Amethyst: The Porphyra Princess

Chapter Ten

Bipolar ba 'to?

She grunted right after the ice has been removed from her lips. Sinamaan niya pa sila ng tingin ng ilang beses bago ako huminga ng malalim upang pakalmahin ang aking sarili. I don't think being mad would resolve anything. Kainis man sila kung minsan-- ay hindi, lagi. I still need to lie it low dahil kahit paano, sila ang matuturing kong... kauri ko. People that I can say that I'm belong in their world.

She always felt being different because of the powers that she possessed. She's always afraid na maaaring makasakit s'ya ng kapwa that's why nilimitahan n'ya ang sarili sa iba't ibang uri ng tao. Hindi s'ya nakikipag-socialize. Maliban nalang kay Chloe na s'yang matuturing n'yang kaibigan talaga.

Humans are not trustworthy enough. May mga pagkakataon noong bata pa s'ya at na-bubully nang dahil sa kanyang pagiging kakaiba. Lagi nalang s'ya noon nabibiktima ng mga manloloko at mapanggap. They always show their good side but once they got what they want from you? You'll be treated as if they don't even know you at all.

May pagkakataon nga noon na hindi n'y'a sinasadyang may masaktan nang dahil sa kapangyarihan na mayroon. She saw a woman at her age who was being raped. But instead, to be grateful for saving her, the victim even screamed how freak she was.

"Anong kailangan niyo sa'kin?" mahinahon n'yang tanong sa kanila and it shocked them somehow.

Nagkatinginan muna sina Lincoln at Zach. Lincoln nodded at him to give him the signal to speak.

"We just need your cooperation." Zach initially replied tapos ay kumuha ng isang monoblock chair at pinwesto iyon ng patalikod sa kanya. "Kung matatandaan mo ang nangyari sa'yo kahapon, hindi na ligtas ang buhay mo rito hangga't hindi natin nalalaman kung kanino ka bang anak ng Council."

Bahagya s'yang napangiwi sa sinabi nito. "When you said, hindi na ligtas ang buhay ko... does that mean, my life won't be the same again?"

"The moment you showed that you're a Mage like us, then yes, hindi na katulad ng dati ang buhay mo." Si Lincoln na mismo ang sumagot sa tanong n'ya.

Lincoln was seemed composed all the time. 'Yong tipong kaya nito pigilan ang sarili na hindi maging immature katulad ni Zach. 'Di hamak na mas mukha pang leader ito kesa kay Zach, kaya hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit parang at tila namumuno sa kanila ay itong immature na 'to.

"Is there any way to make it back? Kasi sa paraan ng pagkakasabi ninyo sa'kin na hindi na magiging dati ang buhay ko, parang nakataya na sa kamatayan ang buhay ko. I still have a cousin na kailangang buhayin kaya hindi pwede. Hindi ko matatanggap ang sinabi ninyo sa'kin." Pagtanggi n'ya sa naging pasaring nila.

Sino ba ang gusto ng magulong buhay? Her life was already a mess.

"You're not getting our point." Benjamin coldly murmured but it reached her ears.

"I did." She reacted right away at tumayo sa kinauupuan. "You want my life to be ruined, that's it. But I'm sorry, I don't want that. Hindi ako makakapayag."

She was about to walk when her feet stopped moving. Binigyan niya ng masamang tingin si Benjamin dahil nilagyan nito ng yelo ang kanyang mga paa.

"Your cousin will be subject to many trials and suffering because of you. 'Yon ba ang buhay na gusto mong ibigay sa pinsan mo?" It was Zach who spoke, and his seriousness almost appalled her.

"Don't even try to lay your hands on him. I'm warning you all." She said with seriousness on her tone.

"We won't," napatingin siya kay Lincoln. "You have the Cavaliers' word for that. Pero hindi lang naman kami ang naririto sa mundong 'to na maaaring maging rason ng kapamahakan n'ya."

Ang noo n'ya ay kumunot sa pagtataka. "Ano'ng ibig mong sabihin?"

"We've already sensed huge dark magic arising almost in the borders of this city." Tugon ni Seth suot ang mga mapaglaro nitong mga ngiti. "They're also looking for someone we've been looking for. Marahil na-sense rin nila ang kapangyarihan ng Porphyra."

Porphy— what?

Nagtaka s'ya sa huling sinabi ni Seth ngunit agad na naagaw ni Zach ang kanyang atensyon.

"Tingin mo ba kapag tinigilan ka namin, magbabalik sa dati ang buhay mo? You must have forgotten the Earth Elemental Guardian. She wants you dead because you herself is an imbalance in the mortal world."

Natigilan s'ya sa sinabi ni Zach at nagpatuloy pa ito. "Kapag tinugis ka niya, tingin mo hindi malalagay sa kapahamakan ang pinsan mo?"

Siya'y napakuyom ng kamao and gritted her teeth. "I'll protect him. I have powers—"

"In which you don't know how to use it." It was Lincoln who interjected her. "We know for a fact that your body is still exhausted when you used your incantation to us. Since hindi mo gamay ang kapangyarihan mo, your mana is consuming your life force until you die." She got chills upon hearing Lincoln's statement about her magic.

"Bago mo pa maligtas ang pinsan mo, mauuna ka munang malagutan ng hininga." Benjamin had spoken intensifying the fear that's starting to grow within her.

"We offer protection not just for yourself but also to your cousin, Amethyst. We can also teach you to use your magi properly and enhance it. That's what we can offer if you'll help us." Lincoln added.

"Help you to what?" naguguluhan n'yang tanong.

It was Zach who replied. "To finally track the long-lost Porphyra Princess."