Aria Academy: School For Dark Mages

Chapter Three: Another Message

I woke up in the middle of the night. Tumingin ako sa orasan sa gilid at nakitang 3 am palang.

Still too early.

Kinusot ko ang mga mata ko at nagpasyang bumaba para makainom ng tubig. I feel thirsty for no reason.

Before I jumped out of my bed ay tumunog ang phone ko. I felt weird, malakas ang kutob kong Aria Appp to. 

To confirm my guess I opened my phone and as I predicted, it was a notification from Aria.

'Notification from Aria! Be careful when sneaking, you might hear a very unsatisfying message.'  

This past few days napag-isipan kong isang manghuhula ang app na to.

Whenever I plan to do or go somewhere may nagnonotif at nagsasabi ng mangyayari. The only exception is when I went in the mall yesterday. 

I did not mind the message at bumaba na ako ng tahimik. Dala-dala ko ang phone ko at sinilent ito. Pang emergency.

Pagbaba ko ay napangisi ako patay ang lahat ng ilaw at tulog ang lahat ng tao sa bahay. That app was really a fraud, I bet my fever was just a lucky guess. And I was so stupid to believe the second  prognostication, so damn stupid. I bet, this app would fail its so called 'predictions' na mangyayari sakin. 

I walked in the dark corridors at wala naman akong napapansing kakaiba.

No people talking, no sounds at all. The room is actually very silent, walang kahit anong tunog. I shrugged it off at naglakad nalang ng tahimik.

Dumiretso na ako sa kusina at talagang tahimik naman ito. Walang tao, safe. I smirked, I knew it. That app was a fraud!

Lumapit ako sa ref at naglabas ng isang bottle ng tubig, I drank the water at walang tinira kahit isang patak. I don't know why am I so damn thirsty, hindi ako palainom na tao, I don't think I can drink 8 glasses a day. I only drink 3-5 glasses.

Ewan ko ba pero kapag nasosobrahan ako sa tubig ay nanghihina ako. Weird right? Yeah it's weird.

Nagplaplano na akong bumalik sa kwarto ko kahit hindi naman ako dinadalaw ng antok. 

Nagpasya akong maglibot-libot muna sa bahay.

Since hindi pa naman ako inaantok, I woudn't  mind a sneaky adventure. I wanted to explore the third floor, I was never given a chance to go there because my parents always forbid me.

Even the maids were forbidden except for Manang Heira, they trust the lady too much, damn much that they trust her than me.

My parents don't trust me, period. 

Stop overthinking Weia, stop that shitty thoughts. 

I silently walked throught the stairs that can bring me to the mysterious third floor.

I did my best para manatiling walang tunog ang mga hakbang ko para hindi magising ang parents ko.

My mom has very sharp ears, she can even hear me mimic their voice whenever ayaw ko ng mga sinasabi nila. Nagtagumpay akong makarating sa third floor nang walang ingay. Kahit ata tulog ang nanay ko maririnig niya yan. Psh!

Napayakap naman ako sa sarili ko nang mapadaan umihip ang malamig na hangin sa bintanang screen lang ang nakabukas.

Bakit to nakabukas?

Imbis na problemahin ko ang bukas na bintana ay kumalabog ang puso ko nang maalala kong baka mahuli ako. I am sneaking inside the third floor, ang floor na ayaw akong papuntahin ni Dad. The cold night was an additional to my racing heart. What if mahuli ako nila Mom? Shit! I am doomed if ever.