The feel of water against my eyes were painful, like something sharp and heavy at the same time and I suddenly felt the itch when I closed them. Liquid started penetrating my whole system, my chest was in agony, wishing for an ounce of air. And as I laid flatly on the solid floor, my body couldn't help but feel numb...until my heart halted, my breath leaving me.

"What were you thinking?!"

A pair of hands grabbed my body out of that hell, lifting me up and as I inhale a lungful of air, I noticed the abrupt difference in the surroundings. Air slowly replaced the suffocation I was under earlier, and I was grateful for it. I knew I would have died if I stayed underneath longer.

After coughing a lot, dizziness swept over like a powerful wind accompanied with the chill. I shivered. I came to notice I was surrounded by giant trees, beside me was a river where water flows harshly, up front was a big waterfall. My clothes were soaking wet, and so do the young lady in front of me. Her eyes were killing me, it was enough for me to say she's angry—furious even.

"We could have died!" Unlike my straight, long, black hair, hers were brown with a hint of red on the edges when facing against the light, it was all-tied up in a pontytail.

"I was only talking about the probability of success in jumping straight from the top of a waterfall, I didn't expect you would push us." I retorted back.

Her expressions are always so predictable that when she looked away, I knew she was embarrassed to admit it was her fault. But oh well, it had already happened, had it not? Plus, it's now that we got hurt in the process and the most significant merit in it was that we're alive.

I smiled. "Enough sulking Al, since when have you feared dangers?" I stood up offering a hand to help her do as well.

"Idiot. I'm not worried about me, I'm worried about you." She sighed taking my assistance. "And it's not that I pushed you guys on purpose. Something just bit me behind and as a surpise..." I chuckled seeing her playing with her fingers. She looked like a child explaining how she did something wrong.

"Anyway, where's Irona?" I started panicking inside when I couldn't see her.

"I'm here." I immediately turned around when I heard a soft voice behind me.

Over there, I saw a tall girl dusting off her clothes. She has a short, wavy, and black hair that reached up just above her shoulders. It has a slight mixture of brown when people look clearly though. Unlike the two of us, she was completely dry although I did remember the three of us falling together.

"Hey, why are you—" hindi na siya hinayaan pang magpatuloy sa sasabihin niya.

"Hindi ko naman hahayaan ang sarili kong mahulog sa tubig." She said as though it was the most obvious. Nilibot niya ang paningin niya at kumunot ang noo.

"Nasaan na tayo?" Tanong ko.

"Hindi ko alam." Bumalik sa amin ang tingin niya. "Pero alam kong malapit na tayo. Wala ka pa bang nakikita sa mga visions mo?" I shook my head.

"It's not like I can manipulate when to have visions." I sighed. "Shall we set up a camp?" The moment I said that, the three of us suddenly went on guard.

May nararamdaman kaming malalakas na enerhiya sa paligid, papunta ito sa direksyon naming tatlo. Nagpalabas si Al ng dual blades niya habang si Irona naman ay nagsummon ng isang katana. We all know these huge spiritual energies are familiar, they were so strong that our legs were trembling.

It's been almost a year since we started running away, hindi ako makapaniwala na palagi nalang nila kaming nagagawang sundan. But then again, following a bunch of teenagers isn't exactly hard especially when they have that much power within them. Alam naming tatlo na ito ang isang laban na hindi namin magawang manalo, kaya nung nagkatinginan kami sa isa't isa, agad kaming tumakbo sa may mga kakahuyan.

"Where are you three running off this time?" The voice brought shiver down my spine.

May mga nagliliparang mga daggers ang papunta sa amin ngayon pero mabilis umaksyon si Irona at nagpalabas ng mga spaces para doon mapunta ang mga daggers. But the attacks didn't stop there. Hundreds of bullets came raining down our way and Irona's spaces can't keep up with them.

Nagpalabas ako ng malaking barrier para mapigilan ang mga bala pero natamaan parin sa ilang parte si Al dahil sa kaniya nakatuon ang karamihan kanina. Natamaan din ng mga daggers si Irona that we can't rely on her spaces anymore to get us away.

"Enough with this immaturity." Her loud voice beamed across the woods. "You know this is a battle you cannot win."

"Irona, I've become too lenient on you these past few years." She was playing with the gun then suddenly pointed it on me. "Return or I will shoot."

"You—" I looked at Irona to reassure her it's fine.

"What's the point of that threat? You were planning to kill me anyways."

