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Epilogue will be next, thank you so much for reading.

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It's all started because of an forbidden love, and now it's like reaching peace from above.

"We will end this," Ani ni Neah at tinulungan ang mga kaibigan niyang tumayo.

"I'm sorry for hurting you guys." She apologized.

Napatingin siya kay Asher at Chance na napuruhan sa ginawa niya. Kasalukuyan nilang ginagamot ang sarili nila.

"Ayos lang basta bumalik ka na." Masayang sabi ni Enoch.

"Neah, tayo ang lalaban sa ama mo. Kayo naman, labanan niyo ang mga natitirang generals ni Ish." Tumango ang mga kaibigan ni Neah sa sinabi ng Diyosa.

"Don't let your father touch you, he can be your death." He says.

"I am an immortal mama." She replied. Yeah she's an immortal but it doesn't change the fact that she can feel pain even though.

"He's still wearing a gloves, pero kung tatanggalin niya ang gloves niya. Isang hawak lang niya sayo mamamatay ka na." Paalala ng ina ni Neah sakanila.

"Beware on his power's kids."

"Ang Diyosa ng diwa." Wika ng ama niya.

"No, let's say my wife. Ngunit sumasakatawan ng ibang katauhan." Her father smile evilly to the both of them.

"Hindi mo ba ako na miss Ae?"

"I miss the old you, but not this personality of yours. You're cruel than shat I thought Ish." Her mom says.

Their love stories that forbidden, the love stories that they didn't able to have an happily ever after but an cruel ending.

Her father release an dark holes in the land, Neah and her mom both fly. Using Neah's nullification power he stop the dark holes.

"Even though you're my wife and daughter. You are not an exception in me for not to be kill." Her father stated.

Neah really have the same red eyes as her father when they angered. 

"I'll handle him, help them defeat those strong creatures." Her mom said. Gusto man niyang tulungan ang mama niya, pero mukhang hindi kakayanin ng mga kaibigan niya ang mga ito.

Tumakbo si Neah patungo sa mga kaibigan niya at tsaka siya gumawa ng malaking apoy sa harapan ng mga basilisk.

"Feel the burning flame,
That I'll going to aim.
Stop the shame,
For you not to blame." Nilakasan niya ang apoy na ginawa niya dahilan upang hindi makalapit ang mga basilisk sakanila. At natutusta ang mga ito.

"You're really powerful huh." Napatingin si Neah sa likuran niya at nakita niya si Leshana.

Leshana shout, agad silang napatakip sa kanilang mga tenga. Masakit sa tenga ang sigaw ni Leshana. It can ruin your eardrums! This girl has the power of sound, kaya hindi malabo na magawa niya iyon. Viena release an ice spikes in Leshana's directions.

Mas lalong nilakasan ni Leshana ang pagsigaw niya. Napapikit sila sa lakas ng impact ng sigaw nito. May dalawang babae at lalaki na dumating sa likuran ni Leshana, kaya tumigil na siya sa pagsigaw.

"Trial palang iyon." Sabi niya.

"Trial mo mukha mo." Pamimilosopo ni Carla.

Someone put a strings towads Chance, kaya lumingon si Chance sakanila. Naglabas siya ng apoy at pinakawalan ito sa direksiyon ng mga kaibigan niya. Buti nalang at agad na nakagawa ng shield si Neah para sakanila.

Did Chance become a puppet of her?

The other creature's that are still alive are starting to attack them. Walang buhay ang mga mata ni Chance na nakatingin sa mga kaibigan niya.

Viena used her mind control to control the girl that make Chance a puppet.

"Released him now." She says looking at the girl puppeteer name Nicolle Delson.

"Nicolle she's trying to control you!" Sigaw ng isa sa mga kasamahan ni Leshana. The boy and this girl name Nicolle have the same features. Maybe they are siblings.

Dahan-dahang binitawan ni Nicolle si Chance. She started to cut the strings, good thing and Viena can control someone's mind. Ngunit biglang natakot si Viena at namutla.

"Viena!" Sigaw ni Chance ng makawala siya sa pagiging puppet ng babae.

