We Are Late
1804 Words
“So these books contains all the information I need to learn about my ancestry”
“Who am I really?”
“Did I just live my life without really knowing who I was and what I am?” questions I ask myself
On my way to the classroom I opened the first book. It has no title and the book is not in good shape anymore. I giggled the moment I saw its content. It looks like a kids picture book with bubbles heading for the conversation. The book is not that thick so I gave it a shot. I start reading as I head to the classroom. Several minutes later I had this strange feeling that someone is keeping a close eye on me and it is giving me the chills. It continued for several minutes and I am not liking the feeling so I close my eyes tight and upon opening it I my power is oozing out
“How long have you been walking beside me?” I ask Emilia
“About several minutes ago. I know you felt my presence earlier I thought you were ignoring me”
“Is it because of the picture book?” She said
“LOL! This is actually a history book about my ancestry” I said
The moment I look at the book the drawings change. To make sure I went back to the first page and the content is not the same as the first time I saw it, even the dialogs change. I closed the book and the cover page now has writings on it but I don’t know what language it is but below the title the word “Book Three” was written. Looks like I am reading the wrong book. I got this feeling that now is not the time to read these books so I stash it in my bag
“Say Emilia, why are you following me?” I ask
“I have an important news to tell you” She said
“Go on” I reacted
“Remember the day of the transfer ceremony?”
“The board together with the headmaster went to check out your adviser right?”
“The one that barrier chick captured” She said
“Yes I remember”
“What’s the news?” I ask
“I was near the vicinity when and I heard the headmaster talking to her secretary”
“Their conversation went like this” Emilia said then she takes a deep breath
“If you notice something funny don’t hesitate. Immediately strike them down”
“Leave Procyon and Herlina to me” Emilia said while impersonating the headmistress
“Yes Madam” Emilia said while impersonating Elena
“What happened?” I ask
“I don’t know what happened exactly because there was this barrier surrounding them”
“I tried going in but the moment my hand touch the barrier it zapped me”
“Now look” She said as she waves her arm
“I got bored because there are no sound or everything just the stupid barrier covering all the juicy details”
“I waited for them to exit and the first one to exit the headmistress and she look untouched”
“Followed by Herlina and Procyon who seems to be untouched as well”
“For people were remaining inside and it took roughly several hours more before Elena and the captured spirit arts user evacuated the prefectural’s office”
“I went back inside and I didn’t see any trace of destruction. No, not a thing the place looks the same the moment they enter. Weird because I can’t find the three other guys anywhere as if they vanished” She worriedly said
“Maybe they went to the opposite side” I said
“Believe me there is only one exit the same one where you enter so I doubt they manage to escape without me noticing it” She said
“Unless they have teleportation magic” I said
“You see Emilia Anino a member of the board uses shadow teleportation magic and I think he used it along with the other two”
“I did manage to talk to him in the middle of the night” I said
“I see, that explains why I didn’t ran into them” She reacted
After our little chat I head straight to the room just seconds before the bell rang
“Tsk, tsk, tsk”
“A few more second I might record you tardy” a familiar tone said
I was shock to see Ms. De Villa sitting on the teachers table
“What’s with that face? Aren’t you happy to see your gorgeous advisor once again? Or do you prefer that bald substitute profesor of yours”
“Now take your seat! You maybe the student council president but I am still your advisor” She said as she points me where my seat is
I feel happy seeing her again but I also have this strange feeling that something is off
I head to my seat then Darryl Lyn tosses me something. It was the key to the student council office
“That’s your copy we also handed over Alice and Margaret’s copy as well” She said
I take my seat and pull out the three books. I activated my eyes and grabbed the first book titled Blessed Eyes written using the universal alphabet. Upon opening the book something falls out of it. Looks like a letter of some sort.
“Greetings if you don’t possess blessed eyes please do not open this letter” words written at the back of the envelope
I got a bit curious so I grab a scalpel and open the letter gently so the professor won’t notice what I am doing
“What are you doing Ramon?” Thalia curiously asked as she takes a peek
She smiled a bit as she saw me opening a letter privately
“Would you mind!” I said with a sharp glance at her
“So who’s that letter from?” She ask
“I don’t need to tell you”
“So mind your own business” I said
“Mr. President”
“Ma’am Bathala”
“What are you two talking about? Would you share it to the rest of the class” the professor shouted
“Sorry sir!” We shouted
“Now quit bugging me” I pissedly whisper
“Have you forgotten about me Ramon?” She ask
“You? How could I forget about you”
“I did love you unconditionally but you left remember?” I said
“Look I am sorry”
“I didn’t met to leave you like that but mother doesn’t want our family name get stained and the only way to do that is to get away from here and start a new life with a new identity”
“I love you Ramon, I really do and it hurts me to see someone else loving you as well. It is really infuriating” She said
“Says the one that planted a bomb at the car that Vermillion gave me”
“Luckily I don’t know how to drive if I did I’d be blown into smidurins by now” I said with a smirk on my face
“Bomb?”
“Hold up there’s a bomb inside the car that Vermillion gave you” She couldn’t believe what she just heard
“Don’t act dumb we know that you are the one that planted the bomb”
“I heard you talking about assassinating me so that Vermillion will take over”
“Sucks to be you right now” I said
She starts explaining to redeem herself but my mind is already shut and I don’t want to listen to her twisted manipulative lies
“Ramon can we talk later”
“Just the two of us?” She seriously said in a soft voice
“Because?” I reacted
“I want to clarify things with you. About us and about assassinating you”
“I think you are misinterpreting things” She said
“Sure, meet me at the student council office after school hours”
“Let’s walk home together”
“Now stop bugging me” I seriously said
I pull out the letter gently and unfold it. With normal eyes the letter only has limited words and it said
“If you are reading this that means you didn’t follow the instruction written in the envelope”
“Kindly place this letter back on the envelope and seal it tight and place it back where you found it”
I activated my eyes once more and writings started popping out. I read the text but it was incomplete. The letter is for a friend named Maxwell and the sender wants him to stay safe and lead the clan to a place where it is peaceful and relive their lives. Sounds like a farewell letter to me. I started wondering who the sender is because it is not written elsewhere. The letter is ancient because it is dated way way back but the paper is still intact. Maybe no one managed to open it except me. After giving it some thought I fold the letter and place it back inside the envelope with plenty of adhesives. I seal the letter back and place it back inside the pages of the book. I started checking the book out and it has the same art style like the first book I read earlier.
“Looks like the book has one publishing company or author” a thought inside my head
“Mr. President!” someone shouted as he slams the table
I was startled and I tossed the book upwards. f**k! It was the professor and he managed to catch the book. He takes a quick look, with a weirded out look on his face he hands the book over
“Hide it now! The next time I see you reading that children’s picture book I’ll confiscate it” He said
That was a close call. I am lucky that not everyone possesses magical eyes like mine. I stash the book inside my back and just force myself to listen to his discussion.
- Writer
