Substituting Cinderella (Twisted Tales Series #1)

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Chapter 1: Ravaryn

My breathing hitched when I realized that I was really in other dimension of the world. Okay lang sana kung sana sa iba'ng bansa ako napunta e pero fuck, bakit sa hindi ko alam na lugar.

Lumapit ako sa pinuntahan ng babae. Madami ring tao ang nakatingin at nakangiti sa akin.

"Wait, I'm sorry I am not Cinderella. Nagkakamali lang po kayo." I denied but they only laughed at me. Naiiyak pa nga sila sa sobrang tawa.

This scene seems so familiar. Para'ng nangyari na sa akin ito or maybe...dreams perhaps, isa'ng kakaiba'ng panaginip.

"She's bluffing the same joke again!" Someone at the crowd said, and then laughed again.

This is crazy!

My forehead creased at them. I don't find my situation funny, alright?

"What do you mean, sir?" I asked him. They suddenly stopped laughing. Lumaki ang mga mata nila at sabay sabay na kumurap, sabay sabay ding bumagsak ang kanilang mga panga. Natawa ako sa isip ko dahil para'ng pareho ang ginawa nila sa napapanood ko'ng Disney movies.

A man with a bald head and a big tummy came near me, he point his finger on me, his mouth were still open.

"You..called..him..sir?" He asked me in this believed. Why? What should I call him?

"Unbelievable! Inuumpisahan mo na naman ang mga biro mo, Cinderella!" Turan pa niya, they starts to laugh again.

"Cinderella! I didn't know you're a good joker! Napakapalabiro mo pala!" The woman who has a handkerchief that tied in her head said.

Agad ako'ng umiling sa sinabi niya.

"I am not Cinderella, I am Cindy!" Pamimilit ko.

For the nth time they laughed at me again. And a realization hits me hard, kaya pamilyar ito'ng senaryo na 'to it is because I dreamt of this last night. Everything of this!

"Iyan din ang idinahilan mo kahapon, Cinderella." Yesterday? Ngayon lang ako nakarating dito. I noticed the way they talk, its too formal. Way too formal.

"No, I'm telling you the truth, ma'am. I am Cindy and I don't know this place." I'm getting crazier each time passed.

"You can't fool us anymore, Cinderella. Dito ka na sa Ravaryn nakatira buong buhay mo kaya alam naming nagbibiro ka na." Isa sa mga matatanda ang nagsalita.

"No! Please, believe me I came from Philippines, I don't belong here and I need to come back! Please, help me!" I could almost taste the tears that coming out into my eyes. Sumeryoso siya'ng lahat at tumingin sa akin.

They once looked at each other, tula naguusap sila gamit ang mga mata nila. I heard someone sighed.

"Philippines? There's no such place like that, Cinderella. Ang Ravaryn lamang ang mayroon at ang mga malalayong kaharian. What book have you read this time?" The thin man asked.

Binitawan ko ang dala ko'ng basket sa estante ng mini grocery ng babae kanina.

"Please, you have to believe me, I need to go back to my place, a weird woman put a cast on me." I pleaded.

Umalis na ang iba dahil sa tingin nila ay wala'ng kwenta ang pinagsasabi ko. Hanggang sa dalawa na lang ang natitira sa harapan ko.

I looked at my strange surrounding. Para'ng old place siya, it looks like an old market. Ilan sa mga istraktura'ng nakatayo ay gawa sa luma'ng bato, yung para'ng nasa kwento ni Cinderella, may magalit at masasayang taong nagkekwentuhan. In the middle of the plaza, there is a huge fountain, it looks old yet elegant.