NIOA 8

8.

I followed Ms. Maisie and she stopped in front of a room. Pumasok siya doon kaya sumunod ako. I looked around and my eyes landed at the name plate in the table.

This is her room.

Umupo siya sa isang couch doon. Tinignan ko lang siya and she stared back. "Sit, please." doon lang ako umupo.

"What are we going to talk about?"

She looked at me for a second. I saw a glimpse of sadness in her eyes. Pero agad din itong nawala. "Can't you remember me?" I stopped.

Napakunot ang noo ko sa tanong niya. "What do you mean?"

She shakes her head. "Nothing, don't mind it."

And just an instant, she smile. "What I really want to ask you is, do you know your magic already?" she said.

Ako naman ang umiling. "Not yet, but I doubt that I even have one." I answered, emotionless.

"Don't say that, Aleah. Think this way, we are allowed to live in the Human World but in Magic World, it's different. Humans can never live in our world. They can't even enter here. Why? Because they will die."

Napatulala ako. "Air here is different from the outside. They can't normally breath and their hearts will slowly stops beating. So tell me, Aleah, why do you think you're still alive?"

I can't managed to answer. Sa lahat ba naman ng nalaman ko...

"Because you're one of us. You're a part of this world, The Magic World. I hope that now you understand. Gusto kung ipaalala sayo, Aleah, na hindi pa tapos ang mission mo sa buhay. Your mission just starts now, here in your real world."

"So wake up, because you can be a charmer, enchantress, sorceress, spell maker or others. You can be everything! Aleah, learn to treasure your magic because you don't want it to backfired at you."

Hindi kayang kainin ng utak ko lahat ng sinabi niya. It's too much to handle. I think my head is going to explode any seconds from now.

"I know it's hard to understand but please, learn to adapt your world here. Dito ka belong, ito ang totoong mundo mo. You should cherish it the most because you might be the one whose going to protect this world. I'm not forcing you, I'm asking you a favor. Please."

"Please love this place, Aleah."