Dawn of the Mystiques

Prologue

Prologue

"Surprised to see me, my dears?" ngising sabi ng taong ito.

"IKAW?!" sigaw naman nila.

"YOU TRAITOR! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US?! WE FUCKING TRUSTED YOU!" the girl exclaimed.

"Not my fault, dear." sinenyasan niya ang isang tauhan na umalis muna panandalian.

"Ano bang ginawa namin sa'yo para ganituhin mo kami? Wala kaming ginagawang masama..." mahinong tanong ng isa sa nabikitma nito.

"Nothing, actually. We just need something from you and after that, mamamatay kayo at wala man lang makakaalam na wala na kayo. Poor you."

"What do you mean 'walang makakaalam?" a guy curiously asked.

"You see. We perfected an elixir! I'll tell it to you later! And by the way, your friend right here already took 25 percent out of a full dose." Napatingin sila sa itiniro at namutla nang nakitang walang malay ito.

Nagkatinginan ang mga batang kinuha ng taong ito at lumungkot ang mukha. They already conceived what will happen to them and accepted that realization.

We are already dead the moment we step foot on that plane.

***

A girl with her dark brown shoulder-length hair, round shaped brown eyes, pointed nose, fair skin, and has a petite body smiled, showing off her perfect white teeth, after helping an exchange student from her school for she was lost.

"Ate! Thank you po talaga! Sorry po sa istorbo!" sabi ng exchange student na nagngangalang Aurora.

"Hala! Okay lang! Anytime! In case na kailangan mo tulong ko, pwede mo 'kong puntahan sa room ko o kaya tawagan mo ako. Ito, bigay ko sa'yo number ko." magalang na sabi ni Tracy.

"Hala! Wag na po! Feeling ko kaya ko na naman po" nahihiyang sabi ni Aurora.

"Wag ka na mahiya. Willing naman ako eh!" Siya na mismo ang kumuha sa cellphone ni Aurora at masayang inilagay ang numero nito.

"Oh ayan! Nalagay ko na! Ingat ka ha! Sobrang laki ng campus na 'to kaya hindi imposibleng mawala ka ulit. Una na ko, ha? May klase na ko eh. Ingat!" Tracy bid her goodbye while Aurora is still shouting a bunch of thank you's.

She walked happily toward hers her classroom because she helped someone. Naniniwala siya sa kasabihan na

"Hey, Trace." Napatingin siya sa tumawag sa kaniya.

"Uy! Hi Paul! Need anything?" Inakbayan siya ng lalaking nagngangalang Paul. Paul is her classmate.

"Uh, actually yeah. I was in the hospital yesterday and I had no idea of you did yesterday. Any homework?"

Tracy smiled. "Meron. Sa next class nga natin meron. Masasagutan mo kaya agad?"

She brought out her iPad and sent the homeworks to Paul.

"Uh, can I copy yours na lang? Pretty pretty please???" Paul showed a puppy eyes.

"That's cheating... but... it will hurt his feelings if I said no..." Tracy thought.

"Sure! Ito, kopya ka lang!"

"Thanks Trace! You're the best!"

Like she said, goodness is the only investment that never fails.

***

"Five, six, seven, eight!" their captain shouted then started dancing their cheerleading routine.