Kapitel 29: Chapter 28 - End of Series #1

"This is such a good story, Sy. Pero, what happened after Sync killed Kimberlite?"

I am now submitting my story to my publishing company and I have been working with this story for almost three years.

"No one knows, Ma'am. Actually, hindi ko alam kung ano ang nangyari pagkatapos." Sagot ko.

"How could you not know? This is your story, am I right?" naguguluhan niyang sambit.

"This is not my story, Ma'am. This is the story from the other side." Sagot ko sa kanya.

"Okay, you're not making any sense now, Sy. Please submit your story again with a proper ending. You have two days to make it or else the publishing company will reject it." Tugon niya habang sinauli sa akin ang makapal na tambak ng papel na naglalaman ng istorya na pinasa ko.

"I'll try." Sabi ko sabay tayo at deretsong lumabas ng opisina.

Umuwi agad ako ng bahay. I live alone in this antique house. I learned that it was built a hundred years ago and it's still standing strong.

Although ako lang mag-isa dito sa bahay, the house has four bedrooms. Two rooms are connected and a twin-like room, but the other is black, and the other is white. A room which looks like a guest room since it has no other furnitures, except the bed, when I first got here and up until now it still has not that much furnitures. And the last one looks like the master's bedroom since it has all the necessities, like bathroom and walk-in closet. So, I assumed, the previous owner of this house is a mom and dad with twin children.

I occupied one of the twin bedrooms, the black one. Hindi ko alam kung bakit but I was drawn into this room the first time I got here. I was supposed to just see the place first, but I paid it instantly when I reached this room.

This room is the only room that has a lot of things before I cleaned it out. A closet full of black clothes, a bookshelf of random books and mostly about magic, but what really bothered me were the book entitled, 'Dear John from the Other Side' and two red stones laying above the bed. Ang laman ng libro ay parang damakmak na sulat na galing sa hindi ko kilalang tao. It says, it's from S.A. and its handwritten. The greetings say, 'Dear You', every letter. Parang it was really meant for me to read it and sa akin talaga ito balak ipabasa.

Doon ko sinimulang isulat ang librong ipinasa ko. I copied the title from the book I based on with proper credits to S.A. kung sino man iyon. Napakagulo ng laman ng sulat, there is 27 letters. Sa bawat sulat, para nilang nilarawan ang mga nangyayari sa buhay nila at ang kinaguguluhan ko ay ang pagkaka-involve ng magic sa istorya. What makes me more interested ay ang pagkakakita ko ng isang armored suit sa ilalim ng kama. It looks like for women.

I kept everything from that room, not throwing to trash even the little pieces na nandoon. I even bought another closet para doon ilagay ang suit, the book and the red stones.

Kinuha ko ang book and started to scan every letter from it. Everytime I read it, I felt like I have been on the very exact scene na nasa sulat. It feels weird but it's how if feels whenever I read it, no matter how many times it is.

The last letter, it was cut short. Parang hindi natapos ang pagsusulat dito kasi masyadong hanging. The last letter was when Sync killed Kimberlite at wala na ibang kasunod doon. I mean, what happened to Aeiou and the others? What happened to Sync exactly after she killed Kimberlite? Namatay rin ba siya? There were a lot of questions inside my head at hindi ko alam kung saan hahanapin ang mga sagot. I have a lot of theories listed to a notebook and everytime is the same result: It's going to their 3rd life.

The time Sync killed Kimberlite, she said "There is me and her in the start and no one in the end." at ibig sabihin noon ay silang dalawa ay namatay. If that is the case, it is expected na bumalik sila sa time na nasa kwarto sila ni Aeiou at it will be their last life since Sync used her second life by killing Kimberlite.

Pero bakit? There is no letter left sa libro. That was the last letter na nakapaloob. There was no trace of torn pages or burned o kahit kagat ng daga, wala. It's making my head hurt for a while.

I went back to the closet para ilagay ulit doon but what I saw was the armored suit. I put the book in the closet and kinuha ang suit. Sa hindi ko malaman na dahilan, sinukat ko ito at tumingin sa salamin na nakakabit sa pintuan ng closet. It fits me perfectly like it was really made for me.

Then I hear the doorbell rings. Agad ako pumunta sa ibaba na nakasuot pa rin ng armored suit at tinignan kung sino ang nasa labas. What I saw was a single old folded paper in the doorstep with a small writing in the bottom left that said, 'Dear John from the Other Side'. Agad ko itong kinuha knowing what is inside. I wander my eyes around pero wala akong makitang tao.

I quickly run to my bedroom at kinuha ulit ang libro, flipping through its last page. Agad kong binuklad yung sulat na nakuha ko.

'Dear Syncaeious Prism'

and that is my name...