Know Me

‎A turned my back and looked at the owner of the voice, it's Syle's sister.
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‎"I repeat, who are you? and why are you?" she asked again. I was about to open my mouth when someone arrived.
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‎"Hi sis!" the person said and looked at me.
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‎"Oh hi to you too pretty!" it's Syle's brother.
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‎"Hey! don't talk to her, she's an invader" Syle's sister hissed at her brother, and then turned her head at me.
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‎"You! I'm ask-"
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‎"Do I look like an invader?" I lazily cut her statement.
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‎"Yeah sis, she doesn't look like one. That face? come on" her brother interrupted again.
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‎"What? her face is not an exemption to be one" she told her brother before looking at me again.
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‎"And you, how dare you cut me off while I'm talking. Don't you know me? I'm the princess of the Wysteria kingdom!" she proudly spat that out to me.
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‎What am I gonna do with her position here? makakain ko ba iyun?
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‎"Okay princess of the Wysteria kingdom. I'm not an invader" I firmly said.
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‎"You!" she furiously said and then swayed her hand. Ice blades then appeared in front of her.
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‎"Sis, that's bad" her brother warned her, but she did not mind and released the blades towards me.
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‎Inangat ko naman ang kamay ko at isang kumpas lang ay lumiko sa gilid ang mga yelo nang kontrolin ko ang hangin. Nanlaki naman ang mata nya sa ginawa ko at mas lalong nagalit.
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‎"Sis, stop!" sigaw ng lalaki sakanya.

But the girl did not pay attention and swayed both of her hands. Two ice berg then crept towards my way that's why I teleported myself sideways. She released another one but I teleported myself again.
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‎"Why did you keep on dodging my attacks? fight me!" she shouted. Napangisi naman ako dahil doon.
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‎"You'll be dead if I do that" I normally said, kaya naman halos umusok na ang ilong nito dahil sa galit.
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‎"Ahh" she screamed and forcefully stepped her foot forward as the ice began to emerge and covered the ground. Lumakbay ito patungo sa akin kaya naman inangat ko ang sarili ko sa hangin.
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‎Akmang ikukumpas nya ulit ang kaniyang kamay nang may biglang sumigaw.
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‎"Selene!" that was Syle's cold voice.
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‎I saw him standing not far in the twins' back. Nasa likod nya naman ang ilang kawal at katulong na mukhang nabulabog din.
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‎"K-kuya!" gulat naman sambit ng babaeng Selene ang pangalan.
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‎Syle glanced at his sister.
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‎"She's an invader kuya! she tried to attack us!" she added. Napatingin naman si Syle sa akin dahil sa sinabi ng kapatid.
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‎I did not talk. I just looked at him with my blank face, waiting if he would believe her sister's lie.
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‎"Really?" he looked back at his sister. Tumanggo-tanggo naman ang babae.
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‎"Yes kuya, that's why I d-"
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‎"She's lying kuya. The woman did not do anything bad to her, she's the one who attacked!" pagsumbong naman ng lalaki sa kapatid.
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‎Syle sighed.
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‎"The two of you. Come with me" Syle told the twins and then started to walk inside the palace.
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‎I teleported myself to the door when they entered the palace, I don't want to slip on the ice floor.
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‎Nakita ko namang kakababa palang ng hari at reyna at sinalubong ang mga anak. I even saw the Class S upstairs looking at us. Mukhang nagising din sila.
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‎I did not bother to look at the royal family and just headed my way to the other staircase. Kaagad akong tumungo sa tinutuluyan kong kwarto nang makarating ako sa taas.
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‎Hinubad ko ang suot kong balabal nang makapasok sa kwarto. I then laid myself on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
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‎What a day it is.
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‎Halos isang oras akong nakahiga at nakatitig sa kisame, ngunit hindi pa rin ako makatulog. Maya-maya pa ay may narinig akong katok sa pinto kaya kaagad ko itong pinuntahan.
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‎Selene met my eyes when I opened the door.
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‎"If you're here to-" she did not let me finish my statement.
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‎"I'm not here to initiate a fight. I just want to talk about what happened earlier" napakunot naman ng bahagya ang noo ko dahil dun.
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‎"Talk" I demand.
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‎"Can you at least let me enter?" she asked while one of her brows raised a bit.
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‎"How can I be sure that you won't freeze me here?" balik ko naman sakanya kaya napabuntong hininga ito.
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‎"Kuya will punish me if I do. So can I enter now? I'm kinda tired of standing" sagot nya sa akin kaya naman niluwagan ko ang pagbukas ng pinto at pumasok sya.
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‎"What is it?" I asked right away. Umupo naman ito sa kama at tinignan ako.
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‎"Kuya got mad at me. That was the first time he got mad at me" sabi nito, na para bang nagsusumbong.
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‎"And you're telling me that because?" I asked.
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‎"He wants me to say sorry to you, so.." she stopped a bit to take a sigh.
