Chapter 1
Amber's P.O.V.
Napatingin ko sa bukas na pinto ng silid ng makaramdam ng tila kakaiba mula roon. It feels like as if someone is looking at me from that door. Hindi ko maiwasan ang mapakunot ang noo, bagaman wala akong mamataang bulto sa labas ng classroom, may nararamdaman akong presensiya mula roon. Nagkibit balikat ako at muling itinuon ang tingin sa harapan kung saan nagdidiscuss ang aming guro. Thing is, I can't seems to focus on whatever he is teaching. His words feels vague even if he is only standing few meters away from me. Realizing that I cannot focus on the lesson anymore, I raise my hand to get his attention. Tumuon mata nito sa akin.
"Yes miss Amber?"
I let out an apologetic smile to the teacher for the lie that I am about to tell.
"I am having a bit of trouble breathing, can I go to the clinic?" Pinigil ko ang mapangiwi sa pag sisinungaling ko. I'm pretty sure if heaven will put lying as one of the deadly sin, I'll get a vip ticket to hell for it.
Sir Nick seems to believe my lie. Napawi ang ngiti nito at napalitan ng pagaalala. "Sure. Would you be okay in your own though? I can send one of your classmates to accompany you in case that-"
"I guess I can do it in my own." Putol ko sa suhestiyon nito. "Hindi naman masyadong malala. Probably just because I am still on the state of recovery, but I can assure you that it is nothing serious." Lalo akong nakaramdam ng konsensiya rito. I bite my lips to prevent myself from telling more lies.
"Okay then, just make sure to call the attention of anyone in case that you feel something alarming." Paalala nito.
Ngumiti ako sa ipinapakita nitong genuine concern. Schools need to have more professors like him. Tumango ako rito at saka dinampot ang bag ko sa upuan. Paglabas ng classroom ay saka lang ako nakahinga ng maluwag. Though the wierd feeling of being observe by someone did not stop, It helps me get rid the feeling of being suffocated.
Imbes na pumunta sa clinic ay dumiretso ako sa cr ng paaralan. I don't really feel sick but after my heart surgery, I feel different. I wonder if my new heart has something to do with it. Umusal ako ng munting pasasalamat ng makitang walang tao sa loob ng cr.
Humarap ako salamin na naroon at tinitigan ang sarili kong repleksyon. It feels weird that I look the same but different at the same time. What's the matter with me? I take a deep sigh. The last time I've had a check up with my heart surgeon, he says that my body is adapting well with my new heart. It means that I am perfectly healthy now. What bothers me though is that sometimes I kinda feel suffocated and there are also times that my heart is just in constant pain making me feel breathless. It sounds alarming but I know it is not. I have live the past 17 years of my life with a weak heart, I know the feeling of having a heart failure. However the pain that I am feeling right now is totally different from having a heart failure. It is not deadly I'm pretty sure of that, but it is quite disturbing honestly.
I put my hand near my heart and feel it beats in a steady phase. This ain't mine but I am grateful for it. I should have dead by then if we are not able to find a heart donor in time.
I let out a sigh and turn my back on the mirror. I don't think I can still focus on the class. I think it will be better if I just spend the rest of the day outside the four walled classroom.
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3rd person P.O.V.
Amber's heels echoed as she left the comfort room and the moment she close the door behind her. A horrifying aura enclose the empty room. If only Amber look back a bit to take a glimpse of her own reflection. She will be able to see that it never left the mirror at all. The woman in in the mirror let out a sinister smile as blood starts to trickle down to her cheeks from her wounded head. Her face is as beautiful as Amber but what makes her different is her eyes, it was blank and lifeless. There's no light of hope in it.
The door opens again and two female students enter. The mirror looks normal now, Amber's reflection is nowhere to be found and even the sinister aura of the place is completely gone.
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Amber's P.O.V.
The whole place was covered with nothing but pure darkness; questions flooded my mind upon seeing myself standing in a place that is very unfamiliar to me.
I remained still while looking around; it looks like I am in a park. The trees and flowers around are lush but you can tell that those flowers were planted by a man, not by the nature itself. I calmed myself as I force my feet to take small steps forwards and follow the small pathway.
I can't hear anything around me, no night insect sounds, no humming from a night owl. I can't even hear the sound of the wind as it softly blows the leaves of the trees around the place. Everything feels so bizarre, more like a dream than reality. Napahinto ako sa paghakbang ng may mamataang dalawang bulto sa unahan ko.
The first is a man wearing a black suit while holding a gun while pointing it to a woman, the woman on the other hand remaines motionless as if waiting for the man's next action.
