Unexpectedly

"Madam," a man in a mask called the woman who's eyeing the window. Both of them had a tattoo on their neck.

"What?" The woman asked.

"When we will fight those weak manians who kept on ruling this world that aren't belong to them from the very start?" Pagtatanong ng lalaking nakamaskara.

"I have a plan, and you don't have to know it. Isa-isa ko muna silang pababagsakin." Nakangising wika ng babae. Her eyes are full of wrath while looking at the scenery outside the window. "Check my son first if he did persuade his brother already," she ordered the man beside her.

"Sure, madam." The man bowed and went out to the woman room.

Nakangising nakatingin sa kawalan ang babae. "All of you will fall not so soon. Useless rulers. They'll reign, and you'll fall."

***

"Nacia, Luna, March and Ella," she stated. "The four of you are highly favored."

Nangunot ang noo ng apat sa sinabi ni Neah. Ngunit agad din itong nawala.

"Ma, may koneksyon kami sa bawat isa 'di ba? Nangyari lahat ng iyon sa Clash of Leagues dahil sa'min. It was our fate," mahabang saad ni Nacia. "After all the four of us aren't from this timeline."

Tumango si Neah sa sinabi ni Nacia. "Nandito ako para ipaliwanag sainyo ang lahat."

"Teka, tita. Anong ibig mong sabihin na hindi kami galing sa panahon na ito?" Naguguluhang tanong ni Luna.

"This is not the first world," si Nacia na ang sumagot. "We once live the world not named Mania. Gumuho ang mundong iyon dahil sa malaking digmaan at hindi natin nagawang protektahan na apat ang mundong iyon na humantong sa katapusan."

"Sino ang dahilan ng digmaan?" Tanong ni Ella.

"Big Shot," Nacia replied. "But I know that it wasn't only him and his general did it. He had a back up in the shadow that we didn't see."

"May past life ako?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong ni March.

"The four of us had," it was Nacia as she stared on March.

"Kung gano'n, may past life din ang mga magulang namin?" Tanong ni Luna.

"No," Neah retorted that makes Luna eyebrows furrowed.

"Anong ibig mong sabihin, tita na wala? Na kaming apat lang ang mula sa sinaunang panahon na iyon?" Nagugulahimanang tanong ni Luna.

"Yes, Luna, but they're still your parents, the goddess chose them. That's why you inherit your parents prowess and your another ability blessed by the goddess," pagsagot ni Neah sakan'ya.

Nanatili kay Neah ang mga tingin ni March. Unti-unti ng nasasagot ang mga katanungan sa isip niya. She isn't a half-blood. Her another power, being and auld lang syne, might came from her parents.

"Bakit kami?" Hindi mapigilang tanong ni March.

Ngumiti ang reyna ng Ordus dahil sa tinanong niya.

"Bakit nga ba kayo?" Tanong pabalik ni Neah dito. "The goddess didn't told me why she choose the four of you. Yet, I know a greatest discovery the four of you hold." Nakangiting saad ni Neah, ngunit hindi nila matukoy ang tinatago nito. Ella knew that the queen was hiding something from them. "She chose me to be a prophetess after I lost my immortality."

"We oath something to her, that's why we're here in this timeline. A promise." Makahulugang saad ni Nacia.

"Nakikita mo ang maaring mangyari sa'min?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong ni Luna.

Umiling ang reyna at huminga ng malalim, bago nagsalita. "No, I'm not like Reese, I'm the prophetess of the untold prophecy."

Sabay-sabay na suminghap ang apat na dalaga sa sinabi ng reyna. Prophecy, it is something that bound to happen in the future.

"Neah," tawag ng Diyosa sakan'ya.

Agad na nagbigay pugay si Neah noong makita niya ang Diyosa. Nagawa niya . . . nagawa niyang tapusin ang paghihirap na naranasan niya.  Sana mabuhay sila, iyon lamang ang kahilingan ko.

"Diyosa . . ." She stunned as she see how beautiful the goddess is.

"Neah, you're a selfless woman." Nakangiting sambit ng Diyosa habang nakatingin sa babaeng nasa harapan niya. "You're willing to risk everything just to help them. Even the unbeatable power within you."

"Nasaan ako, mahal na Diyosa?" Tanong ni Neah.

"Nasa kaharian ko," agad nitong sagot.

Nilibot niya ang kan'yang tingin at nakita niya ang isang paraisong mundo. Breathtakingly beautiful.

