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Tears & Confusion
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I GASPED out in quick, heavy breaths before fluttering my eyes open.
Mahapdi ang sikat ng araw sa aking paningin as the hazy, sharp light seared my vision. Yet despite this, hindi ko na napigilan ang biglang pag-buhos ng luha mula sa aking mga mata as everything came flooding back to my memory.
Along with the overwhelming thoughts of my mind being all over the place, mabilis na umiikot pa rin ang paningin ko dahil sa hilo and probably because of the lack of blood.
Everything was disoriented to me. I was afraid, confused, tired, and hurt. Hindi ko na nga alam kung saan ba talaga ang masakit eh. Was it the pain in my skull, or the reopened wounds from my past memories? Maybe it was a little bit of both.
Trying to make sense of my vision, I painfully squinted my eyes. Medyo napapansin ko ang parating na pigura ng kalaban ko kanina — ang Thalia Mage na si Avery Locke. She was now standing in front of me, blocking the sunlight with her fuzzy figure.
"Shit," I groaned when another sharp piercing pain seared the back of my skull.
Hindi ko sigurado at hindi malinaw ang aking paningin, pero tila bang hawak niya ang kaniyang wand sa isang kamay.
"You're to go nowhere now, Luna Mage." I heard her mumble before grasping her wand tightly and pointing it to me and my fragile state.
I'm going to die. I chuckled dryly to myself before closing my eyes once more. Tapos na ang laban at panahon ko.
Ngayon na bumalik na ang aking alaala ay mas lalong hindi na ako takot mamatay. It was time to finally be with my deceased parents that were wrongfully killed by Queen Winthrop.
Queen Winthrop. Bumukas ulit ang aking dalawang mata at the thought of her name. The same ruthless queen who was reigning terror over the land was the same woman who killed both my parents ten years ago.
That bitch.
Anger and wrath suddenly filled me. Lumakas ang kabog ng dibdib ko dahil sa nakakagalit na memoryang iyon, and I couldn't help but let a shriek escape my lips.
Hindi lang iyon. Bigla kong naalala ang aking mga kaibigan na malamang sa malamang ay hinihintay o hinahanap na ako. Most of all, I remembered Gabe — and the promises I made, and everything that was taken away from me at a very young age.
My parents deserved justice as much as Queen Winthrop deserves to die.
And if anything, this was now the flame that should keep me alive. I deserve to finally live the life I am destined for after ten years of living in the dark.
With all the strength I could muster, I tried to lift my fingers and point it towards Avery's figure whose shadow was overbearing mine.
"Scutum meum, et quasi nubes," She cursed in the creepiest shrieks, mubles and horrifying yells as she pointed her wand at me.
"Et furorem irae meae..." Even in my weak state, I readied the little strength left within me and was about to counter her impending attack.
"...Potest cadere in mortem in numero hac pu—!"
"SKYLAR!!!"
BINABASA MO ANG
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FantasySkylar Eloise was a drift - nothing more than a homeless thief in Therron, region of the Luna Mage Weavers who possess enhanced human abilities. When she accidentally crosses a rich man who makes her choose between her death sentence and being a rep...
