Flashfiction Compilation (English and Filipino)

SILHOUTTE OF THE PAST

The surroundings are dark. The skies is full of nimbus clouds and the sun is nowhere to be found. Silent sorroundings where you can only hear the cricket's sound. The wind keeps on whispering and blowing hard that makes the door keep on banging ,and keep on closing and opening. The howl of the wolf in the forest can be heard, as if it's calling for someone's help.

In a big house near the forest, there lived a beautiful girl named Magenta Fuchsine. She's a fair lady who is loved by many but just like anybody there are flaws hiding behind that amazing beauty.

One day, she and her friends went to the mall to shop clothes,dresses, heels and also to shop foods and essentials. As usual, she was praised by them for her mesmerizing beauty and amazing fashion sense. After exhausting hours of shopping ,she bid her goodbyes to her friends.

In the next morning, in their school, as she was about to sit down on her chair when she noticed a letter written on a piece of paper with blood saying: " You're face is beautiful, I can't wait to claim it as mine."

Those words brought nasty shiver down her spine, her stomach turned in fear as she weakly sat down on her seat. The message of the letter left her dumbfounded as she stares at the thin air. Her friend suddenly approach her which she didn't expect. She was surprised by its sudden approach and thought it was the letter sender so she break down and cry hard. The whole class was surprised to hear her sobs and whimper.

On the other hand, a man sitting on the corner of the four walled classroom, smirk, like he is happy to witness the scene in front of him.

In the whole day, Magenta can't focused and understand the lessons her teachers are teaching in front and what her friends are talking about. Instead, her mind was clouded by the curiousity about who is the person who sent the letter and fear to the fact that he/she might hurt her.

In the next morning, as she walks through the corridor ,she feels like there is someone's watching her so she look around but seen nothing. Due to the fear and uneasy feeling, she hurriedly walk and go inaide their classroom. As when shewas about to sit down, she noticed that all her classmates are staring at her, not because they are mesmerized with her majestic beauty but because of hatred and disgust. Suddenly they started to make noises. Some are saying that she's fake–a total pretender and there is one who said : " I thought she's a natural beauty, but that's just all my thought. She undergo surgery. Tsk! What a fake!"

She looked at them with wide and teary eyes. Everything they said was not true. She didn't undergo to any surgery! All those words keep ringing to her ears which make her cover it with her palm while shouting–telling them to stop.

After that,she left the classroom with tears streaming down to her eyes. She run and run until she was stopped by a strong arm. She was about to shout for help when the man suddenly cover her nose with a handkerchief which caused her to lose her consciousness.

Later on, she woke up in a room lighted only by a candle and was tied on a chair As she roam her eyes, she saw a paper and a pencil placed in a sturdy table. But there is one thing that caught her attentiin the most, the little bottle which she think a medicine and the torturing weapons hanging in the wall. She closed her eyes and start shivering by the thought that she will be killed or worst tortured.

While worrying about her safety, the door suddenly swanged open. She saw a man she thinks two years older than her, with a strong body build , stubborn jaw and gorgeous face. She roamed her eyes in his body until it reaches his hand holding a knife full of blood. She nervously diverted her gaze to his hand and look at him in the eyes. There, she saw a divilish smirk plastered in his face together with his cold and emotionless eyes which brings shiver down to her spine especially when he started to take a step forward.

The moment he reaches her and now standing in front of her, he stared at her face for a couple of seconds, then he suddenly spoke. He said " You're face is really beautiful, even your two black orbs, can you give them to me?"

As he said that words ,he began to trace the line of her face with the knife, from her cheeks until it reaches her neck which causes her to cry and shout for help. Hoping that someone will hear her yelp.

His smile became wider, happiness and excitement filled him as he hear her cries and plead. Due to the excitement ,he terrifyingly laugh and slides the sharp edge of the knife in different parts of her body. She cried in agony and pain. She smiled weakly and thought that maybe it will be her end. Until she heard the police car's sirens. Her hope rises again.

Her delicate body before is now full of cuts, bloods and bruises. She saw police scattered aroud the area. Some of them already entered inside the room where she was tied ,about 5 feet away from them. However the boy seemed unaffected of their presence. In the other hand, She's losing a lot of blood and getting more weaker as the time pass by.

The police immediately raised their guns and aimed at him. One of they said, " Raise your hands and lower diwn your weapons. You, Mr. Xieverton Clarkson Ruiz Valdez is arrested for kidnapping and physical abuse. You have the right to remain silent. If you do say anything, what you say can be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult with a lawyer and have that lawyer present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you if you desire."

They are about to touch him when he suddenly pointed the knife to her neck that causes it to bleed more. He threatened them that if they touch him, she will die. Luckily, one of the police officer has fast reflexes. He shot him on his knees which causes him to fall to the ground. He groaned in pain and they immediately put cuffs in his wrist.

While Ms. Magenta Fushcine was brought to the hospital and treated.

" Yah!" she heard her friend said that bring her back to the present

She remembered guys discovered that he is a psychopath. They brought him there for the mean time for he is just 17 years old that time. In the other hand, Magenta suffered in depression, fear and sometimes hallucinations for about three years. Luckily ,she overcome all of that and make herself more stronger. She learned martial arts like wushu,kungfu, taekwando, aikido and many more to protect herself when that thing happens again. She overcome this by the help of her friend , Aika Morillio Aguncillo and her badass yet sweet boyfriend Zero King Dauphin Jonathan Black.