Stella's P.O.V. (point of view)
It felt empty, calm, and silent sobrang safe. Is this heaven? sana ganito nalang ako I preferred to be here rather than living my sh*ty life, I've never felt secure like this in my entire life, siguro pinagbigyan na ako ni god.
While I was enjoying this relaxing sensation parang biglang may naramdaman akong hangin, it felt like a warm air just passed through my skin and I started hearing noises, diko sila maintindihan like they're speaking a different and unfamiliar language, I wanted to open my eyes but I just can't, I tried to move my body pero bakit ang bigat. May narinig akong isang hagikhik na sa tingin ko ay nagmula sa isang babae, I listened to her voice carefully even tho I didn't understand her, her voice was just super angelic and I felt very secure around her. Maya maya lang eh napagod nako diko din alam kung bakit and I wanted to sleep so everything went dark....
Camelia's P.O.V.
I went through laboring and as time passed namalayan konalang na nanganak nako, after the midwife pulled out my baby binigay niya ito sakin, she smiled at me bago siya mag paalam umalis, I was left alone along with my baby carrying her with my arms, I smiled at her and touched her cheeks.
"My beautiful baby.." I said to her and kissed her cheeks, a lot of tears fell through my face but instead of feeling tired, I felt love and happiness just seeing my baby's face.
"I swear to gods and goddesses that I will protect you, I will hide you from them and you will live a happy life.." habang tinititigan siya I suddenly came up with a beautiful name.
" Sylvia.. That's your name, my beautiful daughter..".
A lot of months passed, my daughter and I are living peacefully in a remote village, napansin ko na habang palaki siya ng palaki ay pa cute siya ng pa cute, malakas din siya dumede that's why sobrang happy ko because I know she will grow up to become a very fine and healthy young lady in the future.
Nilapag ko siya sa kama namin since kailangan kodin kumain, I noticed simula noong 1-week old palang siya ay sobrang tahimik at napaka behave niya na compared sa ibang babies na puro iyak, noong una syempre nag a-alala ako that's why dinala ko siya sa isang mangagamot at ang sabi ay normal naman daw siya, I also examined her using my holy magic but it turned out na normal lahat ng vital cells niya so parang feeling ko is nasa personality niya na yun.
While I was eating my food narinig ko ang mahinang ungol galing sakanyang cute na boses and she started crying, that's why I abandoned my meal and kinarga siya, her eyes wopen, and seeing her deep ruby eyes kinda reminded me of her father. I erased all of those negative thoughts in my mind and noticed her tiny hand trying to reach my face.
"Awww hello Sylvie my baby... It's me mommy". I said to her and let her touch my face. Her hands were so soft and her deep ruby eyes kept staring at me while she was examining my face using her hands.
"How cute" I giggled.
Sylvia's/ Stella's P.O.V.
I opened my eyes at bumungad sakin ang isang napaka unfamiliar na place, para akong nasa isang makaluma na bahay? Sobrang dilim na ani mo'y ilaw lang sa bintana ang nagpapa liwanag dito, I felt very unsafe kaya I mustered all of my strength to shout pero ungol ng baby lang naririnig ko? Kinabahan ako ng sobra kaya diko din alam pero bigla nalang ako umiyak.
Suddenly a very gorgeous woman picked me up and tried her best to calm me down, I felt very safe around her arms, I stared at her for a while and noticed her warm green eyes and her blonde and long eyelashes complementing her beautiful facial features. She has a small but pointy nose and a very petite face making her look like a doll, she's telling me something but I can't understand, I wanted to touch her face making sure it's real, I've never seen a very beautiful woman like this before. Pinayagan niya akong hawakan ang muka niya and holy sh*t anong beauty product gamit niya? Sobrang lambot at kinis, her skin and facial features ay parang pang mayaman pero nakatira sa lumang bahay?. I noticed my hand was very small. And now I've just realized that I'm a baby, and she's probably my mom just by looking at her expressions.
