"Do you like it?" she's now looking at me, smiling from ear to ear.
"Yeah i do, but how is that even possible? Am i dreaming? Kasi kung oo h'wag mo na ako gisingin." I jokingly said at her.
She just giggled and said. "Welcome to Mystic Academy, the school for students with peculiar abilities."
"W-wait. What?? This is a school and what again peculiar abilities? Is that supernatural powers? Oh ghad." hearing from what she just said mas lalong nalaglag ang panga ko.
"Yes, Vinn. This is a school for students who have magical powers, a school for peculiar people."
I can't process what she just said. So, supernatural powers or magical powers or uh whatsoever- do really exist? I thought it only exist on fantasy stories.
When I'm still a kid I badly want to be in a fantasy world but now knowing it's real. damn, it's so weird.
"You said this is a school, but where are the students? Wala akong makita kahit isa. Ang tahimik dito oh." inilibot ko ang aking paningin pero wala talaga akong nakikitang mga mag aaral.
"Classes hours kaya nasa designated rooms nila sila ngayon. Mga studyanteng makikita naming nasa labas pa habang classes hours ay bibigyan ng parusa." she started walking slowly and she motioned me to follow her kaya't sinundan ko siya.
"What about Xhen? I think she's a student here base on her uniform." nandito kami ngayon sa hallway naglalakad. Sinusundan ko lang si Miss Veronica pero hindi ko alam saan kami pupunta.
"She's the SSG President in this school. A mind controller that's why be careful on her. She may seem innocent, but she's really dangerous. Tho she won't hurt anyone unless she have to." humarap s'ya at tumingin sa'kin and our eyes meet.
"She can read minds, she can see your past and control you without you noticing it just by touching you." she said seriously.
"She can see the future too, but i forbid her to do that. She might ruin the future or do something terrible that can cause chaos in our present time."
Damn, the girl I've met earlier is really dangerous. Kakaibiganin ko pa naman sana 'yon since she seems kind kaso pass nalang nakakatakot naman s'ya.
Miss Veronica continued walking at nandito lang ako sa likuran n'ya sinusundan s'ya.
Natutuwa ako sa mga floating candles na nakikita ko ngayon. I tried touching it pero hindi ko mahawakan. It moves by itself. Pag hahawakan mo it moves towards the other place. It looks like it's alive.
I still can't believe what I'm seeing right now. I'm so mesmerized by this place. I only see and read this on books but now nakikita ko na with my own eyes. All in those fantasy books are real and 'di ako makapaniwala na nandito ako ngayon.
"Uhm, Miss Veronica. How did i get in here?" i badly want to know kung paano ako napunta sa school na ito. At kung sino man ang nagdala sa'kin dito.
"Well, someone left you at the gate. We just saw you laying down on the ground unconscious with your injured feet."
"What? That person let me lay down on the ground? Goodness for pete's sake" grabe naman sa ganda kong ito. I don't deserve it.
I should be thankful that person rescued me from the monster pero grabe naman iiwan lang akong nakahiga sa sahig. Kung makilala ko man ang nagdala sa'kin rito magpapasalamat ako sabay sampal sa kanya.
Masyado na ata akong O.A. I know I should be thankful that I'm still alive right now pero madumi ang lupa.
"Maybe the one who brought you here doesn't want anyone to know na s'ya nagdala sa'yo rito, and also people who don't have supernatural powers can't enter this place. They can't also see this place from the outside. This is a hidden and sacred place that only peculiar people know and see." mahabang sabi n'ya habang nakatingin sa'kin.
"So, that means..." my eyes widened when I realized what she just said.
"Yes. you're one of us, Vinn." she holds my hands and stared at me while smiling.
I'm one of them?
I don't know what to react. Hindi ko alam kung dapat ba akong magdiwang dahil isa din ako sa kanila.
"You know, you can't be here in the first place if you're not one of us. just like what I just said earlier only peculiar people can see and know this place. For now, we still don't know what house you are in since hindi pa namin alam kung ano ang supernatural powers mo." mahaba n'yang sabi bago bitiwan ang kamay ko at patuloy na naglalakad.
"House? bahay ba? May kanya kanyang bahay dito?" nagtataka kong tanong kaya natawa naman s'ya.
What's funny? I'm just curious. I pouted.
"I'll explain it to you later. For now we need to hurry it's almost time malapit na magsilabasan ang mga students." hinawakan n'ya ako sa kamay at naglakad ng mabilis.
Ba't sya nagmamadali? Anong meron kung magsisilabasan na ang mga studyante. Mas mabuti nga iyon para makita ko sila because I'm curious of how the students here looks like and I wonder what their abilities might be.
"By the way, where are we heading right now?" tanong ko sa kanya habang panay tingin sa paligid baka kasi kung saan ako dadaldalin nito. Hindi ko pa sila lubos kilala. Everything about here is still foreign to me baka maligaw din ako lalo na at bago pa lang ako dito.
Kung paano ako napunta dito is still a mystery. I shouldn't trust anyone here. Sa mga nangyari sa labas is too much for me to handle already.
"We're heading to my office now to get your uniform and to get you enrolled too." she stopped in front of a wooden door.
Wait—
Enroll?? that means I'm going to study here now? Woah.