The Talisman Of Bathala

CHAPTER 5- CUZ I HAD TO.

PREVIOUSLY.....

I woke up.

And right before the woman was gonna tell me her name.

"Ok." I said, feeling a little irritated. "Who decided that it was a good idea to just randomly wake up a person by screaming your lungs out to say that the world's going to end?"

"...Eheheheh..." A feminine voice said sheepishly, making me turn to the direction of the source of the voice, which was a teenage girl with long white hair and tanned skin making a closed-eyed smile at me. "Sorry kid, that was my idea."

I stared at her blankly... She started to sweat a little...

"You, lady, are a jerk."

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"........" The lady looked at me with shock...

"HAHAHAHA!" a barbaric voice said  making me look at the other person who was in the room which was adark-haired boy that was currently roaring in laughter. "Mayari, the kid just flat out roasted you!"

The white-haired girl's face turned red as a tomato. She then glared at the boy with both of her fists clenched and said, "A-At least i wasn't born with a face as ugly as yours, Ribu!"

The boy suddenly stopped laughing, looked at the girl seriously, and said, "Take. That. Back."

The girl just glared harder, and retorted, "No Way In Mt. Balatukan[1]*, Ugly."

I sweatdropped. They would really make a good couple-wait a minute......where the heck am I!?!

My brown eyes quickly take note of the place that I'm in. I'm currently sitting on a bed. There's a lot more beds in the room, about 10 or so in total. There's a door at the end of tbe, but it's being blocked by the boy and girl-oh my God they're wrestling each other.

"Um...." I said, making them stop and look at me. "Pardon for interrupting your lover's quarrel," (That emitted an "HEY!" from the two lovebirds)  "But can anybody tell me where I am? And how did I get here-oh my God....." I said, now just fully processing what just happened what I assume was yesterday .

Oh my God. Mom. Aswang. Light stuff. Symbols. Magical annoying woman I just met. Wait a minute.....the people in this room has the same weird fashion as her! And Mayari......That was one of the people Ms. Maya mentioned in the museum! This can't be a coincidence.

'I think i'm going to have a panic attack.' I thought, paling.

'Oh wait.

IM ALREADY HAVING ONE.'

At that thought, I then started to breath heavily, shivering even though it was quite warm here.

"Woah, kiddo, you okay there?" 'Mayari' said to me after standing up, looking genuinely concerned.

I looked at her nervously and said, "This is all just a weird, long dream right? All I need to do is just close my eyes, and go back to disappointing but normal real life-"

'Ribu' interrupted my rambling by going to my direction with a scowl on his face, saying, "Oh, for goodness sake you dumb idiot!" and pinched my cheek really hard.

"OW!" I exclaimed, smacking away his hand and glaring at him. "Why the heck would you do that-"

I then paled more.

I felt that......So that means they're real.

I blinked, took a few moments to collect myself, then said, "Uh, can anyone explain to me everything before I get crazy?"

Mayari looked at Ribu expectantly, while he just stared back blankly. This went on for several seconds, then Ribu raised an eyebrow, saying, "I still have to check on your sister in the other wing after this, so bye M!"

At that note, Ribu walked away.

She then sighed, rubbed her forehead out of frustration, then smiled tiredly at me, saying, "Ok then. I'll explain everything for you, but let's take a trip to the dining hall first. I'm craving for a snack."

She then held her hand out for me to take, but I didn't and just stared at her cautiously.

"How can I trust you, an albino Filipino-a fact that I appreciate since of course, they're scarce these days but still, a stranger that woke me up in a room by yelling in my ear?"

Mayari stopped smiling and looked at me seriously. "The same reason I stick with that idiot.

I have to."

".........." Ribu appeared again as he slowly walked backwards to Mayari to look at her weirdly. "Are you seriously trying to convince a kid you're not dangerous by quoting a movie line that doesn't even make sense? Also I hate you too."

Mayari covered her face with her free hand which is what I assume is a way to hide embarrassment. "Oh, anak ng pating[2]* kid just take my hand!"

The volume and tone of her voice alone made me take her hand.

And at that, we walked out of the room, with my fate in this lady's hands.

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[1]: Mt. Balatukan: It's kinda like the place where Filipino gods approve you to Philippine heaven or punishment then Philippine heaven. But, let's say you killed a really cute puppy....Yeah you're forced to be a slave for life.

[2]: Anak ng pating: Ah, another one of the Filipinos' funny censores! This translates to....*drumroll* Son of a shark!

Also, I realized that making an albino Filipino doesn't make any sense, since all of us get a daily dose of tanning from the sun here......

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So I hereby announce that in this story, 5% of the Filipino population are albinos, just with tan skin!
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