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‎"I'm sorry for what I did. I just got carried away since we were abducted last night, that's why I did that. I know it's not valid" sabi nito at tumingin sa akin.
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‎"Not entirely. Your feelings are valid, but your action towards it was not" I told her and she nodded.
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‎"That's all?" I asked her.
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‎"Yeah?" parang hindi siguradong sagot nito.
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‎She then stood up from the bed and walked towards the door. Akala ko ay tuluyan na itong lalabas pero hindi pa pala.
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‎She stopped and faced me. "By the way, is there something between you and kuya? the way he got furious for what I did though. Looks like he cared for you" she suddenly said.
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‎"I'm his member" sagot ko sakanya at pinagtaasan nya naman ako ng kilay.
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‎We're not some kind of couple though, so why bother saying yes?
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‎"You sure? because the last time I tried to pissed his other members Niamhari and Avoila last year, he just scolded at me but not as furious as earlier" she teasingly said while crossing her arms.
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‎"Go ask your brother about it. I already told you my answer" sabi ko at inawang pa ang pinto, nagpapahiwatig na pinapaalis ko na sya.
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‎Humalakhak naman ito ng kaunti."Aw, kuya's heart might ache with that" sabi nito at saka lumabas sa pinto.
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‎"I'll go now. Bye sis" huling sambit nito bago ko sinara ang pinto.
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‎What's with that girl? kanina lang galit na galit ito sa akin, and now she's calling me names?
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‎Tumungo naman ako sa kama at humiga. But this time, I fell asleep.
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‎Kinabukasan ay maaga akong ginising ni Niamh para mag umagahan. She said that Syle want us to go back to the academy as quick as possible.
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‎"I talked to the twins last night" Syle opened a conversation.
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‎We are currently having our breakfast. The king, queen, and the twins did not join us since it was early, maybe they're still asleep. That's why the whole Class S are the only people here at the dining table.
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‎"I asked them about how the woman abducted them, but they just looked at me as if they didn't know what I was saying" he sighed and took the glass of water to drink before continuing.
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‎"They said that they did not see any woman. A group of Nyxorians abducted them while they were at the garden. Sinabi rin nila na dinala sila sa gubat kung saan natin sila nakita, which they lost their consciousness when the Nyxorians made them drink something" pagpapatuloy nya, at umani ng ito ng ilang singhap.
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‎"Could it be possible that the woman saved them? wala naman tayong nakutang Nyxorians sa lugar" Thrainn suddenly raised his thoughts, and took a spoon full of food after.
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‎"Possibly. But the way she made Wynsus attacked us and fought Haz says otherwise" Thyril pointed out.
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‎"He's right. What if the woman was about to kill the twins but got interrupted when we arrived" we all looked at Kaelos when he said those.
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‎"Pwede rin. But she could have just killed us with her white flames, but she didn't. Mas mapapadali pa sana iyung trabaho nya kung ganoon. And she did not attack us immediately, she even waited for us to plan a move" Zylara suddenly countered him. Natahimik naman kami ng ilang segundo sa kaniyang sinabi.
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‎"Or she has a plan that we can't guess" sambit naman ni Syle. We became silent because of that.
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‎Hindi naman nasundan ang pag-uusap hanggang sa natapos kami sa pagkain. We immediately prepared for our trip.
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‎Naabutan pa namin ang hari at reyna na mag-aalmusal pa lamang kaya naman ay nagpaalam kami sakanila bago umalis.
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‎We had a peaceful trip until we reached the academy's gate. Kaagad naman kaming pumasok nang pagbuksan kami ng tarangkahan ng mga gwardya.
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‎Bumaba naman kami kaagad sa karwahe nang makapasok. They immediately took a step towards the principal's office.
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‎I was about to take a step too, but I stopped right away.
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‎Ibinaling ko ang paningin ko sa gilid at may nakita akong nagkukumpulang mga studyante hindi kalayuan sa amin. I walked myself towards their way. Naramdaman ko namang may sumunod sa akin, but I just ignored them and focused my sight in front.
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‎"Tabi" I spoke when I reached their way. Tumabi naman ang ilan at napatingin sa akin.
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‎I then stepped forward but immediately froze when I saw what they were looking at.
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‎It's a man, a dead man.
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‎Nakadapa ito habang walang saplot ang pang-itaas na damit, I can say that he's a student here based on what he is wearing. But there are things that caught my attention. A dagger was plugged in the back of his head. And there's a letter carved in his back, it's the letter N.
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‎"What happened here?" Thyril asked.
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‎"H-hindi ho namin alam. Nakita lang namin sya k-kanina na ganyan na" sagot sakanya ng isang babae.
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‎We all looked at Kaelos when he walked towards the dead man.
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‎"Kae" Niamh uttered his name, more like a warning tone.
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‎Kaelos on the other hand did not bother to look at us. Dahan-dahan nyang binunot ang punyal na nakatarak sa lalaki at tinignan ito. The next thing he said made them gasped in horror.
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‎"It's a Nyxorian's dagger"
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