The Truth

Chapter 3

I tapped my pencil against the dark brown desk in front of me, staring down at the Atlantean writing on the paper, biting my lip as I slip into deep thought. I squinted my eyes as I struggled to remember the translation of the words, before letting out a small groan. It's been a couple of days since I met Pacific, he hasn't begun teaching but that was mostly because he and my father have been discussing whether or not to reveal the nedirine to the other countries.

I looked up at Ama who was flipping through pages of a book in her hands. "What is it princess?" She questioned, not looking up from her book as she spoke.

"Have the nedirine always been a secret to the world?" I ask, placing down my pencil, while Ama looked up at me with a surprised look on her face.

She closed her book with a sigh, placing it down on the table in front of her. "No, not to all anyway. Antarctica and Greenland are fine examples, as well as older countries like ... Kati." She explained calmly, seeming to struggle on remembering the country's names on the top of her head.

"Kati?" I questioned, raising a brow as I looked at her with a confused look.

"Phil and Martial's father; Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan." Ama spoke without sutter or ... much of a struggle for the moment causing me to look blankly at her. "People mostly call him KKK for short or Kati." She added with a small giggle by my reaction.

"Oh ... ok." I say with a nod before asking, "So did they reveal themselves openly or-"

"I feel you are asking the questions to the wrong person." Ama interrupted me with a small smile. "Pacific knows more about that time than I do ... after all he was alive then. I go off the books." She spoke, gesturing to the book on her desk before giving me a soft look as she picked up her glass of water.

I shrug, "You have a point there." I then looked back down at my paper, picking back up my pencil as I went back to work. I then look back at Ama before asking, "I can't really figure this out. Do you like Hector or my dad?"

Ama choked on her drink, coughing before looking up at me with wide eyes and a small blush on her cheeks, "W-What?" She questioned, as if she was unsure she heard me correctly.

The door to the room opened, my father walking in with Reichtangle by his side. "Hello ladies, what's going on in here?" He questioned with a warm smile, before looking over at Ama confused as she buried her face in her book.

I merely blinked at her before turning towards the two men, "Good, just learning some Atlantean." I answer him, returning the smile.

"How is that going?" Reichtangle spoke as he walked up to my side to take a look at the sheet of paper himself.

"Good so far, I still get the y's and e's confused with each other which keeps throwing me off." I say with a grumble as I looked back down at the paper, looking back over the writing.

"Well we are going to have to cut this session short." My father spoke, causing Ama to peek over the book, giving him a surprised look.

"What? Why?" She questioned as she closed her book before dropping it onto the table, her blush now gone, as she walked up to my father.

"It is time to introduce the other countries to the nedirine, specifically Pacific." My father answered, as I stood up, dropping my pencil along beside the paper as I stood up.

"Really!?" I question in excitement, looking up at him with a bright smile on my face.

My father chuckled before nodding, "Yes, Pacific and I decided that, since America and Confederate saw him already, it wouldn't hurt to show everyone else." He then gestured towards the door before saying, "Shall we get going?"