Capítulo 16: The Cursed Child
Cassandra's Point of View
Hope.
Iyan ang aking pinanghahawakan noon pa man. Kahit na mukhang imposible na. I still hold on to that non-existing thing.
Hinawakan ko nang mahigpit ang aking mga libro habang papasok sa eskwelahan ko. I was so ready to hear their bullies for me. Sanay na sanay na ako.
"Hala! Nandiyan na mangkukulam!" Sigaw ng number one bully ko. Kaagad namang nagsigawan ang iba that I can no longer understand what they are saying.
I believe they are cursing me, but I am a curse already anyways.
I unconciously utter the future. Nakikita ko ang future, pero walang naniniwala.
Sinubukan kong balaan ang ilang estudyante sa amin. Na madadapa sila. Maaksidente sila. Babagsak sila. But then, no one believed in me. In fact, naisip pa nilang mangkukulam ako at ako pa ang naging dahilan ng mga pangyayaring iyon.
May ilang nagbato sa'kin ng kung ano-ano, but I did not mind. I kept my eyes on the ground, at hinihiling na sana ay wala na akong makita pa.
May bumangga naman sa'king estudyante. Nahulog ang mga aklat ko, at nanginig ako nang tawanan niya ako. "Mangkukulam nga, lampa naman!"
I smiled a little nang lampasan niya na ako. It was not really painful to hear their insults. It was just frustrating that no one has ever believed in me. Not even my own family.
I was a disgrace to them. I was the cursed child.
Lumuhod ako at pinulot ang aklat ko. Illiad and Odyssey. The story of the Trojan War.
The trojan war really started when Eris, goddess of discord, chaos and strife, was not invited at the wedding party of Peleus and Thetis, parents of the Greek Hero, Achilles. Nagtapon siya ng golden apple na may nakalagay na To the Fairest. It caused chaos, then.
Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all believed that they are the fairest. Kaya't pinag-awayan nila ang apple.
Zeus then chose a mortal as a judge. It was Paris, the one who brought the chaos upon the mortal lands.
Aphrodite, being the goddess of Beauty, offered the most beautiful woman, Helen, if he picked her.
Hera, queen of the Gods, promised him to rule over Europe and Asia.
Athena, goddess of war and wisdom, would bestow him the gift of war and wisdom.
But then, Paris of Troy, being a fool for women, chose Aphrodite. He wanted Helen, kaso nga lang ay asawa na siya ni Menelaus, King of Sparta. Tuluyan nang naagaw ni Paris si Helen, kung kaya't nagsimula ang Trojan war where the Gods also interfered.
Kassandra, sister of Paris, has foreseen this event, the Trojan war. Pero katulad ko, walang naniwala sa kaniya.
Sa tingin ko nga, isa akong reincarnation ni Kassandra. Pangalan pa lang ay halata na. Kassandra, Cassandra.
Si Kassandra raw ay nadilaan ng mga ahas ni Apollo, god of knowledge, prophecies, sun, music, and a lot of other things, noong bumisita siya sa templo niya, that was why she was gifted to see and hear the future. Yun nga lang, nasumpa rin na walang maniniwala sa katotohanan niya.
It is the same for me.
I believe I am not cursed by Apollo. I am Apollo's curse. I could be helpful for him, pero dahil ng curse ko, hindi iyon mangyayari.
He has visited me a lot of times, and asked me to see the future. Pero kahit na gustong gusto niyang maniwala, there was still something about me na naging dahilan upang hindi ako paniwalaan.
Hindi ako naging bitter sa sumpa ko. I still believe this has a purpose. I was still hopeful.
Tumayo na ako nang napulot ko ang libro. Nagulat naman ako nang makita si Apollo. I was just thinking of him!
Kaagad siyang nagsalita, "May narinig ako mula sa propesiya, ngunit hindi ko iyon lubusang maintindihan. Could you look at it for me?"
I sighed. He still comes back at me, kahit alam niyang hindi siya maniniwala. He was also hoping na maniwala sa'kin soon. Napansin ko ring nagteleport kami sa isang kagubatan. Malayo sa maiingay kong kaeskwela.
Inilahad naman niya sa'kin ang isang scripture. Hindi ko ito binasa since hindi ko rin naman ito naiintindihan. Instead, hinawakan ko ang scriptures at pinikit ang aking mga mata.
I gasped.
I saw fire, chaos, wrath. It's like all the seven deadly sins came alive, like all the evil spirits from Pandora's box have gone wild.
Nagulat pa ako nang makita ang mga diyos at diyosa na nakikipaglaban sa isa't isa. Does this mean war?
And the mortals also interfered.
Kabaliktaran ng nangyari sa Trojan War. That war was by the mortals, while this was by the Gods.
Pero bakit naman sila nagkaaway?
Hinabol ko ang aking hininga nang matapos na ang aking pangitain. Apollo looked at me, at naghintay ng sagot ko.
Simabi ko naman sa kaniya kung ano ang nakita ko, ngunit umiling siya, "Hindi ako naniniwala."
Of course, you don't.
I was only sixteen, at alam kong hindi pa ako handa sa kung ano man. But one thing is for sure, hindi man nila ako paniwalaan, pero I can make a change.
Siguro kung makakapasok ako sa mundo nila, The Olympian World, baka sakaling hindi mangyari ang gulo.
I will become a Semideus, no matter what.
And I will seek hope and peace.
Thieves of Harmony
By lostmortals
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