Know Me

‎It's been weeks since they knew about Avoila's pregnancy. Kaelos even approached me and asked for forgiveness, but I told him that I'm not the right person for his apology. Good thing he got my point and built the courage to apologize to Avoila, which they are working on in their relationship right now.
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‎We even decided to tell the principal about her pregnancy and the reasons, that's why Yula immediately prohibited her from training the students. Kaya naman nang bumalik si Clauzen, I volunteered to help Niamh in training the Class 2 since he took over the Class 4.
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‎Kaelos decided to stay in the mansion to take care of Avoila, which we all agreed to. He would sometimes help Clauzen with the training if one of us decided to take a rest day. It's not actually on our schedule, but we just decided to have a one by one rest day so that we can help Kaelos.
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‎And now, I'm here with Avoila in the usual tree I always stayed in. Pagkatapos naming kumain ng tanghalain ay nag-aya syang magpahangin, kaya dinala ko sya rito habang hinihintay si Kaelos. Yesterday was my rest day but right now, I extended it for half a day since Kaelos asked a favor to do so. May tatapusin pa raw kasi sya sa pagsasanay.
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‎"Thank you" Avoila suddenly talked after a minute of silence.
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‎"Hmm?" nakaupo kami ngayun sa damuhan habang tinatanaw ang tanawin.
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‎"Thank you for everything. First was about the letter, I almost got imprisoned without you. And recently it was about my pregnancy, which I honestly don't know how to tell him that time, but you did the favor" paliwanag nya saka bumuntong hininga.
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‎Napatingin naman ako sakanya at nakitang nakatingin na pala sya sa akin.
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‎"Hindi ko alam kung paano iyun masusuklian. Basta kung may kailangan ka, I will try my best to help you" she smiled. I looked away.
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‎"I'll try" mahinang sambit ko kahit hindi sigurado. Natahimik naman kami saglit hanggang sa may narinig kaming tumawag.
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‎"Avoila! Ziera! I'm here!" that was Kaelos' voice. Kaya naman tumayo kami sa pagkaka-upo at tumungo sakanya.
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‎"We're here" sabi ni Avoila habang naglalakad kami. Napatingin naman sakanya si Kaelos at kaagad itong pinuntahan.
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‎"Damn, I thought something happened" Kaelos said as he embraced Avoila in his arms and kissed her forehead. Napa-iwas naman ako ng tingin.
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‎Grabe, sa harap ko pa talaga.
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‎"I'll go now" paalam ko sakanila. Tumanggo naman ang dalawa kaya naglakad na ako palabas ng tarangkahan.
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‎I immediately headed my way to the Class 2 training field. Naabutan ko pa si Niamh na nakaupo sa isang upuan sa ilalim ng puno. Pinuntahan ko ito at kaagad nya naman akong napansin.
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‎"Oh, hi Ziera!" salubong nito sa akin. I nodded and sat beside her.
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‎"Kailan ulit magsisimula?" I asked her, pertaining to the training.
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‎"Isang oras pa. Kakatapos ko palang kumain kaya rito muna ako. Mabuti naman at dumating na si Kaelos"
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‎"Yeah, he even hugged and kissed Avoila's forehead in front of me" I lazily said, making her burst into laughter.
‎Maybe they finally decided to make it official. Mukhang lalayag na ang bangka ko" sabi nito sabay tawa.
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‎"Kumusta naman kayo ni Syle? patago kayo palagi ah. Nabigla nga ako nang niyakap ka nya at pinakalma noong nagsagutan kayo ni Kaelos"
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‎"We're, okay" sagot ko naman dito. Well, we are indeed okay.
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‎"Sus, kung pwede kalang hawakan, baka ginawa nyo na" she teased.
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‎Ginawa na nga.
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‎May kumausap naman sakanyang estudyante kaya naman napatigil ito sa pagtukso sa akin. I then roamed my eyes around to observe the surroundings, but a man caught my attention.
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‎Nakatayo ito sa isang sulok na hindi kalayuan sa aking pwesto. He was looking at me earlier but looked away when I saw him. He looked suspicious, kaya naman naisipan ko itong sundan nang maglakad ito palayo.
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‎I keep on following him for meters apart until he stopped on the carriage near the gate. Tumigil naman ako nang nakita kong sumakay ito sa karwahe at pinatakbo. The carriage stopped in front of the gate when the guards approached it, mukhang kinakausap ito. Maya-maya pa ay pinagbuksan nila ito ng tarangkahan, which made my forehead creased.
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‎What did he tell them?
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‎I didn't waste a minute and quickly headed my way to the gate.
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‎"I'll just check on something. I will just open the door if I come back, so make sure to close it and don't let anyone come out" I told the guards. Hindi naman ito umangal at sinirado ang tarangkahan nang makalabas ako.
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‎I saw the carriage was moving fast, that's why I decided to teleport myself.
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‎Ilang minuto ko itong sinundan hanggang sa tumigil ito. Nagtago naman ako sa isang sanga ng puno at naghintay sa paglabas nito, but my forehead creased when he did not. That's why I decided to approach it.
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‎Dahan-dahan akong lumapit sa karwahe, hanggang sa makalapit ako ng tuluyan. I was about to take a look inside when a smoke suddenly surrounded me, and the shit happened.