"Natapos na ba talaga ang kadiliman, Neah? Nasugpo na ba talaga ang totoong kalaban?" Tanong ng diyosa kay Neah.

Hindi mawari ng dalagang si Neah ang pinapahiwatig ng Diyosa. Anong ibig niyang sabihin na hindi pa tapos ang kadiliman? They defeated them, the darkness.

"Hindi ko maintindihan . . ."

"They're aiming a vengeance, Neah. Hindi sila titigil hanggang hindi nila nakukuha ang mundong ito. Guide the Children of Prophecy, Neah. They're my chosen four, The Promises. They're bound to had the pieces of untold prophecy, but one of them is the holder of it and when the right time comes, tell them their pieces. You'll be the prophetess, Neah, you'll see vision that are related to what happened to the children I'd chose." Nakangiting sambit ng Diyosa bago nito ikinumpas ang kamay niya.

"Received my blessing for you, my selfless heroine."

Neah received that new prowess given by the goddess after.

The goddess that haven't a name.

"The four of you had a pieces of the untold prophecy and one of you is the holder of it," Neah enunciate in front of the four woman. "For a while." And the queen vanished in their front.

Nangunot ang noo ni Luna ng umalis si Neah.

"What? Iniwan lang tayo dito pagkatapos niyang sabihin sa'tin ang nakakawindang na katotohanan na iyon?" Reklamo ni Luna.

"Someone was spying us," Ella muttered that makes the other three glance on her.

"A-anong ibig mong sabihin?" Naguguluhang tanong ni March.

"I can feel Ma'am Neah's emotion. It's not calm, she's worried of something and after that I felt another feeling, not from any of us, he/she was panting. Namuo ang takot sa emosyon ng taong iyon. I can't guarantee if she/he heard something or not from what we discussed here." Mahabang paliwanag ni Ella.

Ang laki ng tulong ni Ella, nakakapangilabot nga lang ang kapangyarihan niya. Hindi mo kasi aakalain sa isang tingin lang sa babae na kaya niya bumasa at umutos sa'yo sa gusto niyang ipagawa. Hindi makabasag pinggan ang mukha niya, masyadong maamo. Ngunit kaya kang paikutin sa isang pitik lang ng mga daliri niya. Nagpapatunay na huwag kang maloko sa mukha ng isang tao.

Dumaan ang ilang minuto at hindi pa din bumabalik ang reyna. Nagsisimula ng kutuban si Nacia ng kakaiba.

"What if sundan-" hindi natapos ni Luna ang sasabihin niya ng agd na tumayo si Nacia at naglaho nalang basta-basta. "Nagkakagulo sa labas!"

Agad na naalarma si March, Ella's expression change. Nalaman ni Luna na nagkagulo sa labas dahil nababasa niya ang isip ni Nacia no'ng panahon na iyon. Tiyak na may narinig si Nacia na siyang naging dahilan kung bakit ito umalis basta-basta.

"Hold me," March instructed Luna and Ella.

Sinunod naman ng dalawa ang sinabi ni March at humawak sila sakan'ya. Sabay silang naglaho at napunta sa sala ng mansion. Walang katao tao sa loob, mukhang nasa labas ang mga ito. Agad silang pumunta doon at naabutan nila ang mga kasamahan nilang nakikipaglaban sa napakaraming hukbo na hindi nila alam kung saan nanggaling. Hingal na hingal na ang mga estudyante, halatang makikita mo sa mga mukha nila.

"What are you doing here in my town?" May riin na tanong ng reyna.

"Give us the children that you kept for a long time. Alam namin na hindi lang ang anak-anakan mo ang binuhay niya." Makahulugang sabi ng isang lalaki.

"Are you ordering me?" Nakangising tanong ng reyna at hindi inalintana ang dami ng kalaban nila.

The queen make a huge cicrle of fire, sakto na napaalibutan ang isang sa mga hukbong sumugod sakanila. People that are inside on that circle of fire were shouting and crying. Lumakas ang hangin ng paligid na siyang nagpalakas ng apoy. Natulala si March sa nasaksihan niya, this is the queen's power. The special prowess. 

"Should I end you?" She asked those people inside the circle of fire.

Pati ang mga estudyanteng kasama niya ay napatigil sa pakikipag laban dahil sa nasaksihan nila.

