enigmatic

chapter six ;; stories

So.. ayun. Mother(?) Vanta — so far 'di parin ako komportable d'on — called my brother, Phantom. Pumasok si Phantom lazily na may dalang aso. A BLACK PUG AAAAAAAAA. Oh my god, ang cute!

But outside, wala akong reaction. "He looks like Edgar." I blurted out suddenly. then, bigla biglaan, tumili siya? pang babae naman ata 'yung tili. "Pinapanood mo d'in si Pewdiepie?" tili niya. "Yes!" sigaw ko. He lets go of the pug and bro-fisted(a fist bump, green minded frickers) me. "Epic!" we shouted.

After that, nagdaldalan kami ng likes and dislikes namin. Turns out, he likes anime as well. "Kilala mo si Kuro sa servamp? 'yung vampire form niya? kamukha mo!" sabi ko. he was shocked and said in his normal voice, "weh?"

it turns out, parehas lang pala kami na awkward sa una. we were watching Nanatsu No Taizai until Phantom got a call. "Phan? Sino 'yan?" I curiously asked. "Ah, sila? Sila Flora lang 'yan."

"wait, answer ko lang call nila." he said as he clicked the answer button on his iPhone. video call 'yun so I can see them. "Hi Phantom! Papasok ka ba bukas, o ano?" This green haired girl said. She seemed to notice me and said, "Oh, hi newbie! Ano pangalan mo?" Flora—i suppose—said to me.

'You chose Belserion, girl.
The new information about yourself is now implemented into you. Your name is Angelee Blanc, your age and birthdate stays the same. You know combat skills by now. Your talents are the same. Your personality stays the same as well. You are now a royalty, a princess, an heir for the throne. For questions, ring-ring-ring thy bell in your room, Angelee.' the two destiny makers say in duets.

"I'm Angelee Blanc, I'm eighteen and yeah." sabi ko sa babae. The girl seemed so cool and neat. "I'll see you tomorrow in the school, maybe?" sabi niya. I nodded a no, and said, "Sabi ni.. Mother.. I'll stay here for a week para mag-ikot ikot." I replied to her.

"Bye Angelee! Kakausapin ko muna si Phantom, okay?" she said to me. Phantom now left the room taking his airpods with him to video call with Flora.

I am now alone in my room, magisa nanonood ng anime. I check my phone, and I saw.. Belserion versions ng lahat ng apps na alam ko that existed in the normal realm. Pinuntahan ko 'yung Youtube and everything is still normal?

I turned to my side and saw the beautiful view ng Celestial Midnight. Ang ganda. gabi na and everything is lit up. ang ganda ng lights. I come backt o my phone at inadjust lahat ng accounts and apps. 'yung Facebook ko ngayon is Angelee, no friends nor followers, naka-one name lang. 'yung Instagram at twitter ko naman ay @geleeace. lahat na naka-adjust at naka-palit. I found Phantom's account sa facebook, Twitter at Insta, kaya inadd at finollow ko.

I heard a bell ring, probably kakain na. Tinanggal ko na ang korona, necklace at bracelet ko. Binalik ko na sa bag ko. While 'yung mga damit na dinala ko ay linagay ko na sa cabinet at closet. Nagpalit ako sa recommended clothes, a gown. White gown, kayo na bahala mag imagine, at nagayos ako. Nag-flats ako at bumaba na para kumain.

Nang bumaba ako, naka ayos 'din sila. And other people were there 'din? Andun si Atlas at si Flora, so princess din si Flora. Sila lang kakilala ko dito besides my family. I sat down sa tabi ni Mother at ni Phantom. "So.." my .. father.. started, "As you may have heard, dahil sa kadaldalan ng asawa ko," Father paused to chuckle and Mother glared at him, "There's a new addition to the royals." he finally finished his sentence and lahat sila naka-tingin sakin. "Uhm.. Hi." I awkwardly said as I bit my lip out of nervousness. Phan nudged me na tumayo at mag-introduce. Nairita ako slight at tiningnan siya ng nakakainis ng konti. "I'm Angelee Blanc po, I'm eighteen." I said and bowed tas bumalik sa upuan ko.

