PLACE: A Kingdom in the Crepuscular Country
Her beautiful face is staring at the black blank sky. Darkness is covering the place on where she is right now. Rains are pouring down on her white pale skin while the hard wind is howling as if mourning right on that very moment. Her black shoulder length shiny hair is drenched with rain so as her black gown at puno na din ng putik ang mga iyon kahit na hindi ito halata dahil sa kulay luksa nitong kulay. Her black gloved hands holding a red rose are already shaking dahil sa lamig na dala ng nagngangalit na hangin. Even her unfathomable dark blue wings looks like miserable dahil sa ambiance ng lugar. She sighs seeing the surroundings. This ambiance is so gloomy. It’s so sad. It looks like someone just died. But wait… that’s the right term, someone just died or the best right term is many just died. Why? Why this place is always looks like this?
“You’re Highness, excuse me for my rudeness… but a lady shouldn’t let herself get soaking wet in this place. You might catch a cold Your Highness.” said Cleo while holding a black umbrella for her.
She just glances at her main butler atsaka ipinagpatuloy ulit ang pagtingala sa kadiliman ng gabi. She doesn’t care about her health or anything right now. She can’t feel a thing and she’s hoping that this darkness will give the answers to her question. Why is this always happening to her? Why is this always happening to her small kingdom? This is just a small Kingdom but all fairies living here are good and loving fairies. So why???
As she asked that question to herself thunder and lightning follows.
“I can’t let this same event happen to us every time!” Matapang nyang wika.
“Your Highness…”
“I will do everything just to keep this Kingdom safe and sound just like my mother and father dream of! And I won’t stop until the culprit of this horrible event was brought to justice! You remember that Cleo!” puno ng diin nyang wika sabay tapon ng pulang rosas sa dulo ng bangin kung saan doon nakahimlay ang libo libong sundalong fairy na namatay sa laban.
Nag-aalala lamang na tiningnan ni Cleo ang lumalakad palayo na prinsesa. Saka tinanggal ang itim na sombrero at nag-alay ng taimtim na dasal sa libong puntod na nasa ibaba ng cliff na iyon. And then puno ng pag-aalala na inihatid na lang nya ng tingin ang naglalakad na prinsesa.
“You’re a very kind and persistent woman. But I’m afraid that… that persistent character of yours will be your greatest despair my princess.” nag-aalalang wika ni Cleo, his eyebrows are crumpled and her blue eyes are full of apprehension to the vengeful princess. Halos magkasing edad lamang sila ng prinsesa and the moment he was chosen as the princess main butler ay talagang natuwa sya. For three years of serving her ay kilalang kilala na nya ang character nito. He witnessed how strong she is especially when her father and mother died. The King and Queen of this Kingdom. All of the people are yearning for their deaths at pakiramdan ng lahat ay wala ng bukas ang lugar na iyon. And that’s the time when he witnessed how a bud turns into a beautiful flower. Even at a young age ay napamunuan nito ng ayos ang kaharian. They are doing well until this tragedy came. It was gruesome! They never saw it coming. Unfamiliar creatures suddenly emerge from nowhere attacking randomly all over the Kingdom, destroying the crops, the houses, the trees and many more. They are forced to fight to protect the kingdom; even the princess fought but many lives was not spared. Maybe, the tale about this Kingdom is really true and until now they are living on that tale hoping for someone to save them from this unending deaths and killings.
“Cleo, you think she’ll fall from darkness?” tanong ng isang matanda na bigla na lamang sumulpot sa tabi nya. This is old master Malcom. The Royal family’s greatest advisor at ang nagturo ng lahat ng dapat matutunan ng prinsesa when it comes to royal duties.