"We let you lived, you should be grateful rather than influencing our daughters in your stupidity." With a single touch of my barrier, as if it was a mere glass, she broke it down in pieces.

"You let me live because you wanted to use me!" I shouted, angrily. How dare they do something so...twisted?

I didn't know what happened before, but I know things didn't go well enough for them to one-sidedly hunt down that Caelesti woman and now what? Using me to take down something so evil? Who do they see me as? If they won't kill me then they're telling me to die!

Buomg buhay ko natuto akong lumaking mag-isa. I couldn't even be like other children dahil palagi akong bantay-sarado. Ano ba ang nagawa ko para tratuhin nilang parang hayop? I did nothing but training, polishing my skills, and tried to become somebody they wanted me. I wanted freedom, not recognition! I wanted to be a human not a machine!

Until I had enough and ran away hoping to find this Caelesti. Because I knew she had answers why my life is like this. I knew she was the cause of why I had to live in such an exhausting way. Ever since I was a child, I was already blaming her for everything. Siya ang rason kung bakit hindi ko magawang maging normal, kung bakit hindi ko magawa ang mga gusto ko.

I hate her. I didn't even know her but I already feel this urge that I wanted her dead. Perhaps if she did, my life would become normal. They say Caelesti is a traitor, a devil in human skin, a being despised by the world, and even the Gods fear her. Sino ba talaga siya para gawin ang buhay kong ganito? Ano ba ang koneksyon ko sa babaeng iyon?

I didn't care and just did what they kept telling me before, that only I can kill her, but what was the reason? Wala na akong pakealam. Tumigil na ako sa kakaisip ng mga bagay na iyan and started seeing her as a goal in order to claim my freedom. People don't understand how I hate that woman, that I'm probably irrational, that I don't know her enough for me to give her this kind of prejudiced thoughts. Pero wala din silang alam sa mga paghihirap ko.

I woke up in a world surrounded with people who tells me what to do and what not to do, living a programmed life, as if I'd stop breathing if they told me to. I came to learn that saying anything against their words is useless, they would shut my mouth, break my limbs, then repair everything again with magic. If I were to go back now...that life will never change.

Napapagod na akong mabuhay ng ganoon. Hahanapin ko si Caelesti at tatanungin siya ng mga tanong na hindi ko magawang sagutin. I will face her head-on even and I will eventually kill her even at the cost of my own death.

I immediately shifted my head seeing her dagger went straight towards me. Mabilis ito kaya hindi ako nakatakas na walang sugat, tumama ang patalim nito sa gilid ng mukha ko. Nagulat ako makita na nasa unahan ko na siya na nakatutok ang dagger niya sa leeg ko. My heart raced while meeting her glares. Sa likuran ko naman ay isang baril na nakatuon sa ulo ko.

"Cel!" Al shouted in worry.

Nakita ko sa gilid ng mata kong tinutulungan niya ngayon si Iroha na mukhang malalim ang natamong sugat. To think they're actually holding back against their daughters but still manage to hurt them like it's nothing.

"Should I feel honoured that the Northern Saint is in front of me and the Head of the Council currently taking an effort to threaten my life?"

"Enough with your words. Papunta na dito ang mga pinadala kong Elites para maibalik ka kung saan ka nararapat."

"Can't you just take me back?" I challenged.

I know they are currently in a huge pursuit of Caelesti's underlings which escaped a few months ago, that's why they couldn't return just yet. Seems they're desperate to find that woman just as I am.

"Know your place." And along with that cold voice, I was suddenly dropped down to my knees.

It was too fast that my knees suddenly hurt, I could even feel them bleeding. Dark energy crept from the ground and the sight of it terrified me. My heart was racing faster and faster, my breathing was becoming unstable, everything about me is getting uncomfortable. Napasigaw ako nang maramdaman ko ang sakit na nagmumula sa isa kong paa. Hindi ako makagalaw, pakiramdam ko parang hinahati ang mga buto ko sa loob.

"Let her go!" Sigaw ni Al.

"I'm getting tired of that naivety of yours, Allanea. I'm disappointed." The Saint said sighing. "I gave you everything you could have ever wanted and yet here you are, following this girl."

"I never asked for them and you know that!"

"I don't have to ask to know what's best for my own daughter. You merely have to do everything you're told."

"What you want from mine is different." Her face was blank when she said that.

Dark tattoos started crawling from her neck down to her right arm, she's letting her emotions control her mark again. While I noticed the Cursed Mark under the Saint's right eye glowing like a burning fire, throbbing as though it was alive. And that moment, everyone knew she was angry.

