Celeste Point Of View
I've never felt so peaceful and care free until now. Mila left me a while ago to get snacks.
I was currently lying in a wide yellow picnic blanket right under the shade of the wisteria tree.
I stopped moving when I noticed a butterfly fluttering its wings above me.
I giggled when it landed on the tip of my nose, its little feet were tickling me. It was color green with a slight mix of yellow ‘Aw it's so pretty like me hehe’.
Minutes passed by when I noticed a group of butterflies starting to appear one by one.
‘I don't know why they're here but I like them.’
“Awe, I think they like you a lot lady Celeste.” a flash of camera startled me and so were the butterflies causing them to fly away from me. It was Mila with a camera hanging around her neck with a picnic basket on her left hand.
“It looks like they're going home now lady Celeste.” nanghihinayang na saad niya. I raised my left eyebrow and stared at her ‘you scared them stupid.’
“Gutom ka na ba lady Celeste?.” mahinang tanong niya sa akin.
Tumango lamang ako bilang sagot. Hindi pa ako marunong magsalita kaya hanggang tango at iling lang ang kayang isagot ko.
“Alam mo young lady anak ka talaga ni young master Rince hindi lang dahil sa pagkahawig niyo ha kundi pati narin sa angking talino at tindig niyo.” pagsisimula niya habang tinititigan ako.
She also gave me a tiny piece of bananas. It's quite small but it's okay, rather that drinking nothing but milk and water everyday.
“Alam niyo kasi lady Celeste bunsong anak sa apat na magkakapatid si young master Rince simula ng ipinanganak sila ni young master Zeke ay marami na ang nagtataka kung bakit ni isang salita o iyak ay hindi narinig na lumabas sa mga bibig nila. Lalo na si young master Rince” pagpapatuloy niya.
‘I guess my uncle isn't the only person who's weird around here.’
“Wala akong masyadong alam kay young master Zeke dahil lumaki siya sa poder ng mga aunties and uncles mo lady Celeste.” dagdag niya pa.
“Tapos alam niyo katulad na katulad niyo si young master Rince nakuha niyo kasi sa kanya ang mga kulay lila mong mga mata. Pero alam kung kaunti lamang ang makakapansin nito ngunit kung tititigan at lalapitan niyong mabuti makikita niyo na may halo itong kulay rosas na napapalibutan ng pilak. ” pagpapatuloy niya. I don't know what to say. I've never seen myself in the mirror before.
“Kay puti rin ng balat niyo young lady nag mistulang nyebe sa puti at kinis, mahahaba at makakapal rin ang inyong pilik mata, ang mga kilay niyo'y may katam-tamang kapal at labing kasing kulay ng rosas at kasing nipis ng tela ngunit ang mistulang na iiba lamang ay ang kulay ng inyong buhok na kulay puti at may halong puting pilak na mukhang nakuha niyo sa inyong Ina.” pag lalarawang saad niya sa akin,
'Basi sa kanyang mga sinabi mukhang napakaganda nga ng sanggol na ito kay swerte ko kung ganun. Maganda naman ako noong nabubuhay pa ako bilang si artemia sabi ni kuya namana ko raw ang kulay asul na mata ni papa at kulay blond na buhok ni mama maputi at matangos rin ang ilong ko at katam-taman lang rin ang taas ko.'
“Mukhang inaantok ka na young lady.” she probably notice my countless yawning. She started to picked me up and started humming a sweet song while swaying me gently, her voice was soothing that my eyes started to get heavy.
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Three years pass
I am now two and a half years old. I learned to walk when I was one and I can even talk now, bulol bulol nga lang. Simula rin ng magkaroon ako ng pag iisip parating sinasabi sa akin ni Mila na hindi ako maaring lumabas sa bahah it's not even close to a mansion,palace? definitely.
Sa tuwing tatanungin ko naman siya kung bakit ang parating isinasagot niya lang ay marami daw masasamang tao sa labas.
During my years living here I read all kinds of books about this place I was brought in a world called ELEVIAN. Elevian consists of different countries like the once on earth ang malaking ipinagkaiba nga lang is every single person that lives here is rich like crazy asian rich.
There are five large counties in this world but I only know three of them. The first one is Von Stein next to it is Izaan and the third is Ninthalor. I also learned a lot about my family. It took me three days and five hours to process everything. They're not just wealthy they're also a royalty. My father's family is a direct descendant of a fallen empire from Enyx.
Sigh~
“I’m hungwy. ”I uttered tiredly and rubbed my grumbling tummy. I checked the time and it's almost lunch time I decided to have a stroll around the garden a while ago, nobody seems to notice because everyone seems busy about something.
I wanted to ask what was going on but everyone were all to busy to notice me, siguro may bisita? but we rarely receive visitors dahil na rin siguro sa subrang strict ng security sa lugar nato.
“Magandang hapon young lady.” pagbigay bati ng isa sa mga maid na nakasalubong ko. Napansin ko ang malalaking tela na dala-dala niya at mukhang nag mamadali pa siya. Tanging tango lang ang isinasagot ko sa kanya dahil mukhang busy siya.
Kung dati ay manghang mangha ako sa lugar nato ngayon hindi na nakakapagod maglakad mahigit isang oras ang inaabot ko para marating lang ang silid ko.
After walking for probably thirty minutes I finally reached the kitchen, it was so wide and spacious. The place always smell like sweet lavender.
Nilibot ko ang paligid hanggang sa napadaan ako sa kitchen’s counter bar. I stopped and drolled at the sight in front of me. Puno ito ng ibat-ibang klase ng pagkain, but what really caught my attention is the milk and cookies near the corner.
‘Paano ko aabutin yan? I'm too small to reach that.’
Wala pa naman si Mila para tulungan ako kaya kailangan kung abotin ang pagkain ng wala ang tulong niya. I roamed my eyes around the kitchen and spotted a chair near the sink. I can use that, I mean it's not that heavy, right?
Hinila ko ito papunta sa counter bar at nag simula ng umakyat rito. I finally caught sight of the cookies. I beamed in joy 'owah cookie's (giggle's) I extended my small hands forward trying my best to reach it, my hands are too small. I tiptoed and tried my very best to reach it.
I smiled when I finally got the chance to reach one of the cookies. But that smile immediately vanished when I felt the chair wabbling.
Oh,oh, oh no
Nag simula ng gumalaw galaw ang upaan na kinalaagyan ko at mukhang matutumba na, I closed my eyes shut and waited for the hard floor to hit my back.
One
Two
Three
Huh?
I opened my eyes slightly when I didn't feel anything hit me. Weird, I feel like I was floating too, how odd is that huh?
“What is a maid's child doing here?” A thundering voice asked from behind. It was a man holding my clothes from behind, staring coldly at me, gulps~ Celeste no like him.
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"I changed the name of the place. Still thinking about the perfect name but yeah."
Note: I did a major editing on this chapter. I deleted some parts and added new scenes, I apologize in advance.
"Mistakes are proof that you are trying."