D E T E C T I V E

detective I

ELISE

"Elise? Elise, may sulat ka galing sa Ynesille High" rinig ko galing sa labas ng kwarto ko. Agad naman ako napabangon para matanggap ang sulat.

Ng makababa na ako, agad ko binasa ng sulat na na galing sa Ynesille High.

   Dear Ms. Lynn,

You are accepted in Ynesille High, please be here tomorrow, around 5 am, no need to bring your moneys because students here have monthly allowance.

Headmistress,
Loona Young.

Agad naman ako nag-impake ng matapos ko ito mabasa.
Sweaters, Jacket,
Shirts, Jeans,
Shorts, Hoodies,
Dress (Events), Shoes, Gadgets

I guess that's it. Bumaba na ako para kumuha ng snacks, it's already 9:00 pm. I guess hindi na ako makakapagpuyat. Naglaro muna ako sa computer ko bago matulog.

Ng sumapit na ang 10:30 pm, natulog na ako agad para bukas.

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ring ring, ring ri-

Nakakairita naman tung orasan ko, aish! Babalik na sana ako sa tulog ko ng naalala ko na dapat 5:00 am andoon na ako sa Ynesille High. Oh shoot.

Nagmadali akong pumunta sa cr to do my morning routine. Pagkatapos ng ilang minuto, tapos ma rin ako, nagsuot na lng ako ng black hoodie at shorts, paired with white shoes and a white cap.

Hindi na ako kumain at dumeretso lang sa garahe at sumakay na sa kotse ng walang paalam. Inilagay na rin ng driver ang mga gamit ko sa likod. Ang mga parents ko na man ay may business meeting sa labas kaya ako lang muna ang nag-iisa sa bahay excluding the maids.

Mahaba-haba pa daw ang byahe kaya natulog na lang ako habang nakikinig sa mga kanta na meron sa playlists ko.

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After 2 hours, andito na rin kami. It's already 5:23 am. So I hurriedly went inside carrying my luggage. Meron namang humihintay samin dahil marami-rami rin kami dito pero mabibilang mo lang. Himala lang kasi kung may makapasa dito. Mga matatalino lang ang makakapasa dito. Good thing my parents are giniuses.

"New students, please fall in line and give me the letter that has been given to you." Good thing, again, that I brought the letter. I grab it from my bag and fall in line as what they said.

Ever since I was a toddler, dad spoiled me with books. While mom always teach me codes and ciphers and you how decode them. When I grew up, I ended up having an interest with mysteries, solving riddles, and decoding codes.

When It was my turn, I gave the letter to the man wearing suits. He then gave me a paper with weird unreadable words. "You have to answer that to successfully go inside of the campus."
I nodded as a reply.

I looked at the paper, It was quite easy actually. This a famous, not really, code or should I say, a cipher.

Agad ko naman kinuha ang scratch paper na kasali at umupo sa mga upuan, I started shifting the alpahabets by 1 making it A = B, B = C (Shift 1)
And decrypting it by reversing the process. Simple! But this is shift 14.

V pna arire or fgbyra sebz lbh
v nz bjarq ol rirelbar
fbzr unir zmer
fbzr unir yrff.

I started shifting it by 14 backwards.
And it turned out like this.

I can never be stolen from you, I am owned by everyone, some have more, some have less.

And I think the answer is knowledge, so i wrote it down at agad naman pinasa.

Luckily I passed so he let me in. Agad ko naman nilibot ang paningin ko, not bad. Hinanap ko na ang office para may kalam-alam na rin dito sa school. I don't even know where will i stay for the rest of the school year.

Nagtanong-tanong pa ako kung saan ang office, buti na rin meron nag sagot, kung hindi, ewan ko na lng kung saan na ako mapadpad.

I knocked thrice and finally heard the word "come in". When I opened the door, revealed a very.. young lady..?
She's the headmistress? She looks like in her early 20's.

"Ah, you must be Ruby Elise  Lynn. Nice to meet you, I'm HM Loona. No, I am not in my early 20's." Am I really that obvious? "So you've come here to know your dorm and schedule, am I right?" I nodded as a reply. She looked down and searched in the drawers.

After many minutes, she gave me some papers, monthly allowance and a two keys. Maybe for the dorm and locker. "Your roomates are Sapphire and Ametheyst."

(You know who you are guys ^^)

It's a coincidence that our names are gems and we're roomates. I asked where the dorm is because I might get loss. "Just download the school's app, you'll get the map there." I nodded again as a reply and bid my farewell.

After downloading the app, I opened i and started searcing for the map. After minutes, I found it. I started walking just staring down to my iPad.

While walking, I bumped into someone because i was just staring down. I looked up and bowed down to him saying sorry.

"It's okay. It was also my fault for not looking on the way." He said. I just bowed  and thanked him.

After 859274 years, joke lang, mga ilang minuto ay nakarating na rin ako sa dorm. I stared at the key and it says room 476. So maybe it's in the fourth floor.

May nakita akong stairs at elevators so ang pinili ko ay ang elevator, I'm a lazy person. I pressed Floor Four.

I waited 'till the elevator opened. When I arrived, I started looking for the room 476.

When I found it, I knocked. When none answered, I just opened it with my key. Nung nakapasok na ako, walang katao-tao. Maganda ang interior design nito. Sa taas ay makita mo yung apat na pintuan, kahit kasi na sa baba ka, makita mo yung taas. Yung ganoon na design.

Yung isa siguro na pintuan ay CR. Pagpasok mo pa lang, ang living room ang bubungad sa iyo. Sa gilid naman ay ang CR, tabi doon ay ang stairs. Tabi naman ng stairs ay ang mini kitchen, basta 'yon. Kung hindi nyo gets, edi hindi, joke.

Nagluto muna ako para magbreakfast, wala pa kaya alo nakabreakfast. Tatlo na hinanda ko para na rin sa roomates ko kung dadating pa ba yun sila.

Tamang-tama rin 'nong natapos na ako nagluto, doon na merong pumasok.