THALIA (TheRanAwayPrincess)

Prologue

THALIA

With breath throbbing, feet in terrible pain, frightened mind and exhausted body I've been pushing myself to limits for weeks just to ran away. I am almost a million miles away from home, but I'm still weary and scared. There was no assurance I'm already in a covert place, knowing my family's vast connections. It may be impossible not to be found with their broad accessibility to almost everything.

Pero hindi ako magpapadaig dahil lang dun,alam kong laging merong may paraan. Ginusto ko toh,at paninindigan ko lahat ng desisyong ginawa ko.

There is no turning back.

Maaring hindi ko alam kung saan ako dadalhin at kung ano ang mangyayari sakin sa nagawa kong desisyon, pero alam ko sa sarili ko na kaya ko toh. Malalampasan ko lahat ng toh.

This feeling is inevitable, it is frightening yet fulfilling.
Just oddly satisfying.

I've always been a courteous daughter, I'd always followed what my parents told me on what's best for me. I'd never failed any request, never refuse to every order, never did ever disobeyed.

It just hurts me a lot to stay in a house that doesn't even feel like home. And breaking free was my worse choice that become my best decision.

Throughout this past few weeks, I've met different people with interesting stories, beliefs and perspectives. Learned a lot of things from diverse walks of life, their culture, aspects and lore. Strangers, they are. But they're so comfortable to talk to, they can say whatever they want to say about me. They express freely what I needed to hear and not what I wanted to. Unlike people who already knew me, and my families imperial reputation.

Pass and went to places I've never been before, experienced such odd emotions within my soul. Ang sarap sa pakiramdam makarating sa mga lugar na hindi pa kahit kelan napuntahan ng mga paa ko at sobrang nakakaaliw makita ang mga magagandang tanawin,napakamataong lugar at magulo ngunit makulay na kalsada pagsapit ng gabi na hindi pa nasisilayan ng mga mata ko.

At ang pinakamasaya sa lahat nagagawa ko ang lahat ng gusto kung gawin na walang bodyguards na nakabuntot at nakabantay!

Ever since I was a kid, I'm always surrounded by bodyguards. Huge, muscular and po-faced guards, all highy-trained and professional mannered. Alam ko namang ginagawa lang nila ang trabaho nila, pero hindi ko maiwasang mainis dahil pagmumukha nila ang laging bumubungad sa akin sa bawat sulok ng bahay at sila ang palagi kong kasama kahit saan. The hell with that!

I smiled instantly as sudden nostalgia betide, me and my sister  used to play pranks on them. Raven is the naughtiest among us,she does pranks on our guards and silly arguments with mom and dad ALL THE TIME. She's so clever, she always find ways to fool her guards. Like this one time she went to Madrid to meet some guy and made me sleep on her bed so she can run away that night. I was always clueless about everything she does, but she always find ways to get back before sunrise.

Pero ni isa sa mga kapatid ko hindi alam kung paano at bakit ako umalis sa amin,and nobody expected me to be the one to ran away.

It just weakens me everytime I remember leaving them, so I shove the thought away.

Right now I maybe free but threat of danger is there eventually for a lone lady travelling to nowhere. I also experienced being robbed, pickpocket to be specific, I was just roaming along with crowded people in some sort of china town where there's a lot of food stalls, I was amused with those mouthwatering, variety of street foods that surrounds me, and was unconscious that someone might get anything from my bag. Luckily, I placed my cash in a certain pocket inside the bag, and everything that was robbed was only my wallet full of my credit cards. Atleast, may natira pa sakin.

I rode a lot of random vehicles for weeks to a destination I don't even know where. I just rode off where the last bus stops, and just go where my feet would bring me. And upon moving from place to place, exchanging words to different people I've heard of a place where I could stay for a while.

Isla De Marcela

It is a beautiful secluded island, that can be travelled by land or in water. I decided to rent a truck to get here. Malayo sya sa kabihasnan pero moderno na ang mga gusali sa lugar, nakarating ako dito madaling araw pa lamang.This place was actually mentioned to me by the this young lady I met on a ship last week, she told me the place is a great place to unwind for it is private and isolated. She told me her name was Camila, she's young, pretty and playful. She's also really fun to talk to, she made me laugh a lot by telling some silly jokes and funny experiences she had. Camila travels from one place to another every week or twice a month. She get paid as well by just travelling for she's a photographer, she showed me some of the photos she'd been working on and indeed it is exquisite. Not just the places she been through but the quality of those images she have, those birds , trees and sunset was capture perfectly. Malalaman mo talaga na mahal nya ang trabaho nya, the photos she had taken shows so much of her passion.Pinakita nya rin sakin ang ilang imahe na nakunan nya sa isla, at hindi mapagkakailang napakaganda nito.

And the Isla De Marcela is what she recommended me first when I told her I wanted to be away from people. Nakwento nya rin lahat ng ibang lugar na may magagandang tanawin, dagat at bundok na napuntahan na nya. Pero mas pinili ko ang isla kung saan kakaunti lang ang tao.

She told me the place has a breathtaking view , and indeed it does. Not just on pictures but here right now, it is more of a paradise when you are really in here right now. With crystal clear water, powder fine sand and infinite blue sky who wouldn't find peace in this place? I just love staring at those calm fine waves moving, it is soothing my soul.

I exhale softly as I let the cold afternoon breeze of the sea gently blow some strands of my hair off my face.

Isang buntong hininga ang aking pinakawalan,marahil isang paraiso ang lugar na ito ngunit nagugulumihanan pa rin ako kung talaga bang nakalayo na ko. Ligtas na ba talaga ako?