I Was Her

Chapter 8: First reborn

A/N: May napaiyak ba ako? :<< sana meron....
I'm sorry, but this will be a short chapter.. >,<

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YARA'S POINT OF VIEW.

When I awoke, I gasp for air while massaging my chest. I look around, and I'm at the grass field. What the fuck am I doing here? I stand up. I can see nothing but green grass, parang walang hangganan na damo. There's nothing. There are no houses, people, or trees. I'm in the middle of nowhere. I look up at the sky when I feel the fresh air hitting my whole body.

I look down to see my clothes. I'm wearing a full white dress. I step forward, but I'm in shock when my foot touches the grass. The grass becomes dry. Whenever I walk, the grass becomes dry. I'm starting to feel confused. I start to run as fast as I can. I'm just running straight. 

I don't know where I should go, but I don't stop running. I don't stop running without looking back. I scream at the top of my lungs nang mawala akong matapakan. Nahulog ako sa isang kawalan na para bang walang isang hangganan, katapusan at dulo.

Napabalikwas ako sa gulat, napadilat, napaangat ang ulo at sumalubong sa'kin ang mga estudyanteng kapwa nagtatawanan na nakatingin sa'kin. Napatingin ako sa matandang nasa harap ng board nang bahagyang itinagilid nito ang kanyang ulo at magsalita.

"Kung matutulog kalang Yara, pwede ka ng umalis," he continues to write on the board.

The students stop laughing, look away from me, and continue to focus on writing in their notebooks. I stand up and walk outside of the room because he says so. I don't know why am I here. I never went to school. I never become a student.

Inilibot ko ang paningin sa buong hallway, naningkit ang mga mata ko when someone running towards me. He grabs my hand, and we start running. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ako nagpapadala, hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi ko siya pinigilan, hindi ko alam kung bakit ako sumusunod sa kanya. I want to ask him why we were running, but no words coming out of my mouth. I look at his hands holding mine while we were running.

I look up to see his face, but I can't see his face clearly dahil nasa likod niya ako tanging buhok lang at half face lang ang nasisilayan ko sa kanya. We finally stop running. He turns to me, and my eyes widen when I see him. Hindi pa ako nakakapag react ng todo when he push me at the stairs. I scream in shock, close my eyes, and wait for my body to fall to the floor.

I am waiting for my body to fall to the floor, but instead of the floor, I fall into the water. I cover my mouth in shock. What the fuck? What just happened? I extend my arm, trying to reach the top, pero hindi ko alam kung nasa mababaw lang ba ako because it's dark here. 

I force my arms to push against the water and swim up to the top, but I can't see any signs, and I can't see any lights from above. I continue swimming pero parang wala itong dulo o hangganan. My body slowly became weak. My oxygen is running out. Itinaas ko ang kamay ko, humihiling na sana may taong umabot nito, humihiling na sana may taong tumulong sa akin pero wala... wala.. my body reaches its limit. I stop moving.

I am afraid of drowning. It feels like my body is being pulled in opposite directions. The call of the water is pulling me to surrender to its seductive call, and the protests of my heart are screaming at me to fight it, but no more. No more oxygen. Hindi ko na kaya... I deeply close my eyes. I want to come up for air. I'm struggling to breathe. I can't breathe... I close my eye as my body goes down to nowhere.

Napabalikwas ako ng bangon habang habol-habol ang aking hininga na para bang ang tagal kong hindi nakalanghap ng hangin. Agad akong napabangon sa pagkakahiga nang makitang nababalot ng apoy ang buong kwarto.

Nakatapak ako sa kama ko, hindi ako makababa dahil nababalot na 'rin ng apoy ang buong sahig tanging malaking kama ko nalang ang hindi binabalot ng apoy. I could feel the heat radiating off the walls, and the smell of smoke filled the air. I try to move, but my feet feel like they are glued to the floor.  

There is a fire everywhere. Halos maningkit, humapdi, magluha na ang mga mata ko dahil sa init at usok. Hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko, hindi ko alam saan dapat ako pumunta. Napaubo ako at itinakip ang kwelyo ng aking damit saking ilong at bibig. I could hear the crackling of the fire, and I could feel it consuming everything around me.

"Yara!" napalingon-lingon ako sa kung saan nang marinig kong may tumawag sa'kin. I try to shout back, but there is no sound coming from my mouth. I scream, but I can't hear my own scream. What the fuck is happening? I scream again at the top of my lungs, but I still can't hear myself.

Nakaramdam ako ng pagkataranta dahil unti-unti ng kinakain ng apoy ang kama. The heat is unbearable. It is as if I am standing in front of an open oven, and the flames are slowly closing in on me. Muli akong napaubo. I fall to my knees. 

I take the pillow and use it to cover my nose and mouth. I feel so tired and weak. I want to ask for help but I can't hear my own voice. I feel so hopeless. I keep my eyes on my bed, trying not to look at the destruction all around me. I feel like I'm in a nightmare, and I am desperate to wake up from this. 

There's no way I can get out of this fucking fire. I'm losing hope. There's no way for me to escape. There is no way for me to be alive. I close my eyes because I can't bear the smoke and heat anymore. I can't breathe... I can't breathe anymore...

If this is a dream, please wake me up. I'm begging. Please make it stop.

I don't want to die...

I want to survive...

I want to be alive.

I want to live...

Please....

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Third person point of view.

Isang malakas na pag-iyak ang bumalot sa buong kwarto.

"It's a girl." Malambing na sabi ng nurse. marahan nitong binuhat ang bata at maingat na ibinigay sa ina.

"Nakapag-isip na po ba kayo ng ipapangalan sa kanya Mrs. Ynarez?" Nanghihina na napangiti si Mrs. Ynazer habang buhat-buhat ang sanggol.

"Yes." Aniya, hindi mawala ang ngiti sa kanyang labi. Marahan nitong inilagay ang kanyang hintuturo sa kamay ng anak.

"Penelope." She pauses.

"Penelope Ynares."

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