enigmatic

chapter nine ;; force you

After I hang out with Aibriel, bumaba na ako sa level two, at hinanap 'yung room 005. After wondering around stupidly I found it. Ang laki ng exterior. Mukhang Asian 'yung accents ng exterior, it's cool.

Pumasok ako, suddenly I'm in a PE uniform and socks. I see a guy, nakita ko sa ID niya, "Smoke Mist" pala pangalan nito. "Good afternoon, m'lady." sabi niya. ang soft ng boses, my god. Madami 'ding gwapo dito, pati din pala teachers? He has smokey gray hair, tan skin, almond eyes, and all that good stuff. May manners pa. I bowed and replied, "Good afternoon 'din po."

"What's your magic?" he asked me while sitting down the bamboo floor. umupo 'din ako ng naka-indian sit. "So far, wala pa po." was my reply.

He thought for a while and then nodded, "Well then, so far, what can you do?" holy potatas, englishero ka sir? my god mukha ka pa namang japanese kuno. "combat.. magaling ako doon." I replied with a smile. I never tested this but sabi ng dalawang destiny fairies kaya ko daw. He nodded, stood up and taunted me, "Alright, let's fight."

JUSME SIR, AYOKO NA MAG-ENGLISH NAKAKASAWA. I stood up, left my bag there. 'yung bag ko is 'yung binigay ni Atlas saakin. Andun lahat ng gamit ko galing sa earth e. The teacher bowed and so did I. We started to do battle stances, he was the first to make a blow.

He simply punched me, where I dodged downwards. My feet did a small wipe to knock him down. He was fast to react at tumalon siya and kicked my forehead. 'Di ako nakailag—masyadong mabilis. Ang sakit ng sipa sa noo ko, 'dun pa talaga kung saan may pimple ako, noh? Gago.

I stumbled, and fell on my feet. Sir Smoke started to do this weird hand thing, and mandalas started to form around me. Shit, ano 'to? I ran away from the spot. Magic smoke? Well duh! 'yun magic niya! as excerpted from his name.

So he's straight up telling me how to fight in the battle field, huh? I went up to him by sprinting and punched his face, he didn't dodge so naapektohan siya. Sinabunutan ko siya kasi ano ba magagawa ko? Wala naman akong magic. I punched him once again and he was there in the floor. He started counting and he said, "Ding ding ding, you win. The enemy was unable to move." He sits and his hands started to glow gray, and he puffs himself a mist, assumingly healing mist. He did so sa forehead ko, and boom! pati pimple ko wala na.

"From the way you combat, I can see you really need a magic even if you are strong enough to fight mano-mano." Smoke started. "In a week, open ka na for missions. We can't wait for more than a day— training ka dito 36/7. We need to force you to spit that magic out. Alam na namin kung ano magiging magic mo, since royalty ka."

Wow, nagtagalog 'yung spokening dollars. "Pa'no po 'yun?" I ask him, I'm starting to feel nervous and I don't like it. "Follow my lead." sabi niya. He stood, so did I. He started to murmur the words, "black mist."

Ah frick. Lalaban nanaman? I hear things opening and I don't like it. I see.. A monster's eyes. "Shxt," I cuss. Papunta siya sa direksyon ko, and 'di ako makagalaw.

'Harness thy energy, dear Leanna.
Feel the water filling the cup.
Feel it complete you.'

I hear the two faires, Desiree and Aurum duet again. I can't? If you can see, takot ako?!

I ran, ran away from the monster to look for my bag. Andon motor ko, and babangain ko 'yung monster. Holy shxt I can feel grass through my socks. Ibang terrain na. Nakita ko 'yung monster. Long neck, tall, his eyes were the only thing visible sa features niya. Like slenderman? But with windy powers.

The monster pushed and gushed a handful of harsh wind. Dahil grass terrain naman, of course may rocks. I'm just going to find them. I run, trying to find a rock. Until faithfully, nadapa ako sa bato. Potatas naman. I grab the rock and look for the target. I grab a few more rocks and he's finally close enough. He blows a really big gush of wind, forcing all the mist out.

Finally, ang lapit na niya. I grab a rock and throw it at his neck. Tinapunan ko 'din siya ng bato sa chest. I come closer, as his guard is down. I kick his face side ways for a while and finally sa mismong mukha na niya.

He poofed himself gone. And I hear a big roar. I've got tingles, my god. Natatakot na ako.

An ice beast? Kamukha ni Marshmallow sa Frozen. Holy moly, takot pa naman ako 'dun. The monster approached me, as I can't move due to being scared. Ah shxt. He did a scratch-like motion. And Ice fragments came out suddenly, he roared as might as he can. Masyadong malakas 'yung force kaya nasali ako sa hangin at napabangga sa isang malaking wall. Dead end?

Sakit sa ulo. Mabulabog ka ba naman. "Uso toothbrush, sis!" I scream at the monster. I plop down helplessly.

I'm so useless? Aqua na ba ako nito? Oh my god. I'm starting to zone out.

Kinapa-kapa ko 'yung pockets ko, baka may bell ako dito. GOODLORD BUTI. I ring the bell and scream, "AURUM, DESIREE, I CALL ON THEE!"

White light engulfed everything and napunta ako sa dimension nila. They look at me weirdly and said, "Why are you here? We're tryna watch strawberry shortcake here." Desiree said with munching some bread. "Well, yeah. So what are you doing here?" Aurum followed.

"How do I harness the power? May sabi-sabi kayong feel the water fill the cup churva." I said nervously. Obviously parang souless ako do'n sa battlefield.

"Oh 'yung parang ano namin 'yun. Voicemails na nakarecord na." Aurum replied with no actual care in the world. Desiree gave me a bread. "Kita mo 'yan? Kainin mo 'yan. Feel every feeling mo habang kinakain 'yan. Ramdaman mo 'yung pagka-softness ng tinapay, 'yung sweet  flavour at 'yung feeling sa kamay mo. Pakiramdaman mo, okay?"

Suddenly, bumalik ako sa Belserion. Sinuntok ako nung halimaw, balik wall nanaman ako. I run kung saan mas may free space na ako.

Pakiramdaman ko?

I don't know but.. I did a proposing stance sa legs, but my hands are on the grass. I feel the vibrantions in the land, I feel the wind surging through my hair. I close my eyes to concentrate. The beast roars once again—but I'm not gonna fly again. Ayoko na. I stand my ground and I feel my adrenaline get high.

I jumped close to the beast as a mandala forms on my left foot, letting me levitate for some time and I kicked this motherfxcker so hard, napugutan ko siya ng ulo. He let out glass-like ice fragments but I mostly dodged them, and I only have a few cuts. My hands had started to glow gold, and I blasted him dead.

Finally, he poofed away as well. I started to glow and levitate. The room converted back to its original bamboo-ey state and a large boom, blowing us, me and the teacher. It was like a super nova. The energy came from my body, transforming my hair into platinum blonde and my eyes turned into a dark violet color.

I plop down into the bamboo floor as the teacher calls for the school nurses.

— short chapter sorry.