Chapter 2

Sabrina

After we went to the boutique, we go straight to the department store to find and follow the three. I can't say if this place I'm in is weird or just normal because I don't have basis for the normality or weirdness of a thing. I can’t even do it on myself.

I’m like a jigsaw puzzle scattered around, whose piece is not yet whole. It seems like there’s one part of it is still missing. I don’t remember anything about myself, I can’t remember a thing. I can’t even feel that I’m belong to this place.

Looks like I belong here with them, but it feels not.

"Sab, you've been quiet. Are you thinking of anything?" Gigi asked me.

"I was just thinking, who really I am? What am I? If you're a Caster and she’s a Witch, what about me? Why don't I remember anything?" I replied to her.

"We don't know yet Sab, but we promise you that we will be here to help. So don't worry, cheer up now." Andrea said and then smiled sweetly.

We just wandered around the department store to find those three when suddenly there’s a loud voice filled the place.

"Andrea!!!"

We turn around to find where the voice came from and there, it’s Jomar’s voice.

"You're too loud for a boy, Jomar." Andrea scolded Jomar.

"What?! That's why you look like an old dollar girl. Why are you always so grumpy?" Jomar replied.

"What did you say?!" Andrea looked with glaring eyes at Jomar.

"Uh-eh" that's all Jomar said while running, and that's when they started chasing each other inside the department store without minding all the people around them.

I just smiled at the two of them. There must be something between them. I looked at the two next to me. Carlo looking at Andrea? Gigi looking at Carlo?

Huh? What's up?

Gigi noticed that I was looking at her so she immediately averted her eyes.

"Carlo, where is your grumpy friend?" I get Carlo's attention. I am referring to Almario.

"Ah, he was just with us earlier. I don’t know he disappeared again."

I just nodded at what he said.

After Andrea caught Jomar and hit him, we decided to go home and wait for the irritable one.

"Andrea, sorry. Let's just use your magic bean please."

Jomar has been saying sorry to her for what he did earlier and begged for her to use the magic bean.

"In your dreams. You're too lazy, can’t you see? Sab and Gigi are not complaining about it. It’s a shame, you’re a boy and you’re the one complaining of getting tired? Tss.”

"Unless, you're a---" then Jomar interrupted her.

"All right go ahead, say it and I’ll make sure you'll really find what you're looking for Ms. Andrea Denisse Jaen." Jomar threatened her.

Andrea closed her eyes tightly and just bowed, I guess she's really blushing right now.

Gigi and I just laughed at Andrea's behavior. Suddenly, there was a loud laugh that created the atmosphere. We were immediately alerted to who and where it came from. There was something trembling in my heart when I heard that laughter, I immediately advanced in front of them, like a shield for my comrades when suddenly a woman in a red cloak appeared in front of us. She took off the hood that covered her head and face then finally exposed to us her pitch-black hair, black lips and pale cheeks.

"Christine?!"

Andrea

"Christine?!"

That's the only word I manage to utter when I saw her. She has really changed, her appearance has changed. Every corner and part of her personality and face are already exposed by the Underlings.

Underlings is a sinful power came from Underland. I know he is on the side of Dark King Zanik.

Sab blocked me even more when Christine takes a step coming to us. We're sisters but she's only adopted by our parents when mom lose hope about bearing a child. At first, she was okay and kind. But when I came out into this world, she felt jealous and attempted to kill me.

"Oh? You have your new friend here. I know you'll live Sabrina, I meant that. But don't worry, you're about to meet her soon. You'll meet Ally your—"

"Christine!!!"

We turned to where the voice came from.

"Hey, Almario." she said it with her seductive voice.

Almario immediately went in front of Sab as if he was ready to protect Sab. I haven’t seen him like this to anyone after Ally was lost.

Wait—

Why I did not notice it earlier? Sabrina and Ally. They both have the same feature of their faces. They’re actually almost alike. It's impossible. Maybe Ally and Sabrina are---

"You guys, look funny. I guess I need to go. See you soon, Sabrina. You'll going to meet her... Soon." Christine said while laughing so devilishly, then she put on the hood of her cloak and vanish.

~*~

"Come on, let's visit Sab maybe she's awake now."

We're in the dorm right now, if it can be called a dorm, it's more likely a house.

"Gi, do you think what I am thinking right now? About Sab and Ally?" I ask Gigi while I'm on the terrace savoring the wind as it touches my face.

"It's impossible Andrea, Ally might be lost but it's not enough reason to over think that Sab and Ally are the same. We know her, and that Sab, she's far different from us. How can Ally be Sab when we can't even identify which clan she belongs to. I thought about that before but it's really impossible. " Gigi gave me a long explanation.

Maybe it’s just a coincidence. That’s all and nothing else.

“Are you okay now? Come, let’s give her a visit at the clinic.”

FLASHBACK...

“You look funny guys. I guess I need to go. See you soon, Sabrina. You'll meet her... Soon." Christine said while laughing so devilishly, then she put on the hood of her cloak and vanish.

Almario faced us.

"Are you all right? Did anybody get hurt?" he said, with a hint of concern in his voice.

"I'll go check the perimeter, maybe she's still around." said Carlo.

"Don't, Carlo, we don't know yet what Christine can really do. You might get hurt." Gianina worries about Carlo.

Sab walked to where Christine stands earlier.

"Where have you been?”

We were shocked by the tone of his voice. At first, there was no emotion. His tone was very cold, now his tone seems scared, scared of losing someone.

"I have things to do --- Sab!!!"

Almario immediately caught Sab when he suddenly fell to her feet.

...END OF FLASHBACK

I was about to open the door of the room where Sab was when it suddenly opened and it spat out Almario.

"Oh Almario, how is she?"

"She's okay now. Just go get inside."

"Wait— your eyes. Are they swelling? Have you been crying?"

"No, just go check her."

He immediately passed me.

"What happened to him?" Gigi just arrived from Clinic's desk to get a visitor's pass.

"Don't mind him, Gi. He’s being grumpy again. Let's get in."

Gigi nodded and we entered.