Wang pasintabing sinuntok ni Chance ang babae na kumu kontrol sakanya kanila.

"L-lola...pinsan...huwag niyo akong iwan." Hindi natutulog si Viena at parang wala din siya sa isang ilusyon.

Niyugyog siya ni Chance dahil katabi niya ito.

"Lola naman eh...ang hirap maging mag-isa..." This time her tears are real.

Anong nangyayari sa kaibigan nila? Bakit ito nagkaganyan. Nakabukas naman ang mga mata nito.

"Viena can you hear me?" Yugyog ni Chance sakanya.

"Viena si Chance to!"

"Fvck Viena what the fvck happened to you?" Hindi mapakaling sabi ni Chance.

"Nasa ilusyon ba siya?" Tanong ni Lexis. May narinig silang tumawa ang lalaki.

"Absolutely no," The boy answered.

"Let just see if she can escape her fear." Ngumisi ito sakanila.

"This boy can manipulate fear, and I think that's what he did to Viena." Asher says.

By the used of his air power, tinangay niya ang babaeng puppeteer at binigay kay Chance.

"Your sister life exchange for Viena." Asher said.

Nilapnos ni Chance ang braso ng babae, gamit ang ugat ng mga puno ay ginapos ni Carla ang babae para hindi niya magamit ang kapangyarihan niya.

"Neah, I think your mom is needing you." Lexis said.

Napatingin siya sa mama niya, nandoon iyon sa lupa at duguan. Shit! Tumakbo siya palapit rito ngunit hinarangan siya ng babaeng kasamahan ni Leshana. Dahil wala siyang oras para ito ay agad niya iyong tinapon palayo.

"Now think Delson." Chance seriously stare at the boy.

"Wala akong pake sa kapatid ko, kill her if you want to. She's just a pain in my ass." Ngumisi ang lalaki.

"Ikaw ang nagsabi ha." Si Chance, mas lalong nilapnos ni Chance ang babae at nagsisimulang hinaan ni Freah ang pagdaloy ng dugo nito sa katawan niya.

"K-kuya save me..." Ani ng babae.

Hinawakan ng lalaki ang braso ni Viena, nilabas niya ang dagger niya at walang pasintabing sinaksak sa puso ang babae. All of their eyes are widened in shock.

"Viena!" They shouted.

Viena started coughing a blood. She stare at Chance for the last time.

The man he can't have.

All she want is to escape in this cruel world and live normally. Mundong walang gulo at mapayapa. Gusto niyang mamuhay bilang tao na walang kapangyarihan, walang responsibilidad. Ngunit malabo na atang mangyari iyon.

"Viena!" Agad na nagpakawala si Chance ng malakas na apoy sa lalaking sumaksak kay Viena at mas lalo niyang nilapnos ang katawan ng babaeng hawak niya.

Asher get the air that the boy breathing.

Napatingil sa pagwasiwas ng espada si Neah dahil sa sigaw na narinig niya.

Viena fall and Chance immediately catched her. She continue coughing blood and a seconds passed Neah just stop breathing.

"V-viena..." Neah speak.

Her best friend fallen, Viena just fallen. Nabitawan ni Neah ang espada niya, tatakbo sana siya papunta sa kaibigan niya ngunit diniinan siya ng espada ng ama niya.

"At saan mo balak pumunta?" Nakangising tanong ng ama niya at naglabas ng napakaraming itim na enerhiya papunta sa gawi ng mga kaibigan niya.

Sa oras na matamaan ka ng enerhiyang iyan ay pagkalipas ng tatlumpong segundo ay agad kang malalagutan ng hininga. Akala niya matatamaan ang mga kaibigan niya. But Lexis covered them with her fire shield. Nasa labas siya ng fire shield na ginawa niya at sakanya tumama ang mga itim na enerhiyang pinakawalan ng ama ni Neah.

She suddenly fell on the floor. 

"Lexis!" Sigaw ni Freah sa pangalan ng kaibigan.

"Honey, no!" Malakas na sigaw ng asawa niya.

