Clueless

8th day of February-Friday,

2018

Manila, Philippines

Earth

Yael Zed Oria

After the strange meeting with the two weirdos ay nagutom ako bigla, pakiramdam ko ay naubusan ako ng energy sa pakikipaglokohan sa kanilang dalawa.

Tumayo ako at nagpasyanga pumuntang cafeteria kaso naalala ko yung pangyayari kaninang umaga.

"Haaayys."

Undecided, napaupo na lang ulit ako. Saan naman ako pupunta? Baka pag nag stay ako dito bumalik yung dalawang weirdo at pag pumunta naman ako sa cafeteria ay pagchichismissan lang ako ng mga estudyante don.

Kung bakit kasi dalawang oras ang vacant time ko. Napapadyak ako bahagya ng paa. Yung sakto lang para hindi marinig ng librarian. Tumingin ako sa wrist watch ko at napabuntong hininga ulit ng makitang magbuburo pa ako rito ng 45 minutes.

Napadako ang tingin ko sa libro. Dala ng kuryusidad ay binuksan ko muli ito at hinanap ang pahina ng mga Aelari subalit wala na ito.

"Impossible." Sure ako sa nakita ko at alam kong nandito yon. Hindi kaya namamalikmata lang ako dahil sa gutom? Pinagbubuklat ko ito ng paulit ulit but I found nothing. Kakabuklat ko sa dito ay iba ang aking nakita.

Isang lumang papel ang nakaipit sa mga pahina ng libro. Something is telling me that I should keep the paper kahit hindi ko pa alam ang laman nito. Bago ko ito kunin ay luminga linga muna ako sa paligid ko upang tingnan kung may tao ba na nakamasid saakin. Mahirap na baka ireport ako sa librarian na nagnanakaw ng pahina ng libro.

Nang makitang safe ako sa pag kuha ng nakaipit dito ay dali dali ko itong kinuha at inipit sa notebook ko. Inilapag ko ang libro at casual na kinuha ang papel sa notebook ko. Ewan ko ba, pero pakiramdam ko kasi ay ito ang dapat gawin.

Dahan dahan kong binuklat ang papel but to my dismay, ang hirap nitong buklatin. Nagkadikit dikit na ito mula sa pagkakatupi at ayoko g mapunit ito. Malay ko ba kung mapa pala ito ng kayamanan at magiging bilyonarya na ako.

Letters are already visible ng mabuklat ko ito mula sa pagkakatupi. It was still folded in halves pero may naaninag na ako sa pinakababa. Unlike the other scribblings on the paper na hindi maintindihan dahil nagkapatong patong ang mga letra, this one is visible.

Nagfefeeling treasure hunter ako kaya naman pinilit kong intindihin yon. The word says, 'Amethyst'.

Amethyst? As in some sort of gemstone? o pangalan ba to? It got me confused but when I spoke the word or name,

"Amethyst.." I got chills and goosebumps all over. Dali dali ko itong iniipit sa notebook at ipinasok bag. Can this day get any weirder? Please note my sarcasm there.

I checked my watch again only to find out na 15 minutes na lang bago mag bell. Instantly my eyes grew wider, hindi naman tatagal ng 30 minutes ang pagbubuklat ng letter diba? Wow, it took me longer than I imagined.

After my dreadful classes, I instantly went home. Nakakadrain ang araw na to. Bukod sa mga weirdos kanina sa library at sa librong weirdo din, may weirdo ding letter na nakaipit ngayon sa aking notebook. I'm really really am tired.

"City of Larias" hmmm, sounds really cryptic. I wonder, saan kaya yon? Dali dali kong tinipa at sinearch sa browser ng laptop ko ang lugar and immediately results came but none are satisfying. I clicked the next page of the result and there I saw a forum about City of Larias. It says City of Larias is a city who's people are of different race; half bloods, full blooded majians, elves, nymphs, harpies, and any creature that is living in Maji.

Sure thing I believe about magic and all but I didn't knew about Maji. The article also described Maji as a parallel world of us. There are many passages and portals to enter Maji but without a gate keeper, portals will remain close.

Gate keeper? Hindi ba yun yung sinabi sakin nung dalawang weirdo kanina?

I read more and tried to sign up for the forum. Even the sign up questions aren't typical, before I could sign in I need to answer these questions,

* Do you know about Maji? I typed no.

* Do you think you have special abilities? If yes, kindly select from the choices.

a. Can control elements such as fire, air, earth, water

b. Has psychic abilities such as telekinesis, levitation

c. Has healing abilities

d. Unbelievably strong

e. Unbelievably smart

f. None of the above

g. Others, please specify

So, wala akong special ability the reason I selected no. The next question is kinda intriguing tho.

* Where did you heard about Maji?

I honestly don't know about Maji until searching for City of Larias, which I heard from the two weirdos on the library. I typed that and then the last thing I read from the forum was,

WE'LL BE VERIFYING YOUR SIGN UP FIRST. THE VERIFICATION WILL TAKE A DAY OR COULD GO ON FOR MONTHS. THANK YOU!

Wow, that's it? I continued reading comments on the forum that are available for non-members, until I caught a link saying that those are spells that we can try to prove our special abilities. Should I click on it?

Dahil may sa pusa ako at palaging kuryuso, clinick ko ito and it lead me to another forum about Maji. The forum was filled with excited people saying, they had been banned from the previous site but is really interested if Majian blood runs in their veins.

So there are spells, and has guidelines on how to properly manage the spell. I tried one spell na galing sa section ng primarius. It says it's a spell to make the soul leave the body. Sabi pa nito makakaya kong tumagos sa mga dingding if I succeed in chanting the spell. The spell goes like this,

"kskshealamndnskjsbdjskakakwjwjwj"

Upon trying to cast it, my body felt a tingle down my spine and an energy like seems to breakout from my body. I opened my eyes and then, everything felt normal? I sighed, ano pa nga ba? Did I really thought this forum is for real? I rolled my eyes then heard my stomach agrees with me as well. I bookmarked the site and the previous site kasi nagugutom na ako.

Bumaba ako at nagpuntang kusina para sana mauna ng magdinner. I heard kuya laughing, it seems like his with someone since I can hear murmurs from where his voice is. Nakita ko si kuya kasama ang dalawang lalake at nagtatawanan sila. Nagulat ako ng makita na ang kasama ni kuya ay ang dalawang weirdo kanina sa library.

"Are you kidding me?" Halos mapasigaw pa ako ngunit ang nakapansin lamang ng tinig ko ay yung weirdong may ngalang, Aice Velmont.

Lumingon sya sakin with a shocked expression on his eyes. Naoffend naman ako sa reaction nya, is he for real? Alam kong pangit ako, no need to give me that horrified look. Hindi nya inaalis ang tingin nya sakin habang patuloy na kinakalabit si kuya.

"There's a sāwol." Nakita kong nagbago ang expression ni kuya from masaya into a grim like face.

Tatlo na silang napabaling sa direction ko, they looked at me with shocked expression.

"Sino ka? What are you doing here?" kuya asked habang ako ay gulat pa.