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‎Third Person
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‎"Asan na kaya sya" Niamh murmured while roaming her eyes around.
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‎Kanina pa nito hinihintay si Haziera nang matapos na ang isang oras. Bigla nalang kasi itong nawala kaya naman hindi nya mabatid kung saan ito nagtungo dahil hindi nagpaalam.
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‎"Master, magsisimula na ba?" tanong ng isang estudyante. Tumanggo na lamang sya at bumuntong hininga pagkatapos.
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‎'Maybe she has something important to do' she convinced herself in her mind.
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‎She spent hours training the whole Class 2 by herself, until it ended. Kakatapos nya palang mag-ayos ng mga gamit at aalis na sana nang makita nyang papunta si Syle sa gawi nya, na syang ikinakunot ng noo nya.
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‎"Where is Ziera?" he asked while roaming his eyes around, finding Haziera.
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‎"Huh? akala ko kasama mo?" balik sakanya ni Niamh.
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‎"What? I was about to fetch her here, but where is she?" napabuntong hininga naman si Niamh sa sinabi ng lalaki.
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‎"I don't know. She's here on lunch break, nakausap ko pa nga. Pero may kumausap sa aking estudyante kaya natigil kami sa pag-uusap, tapos paglingon ko, wala na sya. I thought she had something important to do or she visited you, hindi kasi sya nagpa-alam" mahabang paliwanag ng babae na syang ikinakunot ng noo ni Syle.
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‎"Well, she's not with me earlier" natahimik naman sila saglit.
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‎"Maybe she's in the mansion already?" Niamh stated a possibility.
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‎They did not waste a minute and immediately headed their way back to the mansion.
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‎"Where is Ziera?" Syle asked their teammates when they reached the mansion, but all of them looked confused.
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‎"What? wala pa sya rito. I thought she was with you" Avoila said, which made Syle's heart throbbed fast, bothered by what was happening.
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‎"Ow shit" Niamh murmured problematically, in which they all turned their heads towards her.
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‎"What's wrong? where's my sister?" nababahalang tanong ni Thyril sakanya, ngunit wala syang maisagot.
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‎Napatingin naman silang lahat kay Syle nang bigla itong tumakbo palabas ng mansyon.
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‎"Syle!" sigaw ni Zylara ngunit hindi manlang sya nilingon nito.
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‎"What the heck is happening?" Thyril worriedly asked which made Niamh grip her hair.
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‎"K-kanina pagkatapos naming mag-usap, may kumausap sa aking estudyante at p-pagkatapos, wala na sya sa pwesto nya kanina. Akala ko may ginawang importante o pumunta kay Syle, but he said that Ziera did not visit him" halos naiiyak na sabi ni Niamh.
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‎"Hindi ko alam. Let's find her" nag-aalalang dugtong nya.
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‎"Kaelos, stay with Avoila here. The rest, let's find her" Thyril announced before going outside.
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‎Meanwhile, Syle was seen in the mansion where the principal and the officials were staying.
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‎"Did Ziera come here?" he asked them.
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‎"Hindi, bakit?" the principal said, looking confused.
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‎"She's not in the mansion. I think she's missing" problemadong sagot ni Syle.
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‎"Let's go to the room of information, let's check her there" kaagad naman silang tumungo sa kwarto ng mga impormasyon at tinignan isa-isa ang mga kristal ng Shalys.
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‎There, they saw Haziera who was talking to Niamh. Maya-maya pa ay nakita nilang kumausap kay Niamh kaya naiwang mag-isa si Haziera habang nililibot ang paningin. Her gaze stopped and she stood up before taking a step. Pinalatan naman nila ang kristal at nakita si Haziera na mukhang may sinusundan.
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‎They replaced another crystal and they saw that Haziera stopped while looking at something, and after a few seconds, they saw that she took a step forward. Sa panghuling kristal na tinignan nila, nakita nilang pumunta sa Haziera sa tarangkahan at kinausap ang mga gwardya bago ito lumabas.
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‎Syle immediately got himself out of the room and headed towards the gate. Nakasalubong pa nya ang ibang Class S kaya naman sumama ito sakanya papunta sa tarangkahan.
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‎"Have you seen a red haired woman with silver eyes that came outside?" tanong kaagad ni Syle sa isang gwardya nang makarating sila.
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‎"Ah opo, si Miss Haziera ba? lumabas kasi sya kanina mukhang sinundan iyung karwahe kanina. Sabi pa nya sa amin huwag daw kami magpapalabas muli at hintayin lang daw sya, ngunit wala pa rin sya" paliwanag ng isang gwardya.
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‎"Open the gate, we'll check her outside" the principal ordered which they obeyed. Kaahad naman silang lumabas at tinahak ang daan.
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‎Ilang minuto silang naglakad hanggang sa may nakita silang karwahe. They immediately approached and checked it.
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‎"There's a letter here" Thrainn said as he took the black letter from the back seat of the carriage, before showing it to them.
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‎Kaagad naman iyung kinuha ni Syle at binuksan. They all froze on their spot when they read the letter.
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‎"I abducted her. But don't worry, I'll bring her back tomorrow. I will just check her if she's really the prophecy child the prophecy was talking about. And don't be paranoid, I won't kill or do anything bad at her, she's going to be my wife if I win anyway.
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‎-Nexon"