SHORT STORIES COMPILATION

"132 YEARS OF REINCARNATION"

"132 YEARS OF REINCARNATION"

"Do you believe in reincarnation?" lahat ay seryosong nakatingin kay maam, wala ni-isa ang nagtaas ng kamay,

"Ano ba 'yang ginagawa mo, Ricca?" tanong ng katabi ko,

Ako naman ay kung ano-anong isinusulat sa notebook, mas naiintindihan ko ang mga naririnig ko kapag ginagawa ko 'to.

"Wala lang." tugon ko,

By the way, nagdadalawang isip ako sa reincarnation na 'yan, hindi ako naniniwala pero gusto kong maniwala.

"Totoo po ba yun?" one of my classmates asked,

"Hundred years ago, a German girl named Reign Carsburg was born on January 1, 1870 at exactly 12:00 AM. She's one of the bravest woman alive of her decade." paliwanag ni Maam, lahat ay namangha, nagpatuloy lang ako sa pagsasayang ng tinta ng ballpen ko,

"At the age of 20, she married a soldier named Lucas Kagali from Rwanda. Reign was really planned to be in an arranged marriage with the son of her father's friend, she was supposed to be married with Edward Steffins. After Reign and Lucas's marriage, Reign listed herself for military to follow the path taken by her husband. Hindi kagaya ng ibang mag-asawa, Lucas and Reign are not living together. They are in long distance relationship from Germany to Rwanda without communication, pero ni minsan ay hindi nila nagawang lokohin ang isa't-isa." dagdag ni Maam, lahat ay nakasalumbaba habang bilib na bilib sa naririnig,

"Sana'll!" sigaw ng isa sa mga kaklase ko, natawa naman ang lahat,

"But the government of Germany declared about colonizing Rwanda. Doon nagsimula ang dahilan ng hindi magandang storya ng pagiibigan ni Reign at Lucas, anyone who knows the story?" tanong ni Maam, lahat ay napalingon ng agad na tumayo ang isa sa mga kaklase naming lalaki, si Keijy, crush ko hehehe enebe, go crush!

"Lucas is the chief leader of Rwanda's soldiers. After 1 year of training, Reign become a successful soldier and became the commander of the German military." ani Keijy, itinigil ko ang ginagawa tsaka tumingin kay Keijy, ang gwapo talaga leche! "During the war between hundred of soldiers, Germany won." dagdag ni Keijy tsaka naupo,

"Hala anong nangyari sa mag-asawa?"

"Ituloy mo!"

"Oo nga anong nangyari?"

Hinaing ng mga kaklase kong kinulang sa breastfeed.

"After killing 50 soldiers of Rwanda with already 2 gun shots in her body, nabaril si Reign sa huling ikaapat na bala." panimula ni Maam, lahat ay napadaing,

"Hala ang tapang nakapatay ng singkwentang tao!"

"Kawawa naman."

"How about Lucas?" tanong ng bida-bida naming kaklase,

"S'ya ang nagmamay-ari ng ikaapat na balang bumaon sa katawan ng sarili n'yang asawa." ani Maam tsaka ngumiti,

"Hala ang gago naman pala n'ya!" reklamo ng isa,

"Bakit n'ya binaril?? asawa n'ya yun eh!" anang isa pa,

"Because that is the commander's command." tugon ni Maam, lahat ay napaisip,

Utos ni Reign na barilin s'ya ni Lucas?

"Reign died at October 6, 1894, and Lucas died at October 6, 1952." dagdag ni Maam, lahat ay namangha, "Reign, the bravest  woman alive on 1870 to 1894, reincarnated into another person, she was born on October 6, 1894 as Lucent McGregy. On Lucent's statement, naaalala n'ya ang lahat ng mahahalagang pangayayari noong nabubuhay pa s'ya bilang Reign, kaya n'ya ring magtunog German kahit pa sa Australia na s'ya nag reincarnate. Lucent became a Australian soldier, and served her country for almost twenty years. January 9, 1962 namatay s'ya dahil rin sa apat na tama ng bala." kwento ni Maam,