Snow's POV
The brightness without the sun's presence hit our very eyes when we reach the end of the cave. We were all in awe as we saw like everything here is the first fall of snow. The grass and trees are alive and there are tiny flakes of snow falling from above. Everything felt weird, the place is still familiar like I went here before which I freaking sure I did not. Saan ko ba kasi ito nakita? Kahit anong gawing isip ko hindi ko talaga maalala.
"Wow, there is a place like this here?" Saad ni Jin na namamangha. Lumingon ito sa akin. "How did you know, there was an exit?"
Napalunok ako. This is the thing, hindi ko nga alam kung paanong alam ko, kaya paano ko ba ito sasagutin?
"I just felt it." Sagot ko. Alangan naman sabihin ko na parang nakapunta na ako rito dati na hindi naman.
"How did you? You are getting weird every minute." Komento naman ni Violet.
"She doesn't seems weird to me. She is being helpful and we should be thankful." Saad naman ni Avis na nakakunot ang noo. Mukhang hindi nito nagustuhan ang pagiging rude ng dalawa. Wala lang naman sakin yun dahil talagang weird nga naman pero hinding-hindi ko sasabihin yun.
"Yeah, we know. It is just weird that she knows, it sounded like she's been here before." Sagot naman ni Violet.
"Please, give it a break. How can she when this is her first time in Windolia. Make sense Violet." Bara naman ni Luna.
Yan, nagsimula ng mag-away. "Please, stop. I have to admit this. From the cave as we entered, everything felt too familiar. I don't know where or when but I felt like I've seen this place, the cave and this place and if I am correct crows are coming. But I can't explain how, I can't even remember when did I see this." Paliwanag ko sa mga ito. Hindi ko talaga maapuhap kung saan ko ito nakita.
Natahimik naman sila at nakatingin sa akin. If their eyes are lasers, they are already making holes on my body.
"Have you suffered some kind of memory loss before?" Tanong naman ni Jin.
Umiling naman ako. Ano to? Drama? Kasi uso ang amnesia? Wish ko lang sana para makalimutan ko yung mga masasamang ala-ala ko sa step family ko, pero hindi.
"Then, you must be a seer." Komento ni Yuan.
"Huh?" Lahat naman kami napalingon rito.
I am what? A freaking seer? It is impossible since I never experience such a thing. I can't even see my future!
"She must be a seer, but on a different case." Sagot nito. "She never went here, but she saw it before. It is impossible to be seen this on TV since the entrance has been abandoned for a long time."
Ngayon naman ay lahat sila ay napatingin sa akin. It felt so awkward that they bore stares at me, which is I can't even agree that I am a seer. It just doesn't make any sense at all. But wait, before I always dream with odd things about demons that seems so realistic.
"Yeah, you must be. And we need to check the matter after we finish this mission." Saad ni Yuan.
Napalingon na lang kami ng marinig namin ang boses ng mga uwak. They are flying and hovering but they never dared to touch anything. I've seen this before, these crows will attack us!
"Now, what the hell is this place?" Tanong na ni Violet. "These crows are freaking me out."
"This must be a hidden village between Windolia and Lithe since this is the border." Saad ni Avis na naging axcited pa talaga.
"What is this? Mary and the secret garden?" Sarkastikong tanong naman ni Jin.
"Then what is this village? A barnyard? This is the border to the next continent." Saad naman ni Luna.
"It must be. This is the first time we broke through the cave." sagot ni Jin.
This is the only proof that a vast land has secret places. Sometimes, people will discover it in time or never.
"Another weird thing." Komento ni Violet. "Weird things keeps on happening since Snow joined our team."
"Do you have a problem with me?" Nairitang tanong ko rito. Wala na kasi itong ibang makita kundi ako na lang. Bakit di kaya niya tingnan sarili niya kung gaano kasama ugali niya.
"I just clearly stating a fact. You are weird. Period." Malditang sagot nito.
This girl! I had it! I will stop this goody two shoes bullshit. "You know what, if you have a problem with me, just say it. There are limitations of your trash talking. One more bullshit, and I will not hesitate to rip you into pieces." Banta ko rito. Wala akong pakialam kung lalabas man akong masama.
"Hey, stop it. This is not the time for bickering. We are in the middle of nowhere. Can't we just stay peacefully?" Pigil ni Luna sa aming dalawa. Dahil baka magkasabunutan na kami.
Hindi ko talaga alam kung ano ang problema ni Violet sa akin. It seems like her blood is boiling every time she saw me. Ako naiinis lang naman ako sa kanya dahil sa pakikitungo niya sa akin.
"Let's go, before we will spend our energy for nothing." Saad ni Yuan at nauna na itong maglakad.
Sumunod naman akong nakasimangot. Tinanggal ko na rin ang sombrero ko pati yung glasses dahil medyo hindi siya komportableng isuot ngayon. I let my long platinum blonde hair down as the air sways it. Iniwan ko na lang ang coat ko sa bunganga ng kuweba dahil total babalik naman kami dito palabas.
Avis glanced over to me at mukhang nagulat ito dahil tinanggal ko ang salamin ko. They are still not used to it. Lalo naman napasimangot si Violet at si Luna naman ay lumapit at ikinawit nito ang kanang braso sa kaliwang braso ko.
"My over so beautiful friend." Komento ni Luna.
"Which salon did you color your hair?" Tanong ni Avis sa akin.
