Oneirataxia: My Fictional Man

PROLOGUE

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Prologue

"Sabihin mo ang hangarin sa kaibuturan ng iyong puso at ito'y tutuparin ko," direktang sabi ng matanda sa akin, hawak-hawak ang laylayan ng aking mahabang manggas.

I don't know if I should be terrified knowing na hatinggabi na ngayon at may isang estrangherong matanda na bigla na lang lumapit sa akin.

I stepped back, hinting her that I was getting uncomfortable, but she seemed oblivious of my gesture. Kusa ko na lang tinanggal ang kanyang kamay. 

She seemed harmless though, but I couldn't risk myself lalo na ngayon sa kaarawan ko.

"Ah pasensya na po. I better get going," tanggi ko. 

Patuloy akong umatras at tinalikuran na siya, pero talagang mapilit ang matanda at hinawakan ulit ako.

"Ngunit isang beses lang itong mangyayari sa buong buhay mo. Sige na hija," pagsusumamo niya. 

Malalim akong napabuntong-hininga at hinarap siya. I have so many desires deep within my heart but I know too well that some of those are way too impossible to be granted unless if she's a deity.

"Suntok sa buwan po ang mga kahilingan ko," sabi ko at marahang tinanggal ang kanyang kamay mula sa pagkakahawak sa balikat ko.

"Aba'y mas mabuti!" tila sabik na bulalas niya.

Ah bahala na, wala naman sigurong masama kung magsasambit ako ng kahit isa sa kanya. Aside from its impossibility, I wasn't that serious nor hoping for a crow to be turned white.

"Hmm. I want to teleport and go inside my favorite story," I exclaim absent-mindedly.

Right aftter I dropped those words, I began feeling uneasy as a strange warmth sickeningly flowed inside my body. 

My knees trembled and weakened until I couldn't support my weight anymore. 

Unti-unti akong napaluhod habang sumisikip ang aking dibdib na tila ba galing ako sa isang karera at ngayon ay naghahabol ng hininga. 

In the end, I feel myself slowling fainting.

End of Prologue

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