Hemitheos: Eternal Academy

38 | Whatever It Takes

Blair's POV

"She's not in her room." nagtatakang saad ko kay Luna.

Malapit na kasing mag-start ang first class at kanina pa namin hinihintay si Ely na bumaba pero lumipas na ang ilang minuto ay wala pa rin siya, so I decided to go to her room but to my surprise wala na siya doon. Nakakapag-takang wala na siya sa kwarto niya, because she's often the one who's always late to come out kasi lagi siyang late magising.

"Baka nauna na sa classroom? Tara na." ani ni Irys na narinig pala ako.

Maybe she's right, baka nauna na si Ely pumunta. Kaya naman lumabas na rin kami, kasabay ko sila Luna, Irys at Lein papunta sa room, nauna na rin kasi ang iba sa amin.

While we're on our way, I can't stop myself on thinking the weirdest dream I ever had last night.

Roses are red, violets are blue.
Battlefield of swords and blood sheds,
Is the beginning of something new.

Those lines of I don't know... a poem, maybe? is stuck in my mind since the moment I woke up earlier. The one thing I can remember is, a silhouette of a person right in front of me that's saying those lines repeatedly. I just can't pinpoint if it's a man or a woman, because everything is hazy and the surrounding seems in a disaster— and it is one of the worst nightmare I ever had!

When we arrived on our classroom, I instantly look around to check for Ely.

"Hey! Where's Ely?" tanong sa'min ni Shera.

"We thought she's already here?" nagtatakang tanong naman ni Luna.

Where is she? Siya na lang pala ang wala dito. Lumapit naman sa'min ang iba at tyaka tinanong kung anong nangyayari. Ikwinento ko naman na wala siya sa kwarto niya kanina kaya akala namin ay nauna na rin siya dito.

"Baka naman nasa mall or library?" hula ni Blaze.

Agad kong kinuha sa aking bulsa ang cellphone ko ng tumunog ang notification nito. Binuksan ko naman ang isang message galing kay... Ely?

Ely ;)
Today 8:56 AM

blairr! balik ako mamaya. may gagawin lang ako, don't worry about me. makikisabi naman kay prof. thank you. xoxo.

Napahinto naman ako matapos mabasa iyon, ano namang gagawin niya?

"Ano 'yun hon?" tanong sa'kin ni Blaze.

Ipinabasa ko naman sa kanya ang message mula kay Ely, "Ayun naman pala e. Babalik daw siya agad. May gagawin lang daw, hindi sinabi pero don't worry daw." saad niya sa mga kasama namin.

Napahinga naman kaming lahat ng maluwag dahil sa message niyang iyon. Ano naman kayang gagawin niya?

Pumasok naman na si Prof kaya't bumalik na kami sa mga puwesto namin. "Where's Ely?" malumanay niyang tanong sa amin.

"May inaasikaso lang po Prof. May inutos po ata sa kanya. Babalik naman daw po siya later." imporma ko, sinabi ko na lang na may inutos dito para hindi na magtanong pa.

Tumango naman si Prof at tyaka siya nagsimula na sa pagka-klase. As usual, tungkol na naman sa greek mythology.

"So today we're going to tackle about the Titan Goddess of Prophecy, Phoebe. In Greek mythology, Phoebe was the Titaness of prophecy and oracular intellect. She was a first generation Titan. While not one of the major Greek goddesses, Phoebe featured in many myths as a side character."

"She was one of the 12 original Titans born to the primordial deities Uranus (the personification of the sky) and his wife Gaia (the goddess of the Earth). Her name was derived from two Greek words: ‘phoibos’ meaning ‘radiant’ or ‘bright’ and ‘phoibao’ which means ‘to purify’.