Austreville: The First Fall

Chapter 10

Chapter 10
The Portal

Its been a week since I enter the Mystic Academy ngunit marami ng pangyayari ang naganap. Natapos na din yung mga challenges ni Mr. Rio na sobrang hirap habang tumatagal, but I managed it.

I even struggled to catch up some of the lessons in potion class dahil huli na akong pumasok and I even failed in my first try. Mrs. Hamilton was still strict pero hindi na niya naman pinuna ang nangyaring aksidente last time.

Ni hindi na din pinuna ni Zach ang kamalian ko but most of the time his the one who did the procedure sa takot siguro na mapapalpak na naman kami. May mga pagkakataon naman na hinayaan niya ako but he always observe everything I did which is annoying pero naiintindihan ko naman siya. He doesn't want to have a bad record just because of a merely Potion Class partner.

Palagi pa di  naman akung nakikisabay kay Viv but for some reason Hailey is hanging out with us sometimes kaya nga binibigyan kami ng mga kakaibang tingin ng ibang estudyante dahil doon. Sometimes too, Harith will stop by wherever he saw us just to talk then walk out. Ewan ko ba sa prinsepeng 'yon. Shawn will just nod at me to acknowledge my presence as I to him too.

Ngayon ay nasa garden ako at tumambay, we don't have a class this afternoon dahil nagmemeeting ang mga school staffs para sa darating na rankings, na may isang linggo nalang na natitira.

Viviene was stopping by at the clinic. Pinatawag kasi siya ng assigned school staff ng clinic para magbantay doon, afterall Viv was the best healer here, dahil nga may meeting pa ang mga school staffs kaya siya ang binigyan ng trabaho doon.

Hailey was nowhere to be found too kaya ako nag-iisa dito. Ni wala ngang mga estudyanteng tumambay dito. Maybe some of them ay nasa dorm lang at nagpapahinga o kaya sa library.

Naupo ako sa isa sa mga bench doon habang pinalibot ang tingin. I was still curious how a demonic creature able to enter this protected school ground which is highly impossible. Pinuntahan ko ang bush kung saan nagtatago ang wolf nong nakaraan, pero wala naman akung nakikitang kakaiba. Napatingin din ako sa malayong banda ngunit wala namang kahina-hinala doon. Its just a bunch of flowers and trees and a benches.

Aalis na sana ako doon ng naramdaman ko ang medyo paggalaw ng lupa at ang ingay sa aking likod. Agad akung naging alerto at gumawa ng sword gamit ang tubig at bumaling doon.

"Shit! Nakalimutan ko pa talaga!" A familiar voice echoed as he walked out from the freaking fountain kung saan nakabukas ito.

Napatingin ako sa pamilyar na bulto at magulong buhok habang nagsasalita ito sa kanyang sarili. The fountain immediately closed na parang walang nangyari.

"Hay, ang tanga naman." Saad nito at bumigkas ng mga kataga.
"Harith?" I asked as my forehead furrowed.

"Ay Tangina! wala po akung ginawang masama!" Nanlaki ang kanyang mata habang nakatingin sa akin. Napatingin lang din ako sa kanya as he blink his eyes to process what he saw.

"Laurine naman! Why are you scaring me like that! Shit, akala ko si Ms. Beth eh," he sighed as he gently tapped his heart to calm himself. Napailing nalang ako sa kanyang reaction.

"What are you doing?" Nagtatakang tanong ko. He cleared his throat as he grab my arms and walked towards into the deep of the garden.

"Hey! Where are you bringing me?" Saad ko.

"Basta, huwag kang maingay baka may makarinig sa atin."

Saad nito na ikinabilis ng tibok ng puso ko. Where is he taking me? Papatayin niya ba ako?

"Are you going to kill me dahil nakita ko ang sekreto mo?" I nervously asked him but he didn't answer me.

Nang malayo na kami sa aming pinanggalingan ay huminto si Harith at tumingin sa akin ng seryoso.