The Talisman Of Bathala

CHAPTER 4- Magical woman kicks some butt.

PREVIOUSLY, ON PERSASSY JACKSON- Uh I mean Naruto-uh you know what whatever...

The Kastila paled, fear evident in his eyes. "C-Coward! Show yourself and fight me face to face!"

"Oh?"

Suddenly, colorful wisps of light came from the forest, circling a certain spot and glow really bright, make me close my eyes.

The light then subsided, so I slowly opened my eyes...

And saw a goddess.

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....I mean, she looks like a goddess, but I'm not sure...

She looked around the age of 20, with white hair and tanned skin. Her eyes were like the sun, yellow and lively. She was wearing a silvery gown and a flower wreath too.

I mean, why would there be a really powerful magical woman in the Spanish Era, I don't know. Ask my mind making this weird dream.

The Katipunero then gasped in recognition. "Wait, you're real!?!"

The Kastila glanced at him and forcibly spoke with an effort. "What do you mean you Pintamonas*[1]-" He then stopped as if realization dawned upon him. He then looked at the woman with fear evident in his eyes. "Y-You can't be real! That myth was just a desperate way to give the idiots false hope! Y-You can't be łkæçÿû!"

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. 'What did he say her supposed name was? 'Cause that part sounded a little weird, and I'm pretty no one in their right mind would name their child  'Hwuegne'.'

'....Maybe magical people in the medieval times did-'

The magic woman cut off my train of thoughts by smirking and saying cooly, ''Surprise." She then raised both of her hands, and the Kastila started to writhe in pain, screaming with agony. "AAAAAAGH!" Then big strange symbols revealed and placed themselves around the Kastila:

When I saw the symbols, I was hit with a strong sense of deja vu. I'm certain that I've witnessed something like this before, somewhere in... my house, I think? Ah, but they were golden...

The symbols mixed with each other and grew until it made a kind of forcefield around the Kastila. They then glowed really bright, and then I heard sounds of metal falling on the grass. The forcefield-thingy then dissipated, and what it revealed left me open-mouthed.

In the place where the Kastila once stood...was replaced with gold. Lots of gold coins just sitting there on the ground.

The Katipunero slowly went up to the pile of golden coins, eyes wide and disbelieving, and cautiously picked one up, then immediately dropped it, shocked. "T-That's real gold! That amount might just be enough for me and my family to move to a safer town!" He then looked at the woman pleadingly, as if making for permission.

The woman smiled at him and nodded.

He cried in joy and took off his scarf to use it as a make-shift bag for the coins. After collecting them all, he turned to the woman and did a very low bow so low that I thought he might fall. "Thank you po*[2], Diwata*[3] ng mga Bituin!" He said very formally.

The woman sweatdropped and smiled awkwardly at him. "You're welcome. But please just call me by my name. And don't use 'po' and 'opo', for it makes me feel a little old if I do say so myself."

The Katipunero chuckled a little and then smiled with gratitude. "Well, thank you po, Taœkãłñm!"

Ok, that was a little bit clearer, but 'Taedmoffja', but it still doesn't work. But at least I know her name starts with 'Ta'... Yeah that doesn't help that much.

After the Katipunero's 10th time of thanking her, he then went away, finding for his family, I guess.

After a few moments, the woman then sighed, looking at the floor, then started to raise her hand to do her magic, I guess, but then she stopped???

She slowly raises her head, then turns to look at my direction curiously.

I froze like a deer seeing a hunter. 'H-How? I thought this was just a dream!  No one ever saw me in my past dreams. Maybe she just got distracted by the call of a bird or something-OK SHE'S COMING THIS WAY, I REPEAT, SHE'S COMING THIS WAY!"

The woman stopped when she was fully in front of me and observed me silently. She then raised her hand and made contact with my cheek, making me flinch.

"W-Who are you? Why are you touching my cheek-Actually, how are you touching my cheek?" I said, filled with curiosity and fear.

She stared at me longer, and then smiled. "In time, you will remember everything." When she said that, I noticed some of the trees where she once stood faded to black.

The woman glanced at the direction where I was looking, and then sighed. "Looks like my time is up." She looked at me sadly, and said. "Don't worry, Talia. We will meet again. I promise." After that, she turned around and walked into the direction of the creeping darkness that was spreading fast.

"W-Wait!" I suddenly said, making her stop and look at me, surprised."

I gulped. This was my last chance to talk to her until I'll have to wait for what seems like a long time. Better make it count. "P-Please. At least tell me who you are."

The darkness spread faster, almost reaching her...

She grinned at me, and as if she was saying a joke we both knew, she said, "Why, I'm-"

"WAKEUPTHEWORLD'SGOINGTOEND!!!"

"AAAAHH!" I yelled sitting up but then stopped as I realized something. How am I sitting up when I literally was just standing-Oh.

I woke up.

And right before the woman was gonna tell me her name.

"Ok." I said, feeling a little irritated. "Who  decided that it was a good idea to just randomly wake up a person by screaming your lungs out to say that the world's going to end?"

"...Eheheheh..." A feminine voice said sheepishly, making me turn to the direction of the source of the voice, which was a teenage girl with long white hair and tanned skin making a closed-eyed smile at me. "Sorry kid, that was my idea."

I stared at her blankly... She started to sweat a little...

"You, lady, are a jerk."

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[1]: Pintamonas: A person who thinks they're soooo talented, thought the rough translation is actually: One who draws female monkeys.

.....Yep, Spanish are really creative.

[2]: Po: Using 'po' and 'opo' while talking to someone is actually a way of showing respect! But they only use those while talking to the elderly, so don't go around talking to your Filipino friends with this.

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Also, for some weird reason, this chapter got deleted, so I had to write it. Again. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

FULLY EDITED