"So kasing age mo lang sila Aria." the blue haired tita said. I nodded. After a while, nagdaldalan 'yung mga parents. Ang awkward. It's like may kainan sa hindi mo kaklose na mga pinsan, na walang shanghai at spaghetti.

I ate peacefully and waited 'til everyone is done. "Hang-out muna kayo ng girls, Angelee." sabi ni Mother Vanta sakin and the other girls were smiling. There, I saw Flora, Sky blue haired girl and ocean blue haired girl. Pumunta kami sa kwarto ko and finally pumasok na. After I closed the door they said, "Oh my god! Finally! Ang awkward kanina ugh." sabi ni Sky-haired girl. "I'm Skyrie, by the way. I'm seventeen!" Flora bowed and said, "Flora, seventeen." and the ocean haired girl just plopped down my bed, "I'm Aria, eighteen aaaAaaAaaAa."

"Uhm, yeah, hi? uh, narinig niyo na intro ko kanina, awkward 'yon but you know." sabi ko, awkwardly. Aria rolled around and sat sa bed ko, the others did as well. "Tell us about your past life." sabi ni Aria.

I was dumbfounded, akala ko bawal sabihin. "I know, I know bawal sabihin. But it's just our secret, okay? Royalty pinky promise, hehe." Skyrie said. Flora clapped, "Dali, dali. Kekwentohan mo kami, kekwentohan ka din namin."

"Sure!" I laughed along with them. So then I started, "As far as I can remember, I was an orphan. 'Di ko kakilala parents ko but may nag-adopt sakin. A sterile woman and a man. Mayaman sila parehas—they were able to pay off the school bills I have and the other bills and payment. I also tried to stay humble, kasi I was never biologically theirs. But I still tried to find my actual parents as well—wala akong maalala, honestly, other kids remembers their earlier days tas ako, walang maalala? Walang biological parents para ikwento sakin 'yung mga early days ko. So, I'm trying to find them." I said, trying to be brave and not cry. "I'm so sorry for that Angelee, but.. Something's wrong with you—" Aria started but I cut her off.

"I know, alright." I replied to her. Skyrie puts her hands on my arm, "No, but seriously. Pag napad-pad ka sa Belserion, you know everything from your past." Skyrie said to me. I was shook? Flora pulled Skyrie away and told me to continue. "Of course, I fell in love. Sa isang lalaki. He's part japanese, part filipino—but nasa Philippines siya nag-aaral. Call it puppy love but yeah puppy love nga— I really liked him, honestly. His name was.. uh.." I stopped for a while and looked at my surroundings. Then I remembered kung ano kinain kong desert. Graham Balls. "uhh Graham Ba— Graham. I really loved him. I made songs, stories and poems just for him. Until Eighth grade. umalis na ako sa school, and never met him again.. Highschool went blurry until two days ago. A car was near me and—"

"Dahil dun namatay ka?!" they shouted all together. I shook my head—"No! I wouldn't be here if I was dead."

They blinked. Flora opened her mouth to say, "Angelee.. Everyone here is dead. They had second chances, we had second chances with life. We had to choose; life or death. We chose none. And here we are. Lead by the two destiny makers— Desiree and Aurum."

"I.. I don't know. but— A car nearly crashed with me but Atlas.. Atlas saved me. From that moment on he told me about the thing— THIS THING about Belserion. Potions, magic, other shxt and he said.. I belonged here.. So kanina, probably, I was with Atlas, we met up and here I...was." I said, finishing my story. "So.. Atlas got you here.. in a way we've never knew of? And no one knows how to do those things.. Oh my god! What the orange, Atlas?!" Aria shouted.

She then calmed down and said, "He meddled with magic—obviously, he might pay the price one day. But here we are, things are done. It's a secret—these are secrets only we keep. Alright?"

"Alright!" the two reply, I also replied the same with a nervous tone. "Shhh only the Loquacious Atti knows." the three started to sing in duets.

"Loquacious Atti?" I asked.

"Loquacious, madaldal, Atti, attitude, duh." Skyrie said in an attittude tone.

Lah attitude pala 'to. "You're a part of us now!"