The Grimoire

Chapter 11: Behind the Eyepatch

Obvious lies.

Kahit anong iispin ko, sigurado akong alam na niya. Should I stop pretending? or should I tell the whole team? Pero sinabi naman niya na hindi ko dapat sasabihin sa iba. I wonder if it's okay to tell them, my teammates. 

Napatigil ako sa pagsulat at napahinga ng malalim. Tinapos ko kasi itong assignment na ipapasa bukas. Lumingon ako at nakita ko silang lahat na mahimbing na natutulog. I decided to keep my assignment at tumayo ako. I walked towards the huge window at binuksan ito ng kaunti para lumanghap ng hangin. I loked down and I noticed that there was a small space na nilagyan ng mga halaman. Napatingin ako sa suot kong pangtulog at napadesisyonan na lumabas ng bintana at tumayo doon sa maliit na space. Hindi ko na pinansin ang suot ko kasi wala namang ibang studyante na gising pa.

While I was enjoying my alone time, ngayon ko lang napansin ang isang kagubatan na malapit sa dormitory namin. It doesn't look like its man-made, but it does seem safe. I saw how the fireflies and fairies played around and it kind of gave me a feeling that I want to play too despite of being alone. I enhanced my vision to look for a place where I could spend my time and just 100 meters away from our dormitory lies a waterfall where a magical old tree was standing. Its leaves were glowing along with the moonlight. 

Pumasok ulit ako at kinuha ang libro kung saan ako gumuguhit at kumuha rin ako ng pangguhit. Napatingin muli ako sa kanila para siguradohin na tulog sila. This time, nagbihis ako ng medyo matinong suot. I wore some white hoodie and a black pants at nagsuot na rin ako ng rubber shoes. I bit my pen, and I jumped outside and landed on the small space. I closed our windows at tumalon kaagad ako sa ibaba.

I walked towards the forest habang hawak ang libro ko at kinuha ang pen sa bibig ko. I hummed as I went in at naisipan kong tumigil sa isang kahoy na may bulaklak na nakalatag sa ilalim nito. I spent a couple of minutes sketching it bago ako naglakad ulit. I decided to jump towards the thick tree branch, and I landed successfully. Instead of walking, naisipan kong tumalon na lang ako kasi mas masaya.

The trees were huge and each trees had different auras inside like and it reminded me of humans. Hindi ko napigilang ngumiti habang sinasalubong ang hangin sa pagtalon ko. Masaya ako na hindi ko tinali ang buhok ko kasi kusa rin itong sumayaw kasabay ang hangin. I stopped for a moment when I heard a gush of water near me.

"I'm getting close," I whispered, and I began to jump again.

I continued jumping around until the sound of the waters were getting closer. I decided to start walking this time now that I am near until I reached the destination. I gasped as I embrace a huge ass tree filled with different leaf colors and a bunch of home from fairies. I walked closer and I looked down into the water flowing from the waterfall just below the tree. The air and the magic that surrounds me seemed comforting kaya naisipan kong umupo sa tabi ng tubig. I saw various of fish swimming around the waters and their scales were shining along with the waters with the help of the moonlight.

"This is majestic," I whispered to myself, and I began to touch the water. It was cold but it was soothing at the same time. Hindi ko alam kung isa ba ito sa epekto ng tubig but my mind started to stroll from my past. I began to think the moments I had when I was in Liwet and the moment I learned how to use magic until the moment I met Cairo and the others sa port. Was I destined to meet them?

I looked up and stared at the moon and stars. I miss Liwet.

Binuksan ko ang dala kong libro na may mga sketch ko. I flipped to a blank page at naisipan kong iguhit ang nasa harap ko. I didn't matter how long it would take as long as matatapos ko ang iguguhit ko. Isa lang naman ang subject namin bukas eh tapos may mission na kami. We have to spend away from this school for a couple of days or weeks to achieve our mission kaya mas mabuti na iguhit ko muna ito at ipadala sa Liwet.