly get away, three seconds It's too late now. And then five seconds I found myself hardly pressed on the ground. 

 Coughing out blood, I tried to stand up .  But stopped when I felt something heavy is pressing on my chest.  

There 'she' is sitting on me. I can see through her hood, a doll's face right on top of me, much different from what I can see at the mall. It look so alive, added by black markings on her cheeks ang fangs showed as she smirked devilishly at me.

And there it is those Golden eyes.

I found myself Enchanted by the creature that will be the end of me.

"Binalaan kita"  she smirked. Marunong naman pala magtagalog.

 BUT There's no way in hell I would let myself get killed here and especially by a woman.  Her mistake, she didn't lock up my hands.

 I swung my knife at her face, hissing in pain she jumped few meters away from me. 

"Damn Cat"  I cursed as her hood fall off on her shoulders revealing her cat ears and just like her cloak, pure white hair with black markings like a tiger prints. 

Blood dripping from her porcelain cheeks. She glared daggers at me but I just shrugged it off. She's about to jumped on me again but suddenly stopped when a gun shot rang up not far from my spot. She looked at the direction with knitted eyebrows, I took the opportunity to take a good look at her.  She look so much like a doll with that porcelain skin, finely made glass doll.  Utterly fragile, frighteningly delicate.  Almost as if she would break with a single touch but after what she'd done to me with just a few seconds I take those words back.