Nawala ang masamang enerhiya na nakabalot sa akin kanina lang habang lumalakas ang Saint papunta sa anak niya. Sisigawan ko na sana siya nang mapansin ko ang ginagawa ni Irona. Gumagawa siya ng isang space hindi malayo sa amin, pero nakita ito kaagas ng Council Head na hindi manlang siya nagdalawang-isip na barilin ang anak niya sa paa.

We're in trouble. Alam na namin na noon palang hindi kami mananalo sa mga halimaw na ito. With the Saint grabbing Al's neck and the Council Head aiming her gun at Iroha, wala na kaming magawa kundi sumuko. I sighed in defeat closing my eyes. Mukhang sa huli ay babalik at babalik din ako sa lugar na iyon. That dark and scary place known as Magnus. How in the world did things even become like this?

But no...I can't give up yet. I have to...see her. I want to see her. I want answers. That's why I can't stay locked up in that place, I refuse to be so weak that I couldn't even get up right now. When did I become so weak? When did I become this desperate? This...pitiful? But I don't care, I shouldn't care. I'll think deeply about things once I face that moment.

I directed half of my remaining energy towards my leg and concentrated in healing while the other two distracted their parent's attentions. Matapos ang ilang minuto ay tumayo ako at nagpalabas ng isang malaking magic circle sa kalangitan.

"How persistent." The Council Head muttered. Nagpalabas din siya ng malaking space sa likuran ko gamit ang spatial ability niya. Malakas ang hangin na nagmumula sa space na ito at hindi ko alam kung anong klaseng lugar ang nandoon.

Hindi parin tapos ang paggawa ko ng mahika kaya para hindi nila ito sirain, tumakbo ako papunta sa babae sa harapan ko habang baril ng baril lang ang ginagawa niya. It's almost impossible to dodge those bullets because they were just too fast that I had to make layers of barruers to defend myself.

I met Irona's anticipating gaze and I nodded. Napansin din siguro ni Al kaya nagsimula narin siyang kalabanin ang ina niya. Ilang taon nadin kaming magkakabigan, kaya alam na namin ang ibig-sabihin ng bawat galaw ng isa't isa. I don't just fight without thinking things through, our goal for the moment is not to defeat them but to get away.

Nang makalapit na ako sa kaniya ay nagpalabas ako ng dagger sa kamay ko at inatake siya nito. It was an expected move when she dodged far to the left because she's always a long-ranged fighter. As a result, madali lang sa aking lampasan siya at tinapunan ang Saint ng dagger na hawak ko.

"Irona!" I shouted and along with that, a huge space appeared beside her.

Seeing Allanea still struggling from the Saint's grip and the Council Head trying to cut the space, I let out all of my energy to activate the magic circle above. It released a huge spiritual energy at sa isang iglap, lumiwanag ang kalangitan. Mabilis kaming tatlo pumunta sa may space pero natigilan nang biglang yumanig ang lupa. Kasabay ng pagyanig na iyon ay ang pag-ulan ng mga arrows na gawa sa spiritual energy. They continued to pour like rain na hindi manlang makagalaw ang dalawa.

"Iyana, don't even let them."

"I know."

Bago pa man kami makapasok sa space ay nahati ito sa dalawa hanggang sa unti-unti na itong lumiliit. The three of us looked at each other. I was gritting my teeth the whole time because at this moment on, we truly cannot escape—

Then suddenly, my eyes started glowing in blue, almost to the point where I couldn't see anything anymore, they started hurting like they were being gouged out. Napaluhod na naman ako sa lupa habang hawak hawak ang mukha ko. Bumibilis ang tibok ng puso ko at bumibigat ang bawat hininga na binibitawan ko.

"Hey, are you alright?" Narinig ko ang nag-aalalang tanong ni Irona.

Why now? Why do my visions always come in a dire situation?! I want it to stop...not now—but I knew resisting to see these visions will only hurt me. So I stopped moving, stopped resisting...then as though the world had stopped, everything went blank.

"It's her visions—" I interrupted Allanea by pulling her wrist. "W-what now?"

"I'm sorry." I used the last of my energy and pushed the two of them towards the narrowing spaces.

Until everything surrounding me was dark and I had always feared the darkness. It feels like whenever I'm into one, I'll become the same, I'll drown and eventually...I'll die. Darkness, for me, always brings pain. For some people it might be there ally, but that doesn't apply to me. Darkness always makes me feel alone, it shuts everything out and traps me in. Yet there are times it's pleasant and soothing, it gives off this familiar feeling like I belong when I know I'm not.