"Madami man kayong pinadala ng babaeng iyon, pero walang-wala kayo sa'kin at sa mga estudyante ko. Nagkakamali kayo ng kinalaban. Inihain niyo lang ang sarili niyo sa mga leon na gutom." Makahulugang sambit ni Neah. "If you treasure your life, stop what you're planning, all of you will just ended up pitying yourself. Tell that to your boss."

While Neah was busy dealing with numbers of people, here's Ella eyeing at one of the man went to his direction and bring him to their side and put a knife on the woman's neck.

"Si Ella, tangina!" Sigaw ni Luna ng makitang hawak na ng isang lalaki ang kasamahan nila.

Hanggang sa dumami ang lalaki at isa-isang hinawakan ang mga estudyante ni Neah. Hindi nila napansin na may hawak itong syringe at isa-isang tinurukan ang mga ito. They all felt numb, something stole from them.

It was their prowess.

"Now, tell it to yourself, queen, how can you fight us seeing your students struggling? They're powerless." Tsaka ito humalakhak, even the Generation of Omnipotent can't do anything in situations like this.

"Oh are you provoking me to tell you about the children?" Tila hindi naapektuhan si Neah sa ginawa ng lalaking kumausap sakan'ya.

"As you should, useless queen," the man muttered.

Ngumisi lang si Neah at isa-isang tinignan ang mga estudyanteng kasama niya. March was the first one who understand the look of the queen.

"Damn it, Rich, fight for me, baby," Bulong niya.

A load roar echoed in the whole town that stiffened them all. Neah can't help but grin as she heard the roar of the T-rex. Dria amused and called her gift too. Nanginginig ang lahat ng hukbo ng makita kung gaano kalaki ang dumating. The T-rex opened it's mouth and ready to smash those men one by one.

"Crash them, Rich," March ordered her gift.

The T-rex roared again, and it shaken the ground. Dahilan upang mapasubsob sa lupa ang ilan sa mga kalaban nila at matumba ang ilan sa mga estudyanteng kasama ni Neah.

"Well then Lamp, do your job too," Dria told her griffin.

Isa-isang binalibag ng gift ni March ang mga kalaban nila, ang griffin ni Dria ay dinadala kasama nito ang kanilang mga kalaban sa himpapawid. Hindi magawang makagalaw ng lahat dahil sa kanilang nasaksihan. Kung paano walang awang binalibag ng T-rex ang mga kalaban nila.

Dala ng takot ay nagsitakbuhan ang mga ito, habang ang iba ay natuod sa kanilang kinatatayuan. The T-rex roared loudly again after he down all the goons. Ngunit hindi nila napansin ang lalaking may kapangyarihan ng cloning, ang lalaking tumurok sakanila ng syringe para mawala ang kanilang kapangyarihan.

Hinawakan ng lalaki at ng clone nito ang ibang estudyante na kasama ng reyna.

Some of them able to make a move to stopped the man from capturing them, but there are students who's too weak, and can't fight anymore, they're on their limits. The queen raised her hand and pointed a spear made of fire to the man who's holding Ella. Once this man down, his clones will vanished, but before the queen fire could touch him, he vanished with Ella and with the other students who's unconscious and too weak.

Neah cursed mentally.

Her eyes went to the remaining students with her. She raised her hand again and uttered something before she made them teleported inside the mansion. Hindi muna bumalik sa loob si Neah, gamit ang hangin na kapangyarihan niya ay lumutang siya. Kinumpas niya ang mga kamay niya sa himpapawid.

"Con la ayuda de la diosa, Yo, como sus descendientes, Declarando fortalecer el campo de fuerza dentro de mi dominio." The queen was closing her eyes as she raised both of her hands.

["With the help of the goddess,
Me, as her descendants,
Declaring to strengthen the forcefield within my domain."]

She's glowing, she's surrounded with five colors, the colors that represent the elements within her. Those colors from her body starting to encircle the whole town. She watch it cautiously before the queen went down.

Humawak siya sa puso niya, malalim ang mga hininga ng reyna at pinagpapawisan ito ng maigi.

May usok na nasa harapan niya. "You used it again, manghihina ka na naman. Don't worry, you, together with the previous heroine will not suffer anymore, malapit na."

That voice, damn it, she kept provoking the queen.

"Stop dreaming! You can't used me and my friends." The queen clenched her fist as she speak those words.

"Oh, too bad, I'm not dreaming." Humalakhak pa ang babaeng kausap niya. "Hawak nila ang ilan sa mga estudyanteng kasama mo, pag may nangyaring masama sa mga iyon, sa'yo ang sisi," bulong nito sa reyna ng Ordus. "Keep using your prowess and sooner it will consume you."