"T-thank you for the friendship...Fre..ah..." Her eyes went on Freah.

"I'm thankful that I met you g-great nine..." She smiled, "A-alagan mo si A-aaron, mahalin mo siya.. ipa..dama mo rin kung gaano ko siya kamahal... k-kahit wala ako sa tabi niya. Y-you and Aaron are my treasures, Priam..." It was her last words as her heart just stop from beating. Lexis died to save them all.

How many people need to sacrifice? How many people died just to save someone? Pagod na siya, ang daming taong nagsakripisyo. Ang daming taong namamatay.

Agad na kinuha ni Neah ang sandata niya at sinugod ang ama niya. Nagtagisan silang dalawa gamit ang espada. Both of them are good in using swords. May mga beses na nasusugatan siya ng ama niya at may mga beses din na nasusugatan niya ang ama niya.

Tumalon si Neah at napunta siya sa likuran ng ama niya. Dinaplisan niya ang likuran nito.

"One of us will die in this battle, it's either me or you." Her father says.

Nagtagisan sila ng espada at nadaplisan ulit ni Neah ang ama niya. Kabilang kamay nito ang nadaplisan niya kaya natanggal ang gloves nito, kasama ang singsing na naputol.

Umilaw ang singsing nito na nahulog kagaya kung paano umilaw ang kwintas ni Neah.

Her father released a dark blast in her direction. She relased an light bomb as an counter attack. Naglaban ang itim at puti, sumabog ito sa gitna nilang dalawa. Neah teleported to the left side of his father, her father has a great senses. Nadaplisan niya ang kaliwang braso ng anak niya.

Nahawakan ng kaliwang kamay niya si Neah. Sinakal niya ang anak niya, ngumisi ang ama niya kay Neah.

"No matter what you do to stop me, I'll still win. Darkness will overcome in whole Mania." Humalakhak ang ama niya.

Diniinan niya ang pagkakasakal kay Neah, pumikit si Neah ng maramdaman niyang para siyang pinapatay sa mga hawak ng ama niya.

Malapit na niyang mabitawan ang espadang hawak niya.

"See you in the afterlife." Pumikit si Neah, sabay nilang sinaksak ang isa't-isa.

Kasabay ng pagsaksak nila sa isa't-isa ay ang tuluyang pagkasira ng singsing. Sinira ito ng mama ni Neah. Wala siyang naramdamang matulis na bagay na tumama sakanya kaya minulat niya ang mga mata niya. Ganon nalang ang gulat niya ng makita ang sumangga sa espadang dapat sakanya ay tumama.

"A-anak." Ngumiti ang ama niya sakanya.

Nabitawan ni Neah ang espadang hawak niya. Dahil sa gulat at takot na maaring mangyari sa natamaan ng espada na dapat ay para sakanya.

It was still vivid to her, she can't even uttered a word.

"A-ang laki-laki mo na Neah..." Her father smiled at her.

"T-thank you for doing this... mahal na mahal ka ni papa," His father eyes are now back to normal. Wala na itong hinanakit, galit at poot. He saw how the tears fall from her father's two eyes.

Bakit niya pa nagawa iyon? Bakit sinaksak niya ang papa niya...

"Huwag mong sisihin ang sarili mo... ginawa mo lang kung ano ang tama." A single tear running down her cheeks because of what her father says.

"P-papa..." She muttered and hug her father.

"No words could tell how much I love you, mahal na mahal ko kayo ng mama mo...la..gi mo iyang tandaan anak... gagabayan ko kayo palagi..."

"I-ish."

"I-i h-hope you can still forgive me for all the pain I caused to you..." And then there her fathered died.

No more darkness, its already over.

Napatingin siya sa taong nasaksak nga ama niya. Mas lalong bumuhos ang mga luha niya. Hirap siyang maghanap ng mga salitang sasabihin. It was a sudden, too fast and she's too naive to process it fastly.

"H-happy birthday,"

"A-asher, ako dapat iyong nasaksak eh. Hindi ikaw, you knew that I will never die." Asher started to cough a blood. He just beamed.

