CHAPTER 32- FLASHBACKS

𝘈 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯,

"Why are you alone?"- Tanong ni xirien. She thought that this is the only way to make them closer as a friend.

"Dito ako pinanganak but... i--i don't know everything. "-she stop for a while. It because she doesn't want anyone knew about her past. Rather than not to let someone could go beyond her wall. Her pain cause her too much, but try not to shed any tears again.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘮.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘐𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘦, 𝘈 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮; 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥

𝘈 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳..

"Sabi nila ang Rauko village was the cause of a one little girl believe to have a gifted charm kaya naglabasan ang mga kalaban"

"A gifted charm? Sino ba sya at anong meron klaseng kapangyarihan yun?"-xirien desperately asked for more. It somehow connected to her past. Her curiousity drives her to find the answer. She herself was born on Valioe, but being as a big threat. Xirien was force to use her power to protect her family against the 𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑘𝑜.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦... 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴.

Guilt mourned her by putting all the blame that made maomao suffered for the lost of her love ones. Xirien considered herself a monster of how dangerous she was and hide herself in a mask to not let any people knew about her power.

"She's believe to be called as the voice of the nature"-when that word came out to maomao's mouth; she began to fall back to the past, a fear that was long forgotten came to find her again. The air became too thin for her to breath and she began to feel dizzy all of a sudden

"A--are you s--ure?" her voice trembled

"I don't know who is that person is. I want my revenge"-pagkamunghing wika nito at di nagpatinag si xirien na sya ay napaluha sa kanyang narinig

𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑘𝑜 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢. 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘟𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 .

𝘔𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦..

"Maomao, kilala mo ba ang prince nato?"-tanong ni marko na nakaupo sa sanga ng puno na hinahasa ang kanyang espada.

"His small?"

"Tanga katakot naman hanggang ngayon di pa yun lumaki"-ajenta crack a jokes but no one finds it funny. "Tawa naman kayo!"-she pouted and puff her cheeks for being embarrassed.

"Hiya ka teh?"-leo chuckles to tease ajenta.

"Hello everybody did you miss me?!"-fairy shows up to give the news but before telling the bad news she greeted first. As always.

"Of course we do!"

"You need to follow me in Artier"

"Why?"-marko ask again

"The stone was stolen. The enchantress of the lake is about to fade, if we don't hurry we maybe too late to save her"-dire diresto nyang saad at nataranta na ang iba.

"Whose this enchantress?"-sabay na tanong ni leo at xirien. Ang iba nag iisip kung pano ang gagawin. Mahihirapan din sila lalo na pag hindi nila alam na sino at pano nangyari.

"We need to go!"

They use Maomao's pet as there transportation. It was the exact stone that ajenta found right before they found the golden flower in the cave. 'Pearl' as ajenta describe it. The wishing pearl of Artier

Walang magawa ang iba kundi makaramdam na naman ng tindi ng kaba. Thinking that baka mahirap na naman ang bagong paglalakbay nila. But they're ready to face it. "Does this stone is that worthy?"-unang tanong ni ajenta at tumango lang ang iba. "Sana all"-she added.

"Ang batong yun ay may kapangyarihang matupad ang mga hiling mo. And its the heart of the lake enchantress"-mao explain and ajenta knew it instantly. It was the stone she's been looking for, para ipaghiwalay na sina yano at mark sa iisang katawan. And finally have her peace of mind.

"Di dapat malaman ni maomao ang pagkatao ko? Ako ba talaga ang may kasalanan sa pagkamatay ng kanyang mga magulang? "-paninisi ni xirien sa sarili.

Nakaramdam siya ng dilim at pangamba sa hinaharap at alam nyang di sya papatawarin nito. Maomao swore to have her revenge. Nawawala parin sya katinuan ng mahulog sa takot ng nakaraan. She can't even look at her directly to the eyes for being guilty even she didn't cause it. It was a coincidence. Xirien thought that kapag makakaalis na sila sa rauko mabubuhay na syang payapa na malayo sa takot at hagupit ng tao na balak din silang patayin.

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨

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They have reached Artier. It wasn't like everyone expected. The lake is located at the center of the great forest at agaw pansin ang maganda nitong rainbow crystal water fall and surrounded with a beautiful garden. One caught up their attention that the mountain has the figure of a woman's face and water glows in her eyes like it was crying.

Not a word from everyone in a while but still their jaw is drop. A falling water glowing and sparkling kaya di mo maiwasang mapatitig dito ng matagal. The fall was actually the hair of the goddess artiera. Ajenta rub her eyes because she couldnt believe it.

"This is the most beautiful falls I had ever seen in my whole life! Wow! wow! wow!"- namamanghang sigaw ni ajenta

"How will we suppost to captured this thief? Batid kong napakalakas ng taong ito biruin mo nagawa nyang manakaw ang kapangyarihan ng isang enchantress"-yumie said. Tumango ang iba ng sabihin nya ito.

"So if he or she had the stone is that mean were in danger?"-noah ask

"Probably yes, It takes to 50/ 50 chance for us to take that wishing stone from this thief"-mark calculated it in advance.

"We could use xirien's ability on this missio....."-napahinto si leo ng unahan na sya ni xirien.

"No!!"-nagulat naman ang iba sa pagtaas nya ng kanyang boses. She was too. She sighed and talk again calmly this time but her chest is about to explode "I mean no I can't use it now it far more dangerous"

"Why xirien?"-maomao ask and tap her shoulder kaya't napalukso ang kanyang kaluluwa sa pagkabigla ng sumingit ito.

"N--nothing I just thought that this is not the right time to use it. B-baka pagnagamit ko ito ako pa ang makawala sa batong yun edi dagdag pagod lang satin"-Her heart is pounding fast and couldn't look at maomao directly on the eyes

"Yeah I remember when you use your ability in our first met, it was fun hihihi"-leo "That flying thing was awesome it!"

"Nasabit ka na tawang tawa kapa. "-ajenta couldn't believe his guts "You want an another shot? Xirien he asked for it"

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