It's strange.

The dark surroundings suddenly changed. I saw an image of a woman. She had a long black hair, pale blue eyes...she was beautiful. The kind that people would look at everyday, a beauty that could enslave even the heavens and hell, and she had a very powerful spiritual energy that could trample even the Gods.

Fear was radiating from every inch of my body. But I wonder why I do not seem to mind it, that as long as it was her, I wouldn't mind feeling such emotion. I held my breath the moment our gazes met, cold sweat ran down my forehead.

"Who are you?" Her voice was calm yet it was strange how those simple words brought shiver down my spine.

"W-who are you?" Enough to make me feel like this.

"You don't exist in this place." She was right. "Come unless you want your questions to remain unanswered." I reached out my hand but then stopped abruptly.

"Do I know you?"

"Who knows." She turned her head around and the scene started to narrow.

"Wait!"

"Come and find me, perhaps you'd be willing to answer my first question by then." I frowned.

"But I need to find someone first." She stopped on her feet.

"What would you do if you did?"

"I'll kill her."

"Hold on to those words well." Her steps were light, almost soundless. "Otherwise you'll drop them."

When I opened my eyes, Caelesti's face was the first thing I saw. Her eyes are as pale as ever and looking at them somehow relax my whole nerves but at the same time it's uncomfortable. I averted my gaze as I sat up from the bed. It's raining again outside, the wind is harsh and the temperature is cold.

Since when did I fall asleep?

"Do you dislike the rain?" Caelesti asked giving me a cup of vanilla tea and base from the cup she's holding, hers is jasmine.

"I used to." I turned my gaze towards the cup in my grip, the scent of vanilla slowly revolving in the room, blending with the scent of jasmine. "Because rains had always made me feel lonely than I already was." I smiled. "But perhaps now I don't seem to dislike it."

"It's hard, isn't it?" My gaze involuntarily returned to hers with a frown. "Being my own flesh and blood...being my daughter." She blankly looked at my face, still the same, one without any seen emotions, like a lifeless statue.

"I'd be lying if I say it isn't."

"Do you regret being born that way then?" I smiled at her question, actually thinking about it.

"Perhaps I did, but I certainly don't feel that way right now though." I watch as she sipped from her cup.

"You failed to hold on to those words." She was referring from that time I first met her in a vision. My memories are slowly returning and it's scary that I don't often think about them.

"It seems I did drop them."

"Well you have to grip them tighter this time."

"Caelesti, I don't want to kill you. I could never."

"I'm not asking whether you want to or not, I'm saying you have to."

"Why are you so obsessed with death?" I bluntly asked. "You'd die and what?"

I knew the answer of course, she'll leave me all alone. But then again, she's Caelesti, she doesn't have any particular reason to stay with me even though I'm her own daughter. Well I already knew the world is a cruel place to live in, I guess my mother is one too.

"I don't want you to misunderstand. You may be my own flesh and blood but that does not indicate I shall act as a mother now, does it? Some things aren't meant to change just because they are sprinkled by little facts."

I sighed and then chuckled, bitterly. It's such a strange feeling that I was a little hurt when I already expected she'd say something like that. Have I grown so weak that I clung to that connection we have hoping she'd become a family I've always longed for? How pathetic.

"It's so like you to say something like that." I met her gaze but only for a moment before I stood up.

I have never questioned my height, but standing beside her made me do so. She was a height I could never reach no matter how hard I try. I'm not even doing my best yet I'm already being shut out. Perhaps under different circumstances I could have chosen to attack when I first met her. But I wonder why I didn't.

I placed the cup on the table, still filled with half of the tea. I left her in that room without saying anything. Perhaps one day she'd leave like this too, she'd leave without making any sound, where before I even knew it, she's already gone.

Nung unang beses ko siyang nakita, hindi ako makagalaw, tila bang napako ang mga paa ko sa lupa. Ni wala nga akong maalala nung mga panahon na iyon kung bakit ako nandoon, kung bakit ko siya hinahanap, kung bakit ko siya gustong makita. Isa lang pala ang rason ng lahat, gusto ko siyang patayin. Pero parang tumigil ang buong mundo ko nang nakita ko siyang nakatayo hindi malayo sa akin.

Naaalala ko parin hanggang ngayon kung paano niya pinatay ang halimaw na iyon, kung paano siya gumalaw, kung paano lumiwanag ang mga mata niya...lahat-lahat ng bagay na nakikita ko sa kaniya ay naaalala ko. Nakakalungkot lang isipin na wala na kaming oras para magbago ang relasyon na ito.

