Find the Lady

Potions

Akma na akong tatayo nang maramdaman ko ang hilo. Agad namang lumapit si Rence at sinabihan na magpahinga muna. He is calm now despite what he just said earlier. Mabuti na rin iyon dahil hindi ako komportable sa tanong o alok niyang iyon.

Besides, I barely know him. Ngayon lang kami nagkakilala.

“Huwag ka munang masyadong gumalaw at huwag mo ring pilitin ang katawan mo, baka mas lalo kang mahilo niyan,” he said in a worried voice.

Tumango ako nang nakapikit at marahang hinawakan ang kaliwang sentido.

“Potions,” I blurted out. His face is in complete jigsaw.
“What?”
“Ang sabi ko, potions,” huminga ako nang malalim at tinignan siya.

Hindi ko alam kung sasabihin ko ba ito sa kanya because as I said, I only knew little of him but, “I need those potions to have full capacity of my powers. I’m just a normal vampire without those.”

Alam naman siguro ng lahat na walang sinumang ipinapanganak na mayroon na kaagad salamangka.

We are not born with powers, we earn it. Hindi lahat ng may kakaibang abilidad ay nasa kanila na iyon agad- agad. No, it doesn’t work that way.

If you want something badly, pick your arse off.

Don’t work hard, work smart.

Tumango siya. “I see. So we need to get those potions in order for you to gain your powers, am I right?”

“Oo. Every potion in our kingdom is linked to its owner. Sa oras na umilaw ang likido nito na katulad ng kulay sa iyong kamay, you’ll know it’s your territory. But the thing is…” I am almost confident dahil kabisado ko ang pasikot- sikot sa kastilyo and I know my potions so well. Pero ang problema lang ay…
“My father is in the castle and I am wanted.” Napatango- tango siya bago napagtanto ang ibig kong sabihin.

“What? You are wanted in your own castle? Pwede ba yun? Tsaka bakit ka naman nila hina- hunting?”

Naitikom ko nalang ang bibig ko. I don’t want him to know what crime I had done yet. Kahit na sabihin ko sa kanya na aksidente iyon, I know he would still doubt me.

People will always doubt the truth and will always believe in vague reasons and lies.

“If you’re not ready or uncomfortable to tell me the reason, for whatever it is, I will still help you, you know,”

“Maraming salamat, Rence. Pangako, when the right time comes, I’ll explain it all to you.” I smiled, a genuine one.
Reassuring him that my promises aren’t made to be broken.

If I say something, I keep it.

I bended my two knees and hugged it, seeking warmth at ipinatong doon ang baba ko. I sighed.

Una, napatay ko ang aking ina. Pangalawa, wanted na ako sa sarili kong tahanan. At heto na naman, prino- problema ko kung paano makakapuslit sa loob dahil sigurado ako na mas humigpit ang seguridad doon. And the potions… ugh! my head aches in all these fuss.

“Rence…” I called his name. he slowly turned his sight to me.

“Ano?”

“Diba sabi mo tutulungan mo ako?”

“Oo”

“Bakit?”

“Anong bakit?”

“I mean, kakikilala mo lang ako, and I barely know you too. Hindi ka ba natatakot na talikuran kita?”

“Sabihin nalang natin na utang na loob koi to sa isang kaibigan.” Nagsalita pa siya tungkol sa ibang bagay, avoiding my question.

I know he is not a vampire, he said him himself na wizard siya, but why does he smell differently from them?