CHAPTER TEN: Anomalies

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LEIGH ANNE

Ramdam na ramdam ko ang init ng summer dahil sa aking outfit na leather jacket at slim fit jeans. I can feel the sweat flowing to my face as we walk towards the direction of our campus.

"Bakit kasi iyan ang sinuot mo?" tanong ni Francis

"No choice, ito lang ang nadala kong damit na pwedeng pamasok matapos niyo kong madaliin sa pag iimpake kagabi," I quoted the way I speak para maging obvious ang pagiging apura nila kagabi.

"Do you want to return to your unit and grab some useful clothes?"

Napahinto ako dahil biglang nag'flashback yung pagmumukha ng mga mafias na nanloob sa unit ko.

"Hindi na,"

"So you're scared?"

"Huh? hindi ah"

"If not then let's go it's just a few minute walk to get there,"

"Wait,"

"What?"

"Baka malate kasi tayo, huwag na lang,"

"So you're not scared but then you're making excuses,"

"Psh, pwede ba!"

Dahil sa fruitful naming paguusap ni Francis nakalimutan ko ng tumingin sa aking dinadaanan hanggang sa mabangga ko si Denise... I feel like I bumped into something sturdy at hindi man lang siya nag'react.. Nakatayo lamang ito at nakatingala sa isang malaking puno na nasa tapat ng campus.

Wait...

Puno?..

It appears that a huge Oak tree miraculously immerge in front of the campus. Lahat kami nagulantang dahil ne isa samin hindi naaalala na may punong nakatanim dito. Flashes of camera starts lighting the area as everyone is ease to take a picture of it.

"This is odd," sabi ni Francis sabay lagay ng kamay sa kaniyang baba. "Normally an average tree would need decades to grow half-size of this, We've been here every single day and never seen even a sprout,"

"And I can feel a strange sensation to it as if it was alive and breathing," Denise added.

"Tumabi kayo diyan, tabi tabi anong kaguluhan ito?"

Bigla naman dumating si Prof. Alberta Celso ang aming Adviser.

"Wala kayong dapat ipagalala dahil ang puno na iyan ay itinanim kagabi bilang isang decorasyon, kaya magsibalik na kayong lahat sa mga silid aralan ninyo,"

Nagalisan na ang lahat maliban sa'min tatlo. Tila hindi maalis ang mga mata nina Francis at Denise sa punong ito.

"So you guys felt it too?" Sabi ni Felix

Bigla nalang itong sumulpot pero hindi na bago sa'kin iyon dahil sanay na ko.

"Hey space freak what do you think about this tree?" Francis said.

"I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect this is one of Christopher's creation,"

Nanlaki ang mga mata at tenga ko sa aking narinig.

"And what makes you say that?"

"He's a friend of mine, I can recognize his aura bonded to this tree,"

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