Vampire Kingdom

Chapter 3

THYONE

I have a severe headache when I woke up early this morning, hangover of course, thankfully nalang din ay maaga ding nagising si kuya to make me a hangover soup.

"How's your head?" Kuya asked, ngumiwi ako sakanya.

"Sakit." Reklamo ko, napailing siya.

"Don't go to work today." He said, napakagat ako sa ibabang labi ko.

"Unfair kay bianca, Okay nako siguro mamaya." I said.

"Si cristal?" Tanong ko sakanya, nandito kami sa kusina pero hindi ko siya nakita.

"She must be still sleeping." He said, sabagay ay 7 am palang.

Natigilan ako sa pag higop ng sabaw nang may maalala, matalim akong tumingin kay kuya.

"Where have you been yesterday?" I asked, napasipol naman siya.

"You don't think I am unemployed, do you?" He said.

"Oh." I bit my lower lip, natawa naman si kuya.

"I did go to work, silly." He said, nasanay lang din siguro akong palaging siya ang gumigising sakin at palagi siyang nandito every morning.

"Go to your room and have some rest, you look awful." He said, tumango ako at nag dala ng mainit na kape sa kuwarto ko.

My phone beeped so I grab it from the table counter.

From: Bianca

Hindi ako papasok today. hindi kaya ng ulo ko.

I sighed, siguro ay aabsent nalang din ako today, or I might file a sick leave.

Nakatulog din ako for 3 hours tapos medyo okay na yung pakiramdam ko kaya naligo ako, nakapag luto na din nang tanghalian si kuya pag labas ko ng kuwarto at gising na si cristal, she looks okay though.

"Parang walang hangover." Sabi ko sakanya, she was eating.

"Konti lang ininom ko." Sabi niya, nag kibit balikat ako at kumain na, tahimik lang siya kuya habang kumakain, parang ang lalim ng iniisip.

Napansin iyon ni cristal, nagkatinginan kami at parehong nag kibit balikat.

Bumalik din ako sa kuwarto, trip kolang mag kulong ngayon habang nagpapahinga, binuksan ko ang bluetooth speaker at nagpatugtog ng 2000’s hollywood musics.

I don't know but I found myself researching about vampires again.

Nag-search lang ako ng mga histories about them, I deep down into the sites that connected with them.

I clicked some links about vampires.
"A vampire is a being from who subsists by feeding onthe life essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In Europeanfolklore, vampires were beings that often visitedloved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabitedwhen they were alive."

"They wore and were often described asbloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today'sgaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Although vampiricentities have been ,the term vampire was not popularised in the West untilthe early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into WesternEurope from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the and Eastern Europe,althoughlocal variants were also known by different names, such as in , in and in .This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to and in some cases resultedin corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism"

"In modern times, however, the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity, although belief in similar vampiric creatures such as the still persists in some cultures. Early folk belief in vampires has sometimes been ascribed to the ignorance of the body's process of after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalise this, creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death. was also linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure, but has since been largely discredited"

After five hours ay pinahinga kona muna ang mga mata ko, bago ako humiga sa kama ay napalingon ako sa bintana ng kuwarto ko, umuulan pala sa labas, masarap siguro kung papasok ang malamig na hangin mula sa labas.

After kong buksan ang mga bintana ay nahiga muna ako at pinikit ang mga mata.

"Thyone.." Pamilyar na boses ang tumatawag sa pangalan ko.

"Sino ka?" biglang humangin nanaman ng malakas, malamig na malamig.

"Thyone malapit na." Nag taka ako, nasaan ba ang nag sasalita? bakit hindi ko siya makita?

"Teka sino kaba?!----ah."

Bigla akong naglaho at napunta dito sa
lugar na madaming matataas na puno, takang taka ako dahil wala namang ganitong lugar malapit samin.

Tiningnan ko ang kasuotan ko teka, bakit ako nakaitim? sobrang haba ng damit ko at kulay itim..

Bigla akong nakaramdam ng panghihina at nakarinig ng mga bulong.

bulong sa loob ng utak ko..

Nakakabingi ang mga bulong nayon..

"You should come with us."

Lumingon lingon ako pero hindi ko sila makita... ayaw nilang tumigil, dumadami ang boses nila.

"You have to come with us, you don't have other choice!" Galit ang boses.

"It is your destine to live with us, you have to hurry." Malambing ang boses.

"We will wait for you, you have to enter our world or else, you will die." The voice warned me.

Nakakabingi...

"Tama na! ano bang sinasabi niyo?! tama na!"

"Hindi ka makakaligtas, takbo!"

Takbo lang ako nang takbo, naiiyak nako, saan ako nito pupunta? hindi nila ako hinahabol pero ramdam ko ang mga titig nila, alam ko...

Pinapauna lang nila ko kasi isa akong mortal... mabagal kumpara sa mga bilis nila.

Ayoko na.

Kusang bumigay ang mga tuhod ko pero nakaramdam ako ng malamig na kamay sa bewang ko, "I got you.."

Wala nakong lakas kaya kusa akong nawalan ng malay.

Iminulat ko ang mga mata ko, pinunasan ko ang luhang tumutulo mula sa mata ko, hindi kona alam ang gagawin ko, pakiramdam ko ay hinding hindi nako makakatakas pa sakanila.

Pakiramdam ko ay totoo sila at nakikita nila ako.

JANNALISTIC