Nanlaki ang mata ko ng marealize kung anu ang nasa harap ko. Oh freak! Am I going to witness a murder? I felt confuse. What the fuck is happening and what I am supposed to do? Should I shout stop? What if the guy kills me? Should I hide instead?
Hindi pa man ako nakapagdesisyon ay umalingaw-ngaw sa katahimikan ng gabi ang malakas na putok ng baril.
"Fuck no!" I shouted and run towards them. My mind is not really processing anything at the moment; even my survival instinct is beyond reach.
I am supposed to be hiding and running away from danger but my heart and my soul tells me that I need to save the girl. That she should not die. To my surprise none of them paid attention to me. I saw the man walk towards the wounded girl but he did not even bother to take a glance at me. Sigurado akong narinig nito ang sigaw ko. Damn, this to place is too silent that even a whisper will make an echo.
"Stop it!" I said and stand in front of the man. But to my shock para itong hangin na dumaan lang sa akin. For the second time I was stunned. For a moment I wasn't able to make a move, I was too astonished of what is happening as I try to make a reasonable explanation to myself why that man feel as insubstantial as a ghost. Frustrated and confused, I run my hand to my hair. I swallowed hard and tried my best not freak out even though the whole situation is already scaring all of the shit out of me.
Huminga ako ng malalim saka nagsimulang maglakad pasunod sa lalaking may hawak ng baril. I can feel my knees go weak as I slowly take small steps towards them. For the second time, the man pointed the gun to the girl and pulls the trigger without hesitation. Napapitlag ako ng muling umalingangaw ang putok ng baril sa ikalawang pagkakataon. The word scared is not enough to describe how I feel right now. I am terrified.
Pinilit kong ipunin ang lahat ng lakas ko at saka humakbang palapit sa kanila. Habang lumalapit ako ay unti-unti ring nagiging malinaw sa akin ang mukha ng babaeng nakahandusay sa sahig.
Napahinto ako sa paghakbang ng bitawan ng lalaki ang baril na hawak nito sa tabi ng duguang babae. Kasabay ng pagbasak ng baril nito sa sementadong sahig ay ang pagkalantad ng anyo ng babae. Her body is covered with her own blood but what captured my attention is her face. For it is the same face that I am seeing every time I look at the mirror.
Once again I was paralyzed; it is as if the whole world stops spinning for a minute. I am unable to move, my mind is full of questions while my heart was fully occupied by fear. I don't know what to do. I just stand there motionless while looking at them.
"I'm scared, please help me..."
Nanlaki ang mga mata ko ng marinig ang tinig ng babae. Napaatras ako. Part of me wanted to go to her side and help her but the logical part of me just wanted to run.
Tears starts to fall endlessly in my cheeks while I look at her lifeless eyes. We possessed the same face but I know that she is not me, nor I am her. I walk slowly towards her and reach out to her bloodied cheeks.
"I'm sorry..." I whispered. For what? I don't know, it just that somehow I felt responsible for what happened.
I open my eyes slowly and just that, I am back to my room. Pinunasan ko ang luha ko at saka bumangon mula sa pagkakahiga. Litong inilibot ko ang tingin sa paligid. That was just a dream? But the pain I felt seems too real. I can still feel my heart aches upon remembering the hopeless face of that girl.
Akmang tatayo ako ng makaramdam ng kakaibang lamig sa loob ng silid. Automatikong inilibot ko ang tingin sa paligid. All of the sudden I felt like as if someone is surveying me, as if I am not alone in this room at all.
Despite my fear, I stand up slowly and walk towards my bathroom. In my peripheral vission, I can see from the wall clock that's it is only past 2 am in the morning.
I open the door of the bathroom and turns on the switch to light it up. Only to halt when I saw a shadow inside my bathroom. My heart starts to beat fast in combination of fear and thrill.
Behind the shower curtain is a silhouette of a woman facing me. Naramdaman ko ang pagtaas ng balahibo ko sa batok. For a second I felt frozen in my spot. My mind is telling me to turn my back and runaway but there's also a part of me who wanted to know if there is really another person in my room.
I swallowed hard and fight my fear, on the other side of this house my parents is sleeping tight. There's nothing to be scared of.
Pinigil ko ang paghinga at saka unti-unting humakbang papasok sa banyo. In my shaking hands, I reach for the curtain to move it aside.
Kitang kita ko ang pamumutla ng sarili kong kamay it is as if even my bloo to stop flowing in my body. My hand is almost touching the shower curtain when my attention was captured by another hand that was reaching out to mine from behind me.
Nanlaki ang mga mata ko at natigilan ako sa akmang pagbubukas ko ng kurtina. Ramdam ko ang kakaibang kilabot mula sa bandang likuran subalit tila nawalan ako ng lakas na lumingon. A heavy and harsh breathing is coming from behind me. I can feel her close. Too close that I can even feel the soft yet cold breath she takes in my cheeks.