Nawala ang usok na kumausap kay Neah. Slowly the veins in her body starting get black. She's trying to stop herself from screaming. No matter how many times they tried to find a way, the result was still the same, the cursed act it's own way, bringing the nine of  them to the abyss.

Bumalik sa loob si Neah na parang walang dinaramdam at nakita niya ang mga estudyante niya sa loob na balisa. Napabuntong hininga si Neah.

"I'll talk to the queen and kings together with the councils. They need to know what happened," saad ng reyna. "I'm sorry, students . . . If I had been cautious, this wouldn't happened." Tinignan niya isa-isa ang mga estudyanteng kasama niya. "I will rescue them, trust me with this."

She leave them after without saying a goodbye.

Tumayo si March at naglakad pabalik sa kwarto niya. Pagkarating niya doon ay agad siyang umupo sa kan'yang kama. Hindi mapigilang mapaisip ni March na ang daming misteryong nakabalot sa mundong ito. Mga misteryong nakatago sa karimlan.

"Here," natigil sa pagmumuni-muni si March sa loob ng kwarto niya ng bigla niyang nakita si Saint sa kan'yang harapan, may ini abot ito sakan'ya

"Pashnea, bakit ka pumasok sa kwarto ng isang babae na hindi man lang nagpaalam?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong ni March.

"Are you an idiot or something, Maria Archana? Alam mong may sugat ka pero hindi mo man lang binigyan ng pansin? Remember that I can feel everything you felt, March. We have connections." Pagpapalala ni Saint sa babae at nilagay niya sa bibig ni March ang hawak nitong gamot.

"Oh yeah, that fucking curse." March rolled her eyes afterwards. "Thanks, maniac."

"You're welcome, brat."

"Saint," tawag ni March sa lalaki.

Agad na lumingon si Saint sakanya. "Tell me the things that are bothering you, brat."

"Is there a way to cut this link we had?" Tanong ni March kay Saint. Hindi kumibo ang binata. "Forget what I asked."

"Nahihirapan ka na ba, March?" His eyes are studying every bit of March face.

"I must the one who's asking that, are you tired of this, Saint?" March look straight to Saint eyes which locked on her. "You're tied with me by saving me in that river. Hindi ka sana madadamay sa lahat ng pisikal na sakit na nararamdaman ko kung hindi mo ako niligtas."

Saint immediately held March chin, and now their gaze locked on each other. Her beautiful crystal eyes locked at his mesmerizing sapphire eyes. Different kind of beauty as their eyes met.

"I'd rather be tethered to you than let you sink on your own," he uttered while looking at March crystal eyes intently. "If that incident happened again, I would still do what I did before."

Saint put his forehead onto March, her face started on fire. She's not used of Saint's actions.

"A-ang lapit mo, p-pashnea." Nauutal na sambit ni March.

"Mas malapit ito." Nakangising sambit ni Saint at hinapit ang bewang ni March na naging dahilan kung bakit magkadikit na ang katawan nilang dalawa.

Nag-iwas ng tingin si March. Nakaka panghipnotismo ang mga titig ng lalaki. Pinili niyang huwag itong tignan, baka pag nagkataon, hindi niya mapigilan ang sarili niyang malunod sa mga tingin nito. Hinawakan ni Saint ang kamay ni March at itinapat ito sa kan'yang puso.

"Do you feel it, brat?" Saint asked. "This is how my heart responded everytime you're near." Hindi makapagsalita si March, walang salitang gustong kumala sa bibig niya. Nakayuko lamang ito at hindi alam ang sasabihin. Ngunit muling hinawakan ni Saint ang baba ni March. "Look at me, baby, look how my eyes meet yours."

Exactly at that moment their time stopped. Only the two of them was moving, everything was peaceful and beautiful. He close the distance between him and March and locked his lips with her. Hindi hiniwalay ni Saint ang mga tingin niya kay March habang hinalikan ito, maging si March ay hindi matanggal ang mga titig niya sa binata.

At the moment their eyes meet again, and was sealed with a kiss, a kiss tied with love is something inseparable.

"Te quiero . . . Prefiero elegir un mañana contigo, que mil mañanas sin ti."

[I love you . . . I'd rather choose one tomorrow with you, than a thousand of tomorrows without you.]

Harvena: Aire
By DeeYanny
Plagiarism is a crime

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