Crescent Moon: The Peculiars [MOON SERIES #1]

CHAPTER 38

Section 32

"The Corrupted Beasts"

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"W-what?"

"That can't be..." I muttered out of fear and utter shock.

"Aisha, come outside, there's a big problem!" a voice echoed the halls until it reached the library where all of us gathered.

Napalingon kaming lahat na nasa loob ng silid sa boses na tumawag kay Aisha.

Portia entered the room. "You need to see this!" 

"There are a bunch of animals outside on the gate. Anthony, Marcus, and the others are trying to hold them back from getting inside the mansion."

"But I guess they cannot keep the act up," she said.

"Okay, let's hurry," Aisha answered.

"Astrid, I'll talk to you later. You shouldn't have done this inside the library without Moon's permission," she stated.

Everyone evacuated the library, only Calix, Aster, and Lia stayed with me.

"What do you think does this mean?" Lia asked.

"Panigurado naman akong hindi ito gawa ng kung sino lang sa loob ng bahay na ito." lumapit si Calix sa naka-ukit sa pader. 

Hinawakan niya ang naka-ukit. Sinusubukang sundan ang mga linya nito.

"Tama nga ang hinala ko. Matagal na itong naririto." dagdag niya.

"Pero paano naman nangyari iyon? Alam kong parati akong naririto na walang ganiyang naka-ukit sa likod ng raketa ng mga librong iyan sa forbidden section na ito." wika ko.

"How would you know?" Aster asked.

"We just found out after we saw some books missing after getting clues about your so-called vision," Aster added.

"Hindi ko lang talaga mapagtantuan kung bakit ako naka-ukit sa pader na ito." tanong ko. Naguguluhan ako sa mga nangyayari.

Suddenly while we were thinking, we heard some noise outside.

"What's that?" Lia asked.

"It's probably coming from the gate," Aster replied.

"I think we should deal with this problem later, let's see what's happening outside and help the others," Aster suggested. Everyone went outside of the library. 

I was still thinking how on earth someone like me ended up looking the same as the carved figure behind the bookshelf wall.

"Astrid?" tanong sa akin ni Lia.

"Ah, oo susunod na ako. Pasensya na medyo marami lang akong iniisip." tugon ko.

Tumakbo kami papalabas. Sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay nagulat ako sa bumungad sa amin sa labas ng bahay.

Isang dosenang mga hayop, mga tigre at ahas na kulay puti ang mga matang nag-niningning na halos nakaka-silaw.

"Anong nangyayari dito?" tanong ko.

"Some of the boys including Anthony and Marcus were just playing ball outside the mansion until those animals started attacking them," Portia answered my question.

"Huh?" hindi ako makapaniwala sa sinabi niya sa akin.

"Sigurado ba kayong walang ginawa sila Anthony na masama sa mga hayop na iyan?" I asked.