"I did not." Sagot ko. As far as I remember ay naipaliwanag ko na sa kanila kung ano ang nangyari sa buhok ko kaya hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit hinahalungkat niya ito samantalang alam naman nila ang totoo.
His face is showing like, don't be ridiculous. "I want to color my hair too." Komento ni Avis.
"You'll look stupid, Avis." Saad ni Luna.
Napapailing naman ako. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang trip ng dalawang ito. Feeling ko umaacting ang mga ito eh.
"Then how what color do I fit?" Nababaghang tanong ni Avis na parang makatotohanan talaga yung reaksyon niya.
"You look good with your natural color, Avis." Sagot ko naman at sinabayan ko na rin ang trip ng mga ito.
"Aw really?" Tanong ulit nito.
"Hmmm." Tanging sagot ko.
"Ugh, give me a break!" Narinig naman namin na nagdabog si Violet at nauna na itong naglakad sa amin.
Agad na ngumisi si Avis at Luna at nag high five pa ang dalawa. Iniinis lang pala nila si Violet. Hindi ko kaagad yun na gets.
Napahinto na lang kami sa paglakad dahil biglang nagkagulo ang mga uwak na lumilipad. There are like hundreds of them.
"What's happening to them?" Tanong ni Violet.
"Seems like something is wrong." Sagot naman ni Jin.
This scene is again too familiar like I know what will happen next. "They're gonna attack us. Prepare yourselves!" Sigaw ko.
Nagulat naman ang mga ito dahil sa sinabi ko pero ginawa ng mga ito ang sinabi ko. Inilabas nila ang kanilang mga sandata. Not even a minute, the disturbed crows direction turned towards us and they dove full speed to attack us.
When the crows reached us, it felt like there were rocks with blades thrown in our direction. It hurts and they are really aiming to hurt us. The demonic energy is back to its phase and I can even almost see the thick aura of the energy.
I am moving my sword to block them and if lucky I can cut them. They are flying with agility and movement. It is hard to hit with precision. But I still manage to hit lots of them and few were cut into two. We were battling against the crows but it seems like there is no ending with it. I can see there are lots of crows on the ground, dead but there are still lots flying and speedily attacking us. Then suddenly, their numbers went to doubled and now, the place went dark because it was covered already with thousands of crows.
I can see my sleeves were torn but not critically torn. But of course I am not the only one whose clothes are in this state. I am already huffing because of the nonstop flapping of my sword, I should have bring the bow instead.
"There is no ending to this." Saad ni Yuan.
Without any second thoughts, the whole bunch of crows dove with agility towards us. If this things will hit us, were all gonna die. Without any hesitation, I released the blue fire towards the cohesion of crows. As soon as my blue fire reached the crows it spread all over and the sky turned into a sky of flame as the crows flying and falling with burning bodies.
Weird, but the place smelled roasted chicken. I watch them falling one by one and we stepped back to avoid them. The field turned into a crows graveyard and the scent of roasted meat clinging to the air, makes me hungry and remembered that we still hadn't eaten our breakfast! There are no more crows above, they are all on the ground and cooked.
"Lets—" lumingon ako sa kanina pero naumid na lang ang aking dila ng lahat sila ay nakatingin na sa akin. They all have confused faces. Spell awkward. Tumahimik na lang ako at tumingin sa lupa. Can I make myself disappear? I forgot about using my fire, shit.
"How did you able to produce fire?" Tanong ni Jin na nakunot noo ito.
"How the hell did you do that?" Tanong naman ni Luna na di makapaniwala.
"That was surprising." Komento naman ni Avis.
"How can you wield fire?" Tanong naman ni Violet.
Yuan just stared and like solving a hard puzzle. I did not intend to use fire pero hindi na ako nakapag-isip. You know, adrenaline rush without thinking I released and uncover my freaking secret.
"Am......" Paano ko ba sasabihin sa mga ito. "Yes, I can wield fire as well. But don't ask me how did I do that. I don't know as well. One evening and I realized I burnt the paper I am holding with my bare hands."
"Who are you?" Tanong na ni Jin.
"I am Snow?" Nagtatakang sagot ko naman rito.
"I mean, what are you? How can you wield more than one element?" Klaro nito sa akin.
"I am human? Hindi naman siguro ako alien di ba?" Sagot ko naman sa kanya. Kung nagtataka kayo. Mas lalo na ako!
"Guys, lets put this matter aside. We have our mission, and we nearly died because of the attack. If you wanted to survive, we have to go on and leave this matter." Turan ni Luna. Alam ko na nagulat ito pero hindi na ito nagtanong pa. Mas pinili nito ang mission and I can see it as well that she sense on how uncomfortable I am in right now. It is not a good time to talk about this matter, where there is way more important than this.
"Yeah. We should not talk about this here." Sang-ayon naman ni Avis.
"Yes, we will talk all of these after this mission." Saad ni Jin.
"You have to tell us everything." Saad naman ni Yuan na ngayon pa nagsalita.
Napalunok naman ako. Pasalamat ko lang din dahil hindi ngayon ang pag-iinterogate ng mga ito sa akin. So we need to forward to the next step, which capturing the demons.
"I felt a demonic energy all over the place. This is a demon's doing. We need to head to that barn to stop it." Saad ko sa kanila at tsaka itinuro ang barn na halos hindi na abot ng aming mga mata.
We headed immediately without a doubt and braced ourselves for upcoming clash with the demon inside this forsaken village.