Death Maiden

Prologue

The moon is shining bright above me. The coldness of the air brushed against my burnt skin and my stinging wounds. I am throbbing with so much pain. I can feel the blood flowing on my face from my head dropping to the ground.

I am walking with so much agony on a cold dark night. Palakad-lakad lang ako.

Saan ba ako papunta?

Hindi ko alam.

Saan nga ba?

My breathing is so heavy and uneven beyond my ears. All I can see are trees, grasses and bushes surrounding me. And these tall grasses add pain to my already painful wounds sa binti at paa ko.

Hindi ko natiis ang hapdi at sakit na nadarama ko at dahil narin sa sobrang pagod at exhaustion ay bigla akong natumba.

I sighed.

This is it. I'm already at my limits. The poison inside me already done its part. Hindi ko na magalaw ang aking katawan. My muscles and limbs are not working anymore.

I heave out a sigh again and look up.

I am now looking face-to-face with the moon. The last thing I'll see before I'll die.

My very last witness is facing me head-on. Looking at me with so much horror, pain, sadness and regrets.

I wonder what would the moon tell me right now?

Is she crying?

Is she happy and laughing this is finally happening to me?

That I deserved this?

I closed my eyes, waiting for my brain to shut down before thinking: Bakit nga ba 'to nangyari sa akin?