When I was starting to think she actually cares for me, she immediately dropped that idea with a mere reason that she was only letting me live because I still have to claim her death. Nang akala ko magbabago na ang lahat dahil sarili ko pala siyang ina, ganoon parin ang pakikitungo niya sa akin.

Who am I even kidding? I already told Ziandra before that I didn't care whether she'll act as a mother or not, that I only want to protect her and give her a world she can call her own. But what am I doing to achieve that? Nothing. I'm doing nothing. They were right, I'm all talk and actually don't do anything at all. I know I'm weak but I don't do anythimg to become stronger...how can I achieve those when I'm this lame and pathetic of a human being?

I stopped walking realizing how far I had already walked. The rain had already long stopped pouring, and the skies were beginning to clear up. Hindi ko na namalayan na nandito na para ako sa tabi ng dagat. Hindi pamilyar sa akin ang parte ng isla na ito. Palagi akong dinadala ni Ziandra sa kung saan nitong mga nakaraang araw pero hindi ko alam kung saan ang lugar na ito.

The island is usually dead, so it's a bit surprising to see some plants growing around here. Mabato ang mga buhangin dito at mas malakas ang hangin kumpara sa ibang parte. Tumingin ako sa likod at nabura na ng hangin ang mga bakas na naiwan ko sa buhangin. Hindi ko manlang namalayan na ganoon na pala kalayo ang nalakad ko.

Minding the beautiful scenery over the horizon, umupo ako sa buhangin at saglit na pinikit ang mga mata. The cool breeze felt so assuring for some reason. I don't really feel nostalgic but I have this sudden urge to do so at the moment. I smiled. Minsan hindi ko mapigilang isipin kung gaano kaganda ang lugar na ito.

May nakita akong matalim at mahabang bato sa gilid ko kaya kinuha ko ito. Nagsimula akong gumuhit sa buhangin, hindi ko nga din alam kung ano itong ginagawa ko. I do admit I'm quite disappointed with that conversation I had with Caelesti earlier. And now I keep wondering what exactly should I do here.

"You're good at drawing." It was a deep voice and familiar. It was the same voice I heard several night ago speaking with Caelesti.

A shadow covered the artwork I was making and looking up, I saw a handsome man looking down at my direction with a smile. He crouched lower in front and took the stick I was holding from my grip. I was about to protest when I realized what he's doing. He's actually helping me.

"Caelesti actually has a small mole behind her ear." So he knew I was trying to draw her. "Her eyes have two small rings encircling her pupils. Her eyelashes are dilated, they are also rather long." Marami pa siyang sinabi pero hindi ko magawang makinig.

I frowned. He's suspicious.

"How do you know so much about her whole appearance? They aren't even noticeable."

"I guess they aren't. Only I have seen those details myself." He smiled. "She's very beautiful."

"Of course she is."

"And you look extremely like her."

"You're creepy. I don't even know you." He laughed.

"You're funny."

"That's a first. People often see me as someone serious."

"Uh-huh, I can see that." I frowned again. Which exactly is it then? Seeing my face, he pinched my nose for a few seconds before letting go. It was probably red reason for such a big laughter.

"Hindi nga kita kilala, how dare you—"

"Hey, how old ae you?"

"Uh fourteen."

"Fourteen huh?" Now he started rubbing my hair like I was some child.

I was about to say something by opening my mouth but seeing his heartwarming smile, I stopped. It was the kind of smile, like he's remembering something that I shouldn't bother. Who exactly is this person? I have mever met him before. But he seems familiar that I don't feel the need to put my guard up against him.

"Mister—"

"You grew up well."

"You're not only creepy, you're also very weird." He stood up and grabbed my hand kaya napatayo narin ako. Ang tangkad niya, he's even taller than Caelesti by a few inches.

"What are you doing here?" I turned beside us seeing Caelesti walk towards our direction. "Didn't you leave a month ago?" Oh so she was referring to this man.

My eyes widened seeing this man's expression when he saw Caelesti. Bathe under the sunlight, showing his fair skin, enlightining his brownish black eyes...I came to realize this man is indeed very handsome.

"You can't be seriously expecting me to actually leave you here, can you?" He smiled. The smile he's showing towards her is different, something...beautiful. "Especially now that I have more reason to stay."