She sat in the bed and she suddenly took out her large breast, and syempre im stunned nilabas niya siguro yun to feed me but it felt strange because ikaw banaman dibaaaa muka lang akong baby pero deep inside mag 18yrs napo ako huhuhu where's my dignity?. She forced me to suck her nipples pero nag pumiglas ako like yuckkk, but suddenly I heard a huge growl coming from my stomach kaya ayun as ayaw ko man o sa gusto I need to do it ughhhh. After an hour of suffering nag decide ako na mag masid masid as paligid, I think we're poor judging palang sa loob ng bahay namin like yung kitchen, lamesa and higaan is nasa iisang room lang , sobrang dilim dito like ilaw lang sa labas ang nagpapaliwanag but at the same time everything looked perfectly arranged the house is giving me a late century witch house vibe like na parang kapag lumabas ka is forest na makikita mo, and also the way she dressed ay parang mala victorian era except sa sobrang bonga na madaming anik anik, my mother is just wearing a simple, green garment dress and I must say bagay sakanya.
She's just holding me in her arms and started humming, diko maintinditan sinasabi niya but I know for sure kumakanta siya, pero infernes ah ang ganda ng boses niya. She kept singing hanggang sa nag b-blurred na paligid ko she kissed my cheeks and I suddenly fell asleep..
(FLASHBACK)
Those we love never truly leave us, there are things that death can never touch and we can only understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love...
Stella's P.O.V.
My name is Stella and I was an orphan living under the care of priests and nuns after I lost my parents and little brother in an accident. Even though I lost my family I still didn't want to be sad and kept my bright smile intact on my face reassuring myself that everything would be fine. After 17 years of being an orphan my everyday life was easy and normal, the nuns and priests was treating me well and I became like one of their daughters.
Until one day one of my relatives showed up claiming that they'd been worried sick finding me. The priests and the nuns are overjoyed by the news that finally I shall be able to live a normal life along with my new parents. l finally left the orphanage and started a new life along with my new parents. I had a cousin named Timothy who was 20 yrs and his little sister Mathilda who just turned 15 this year.
They accepted me like one of their own until one day their parents left us for a while for their business trip in Hawaii and instructed Timothy to take care of us while they were away. Once their parents were gone on that day I sensed something was wrong. I walked over to the kitchen and saw Timothy kissing a woman and didn't even care even though somebody was watching them kissing, the woman saw her and stopped Timothy.
"Mhh babe~ let's stop for a sec~ somebody's watching us", she whispered at Timothy while Timothy kept kissing her neck. Hindi manlang tumigil is Timothy at patuloy lang ang ginagawa nila. I just walked away and ignored them. I walked towards the kitchen and saw Mathilda doing something kaya nilapitan ko siya, habang palapit ng palapit ako I noticed some spark and realized she was playing with fire, I quickly grabbed her hand but I was too late, a huge fire was flaming in front of us kaya nilayo ko siya and quickly grab a bucket of water and splash it towards the fire, the fire stopped and catch my breath for a relief. Suddenly dumating is Timothy kasama ang girlfriend niya.
"What the hell happened?!" he shouted and then suddenly Mathilda pointed her fingers at me.
"Siya kuyaa! I saw her burning our family pictureee!" she said habang umiiyak. Kahit hindi ako ang may kasalanan ay parang nagmumukang ako nga kasi ako ang malapit sa apoy kanina and Hindi ko napansin na hawak na pala ni Mathilda yung bucket na pinang buhos ko sa apoy kanina kaya ayun I looked like the culprit. And family picture? Why would I burn the family picture?. Timothy looked at me with disgust in his eyes.
" Now that I see it you're a bitch just like your mother". he said and suddenly left the kitchen. Mathilda also left the kitchen and I was left stunned, ano namang kinalaman nun kay mom? And now that he mentioned it I don't know anything about this family, kaano-ano koba sila? All I know is that they are my relatives and that's it. I cleaned the mess and went back to my room. Iniisip ko lahat ng possibilities kung bakit niya yun sinabi, I wanted to ask them but I did not have any courage to do so.
(END OF FLASHBACK)