"T-thank you," Asher smiled at him.

Ang daming dugo na lumalabas sa bibig nito.

"Listen Asher, you need to be alive for me. I realized that I love you, I realized that I love you since then. I thought it's Chance, but no it's you, Asher. Ikaw 'yon, hindi ka second choice kasi noong una palang ikaw na talaga. So please... live for me." Hearing those words from her make him flattered.

Bakit ngayon niya pa narinig to? Bakit ngayon pa na nasa huling hininga na siya ng buhay niya? Yet, for him this is the best birthday gift he ever received.

"H-hindi mo a-alam kung g-gaano ako k-kasaya na m-malaman to galing sayo N-neah, this is the best g-gift I ever received... being love by you... I love y-you babes, maybe in our next life. W-we will be t-together." Hinawakan niya ang mukha ni Neah.

"M-masaya ako dahil sa pagkakataong ito nailigtas kita... kaya huwag mong sisihin ang sarili mo. In our next life it's always you, and even I find another woman my heart will always find and chase y-you." Linapit niya ang mukha niya kay Neah.

They kissed under the full moon. Nalasahan niya ang dugo na nasa bibig ni Asher ngunit wala siyang paki-alam. Neah can't help her tears. This might be the last kiss for the both of them. She's trembling in fear, that in just a few second Asher might lose his breathe.

They're sharing their last kisses, their farewell kiss to each other. The rain suddenly poured between in their kisses. It witness their love, it witness how broken the two of them. The agony they felt, however if how many times they tried. If they are not for each other, fate will find it's own way to make them felt it.

Saksi ang bawat patak ng ulan kung gaano nila kamahal ang isat-isa kahit sa kanilang huling mga hininga. Saksi ang bawat butil ng tubig na umaagos mula sa kalangitan, ang sakit at pighati ng mga luhang sabay na inilalabas ng kanilang mga mata. Kailan ba nila mapipilit ang tadhana na itadhana sila sa isa't-isa? Bakit tila sakit lang ang lagi nitong gustong ipadama sakanilang dalawa. Sa isang taong walang ibang ginawa kung hindi magpa-ubaya at sa isa pa na naghintay nang panahon na klaruhin ang kaniyang nadarama para sa binata.

"I... love..you babes..." Thats the last words he say before he lost his breathe.

A smiled in his lips with a tears escaping in his two eyes, those last words engraved to the heart of the girl she love. Sa huli niyang mga sandali, luha'y hindi niya mapigilang manatili.

"A-asher." She hug him, she touch his neck no pulse.

Lightning flashes in the sky, in the time of the dawn. It was the time that the world was also grieving for their love. A love that will never lasted no matter how many years, decades, century and miles will past.

Why it must be so unfair? How can I live my life without him? How will I continue my life without him? Too painful to process, too painful to accept that he won't able to see how the Mania World be in peace.

Am I that stupid, to let him died?

Patuloy ang pag-ulan at pag kidlat, nakikiramay ito sakan'ya, sa hinagpis, at kirot na kaniyang nadarama. Sa mga tao at pamilyang nasawian ng mga mahal buhay.

"Numerous of people will die,
Because they'll going to sacrifice.
But one will fall,
To save thou all."

Nanumbalik ang ngiti sa labi niya pagkatapos niyang maalala ang mga katagang iyon. Mga katagang kaniyang nabasa sa propesiya.

Hope, like a longest route.

"Only I, can kill myself." She flashed a smiled.

"By it, all of their sacrifices will not be put in vain." She smiled but the agony in her eyes didn't vanished.

Gustuhin niya mang manatili sa mundong ito. Wala na siyang lugar para manatili rito. It's prophecy she can't do anything to it. It was written and it will happened no matter what.

"I'll sacrifice myself, I should fall. For that, they'll be having a second life." Desperada na siya para lang mailigtas si Asher. He can't afford to lose him, at napakarami ng taong nagsakripisyo sa labanan na ito.

"You'll kill yourself, but it will never lasted there," Her mom says, "sacrificing is also forgetting anak." Napatingin siya sa ina niya na nagsalita.

