Entwined Worlds

Kabanata I - Once upon a time...

Entwined Worlds

English/Tagalog

Kabanata I

Once upon a time...

Third Person's Point of View

Unfamiliar Place

"You have been chosen."

Natagpuan ni Demi ang kanyang sarili sa isang madilim na kweba. She wondered where the voice came from. It gave her creeps as it began to echo in her mind. Sinubukan niyang sundan ang pinag mulan ng boses and led her to a creepy place more like a graveyard, not technically but she's sure that she's never been there before.

"Where the hell am I?" She began to question herself. "Damn!"

Something big was falling above her yet she managed to escape. Napansin niyang isang malaking tao ito, mala-higanteng katawan. Sinubukan niya tanawin sa itaas kung saan ito nang galing, ngunit isang madilim na kalangitan lang ang kanyang nakita at nung muling bumaba ang kanyang paningin ay nagulat siya sa nasaksihan.

She was so confused about what's happening. Kani-kanina lang ay isang kapatagan lang ang kanyang tinatapakan, ngayon ay nakatungtong na lamang siya sa isang maliit na tipak ng bato sa gitna ng isang lava river. Mabuti na lamang ay nagawa niyang mabalanse ang kanyang sarili. Muli pang nakarinig ng sunod sunod na pag bagsak. 

Humans were screaming while falling into a lava river.

"Oh Gods, let me go!!" Demi screamed. Isang matandang lalaki na mukhang kriminal ang gumulat sa kanya ng dakmalin nito ang kanyang kaliwang paa.

"H-help!" said the old man. Worms eating his body na naging sanhi ng pagtayo ng kanyang buhok sa braso. She managed to kick him to get away, but it's too many of them. 

Sinubukan niyang tumalon sa mga maliliit na bato patungo sa kapatagan. Napansin niyang hinahabol siya ng mga ito. She keep on running nang may makita siyang isang malaking liwanag but that escape brought her to a place that is even worse.

She saw a deck of cells at least two stories high containing torturing humans.

On the first cell, she saw a man forcing himself to eat those gold and silver coins on his plate. Kung hindi nito gagawin, a demon-like man with a burning sword will automatically slash his chest over and over again. Lubha siyang nagtaka dahil hindi nito kinamamatay ang paulit ulit na pag saksak sa kanya. Napansin niya na may mali sa lugar na ito.

On the second one, nakita niya ang isang babae na nakatali pabaliktad hanging like a target wishing those steel fire arrows would not hit her. Demi began to wonder again kung ano ang nagawa nitong kasalanan at kung bakit sila nakakulong sa lugar na ito. 

She decided to explore more and continue to walk. She can hear screams asking for freedom, begging to let them go. Some were asking for forgiveness. But it's too late. The louder the screams the happily the demon-like man will be.