"Do whatever you want." Her gaze went over to the drawing we were yet to complete on the ground. Her face showed no expression as usual, but her eyes told us otherwise. "Playing with my face now?" She asked looking at me.

"H-he's an accomplice." Mabilis kong sabi sabay turo sa lalaki sa tabi ko.

He laughed once again which made me nudge his side slowly. My face was probably red, I think I'll die in embarrassment. I didn't expect her to be here. She looked over the sight up front which I was looking at earlier.

"Fate is playing a game again...with this unusual turn of events." We heard her muttered along the breeze. Hindi ko maintindihan ang ibig sabihin ng sinabi niya pero mukhang nagawa ng lalaking ito.

"Pwede din namang ganito lang talaga ang takbo ng lahat." He said looking at me kaya kumunot ulit ang noo ko.

"Ano ang pinagsasasabi niyo?" Umakbay ang kamay niya sa kabilang balikat ko at dahil sa laki niya ay mabigat ito. I glared at him. Pero ngumiti lang siya at ginulo ulit ang buhok ko.

"Can you stop doing that?" I annoyingly asked.

"You're too serious! You could use a little fun."

"Enough with that. Hindi mo ba nakikitang naiinis na siya sa'yo?" I somehow didn't expect Caelesti to take my side which I'm grateful for.

Nagulat ako nang bigla niya nalang akong kinarga at iniko-ikot na parang bata. Pilit ko siyang sinasabihan na ibaba niya ako pero hindi ko alam kung talagang bingi lang siya dahil tawa lang siya ng tawa na parang baliw! But at the corners of my eyes, I swore I saw Caelesti smile. It was a genuine one...and it wasn't...a pretend this time.

At that moment, I swore with all my heart that this woman, Caelesti, is very...very beautiful. No words could have described it. Even the word itself doesn't give her justice. How could a person could be naturally myserious and enchanting at the same time?

"You seem to be in quite a daze, are you alright?" He worriedly asked setting me down.

Since I'm in a very good mood, I just smiled at him which probably surprised him given by the way he stood motionless for a few moments.

"There's a cliff up ahead where most parts of island can be seen. Would you want to go?" Her voice was as cold as ever, but we knew better than that. I nodded and followed her tracks as the man followed behind me.

After several minutes of walking, we finally reached the top of this so-called cliff. From here, I could see a small tree hanging on the edge. The skies are already changing their colours, the sun will soon be replaced by the moon, and the wind will become much colder but I didn't want everything to end yet.

Tumingin muna ako kay Caelesti bago siya tumango sa akin at hinayaan akong pumunta palapit sa maliit na kahoy sa unahan. Narinig kong nag-uusap ang dalawa pero hindi ko maintindihan dahil nagbubulong-bulungan sila. Habang naglalakad ay hindi ko maiwasang tumingin sa ibaba na halos napapalibutan na ng mga ulap dahil sa sobrang taas. I feel like one wrong step and I'll fall to my death.

My eyes widened seeing such a beautiful sight before me. I feel so lucky to be able to see something like this even once in a while. I wonder if I could come here often. Just seeing the whole view somehow soothes my nerves, it's a very pleasant feeling. I don't know why I'm even feeling this happy.

"Hey how high is this—" I abruptly stopped what I was about to asked and held the unto the tree tightly beside me ater feeling the ground shook.

Until the pleasant feeling I had earlier immediately disappeared and was replaced by fear seeing how the cliff slowly formed cracks. Panic was written on my face and I know they were both aware of it. Looking behind me, there were ships coming from the seas shooting barricades of magic attacks at us.

"Run!" Hearing his beaming voice, I did as I was told but a huge rock suddenly fell from the sky, blocking my path.

Its hard impact against the ground resulted to more cracks until the lines traveled and connected with each other. And before I knew it, I was falling. Who was it? Enemies? How? Do I even have time to think about who shot at us?! I have to think. Fast!

But it was too late, I let out a painful cry as my back hit the waters. It was too high that it felt like gravity pushed me down on a solid ground. I coughed a lot of blood before my body sank deeper. I always had troubles with swimming and plus, I couldn't move, my body became numb.

Sinking deeper, I could hear the roars of thunders and lightnings on the skies, rain started pouring once again, and even under this water, I could feel the surrounding energy becoming heavy and heavy. I could somehwhat sense so much rage within this surrounding energy, anyone would. This much spiritual energy...there could only be one person who's capable of making my whole body tingle like this.

Oblivious of how Caelesti destroy everything in sight above, I let my body gave up with the water slowly filling my lungs and finally, I closed my eyes.