"You don't remember about the existence of this world. You will forget all the memories you have in this world." Paliwanag ng ina niya sakanya. Of course she won't, after all she'll be brought in the afterlife.

Sa kabila nito, parang tinusok ng libo't-libong punyal ang puso niya.

Neah give her a smile, she smiled but her eyes speaking that she isn't okay and I think she'll never be okay after hearing the possibilities.

"I want to forget this cruel world too ma... I want my life in the afterlife be in peace. We already defeated the darkness and I guess it's time for me to live in peace," she says, "ayaw ko ng bumalik sa mudong ito, puro sakit lang ang nararanasan ko." Iyan ang lumabas sa bibig niya pero hindi iyan ang gusto niyang sabihin. Hindi iyan ang gusto niyang mangyari.

Gustuhin man niyang manatili sa mundong ito ngunit kailangan niyang mag sakripisyo. Para mabuhay si Asher, para mabuhay ang taong walang ibang ginawa sakanya kung hindi mahalin siya at ang mga taong mgsakripisyo para maging mapayapa ang mundong ito.

"Basta siguraduhin niyong maililigtas niyo siya..." She glanced at Asher's pale body.

"Your decision will matter here, and I got your back Neah." Her mom smiled at her.

"Ma Naiah has a favor on me, but I think I can't do it. Maybe you can do it for her ma, save her child please. That's the last favor I'll asked for you..." Her mom immediately nod at her.

"I will save my grandchild," She answered assuredly.

"Thank you ma." Neah hugged her tightly.

"Sir, kung paggising niya at wala na ako sa tabi niya. Kung sakaling hahanapin niya ako, just tell him that I chose to died. I don't want a war, I don't want to go back to the world were there's full of powers and peculiars people. Pagod na akong magkaroon ng malaking responsibilidad sa mundong hindi ordinaryo at puro sakit lang ang nararanasan ko.

"Sabihin mo rin sakanya na huwag niyang sisihin ang sarili niya, this is my choice. My choice to forget the pain that this world cause to me." She let out the tears she kept from falling. Ang huling luha na iluluha niya bago siya mawala sa mundong napamahal na sakanya.

She slowly place the sword in her heart. It was painful. Yet, her heart was in pain more and it's grieving. She didn't knew that her end will be this painful. Mas diniin niya pa ang espada sa puso niya. Hanggang sa naramdaman niya ang pagtulo ng dugo sa bibig niya. Still, she smiled. Nabitawan niya ang espada na nakatarak sa puso niya at dahan-dahan siyang natumba.

Until she felt, that she's slowly fading.

I choose to forget and killed myself to save you, so when you wake up don't make yourself miserable. This is our path, we're meant for each other but in a wrong time. Maybe in our next life 'if there's' we will be together.

We're just like Carley and Enoch, we're almost Asher. I'm already late when I realized that you're the one. I know it's too late to regret, but I can't help it, that's the biggest regret that I did in my whole life.

If I could just bring back the time. I want to spent it again with you babes. It's so hard to be an almost.

Lo siento, te amo, Asher Rhett Carter.

Once upon a time, there was a girl brought in the peculiar world. The world she thought that only exist in television. Powers and abilities that kid wanted to have. Everything happens to her was still vague for her. The wars, the people deaths and the sacrifices. Nevertheless, it make her more determined, to live her life the way she wanted to. That her, was me.

Kahit anong pilit mo, kung ito talaga ang nakatadhana para sa'yo. Wala kang magagawa, kailangan mo itong tanggapin ng buong puso. Masakit man o makakapagpaligaya sa'yo. Sakripisyo o hindi. Ngunit kahit ganoon man ang kapalaran mo, ang kapalaran ng mga taong naging bahagi ng buhay mo. Isang bagay ang hindi mo dapat makalimutan. Ang mga mga alaalang nagbigay saiyo ng leksyon at ang mga natutunan mo sa kasiyahan man o kalungkutan.

Mania World: The Imprecation of Prophecy
By DeeYanny
Plagiarism is a crime

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