Nahigit ko ang paghinga ko habang tinititigan isang duguang kamay na unti unting umaabot sa kamay kong tila naistatwa na sa ere dahil sa takot.
The hand looks very white just like mine but it has a tinge of greyish undertone as if blood has been drained from it.
I wanted to turn around to see who is the woman behind me but my body refuse to follow my lead. Her hand slowly reach out to mine and the moment it touches my skin, it feels like as if my skin was touch by a solid ice. Her skin feels too cold against mine.
"Don't..." She whispered near my ear. My breath hitch at her voice.
Her words seems to broke whatever spell that makes me frozen in the spot. The next thing I knew is a loud scream of fear escape my lungs. I immediately run towards the open the bathroom. I immediately close the bathroom door behind me as if it is enough to shield me from whatever evil that resides inside of it.
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3rd person P.O.V.
The door behind her slammed close. She look at the black silhouette of a woman behind the curtain. She feels nothing but pure evil from it. Tumalim ang mga mata niya rito. It seems that she is not the only entity who got attracted to the living girl.
"Get out!" She whispered but it is more than enough create a strong force inside that four walled bathroom.
A wild and sinister giggle filled the room. Slowly, the curtain door slide open. Revealing a face of a bloodied woman, it's eyes is pure red with the black veins showing all over it's face.
A poltergeist.
The woman stop it's sinister laughed and look at her with pure hatred. It let out a wild scream that shakens the whole bathroom. The mirror beside her slowly cracks as the woman's scream continues. The woman flew towards the close door in attempt to get to the living girl but she is determined not to allow the evil near her.
She flew past her to the close door. To the woman's surprise, instead of passing right through it. It's feels like she run to a solid wall. The woman let out another loud scream enough to break all of the mirrors inside the bathroom as well as the light in it. Even few of the toiletries flew violently around as she continue to bang the door to open.
Upon realizing that what she is doing is useless she stop and slowly turn around to the girl who's standing and looking at her impatiently. She laughed like a crazy woman while looking at the girl with anger. Her laugh turn into a shout as she flew towards the girl to attack her.
To the woman's surprise. The girl caught her neck in the midair as she throws her on the other side of the room. Naningkit ang mata nito habang nakatitig sa itim na babae.
"Leave. Don't even come back or go near her!" May halong banta na wika nito. Isang tila nababaliw na tawa naman ang isinukli ng itim na babae sa banta niya.
The woman stands up from the floor again and look at her with disgust. Her red eyes is blazing with anger. Muli itong tumalon upang atakehin siya subalit sa walang hirap na iniwasan niya lang ito. Muli niyang dinaklot ang leeg nito and isinandal ito sa basag na salamin.
"You made your choice..." The girl hissed as she tighten her hands to the woman's neck. The woman let out a scream of agony as it tries to struggle and get out of her hold. However, the girl is just too strong even for her.
Her black eyes never leaves the demonic face of the woman as she takes its life slowly. The woman continue its worthless struggle and scream until it slowly vanish like a smoke in a thin air.
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Amber's P.O.V.
I cover my hands to my ears upon hearing the sinister scream from my bathroom. Naramdaman ko ang panginginig ng buong katawan ko sa takot. Whatever inside her bathroom is, it is not a human. I never believe in ghost. But now, it seems that it is the only logical explanation to whatever is happening.
Impit akong napasigaw ng maramdaman ang isang malakas na pwersa na tila nais buksan ang pinto. Sa kabilang ng panginginig ay pinilit kong ibigay ang lahat ng lakas ko upang huwag mabuksan ang pinto. Is close doors even works with ghost?
Napatigil ako sa pagiyak ng huminto ang kalabog mula sa kabilang panig ng pinto. Only to cover my ears again when the evil laugh starts again followed by an ear tearing scream. I am about to run outside of my room when I feel a sudden ache in my chest.
Napahawak ako sa dibdib ko habang patuloy ang pagiyak. My heart tightens in combination of fear and stress. I tried to focus on steadying my breathing but as the shout from the bathroom continues, my heart seems to beats faster and faster. I fall flat in the carpeted floor while my hand is holding tightly in my chest.
Naramdaman ko pa ang pagbukas ng pinto ng banyo subalit wala na akong lakas upang iangat pa tingin ko. The last thing I saw is a pair of pale feet walking towards my direction. Ipinikit ko ang mga mata ko at hinayaan ang kadiliman na tangayin ako.
Everyone is so afraid of the dark but I am not. I am more afraid of what the lights will reveal the moment I open my eyes.
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